Butler for president endorsed by Detroit Evening News
Detroit May 10 The Evening News a leading Democratic paper endorses General Butler for president. It argues he can unite the party, reform taxation, expose tariff and corruption, and attract outside voters. It predicts strong support from Massachusetts and Michigan and calls for a solid Butler delegation to the national convention.
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Butler for President Gains Ground in Michigan
A Michigan correspondent reports Butler's rising appeal among Republicans and Democrats, with Detroit News backing him as a reform voice. General Weaver in Kalamazoo predicts Butler would win Michigan by 20,000 if nominated by Democrats and 15,000 in Iowa if cross allied.
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Butler emerges as Democratic rival in 19th century race
The Cleveland Herald notes Butler’s active run for the Democratic nomination, claiming Massachusetts Democrats already back him. It observes a Michigan Democratic Greenback alliance appears solid, with no GOP loss unless cross group unity forms around Ben Bauer. Iowa contemplates a coalition of Democratic Greenback Labor and Free Trade votes for him.
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Butler to Carry Massachusetts Banner at Chicago Convention
Detroit Times article discusses Benjamin F. Butler as a favored standard bearer for Massachusetts Democrats. It notes his appeal to workers and opposition to monopolies, and speculates on his potential nomination at the Democratic National Convention. Pennsylvania and Ohio factions back Butler, while anti monopoly delegates head to Chicago with eight hour law and pauper labor limits on their platform.
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Butler calls Jones letter a hoax and tests on nomination
General Butler reacts to a letter from George O Jones proposing a convention pledge. He doubts the resolution is sane and questions who is backing it, asking for clarification before answering. Butler plans to go to Washington to learn more.
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Treason Felony Hearings for Egan Daly and Mc Donnell
In May 10 Police Court James F. Egan John Daly and William Mc Donnell were remanded on treason felony charges. Evidence included Egan Irish meeting speech citing avenging O Donnell and a Victoria station explosion the same night, letters linking Egan to the Irish Republican Brotherhood and arms accounts from 1879 to 1881. A Daly possession parcel held six bottles of nitroglycerine. The trio were committed on the treason felony charge. The text also includes the constitution of the Irish Republic with eleven supreme council members and detailed governance rules.
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Centenarian dies at Roxbury home in religious order
Mary Donovan aged over 108 died at Little Sisters of the Poor Roxbury. Born in Ireland she never married. Interment was at Holyhood cemetery. This marks a second case of a woman over 103 dying at the home within two weeks as four centenarians were reported by city registrar in past month. Ayer’sHairVigor is advertised.
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Remarkable Growth of Rostox Gione in Boston Circulation
The Rostox Gione enlarges its reach with a notable rise in readers, especially in Boston where print growth is typically slow. The Sunday Grove now reports a circulation nearing 75,000, a fact the paper welcomes as evidence of its expanding audience.
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Insanity of Maryland Mother After Death of Children
In Carroll county a wealthy Maryland family endures a tragedy as Mrs. Ella Sherwood Murphy succumbs to insanity following the deaths of her two children from scarlet fever. She killed no one but abducted the boy’s body and carried the dead infant to the wood shed before rocking the child to sleep. She is now in a hospital as her husband mourns the shattered home.
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Where Strawberries Crow General Crops in Southern Regions
In Norfolk market reports the largest local strawberry receiver describes a promising season with crops from Virginia Maryland and Delaware arriving from March to August. Prices vary with supply and quality. Norfolk berries have sold from ten cents to a dollar twenty five per quart. Receipts include Virginia Maryland Delaware New Jersey Long Island and natives, with Maine and the provinces contributing little.
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FISHING FOR MEN And a thousand men like Shakespeare before Loper
New York May 9 Beecher recalled a tale of Father Loper and a humorous preacher who fished with appropriately sized hooks. He urged humility to win souls, recounting family humor, a fishing trip with brothers, and a lesson on meeting people where they are to lead them to Christ. A Hampton Institute speaker Mr Capen praised education for colored people as a collection for the school funded.
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Circumstantial Evidence of Murder Tied to Farmer by Horse Testimony
In Philadelphia on May 9, authorities linked farmer Albert Deiterie to the murder of Frederick Stahl, whose body was found in Wissahickon Creek. Dr Huidekoper and investigators used Deiterie s horse, guided to the crime scene on Germantown Road, to corroborate the path from the creek to the bank, suggesting Deiterie owed Stahl money and was the killer.
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That Wicked Brother Again
A nostalgic scene in a parlor as a boy informs Sister that Jimmy White doubts she ate thirty five pancakes for breakfast while she handles Mr. Smith. The brief exchange centers on a family breakfast anecdote and the playful mischief of a sibling.
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Strange Lapses Into Insanity Case of Two Nebraska Brothers
Special to New York Tribune describes Thomas Edmundson of Nebraska who traveled to Philadelphia then Buffalo after selling a steamship ticket and buying multiple railroad tickets. He was deemed insane in Philadelphia, committed to a state asylum, and later his brother arrived to take him home but was arrested as a new patient, leaving the trigger of his insanity unclear.
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Missouri Pacific round-house blown to fragments sparks blast
A Missouri Pacific railway shops explosion near Parsons Kansas levels the round-house. A locomotive was starting when the boiler exploded tearing the engine apart and wrecking a second locomotive. Two men Slatterly and Lamonte were killed, others injured including McKinley engineer Snow and Tiff. Loss about 25000 dollars.
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Providence Man's Peculiar Will Clause
Clerks in the Probate Court smiled on discovering an amusing clause in the will of a Providence resident who died recently. After distributing household goods and naming small tokens, he ended with a provision allowing his second wife to be buried beside his first wife.
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Finance and Commerce Quiet in Boston Money Market
Finance and Commerce notes a quiet but steady money market on a May afternoon in Boston. Loanable funds remain ample with easy rates, mercantile paper quoted around 4 1/2 to 5 percent, and outside discounts from 4 1/2 to 6 percent. Bank reports show mixed changes in loans, specie, deposits, and reserve, with total exchanges at the clearing house near 9.7 million and New York funds easing modestly amid no recent gold shipments.
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Market Opens Mixed in Bearish Plume Reports
May 12 11 a m quotes show a bearish mood with Marine Bank weaker than expected. Opened active yet steady with gains cut by shorts covering as St Paul rises over 2 percent. several rails and utilities move unevenly while Pacific entries and Lake Shore show mixed shifts.
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Boston Markets Report May 1 1884 Butter Cheese Hay and Hides
Boston market snapshot shows ongoing price declines across dairy items including Northern Creamery butter at 22 26c and 24c for various grades, cheese with mixed quality levels, firm corn and flour markets, steady beef and veal demand with varied pricing, hay and straw activity improving, and assorted hides and other commodities priced across multiple regions and brands. The data lists numerous regional sources and grade distinctions, reflecting broad market conditions.
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New York Markets Report With Grain Projections
New York markets show dull grain activity with wheat futures at a decline and notable drops in June. Corn futures steady amid mixed spot sales while wheat and rye see lower prices, and provisions show soft trends in lard and butter amid general market firmness in cotton futures.
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Livestock Arrivals at Brighton and Watertown Markets
Week ending May 9 1884 totals show cattle numbers Western 2505 Eastern 66 Northern 416 and overall 2010. Sheep and lambs 734 with Northern 4084 and swine 17806. veals 1870 and horses 405. Beef cattle price per 100 pounds dressed ranged from 4.50 to 6.50, with quality classes defined.
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Gloucester Market Prices For Fresh Fish May 10
Special correspondence reports a dull market in Gloucester with light trades. Receipts include fresh halibut pollock haddock mackerel herring and cod tongue products. prices listed for Georges cod bank cod haddock hake pollock and various oils and byproducts with weekly sales notes and stock levels.
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