Bartholdi's Liberty Statue Parade in New York Harbor
The Isere arrives with Bartholdi's Liberty Enlightening the World statue in New York Harbor. A grand ceremony includes a naval parade, a city hall reception, and speeches by Mayor Grace and Senator Evarts. The article details the procession, the bands, salutes from forts, and the statue's dimensions and historic significance.
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Isere
Doard Bartholdi
Liberty
New York Harbor
United States
New York State
Sorelock
Atlantic
Wall Street
Browd
Mr. Peadore
Moss
Meral Foster
Hamilton
Evarts
Grace
Long Island
Boswell
Marseillaise
Seeres
Sandy Hook
Chandler
Despatch
Whitney
Commodore Chandler
Powhatan
L. A. Beardslee
Omaha
T. C. Selfire Rn
United States Ship Alliance
Durand
la Flore
Lacombe
Ijsere
de Laune
American Steam Yacht Club
Jay Gould
Atalanta
Narrows
Forts Columbus
le William
Fort Wood
Bedloe's Island
Innesota
Islan
Purchaser Fred Ayer Wins Washington Mills Sale in Lowell
The Washington mills sold today in Lowell for 226000 to Fred Ayer of Lowell after a bid by Patrick Sweeney. The deal includes 384375 feet of land between the north canal and Merrimac river with seventeen mill powers and two large engines, plus 103330 12 in machinery value and 103000 real estate outside the corporation. The property cost over 4 million originally, with terms 5 percent cash, then one third in thirty days, remainder in one year. Ayer declined to say when operations would resume.
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Fred Ayer
Lowell
Lawrence
Washington Mills
Samuel Hatch
Boston
Patrick Sweeney
Guogg
Ayer
North Canal
Merrimac River
Cooking for the President at the White House Kitchen
The Washington Post profiles the White House kitchen in detail. It notes a French cook and four main servants led by a colored steward, all paid modest wages, with spotless floors and china. The kitchen sits in the northwest basement area near the vestibule and uses a dumb waiter to deliver courses.
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White House
Washington Post
Post
Executive Mansion
Mineral Wealth Of United States Shown In 1884 Output
Advance sheets of a forthcoming report by Albert Williams Jr. estimate 1884 total mineral production. Leading outputs include coal 1 063 906 296 tons coke 4 783 805 petroleum 23 622 758 barrels iron 8 200 000 tons gold 30 800 000 silver 48 800 000 copper 142 000 000 pounds lead 139 897 tons zinc 38 644 tons quicksilver 2 441 344 pounds nickel 64 550 pounds cobalt 2000 pounds manganese 10 000 tons chromium 2000 tons building stone 19 000 000 brick and tile 30 000 000 lime 37 000 000 casks cement 3 900 000 barrels natural about 100 000 barrels Portland precious stones about 216 000 buhrstone 300 000 grindstones 570 000 rock phosphates 431 779 tons marls 876 000 tons salt 912 091 tons bromine 281 100 pounds borax 7 000 000 pounds sulphur 500 tons mica 147 410 pounds. The report will give detailed values and amounts from the various minerals.
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Washington
Albert Williams, Jr
Bureau of Mining Statistics
South Carolina
Consul to Manheim James Monaghan’s Rise to Consul
James C. Monaghan was named United States consul to Mannheim at age 28. A from Olneyville, he worked in a cotton mill, became a lamplighter, earned Brown University degrees, taught evening school, served on the School Committee, and two years on the City Common Council. He campaigned for Cleveland in Virginia and West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Monaghan
United States
Mannheim
Berne
Olneyville
Brown
Tenth
Waterspout floods Belleville area wrecking homes and bridges
A waterspout burst over the O'Fallon Belleville region at 3 am washing away lowland homes and crops. Richland creek surged into a torrent sweeping away dwellings and severing access to bridges and trestles while residents fled with little time. Losses exceed $200,000 as cattle are carried off and farms suffer.
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St. Louis
O’fallon
Belleville
Ill
Richland
Sorshie
Reminiscences of Webster and Ward at Bunker Hill
Bill Nye reflects on Bunker Hill monument and the Lincoln era speechmaking of Daniel Webster. He recalls La Fayette laying the cornerstone, the 18th century dedication, and Webster’s self written speeches. Nye travels to the monument, notes the view, height, and that it is fully funded. He cites the 1775 battle nearby with British casualties and praises Ward Prescott and Warren, while poking fun at the era’s rhetoric and humor.
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Bunker Hill Monument
Webster
Spectator
Boston
Bunker Hill
Macoupin County
Illinois
Ingham County
Michigan
Russell County
Kansas
Warren
America
Roxbury
Cambridge
Artemas Ward
Ward
Putnam
Starke
Prescott
Gridley
Pomeroy
William Prescott
Charlestown
Howe
Pigot
Strawberry Culture Discussed by Farmers at Milk Street
A Saturday meeting at the Plough man building in Milk Street covered strawberry cultivation. E Wood of Newton led the talk on soil, watering, and bed methods. Varieties cited include Hervey Davis, President Wilder, Le Constante, Downing, Sharpless, Miner's Prolific, Wilson, Crescent, and Cutler's Seedling for home use.
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Ploughman Building
Milk Street
Daniel Needham
E. Wood
Newton
Wilson
Hervey Davis
Wilder
le Constante
Charles Downing
Massachusetts
George Hill
Alington
Wood
F. W. Watson
New Brunswick
Clifton
Perry
J. Hersey
Married in prison wedding in Philadelphia shocks authorities
Isaac C. Downs a 61 year old confined manufacturer serving a year for shooting Lewis Yerkes wed Clara B. Yerkes 35 in Montgomery union. The couple, once opposed by Yerkes the victim’s brother who warned of murder, planned the marriage amid the prisoner’s escape risk.
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Philadelphia
Isaac C. Downs
Lewis Yerkes
Montgomery Union
Clara B. Yerkes
Downs
Yerkes
Judge Bartley Dead in Washington D C
Judge T W Bartley died after a long illness in Washington D C at age seventy four. Born in Ohio he served as circuit judge for northern Ohio and was once lieutenant governor and acting governor. He moved to Washington fifteen years ago and ran the American Register supporting Jeffersonian Democracy. He was a brother in law of General Sherman.
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Bartley
Ohio
Washington
American Register
General Sherman
Vilas
Omatia
Neb
Willis
John Shill
Moore
Green
Averall
Bruner
Births at Barnum's Menagerie Tigers First in U S History
Barnum's menagerie reported a double birth this morning with Clipper, a male royal Bengal tiger, delivering the first tiger ever born in the United States. Moments later Zepreaty the African lioness produced two cubs, marking a second rare birth in two weeks.
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Barnum
Royal Bengal Tigers
Clipper
United States
Lowell Returns From Europe In Quiet East Boston Welcome
The Boston arrival of James Russell Lowell from Europe is described with his meeting his mourning daughter at the East Boston dock and staying at Mrs. S. R. Putnam's home. He discusses English Irish politics, Lord Salisbury, Gladstone, Parnell, and the idea of Irish independence, foreseeing peaceful settlement but noting naval policy and potential Anglo Russian tensions. A later note covers John Meniger and a nail injury, plus Henry Sauerbier's family arrival and a meeting with McFarland in Cleveland.
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Scythia
Cunard Steamship Company
East Boston
Court of St. James
James Russell Lowell
Europe
Lowell
Lord Salisbury
Ireland
Parnell
London
Paris
England
United States
Mr. Phelps
Mr. Lowell
Mr. Gladstorfe
Russia
J. Lowell
Harvard
Sale of wife and infant to McFarland for $100
Sauerbier initially sought a higher bid but McFarland refused. The infant was returned to Logan as Sauerbier took a train to Chicago. The case, with no clear resolution, remains vouched for by unnamed parties.
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McFarland
Sauerbier
McFarlan
Logan
Chicago
Geal
Double Dummy Whist Problem Letters and Solutions
A condensed survey of whist problem discussions and solutions. Correspondence critiques leads and discards in problems seven eight and nine, naming players Clark Cook Shackley Ivanhoe and others while detailing lead choices, discards, and strategic conclusions under varying trick counts and trump orders.
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Ving
Evarent
Lea
Hkna
Mr. Clark
L. D. Cook
W. Bis Eees Ak H
Vicent
J. G. Shackley
Ivanhoe
Army Bugle Calls How Soldiers Learn Five Notes
An exploration of how buglers master the five-note bugle language in Army training. The piece explains instrument basics, key relations, and the step by step method: start with the lowest note, add G, then combine notes, and progress to three-note and higher patterns. It notes the daily repetition of calls and mnemonic links formed in barracks.
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Rehoboth Sunday Herald
Boy Rescues Drowning Brother in West Lynn Whirlpool
In West Lynn on Tuesday afternoon Patrick Carmody, a twelve year old, jumped into the Whirlpool when Brothers drifted beyond depth and was saved from drowning just as he sank. This marks the fourth life saved by Carmody in two years, and he is likely to receive a Massachusetts Humane Society medal. Earlier rescues include Walter Derby Johnny Carmody Walter Robinson and Jimmie Hamilton.
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Lynn
Massachusetts Humane Society
Walter Derby
Johnny Carmody
Walter Robinson
Jimmie Hamilton
Hall's Hair Renewer claims and customer testimonies
Hall's Hair Renewer is advertised as the best method to stop hair loss and restore color and vitality. Testimonials from Mrs. L M Shorey, Mrs. C B Staples, Mrs. Ann M Thompson, and others praise its effects on growth, color, and scalp health across decades and regions including Pawtucket Kennebunk Somerville and Warsaw.
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Hall
L. M. Shorey
Pawtucket
R. I
C. B. Staples
Kennebunk
Ann M. Thompson
Somerville
Mass
A. E. Robbins
Warsaw
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Mayor Grace
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Beemer
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Union
Iar Leone
Rhodes
Westphaphalis
Puy
Bavaria
Munich
Manheim
Bill Nye
Webster and
Reeds
Judge Bartley
T. W. Bartley
Mrs. Putnam
John Meniger
James G. Hunt
Cleveland
Henry Sauerbier
Empire House
Pault
A, K,q
R. P. Hall & CO
Nashua
N. H
U.S. A
Anglo- Swiss Milkmaid
Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk CO
Hudson St. N. Y. P.O
Curiaco
Lake Shore
Newcastle-on-the-Lyne
A. Ito
J.N
G. Yammoto
H. Mochira
8. Hotoya
Dewa
Yuchi
T. Hirano
T. Fukamachi
J. C. L.harpy
State Medical Ports of Georgia
Athenee Royal Drnxelle
Liebig Company
Winchester
Winchester & CO
Dey St
J. White House
Madame Dean Spinal
Algo
Lewis Schiele & CO
B’ Way
Jed
J.h.reeves
Chatham St
L. L. May & CO
Chester
N. Y
F.C. Fowler
Moodus
Conn
Ludwig
National Co
Globe
V. Hathaway
Washington St
Horthand — Slocum’s Stenographic School
Buffalo
Ash
Creo
Younster
Ad Shins
Cal New England Medical Institute
Tremont Row
B. G. Boot
Pearl St
Marston Bolus
Marston Remedy CO
H. Treskow
West 14Th Street
TutThbS&wyly
Nikos
von Gierlios
von Graef
Park Place
East Hampton
Apa
T. A. Slocum
Pearl
Detaunas
Ward & CO
Louisiana
San Luis Park
Col
Homestead
Colorado Loan and Trust Co
Denver
Iepr
Marsh
Quincy
Canaan Peoria
John H. Moalvi
Grover Cleveland
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