Scion of South's Rich Man Inherits $40,000 After Losses
Waiworrtr Tenn June 21 A man with a history was buried here yesterday. Major Jimmie Hill known as Climax in the Turf world, the late heir of Harry Hill, inherited about $40,000 after a lifetime of lavish spending and a fall from fortune. He once hosted grand Paris dinners and counted Patti among his acquaintances. He later wrote for sporting papers and lived in Nashville, remaining famed for his colorful life and unregretted losses.
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Tenn
South
Harry” Hill
Mississippi
Ohio
New
Paris
Patti
New York
Daily Press
Major Hill
Memphis
Europe
Engand
Nashville
Beecher's Belief Outlined in Letter to Baltimore Clergyman
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher explains his creed to Rev. George Morrison in a June 19 1886 letter. He asserts a personal God universal sin, conversion, and Christ as divine redeemer while rejecting Calvinist fall and Adam's fault. He supports revivals and church education and notes sermons in papers may be fragmentary but will be corrected and published later.
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Baltimore
George Morrison
Henry Ward Beecher
Jesus Christ
Adam
Henry Warp BrEcHer
Cherokee Independence platform rejects US territorial rule
The Downing faction platform at the Cherokee nation convention protests any U S territorial government and land sales to whites. It calls for paying any government debt in money, not land, cites intermarriage and business ties with whites, and warns land sales could topple the Cherokee nation. The Unionist faction shares a similar platform. together they claim two thirds of the nation.
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Little Rock
Ark
Downing
Cherokee Nation
United States
Mysterious Plant Emerges on Murdered Soldier Grave
Calepontia New York June 21 An odd three stalked plant appears every year near a grave between Caledonia and Avon during wheat ripening season. Discovered history traces to 1814 1815 Genesee valley where soldiers camped and a murder occurred near Sylvester Hosmer’s farm. Local tale links plant to the old tragedy and the slain soldier’s unidentified killer.
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Calepontia
N. Y
Caledonia
Avon
Genesee Valley
Lakes
Buffalo
Sackett’s Harbor
Sylvester Husmer
Midway
John Alex
Mysterious plants spring from murdered soldier grave
Alexander's killer was tried and hanged. The soldier was buried by the roadside and a single stalk plant grew near the grave. The following year two more stalks appeared a short distance away, unlike anything seen in the valley. They did not spread beneath the surface, prompting wide speculation.
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Alexander
Sunset Cox Sails Amid Floral Farewell in New York
Hon Sunset Cox sails aboard the Gallia for London and beyond after a long career. Flowers surround him as he bids farewell to friends and colleagues including ex Aldermen and lawmakers. He plans to travel to London France Bohemia and Constantinople arriving around July 10. Roscoe Conkling accompanies him as a fellow passenger.
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Cox
Gallia
Tommy
Thomas Shields
Farley
Orient
Douglas Taylor
Post Office
House of Representatives
Cunard Company
Jefferson Association
Turkey
Lr. Cox
Abram
Hewitt
C. B. Potter
John T. Agnew
Richard Croker
William J. Hirschfield
Michael H. Whalen
Hardenberg
N. J. Kearney
Captain Merriman
The
Life Saving Service
J. &R. Donoghue
Henry Bischoff
Philip Benjamin
Barney
Kenney
Solomon Isaacs
M. R. Isaacs
Felix Brandigan
J. H. McCarthy
Batey
David Freeman
John J. Ryan
Nathaniel McKay
Nelson
Alderman Mulry
Philip Collim
M. J. Sigerson
Edward Farrell
London
France
Bohemia
Constantinople
Roscoe Conkling
First Tenor's Troubled Night In Eliot Street
A barefoot tale unfolds as the first tenor of the Eliot Street Hallelujah chorus asks a policeman to arrest a man, wanders with a French companion, drinks at a bar, and exits after a quarrel over payment, his worn knees and husky voice underscoring a rough Sunday evening.
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Meester Poleesmans
Eliot Street
Oas
Prietor
Union party platform dominates Indian Territory campaign
In Hot Springs Ark on June 19 reporters note fevered Cherokee politics as the Union party of Delaware district adopts a platform urging government of the people, opposition to winns and syndicates, removal of intruders and unfit agents, rejection of low land sales, higher revaluation of lands west of the ninety sixth meridian, and continued strict land and permit policies. The platform also calls for revocation of illegal land sales and removal of agents seen as failing to protect soil rights.
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Ark
Indian Territory
Union Party of
Delaware
Phillips
Washington
United States
John
L. Tufts
96Th Meridian
Well connected ill behaved boarding house thief in Milwaukee
Milwaukee police arrested J A Beardley Jr posing as Boston Board of Trade manager. He tapped several hotels and stole money and clothes, breaking into one room and pawned a watch of a young social debutante. Letters on his person show Boston connections and debts to local livery men.
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Milwaukee
Wis
J. A. Beardley, Jr
Board of Trade
Boston
Socal Promingyog
New Hampshire Legislature Backing Texas Pacific Land Forfeit
The New Hampshire Legislature passed the joint resolution thanking Congress for restoring to the government the unearned Texas Pacific railroad land grant. An amendment excluded two senators, Blair among them, who voted against forfeiture. The House ordered discontinuation of daily member newspapers. A stenographer feasibility study was authorized. A police officer appointment was indefinitely postponed.
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Concorp
N. H
Hackett
Congress
Texas Pacific Railroad
Blair
A Southern Street Car Smoker Faces Polite Protest
In a June Century piece by Eugene V. Smalley a Southern street car reveals casual social codes. Smokers share space with ladies and babies, sparking quiet friction when a Creole gentleman ignores propriety and refuses to stop his cigar. After a volley of whispered jokes and sharp remarks, a joke about “primitive cents” ends the scene as he extinguishes his cigar rather than argue.
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Eugene V. Smalley
Flower Culture and Practical Geranium Care Tips
Interesting guide on greenhouse and garden culture for geraniums and related plants. Covers pruning before lifting, repotting, rooting, and soil, plus rose, hydrangea, canna, narcissus, tuberous begonia, and carnation care. Advises on mulch, watering, pest control, layering, seed preps, and seasonal planting for year round blooms.
Burning balloon tragedy at Charleston ends aeronaut life
Yesterdays circus heat inflator caused a hot air stove to ignite the balloon. As ropes fell away the balloon rose rapidly, then collapsed and William Patterson aged 22 from Wellsville Ohio fell lifeless. He leaves a widow and family and was making his first ascent.
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Charleston
W. Va
Richards & Leon
William Patterson
Patterson
Wellsville
Prophesying Death Date and Will Prep in Rockland Lake
June 11 John Ryder, a wealthy farmer and Methodist official near Rockland Lake, predicted his own death after three days of warnings. He arranged his funeral, had a will drawn, and invited his lawyer as pallbearer before passing in his chair on the veranda. Boston markets report slow trade, firm butter, improved cheese, and mixed livestock and grain prices amid mild June activity.
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Ingly
New York
Valley Cottage
West Shore
Nyack
Rockland Lake
John Ryder
Ryder
Methodist
Ughinely
Ryer
Dudley P Hall prominent Vermont businessman dies
St Johnsbury Vermont June 22 Dudley P Hall a leading northern Vermont businessman dies at his home from pneumonia He was president of the Lyndon residents the Caledonia Penny Lineing Company a director of several firms and active in regional business circles He leaves a large fortune
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St. Johnspury
Dudley P. Hall
Vermont
Tnother
Lyndon
Caledonia Pennty Lineing Company
Fum
Mich
Internal Revenue Collections Drop in First Eleven Months
Washington reports internal revenue receipts for the first eleven months of the fiscal year totaled 103,697,164, down from 112,917,078 in the same period last year. May receipts fell 1,582,562 short of May 1884.
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Internal Revenue Collections
Washington
Internal Revenue
Finance and commerce steady in a quiet money market
The local money market remains easy with little inquiry for accommodation. Acceptable business paper at 342.6 percent, bank calls at 242 percent, and short time loans near cash at 8 percent. Bank reserves and exchanges show minor shifts. New York funds at par to 3 percent premium. Commercial and commodity rates move slowly across bonds, stocks, wheat, hides, hops, hay, leather, molasses, oats, poultry, starchy goods, tea, and wool, with overall prices steady or easing in several sectors.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Russell & Co
Canada
New York City
Chicago
Trans- Atlantic
California
Baltimore
Boston
Philadelphia
Keston
Valencia
London
Calcutta
Buffalo
Buenos Ayres
Rio Grande
Montevideo
Western
Madras
Cape Good Hope
New
Cienfuegos
Barbadoes
Porto Rico
New Orleans
Harley
Choice
Aroostook Co
Maine
Pembroke
Imperial
Hyson
Young Hyson
Twankay
Hyson Ski
Congou
Ouchong
Oolong
Apans
Market Summary From Saturday Grain and Commodities Report
The Saturday market showed dull grain mood with firmer cotton futures and active petroleum speculation. Notes cover wheat and corn prices, spot and futures moves, and varied results in sugars, coffee, lard, meats, and dairy with multiple named commodities and price ranges.
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Liverpool
Rio
P. T
Manila
Pretty Full Rees
Livestock Arrivals at Brighton and Watertown Markets
Weekly livestock arrivals reported for Brighton and Watertown on Friday June 20 1685 show Western cattle 159 Northern 109 total 1860 including Western cattle for butcher trade priced at 87 to 88 per cwt with quality notes. Eastern sheep and lambs 1126 total 1300 plus swine 13560 veals 1822 horses 399 and assorted hides tallow and calfskins with varied prices and grades noted.
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Brighton
Watertown
Gloucester Fish Market Sluggish Week Reports Slow Trade
Gloucester reports a quiet week at the port with prices steady and demand tepid. Totals show codfish 794000 lbs, halibut 116000 lbs, hake 15000 lbs, herring and mackerel in various tons and barrels, with halibut still fetching higher prices while other species remain weak. Residents fault trade conditions and high travel costs, noting little relief in the first half of the year.
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Cumberland
Clearfield
Acadia
Sydney
Rio
Modha
Java
Maracaibo
Izce
Laguira
Jamaica
St. Domingo
Rie
Cape
Aroostook County
New York
Vermont
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Gloucester
Georges
New Western and Ranch Bank
Haddock
Grand Bank
Labrador
Raeks Haga
Waterbury Watch hailed as practical American timekeeper
The Waterbury Watch is praised as a serviceable and useful timekeeper. It is described as a marvel of American ingenuity and superior to many foreign watches at ten times the price, with thousands in daily use across all social stations.
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GLOBE
Waterbury
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