Bonds to Redeem 121st Call with 5 Million on Aug 22
Secretary Folger notes on the 16th that on Wednesday August 22 and all subsequent Wednesdays, United States bonds in the 121st call will be redeemed at the Treasury in Washington for 5 million dollars without rebate or interest. Excess above 5 million on any day will be paid on the next redemption day. Inspector Haworth reports progress on new Indian industrial schools, with Chilocco ready by October 1 and January openings for Chilocco Genoa and Lawrence, expanding capacity to 10,250 pupils nationwide. Minister Footer describes hardship in Corea, living in a crude wooden house with paper windows and extreme climate, relying on imported food and pine fuel. A prominent Congressman signals possible next session on telegraph control favoring a postal system. Postal notes to circulate September 3, in packs of 500 via the New York Registration Division.
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Folger
United States
Treasury Department
Washington
Department
Haworth
Chilocco
Indian Territory
Lawrence
Kas
Genoa
Neb
Footer
Corea
State Department
Congress
Europe
New York Post Office
Obituary Follows Life of Hon Grovere Marston of Massachusetts
Hon Grovere Marston former Attorney General of Massachusetts and partner at Marston and Cobb died at his New Bedford residence on the 14th in his sixty first year. The report notes his prominence and details his career and affiliations.
Association approves Wiere design for $100000 project
The group adopted the plan submitted by Professor Wiere. Estimated cost runs about $100,000. Also reported a fire at Tue Glen House in Watertown Massachusetts destroying a large hotel mainly used by western cattle men. Death noted of SamureLl Wilson D D a professor at Western Theological Seminary Allegheny City aged fifty five from typhoid fever on the seventeenth.
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Association
Wiere
Watertown
Mass
SamureLl, Wilson
D. D
Western Theological Seminary
Allegheny City
Officers chosen and other events in brief from Denver session
The General Grand Chapter Royal Arch Masons met in Denver and chose officers including Alfred F. Chapman and others from Massachusetts DC New York and more. Also reported are a series of misfortunes: a banker’s collapse and embezzlement in Cincinnati, a Mississippi River suicide, lynching at Oakland Mississippi, storms and a fatal railway accident in Kentucky and Ohio, and a city bank failure in Warren Ohio.
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General Grand Chapter
Royal Arch Masons of the
United States
Denver
Col
Alfred F. Chapman
Massachusetts
Noble D. Larner
District of Columbia
David Day
New York
Joseph P. Horner
Louisiana
R. C. Lemon
Ohio
Christopher G. Fox
Thomas McPatton
Oregon
Benjamin F. Holler
Tennessee
Roger W. Woodbury
Colorado
William H. Mayo
Missouri
John J. Sumpter
Arkansas
Washington
D. C
Vincent Shinkle
Covington
W. M. Finlay
R. T. Miller
Charles Bodman
Allison
Mississippi
Dubuque
Iowa
Sherman
Raynard
Seth McLean
Rander Rothschild
Charlotte
Mich
Henry Young
Cincinnati
Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad
Mooney
Memphis
Ilinois
James Buchanan
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Geneva
Isu
Stanley & Co
James E. Thomas
Chattanooga
J. H. Jennings
Barney Richardson
Dan Ware
Lebanon
Tenn
Ibibi Dennett, Sr
Pearson
Payne
H. J. Moore
Oakland
W. A. Fitzgerald
W. V. Moore
Sayle
Second National Bank
Warren
Ellis, Jr
Kirtland M. Fitch
Fitch
Trumbull
Ellis
Mount Sterling
Lexington
Kentucky Central
Winchester Crossing
van Martin
International and regional incidents briefed in one report
The document notes Stevens being arrested in Vienna and ordered to leave Austria, Peru's poll tax decree for ages 21 to 60 and foreigners over a year, ex-Speaker James Cockburn's death in Ottawa, and Miss Fannity Dougall’s sudden death near Windsor. It mentions detectives pursuing O Donnel to England for murder, a fatal elevator accident in Redruth, Ischia earthquake fears, and public housing orders. It cites U S tariff tensions on Berlin, Bedouin attack near Sinhat, and Swiss cotton import bans hurting 80,000 workers. It covers Siberian penal servitude for 22 students, and a mining mill explosion at Rocky Lead.
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Stevens
Vienna
Lima
Iglesias
James Cockpurn
House of Commons
Ottawa
Fannity Dougall
Windsor
Canada
Hickory Island
Detroit River
Port Elizabeth
South Africa
O’donnel
Carey
England
Redruth
Serrara
Ischia
Minister of Public Works
London Post
Berlin
United States
Suez
Sinhat
Suakin
Nubia
Red Sea
Switzerland
St. Petersburg
Siberia
Taree
Acadia Powder Company
Rocky Leak
N. S
Henry McEwan
Rowley Smith
Charles Miller
Notable deaths and disasters sweep across York and beyond
Judge Jeremiah S. Black dies at his York home after a sudden illness caused by toxemia amid a long legal career. A large fire at Eclipse Lubricating Oil in Franklin destroys seventeen tanks and several railroad cars, with heavy losses. Other notices include the deaths of David Gallur in Connecticut, George W. Bromby in Darby, Archbishop Roger Rede Vaughn in New South Wales, and U S Consul William Wirt Sykes in Cardiff.
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Jeremiah S. Black
York
Somerset County
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Buchanan
Black
Eclipse Lubricating Oil Company
Franklin
David Gallur
Plainfield
Conn
Connecticut
George W. Bromby
Osceola
Darby
Philadelphia
Roger Rede Vaughn
New South Wales
Liverpool
William Wirt Sykes
United States
Cardiff
Olive Logan
Paris
Hue
Peyron
Marine
Tonquin
France
Annam
Long strike of telegraphers ends with widespread returns
In New York and multiple cities, Master Workman Campbell said members should seek terms with Western Union. About 62 male and 30 female operators applied for jobs. 45 men and 12 women were accepted. Reports from Chicago Albany Baltimore and Washington describe mixed revivals and mass reinstatements as the strike collapses.
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New York
Campbell
Brotherhood of Telegraphers
Western Union Company
Brotherhood
Pirtspuran
John Campbell
Rowe
Hughes
Chicago
Ulrich Hall
Morris
The
Cincinnati
Cleveland
St. Louis
Executive Committee
Baker
Memphis
Howard
Philadelphia
Jones
Western Union
Duel Between Virginia Doctors Ends Without Harm
Two Virginia doctors met in a pistol duel but caused no injuries. The incident is noted as a potentially worse outcome if each man had taken a pill of the other’s manufacture.
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Virginia
V. Y. News
Widow Mrs Bach of Wheel ing Takes Own Life at 87
Mrs Mary Bach of Wheeling West Virginia declared she had outlived her time and then killed herself. She was eighty seven years old.
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Mary Bach
Wheeling
W. Va
Abolition of Tolls on New York Canals Spurs Business
The end of canal tolls in New York has led to a surge in commerce with ships and merchants trading more freely. Businessmen report higher freight volumes and quicker turnaround times across the canal network, signaling a broad economic boost.
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New York Canals
Destructive Blazes Hit Kimball House and Vineyard Haven
The Kimball House in Atlanta burned to the ground after a dawn fire on Sunday with early reports suggesting possible deaths. In Vineyard Haven Martha's Vineyard a large fire destroyed cottages and stores, leaving many homeless and causing heavy losses to residents and businesses.
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Kimball
Atlanta
Vineyad Haven
Russ
Boston
Vineyard Haven
Martha’s Vineyard
James Davie
R. W. Cracker
J. H. Lambert
the Baptist Church
Luce Bros. Dry Goods
Lynch Law in Georgia Ends in Quick Hangings
A Miller County farmer Joe Fulford and Henry Bradley with two African American accomplices murdered Fulford’s wife. They beat and choked her, disposed of the body near Spring Creek, and were later hanged by vigilantes after a coroner’s verdict. Local sentiment supports extrajudicial action amid nearby killings.
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Atlanta
Joe Fulford
Miller County
Harry Bradley
Fulford
Reuben Robertson
Spring Creek
Uxoricide
Colguit
Court House Yard
Lynch
Folger Sees Conservative Business Mood in Minnesota Visit
Worthington Minnesota August 18 Secretary of the Treasury Folger while on vacation at a farm he owns discusses the nation’s business condition. He notes thrift in the Northwest driven by fertile lands and new settlers and calls the overall financial scene satisfactory despite Wall Street dullness and local shoe and leather failures in New England.
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Worthington, Minn
Secretary of the Treasury
Folger
Wall Street
New England
Express Agent Killed in Western Coach Robbery
In Florence Alabama Territory on August 13 a Wells Fargo stage was ambushed between Riverside and Pioneer by masked robbers. The express messenger John Collins was killed and a passenger wounded as bandits seized $3,200 from the coach and fled after firing on the driver.
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Florence
A. T
Wells, Fargo & Co
Riverside
Pioneer
John Collins
Tragic Dental Anesthesia Fails Teen in Troy
In Troy on Aug 13, dentist administered chloroform to 16 year old Lillie A Van Voort for a tooth extraction. She remained unconscious and died Saturday from the chloroform effects, marking a fatal medical incident in the city.
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Troy
Lillie A. van Voort
Vast European Holdings of US Debt and Global Resource Snapshots
Estimates show at least 500 million dollars of the US national debt held in Europe. Reports note rice output may double this year if harvests favor growth. Western North Carolina contains 295 peaks above 4,000 feet. Wannamaker’s 1882 business neared 10.9 million with 1 million net profit and 700 thousand in ads.
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United States
Europe
New Orleans Times-Democrat
North Carolina
Wannamaker
Philadelphia
Sun
San Francisco
Chicago
Arizona
N. Y. Herald
China
Japan
Chicago News
Post-office
Washington
Department
Washington Post
Albert Williams, Jr
Division of Mining Statistics and Technology
United States Geological Survey
Chicago Journal
Wit and Wisdom from a Sensational Page
A collage of magazine quips and jokes from various papers, including a Maine farmer’s quip about wives, a Kentucky Journal note on a polite engine incident, and a New York dairy anecdote where a farmer warns a youth about a cow’s head. The items showcase humorous vignettes and social commentary.
Remarkable Resemblance Among San Antonio Brothers
Three San Antonio brothers looked so alike that onlookers doubted two men could resemble each other so closely. One man claimed he once had a twin who resembled him more, while another noted their likeness was such that they could only converse as a monologue with a single man.
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San Antonio
Texas
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Cambridge
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Cosgrave
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Physicians and Surgeons
C. A. Moore
Cambridge, Ohio
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Washington, Ohio
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Prop
Globe House
Cumberland, Ohio
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James Stevens
Scott
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Main
Ocambridge
Zanesville, Ohio
ART Interchange
Art Students
ART Interchange CO
Nassau St. N.Y
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Generey
Grovere Marston
Marston & Cobb
New Bedford
Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society
Senator Blarr
Amalgamated Iron and Steel Workers
Senate
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William Marcin
James Penny
William Weslie
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F. A. Wyman
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Pittsburgh
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P. F. Keeny
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Youngstown
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Ashby
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Caldwell
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Rushville
Ind
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A. Bierman
Democratic State Central Committee of
Minnesota
W. W. McNair
Foreign Intelligence
the Telegraphers
N. Y
Thomas T. Beneni
Baltimore
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Kimball House
South
Seville
Charles Slider
Phil Green
Constitution Boys
Gate City Bank
L. J. Hill
Welborn Hill
Ed McCandless
H. J. Kimball
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John Rice
Joseph B. Thompson
Gate City National Bank
Harrison & Bro
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Culberson
Lynch Law
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WIT and Wisdom
Kentucky Journal
de L
Mary Walker
Rochester
Cap’n Plowjogger
Oil City
Granger
N. Y. Dairy
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