Barrett Money Craze And Niagara Commission Debates
Barret claims to have earned six hundred thousand dollars this season as Booth and Barrett face criticism for their show money. The piece also covers the first Niagara reservation commissioners meeting, budget notes, and planned improvements at Goat Island and the falls, plus telephonic system upgrades and European travel departures from New York.
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Niagara
Andrew H. Green
Green
John M. Bowers
Imer
John Hodge
Lockport
James Mooney
Buffalo
Henry E. Greg
Dance
W. Welch
Hodge
Mooney
Goat Island
Albany
Bogart
Mae River
Booth
Barrett
Canada
Peneue
Anc
When Songs Set My Heart A-Singing
The speaker contemplates how events and nature set their songs a-singing. Images of wind, blossoms, bees, streams, grasses, stars, and children stir a lyrical response in a mood of longing and grief as a personal chorus arises within.
How Many Bananas Do Two Cities Consume
The commission man estimates the five month banana trade for Lewiston and two cities at about 12 000 bunches totaling around 1 200 000 bananas. Three firms handle the fruit and August market demand rises as the trade expands yearly.
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Lewiston Journal
Has Judge Daniels Had His Last Cigar
The judge describes his past habit of smoking and the struggle to quit. He recounts moments in the law library when a powerful urge to light a cigar interrupted work, leading to intermittent relapses. He says he has gone nearly a year without smoking but fears future temptations and believes he would again light a cigar to satisfy the craving.
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Judge Daniels
New York Sun
Supreme Court
Law Library
Aniver
John D. Hughes
Lond DS
Abor
Regar Ty
Aged Minnesota Woman Asks For Oolong Tea By Mail
An elderly woman, Mrs A E Chase now in Minnesota, writes to T White at his Bangor store. She explains she cannot obtain proper tea where she lives and requests a pound of Oolong by mail so she can enjoy one more good cup before she dies.
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W. White
Yale College
Daisy Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher
St. Clair McKelway
Brooklyn Eagle
East River Bridge
Astor
Dr. Talmage
Grand Army
Tabernacle
Grace B. Claflin
Get
George W. Childs
Madison Square Theatre
Nellie Bly
Nellie
Brother Shepard
Robert P. Porter
Bangor Commercial
Minnesota
A. E. Chase
T. White
Aes
Aera
Enthusiasm in the Season of New Arrivals
A fragmentary Harper's Bazar note describes the rush of early trains bringing new arrivals to town. The playful image shows a man eager to report a robin across the street, capturing a light, seasonal mood.
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Harper's Bazar
Consumption Cured by Simple Vegetable Remedy
An elderly physician, retired from practice, claims a vegetable cure for consumption and related throat and lung ailments. He states the formula was given by an East India missionary and asserts it has healed thousands. He offers to share the remedy to relieve suffering, with a requested charge for those who contact him.
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East India
Bent
Wai Panek
Sati
From Foreign Lands Notes and Incidents of the Week
Extensive Irish meetings endorsed the Irish Catholic MPs papal rescript resolutions. Dillon condemned O Dwyer’s letter while saying Ireland seeks religious unity with Rome but political freedom. Davitt urged lay independence from papal authority and warned against political subserviency amid Europe’s national movements. Also reports on Alsace Lorraine passport sweeps, Belgrade plot thwarted, papal position, and Southampton election liberal victory amid local squabbles.
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Dustin
Ireland
William O'Brien
Limerick
O'Dwyer
Kildare
Dillon
Rome
National League
Bray
Michael Davitt
Waterford
Wexford
Clonmel
Corporation of Dublin
Wash
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Lorraine
Pons
Milan
Belgrade
Preed
Vitalis
Simeoni
Monaco
Southampton
Eng
Evans
Guest
the Times
Papal rescript faces Irish Nationalist response across Europe
Rome dispatch reports Vatican stance defiant toward the papal rescript. It notes broad episcopal adhesion in Ireland and expected publication of a bishops’ endorsement. American Catholic press support cited, with commentary from London papers on Father McGlynn, Bishop O'Dwyer, and Irish politics amid unrest.
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Rome
London Chronicle
Vatican
Ireland
Parnellites
Fitzgerald
National League
United States
Catholic Papers of
America
Murror
Cardinal Gibbons
Catholic Review
New York
Holy Office
London Standard
Father McGlynn
Archbisho Walsh
League
Congregation of the Propaganda
London Star
Thomas Power O'Connor
9Wyer
Limerick
O'Dwyer
Reconstruction Tales From the House and a Pension Joke
A Northern congressman recounts a House scene where two rebel colonels, Culberson and Davidson, discuss a pension bill for Mrs. General Ricketts. Davidson jokes about the battery they once captured, leading to a lively division vote amid reconstruction talk. A White House remark about Mrs. Cleveland follows.
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Washington
South
Davidson
Florida
Culberson
Texas
Judiciary Committee
Ricketts
Rickett
How a Model New York Wife Keeps Her Husband Well Dressed
A stylish New York wife orders two pairs of trousers for her wealthy husband from a Broadway tailor. She provides measurements, pays a quarter as deposit, and arranges delivery to her address. The clerk notes this is the fifth such order this year from the same customer and praises her fashion sense.
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New York
New York Telegram
Dad
Hit
Tess
The origin of the word telegram in Albany papers
An Albany Journal note from 1852 introduced the term telegram to replace telegraphic dispatch. The piece explains telegram as the writing from a distance and suggests teletypes as an alternative, while urging readers to “speak write and telegraph telegram.”
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Albany Journal
Albany Evening Journal
Murgearen
How Paris Fires Are Put Out
Paris letters describe fire response as a communal, energetic affair where anyone nearby is pressed into service. An American guest recounts being forced into a smoky task in evening dress, then chased by cheering bystanders as he rushes with a bucket to help extinguish a blaze. The tale illustrates cultural differences in emergency aid and the chaos surrounding urban fires.
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Paris
France
Mme. Blank’s
Bet
Leu
Positive remedy for the alone named disease offered
A reader announces a positive remedy that has cured many hopeless cases and promises two free bottles to readers who write with return address. The letter lists contact as T. A. Slocum M. C. 181 Pearl St. New York.
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T. A.slocum
M. C
Pearl St
Blaine Declines Campaign Amid Call for Harmony
Murat Halstead quotes an intimate Blaine friend saying the former candidate must stay out of the canvass to preserve party harmony. Blaine withdrew to avoid disrupting leadership contests, aims to let others run, and will not reemerge in the race if it would harm his honor and the party. Halstead notes Blaine visits London papers to review reports and questions the Florence letter's sincerity.
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Blaine
American Exchange
London
Murat Halstead
Commercial Gazette
Florence
Pennsylvania Democrats Conclude State Convention Electors Delegates
At Harrisburg May 23 the Democratic State convention chose R. M. Spear of Huntington and A. F. Keating of Pittsburgh as electors at large and ex Attorney General Cassidy William L Scott William Mutchler and Charles E Boyle as delegates at large to St Louis by acclamation. The platform calls for tariff revision Mills bill support and public land reservation for settlers. It praises President Cleveland while opposing monopolistic legislation and endorses pensions. delegates were instructed to unite for Cleveland's renomination. J B Brewster McCallum nominated for supreme judge as district delegates elected.
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Wiliam L. Scott
William Mutchler
Charles E. Boyle
St. Louis
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Sprimnorreto
Committee On
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Illinois
Melville W. Fuller
Supreme Court of the United States
John G. Palmer
Sparks
Tooley
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Palmer
Andrew J. Bell
Ianowe
Andrew Welch
Charles Walker
Pfonetal
Jacob R. Creighton
Douglas Ricks
Spa Ys
Chai m Emad 2 Do
Geneicenes
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Detroit
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Ontario
Edward Thompson
Mast Walpole
Mass
Little & Co
Grant
Washington
New England
K. Miles
Philadelphia
Shos
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W. I. Morris
Consolidated Exchange
Hugh McGinnis
Spring Street
New York
Gettysburg
3Rd Army
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Broadway
John Street
New York City
Hackett
John Cully
David Clayton
Thomas Kenny
Patrick Keenan
John O'Rourke
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Webster
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Logan Bumgarner
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Belmont Iron Company
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Jose del Valle
Mississippi
Samuel Moore
Indian Grove
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William Johnson
Sny
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Edward Sparks
Evening Telegraph
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Snow & Burgess
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Wall
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R. M. Ray
John ?.Williams
East Liberty
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John A. Reed
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Charles Tupper
United States Senate
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Fred Lowther
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Annie Andrews
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Millionnaire Snell
William Tascott
Waukegan
Milwaukee
Illiam Tascott
Snell
Palmer for Governor Nomination at Illinois Democratic Convention
Illinois Democrats nominate John G. Palmer for governor after a state convention that adopted a platform praising President Cleveland and tariff revision. The ticket includes Lt. Gov. nominee Andrew J. Bell. other nominees are Andrew Welch for treasurer and Jacob R. Creighton for secretary of state, with the event concluding after Palmer’s acceptance and a late session adjournment.
Party conventions and nominations across states and regions
The piece surveys Democratic and Republican convention actions from Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Maryland, Colorado, and Ohio, noting tariff plank appeals, elected electors, state tickets, and platform stances on liquor, trade, and home rule. It references figures like James Boyd, Augustus Moore, Charles Collier, and Charles Gibson as well as discussions on Blaine and Cleveland.
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Cleveland
St. Louis
North Carolina
Raleigh
James Boyd
Augustus Moore
Blaine
Wisconsin
Madison
Thurday
Petersburg
Charles F. Collier
Charles H. Gibson
Maryland
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Richmond
Ohio
John F. Moore
Jackson
Chicago
Henry George
New York State
California
Stanford
Maine Statesman
Texas
St. Loui
Fort Worth
Mexico
United States
Maine
C. E. Allen
Dresden
P. Montgomery
Garcelon Gianaie
T. C. Crawford
Taleranis
Florence
News In Brief From Across The Nation
A sweep of late May items notes postmaster terms expiring, stock exchange suspensions, and a Detroit river tunnel syndicate federal and local updates. It cites battles over wheat crop prospects, a Balti more launch, fires in Philadelphia and New York, and varied deaths, strikes, and legal actions across several states and provinces.
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New York
Philadelphia
Paros
Transatlantic friends with Bayard Phelps and Moorhouse
A broad set of dispatches notes diplomats and ministers in mutual efforts with Bayard Phelps and Moorhouse, John Swinton declines Socialistic presidential candidacy, and several international and domestic incidents unfold across New York Chicago and Wisconsin amid political and social tensions.
Australian Mound Builders
In Australia and nearby islands vast earth mounds once thought to be native tombs are not man made but incubators built by jungle fowl and related birds. Many mounds rise to 15 feet and 60 feet around with internal heat from decaying vegetation reaching near 95 degrees, arranged with larger ends up and covered deeply.
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Arkansaw
Australia
Islands
Hard Luck of a Tumble Heels in Hartford Courant
Albert S Hook of Meriden fell into a 40 foot brewery well. He returned home ate dinner then later fell again injuring teeth and jaw. A dentist reset two teeth and he continued to eat before another fall damaged more teeth and the lower jaw. He survives with minor injuries.
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Hartford Courant
Albert S. Hook
Meriden
Mr. Hook
Hook
Dr Dye's Celebrated Elec tro-Voltaic Belt and Appliances
Address us to receive our illustrated pamphlet about the belt and appliances and their effects on the nervous debilitated system. If adapted, we will send you a belt and alliances on trial. Voltaic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich.
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Dr. Dye
Voltaic Beut Co
Marshall, Mich
Campaign circular to postmasters to spread Weekly Globe
A confidential Weekly Globe circular offers favorable terms for the presidential campaign and free samples on application. The notice urges postmasters and agents to distribute the paper widely to create new Democratic voters and begin profitable campaign work.
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Weekly Globe
Weekly
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