Yellow Fever The GLOBE questions and cautions Boston risk
The GLOBE interviews Dr Samuel H Green on yellow fever in Boston and the south. He debates whether cleanliness prevents the disease, suggests it may be imported and epidemic if footholds form, and discusses symptoms treatment and possible liver involvement with other authorities and observers.
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Massachusetts
Boston
Beacon Hill
TukeLone
Tne Globe
Samuel H. Green
National Commission of Experts
Globe
Tae Givorman
North Street
Beacon Street
Green
Hepp
Dr. Green
South
Maxey
Texas
Globel
Washington
Morgan
Alabama
THE
E. John Ellis
Congress
Louisiana
Newsboy Nan Rescues Drunken Man in Brooklyn Ferry Area
Nan the newsboy, aided by bystanders, saves a well-built youth named Thomas Doyle who, after a drunken incident near Hamilton Avenue ferry, battles to reenter the river. Nan pursues and restrains Doyle, bringing him aboard a canal boat and delivering him to a doctor for care. The crowd applauds Nan for preventing a tragedy.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Hamilton Avenue Ferry
Nan
Thomas Doyle
Doyle
Stadin
Alpine Grove
Ask any doctor if Hop Bitters are best family medicine on earth
A public notice invites readers to consult medical authorities about Hop Bitters marketed as a cure all. The notice frames the product as a family remedy and asks doctors for validation or critique, with emphasis on trusted medical opinion.
The Grain Trade And Its Global Reach
A long, detailed look at world crop failures and U S grain prowess. It covers wheat’s rise as a staple export, the transformation from manual to mechanized farming, railroad tariffs, and elevator systems in Boston and Albany trade hubs. It notes rising exports, tonnage, and the push to direct European sales, while outlining policy needs and infrastructure like the Eads jetty to boost shipments. Describes the Canopus voyage and elevator capacity, with rail and port dynamics shaping prices and competition. It ends with calls to curb foreign control of shipping and to expand American grain exports using American vessels.
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New England
North America
Mexico
Cortez
United States
New States
Iron Horse
New West
West
Ohio River
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
New York
Boston
Boston and Albaway Railroad
New York Central
Albany
Merchants’ Despatch Transportation Company
Hooper
Canopus
Liverpool
Borno Commercial Exchange
Europe
England
France
Switzerland
Russia
Roumania
Mississippi
Cairo
St. Louis
South America
Night Jail Break Ends in Murders and Arrests
A posse pursued a gang of horse thieves yesterday. Larkin Jones was killed and Joan Jones wounded during arrests. Enoch and old Jones were captured. Jack Morris aided the wounded man to escape and was jailed. Twenty five masked men overpowered four guards at Palapinto jail at 1 am, obtained keys by threat, and shot Morris dead in the jail.
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Larkin Jones
Joan Jones
Enoch
Old Jones
Jack Morris
Jones
Morris
Palapinto
Fatal Explosion Destroys Albany Engine Crew Killed
The Sacramento boiler exploded near the Boston and Albany round house in Greenbush New York at 430 pm yesterday. Fireman tightening safety valve caused the blast. Cab passengers machinists John McIntyre Thomas Smith and Frank Murphy were killed instantly. Yard fireman and two engineers were bruised and scalded. Cause unknown but likely low water in boiler.
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Albany
N. Y
Sacramento
Boston and Albany Round House
Greenbush
John McIntyre
Thomas Smith
Frank Murphy
William Horton
Wyant, Crandell
Robert K. Miller
Grievances Reported by U S Fishermen in Gulf of St Lawrence
Washington August 6 grave complaints reach the state department from United States fishermen in the gulf of St Lawrence alleging local authorities enforce three mile limit regulations that hinder their fishing methods and threaten a clash with Aspy bay residents. Secretary of State orders inquiry with Kearsarge to Nova Scotia or New Brunswick ports to enlist agents Hobson and Foster to report on inshore grounds and treatment.
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Washington, D. C
State Department
United States Fishemen
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Aspy Bay
Secretary of State
Kearsarge
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
F. 5
Hobson
Gloucester
Alfred Db. Foster
Halifax Commission
Great Britain
Out West Observations on the Northern Pacific Route and Politics
A Massachusetts observer travels the Northern Pacific from Muskoda through Fargo and Bismarck, describing the Red River Valley as a wheat empire with 12 million acres, vast profits, and thriving settlements. He notes cattle grazing north of the line, buffalo decline, and stock-raising advantages over Texas or California. In politics, he sketches Massachusetts figures Butler and Talbot, Abbott Democrats, and shifts in party support amid Ohio and New York talk, with a wary forecast of Butler’s prospects.
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Tue Glone
Bismark
C. T
William C. Thompson
Lynn
Thompson
Northern Pacific Railroad
Muskoda
Red River Valley
Red River
Moorhead
Fargo
Dakota
Mapleton
Mapleton River
Wiliams
Cass Coerry
Perceps
Sheyeron
James River
Missouri
Lampow
Duluth
Chicago
Northern Pacific
Yellowstone
Texas
California
Ohio
West
New York
Congress
Massachusetts
Butler
Talbot
Abbott
State Central Committee
Boston
Treasure Trove Found in Brother Jonathan Wreck
Treasure hunters in San Francisco report the steamer Brother Jonathan wrecked off Crescent City in July 1865 lies upright in twenty two fathoms. About one million in treasury notes and bullion was in her safe, with a government claim said to lapse ten days after the loss.
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San Francisco
Cal
Brother Jonathan
Point St. George
Crescent City
Treasury
Haunted Portsmouth House Upsets Crowd. Porch Collapses
NORPOLE VA August 7 A haunted house at Portsmouth has disturbed occupants for a month with unexplained noises and disturbances. Last night a crowd gathered on the porch which collapsed sending ten or more people to the pavement below. several were seriously injured.
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Norpole
Bankers Convention at Saratoga Features Knox Paper
The bankers convention reassembled at Saratoga with large attendance. Comptroller John J. Knox presented an abstract of his address on banks and the banking system, discussing tax effects, resumption, and the coinage act of 1873, along with silver currency questions and double standard concerns.
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Boston Globe
Saratoga
Bankers’ Convention
C. B. Hall
Massachusetts
N. H. Foster
John J. Knox
Congress
Comptroller
Comptroller’s
John Sherman
Senate
China
Japan
Boards of Trade
Mr. Knox
Address on Banking Systems and Money Standards
The speech argues replacing bank notes with United States Notes is impractical and urges preserving both national and state banking. It predicts future prosperity, gold standard dominance, and eventual reduction of legal tender notes, while praising honest money and a strong U S banking system. Bacon of Utica and Morse supported the address. Coe of New York gave a hard money keynote.
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Geogical Comapane
New
England
Middle States
Western States
Pacific States
Territo Thor
Secrees
United States
New York
Congress
California
Knox
William J. Bacon
Utica
Morse
George 8. Coe
Toils of Silas M Patterson in Washington Confidence Game
Chicago report details Silas M Patterson son of ex senator Patterson arriving from California with prestigious letters. He wins favor at the customs office then borrows 3000 to 4000 against family diamonds after losing 1800 on a horse. A diamond broker Warren Knight appears, claiming to hold the gems. a warrant for Patterson follows amid rumors of a larger theft ring and Patterson’s expulsion from the Palmer House.
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Chicago
The
Times
Silas M. Patterson
Patterson
South Carolina
California
Palmer House
Custom-House
John Sherman
Charles Devens
J. Randall
D. M. Key
John R. Hawley
Washington
William Henry Smith
Harvey
Sherman
Pete Patterson
Warren Knight
Palmer House, Owing & Large
Knight
How They Carry Elections in Cincinnati Report
The congressional investigating committee examined Kentucky watchmen hired by Republicans to observe polls. They claimed orders to watch for repeaters and not vote. arrests occurred but election remained quiet. Witnesses noted cross‑party hiring for campaigns and cash payments to services, with partisan clubs acting independently amid city politics.
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Cincinnati
Congressional Investigating Committee
Kentucky
Tor Quem
J. Kb. Gorselin
Sixth Ward
Sayler
Lutterworth
Maryland Democracy Enthusiastic State Convention Nominates Full Ticket
The Democratic state convention met at the Masonic Temple in Baltimore with Herman Scamp elected chair and Herman Stump as permanent president. Nominations named William T. Hamilton for governor, Charles J. Gwinn for attorney general, Thomas d. Keating for comptroller, and Spencer C. Jones for clerk of the court of appeals, signaling a compromise ticket linked to Whyte’s withdrawal from the senatorial contest.
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Baltimore
Masonic Temple
A. P. Gorman
Herman Scamp
Herman Stump
William T. Hamilton
Washington County
Charles J. W. Gwinn
State Treasury
Thomas d. Keating
Queen Anne’s
Court of Appeals
Spencer C. Jones
Montgomery
William Pinckney Whyte
Consul at Gibraltar reports extortion plot and animal mutilation
Gibralter consul Mr Sprague informs the department of state of a base extortion letter demanding 5000 dollars with death threats to him and family. A second note lowers the demand to 600 dollars. Separately in North Attleboro a horse was mutilated, ears cut, tail shaved, muzzle wounds, likely fatal. authorities vow to find the culprit amid public indignation.
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Sprague
Gibraltar
Department of State
Bess
Madrid
Riley
North Attieboro
Charles Pierce
Pierce
Ita
A College Professor Turns Canal Driver in Cincinnati
A man identifying himself as Professor Brown aged thirty six formerly employed by Dr George Minhell of Cincinnati now drives a team on the Erie canal He claims Harvard education a tutoring career and a chemistry professorship interrupted by a despondent break with a lady and estrangement from his family This brief item notes a dramatic career change with no further details.
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Cincinnati
Brown
George Minhell
Harvard
The Guascatus Come at Last. A Curious Cape Horned Cow
Halifax Nova Scotia August 6 A most curious quadruped horn of a cow from Matone Bay features a head shaped like a human skull with a 36 inch circumference. The nose projects like a ship’s bowsprit with small eyes eight inches apart. Body resembles a bear, larger than the head, covered in fine silky hair. Tail like a fox, fore feet like a dog and hind feet like a bear.
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Halifax
N.S
Matone Bay
Es Fox
Carboline promises cure for baldness and hair restoration
A Pittsburgh Commercial excerpt from October 22 1877 extols Carboline a deodorized petroleum based remedy claiming it cures baldness restores hair and even returns natural color. The piece notes the scalp dandruff and hair thinning signals disease and that the deodorized petroleum penetrates to roots for rapid improvement citing Russian observations and animal tests as precedent.
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Russia
Coensts
Eau de Cologne
Pittsburg
CARBOLINE Testimonials Claim Hair Regrowth Evidence
Davisville California November 8 1873 testimonial from LANGLEY Co San Francisco praising CARBOLINE for hair restoration. Notary public James D. King sworn to certify. Multiple cases describe bald heads regrown after weeks of use with claims of complete restoration and dramatic growth.
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Davisville
Cal
CRL
Langley & Co
San Francisco
Sivs
Chase. White
Thavienlie, Cal
James D. King
Notary Public
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