Maine Campaign Showdown Shapes National Vote
New York August 22 Maine politics dominates national chatter as Republicans push to carry the state through governor and legislature races plus a proposed constitutional amendment while Democrats tout gains across the country. Observers note Greenback balance, Butler’s influence, and a tight race with strong party machinery and reports from party leaders and allied groups.
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Maine
Union
James G. Blaine
Portland
The
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Butler
William E. Chandler
the Navy
R. J. Oglesby
Lincoln
Logan County
William Loughbridge
Iowa
M. Dunoell
Minnesota
Thomas Bain
Pennsylvania
Preston B. Plumb
Kansas
Benjamin Cook
Boston
John M. Butler
Lochinapollis
James T. Archer
Chicago
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General Blair and
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Atchison, Kan
John B. Henderson
Missouri
Adirondacks
Senator Plumb
General Blair
National Executive Committee
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Stephen B. Elkins
Fessenden
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A. A. Wilson
Democratic Congressional Committee
Rufus Blodgett
John H. Laira
Democratic State Committee
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Austin H. Brown
Indianapolis
Con
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No. 6
Central Labor Union
General Butler
Detroit
Ohio
Indiana
Cleveland
Blaine
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Oorbees
McSweeney
Warren, Penn
Chautauqua County
James W. Huested
Talloosa
Chandler
Greenbackers Move Toward United Action in Portland
Portland August 23 The Greenbackers met for consultation yesterday and moved toward a more perfect union of party factions. The conference signals plans to back Judge Cleaves for Congress unless Reed gains unexpected strength. Election of I W Sawyer and Elliot King for sheriff and county clerk seems almost certain, with John M Todd likely to campaign for Cleaves and later for General Butler. The union aims to align with Butler’s policy and unite the party ahead of September and future elections.
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Greenbackers
Judge Cleaves
Congress
Reed
I. W. Sawyer
Elliot King
Greenwacker
John M. Todd
Cleaves
General Butler
Greenback Party
Lne
Greenbackers Rally Behind Butler In Maine
Confidence in General Butler guides Greenback followers after a 1880 protest by Eaton Chase Gove Gordon Turner and other prominent Greenbackers. The group now views Butler as a stabilizing force and predicts the party may regain part of its former influence in Maine politics.
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Butler
W. F. Eaton
Solon Chase
E. H. Gove
P. H. Gordon
J. F. Turner
Maine
Greenback Party
Vermont election outlook features independents and party tensions
A Vermont political forecast describes rising independent sentiment centered in Brattleboro and Windham County, with a likely independent state convention. Democrats praise their nominees while quietly optimistic about turnout. Republicans mobilize with speakers from across the region as Senator Edmunds weighs his stance amid family tragedy and a pivotal fall trial.
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Brainehoro
Windham County
St. John
Buller
Butler
Cleveland
Franklin County
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Sheldon
Theneer
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PepuUnans
New York Tribune
Tribune
Apupliens
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Mr. Frost
Maine
Messrs. Culpepper
Ohio
Burroughs and
Horr
Michigan
Stewart Woodford
Joan Gilbert
New York
Long
Democratic State Committee
L. W. Redington
Rutland
Hiram Atkins
Montpelier
State Committee
Schley to be made commodore in Navy Bureau rise
President Arthur met the Greeley relief expedition officers in New York at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Commander Schley was named chief of the bureau of equipment and recruiting, replacing Commodore Earl English, who will command the European squadron. the appointment carries the rank of commodore.
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Fifth Avenue Hotel
Schley
Coffin
Emory
G. W. Melville
N. Sebree
C. J. Badger
A.A. Ackerman
W. A. Naumin
Francis L. Nash
the Avert
J. C. Colwell
Mr. Chandler
Earl English
Navy Department
Drought Devastates Ohio Valley Corn Harvest
A severe drought from July 8 devastates corn in the Ohio valley from Cincinnati north along the Ohio river for about 250 miles. Corn may not exceed a third of average yield even with rain. Wheat oats and hay were saved. other crops suffer but may recover if favorable weather returns. Water scarcity and desiccated pastures alarm farmers while tobacco in Kentucky Ohio Indiana already feels impact.
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Cincinnati
Ohio Valley
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio River
Otto
Kentucky
Ohio
Water Turns Foul At Mill and Upper Ponds After Earthquake
After an August earthquake, Mill and Upper ponds water grew riled with a strong odor filling Standing and bordering homes. The Board of Health investigates as water is released today. Locals note this unprecedented condition confounds even longtime residents.
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Sandwich
Board of Health
The Woman's Hour on Wages of Women in Boston
A critical look at Colonel Carroll D Wright's report on working women in Boston reveals stark wage disparity. The piece argues wages for women run about half those of men across printing and service jobs, calling the gap theft and highway robbery. It praises General Butler's stance on equal pay and notes the ballot may not solve wages, but public opinion could shift with time.
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Carroll D. Wright
Bureau of Statistics of Labor
Massachusetts
Aes
Colonel Wrigliy
Boston
Colonel Wright
Butler
United States
All About Autumn Dresses and Fabric Trends
Fashion notes on fall dresses emphasize heavy fabrics with skirt construction using a foundation underlayer, wide top breadths, and high or low drapery. Details include bias folds, wide kilt pleats, braiding trims, jet beads, and basques with tailored backs, signaling the season's tailored, decorative silhouettes.
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Harper’s Bazar
French dress details and woollen street suit fashions
The article describes French fashion features for dresses and basques, including narrow side forms, high standing collars, one piece collars, velvet reversals on necklines, curved sleeves, and tailored woollen street dresses. It discusses corsage shapes, round waists with high darts, varied lining treatments, fullness placement, and differences between French and English dress construction, noting preferences for plain waistlines and belt-focused silhouettes.
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Worth
Harper's
Farmer Clark Auction Snake Near Vernon N J
Special to the Philadelphia Times reports Farmer Clark of Vernon New Jersey displayed a 414 foot long ratuesnake in the road near Warwick. The crowd watched as the 13 inch thick reptile struck near his hand before being captured and sold to Theodore Frelinghuysen Wood for 126. Local tales include pilots, cucumbers, and field anecdotes from nearby residents.
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Philadelphia Times
Middletown
N. Y
Farmer Clark
Vernon
N. J
Warwick
Clark
Theodore Frelinghuysen Wood
Sol Seims
Wawayanda
Cash
Sol
A Sailor's Yarn of a Thunderstorm Sinking a Swedish Bark
An ex sailor recalls 1869 voyage on the Wesley Williams from Mobile to Boston with cotton for a Biddeford mill. A calm near the gulf stream yields a black cloud, a sudden thunderstorm, and a lightning strike that sinks a Swedish bark. the crew sees no survivors as dawn comes. The tale ends with the captain's resolve to reach Boston rather than quit the sea.
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Portland
Wesley Williams
Lothrop
Boston
Mobile
Gulf Stream
Cap'n Lathrop
Reptile Versus Bovine At Genoa Ranch Tragedy
An incident at Forest's ranch near Genoa ends when a cow fights a five foot black snake for three hours in sage brush. The cow collapses exhausted and dies after the snake is dispatched. The animal was valued at $100.
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Qaraon
Forest’s
Genoa
Beach to Go A-Journeying by William Beach in America
Beach to Go A Journeying reports William Beach the Hanlan conqueror set to row in the United States next year. Peter Day, Hanlan’s former backer, offers a $6000 purse to be rowed by six named men with Beach as one competitor. Time and venue to be announced, with Kielhfeld Springs favored.
Maine Veterans Reunion Toasts Stories and Ladies Question
The Maine First Tenth and Twenty-ninth Regiment veterans met on Long Island near Portland on August 23 for a lively reunion. Stories ranged from Bull Run to Cedar Mountain as Colonel Staples recalls meeting notable figures in Washington. Debate over inviting women to future reunions ended with ballots showing strong support for including the ladies at the Seventeenth Maine Veterans events.
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Tenth
Twenty-ninth Regiment Association
Long Island
Albert 3. Spaulding
Alexander Bell
George E. Andrews
Adams Smith
Bull's Run
Adams
Fist Brigade
Maine
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Lie
Sol
Stephen H. Manning
North Carolina
Emerson
Biddeford
Manning
Cedar Mountain
Wong
Sam
Quartermaster Bell
Red River
George H. Nye
Maryland
Henry G. Staples
Third Maine
Maine Eople
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Washington
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Hamin
Lot M. Morrill
Japles
Fort Sumter
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Farorman
Seventeenth Maine
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George
Gettysburg
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Bodies of Mormon elders arrive in Utah after Tennessee murder
The murdered Mormon elders bodies reached Utah on yesterday's Denver and Rio Grande train. A Salt Lake committee met them at Thistle and will conduct memorial services across the Territory next Sunday afternoon.
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Tennessee
Utah
Denver & Rio Grande
Thistle
It Has Made a New Man of Him
Mrs Staples writes from New Canaan Connecticut that her husband a pastor suffered with malaria and catarrh for over a year yet after inhaling Compound Oxygen and undergoing treatment before conference his strength returned and his appetite improved. The Treatise on Compound Oxygen details its discovery, action, cures in consumption catarrh neuralgia bronchitis asthma and other chronic diseases and offers to send by mail from Starrkey Palen Philadelphia.
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New Canaan
Conn
Baltimore
Drs. Starkey & Palen
Girard Street
Philadelphia
Finance and commerce notes from Stath Street market
Finance and commerce report from Stath Street on a quiet but firm money market. Banks remain conservative, with mercantile paper at 6 1 4 to 6 1 2 percent and call loans 5 6 percent. Exchange steady. New York funds at 8.12 cents per 1000. weekly clearings, bank excess above legal requirements, and a mixed image of shares and bonds priced by Evans and Doane.
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Prime Corporation
Soseyanegt
New York
New York State
Sterling Exchange
Mercantile
Boston Markets. Coal and chemical prices in 1864 report
Boston Daily Globe notes coal markets with Nova Scotia culm and Cumberland dull, gas coals quiet, and declining prices on several specs. Chemical and dyestuff prices listed. fresh meat, hay, and flour markets update. rubber, iron, and hardware goods quoted with mixed demand and regional price shifts.
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Nova Scotia
Cumberland
Acadia
New York Markets Saturday August 23 Commodities Update
Wheat futures dull with mixed shifts and large receipts. Corn and Indian corn prices eased slightly as broader grain activity remained unsettled. Lard pork and other staples showed modest moves with spot markets barely steady and oils firm but subdued. Cotton futures opened firmer on German buying but closed near steady amid thin spot demand.
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Pricna
Wales
Wardwell
China
Rta
Live Stock Markets Brighton and Watertown Weekly Arrivals
Arrivals of livestock at Brighton and Watertown for the week ending Friday August 22 1884 total 2540 cattle 1575 Western 306 Eastern 659 Northern. sheep and lambs 12880 including 9900 Western 987 Eastern 6373 Northern. swine 17930. veals 670. Prices for beef cattle per hundred pounds dressed weight range 84 100 to 89 40 with quality distinctions noted. Also listed are prices for hides tallow and wool products with assorted grades and origin notes.
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Brighton
Watertown
Brigton
Gloucester Market Notes on Fish Receipts and Prices
The Gloucester market reports a moderately active fish trade with steady demand for cod and mackerel. Receipts total 1,368,000 pounds codfish and 150,000 pounds fresh halibut, plus various mackerel and haddock categories, with prices ranging by item and quality and a well supplied fresh market.
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Georges Hanks
Grand Banks
Bay of St Lawrence
Cape Shore
Old Grand and Western Bank
Grand Bank
Georges Less
Eastern Bering
Haddock
Boulgad
Eerste
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