A Town in Ruins Farmington Fire Devastates Maine Town
Farmington Maine faced a devastating blaze on October 23 with flames destroying thirty three homes nineteen stores and multiple public buildings. Firefighting from Lewiston Portland and a steamer from Winslow helped contain the disaster with total losses estimated between 260 000 and 600 000, no confirmed deaths though several injuries occurred including a man burned trying to save a horse. State Normal School pupils aided efforts saving the building and many residents faced displacement but insurance coverage limits the hardship.
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Farmington
Franklin County
Maine
Sandy River Railway Company
Farmington Station
Stoyell
Stoddard House
Lewiston
Portland
Wiston
Marble
Old Town
Cuse
Main Street
Baptist Church
Hercelyn
State Normal School
House of God
Academy Street
Methodist Church
Congregational Church
John Allen
G. C. Purington
Normal School
Warren Merrill
Sandy River
E. Gerry
Gerry
Walter Bragg
Joseph Mathieu
Physicians Say Patient’s Cancer Remains Incurable
The subject suffers a trouble resembling the disease that killed General Grant. Doctors deem it incurable and have informed him. An operation performed in Philadelphia last Sunday failed, and his remaining time depends on how long he can battle the illness.
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General Grant
Philadelphia
Farmers Discuss Cows At Massachusetts Meeting
At a meeting in the Ploughman hall 46 Milk street leading Massachusetts farmers debated dairy interests. Speakers including B P Ware and Dr Loring examined churns profit from dairy farming and the value of cows for fertilizer versus milk.
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Ploughman
Milk Street
Farmers of
Massachusetts
B. P. Ware
Washington
Loring
New England
Ware
Oring
Cape Cod Cranberries Boosted By Western Freight Traffic
Peter Clark of the Pennsylvania Railroad reports a robust cranberry crop in southern Plymouth and Barnstable counties. He notes some frost damage but overall yields match last year, with Cape Cod berries shipped directly to Chicago and western cities, keeping prices firm and markets active. Wareham leads shipments, Makepeace dominates production, and careful packing is essential to preserve quality.
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Wareham
Mass
New England
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Peter Clark
Boston
Plymouth
Barnstable
Clark
Plymouth County
West Barnstable
Cape Cod
Old Colony
Carver
A. L. Makepeace
Buzzard Bay
Falmouth
Hyannis
Provincetown
East Falmouth
Waquoit
Marshpee
Makepeace
Michigan
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Chica
San Francisco
News York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Middleboro
Taunton
Alpole
The Havana Sugar Market Week Report
Sugar markets in Havana a week of quiet demand with slight price drops. Molasses sugar prices and refining levels varied, while stocks, receipts, and exports show activity including shipments to the United States. Freight rates and warehouse figures accompany the market snapshot. One Boston woman has hers done, noting Christmas shopping begins early in New York.
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Havana
Matanzas
United States
Boston
Rochester Herald
New York
Hoxton Weekly Globe
King
Baldwin
Hubbardstons
Harvey
Franklin County
Vermont
Tbs
New York Extra
Rio
Cape
Aroostook County
Fuar
Minnesota Reine Pat
Hy Wisin
Prey le
Choice
Bee
California
Hebron
Jersey
Bush
Timothy
Formosas
Japans
Hyson
Young Hyson
Imperial
A. Salt
Romaine
Georges
Old Georges
Atlock
Grandbank
Scotia
Block Island Mess
Episcopalians Seek Christian Union by Commission Plan
A Wednesday resolution proposed forming a commission of bishops clergymen and laymen to open dialogue with other Christian bodies to explore organic unity based on the Apostles Creed breaking of bread and prayers. A minority urged caution arguing the church must define concessions first. The debate noted conflicting views within the high church party on apostolic succession and ordination while awaiting further discussion at the 1889 General Convention.
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Christian Union
Howkins
High Church
Hopkins
Cake Recipes and Pudding Feature in Lat News
The Globe announces a cake and pudding supplement with tried recipes for readers. It highlights reader testimonials on pies and cakes from Tur Globen and Tur Glonn offers, inviting submissions for pudding and cake recipes to fill upcoming pages.
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Tom Globe
New England
Vermont home made doughnuts and bread without moulding
A collection of old recipe notes detailing doughnut making with eggs sugar milk and cream of tartar, along with a bread recipe using Indian meal and yeast, plus a rich fruit cake with molasses brown sugar butter sour milk and assorted spices.
Two Light Cake Recipe from MES W W 8
Two thirds cup butter and two cups sugar plus two cups raisins currents and sweet milk with soda tartar nutmeg cinnamon citron and cloves. Then two cups sugar one cup butter four eggs milk flour cream of tartar soda and vanilla. Beat butter and sugar to a cream, add eggs, mix, bake slowly for two loaves.
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Vermont
MES. W. W
Lemor
Rachel
W. W
J. M. le
L. G
W. C
M. E
Plain and Dark Cake Recipes From Old Cambridge Notices
A fragment from a 19th century newspaper includes a dark loaf cake recipe seasoned with ground cloves cinnamon and allspice. It notes adding raisins currants citron and tea Sees, plus a plain cake recipe with sugar butter eggs milk flour soda and cream tartar flavored with lemon.
Feather Cake and Flour Recipes in a 19th Century Home Cookbook
A collection of cake and bakehouse recipes including Feather Cake with sugar eggs and butter, Rachel sponge drops with lemon, Cookies with saleratus, Boarders Cake with molasses, and Cake Without Eyes with royal baking powder, all detailing ingredients and method. Many entries credit Mrs or Miss names and indicate oven timing and mixing steps.
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J. M. le
Old Fashioned Fruit Cake Recipe by Mrs J M Le
A compact recipe lists butter flour sugar milk molasses eggs soda raisin and spices for a fruit cake as shared by Mrs J M Le with simple instructions and measurements included for baking guidance
Butter Cream Cakes and Jelly Roll Recipes
A collection of vintage baking instructions detailing Cream Cakes with Onk Wuo Bas Trizp It method, cream filling using milk flour and egg, and a Jelly Roll by Mrs J M Le and Mrs W C 8 with steps for boiling, mixing, baking, rolling, and slicing.
M. E. and Silver Cake and Ice Cream Cake Recipe
Recipe text lists ingredients for two cakes including flour eggs sugar butter milk soda and cream of tartar with flavor notes. Mentions lemon and vanilla and a colored strawberry variation for the ice cream cake, outlining mixing separate portions and baking instructions.
Baking Steps Tease for Cupcake Mix
A fragmented recipe notes beat butter and sugar to cream, gradually fold in flour and other ingredients, then add the remaining components to form a batter. The text highlights butter, sugar, flour, milk, and a touch of baking powder as core elements.
Fruit Citron Custard Cake Note by Mrs W C
A compact baking note describes a milk based cake batter with salt dissolved, eggs beaten to froth, and citron slices folded in. The batter bakes in a lined cake tin in a slow oven for about forty minutes, yielding a light smooth finish as advised by Mrs. W. C.
Baking Cake: Oven Temperature and Doneness Guide
Guidance on cake baking from a 19th-century note stresses testing oven heat with flour to check for browning, buttering tins and lining with paper, and placing tins on warm surfaces. Fruit cakes need two to four hours, others 30 to 40 minutes. Doneness checked with a clean straw. if dough sticks, not done.
Triangular Fight for New York City Mayoralty
New York October 24 The mayoralty race features three candidates Henry George Socialist Labor party nominee Abram Hewitt Tammany and County Democratic favorite Theodore Roosevelt Republican backed by business interests. George has limited prospect. Hewitt and Roosevelt vie for voter backing amid party strains as registration ends with 234 874 names.
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New York
Henry George
Labor Party
Knights of Labor
Trades Unions
Irving Hall
George
Abram
Howitt
Theodore Roosevelt
R. Hewitt
Mr. Roosevelt
Court of Appeals
Assembly
Senate
New York City
Episcopal Convention Pledges Unity Among Protestant Churches
The Episcopal convention in Curcago debates Christian unity with Congregationalists and other bodies. Clergy and lay leaders endorse mutual fellowship, lifting a resolution to send greetings to the Chicago Council of Congregational Churches and seek organic union across denominations.
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Curcaco
Episcopal Church Convention
Episcopal Church
Episcopal Convention
Episcopal
Phillips Brooks
Boston
Council of Congregational Churches
Chicago
Brooks
Dr. Hopkins
Pennsylvania
Bishop Hopkins
Vermont
Epopalians
Mrs Potter to Spend Winter in Paris for Study and Recitations
Mrs James Brown Potter plans a winter in Paris with her daughter, studying French language and literature, and preparing a book of recitations for amateurs. She discusses Browning, Wilson Barrett, Irving, and a painter working on a portrait, while noting a desire to avoid stage work for now.
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New York
World
James Brown Potter
Tuxedo Park
France
Europe
Paris
Ostler
Joe
Prince of Ales
Browning
England
Prince of Wales
Wilson Barrett
Munzig
Boston
Vandyke
Iam
Henri Quatre
Sig
Brighton and Watertown Markets Arrivals week ending Oct 22
Arrivals of live shank at Brighton and Watertown total 2565 cattle 1600 western 255 eastern 720 northern. Sheep and lambs 15770 with 4980 eastern and 6970 northern. Swine 24139. Veals 705. Horses and beef cattle prices shown per hundred weight with western cattle prices from 300 to 400 for lower grades and higher figures for premium. Calfskins hides and tallow noted with regional variations.
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Brighton
Watertown
Calta Brighton
Market for fish steady at Gloucester port week end
Gloucester notes a good week for port fish trading with firm prices. Cod trade shows active movement at prior levels and signals growing fall and winter demand. Fisheries arrivals total eight ships, including twelve from Georges and eighteen from Western ports.
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Gloucester
Georges
Western
New York Markets Summary on Grain and Provisions
The New York market report notes active futures across grains with steady closes in cotton, wheat, corn, oats, and rye. Wheat futures were volatile but closed little changed. corn and oats saw varied pricing with No 2 and No 3 grades detailed. rice and buckwheat firmer. provisions steady to higher with lard and pork in demand. coffee and sugars volatile with rising spot prices and margins.
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Fim
Noveber
Sarley
Western
Rae
Padang
Maracaibo
P.t
Murepe
Petro Crade
Spacane
Sarval
Turpentin
Spa
Bond and Stock Prices at 2 39 P M
Bond and stock figures hover across various issues with price quotes and percentage changes. Listed names include Boston La Ros & Me Boo WP Fitchbur Metrop H io Cen NE and others, with prices around 84 85 108 128 and percentages noted. The fragmentary page shows multiple exchanges and railroads in an intraday snapshot at 2.39 PM.
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Railroade
Boston la
Ros & Me
Seca
We Eastern
Fitchbur
Speh
Iran
Pauhiae
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Phillips
Ingersoll
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Robert G. Ingersoll
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Windsor
T. C. Dy
Cambridge
the Episcopal Convention
Movement For Christian Unity
Mrs
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Irving
Brighton and Watertown
NEW York Markets
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