Broadway: The Crowded Stage of New York’s Early Streets
The piece celebrates Broadway as the heart of Manhattan from its Dutch origins to its role as a street life theater. It describes outdoor dining and strolling, the Bowery and lower streets, and a vivid portrait of early New Amsterdam life, with Bowling Green as the city’s birthplace and the George III statue’s fate. It notes how Broadway became central from Bowing Green through Wall Street.
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Amsterdam
New York
Manhattan
Broadway
Broadacre Square
Bowling Green
Wan
New
Sixth Avenue
Bowery
Washington Heights
Forty Second Street
Thirty-fourth Street
Forty-second Street
New Yorker
New Amsterdam
Peckslip
North River
Chicago
Pearl
Beaver
Broad
Wall
Whitehall
Ing Green
Bridge
State Streets
Manhattan Island
United States
New York City
Philadelphia
C Briain
George III
Wall Street
Tragedies of the Sea Cause Eighty Deaths in Collisions
A dense fog blanketed the Irish Channel when the Cunard liner Campania collided with the Embleton, sinking the NZ bound vessel and drowning 11 crew including the captain. Surviving Campania passengers reported brief sightings and the wreckage littered the sea. In Belfast, a separate collision between the Dromedary and Alligator killed five passengers and injured over fifty.
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London
Irish Channel
Cunard Line
Campania
New York
Liverpool
New Zealand
Embleton
Belfast
Dromedary
Alligator
Warfare in Luzon Claims Heavy Casualties for Week
Manila reports 200 insurgents killed and 130 surrendered or captured over the past week. Twelve Americans died and 11 wounded as the Twenty-eighth Infantry clashed with 200 entrenched insurgents near Taal. A signal corps detachment was ambushed twice. Captain Charles D Roberts arrives on parole. Buencamino sent amnesty resolutions to Aguinaldo via Aguinaldo's mother. MacArthur's reply and peace documents accompany the note.
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Manila
Twenty-eighth Volunteer Infantry
Taal
Signal Corps
Charles D Roberts
Thirty-fifth Volunteer Infantry
Senor Buencamino
Aguinaldo
Wage scales sparks near agreement in Pittsburgh iron trade
In Pittsburgh on July 23, the Amalgamated Association voted to press Republic Iron and Steel Co to sign a base rate of 5.50 per ton for puddling. American Tin Plate Co workers grant discretionary powers to their committee, likely adjusting the tin plate scale. Over 15,000 men are affected as wage talks, after three conferences, seek a settlement.
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Pittsburg
Amalgamated Association
Republic Iron and Steel Co
American Tin Plate Co
Indianapolis
Bar Iron Lodges
Five Glass Plants to Move from Indiana to Pittsburg District
Henry C Fry of the National Glass Co announces after the annual meeting that five plants will be relocated from Indiana to the Pittsburg district. The sites will be in the Ohio valley near Pittsburg and create over 3,000 jobs. Plants at Summitville Greentown Dunkirk Manion and Albany will be moved due to dwindling Indiana gas supply and better access to gas in Mitsburg with nearby alternative fuels and the Ohio River aiding southern market reach.
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Indiana
Pittsburg
Henry C Fry
National Glass Co
Chautauqua
Ohio Valley
Summitville
Greentown
Dunkirk
Manion
Albany
Mitsburg
Ohio River
Brazilian serum shows yellow fever hope in Vera Cruz
In Vera Cruz on July 23 the first patient treated with yellow fever serum by Dr Bellingzaghi is fully convalescent. Other patients improve and even those with black vomit respond well, the serum producing marvelous effects.
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Vera Cruz
Mexico
Bellingzaghi
Death of Hon. L. E. Chittenden in Burlington
Hon. L. E. Chittenden longtime registrar of the treasury under Lincoln died in Burlington on Sunday at age 77. He served in the Lincoln era and was a prominent federal official and veteran public servant.
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L. E. Chittenden
Burlington, Vt
the Treasury
Lincoln
Reunion clash as Shaw and Gordon spar over Civil War memories
At the Bluoc and Gray reunion in Atlanta Gen. John B. Gordon defied his physician to attend and sparred with Gen. Albert Shaw over how the war is remembered. Shaw urged unity and fading sectional memory while Gordon defended the righteousness of his cause and urged reconciliation. The exchange ended with cheers for both sides.
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Atlanta Ga
John B. Gordon
The
United Confederate Veterans
Gvas
Blue and Gray Veterans
Albert Shaw
Gen. Shaw
Gordon
Shaw
South
Lee
Gen. Gordon
Wages and Industry Revival Hint in Duns Review
R G Dun and Co Weekly Review signals limited signs of wage settlements for next year and a potential revival in the iron trade. It notes the midsummer pause dampening prospects, with declines in wool and grain markets and a rise in failures in the United States and Canada.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Liverpool
United States
Canada
Counterfeit Money Factory Busted in New Jersey
New York reports Chief Hazen of the secret service and Hoboken officers seized a counterfeit operation in Rutherford New Jersey. Agents recovered two large presses, lithographic stones, and printing lines for $20, $1 and $2 notes. They seized about $7,000 in counterfeit bills and $79 in good money. Richard Ganver was arrested in Hoboken Thursday night.
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New Jersey
New York
Chief Hazen
Secret Service
Hoboken
Rutherford
Richard Ganver
Hwobohkee
Hazen
Death of Col Grosvenor Editor and Civil War Veteran
Col William Grosvenor editorial writer for the New York Tribune died Friday at his Englewood New Jersey home. He served with distinction in the Civil War and later edited the St. Louis Democrat, a leading Missouri Republican paper, and supported the liberal Republican movement culminating in Horace Greeley's 1872 nomination.
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New York
William Grosvenor
New York Tribune
Englewood
N. J
St. Louis
Tammany's War Cry Condemns War for Conquest and Expansion
At a recent Tammany Hall committee meeting led by Richard Croker, resolutions denounce expansion via war as un American and condemn the president's conduct without congressional authorization. They affirm loyalty to the flag, oppose imperial conquest, and urge campaigns guided by traditional American conservatism over dollars and cents.
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Beclares ‘Agalitan
Expansion Paitisey and
Deolkinia
iNew York
Tammany Wall General Committee
Richard Croker
Tammany Hiltobelieves
Hall
United States
Congress
Boxers Edict Promises Safety to Chinese Recruiting
New York reports Rev. John Fox of the American Bible Society received a translation of a Boxer poster circulated in Tien Tsin. The edict promises divine aid against foreigners and rewards for Chinese recruits, warning decapitation for those who fail to recruit adherents.
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New York
John Fox
American Bible Society
John R. Hykes
Shanghai
Charles F. Gammon
Tien Tsin
Buddhist Patriotic League of Boxers
Quagmire of Filth at Cape Nome Described in Letter
Captain Cantwell reports Cape Nome as a grave disease risk with a quagmire of filth and overcrowding. He notes smallpox in Nome prompts quarantine at St Michaels and Erg Island for refugees. He warns of potential plague unless sanitation and disease control improve before winter.
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Cape Nome
Washington
J. T. Cantwell
Nunivak
Yukon River
St. Michaels
Alaska
Shoemaker
Revenue Cutter Service
Nome
St Michaels
Revenue Cutter
Erg Island
Cantwell
Earth
Dissatisfaction Over Republican Dole Registration Board
Honolulu reports general discontent with Gov. Dole's board of registration. The complaint targets the partisan makeup rather than individuals. All island board members are said to be Republicans except R. Searle on the Main board, with at most one or two others not yet declaring.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
Gov. Dole
Board of Registration
R. Searle
A Friendly Hand Mediation Offer in Chinese Crisis
Washington hears China appeals through Minister Wu and considers mediation with powers under conditions to be met by Beijing. The White House signals willingness to help, prioritizing safety of foreign ministers and restoration of order while awaiting official Chinese propositions.
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Washington
State Department
Hay
Pekin
United States
China
Canton
Europe
Conger
Goodnan
Remey
Pei
Canary tale debunked Seymour report clears confusion
The extensive report on Admiral Seymour arrives from Shanghai and denies sensational rumors of his evacuation of wounded. The account details brave acts aboard flag vessels and marching troops, while disputing the circulating cabalistic tale of retreat and surrender.
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San Francisco
Admiral Seymour
Vers Usn
Orient
Hong Kong
Seymour
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