Record Falls at Narragansett Park as Trotting Speed Soars
Jay-Bye-See breaks the world trotting record with 2.10 on Friday while Maud St. Trots the Mile in 2.09 3-4 and H. B. Winship lowers figures with Running Mate at 2.06 ProvidENcer August 1 witnesses cheer the fastest trotting record. The Gentlemen's Driving Association officials celebrate amid heavy rain and a superb track.
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Jay-Bye-See
Maud St
H. B. Winship
Providencer
Gentlemen’s Driving Association
Narragansett Park
Greatest Race Tracks A Spectator Describes Turf History
A crowd gathers near Mr Case's stable as Bithers rides Jay Eye Yee to a 36 second quarter and 2 10 pace, with cheers from J I Gase Fred Vanderbilt Isidor Cornfield William Whitehead and others noting record times. The scene includes celebratory embraces between Dan Mace Mr Case and Mrs Case and a later running mate event ending at 2 06 amid high enthusiasm.
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Mr. Case
Bithers
Windsor
J. I. Gase
Fred Vanderbilt
Isidor Cornfield
William Whitehead
Dan Mace
Jay-Eye-See
Mr. Winship
Mrs. Case
Maud S Shatters Record In Cleveland Mile Dash
Maud S driven by Jair beats prior marks for a two minute mile surrounding 5000 spectators. The mare clocked 2.00% with a 32 second first quarter and a rapid stretch, prompting praise for her speed and hopes she may lower the record further.
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Jay-Eye-See
Maud
Cleveland
Jair
Vanderbilt
Jay-Eye-Lee
Barr
William Edwards
Cleveland Association
Vander Dilt
Maud S
Black Snake Cure: Danbury Man Treats Rheumatism
A Danbury resident uses a five foot black snake to wind around a patient’s leg for twenty minutes several times daily. Mrs. H W Stevens, wife of the fire department chief, reports improved mobility from crutches to a cane and cautious optimism of recovery. The treatment reportedly causes pain and sores at times, and the snake has bitten the doctor’s hand but caused no serious harm.
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Danbury
H.W. Stevens
California Engineer Audits Panama Canal Delays
Theodore H Growney of San Francisco, after two years on the isthmus, says the Panama canal will not be finished under current management. He cites eightfold cost overruns, patronage waste, contractor failures, and repeated route changes. Rear Admiral Shufeldt supports his view.
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San Francisco
the Chronicle
Theodore H. Growney
Panama Isthmus
Colon
Kilo Grande
Panama Canal
Growney
Prorece Canal
Shufeldt
Michigan family of sixteen linked to witches and raids
A Michigan family living in a small farmhouse near Morris is said to be dominated by evil spirits after a child’s death. Dr. Fuller treated Mrs Sumner as tensions rose when Mrs Livingston attacked him with a razor and knife, injuring him. Whitney and others are in custody as authorities investigate alleged witchcraft and further arrests loom.
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Morris
Mich
New York World
Here
Sumner
Whitney
Livingston
Massachusetts
The White Camelia Reemerges In Texas Society Circles
Galveston Texas August 1 reports a revived secret society named The White Camelia. Once peaking with 20000 Texas members its aims remain opaque and secrecy surrounds its reorganization. Hints point to Cuba and Mexican tensions, with a Cuban junta agent alleged to link to the new movement. In Lincoln Nebraska, July 31 a cattle disease probe finds 100 dead cattle near Maxwell and Brady Station, not contagious, as 2000 Texas cattle were driven through the area and railroads halt Texas cattle until frost.
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Galverston
Tex
South
Texas
Cuba
United States
Key West
Galveston
Neb
Dawes
Maxwell and
Brady Station
His Fortune in Ireland Estate Worth 2 500 000 Reported
Denay Indiana August 2 Join Wiley of this place has received word from his Dublin attorney that he is taking the last step to secure for the Wiley family in this state an estate valued at 2 500 000 in Ireland. The estate has long stayed undisturbed there and is expected to be ready for conversion to heirs.
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Ireland
Denay
Ind
Wiley
Dublin
A. Ballet
Betts
Columbus
Milt Malone
Penn Bedell
Rasberry
Atlanta
Mahone
Bedell
Death by own action in barn near Bangs residence
Edwin P. Church, 61, committed death by own action today in the barn of D. K. Bangs. He had lived at the town house eight months, was a native of Amherst with family ties.
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Amyherst
Edwin P. Church
D. K. Bangs
Aimherst
Marching On Flor Details of the Polar Journey
Extracts from Sergeant Rice's diary describe the perilous Greeley party trek from Fort Conger along Grinnell Land and Greenland. They survive a brutal open water crisis and a dramatic ice-foot ascent as they push toward higher latitudes amid storms and shifting floes.
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New York
New York Herald
Greeley
Fort Conger
Lady Franklin's Bay
Grinnell Land
Pavy
Stce
Greenland
Lockwood
Sergeant Kiece
Esquiman Jens
Sergeant Rice
A Gambler's Wild Career Ends in Odd Outlaw Fate
West Porn Ga July 27. An obituary sketch recounts William H Betts a once respected Alabama colonel turned gambler and fugitive. His life blends chivalric wartime actions with barroom shootings burglary and court acquittals before ending in New York after a reputation for violence and crime.
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New York Times
West Porn
Joor Betts
Washington
William H. Betta
Betts
William H. Betts
Alabama
Chivary
Columbus
Montgomery
Wille
Pensacola
Fla
Bun
First Bale of New Cotton Brought In at Lure Texas
The first bale of new cotton was weighed at 525 pounds and classed middling. It sold for 12.68 cents per pound. All crops suffer from drought and lack of rain across the region.
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Tex
Maid Wife and Widow in Brookfield Dying Lovers Wedding
In West Brookfield a dying Cambridge man Frederick A. Cowdin aged 85 married his sweetheart Miss Gertrude Morey on his deathbed. The ceremony, led by Rev. Thomas Babb, occurred after 12 noon as his health failed, and Cowdin soon died. Morey, heartbroken, remains in Brookfield while Cowdin’s remains are taken to Newton for burial.
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West Brookfield
Brookfields
Worcester County
Cowdin
Miss Morey
Mr. Cowdin
Lev
Thomas Babb
Congregational
Newton
Gould Surrender to Thurman Bill Sparks Railroading History
The Times prints a Washington dispatch detailing Union Pacific legislation to secure government dues. It credits Edmunds with drafting influence over the Thurman bill, describes Gould yielding to Edmunds, and notes the directors agreed to halt dividends, retain funds, and pay 715,814 to the treasury.
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New York
The
Times This
Washington
Union Pacific
Edmunds
Thurman
Gould
Charles Francis Adams, Jr
Dillon
Congress
Treasury
Adams
Boston
Senate
Mr. Edmunds
van Wyck
Railroad Committee
Judiciary Committee
Edmunds and Hoar
Thurman and
Government at New Orleans Exposition Comes to Louisville and Cincinnati
Hon. B F Butterworth, commissioner of patents, reports on preparations for the New Orleans, Louisville and Cincinnati exhibitions. He notes large, commodious exposition buildings and limited funding. Despite constraints, government will strive for a strong display next winter. Meanwhile Mrs Francis Stegall, 70, confessed to murdering her husband by pouring molten lead into his ear in Goose Creek township North Carolina.
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Washington
B. F. Butterworth
Interior Department
New Orleans
Louisville
Cincinnnati
Cincinnati
Raleigh
N. C
Francis Stegall
Goose Creek
Monroe
Stegall
Finance and Commerce. State Street August 2 1584
Markets show increased demand for accommodation at banks with higher loan rates. New York funds held at par to premium, mercantile paper varying from 4 to 7 percent. Clearing house grosses and weekly totals reported. stock and bond quotes listed with diverse issuers and prices across banks, mining, railroads, and utilities.
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State Street
Prime Corporation
New York
Stock Exchange
Mercantile
Boston Daily Globe Market Report August 2 1684
Commercial matters cover Boston markets with firmer butter prices, rising cheese demand, and varied grain figures. Also listed are dyewoods, flour, meats, fruit, hogs, hops, indigo, and metal markets with regional prices and ship rates, reflecting a broad commodities snapshot from St Domingo to New England ports.
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Boston Daily Globe
Northern Creamery, Inc
Northern Dairy
Franklin County
New York
Vermont
Western
St Lawrence County
Choice
Choice Vermont
Choice Western
Worcester County
St Domingo
Minnesota
Liverpool
Bush
London
Australasia
Melbourne
Sydney
Adelaide
Dunedin
Brisbane
California
Baltimore
Boston
Portland
Fall River
Providence
Salem
New Haven
New London
Portamouth
N. H
Philadelphia
Moston
Malaga
Loose Muncatel
Valencia
Messina
Palermo
Manila
Tigo
Calcutta
Buffalo
Buenos Ayres
Rio Grande
Montevideo
Gambia and Bissau
Madras
Cave Good Hope
Guatemin
India
Watertown Live Stock Market Report July 20
Watertown market figures show cattle 762, sheep and lambs 4457, swine 14317, veal calves 741, horses 186, poultry 4500. Prices quoted for Northern beef cattle dressed weight 750 high, 68 75 second quality. milch cows and springers range. sheep and lambs trade slow with declines. veal calves active with good demand. cattle arrivals week total 64 head. western beef cattle price 727 25 live weight. hides and tallow prices listed.
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Watertown
Brighton
Stork Gattle
Ibaeebb
Eh Nm
Massachusetts
New York
Colorado
Hipus
Eric
New York Markets Turn From Dull to Steady as Prices Slip
Wheat and corn futures eased amid a broad market lull with No 2 red August at 0.45 a bushel and No 2 mixed corn around 63-66 cents. Cotton futures closed steady after early weakness while lard and pork are weake, with spot pork at 14.15 and lard near 7.40 cents.
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Turkey
Gil
Boston
Boston and_Western
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Ohig
Maine
Poerne
Becom
Paracy
Chicago
Sac
Prime Western
Eyps
Apa
Roceries
Rio
Salea
van Dyke
P. T
Malange
Admiral de Ruyter
Manhum
Caura
Maracaibo
Steady Market For Fish As Substantial Shipments Arrive
In a steady week, strong mackerel landings totaled 10 690 barrels including a Bay of St. Lawrence voyage. Most cargoes sold to jobbers at 4 12 42 5 8 per barrel, while other fish including fresh halibut 1 785 000 pounds and hake 32 600 pounds moved. Cured codfish and various fish prices held near last week’s quotations with multiple regional bank and shore fish values listed.
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Gloverster
Bay of St Lawrence
Bath
Stoall
New Western Bank
Old Grand and Western Bank
Tees
Pat
Granbank
Georges
Sherrins
Bay
Nova Scotia
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Kentucky
Murphy
Jay- Eye-Lee
Winship
Golden
Westmont
Emmy Foster
Hetfield
Barnabee
James Golden
Swivevex
al Dean
Mr. Golden
Medford
Panbury
Ita Asies
Flor
Arctic
Flee
Fce
Cape Sheridan
Markfinm
Cape Hecla
Jens
Emerk
Hecla
Henry
Cape Columbia
Cape Henry
Cape Joseph Henry
Cape
James Ross Bay
Conical Hill
Doctor
View Point
O. A. Bull
Mead
Gusores
Letts
Albany
Ammons
Bullock
Maud Delasco
Muhlenbrink Building
Jelk Brown
Mississippi
Opelika
Ala
Colonel Betts
Brookfield
Finance and Commerce
Stock and Money Reports
Evans & Donne
Yoston Land
Koston
H&o
A. T&sf
KOUS
Cal & Heel
A. T&s Fe
Franklin
Hos & Alb'y
Osceola
Bosak
Lowell
Quincy
Bike Boa & Maine
Ch, B& Q
Amer’n Bell
Oley
Erie
Connotton
New Engl'a
Caak
Dimension
Boston Markets
Watertown Union
Syd Pater
Per Patr
Gyazetb
NEW York Markets
Gloucester
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