Grant receives Cincinnati tribute from Grant Memorial plan
Lieutenant A J Holbrook recalls the interview with General Grant at the Grant residence in Dorchester. Publisher A Howard Walker and Charles L Webster presented an autographed memorial album to the general, with Mrs. Grant showing a cabinet of souvenirs. Grant, in tears, expressed pleasure and knowledge his health waning would not stop him from finishing his book. He spoke of the encampment in Portland and asked that the boys in blue be told they are engraved on his heart.
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GLOBE
General Grant
A.J. Holbrook
Post 68
Dorchester
A. Howard Walker, Esq
Cincinnati
Grant
West
Ohio
Walker
Charles L. Webster, Esq
New York
Fred Grant
G. A. BR
Grand Army
Portland
Isaac Ingalls Stevens
General Stevens
West Point
Two-Eyed Stevens
Dhe
Stevens
Fred
Enera
Famous Loc Drivers of the Androscoggin Rivermen Exploits Told
In Lewiston Journal style, the piece recalls Ned Grace a famed riverman who died rescuing others during a rock jam on the Androscoggin at Rumford Falls. It highlights Dad Turner of Bethel the famed one armed hero, Cal Turner’s strength and skill, and McLean the cool Scotsman who saved the boat.
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Androscoggin
Lewiston Journal
Rumford Falls
Ned Grace
Ned
Dad Turner
Bethel
Androse
McLean
Cal Turner
Cal
Tyro
River Drivers of Maine Work in Harsh Conditions
The article describes river driving life in Maine with drivers enduring harsh winters and risky log drives. It notes wages, about 250 dollars per day for a skilled drive, with some up to 350 or 4, and explains driving on all Maine rivers as 98 million feet of timber planned for transport on the Penobscot, employing around 1000 men. It highlights the demanding nature of the work and the vivid scenes along the rivers.
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Maine
Penobscot
Perils Amid the Ice Aboard the Magdalena
The Norwegian bark Magdalena of Dramen was abandoned in ice on May 6 after sinking. Thirteen crewmen endured three days on the ice near latitude 45, longitude 47. They were rescued by the Elsie and Mathilde after a schooner failed to reach them. The boatswain refused rescue to stay with the shipmate.
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Hapivax
Elsie
Mathilde
Cardiff
Salversen
Magdalena
Dramen
Frida
Dangerous Ice Field Passage Reported By Captain Lord
New York May 13 Captain Lord of the steamship Critic from Leith reports May 6 to May 9 in lat 48 lon 47 10 a solid ice wall blocking progress with icebergs 200 to 700 feet high and many fields. Vessels Caspian and Virginian met similar conditions as crews sought a passage amid fog and thick ice requiring long maneuvers.
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New York
Lord
Steamship Critic
Leith
Allan Line
Caspian
One Dead in Somerset Nitro Explosion at Chemical Works
An explosion at the Somerset Chemical Works near Somerset Pennsylvania injures and kills a proprietor from New York City. Eight buildings were leveled, up to 800 pounds of nitro glycerine and large amounts of dynamite exploded, trees were uprooted, and workmen were absent for Ascension Day. An earlier January blast at the same site killed two men.
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Somerset
Penn
Somerset Chemical Works
John Lane
Ting-Ouse
W. T. Beash
New York City
Outwitted the Militia Boomers Locate Oklahoma Claims
A Cheyenne Agency despatch reports twenty seven wagons loaded with supplies from Arkansas City entered Indian Territory and moved into the Oklahoma district. Boomers located claims and began farming while sending word that the coast is open for another raid. Each wagon carried two to three men. They traveled along the Cimarron River by Camp Russell still occupied by troops. Authorities expect more boomers to cross into Oklahoma as Fth Cavalry under General Wesley Merritt replaces the Ninth in the area.
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Wicarra
Kan
Cheyenne Agency
Indian Territory
Arkansas City
Oklaloma District
Caldwell
Cheyenne
Cimarron River
Camp Russell
Haden
Oklahoma
Fth
Wesley Merritt
One Thing They Are Good For
A Kentucky State Journal cartoon shows a distressed father worried about his daughter’s engagement to a “worthless fellow.” A plan to foil the match by hiring a skating rink professor to win her away is proposed, then bought off to thwart the engagement.
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Kentucky State Journal
Mr. Yanks
Damned Spots That Wouldn't Out
A fragment from the Philadelphia Call hears a bantering exchange about freckles and a joke on experiments to cure them by eating ice. One quip notes the cost of a freckle at 150 dollars, reflecting humorous social chatter.
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Philadelphia
Bob
Miss Parsons
Ainty Res
Ice
Texas Siftings Cow Bell Bargain Fails To Impress
In a humorous scene a farmer seeks a cow bell in a Texas Siftings piece. He asks for a large bell, the clerk offers a smaller punt bell and jokes about tracking a missing cow. The farmer buys the bell, leaving the crowd amused by the exchange.
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Texas
Hold Up Your Hands Grades and Functions of Hands
A discussion tracing hands from anatomy to industry and daily life. Dr Bell’s design theory is referenced while praising hands as drivers of human achievement. The piece notes how hand shape reflects occupation and character, from clerks to laborers, and how hands power industry, transport, writing, and care.
Hand shapes reveal traits in family lines and endurance
The text describes spatulate and square-fingered hands as indicators of endurance and will. It links spatulate hands to working ancestors and mountainous regions, then notes square-fingered hands signal determination and interest in moral and scientific pursuits, arguing such hands reflect practical utility over aesthetics.
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Scotland
England
Ireland
France
Switzerland
Gires
The Best Hand Out and Conical Fingers
An old prose sketch describes conical fingered hands as the most beautiful and fashionable, noting their shape from wrist to fingertip, the allure of artists and poets, and the social display of gloved hands. It contrasts human dexterity with apes and surveys the moving hand as a street corner character study.
Royal Paupers and English Pensions Fracture Public Belief
London Letter notes the royal family's $4 346 040 annual pensions and the clash with government salary cuts for state workers. Prof Levi's figures claim professional earners in England average $193 yearly, sparking American disbelief about England's income levels and the meaning of professional status.
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London
Philadelphia
John Bull
Professor Levi
England
Levi
London Times
Artic
Claiming to Own the Town in Pullman Suit
Archibald Mills paugi Jr of Albion Michigan announces intent to sue to recover six tiveliths of the town of Pullman, a suburb.
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ChicaGo
Archibald Millspaugi, Jr
Albion
Mich
Pullman
Mills seeks resolution over Pullman property title in Chicago
Mille paugh claims inheritance of a Chicago site that includes a large iron works and the Illinois Central right of way valued at $2,000,000. He alleges the Pullmans hold an imperfect title and says an attempted compromise failed, with plans to pursue court action.
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Chicago
Iree Works
Aller Paper Car Wheels Company
Illinois Central
Mille Paugh
Hts
Gnese
Pullmans
Millsaugh
Nto Court
Destructive Thames Torpedo Boats Exhibit Naval Threat
A late 19th century piece describes compact torpedo boats built on the Thames near Chiswick Church. It details an 118 foot craft with multiple torpedo tubes and a Nordenfeldt gun, capable of 20 knots, plus a sparsonee style weapon with a steel spar and dynamite. England has ordered twenty such vessels for Nile service.
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Thames
Chiswick Church
Admiralty
Portsmouth
England
Nile
Central American Amnesty Decree Reveals Peace Plan
A May 15 San Francisco dispatch reports a peace treaty among Honduras El Salvador Costa Rica and Nicaragua dated April 12. President Zaldivar of El Salvador issues a circular saying he accepted amnesty measures in Guatemala and El Salvador, seeks a $10,000,000 war indemnity, and proposes dismembering Guatemala to balance regional power with aid from other Central American states.
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San Francisco
Honduras
Salvador
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Zaldivar
Guatemala
Worn Out With Watching Ends in Fatal Home Incident
Eliza Kerohan of Brooklyn, driven by months of caring for her ailing husband, became demented and dragged him from bed aiming to throw him from a window. A crowd gathered as a policeman intervened, Kerohan collapsed unconscious, and the husband died shortly after from rough handling and injuries.
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New York
Eliza Kerohan
Brooklyn
Kercohan
Kerohan
How Trees Grow in Heaven
A Corinna mother, newly converted by Elder Nickerson, believes the world will end soon. A boy asks about heaven and dirt, and she says they sing and play under the trees there. The child questions how there can be trees without dirt.
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Portland Press
Corinna
Nickerson
Remarkable Shakespeare timing and child mischief
Norristown Herald notes Shakespeare died 19 years before Boston Latin School was founded. New York Journal quotes a Boston teacher asking students to explain a line from Tennyson. A six year old girl responds with a playful etymology about an acephalous centipede.
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Norristown Herald
Boston
Shakespeare
Boston Latin School
New York Journal
Boston Schoolma'am
Tennyson
Expressionless refusal interrupts amorous confession
He speaks of love in passionate tones but she goes expressionless with a distant look. He suspects distaste, then she stammers through a sneeze as she cuts him off and redirects him back to his undeclared topic.
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George
He Knew Her Tricks and Her Manners Quiver Note
A brief reader anecdote from The Quiver for June describes a gentleman testing a lady reading a letter. He ensures privacy by directing the letter to her husband and marking it private. The tale hinges on social cunning and reading etiquette of the era.
Money Market and Bond Market Report 1885 Boston
The money market shows abundant surplus funds with limited loan demand. Prime mercantile paper at 4 1 2 percent, good business at 4 4 percent, and fair miscellaneous at 5 5 1 2 percent. Banks meet special customer needs at 3 4 percent. prime corporation notes at 8 percent. Call loans on collateral at 2 5 percent, short-time loans at 3 1 2 percent. Weekly clearings total 63 772 414, with yesterday’s gross at 11 025 712. New York funds at 10 and 12 1 4 percent discount per thousand. Boston bank statements show capital 52 460 000, surplus 12 165 537, undivided profits 2 894 980, with notable declines since April 1884. National banks report mixed quarterly figures. overall New York money market steady.
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Prime Mercantile
Prime Corporation
New York
Boston
Atlas
Surlus
Exchange
Globe
North
City of
R. G. Dunno
E. Russell & Co
Mercantile Agency
United States
Canada
Boston Markets May 16 1885 Apple and dairy prices steady
The Boston Daily Globe reports a quiet steady market for apples with round-lot sales at 2 50 to 2 75 per barrel. Butter markets firm for strictly choice lots with Northern creamery and dairy quotes, while cheese remains quiet and irregular. Cotton details include oats, peas, and various regional dairy and grain prices with mixed demand and small sales.
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Helan Shade Ligier
Minnesota
Comols
Iran
Choi
Worcester County
California
Baltimore
Bosron Rue
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Citron Ac
USA
Turkey
Valencia
London
Calcutta
Burtalo
Buenos Ayres
Rio Grande
Montevideo
Madras
Lovae
Cienfuegos
Forto Rico
New Orleans
Harley
Houston
Hebrons
Aroostook Co
Maine
Burbank
Beauty
Hebron
Jersey
Choice Canada
Imperial
Hyson
Young Hyson
Swan Kay
Hyson Skin
Canyon
Lovedong
Ovlong
Japans
Orrick
Boston Daily Globe
Cy Baldwins
Wbbl
Vermont
Anc
Northern Creamery
Gloucester Week Fish Landings Reach Nearly One Million Pounds
Gloucester reports a week’s total of 987000 pounds of codfish and 78000 pounds of fresh halibut with 1065 barrels of mackerel, sourced from Georges Banks, Western Bank and local shore trips. Prices show Georges codfish at 260 375 and Western bank at 325 350, while mackerel and other species trade amid generally low prices and steady supply.
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Gloucester
Georges Banks
Western Bank
la Havre
Brown's Banks
Cape Shore
Georges
New Western
Jimi Bank
Haddock
Rand Bank
Nova Scotia
Labrador
St. Lawrence
Ness
New York Markets Sizzle with Mixed May Grain Signals
May pours mixed results across commodities as cotton, wheat, corn, and oats see firmer, irregular, or steady moves. Cotton futures advance on better Liverpool cues amid crop concerns. wheat flags revival but closes irregular. corn and oats show steady to moderately active trading with spot gains in some grades. Provisions and fats inch higher, while spot lard, pork, and butter markets reflect uneven demand.
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Liverpool
Dion
Haar
Ste
Oige
Salon
Tulut
Naval Syorls
Bbss
Lee
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