California wheat crop seen at 35 million bushels
The estimate puts California's wheat output for the year at about 35,000,000 bushels. A number of Buffalo Bill's Wild Indians plan a visit to their old home in Ireland before the show resumes in America. An earthquake rattled New Hampshire and Vermont on Thursday but caused no damage amid a scare among residents.
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California
Buffalo Bill
Ireland
America
New Hampshire
Vermont
Candidates Abound Before Senatorial Convention At Newcomerstown
Monroe county lists five candidates and Noble county three as the convention nears. The jury deliberated thirteen minutes before convicting Jake Sharp the bribe giver, though no sentence has been imposed yet.
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Newcomerstown
Monroe County
Noble
Jake Sharp
Jake
Democratic Central Committee Meeting in Cambridge
The Democratic Central Committee of this county meets in Cambridge on July 16 to select delegates for the State Convention in Cleveland on the 20th and 21st.
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Democratic Central Committee
Cambridge
Cleveland
Political stir surpasses recent seasons in local scene
The streets show a feverish political atmosphere with people sensing a vigorous campaign. Observers note a rush of activity and heated discussions, suggesting a high level of engagement and candidate energy for the current season.
Tensions Rise in Sandwich Islands Over Republic Prospects
Dissatisfaction grows among island residents as calls for republican government gain momentum. Local nobility express alarm at the developing unrest and fear potential upheaval spurred by foreign sympathy.
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Sandwich Islands
Illinois drought ends as June rain misses Champaign region
Reports say widespread rains have ended the drought in Illinois though Champaign and surrounding areas received no rain in June. Despite the dry spell, observers note crops show fair prospects and expect improving conditions as weather shifts.
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Illnois
Champaign
Ohio League title race narrows near Zanesville and Columbus
The discussion centers on a championship chase in the Ohio League with a potential match between Zanesville and Columbus. Steubenville folded after a period of inactivity, leaving the field more open for the clubs still active.
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Zanesville
Columbus
Steubenville
Accusations Fly at Governor Hill Over Oil Ties
Critics charge Governor Hill acts as a tool for Standard Oil Company. They warn that Standard Oil would secure the country’s largest and best selection of working tools if the governor keeps supporting its interests. The groups claim they are ready to push major changes to shape policy.
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Governor Hill
Standard Oil Company
Standard
Governors to be elected in several states this year
Town, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts and Ohio will elect Governors this year. New York and Pennsylvania choose minor State officers. The greatest fight probably will be in this State. The signs of the times indicate a lively contest and strong political excitement.
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Town
Kentucky
Maryland
Massachusetts
Ohio
New York
Pennsylvania
Bomb Found Under Judge Desk in Chicago Court Room
A dynamite device was discovered last week beneath the Judge's desk in the courtroom where Chicago Anarchists were tried. Had it exploded, the court, jury, and prisoners would have faced deadly consequences in a possible great trial beyond.
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Chicago
Market Unrest and Wheat Corner Highlight Week
The nation's business drifted fairly steady amid speculative tremors and market disturbances. In New York a successful corner on wheat drew profits for the insiders while ordinary traders watched closely.
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New York
Arbitration settles Chicago labor strike by committee
Chicago labor strike settled by arbitration with a committee chosen for the task. The article notes the delay worsened losses and reflects on the Wall Street clash between Jay Gould and Cyrus W. Field, described as the pilots of Wall Street, whose dispute briefly unsettled the New York stock market before stabilizing.
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Jay Gould
Cyrus W. Field
New York
Wall Street
Politicians in Noble County Divided Over Leadership Factions
An abundance of candidates in Noble County claim fitness for leadership fueling rival camps. Differences in opinion spark jealousy and threaten to divide supporters as the election nears while disorder persists in the camps.
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Noble County
Obituary Flourishes Highlight Wild West Death Notices
Territorial newspapers courted sentiment in death notices. One New Mexico piece says a tired spirit was released and soared at 4 30 Denver time while an Arizona paper praises a prominent citizen with a flourish about Death loving a shining mark and hitting a dandy when she turned loose on Jim.
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Territorial
New Mexico
Denver
Arizona
Jim
Wild West
Pennsylvania Wool Buyer Faces Sudden Loss Over Limestone Scam
A Pennsylvania farmer in Washington county tied 65 pounds of limestone into his wool suit and sold it at 32 cents a pound. He worshipped Sunday, then learned the fraud days later and had to buy back or be exposed, a cautionary tale from the wool trade.
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Washington County
Pennsylvania
Hirschberg
Ohio
Cambridge
Newark
L. Hinsensere
Real estate booms warned of coming trouble in finance
A note of warning warns that time is near when booming town real estate speculation will strain the financial world. The atmosphere grows oppressive in many locales and a number fear a sudden collapse termed a blow out. Some booms are described as delusions and snares.
Encampment Dates and Places for O. N. G. Regiments
The article lists camp locations and dates for O. N. G. units. Artillery First Regiment at Delaware August 10 to 15 inclusive. Infantry First at Washington D H July 4 to 9 inclusive. Second at Findlay August 10 to 15 inclusive. Third at Union City August 17 to 22 inclusive. Fifth at Coits August 4 to 9 inclusive. Sixth at Delaware August 3 to 8 inclusive. Eighth at Galion August 23 to 28 inclusive. Ninth Battalion at Wilmington July 28 to August 2 inclusive. Thirteenth at Dayton July 7 to 12 inclusive. Fourteenth at Lancaster August 2 to 7 inclusive. Sixteenth at Port Clinton August 17 to 22 inclusive. Seventeenth at New Lexington August 28 to 28 inclusive.
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Delaware
Washington
D. H
Findlay
Union City
Coits
Galion
Wilmington
Dayton
Lancaster
Port Clinton
New Lexington
Sherman Boom Fails in Allen County GOP Convention
Allen county Republicans in convention, the first in the state this year, rejected a resolution endorsing John Sherman by more than three to one. The decision fuels political gossip among Blaineites who see a sign for their candidate. Sherman’s supporters minimize the impact, but repairs remain possible before the National Convention.
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Allen County
John Sherman
Pugilists and a Hornets Nest Duel in Wheeling
An unnamed boxer visiting the country mistook a hornet nest for a sand bag and struck it with a right hand. The nest produced a flurry of hornets that stung him, leading to a chaotic volley of blows. He returned home claiming he will never strike a sand bag again and is now convalescing with a doctor.
Revenue receipts rise in May due to spirits and tobacco
Internal revenue receipts for May show an increase of 1,200,000 dollars from spirits and liquors and 224,000 dollars from tobacco compared with May 1886, indicating a stronger revenue performance for the month.
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Internal Revenue
Quaker City Glassworkers Enjoy Holiday Amid County News
The glassworkers here picknics on Thursday. Attendees include CJ Hurle and RR Faulkner who spent the 4th in Pittsburg. Emmet Olmstead of Gallipolis visits, and others recall the Christian church festival. Real estate transfers are noted, and Window Glass Co plans summer休 vacation as gas lines are laid and town lights begin.
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Picknics
CJ Hurle
R R Faulkner
Pittsburg
Christian Church
Adolph Bertrand
Belgium
Emmet Olmstead
Gallipolis
W_ L Nace
Will
Jas Dilley
Rebt Boyd
Wheeling
Lydick
Fair Street
Florentz
Milton Finley
Antrimood
Iowa
Finley Rebt Porter
Cutter
Glasshouse
Kent
Ohio
Junker City Normal
Finley
Scott
Washington
Annie
Blanche D' Andey
Belle Vernon
G S Rogers
MS Parmiter
S J Finley
Jesse B Hall
Jeff Bundy
M C Knouff
Window Glass Co
Hurle
Isaac Wellar
Glass House
Nettie Arnold
Pittsburgh
Cross Roads News Briefs and Farm Notes
Farmers cut hay as new potatoes appear and Samuel Gray welcomes twin sons. Johnson builds a barn for Ben ton Tyson while Mrs Durbin remains very ill and Mrs Bell improves. John Carothers sold oxen for $40. Gibson Procter operate a steam thresher Tuesday. Mrs Eli Miller returns from Coshocton visit. Ice cream festival at WS Proctor’s draws crowd. Thompson visits daughter Jessie Gibson. A 12 year old nearly drowns at the creek. Rev Campbell preaches at Brush Run. Hermon church repairs as wool sells for 32 cents. Ledlie of Kimbolton a principal buyer. Miss Jessie Carruthers completes a 4356 piece quilt in 66 shades. Picnic at Mt Hermon UP Church planned for August for US benefit. Old schoolmate M D Carothers in Wyoming Territory herding 200 horses earns $35 monthly. Stock killed near Kimbolton: $200 horse, $40 cow, two $150 horses, $150 mule. Ice cream festival at Hopewell noted as grand success. Kimbolton festival netted $20.
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Samuel Gray
Proctor
A B Thompson
Jessie O. Gibson
Charles Huston
J T Campbell
Brush Run
Hermon
W H Ledlie
Kimbolton
Jessie M Carruthers
Mt Hermon U VP Church
M D Carothers
Wyoming Territory
W M Temple
Jas Pollock
Samuel Gibson
T S Luccock
Hopewell
Prohibition State Convention at Columbus 1887
J A Cosy reports from Columbus Ohio June 30 1887 on the Prohibition State Convention. Guernsey county delegates joined a large Ohio gathering. speeches by ex Governor St John and M B Bennett. collegiate oratorical contest winners. committee selections. Woman’s Suffrage plank adopted. nominations for governor and other state offices. strong turnout of ministers teachers lawyers doctors soldiers and farmers. the event described as the greatest Prohibition party convention in Ohio with rising momentum.
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Heraup
Guernsey County
Newcomerstown
Delaware
Newark
Guernsey
Selders
Shadner
Wilkin
Duncan
McCellum
Hall
McKinley
Davis
Malone
Rev. Moore
Luther Campbell
State House
J.H. Paden
New Concord
Kimberlake
Flushing
Capitol
Oleontangy
Sciota
Delaware County
Opera House
St. John
M. B. Bennett
Kansas
LL D. Lilly
Ohio Wesleyan
Leonard
Frost
Gideon T. Stewart
Wm. Wagner
Akron
Ohio
A. P. Duncan
Franklin College
C. B. Groves
Martin's Ferry
Walter T. Mills
Wooster
Rev. LB. Moore
E. R
J. S. Edenburn
Lewis Center
Jno. T. Moore
Jackson County
Morris Sharp
Washington, D. H
Walter I. Mills
Mills
Thomas Evans
Richard Brown
Jno
T. Moore
T. Crowe
Board of Public Works
Abraham Teachout
Prohibition Party
Halstead
Prof. Hopkins
C. H. Mead
J. A. Cosy
Indian Camp Church Opens as ME Pulpit Returns Next Sabbath
Wheat harvest ends and haying continues as Rey Campbell will occupy the ME pulpit next Sabbath. A large Mantua crowd attended the opening of the ME church with all seats filled and many listening outside. Appleton preached Luke 16:11 and urged donors to consider their debt to the Lord, with funds meeting the desired goal.
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Rey Campbell
Manitua
Levi Anker
Amanda Hosick
Flora Warden
Ida Vansickle
Misses Johnstons
Cambridge
Hopewell
Mantua
Band Boys
Rey Appleton
Franklin College Commencement Fifty years’ onward in Ohio
The sixty second annual commencement of Franklin College in New Athens, Ohio, drew large crowds. Rev J G Black preached the baccalaureate, and Rev J K Black of Cadiz delivered the literary address on The Dangers of the Republic. Degrees were conferred after a program featuring Carrie L Campbell, P W Boggs, J C Forsythe, James Gordon, Anna Watson, J L Thompson, and St Doyle. Dr W G Waddle announced board actions. Rev W A Williams became president and A J Andrews joined as English professor. Wheeling Opera House Orchestra provided music.
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Ohio
New Athens
J. G. Black
J. K. Black
Cadiz Presbyterian Church
Buevius
College Grove
Ralph
St. Clairsville
Carrie L. Campbell
America
Wheeling Opera House
Magazine of American History enters 18th volume
In its July issue the Magazine of American History highlights a Henry Laurens portrait and a courtroom sketch of Henry Laurents in the London Tower. It features pieces by Winsor, Cooke, Bishop, Hart, Foster, Kelley, and others and introduces a new Historic and Social Settings department. Price five dollars yearly. published at 743 Broadway, New York City.
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Prosperous Magazine of
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South Carolina Statesman
Henry Laurents
London Tower
Gem
Arthurl Deveraux
Pickett
Gettysburg
Justin Winsor
P. St. George Cooke
USA
John M. Bishop
Albert Bushnell Hart
George KE. Foster
Wm. D. Kelley
C. K. Tuckerman
J. {. Deane
Walter Booth Adams
Broadway
New York City
A Word About Colorado from Greeley Letter
A correspondent writes to fellow boys about migrating to Colorado via Greeley Weld County and Arlington Heights suburb. Describes climate scenery and rapid growth plus large metal and livestock wealth. Reports 1883 crop yields hay 266,500 tons wheat 1,750,840 bushels oats 1,186,534 bushels corn 598,975 bushels potatoes 834,000 bushels and cattle hog prices. Ends with cordial regards from M EK Warp.
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Herat
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Greeley
Weld County
Saehe la Pedre River
U. P. RR
Colorado Central
U. P
Denver
Arlington Heights
United States
M. EK
Saved The Baby Without Prescription Mentioned
A letter from Mr C C Key of Alcora county Mississippi recalls treating his infant with S S S for skin eruptions and sore throat. The baby recovered after the medicine was continued under a family physician's advice. The Swift Specific Co. offers a free treatise on blood and skin diseases by mail from Atlanta Georgia.
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Corinth
Miss
Swift Specific Co
Atlanta, Ga
Out West Love and Laws through a Quick Marriage
A Missouri girl waved hello to a stranger and married him within three days. Two days after the wedding she waved a flatiron at her husband, and the next evening he returned home waving a divorce. A brisk slice of frontier love and divorce.
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Missouri
Rail line offers Chicago NEA trip tickets this July
The Cleveland and Marietta railroad will sell round trip tickets to the National Educational Association gathering in Chicago Illinois in July. Tickets are valid July 5 to 12 for outbound travel and July 12 to 18 for return travel. A special arrangement allows return until September 8 at no charge upon application to Geo H Daniels, Chairman Central Traffic Association 205 LaSalle Street Chicago. Rates comparable to other routes with superior accommodations. Further information from F G Jewett or W A McCloy or any company agent.
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National Educational Association
Chicago
Ill
Geo. H. Daniels
Central Traffic Association
LaSalle Street
F. G. Jewett
Gen’s Pass
Agt
W. A. McCloy
Cambridge, O
Radical Remedy promises cures for rheumatism and kidney trouble
SoLoMon Mercer of Newcomerstown Ohio writes after seventeen years of suffering with rheumatism and kidney disease that one bottle of Radical Remedy in March ended his pain and restored kidney function. He praises the remedy, offers to sell it, and notes it is available at D M Hawthorne’s drugstore in Cambridge Ohio.
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Ohio
Robinett Medicine Co
Columbus
SoLoMon Mercer
D. M. Hawthorne
Cambridge
Astonishing Success Promotes Boschee’s German Syrup
An advert extols Boschee’s German Syrup as a cure for consumption coughs croup asthma pneumonia and other throat and lung diseases. It claims three doses relieve any case and urges druggists to promote it to the poor. Sample bottles cost 10 cents and full size 75 cents.
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Boschee
United States
Canada
Mars Szeenly
Cures for consumption touted by local doctor in Cambridge
Citizens spread belief that several incurable patients were cured by Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption and lung diseases. Free trial bottles offered at L. Wall & Co's drug store. A New York letter warns that green goods counterfeiters are more active, targeting gullible people with fake money schemes.
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Cambridge
Dr. King
L. Wall & Co
Bucklen's Arnica Salve advert claims and sale note
An advert promotes Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the best for cuts bruises sores ulcers and other skin eruptions with a money back guarantee and 25 cent price per box sold by C L Wall & Co. A Cadiz Republican clipping reports John Moore of Moorefield township noting higher wool yield this winter from 250 sheep raising 175 pounds more wool than last year worth about $52.50 at 30 cents per pound.
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C. L. Wall & Co
John Moore
Moorefield Township
Cadiz
McCabe Cuts Poplar For Lumber Totals 7200 Feet
Grant McCabe of Bingham Ohio recently felled a poplar tree producing eight logs ten feet long and yielding 7 200 feet of lumber. The butt log measured 72 inches in diameter.
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Grant McCabe
Bingham
Ohio
Local notes from Brady area include weather impact on oats
Dry weather harms the oats crop as Snowden Wilson of Newark visits over Sabbath. Miss Mollie Dyer returns from Indian Camp. Mrs Wilson of Bellaire visits cousin Miss Lizzie Crawford. John Al Bonnell comes home to spend the fourth with family. MFE Sunday school plans a festival.
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Brady
Snowden Wilson
Newark
Mollie Dyer
Mrs Wilson
Bellaire
Lizzie Crawford
John al Bonnell
MFE
Excursion tickets to Maryland resorts on sale at stations
Excursion tickets to Deer Park Oakland Mountain Lake Park and other famous summer resorts in Maryland Pennsylvania the Virginias and North Carolina are now on sale at principal stations along the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Tickets are valid for return passage until October 31 with stop over privileges both ways and agents at minor stations will issue tickets if applied for in advance. A warning about a growing brigade of swindlers urges dealing only with trusted people.
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Deer Park
Oakland
Mountain Lake Park
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginias
North Carolina
Baltimore
Onio R. R
Scott's Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver Oil Prescription
Medical professionals prescribe Scott's Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver Oil with hypophosphites as a scientifically prepared remedy of two valuable specifics. It is not a secret remedy and is highly regarded for consumptive and emaciated patients. Take no other.
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Scott
First Wheat Sown in Ohio Near Campus Martius Marietta
The Marietta Register notes the fall of 1788 as when Captain Furman Guthrie sowed Ohio’s first wheat. The original field spanned a few square rods beside the Campus Martius at Marietta.
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Marietta
Ohio
Furman Guthrie
Campus Martius
Quote about folly and wisdom by a critical thinker
A sharp remark on folly and wisdom, noting that belief in never making mistakes signals a lack of true understanding. The speaker warns that overconfidence blinds one to folly and true wisdom comes from recognizing one's errors.
Monroe County man preserves 150 year old clock
A Monroe County resident maintains a clock aged about 150 years, still keeping precise time. The article notes the timepiece’s durability and sentimental value as a link to the past.
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Monroe County
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