Forsakes Her Fiancé and Marries the Corset Man
Miss Nellie Price, an Englishwoman living in Brimecroft, eloped from a New York trip with Willard Raymond, who had divorced wife Mrs. Hamilton after shooting at him earlier. Price chose Warner Mothers’ superintendent Al Taylor, not Raymond, and married Taylor in a quick ceremony with Dr Houston officiating. Raymond now adjusts while Price and Taylor receive wedding gifts from Price’s London family.
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Willard Raymond
Housatonic Bridge
Raymond
al Taylor
Warner Mothers
Iss Price
Taylor
Miss Price
Mr. Raymond
Mr. Taylor
Oreight
Price
New York
Bridgeport
Grand Central Depot
Mrs. Smith
London
Richard Davies
Ark
Elizabeth T Hamilton
Ms. Taylor
New York World
Remarkable cave near Riddlesbride Alabama reported
A party of Northerners prospecting for minerals in Chulafinee Alabama reports a 400 foot long cave near Riddlesbride. They describe dim lighting, passages 10 to 60 feet wide and 16 feet high, with an exit blocked by writhing rattlesnakes. A match ignited natural gas, briefly flaring under the cave roof.
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Chulafinee
Ala
Riddlesbride
Mysterious Warner Transfers Highlight Grant & Ward Collapse
In New York July 8, a hearing in Holt versus Warner examined fraud claims tied to transfers just before and after Grant & Ward failed. The case centers on contracts signed by Grant & Ward and purportedly authored by Ferdinand Ward, with schemes paying investors profits while diverting funds to Warner and the firm.
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New York
Hamilton C Ole
Grant & Ward
Holt
Warner
George C. Holt
Ferdinand Ward
Ward
George FE. Spencer
Grant
Choate
Spencer
National Fives National B Bank
Wit Ward
Checks From 1883 Bank Run Totaled Over Six Million
The American Exchange Bank issued certified checks stamped by the clearing house starting January 20, 1883. Amounts ranged from $18,750 to $33,000 early on, dwindling to $6,000 to $9,000 by year end as the firm failed. The last check was drawn May 5 on the Marine Bank, with all checks totaling $6,164,495.34.
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American Exchange Bank
Clearing House
Marine Bank
Wabash Shopmen Threaten Riot at Moberly
Four hundred Wabash shopmen locked out at Moberly Mo prepare for a grand riot to drive the scabs from town. Women and children of the idle workers to join. City officials vow protection, Knights of Labor pledges support, officials urge restraint.
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St. Louis
Moberly
Knights of Labor
Fell in Love With His Nurse Romance of Libbys Marriage
New York July 11 Inmate C H Stanley recounted the marriage of Charles A Libby who vanished from Chicago last April and whose wife killed herself last May He described Libbys courtship with nurse Nellie Raga at Ward Island Hospital and suggested he may have died on a drunken spree and is possibly in another institution.
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New York
C. H. Stanley
Ward's Island
Charles A. Libby
Chicago
Mr. Stanley
Pony
Binghamton
Nellie Re
Libby
Helye
Twice in Peril on Emily Raymond Shipwreck Tale
Captain Coadie and seven crew aboard the brig Emily Raymond of St John New Brunswick were wrecked twice after a June gale. From Greenock to Sydney the vessel foundered with topmasts and cabins gone, three crew disabled, two days adrift on scarce water, until the Norwegian barque Frithjof rescued them. fifteen days later the Raymond’s wreck occurred near Cape Ballard Newfoundland, with both crews saved after exposure and danger.
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Hallivax
Coadie
Emily Raymond
St. John
N. B
Newfoundland
Greenock
Sydney
C. B
Frithjof
Tonsberg
Raymond
Quebec
Cape Ballard
Elopement Planned by Society Girl Stopped by Mother
In Hart Troop Connecticut a young woman from upper circles faced an attempted elopement with a skating instructor from Malden Massachusetts. The couple planned a Boston wedding on July 4 after a license was issued, but the daughter learned troubling stories, her mother traveled to Boston, and she agreed to return home with her mother after confessing. The incident drew local attention as the elopement was prevented.
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Hart Troop
Conn
Armory Skating Academy
Malden
Mass
Tower House
Havng
Ip Guteissee Ee Ee
Massachusetts
Boston
HIS LONESOME TALE OF OIL WELLS AND FATAL EXPLOSIONS
A Pennsylvanian oil well shooter recounts a decade of deadly nitroglycerine work. He and his brother are the last survivors of a ten man gang that faced multiple fatal explosions near Red Rock Richburg Corwin Centre and Bolivar, with several bodies never recovered. The pair fear重大 future tragedy while reflecting on past losses and near misses.
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Duke Ceenttre
Penn
Gallagher Brothers
Lew Gay
Red Rock
Lew
Ben Guarthwaite
Richburg
Ken
Ren
Joe Ross
Corwin Centre
Bill
Brother
John
Ben Clough saves whaleship Sharon in savage mutiny
A New Bedford sailor Ben Clough, acting as mate, secretly boards the mutinous whaleship Sharon at night. He fights naked natives aboard, wounds two attackers, uses muskets, and helps secure the ship. The captain is killed, mutineers are dealt with, and Port Jackson justice follows as Ben becomes captain of a new ship built with the voyage profits.
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Ben Clough
Sharon
East River
Ben
New Bedford
Ascension
Port Jackson
King’s Mills
Manuel
Lee
Norris
Per Manuel
Smith
Mr. Smith
Nan
Enten
Ead
Ber
Split church factions form after cyclone pits debate
In Mil ton county a church divides into two factions over cyclone pits. Dissenters withdraw and form Cyclone Primitives while the original church adopts the name Anti-Cyclone Primitives. The split stems from perceived attempts to thwart divine will.
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Cummmine
Milton County
Cyclone Primitives
Detroit July 11 Special to the News Morning
Detroit reports a special dispatch dated July 11 with unclear East European context. The fragmentary text provides minimal readable facts and lacks concrete names or events to confirm scope.
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Detroit
Strikes Hit Mills In Zilwaukee And Carrollton Areas
About 600 striking workers visited mills in Zilwaukee and Carrollton this morning causing a work stoppage. Wiggins and Cooper of Saginaw failed to muster a force to start operations. At C Keddy's mill, a man left to maintain steam and watch for fire was driven, and the tires were extinguished in the mill.
Railway Magnate Aims to Control Texas Coal Supply
Jay Gould bought yesterday all mining interests in the Indian territory from Robert C. Stephens, including the McAllister mine that supplies Texas coal. He seeks to influence railroads serving Texas such as Gulf Colorado Santa Fe, aiming to control fuel and pressure rivals. Gulf Colorado Santa Fe filed a $2,144,000 mortgage with Farmers Loan and Trust Co of New York to fund its extension toward Denver and Kansas City.
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Dalis, Tex
Jay Gould
Robert C. Stephens
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Indian Territory
McAllister
Texas
Gulf Colorado Santa Fe
Galveston
Farmers Loan and Trust Comeray
New York
Denver
Kansas City
Italian Consul Defamation Suit Seeks $10,000 in Cincinnati
Theodore Ungerer a Vine street fruit dealer and restaurateur has filed a $10,000 defamation suit in Cincinnati against Dr. August Ravagli Italian consul. The suit concerns alleged statements about Ungerer operating an assignation house and renting hotel rooms for immoral purposes. Proceedings will occur in the U S federal court as the proper venue for suing a foreign government representative.
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Cinerynati
Theodore Ungerer
Vine Street
August Ravagli
Ungerer
Emory Brothers
Vine and
Eighth Esreeks
Gatti
Ravogli
United States Court
Right of Way Through Indian Country Sparks Cattle Drive Clash
Growing tension between southwestern Texas ranchmen and drovers escalates as 100000 cattle are halted south of Fort Supply and the Canadian River. Deputies arrest two men, John Blacker and Oscar Woolley, on animal industry law charges while US authorities insist drives may proceed under quarantine rules. Preliminary hearing scheduled today.
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Dopgr Crry
Kan
Texas
Fort Supply
Canadian River
Desity Marshal Bell
John Landers
United States
Cook
John Blacker
Oscar Woolley
Lamar
Simpson
Washington
Three Men Killed in Yorkville Embankment Accident
A Reading & Pottsville line worksite near Yorkville collapses an embankment burying eight Italians and others. Three men die on site and five others are seriously injured as earth and rock topple about twenty tons. Only George Halberstadt escapes, injuring his arm while fleeing. The tragedy stems from workers digging too far into the embankment near Covey.
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Yorkville
Penn
Mount Cannon
New
Reading
Michael Cordiela
John Hooper
Antonio Georranz
John Ricker
Lucizo dJeromineo
Herdin House
George Halberstadt
Drunken men assault woman and child in Jamaica Jamaica
Four masked men burst into a Jamaica New York house injuring Richard Hanken and assaulting Mary Hanken and her infant. Victims identify three suspects Victor Murray William Meaghan Michael Salmon. fourth man Warren Johnson fled. Prosecutor to press felonious assault charges amid disputed identities and drunkenness claims. A separate report details a elopement style marriage thwarted by family opposition in Ausury with Beardsley and Miss Chedell.
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New York
Mary Hanken
Richard Hanken
Jamaica
L. L
Victor Murray
William Meaghan
Michael Salmon
Warren Johnson
Sutphin
Gunther
Hanken
Apples and milk products dominate Boston markets in July 1885
The Boston Globe reports on dried and evaporated apples with varied prices, fresh apples in the market, and creamery lots across Vermont New York and western markets. Butter prices show limited sales while creamery brands command higher values. Cocoa and other staples appear with fluctuating but steady prices amid a dull market for eggs fish and meats.
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Orrick
Bostow
Hartarad
Prthe U Creamery
Franklin County
Vermont
New York
Bush
Ao Ao
RavenDay
Ermont
Worcester County
Cumberland
Clearfield
Acadia
Sydney
Ostec
Java
Maracaibo
Laguirs
Rio
Jamaica
St. Domingo
Nearby
Cape
Aroostook County
Greine
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Prince Ward Island
Georges
Dekle Eured Bank
New
Bath
Haddock
Salmon
Finance and commerce mood in money market remains easy
The market shows persistent borrowing demand and abundant idle funds with very low loan rates. Good business paper and railroad mortgage demand attract favorable terms. money rates widely quoted at modest concessions while New York funds trade at par and foreign exchange remains flat.
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New York
Chicago
Flour and Grain Markets Harden in Quiet Trading
On Saturday July 11, grain and commodity futures moved modestly. Cotton futures showed further declines before steadying with July at around 10.20 cents and August near 10.24 for September 10.11, with 72,000 bales traded. spot staples eased slightly. Wheat and corn futures were subdued by crop worries though spot demand remained steady for wheat while corn futures slipped. oats and oils showed mixed moves as provisions, lard, and butter priced to steady levels amid active trading.
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Baltimore
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
London
Buenos Ayres
California
Madras
Choice
Pemilore
Cienfuegos
Lega
Ali Barbadoes
Porto Rico
Harley
Vhoice Canada
Fanneil
Imperial
Hyson
Young Hyson
Twankay
Hyon Skin
Canyon
LOWES
Nouchong Ng
Lei
Volong
LogSide
Japans
Bermuda
Bush
Ateady
Do Gulf
Hyecaove
Milwaukee
Levator
Salon
Maracaibo
P. T
Arrivals of stock at Brighton and Watertown markets
Week ending July 10, 1885 reports Western cattle 1650, Eastern 30, Northern 898 total 2078. Western sheep and lambs 9120. Northern sheep 1232 total 10652. swine 1405. cattle prices vary by grade from 300 to 587 per pound. hides and tallow values listed for various grades. no clear date beyond week ending.
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Brighton
Watertown
Poaia
Gloucester Fish Market Report Highlights Steady Prices
Gloucester market notes limited improvement in trade with prices near last week. Weekly arrivals reached 76 with total codfish 1,500,000 pounds including 650,000 from Grand Bank and Flemish Cap, plus 211 pounds halibut and 39,049 barrels of mackerel. Fresh fish broadly abundant. halibut and other species show stable to low quotations. on shore herring and codfish products listed with varied per unit prices.
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Gloucester
Grand Bank
Flemish Cap
Western Waterand Bank
Grandbank
Georges
Nova Scotia
Labrador
Waterbury Watch: A Practical American Timekeeper
The Waterbury Watch is a serviceable timepiece praised for American ingenuity and quality, said to outperform many foreign watches at much higher prices. It claims widespread daily use across all social strata.
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Waterbury
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St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church
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