Washington Navy changes and financial summaries
Commodore H F Picking is relieved as Naval Secretary of the Lighthouse Board to command the revenue cutter Michigan on the lakes. August public debt fell by 5 1/2 million dollars while coinage reached 9 282 000 pieces valued at 3 303 300 dollars. The President appointed S B Carlisle to Bolivia post and James C Quigle to consular duties at Port Stanley and St Thomas Ontario. The Comptroller declares a final 10 percent dividend for City National Bank Williamsport Pa. Maynard notes perishable green apples not duty free and must be entered for consumption with consular invoice for certain values.
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H. F. Picking
Lighthouse Board
Michigan
Lakes
S. 8. Carlisle
Louisiana
Bolivia
James C. Quigele
Pennsylvania
United States
Port Stanley
St. Thomas
Ontario
City National Bank
Williamsport
Maynard
P. H
Philadelphia
Broad range of 1887 news items report various incidents
Brooklyn bookkeeper Harris faces arrest for defrauding Illinois firms with sums from 1500 to 44900. Chicagoan Howard held on similar charges. Kane and Ryan’s Bradford boiler explosion kills James Kane. Godfrey badly burned. Worcester opens New England Fair under Dr. Loring. Meadville arson confessions by boy Ritenour. Bishop Harris ill in New York. New York Democratic State Convention set for September 27. Beyer flees after payroll shortfall at Buffalo firm. Powell firms’ Philadelphia collapse with 1.59 million liabilities. Accidents near Sandy Lake kill Frank Smith. J H Shengle injured. Baltimore & Ohio Express bought by United States Express for 30 years. Livesey named State Treasurer. Allentown Dem Convention nominates judges and treasurer. McNeilly steals 277500 from Saco Savings. Charter Oak Park race wins by Patron. Grand Master Workman to Ireland. Williamsport scaffold collapse kills two. others injured. Dying notables include Sidney Sweet and John Avery. Cable York ad rates. Oak Grove school burned. three youths drown near Portsmouth. Hastings seized for navigation violations. Wagner society forms in New York. Miners’ Amalgamated wages up 15 percent. Pittsburgh tariff notices. two youngsters injured by accident.
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Brooklyn
N. Harris
Byron M. Howard
Chicago
American Loan and Trust Company
Kane & Ryan
Bradford
James A. Kane
Meadville
W. 8. Harris
Methodist Episcopal Church
New York
Buffalo
N. Y
Beyer
John Coned
Sara
Robert Hare Powell
Charles F. Pennock
Coatesville
Iron Plate
Frank Smith
J. H. Shengledecker
Sandy Lake
Smith
Shengledecker
Baltimore & Ohio Express Company
United States Express Company
William Livesey
Pennsylvania State Treasury
Quay
Beaver
Pennsylvania
Allentown
Thompson
Bernard J. McGranh
Frank C. McNeilly
Saco and Bicheford Savings Institution
Saco
McNeilly
T. V
Knights of Labor
Ireland
New Catholic Church
Williamsport
Raphael Boka
Charles Marbet
Joan Winner
Thomas Raisley
Sidney Sweet
Dansville
G. A. Campbell
Boston
Mass
John Avery
Bowdoin College
North Bridgeton
York
Oak Grove
Society of Friends
Stephen Jones
Portsmouth
N. H
L. P. Johnson
United States Navy
Mackey
Hastings
Suspension Bridge
Wagner Society
Richard Wagner
Miners’ and Laborers’ Amalgamated Association
Pottsville
Pittsburgh
Thomas Joyce
Vassalboro
Pasiston and
Olcott
Norwalk to Milan train service extended to Bowerston
Norwalk Daily reports that the Milan line now opens through from Toledo to Bowerston connecting with the Pennsylvania System for all East points. Service runs between Toledo Cambridge Marietta and Bowerston with departures from Norwalk at 6:05 a.m. and Milan at 6:45 a.m. Generals Woodford and Hall are listed as general managers.
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Norwalk
Milan
Toledo
Bowerston
Pennsylvania
Cambridge
Marietta
Akron
Youngstown
Pittsburgh
Chicago
M. D. Woodford
James M. Hall
Gen
Pasa
Tragic domestic shooting and town news roundup
A Teamster killed his wife and wounded his eldest daughter Mamie before Lizzie, a child, snatched the pistol and pushed the assailant down stairs. The story also notes escape attempts, a ward keeper’s petition for asylum patients’ release, factory reopenings delayed, wage cuts, convicts fleeing by yacht, a diphtheria epidemic in Lockport, and national business failures. The Richmond Paper Company failure is reported with liabilities, aging horticulturist C M Hovey’s death, Methodist Bishop Harris’s death, and Vermont lifting a New York cattle quarantine.
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Teamster
Mamie
Lizzie
Jayce
Michael Butler
Ward's Island
New York
Fane
Pittsburgh
Juno
Kingston
Can
Osweto
N.Y
Sandy Ranch
Lockport
United States
Canada
Richmond Paper Company
Providence
R. I
C. M. Hovey
Cambridge
Mass
America
William L. Harris
Methodist
Cinech
New York City
Aly
Vermont
Inspection and licensing orders affect steam yachts and crew
Supervising Inspector General Dumont orders hull and boiler inspections for all steam yachts and licenses pilots and engineers. The President allows arms and baggage entry for foreign military groups at the Chicago National Military Encampment, subject to assurances against retention in the U.S. Fire devastates St. Louis Car Wheel works. Detroit barn fire kills farmer Hall and injures others. threshing bee disaster injures and kills multiple people.
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Dumont
Chicago
St. Louis Car Wheel Company
J. H. Coles
Detroit
Mich
George S. Hall
Hall
Henry
John Pearseal
Lyman Curtis
Flint
Daniel Stra Sar
Lyman Curas
Daniel Newcomb
Janesville
Wis
Samuel 8. Judd
National Electrical Association
Chatsworth
Peoria
Shenandoah County
Riddleberger
Iowa State Greenback Convention
United Labor
Kimball & Clark
Hurley
National Conference of Charities and Corrections
Omaha
Neb
Buffalo
N.Y
Mexico
W. F. Reed
Earl Cunningham
Nae Harvey
Hudson
Augusta
Randall Blakeslee
Princeton
Sumter National Bank
Charleston
S. C
Bartlett
Morehead
Higman
Perry
Craig Tolliver
Cincinnation
John Hendricks
Emmet Hart
San Francisco
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
P. N. Robinson
Chow Sam
Chew
Henry Pletcher
Logansport
Ind
Iowa
Lst
J.T
Anderson for Governor and other 1890s political notes
A slate lists Anderson for Governor J M Elder for lieutenant governor Charles Fogg for judge and H W Sawyer for superintendent of instruction. A Chicago merchants league aims to raise commercial standards and discipline offenders.
Storms Wreck Canadian Fishing Fleet and Irish Political Split
A St Johns dispatch reports the worst storms in the Newfoundland fishing region since records began with over one hundred schooners and boats in port disabled and several men missing or dead. In Ireland the English cabinet agrees to proclaim only certain districts amid Unionist dissatisfaction with the National League. A Russian mission to Kashgar is recalled, sparking riots. the Pope receives substantial funds for jubilee mass expenses. A trichinosis outbreak hits Brunswick with sixty cases and seven deaths in a day. The Canadian schooner Intrepid captured an American vessel within three miles and towed it to St Johns New Brunswick.
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St. Johns
N. L
National League
Ireland
Kashgar
Tarkistan
Khokand
Brunswick
Germany
Intrepid
N. B
Train wreck scare at Chatsworth touches near disaster
An attempt to wreck an Illinois Central evening passenger train near Chatsworth failed when the engineer spotted a tin across the track. A Chatsworth wreck night worker notes 126 lives lost in the disaster, a figure supported by Peoria relief train witnesses.
Queenly care and courage in Christian womanhood on earth
Reverend Talmage extols a woman’s supreme right to comfort the sick and aid the poor, praising maternal influence and prayerful home life. He cites Civil War nurse examples, urges women to act bravely in crises, and envisions heavenly rewards for steadfast charity and faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorcas Society
Banks
Messerver
Natural Wash-Tubs From Hot Geothermal Regions
The piece describes use of geysers and hot springs as natural wash basins and cookpots across Yellowstone Iceland New Zealand and Hawaii. It mentions hotels on geyser terraces Chinese laundrymen boiling eggs and clothes in boiling pools and native huts using alkaline springs as baths and kitchens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellowstone
Rotorua
New Zealand
Kuirua
Iceland
The Tour of the World Costs and Travel Tips
Ernest Michel notes the world tour can be done in 240 days with cheaper, comfortable travel now. He estimates eight dollars a day or two thousand dollars for a stylish journey, with limited margin for souvenirs. The piece also presents a couple of short humorous exchanges from notable papers.
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Ernest Michel
N. Y
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Cambridge Herald
Cambridge, Guernsey CO
Ohio
Tme
Arrest&ees Ware
KE. W. Mathews
W.S. Weradr
Hutchison Block
C. Steele
Chio
Fred. L. Rosemond
Steele & Rosemond
Otko
Old National
J.M. Bushfield
Rainey
Court House
W. A. Carpenter
Notary Public
OHTO
Davis Block
Sam’l CG. Luccock
Cosgrave
Main Street
W. D. Craic
Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public
Washington
Guernsey County
J.B. Taylor
R. T. Scott
Taylor & Scott, Attorneys-At-Law
New Taylor Block
Oply
Physicians and Surgeons
Wid. T. Ramsey, J. D
Provids
Ital
Katissepensary
Washington, D
Hutchinson Block
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Hotels
Joseph Morton
B.S. Herring
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C. C. Kyle
Maris
Grand Hotel
Johnson & Allen, Propr's
Market ST
Zanesuilele
Arcade Hotel
Cambridge, Ohio
W. A. Gill
Elasa
Exchange Hotel
Caldwell
Oulo
John W. Robinson
Meri Worsm
Corner Market
Fourth Streets
Kirk
Tanarztf
Zanesville, Ohio
Crow
Parmers’ Hotel
Mill Street
Flanney & Son
Maritt
J. W. LipPincorn
Beecher House
Cor. Broadway and
Boothtreets
Quaker City
Washington, Ohio
William Smith , Prop
John Harris, JR
Wall's
Collins
Optician
Wheeling Ave
Cambridge, Q
Herald Office
Joe
Carnes
Vine Street
Main
Cambrideer
EB. McPhee
West Main St
John Moss
City Kall
Steubenville Street
William Ogier
Davi
E. McCollum
T. C. Stanley
Paper Exangser
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Sete
Grand Outfit Free
Trub &Co
Agusta, Maine
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Cumberland , Ar
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Point Pleasant
Ci & M
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Senecaville
Ooo
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Zanesville, Burne
Ville -Bellaire -Wheeling
Point Plessant
Cleveland & Marietta Railroad
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Cumberland
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Wheeling & Lake Erie R
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Yde
Bellevue
Monroeville
Wellington Creston
Orrville
Massillon
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Valley Junction
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Leesville
Dover
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Huron
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Tex
Basque County
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Kan
Armour & Co
Goose Island
Chi
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Mulypai County
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Yava
Lebanon
Cincinnati
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Salida
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Cal
Shaw
Peter
Henderson Green
Eba Cooley
Lancaster
Cooley
Henderson
George Scott
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Crook
Unitad Reservation
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Tucson
Elar
Illinois Central Railway
Ill
Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway
The
Evangelical Association
of the Union
Switzerland
Middletown
Many Dunlap
Babe
McKeesport
Perry Buchanan
Woolwich
Tenn
John Martin
Bruar
Glasgow
Hamburg
Calcutta
Yarmouth
England
Alemada
Sidney
Honolulu
Queens of
Tlome
Dr. Talmage
Tir Hamptons
T. de Witt Talmage
Solomon
Jesus
Walter Scott
Shunem
Foo
Ministries of Home
Heaven
Mrs. Brady
Chickahominy
Annie Ross
Cooper-Shop Hospital
Margaret Breckinridge
Mrs. Hodge
Bethlehem
Helen Chalmers
Dr. Chalmers
Edinburg
Mission
Agsuin
Deborah
Christendom
Christ
Paul
Rebecca
Brother
Mary
Elizabeth Fry
Charlotte Elizabeth
Augustine
Countess of Huntington
Angel
Gus
Gus de Smith
Texas
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