Portland Steamer Portland Wrecked Off Highland Light
Boston reports the steamer Portland with 77 aboard was totally wrecked near Highland Light as a great nor'easter battered the coast. Bodies recovered near High Head and wreckage washed ashore. storm disruption hinders communications to Boston.
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Boston
North Truro
Portland
Boston and Portland Steamship Company
Highland Light
High Head
Cape Cod
Bath
Sons of Lives
New England
Hastport
New Haven
Conn
Bosterg Harbor
Boston Harbor
Railroads Order New Steel Rails For Next Year
Five Chicago railroads including Illinois Central and Chicago and Northwestern placed large rail orders with Federal Steel company to be manufactured by Illinois Steel. Contracts total about 3.24 million dollars and rails will be used for extensions and repairs next summer.
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Chicago
Illinois Central
Chicago and Northwestern
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Rock Island and Pacific
Burlington and Quincy
Federal Steel Company
Illinois Steel Company
Federal Company
Treaty Articles Forming at Paris Cabinet Session
Official report from Paris details Moore and Ojeda drafting treaty articles as agreed in the protocol. They plan tentative clauses on religious freedom for the Caroline Islands, US naval station, cable rights, prisoner release, and revival of wartime treaties. Spain and the US may negotiate prices and accept or reject offers. The Soleil notes US expansion debates in Congress as a potential hurdle.
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Paris
Messrs. Moore
Ojeda
Caroline Islands
United States
Spain
The
Soleil
United Places
Senate
House
Peace treaty with Spain ends. Philippines and Guam ceded
Washington reports official notice of successful peace negotiations with Spain. Spain cedes sovereignty over the Philippines and Guam in exchange for 20 million dollars in gold. Possible sale of Strong Island for a cable station discussed but not required. Separate dispatch notes Second Artillery Regiment in camp near Savannah and officers honorably discharged from the volunteer army.
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Washington
Paris
Spain
United States
Philippine Archipelago
Guam Island
Ladrone Group
Strong Island
Caroline Group
Luzon
Cuba
Volunteer Army
William Cooke Daniels
Max L
Supreme Court Returns Hocking Valley Rail Case to Court
The Ohio Supreme Court affirmed Judge Pugh's ruling in the Hocking Valley railroad bond case and sent it back to the common pleas for trial. Central Trust of New York sued on $8 million in bonds issued without authority, seeking repayment and relief from interest obligations.
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Upreme Court
Tha Burke
Trish Columbus
Supreme Court
Pugh
Hocking’ Valley
Stevenson Burke
Court of Common Pleas
Central Trust Company of New York
Burke
Troop Movements and Maritime News From Cuba to Manila
The Second Alliston First corps relocates from August 27 to Macon with only the 32nd Michigan and 6th Ohio remaining and ordered for Cuba pending marching orders. Meanwhile Bremen reports chartering steamers Habsburg Fulda and Werre to repatriate Spanish troops in Cuba in December. General Otis reports transport Zealandia with seven companies from Manila, and a 3 masted schooner unnamed ashore on Peaked Hill Bar with two sailors and a passenger lost, captain and two seamen saved.
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Mason
Knoxville
Second
Alliston
Macon
Thirty-second
Michigan
Sixth
Ohio
Cuba
Bremen
Compania Transatlantica
Habsburg
Fulda
Werre
Lloyd Steamship Company
Boston
Peaked Hill Bar
Market Reports From New York Beef and Cattle Prices
Market notes show beef and pork quotes across weights and cuts with many items in fluctuating cents per pound. Beef cattle ranges include prime shipping to good, with steers and cows priced around four to five dollars, while hogs and lambs list varying values and regional bids.
Kidney Cure Promises Hope for Kidney Disease Sufferers
Lost confidence and health rise as sufferers hear cure claims. Foley's Kidney Cure is advertised as a guaranteed remedy for the distressed. J D Ewing & Co. druggists promote the treatment to those troubled by kidney disease.
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Foley
J. D. Ewing &, Co
Unclear fragment notes noise near Boston house neighbor
Readable text mentions a neighbor with a baby next door causing sleep disruption for the narrator and their dog. The fragment lacks clear names, dates, or organizations.
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Graham
Boston Transcript
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Carleton Club
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