Long Branch Resting and Rising From a Wilderness Past
A nostalgic portrait of Long Branch thirty years after its dawn as a summer hub. The article contrasts the quiet farms and ambitious villas of the early era with today’s bustling hotels, grand cottages, and ornate landscapes. It highlights hotel leadership, notable guests, social dynamics, and the influence of prominent figures like Grant era real estate pushers, Dave Hildreth, and John Thomas shaping the seaside resort’s social scene.
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Love Branch
Paes
West End
Dave Hildreth
Ocean Drive
Grant
Long Branch
Knights of Trade
Dicker
Ocean Hotel
Don Jones
Philadelphia
Elberon
John Hoey
Roer
Krant
New York
Neyer
Hildredth S
George W. Childs
United States
Brother Hildreth
John Thomas
Jom Thomas
Dave Hildredth
Hildredth
Anton Seidl
Themas
Florida
Georgia
Saratoga
Crowned with success Putnam seen as Maine gubernatorial candidate
Portland July 20 Charles Putnam a rising Maine figure with a large legal practice and a history as Bath editor is urged as Democratic candidate for governor. Born 1886 in Bath he trained under George Evans and built a Cumberland bar leadership while serving as Portland mayor in 1869 and later declined Supreme Court bench offers.
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PortLand
William L. Putnam
Bath
Bowdoin College
House of Representatives
Limes
Maine
James G. Blaine
Blaine
Putnam
The
Times
George Evans
Bar of
Evans
Cumberland Bar
Tato
Democratic Party
Supreme Court
Plaisted
Frederick Robie
Zoverace
Bion Bradbury
Cleaves
Rovie-Thomas
Kobie
Robie
J. Putnam
Lowell
New England
Circuit Court of the United States
Suffolk
United States
Arthur
Heldi Ng Brethren of the Bar
Maine General Hospital Corporation
Portland Institute and Public Library
Israel Washburn, Jr
Rumfordalls & Buckfield Railroad
Cleveland
David J. Adams
Ella
Senate of the
Commission
Waite
Supreme Bench
Augusta
William Henry Clifford
Harris M
Archibald McNichol
Calais
Apers
General Cleaves
Cleaves Pyapek
Bureign
Sprague
Pean & North American
Coburn
B. F. Andrews
Exchange Street
Courts
State Street
Connorations
American party plans national convention in Washington
A large circular from the American party headquarters urges Americans everywhere to ensure representation at the national convention in Washington on August 16. It calls for state and district action to select delegates, with emphasis on immigration limits, educational suffrage, and strong protections for American institutions and unity.
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Washington
National Committee
Washington City
Ostrich Exhibit Dazzles with Majestic Plumes and Echoes of Danger
A Los Angeles letter from New Orleans Times describes an ostrich farm with twenty tall birds in fenced pens. Spectators admire velvety black plumes while noting the birds’ strength, fierce behavior, and a dramatic chick hatching as a keeper evades a protective mother.
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Los Angeles
New Orleans
Kira
Numerous accidents and crimes reported coast to coast
An Ottawa dispatch notes a deadly freight collision near Shades Creek Alabama killing two and injuring four. In Bardonette Maine Mrs Floss and Mrs Willett burned to death after oil lamp explosion. A New York court limits worker concerted restraints. Monocacy board of survey to decide fate of the ship in Asia. South Chesapeake Bay excursion tragedy claims three lives. Plant City Florida fights malaria with wide paving. A St John worker pierced by a bolt. pension office shows 113087 certificates issued. Chicago officials jailed over dynamite cases. coast to coast fires and shipwrecks reported with multiple fatalities and rescues.
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California
Shades Creek
Colli
Court of Appeas
New York
Centro
Whitney
Chandler
Cenier
Launceot
Chesapeake Bay
North Point
Pepeees
Prste
Plant City
Fla
Edding
Charles Purves
St. John
Pension Office
Willian Cleveland Cox
J. K. Cox
Auburn
N. Y
Cleveland
C. E. Anderson
Philadelphia
Cox
St John Baptist Church
Ernest Kemp
Michael Lander
Daniel Sweeney
Morley
Montreal
Senate Committee On Appropriations
Secretary of War
Western Iron Association
Pittsburg
John Grimm
Oscar Lindstrom
Charles Heiss
Singer Works
Elizabethport
N. J
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la Junta
Kan
Ty Ee
Ohio & Mississippi Railroad
Coney Island
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Samuel Young
Kansas
Rev. Bodkin
Wichita
RK. J. Freely
Abilene
Amalgar Gamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
North Chicago
Yeeneny
of Ree
Falcon Iron and Nall Co
Niles,o
Chicago
Falcon Works
Cramer
Mahoning Valley
George Matzinger
United States
Belgium
Jack Lewis
West Thirdstreet
Alice Jackson
Pople
Auditorum
Ocean Grove
M. J
Charles Jackson
Reading
Penn
Wesley Lake
Rowena
Peter Neviska
Duluth
Dakota
Neviska
New
A Andie Parsons
New Hartford
Phyacians
Arkana
Epublican Legisla
Govcor
Widad Deapareh
Alwoas
Jay
Lima
Villers
First Avenue
Jessie M
North Clark Street
Charles Wickigr
Port-au-Prince
Senate
C. W. Jones
Henry H. Clark
Providence
Arthur Wood
Minnie Bullara
Worcester
Mass
Uaboag
Brookfield
Mr. Jones
Wiethh
Cation
Opera Hs
Fifly New Mexican
Weltman
Catron ‘Knoeble & Clance
Santa Fe
Waa
David I. Robinson
Samuel Poole
Gloucester
Port Townsend
W. T
North Pacific
Puget Sound
Joseph
Europe
Oearren
England
Benjamin McKenzie
Johnston
Sarnia
Ont
McKenzie
Bret Mart
Saultanne
W. H. Reimer
Bedford
Christopher Streets
Michigan Gold Company
Giveaway Offer for Monarch Laundry Works Washing Machine
A promotional notice invites readers to enter for a chance to receive one thousand self service washing machines. No wash or rubbing required. Interested individuals should submit their entry at Monarch Laundry Works located at 420 Sbas Avenue, B29.
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Gnoe Monarch Laundry Works
Sbas Avenue
B29
Oil Well Drill Crews Die In Lima Nitro Explosion
Stephen Phillips and Fred Newman oil well drillers were killed in Lima Ohio when nitro glycerine used to shoot a well exploded. The men were preparing the explosive at the time of the blast.
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Lima
Cleveland
Stephen Phillips
Fred Newman
Fourteen Lumbermen Drown After Rapids Incident
A Matawan river lumber man reports that about three weeks ago a boat with 14 lumbermen capsized in the river rapids, all on board died. The men were drinking and attempted to shoot the rapids near Taree Rivers, Que. on the Matawan.
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Taree Rivers
Que
Matawan
Thirteen Die in Roanoke Rail Collision Near Forest Depot
A Norfolk and Western freight and a material train collided near Forest depot in Roanoke last night. Only the conductor on the material train and one brake man survived. thirteen bodies recovered, with losses pegged at 260000 to 300000 dollars.
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Roanoke
Norfolk & Western
Forest Depot
Engieer Harris
Mays
Henry
Donnelly
Harris
Firem Mnelly
Daie Dye Electo-Voltaic Appliances Pamphlet Offer
Nervous men are urged to send their address to receive a pamphlet detailing Daie Dye Electo-Voltaic appliances claimed to aid the nervous debilidad and restore vigor and manhood. The ad promises free information and devices to improve health.
Burton Praises Stanley While Questioning Congo Governance
Telegraphic remark from Sir Richard Francis Burton to the Herald in Paris portrays Henry M Stanley as an adventurous artist of surprises and notes Stanley’s failures as an administrator. He accuses Stanley of diverting ivory trade to the Congo and critiques Congo Free State governance and missionary influence.
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Sir Burton
New York
Richard Francis Burton
Equatorial Africa
Herald
Paris
Henry M. Stanley
Stanley
Pasha
Bahr Elihazel
Yongo
Emin Pasha
Zanzibar
Congo
Belgium
Grist
Congo Free State
Tippoo Tib
Aera
Unyamwezi
Moon
Upper
God Save
England
Great Britain
Labor unrest and union activity across cities and nations
The note lists multiple labor actions and union moves, including boycotts in Chicago, wage strikes in France, nine hour work weeks in New York, a planned free reading room and labor bureau in New York, eight hour shifts in France, initiation fees for Montreal stone cutters, a new carpenters and joiners union in Hingham, a London anti sweating demonstration, possible formation of a national trades union in the U S, a Chattanooga strike for 16 hour days, Tyne engineers securing weekly wage advances, and upcoming anniversaries and legal actions involving miners and engineers. It also mentions politics and the eight hour day branch in Newcastle, plus growth of American labor societies in Chicago Ixshore.
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Chicago
Bambrun
St. Quentin
France
New York
Braye
Oise
Hingham
Horse Railroad
Boston
The
Knights
Henry Steadhurst
International Trade Union Congress
Chattanooga
Tenn
Tyne
Employers’ Association
Amalgamated Society of Engineers
Republican Party
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Detroit
Mich
Upted States
Canada
Mineral Mining Company
Excelsior Coal Company
Shamokin
Penn
Beaver
Pennsylvani
Dr. el. Productor
Madrid
Spain
Acracia
Barcelona
Newcastle
National Union of Operative Boot and Shop Rivetters and Finishers
England
Labor Assembly
Ixshore
Fragmentary Notice Reads Odd Edict on Pay and Demand
The readable fragment suggests an order affecting department heads with mention of highest paid men and retention of the cheapest. The text is incomplete but implies a restructuring or pay policy instruction.
Dead Horse Attacks Worker in Deckertown Tragedy
Frank Lynch, a workman for E. V. R. Gardner, was killed by Storm King a stallion valued at $5000 in Deckertown New Jersey. The enraged horse seized Lynch tossed him to the ground crushed his flesh and finally had to be shot to end the attack. Gardner attempted to save him but could not until the horse was killed.
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New York
Frank Lynch
E. V. R. Gardner
Deckertown
Nvss
Gardner
Storm King
Lynch
Butt
Oder
Animal
Sister Maury Francis Clare Denies Leaving Catholic Church
In New York on July 19 a rumor claimed Sister Maury Francis Clare had left the Catholic Church and joined an ex-priest's tabernacle. The World and Herald reported the libel, while Sister Clare denied the allegation, stating she has not left Rome and demanding retraction.
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Maury Francis Clare
New York
Kenmare
O'Connor
Herald
Mary-Francis Clare Ree
Fiorehve
Nore
The
Catus
Clare Cusicx
McCook Engineers Vote to Continue Strike After Canvass
Howe and Murphy visited McCook Nebraska on July 23 to discuss ending the walkout. The engineers and firemen, with no dissent, voted to press on with the strike. Howe and Murphy departed for Denver, and the sentiment along the route remained largely united for continuing the strike.
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McCook
Neb
Howe
Murphy
Denver
Dictionary of Politics: Every Man a Politician featured
The Grove presents a comprehensive political reference for readers needing explanation of American government, parties, and events. It promises daily use and aims to illuminate the current political scene with an elegant six page book priced at $1.50.
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Grove
Dard Silver Ware CO
Boston
Mass
Grover Cleveland Nominated and Globe Campaign Appeal
The Globe promotes Grover Cleveland with a weekly reading package for doubtful voters. Readers are urged to send 26 cents to receive The Globe through Nov 15, plus a 550 page political dictionary at 65 cents. Address The Weekly Globe Boston.
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GLOBE
Boston
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