Kansas Harvests and the Great Evil in Farming
A Boston Globe correspondent tours western Kansas and New Mexico. He reports Kansas wheat yields at about 30 million bushels with value around 20 million dollars, notes irrigation projects and tree planting spurred by the railroad, and observes cowboys, grazing lands, and growing towns from Dodge City to Lawrence. He highlights Lawrence as a hub for industry and education amid a thriving harvest season and warns of persistent cycles of scarcity followed by boom in the state.
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Boston Globe
Doper City
Kansas
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
Boston Enterprise
Boston Capital
Boston
New Mexico
Atdeals
New
Horton
Kansas City
R. Lawrence
Massachusetts
Colorado
Lawrence
Douglas County
Germany
State University
Department of Agriculture
Arkansas Valley
Florence
Marion County
Newton
Hutchinson
Ellingwood
Great Bend
Larned
Kinsley
Wichita
Sedgewick
Burton
Harvey County
Fort Dodge
Dodge City
Kin
Engineering Department
The
Upper
Reat
Dorie City
Dodge
Plains
Cooledge
Mohawk Valley
W. H.C
Boy Learns of Hidden Lineage After Promise of Wealth
A foundling raised by an adopted father learns his true past after hints of future riches. A telegram summons him to Providence to meet relatives and visit a dying grandfather. News of the boy’s identity and noble bearing has become the summer talk at Stone Bridge and Tiverton Heights.
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Walter
Stone Bridge
Fall River
Tiverton
R. I
Lawton House
Charles Rodgers
Boston
Rodgers
Hartford
Charles Willoughby
Eyl“Fui
Cbild
Providence
Tiverton Heights
Elephants Run Rampage Delaying Circus Exit
Four elephants escaped from Barnum's circus in Troy causing chaos on River and First streets. One disabled among others, two entered a rail mill yard, one swam to a float, and two were captured after a lengthy chase. pedestrians were injured and the largest elephant fled toward Second Street before dawn.
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Barnum
Troy
Kall Mill
Katie
Gloversville
Green Island
Long Bridge
River Street
First Street
South Troy
Rensselaer
Second Street
George Ormby
Jackson
Patrick Ryan
Ryan
Yan
Main
Fourth Streets
Patrick Morton
Fairey
Morton
Dwyer
Corning’s Mill
Mr. Cornina
Adams Street
Phosphoric arson suspected in Modesto fire scare
Last Friday at 1 AM a fire burned a Callahan wheat field near Upper Dry Creek. Herders stopped it. By noon phosphorus was found on shingles and in a soaked rag. Hay and barley stacks burned. total losses exceed $1500. Miles was later arrested on suspicion.
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Cmodesto
Val. Herald
Dan Callahan
Upper Dry Creek
Jonathan Gray
Callahan
Miles
Modesto
Aggressive Apaches Ambush Mexican Detachment at Encino
The Montezuma district prefect reports that on the 24th between 9 and 10 am Apaches attacked Coronel Lorenzo Torre's force at Encino, eighteen miles away. The three hour engagement killed Rciento Provincio, district deputado, and all troops save Federals and Colonel Jones, who was wounded. Indians seized horses, equipment, and stores as they fortified and ambushed the force. pursuing troops move toward the Arizona border.
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Tucson
Montezuma
Ortiz
Coronel Lorenzo Torre
Encino
Rciento Provincio
Jones
Arizona
Coal train wreck near Cranberry road kills six miners injured
A coal laden seven car train on Cranberry road in PirrTspunG Penn became unmanageable on a steep grade and ran away. The locomotive struck standing cars at the end of a two mile wreck path. Six were killed instantly Albert Valley Robert McGinley George Mersing D Morgan conductor Charles McGinley John Costello. Thirteen others, most miners, were injured, several likely to die.
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Pirrtspung
Penn
Cranberry Road
Albert Valley
Robert McGinley
George Mersing
D. Morgan
Charles McGinley
John Costello
Big Bend for a New York Pier Lease Record
The Old Colony Steamboat Company which runs the Fall River line leased Pier 28 Northriver New York at Murray street until 1888. A new lease from May this year to 1894 records George C Byrne transferring to the company an annual rent of 45000 dollars, ten thousand more than the previous rate and said to be the highest pier rent in the city.
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Old Colony Steamboat Company
Northriver
New York
Murray Street
Register
George C. Byrne
Tate
Boston
Dulness
Atchison
New England
Cincinnati
Sandusky & Cleveland
Toledo
Delphos
Burlington
Kosten Land
Quincy
Silver Islet
New York Stock Commission
Union Pacific
Lake Shore
Erie
Central Pacific
St. Paul & Omaha
Louisville & Nashville
Northern Pacific
Reading
Ohio & Mississip
Ontario & Western
Northwestern
Su Paul
St. Louis
San Francisco
London
St. Paul
Omaha
Immigration for Jane June statistics by nation
June immigration figures show Germany 21226 Sweden 11312 Ireland 10166 Canada 8470 England and Wales 7685 Norway 5080 China 4333 and other nations 16574 totaling 84786. A bogus ad suggests sending stamps for Part VII of a discredited book series with an absurd address.
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Jane
Germany
Sweden
Ireland
Canada
England and Wales
Norway
China
Hakple
Irish Arrears Bill Crisis and London Failure Report
Foreign news summarizes Irish Constabulary tensions as Lords push amendments to arrears of rent bill, with possible prorogation or dissolution if blocked. London reports a £80,000 liability failure at Robert Bentley & Son's warehouses and other European updates including Duclerc’s French ministry efforts and Nihilist treatment plans.
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Commons
Marquis of Salisbury
Gladstone
Irish Constabulary
London
Robert Bentley & Son
Cheapside
BB. C
Gutterlane
B. C
Break in Angil Pool ties Philadelphia agent to large debt
A Philadelphia linseed oil dealer Thomas Wright faced collapse as a Western oil combination pursued settlement after Wright accumulated debts near 150000 dollars. The firm had routed oil consignments, funded a lavish lifestyle, and secured a $17000 mortgage on a Venango Street residence while holdings included $80000 worth oil in storage. Assignment for creditors occurred July 26 with total indebtedness near 100000 dollars, potentially leaving the Western group owing 30000 to 50000. A broader loss is expected, with bondsmen unnamed and whiting factory venture cited among causes.
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Buffalo
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Chicago
Wright
Philadelphia
Thomas Wright
Tioga
Pennsylvania
Theodore Bliss
Venango Street
Foo
Philadelpha
Messrs
George Blabon
Cadets in Prize Ring Fight at West Point
Two West Point cadets Frank A. Cook aged 18 and Edward N. Scudder aged 21 fought on a green near Fort Putnam. Scudder was knocked out after a brutal exchange, severely injured with facial injuries and hospitalised. Cook remained comparatively uninjured. Both cadets were arrested as court martial proceedings and dismissal for five cadets were anticipated.
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Newpome
Frank A. Cook
Edward N. Scudder
West Point
Scudder
Mississippi
Cook
Rhode Island
Pleb
Alfred B. Jackson
Massachusetts
Observatory
Fort Putnam
Hill
West Shore
Jackson
Woods
Finance and Commerce. The Money Market 1882
Moderate money demand with steady rates. clearing-house pressure briefly spiked to 1 percent. Banks loaning to regular customers around 4 1 4 4 percent. Prime factory paper weak. balances and specie shifts noted. foreign exchange quiet but steady. Stock markets show mixed but generally firm activity with repairs and rumors influencing prices.
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State Street
New York
Wednesnéesday
Washington
Guatemala
Coe
Lee
Rockland
Barbadoes
Cienfuegos
New Orleans
NAVAL
Turks Island
Calcutta
New England
Sad Tale of Necect and Cruelty Told by Merc Welch
Mrs John Welch told Taunton District Court clerk Alger a sad story of fleeing to New York with her children after her dyehouse worker husband sent her $40 then disappeared. A sick child died, she and the other child were hungry, the husband refused help and threatened force. Alger issued a warrant for assault and battery. he was bailed for $300.
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Taunton
John Welch
Alger
District Court
Whittenton Mill
New York
Whittenton
Charges of unministerial conduct against Cleveland pastor
The Canton Repository reports charges of unministerial conduct against Rev. C D Henselman of the Christian Church in Cleveland. Three women allege unwanted advances at their homes, including kissing and close embraces during visits after funerals and committee solicitations. Officials have not yet acted, and threatening letters demanding hush money were received by the pastor.
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Cleveland
the Repository of
Canton
C. D. Henselman
Christian Church
Henselman
Menpelman
Rey
Hapselman
Pittsburg heiress bet on billiards in Philadelphia clash
Charlies and Brown of Pittsburg, newly wealthy from his father William H Brown, placed 3500 in J C Howard's hands for a billiards wager in Philadelphia. The bet pitted Jon F Thompson against John Frawley at 500 a side, ultimately set at 3500 a side in the Continental Hotel. Frawley defeated Thompson by six points in a 100 point three ball game.
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Philadelphia Record
Charlies & Brown
Pittsburg
William H. Brown
J. C. Howard
Brown
Howard
Jonn F. Thompson
John Frawley
Continental
Frawley
Thompson
Fatal Lake Michigan boating accident near South Park
August 7 report from Cnicasco details a Friday tragedy on Lake Michigan near South Park. A Clinton wire cloth works group picnicking lost five in a boat accident when the boat capsized. four drowned, including Mia Ford an elderly woman Martin Johnson John Fehrman and William Borsum.
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Cnicasco
Lake Michigan
South Park
Clinton Wire Cloth Works
Mia
Ford
Martin Johnson
John Fehrman
William Borsum
Butler Escapes While on Death Sentence in Calahoula
In Mownmer Louisiana on August 5 Bob Butler, awaiting execution for the murder of three Black victims who fled and were recaptured, escaped from a posse of twenty five in the pine hills. He fatally struck Edward Coates and evaded capture. If apprehended he faces deadly mob violence.
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Mownmer
Bob Butler
Calahoula Point
Pine Hills
Edward Coates
Shooting a Man for Sport in Walton Kentucky
In Walton Kentucky on August 7 a man named Ritchie aboard a moving freight train shot John Clarkson a brakeman after shouting See me pick the middle man. Clarkson died and threats of lynching followed. Ritchie is believed to have been drunk.
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Portland
Frank L. Gould
Walton, Ky
Ritchie
John Clarkson
Freight Handlers Strike Near End in New York
The freight handlers strike is nearly ended with workers applying this morning for old wages and some resuming work in New York on August 7.
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New York
Numpers
The Virginia Duel Over Gossip Ends in Trial
In Burkeville Virginia the trial of David Garland for killing Joseph Addison in a Lunenburg county duel draws wide state attention. Garland awaits trial in jail as Roach and Boswell, his seconds, are jailed for alleged complicity in the affair.
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Addison
Jones
Orgalo
Mamie Hatchett
Garland
Aaidison
Lunenburg
Burkeville
David Garland
Joseph Addison
Lunenberg County
Jai
Roach
Boswell
A Fearful Death in Greenville by Circular Saw
Frederick Tine was decapitated by a circular saw last Tuesday night in Greenville Ontario. In Exeter Ontario eighty feet of solid salt rock were struck 1125 feet below the surface, confirming a deep underground discovery.
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Greenville
Ont
Frederick Tine
Exeter
Hop Hitters Sold Four Years in Bilious Attacks Claim
Ludington Michigan February 2 1880 H T Alexander declares Hop Hitters have no rival for bilious attacks kidney complaints and other maladies common to malarial climate.
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Ludington, Mich
H. T. Alexander
Boston Markets Show Encouraging Trade Momentum
The Boston Daily Globe notes a hopeful business outlook with expected volume growth through August. Dry goods see autumn fabric movement, clothing activity rises, boots and shoes sell well, wool steady, cotton firm, hides and leather strong, and iron in good demand though prices remain high.
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Boston Daily Globe
New York Markets Flour and Cotton Prices Across Commodities
Flour and meal hold steady with mixed quotations for varieties. Cotton futures show wide swings while spot sales total 901 bales with mid upland prices around 15 1 16 cents. provisions and meats trade firm to lower with pork and lard activity shaping the session.
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Akei Palace
Bush
Canada
Western
Calcutta
Tern
Boston Extra
Nebbls
Bermuda
Choice
Angwat
Minnesota
Southern Shipping
Tierces City
State and Western Creamery
Western Dairy
Ohio
Jersey
Pennsylvania
State
Kye Steiaier
Slie
Senos
Sula
Rio
Santos
New Bedford
London
Glasgow
Hall
Antwerp
Palroa
Bayonne
Bualtie
Jublin
Hamburg
United Kingdom
Continent
Gloucester Market Prices and Whale Fish Arrivals Decline
Special correspondence reports weak market stock for salt fish and a detailed tally of recent arrivals. Western and Grand Banks fleets contributed hundreds of thousands of pounds of codfish, halibut and mackerel, with total weekly receipts in the low millions of pounds and barrels. Prices quoted cover Georges Bank cod, shore cod and various dried and pickled fish, with halibut, hake, pollock and other items listed alongside oils and by products.
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Sunday Globe
Gloucesister
Western Hanks
Grand Banks
Fis
Georges
Bet Mintal
Haddock
Vresh Halibut
Go Igineego Tayiss
Alge Ie
Livestock Arrivals at Brighton Market Week Ending Aug 5 1382
Arrivals show Western and Eastern cattle totaling 2 652 head with 1 6600 sheep and lambs from Western stock and 2 502 from Northern and 35 from Eastern. Total pigs 13 014 and veals 741 plus horses 144. Beef cattle prices per 100 pounds live weight listed for extra and first quality with lower grades noted. Hides and tallow prices included for Brighton and country stock.
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Aguen
Csavesien Gene
Eateste
Abeetak Ingannshestee
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