Railways and Progress An Editorial Excursion Westward
An editorial piece extols the Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railway as a driver of Western development. It lauds its equipment, routes to Denver, and the economic boom across Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado. The tour from Chicago to Denver includes Omaha Hastings McCook Lincoln and Denver with receptions and civic greetings.
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Burlington
West
Chicago
St.Louis
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Kansas City
Qaney
Hannibal
St. Joseph
Atchinson
Peoria
Rock Island
Keokuk
Davenport
Des Moines
Lincoln
Denver
Aurora
Mendota
Galesboro
Rockford
Chariton
Creston
Plattsmouth
Nebraska City
Hastings
Kearney
McCook
Enterprise
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Exas
Nebraska
Colorado
Pacific Coast
Rio Grande
Bransens
Pacific
Missouri River
San Francisco
Northwest
Lowa
Hannibal & St. Joseph
Republican
Platte River
Perceval Lowell
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Pennsylvania
New York
Massachusetts
Vermont
Connecticut
Maine
Rhode Island
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Leadville
Denver & Rio Grande
A. C. Sheldon
Mr. Lowell
Pullman
New England
Neb
Metroyiolis
Board of Trade
Grand Pacific
George Francis Train
John T. Raymond
Grand Opera House
Colonel Chase
Hallack
Bridgeport
Conn
Standard
Millard
Dawes
Outraged Wife Intervenes in Coney Island Dining Room
At Manhattan Beach Hotel on Friday evening a wealthy looking man, 35 to 36, dined with a young woman while his wife, an older matron, accosted them. She attacked the mistress with a whip, leaving red marks, then dragged the man away toward the cars as onlookers watched in shock. The trio disappeared before questions could be asked. The man was believed to live in New York City and the young woman fled in fear after the assault.
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The
Tribune
Eugene Field
Denver
Mark Twain
Zoological Gardens
Republican
the Tribune
Eneugh
Wazee
Wawatta Streets
No. 430
Holliday
Blake
Nore
Mott Street
New York
San Francisco
Seventeenth Street
Wazee Street
Maunauen Beach
Manhattan Beach
Coney Island
Gainesborough
Revelation A Poem Beecher on the symbolism of blood and faith
In a Plymouth Church sermon Mr Beecher argues Revelation is a dramatic poem shaping inner life and faith. He denounces the literal use of blood as a symbolic element, urges imagination to sustain belief, and honors those who suffer for justice while urging compassion for the opposing view.
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New York
Mr. Beecher
Jan van Eyck
Cowper
God
Mr. Moody
Moody and Sankey
Christ
Heaven
Mary
Jesus
Governor Butler in Cambridge dinner earns applause
Governor Butler scored a strong showing at a Cambridge dinner as the crowd shifted from initial mockery to genuine admiration. The Boston politician’s LL D recognition drew cheers while critics, including Senator Hoar, faded from the scene, and the audience ultimately celebrated Butler’s dignity and Massachusetts’ return to reason.
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Governor Butler
Cambridge
Butler
Bay State
Hoar
Massachusetts
Good Crop Prospects for Maine
The hay and grain crop promises to be the heaviest in years due to deep snow cover last winter. Grassland winter kill is down, hay will be cut earlier to prevent seed, and some regions have begun. Oats sowing up, wheat down. Penobscot County sowed barley on land suited for wheat, but early wetness delayed crop progress. None of the cereals are yet near harvest, with yields not indicated.
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Hastings
Nebraska
Union
Maine
Portland
Penobscot County
Ben Butler
Boston
Hoar
Old Bay
Ben
Harvard
Tewksburee
Bunker HL
Harvard College
Old South Church
Fauenil Hall
Burlin
Governor and Council Meet at Greenfield Session
At a Greenfield meeting Friday afternoon the Governor and Council transacted business including actions involving Colonel Joseph B. Par. The record notes various formal motions and approvals typical of such sessions.
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Greenfield
Joseph B. Par
West Virginia Beats Hell Says Cardwell After Arrest
Mareh Cardwell, a crippled veteran claiming Patrick Henry lineage, visited Wheeling and caused a disturbance at the State capital. After drunken profanity and insults in O’Brien’s office and other departments, he was arrested and ordered to leave town by the police court. He departed vowing that West Virginia beats hell.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Marah Cardwell
Culpeper
Sah
Liberty
Old Dominion
Lee
Patrick Henry
Virginia
Malone
O'Brien
Cardwell
Gaud
West Virginia
Hell
Mint reports record low wastage in gold and silver
Government officials in Philadelphia report the annual Mint settlement shows minimal bullion wastage. Gold bullion processed totaled 2,210,044.12 ounces and silver 45,591,335.72 ounces with gold coinage at 415,486.45 ounces and silver coinage 10,011,908.88 ounces, all reflecting far lower losses than legal allowances.
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Philadelphia
Treasury Department
Ce Mint
Gould
Bismarck Illness Hampers Imperial Plans at Tour
Berlin dispatch notes Prince Bismarck remains ill at Friederichsruhe with pains blamed on overeating curds and whey and cold exposure. His condition disrupts travel plans and could affect imperial councils and triple alliance diplomacy among France Germany and Russia. The report adds uncertainty over a potential summer meeting of the two emperors and possible encounters with Austria’s emperor.
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Berlin
Prince Bismarck
Friederiechsruhe
Nord Deutsche Zeitung
Theiad
Lis
Russia
Humbert
Austria
Gastile
Pitiable Condition of Chicago Times Owner W F Storey
A Chicago Letter in the Kansas City Star surveys the decline of Wilbur Storey the founder and owner of the Chicago Times describing him as physically and mentally ruined. The piece notes his loss of vigor, diminished control over the paper, his wife’s increased influence and possible court curator steps to manage his estate.
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Chicago Letter
Kansas City Star
The
Times
Wilbur F. Storey
America
Storey
Pansy
Times Office
Mr. Storey
Pension Claim Statistics Show Backlog Decline Promised
Washington July 8 Commissioner Dudley said he believes Congress will see all pension claims considered by the close of the fiscal year. He noted no pending claims require information from claimants, but cautioned that a rising number of claims has occurred this year. Figures show 87,206 original invalids, 12,989 original widows, 850 original navy invalids, and War of 1812 survivors and widows totaling 545 and related data. The department has seen claims attorney activity surge from 4,000 to 16,000 since the year began.
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Washington
Dudley
Congress
Department
Ths Department
Pessais
Demanding Peter's Pence in Toronto Archdiocese
TORONTO Ontario July 8 Arch Bishop has issued a pastoral demanding payment pence in the see under his control.
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Peter
Toronto
Ont
All for the Carriers Export Shipments Fall Short
The week ending July 7 shows a decline in export shipments of cattle, sheep, and dressed beef from the port due to no cattle-carrying steamers and a sharp space shortage. Prices slid from prior highs across London, Glasgow, and Boston markets as shippers faced high rates and wary demand.
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Boston
Easy Money Market Dominates Week in Finance and Trade
The July 7 1893 report notes an easy money market with banks well supplied and loan demand modest. Discount rates for mercantile paper sit low, collateral loans hold around four to five percent, and outside money on secure time deposits remains scarce. Clearing house activity shows substantial daily exchanges and favorable balances, while New York funds trade near par with minor discounts. Oil, coal, iron, and petroleum sectors show varied activity, with gains in coal and iron and a weaker cotton market. Overall market tone is cautiously active amid heat, with grain bears soft but export demand improving. stock and goods prices are listed for multiple sectors and a broad array of commodities.
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London
Glasgow
Liverpool
England
Hecht
Far South
Clearing House
New York
Licht
Commercus
Fraucs
Sieht
Wonderful Werther and Sunlit Oddities Across States
A humorous look at bizarre weather and agricultural quirk notes from New York to Georgia. Sunstruck figures, baked potatoes in fields, hatched eyes, kite cooled cream in the Rockies, heat in New Orleans, and a Montana man flooded by hail and cyclone on the way.
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New York
Georgia
Rocky Mountains
New Orleans
Montana
Boston Markets Market Report with varied commodities
The Boston Daily Market column notes light demand and little improvement across markets. It covers creamery and dairy products, cheese, coal, copper, corn, drugs, dry goods, dyes, feed, fish, flour, freight rates, malaga raisins, citrus, bagging, hay, straw, hides, hops, and hemp with price ranges and activity levels, naming Western creamery, Northern creamery, Cumberland coal, Acadia cargoes, and other specific items.
New York Markets Volatile as Wheat and Provisions Swing
Wheat futures rose then pared gains with No red cash and July at 3.16, futures for August to November mixed. Corn and oats moved: July at 4.60, August 4.75, and September 4.55. spot demand steady. Lard futures fell 7 to 10 points amid lower shipments from New Orleans and Galveston. butter, cheese weak. coffee steady. petroleum futures firm with near term highs. Cotton futures drifted, closing slightly firmer. receipts 1,626 cars. Meat prices steady. beef and bacon unchanged.
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RaTourvay
Ghain
Spo
Vphias Vem
Bee Inter
Milwaukee
Chicago
El-Wator
Owien
New Orleans
Galveston
Dage
Maracaibo
Philadelphia
Pennany
New York Exchange
National Exchange
Western
Menbaden
Livestock Markets Update at Brighton and Watertown 1885
Week ending Friday July 6 shows totals for western eastern northern cattle 3376 head while sheep and lambs reach 12443 and swine 16818. Veals 603 horses 286 and prices list be limited to beef cattle per 100 pounds live weight with quality tiers and hides and tallow prices noted.
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Brighton
Watertown
Lambski
Gloucester Fish Market Prices and Shipments This Week
Special Gloucester market report shows light but unusually large mackerel receipts for the season, with codfish and halibut arrivals totaling about 1,040,000 pounds and 107,000 pounds respectively. Prices cited for Georges Bank cod and other species, plus byproduct items and oils, reflect strong demand in Boston and local markets.
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Sunday Globe
Georges
Haddock
Boston
Mackerel
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Railways and Progress
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Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Road
Chicagco
Horace Greeley
Boston Capital
Western Brain
Jumbo
Bucyrus
ATL
Tur Globe
Revelation
Immanuel
Sons
Hampshire County
Benjamin A. Sanger
Tewksbury
Board of Health
Edgar E. Dean
Brockton
Ne Place
Nicholas Hathaway
Pull River
Harbor and Land Commissioners
James W. Brien
Charlestown
Warren
Nathaniel Booner
Major Cardweill
Bismarck
Elis
Federichsruhe
W. F. Storey
Chicago Times
Plain Bens
Finance and Commerce
State Street
Evans & Doane
Honkers
Landena
Boston Land
Rollandpref
WY. S
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Untun Faa
Eerie
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Lkr&fsiis
Sttc Esc
Gentral
Neta
Ulityy
NY & Nis
Atlantic
Mounnza
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Harshaw
Moe
St Louis Laws
Wmtotls Veneer
Railroada National
Lewable
Quincy
Pilver Dales
Lr&s
Sullivan
M.H
Seu Pedro
Bed Tele
Kos & Alb
Mezican
Kos & Patas
Trovicai
Thy Boa & Prov
Buy State
Ae Northern
Mischlan Bots
Pal Pal
Old Colony
Ee Bae
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Moston
Sepontia
Blaine
Mian
Ils
Olye
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Faneasd
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Utis
Tore
Saya
Wonderful Werther
Commrcial
Matteer
Western Creamery
Choice
Northern Creamery
Western Dairy
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Lowe
Acadia
Nova Scotia
Cumberland
Clearfield
Bolta
Doe
Lake
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Ludiana Straichta
California
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Sydney
Adelaide
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Lion
Malaga
Longe Muscatel
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Sultana
Smyrna
Turkey
Ford
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