Maine in the Midst of a Hot Political Fight
Portland reports indicate large Democratic gains as voting proceeds in several wards. Republicans struggle to save their turnout and entice Democrats, with Putnam and Burleigh’s fates in flux. Analysts expect a heavy city vote and possible statewide implications for Cleveland in November.
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Republcans
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Emery
Burleigh
Reed
Democratic Executive Committee
Ives
Cleveland
Massachusetts Democrat Convention Nominates Russell for Governor
The Massachusetts State Democratic Convention convened in Springfield with Patrick A. Collins presiding. William Eustis Russell of Cambridge, born 1857, was nominated for governor amid a platform endorsing tariff reform, veterans’ pensions, and distrust of trusts, with a slate including Corcoran, Osgood, Mene, Lamb, Williams, and electors O'Reilly and Stearns.
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Massachusetts
Springfield
Patrick A. Collins
John J. Donovan
Lowell
Donovan
Cleveland
Charles H. Taylor
Boston
Illiam Jastis Russell
Cambridge
William Corcoran
Clin Fidge
William M. Osgood
Aetna
Henry C.mene
Yarmouth
Samuel ©. Lamb
Greenfield
William A. Williams
Worces
John Boyle O'Reilly
Georges M. Stearns
Chicopee
Wiliam Eustis Russell
William
Harvard College
Boston Univerity
Suffolk
C. T
T. A. Russell
State Street
Earcely
The
Democracy
Old Cambridge
Outlook in Connecticut says Vance backs Democrats
Representative W Vance returns to his seat in New Haven after the Connecticut Democratic state convention. He praises the ticket and forecasts strong Democratic support in November, noting questions about Connecticut’s outcome only two weeks before the election. He argues Mills bill free trade fears have faded and that business leaders favor a Democratic administration and tax relief.
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Morris
II & V
Repubs
Arkansas Election Returns Show Democratic Gains Statewide
Partial results from 25 of 75 Arkansas counties indicate Democratic gains over 1880 figures. Hughes leads by about 17,000 votes against combined Republican and third-party tickets, with indications of continued party strength linked to the state wheel organization.
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Arkansas
Hughes
Eagle for governor leads State ticket victory
The report notes Eagle for governor and the entire State ticket won by a large majority. The Legislature is expected to be Democratic by a sizable margin. Pulaski county showed a close vote on the State and county ticket, with both sides claiming victory. Republicans mainly supported the Union Labor ticket.
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Eagle
Pulaski County
Union Labor
Republican State Convention Opens in Phoenix Hall
The Republican State convention convened at 10 40 a m in Phoenix Hall with J H Gallinger as chairman. Organization adopted includes Martin A Hayne as president and a vice president from each party. The platform endorses Chicago principles, supports protection, temperance, and the Harrison Morton ticket with David H Goodell nominated for governor and C Moore of Nashua for Congress in place of Gailinger.
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Phoenix Hall
J. H. Gallinger
Martin A. Hayne
Lake Village
Chicago
Harrison
Morton
David H. Goodell
C. Moore
Nashua
Gailinger
Democratic State Convention Nominates Luzon Morris Governor
The Democratic State convention in New Haven on September 4 named Judge Luzon L. Morris of New Haven as governor after many ballots. The platform backed St Louis nominations, Civil Service reform, Mills bill passage, and the President's fisheries policy, with Dooley and R. T. Vance presiding.
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New Haven
Dooley
State Central Committee
R. T. Vance
St. Louis
Cleveland
Luzon
Morris
Vermont Sheep Bleating At Mills Bill Debate
Representative John E. Russell mocks Republican defense of the Mills bill by citing shrinking Vermont sheep numbers from 1860 to an 1880s estimate and accusing protection of fostering the industry while the bill would exterminate flocks. The Vermont sheep are said to be "bleating" in protest.
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Washington
John E. Russell
Vermont
Oregon
Green Mountain
Prohibition and Democratic tensions in 1890s campaigns
Crowds protest Governor Hill renomination at Cooper Union New York about 2500 attend. Connecticut Prohibition League holds state convention in Willimantic with around 500 representatives. Arkansas votes show Democrats lead by 16 400 after full county returns. Legislative branches in Democratic control. Blaine campaigns across Maine New York Harrison supports tariff cuts. Times notes Democratic Hill renomination wavering. Blaine to campaign in Michigan early October visiting Detroit Port Huron Grand Rapids Saginaw Adrian Jackson Muskegon Kalamazoo aboard Alger’s private car.
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New York
Prohibition League of Connecticut
Willimantic
Prohibition Clubs
Arkansas
Farmington
Blaine
Fort Wayne
Harrison
Old Orchard
England
The
New York Times
David B. Hill
Casino
Maine Statesman
Indianapolis
Harson
Associatedress
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Detroit
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Grand Rapids
Saginaw
Adrian
Jackson
Muskegon
Kalamazoo
Alger
Chinese Exclusion Bill Passes Senate Amid Debates
In Washington the Chinese exclusion bill cleared the Senate after hours of debate over naturalization claims and treaty implications. West corrected a 1876 date to 1880, while Durations and quorums shaped votes. The bill passed 87 to 38 as Republicans largely supported, Democrats joined, and motions to reconsider stalled due to lack of quorum.
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Harrison
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Mr. Harrison
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Foreign Office
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Committee On Foreign Relations
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They Would Continue Preying Somerville Journal
A reflective note in the Somerville Journal suggests some individuals would persist in their predatory ways regardless of weather or opinion, implying relentless opportunism despite consequences.
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Somerville Journal
Currents of Commerce Show Broad Trade Activity Across Regions
The autumn trade pace holds steady with strong dry goods demand in New England, leather and boots rising, footwear sales robust, and lumber near seasonal averages. Bradstreet despatches note active merchandise movement nationwide with improving city results. funds for crops prompt higher loan rates as deposits dip at major eastern and western centers.
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Bradstreet
Netaco Savannah
Galveston
Hard Feeling Over the Treat Operations and Substitutes
Southern opposition rises against the cotton bagging deal with a six cent rise per yard, claiming a $3.5 million extra cost this season. discussions note jute substitutes, new wood bagging methods, and calls by the National Board of Marine Underwriters for policy clarity on lighter coverings while preserving bale quality and fire resistance.
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Atlanta Constitution
Carrie
Columbia
8. C
Sea Yard
National Board of Marine Underwriters
New York Cotton Exchange
India
Egypt
Boots and Shoes Trade Booms as Spring Demand Grows
The boots and shoes trade is flourishing nationwide with buyers pressing for spring samples and manufacturers delaying orders. Leather remains firm and many factories are behind on orders, prompting occasional advances but no near-term price changes. Demand for calf, buff, split rib, rough and yet finer women’s and children’s shoes is strong, with low stocks and rising collections.
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Hus
Liberal Woollen Mills Start Up as Dry Goods Trade Holds Steady
Reports from New England and other regions show active woollen mills resuming operations after lulls. The dry goods trade remains brisk with rising sales, reduced stocks, and steady prices. September opening looks favorable as prints and dress goods stay in demand and orders flow from Western and Middle States.
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New England
South
West
Middle States
Western
Trade Notes On Blankets And Carpets This Month
The present month shows steady trade in blankets with prices unchanged and carpets meeting with increased demand. Local merchants report stable sales and growing interest from customers seeking durable floor coverings.
Leading Markets: Staple Prices Across Major Cities
In New York and Chicago and St Louis, wide ranges for cotton and wheat mark steady and quiet markets. Commodities including flour, rye, corn, oats, coffee, sugar, molasses, and petroleum show varied movement from dull to firmer, with notable receipts and exports tallies reported for each city.
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Chicago
Louis
Ight
City Mills
Milwaukee
White State
Rio
United
Rosin
Western Steam
City Steam
Continent
Liverpool
Cubcanco
St. Louis
Boston Markets Butter and Produce Prices Bulletin
The Boston market report notes firm butter demand with price advances for first of month purchases. Quotations cover Creamery Northern extra, Western extra, Paty, and other varieties, with Liverpool prices rising and stock moving. Beans, apples, grapes, and dried fruits show varied demand. sugar remains firm and flour ranges quoted. Canned fish and coffee details appear, with occasional notes on hay and miscellaneous groceries.
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Boston
Franklin
Mass
Lea
Liverpool
Oy Aroostook
Igi
New York State
Erman
Ruit
Norfolk
Bermuda
Hebrons
Burbanks
Leerfend
Rio
Havre
Hamburg
Ankola
Lind
Siohe
Market Quotations And Grain Prices From The Week
The long fragment highlights seed market activity with prices for Clover, Lucerne, Red Top, and Timothy hay, several millet varieties, flaxseed, and tobacco quotes. It lists London and Liverpool quotations, starchy products, and a weekly Wool tally showing domestic and foreign bale counts, noting year over year changes.
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Jere
Rio Grande
Montevideo
Slaught
Sierra Leone
North
Lucerne
Jersey
Bush
Laverpool
Bond
Do & W
Liverpool
Sacks
Tork's Island
Ie. CO
Havana
Kentucky
Leilo
Arrivals of Livestock at Brichton and Watertown Week Ended Sep 7 1888
Weekly livestock arrivals show Western cattle 1140 Eastern cattle 204 Northern cattle 548 total 1410 sheep and lambs 5300 Western 2880 Eastern 1663 Northern 7900 total 12 503 swine 16805 veal 753 horses 355 Beef cattle prices per hundred pounds dress weight ranged 4 00 to 8 25 Western cattle prices and hides and skins market notes include lambing and sheep kin valuations with various entries in cents per pound and ton hides talln and ferret noted in miscellaneous terms.
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Brichton
Watertown
Wheat harvest shows promise on Northern Pacific routes
Reports from the Northern Pacific week say threshing is not yet general enough for exact yields. No. 1 Northern wheat looks likely along Little Falls and Dakota branch, Fargo and Black Hills branch shows better results than last season, and Duluth-Manitoba should average. Mandan area claims its best crop ever with estimates of 22 bushels per acre.
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Migsrarvoris
Minn
Northern Pacific
Little Falls
Dakota
Minnesota
Fargo and
Black Hills
Duluth
Manitoba
Ayeo
Jim River Valley
Mandan
Lester Wallack dead in Stamford after last benefit
New York despatches report veteran actor and manager John Lester Wallack has died in Stamford. Born 1819 in New York, Wallack rose to prominence as a famed theater figure, marrying a painter's daughter during a London visit. He served briefly in the Crimea before returning to the stage and leading his family circle with wealth and taste.
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Stamford
Lester Wallack
John Lester Wallack
James William Wallack
Wallack
England
Millais
France
Turkey
Russia
Crimea
Tietiethe Street
Respectfully Disrespectful. A 1888 clerk letter to employers
A fragmentary 1888 note titled Respectfully Disrespectful and labeled Slarper's Bazar presents a contradictory appraisal by a discharged clerk. Dated September 1 1888 the letter ends with a brusque insult to the recipients and signs as John Smith.
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Slarper
Doe
John Smith
Fifty One New Cases and Seven Deaths in Jacksonville
Jacksonville relief bulletin reports 51 new cases today, 7 deaths, total cases and deaths rising. Clergy, bishops and churches unite for relief. nurses arrive from New Orleans and Pensacola. A 500-seat train to Hendersonville planned. heavy rain and equinoctial gales mentioned. fear fever may rise after sun returns.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Pat Kelly
J. C. Croissant
Julia Stark
J. B. Love
J. J. Crow
Rev
D. H. Sharp
Amelia Mitchell
Sharpe
Weed
Kettle
Henry
Engle
New Orleans
Knights of Honor
Pensacola
Hendersonville
N.C
Camp Perry
Northern nurses deemed worse than useless in yellow fever care
Dr. M A Pallen, a New York physician with 1841 42 epidemic experience, argues hundreds of capable Southern nurses are ready to tend Jacksonville fever patients while Northern nurses hinder care. He says disease varies with each epidemic and that nursing judgment over physician orders is crucial for patient survival.
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M. A. Pallen
New York
Vicksburg
Miss
Savannah
Charleston
Mobile
New Orleans
Galveston
Jacksonville
Tammany Grants $2500 to Jacksonville for Yellow Fever Relief
The Tammany Hall general committee via treasurer John J. Gorman sent 2500 dollars to the Mayor of Jacksonville to aid yellow fever sufferers.
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Tammany's
Jacksonville
Tammany Hall General Committee
John J. Gorman
BURYING THE HATCHET AMONG RAILROAD UNIONS
St Louis on Sept 7 The National Convention of Railroad Switchmen meets on Sept 17 and a federation of four major railroad brotherhoods is likely to be discussed and possibly formed The move aims to unite Locomotive Engineers Firemen Brakemen and Switchmen to strengthen bargaining power and protest actions and would be the most extensive labor coalition yet seen by workers.
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St. Louis
National Convention of Railroad Switchmen
Brotherhood
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Brotherhood of Railroad Brakemen and Switchmen's Mutual Aid Association
Burlington Engineers
Imhr
Miss Lena Crawford Becomes Bride of Coxe
New York September 7 Mrs David Crawford formerly Miss Caroline Townsend sister of Mrs L M Barlow and Mrs Thomas Francis Meagher died at the Townsend homestead Southfield Orange County Her eldest daughter Lena Crawford had just become engaged to Assistant United States District Attorney Macgrane Coxe and they married at her deathbed with servants present The Crawford sisters were prominent in New York society and she was noted for culture and charm.
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New York
David Crawford
Caroline Townsend
Peter Townsend
L. M. Barlow
Thomas Francis Meagher
Train Plunges Into Ocean Near Oceanside, Carried Toward China
A California Southern freight train rolled off the track into six feet of water ten miles beyond Oceanside due to spreading rails. Engine 16 remained, while five cars and a caboose disappeared seaward. Conductor J Dunn and a brakeman were in the caboose and were rescued after riding the wreckage as it drifted. They suffered bruises but were reported not seriously hurt. rescue teams recovered them and secured the wreckage, with the caboose last seen drifting toward the Sandwich Islands.
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Sandwich Islands
Chess puzzle notes and positions from 1389 and 1390
Position No. 1389 shows a game by W C Parrow of Boston ending with C F Burille and a color note BLACK WHITE. Position No. 1390 by L M Stearns of Derry Depot NH references Amateurs and a solution to 1387. See game 2379 at note C.
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Boston
Mass
C. F. Burille
BLACK
L. M. Stearns
Derry Depot
N. H
CHECKERS STARTER LIST OF PUBLICATIONS AND PRICES
The Checker Editor in Boston lists numerous chess and draughts publications for sale postpaid on receipt of price. Items include Paisley 25c, Single Corner 25c, Ayrshire Lassie parts 1 and 2, Alma 1.25, American Draught Player 3, Draughts for Beginners 76c, Son of Draughts 50c, Match between Martin editions 25c, Guide to Draughts 60c, Gould’s Book of 1000 Problems 60c, Match Games 1, Specta Copies 1.50, Champion photos of Yates and Wythe 1.50, plus subscriptions and blank diagrams priced per item.
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Conta
Sweet
Gould
Atecarnon and Wyllie
D. Yates
Aames Wythe
Stockland
Solution of Position No 1388 by H H Knight Lynn Mass
A concise chess puzzle solution from H H Knight outlines a White to move win starting with 26.22 and continuing through a sequence including 21.17 and 14.106.1. The notes reference positions tied to the Bristol ending, listing moves and captures such as Black men on 5 13, kings on 18 28, White men on 21 26 and kings on 9 14, with White ultimately securing victory.
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J. T. Hennigan
Groton
Mass
Benulrae
New England Chess and Checker Rooms
P. la Point
W. C. Parrow
la Point
Aed
Checker
Gingle
Ou BO
White
H. H. Knight
Lynn
Bristol
Draughts in New Zealand Flourishes Across Provinces
The silent game grows in Southland Otago and Canterbury with inter provincial matches Otago Canterbury and Dunedin Christchurch ties. Players travel up to 720 miles for honor with no prizes while clubs multiply, 45 in Otago province alone and a nationwide spread across hamlets and schoolhouses amid rising interest and large turnouts.
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Weekly Globe
Boston
Southland
Otago
Canterbury
Dunedin
Christchurch
Otaro
Mpi
Mosgie
Otago Cricketers and Long Touted Draughts Champion Tour
A transcript-like report details the voyage of Wyllie and the draughts scene in Otago and Canterbury. It notes prize funds, hotel expenses covered, and the champion’s reception in the colonies. Melbourne awaits the centennial draughts tournament with New Zealand contenders Ro Boswel, Withag Melihwrick, and J Bell95 Dunedin.
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Wyllie Yeu
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Vercargitl
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Melbourne
Elbourne
Victoria
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Wales
Mr Wyllie
Australasia
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Withag Meliwrick
Tavercarg
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Ordes
Bitter opposition at Standing Rock over treaty talks
Rumors say commissioners at Lower Agencies will return to Standing Rock to press opening of the reservation. Chiefs Gall Bear and Big Head oppose. Sitting Bull rages at the leak claiming it aims to weaken his influence. Some friendly tribes remain willing, as Judge Wright’s speeches influence the Indians.
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la i
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Sitting Bull
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Indiana
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Frien
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Galland
Red Cloud
New Boston Music List for Piano Players
Oliver Ditson & Co publish a rich piano music selection with classical and popular pieces. Highlights include Gottschalk Responds Me, Sunset Nocturne, Polonaise Hereique, and Fe rietta Meditation Catalane. Prices range from 40 to 75 cents, with many dance tunes and waltzes by Bohm, Kelir, and others. Several Cleveland themed pieces and new songs from White, Smith & Co. promise strong sales next week.
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Oliver Ditson & Co
L. M. Gottschalk
G. A. Laubert Cone
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Arthur
Marchant
Bourree
Tyrol
Oelshlegel
Victoria Gayotte
Lizzie
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Roe
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Teufel
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Filenberg
Galop
Strauss
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Scogem
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Shnaos
Ene. White
Smi
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Harrison
Cleveland
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J. M
Yan
Harry Pitchs
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Primrose
West
Mintrels
Ole Satan
It Won't Go Till After Election Critic
A Washington Critic item reports a saying about events delaying until after the election. The fragment mentions a straw hat remark and a casual blurt about politics. The readable text hints at local sentiment on timing and response to political action.
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Washington
Genoa Scholar Rewrites Columbus and Vespucci Origins
A Genoa learned man claims Columbus was morose on solemn occasions while Vespucci was named Americus. The fragment suggests a revised view of the explorers, contrasting temperament and naming choices attributed to the era.
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Columbus
Vespuce
Americus
Dictionary of Politics advertised for voters in campaign
An advertisement promotes The Globe's Dictionary of Politics or Every Man a Politician. It promises clear explanations of American government politicians parties and political events for daily use. The 500 page volume is elegantly printed and priced at $1.50.
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