Funeral of Senator Anthony Draws Nation’s Leaders
The funeral at First Congregational Church in Providence drew top figures including President Arthur and Senator Edmonds. In New Brunswick, Manon Runyon, head of the National Bank, killed himself amid bank theft revelations. A mob threatened bank officers as a $1,000,000 deficit was exposed by a bank examiner. Walter Carroll, a depositor, cut his throat after losses from the collapse. Also: Charles J. Shuttleworth assigns liabilities of $50,000. John H. Pearce faces insolvency.
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Anthony
First Congregational Church
Providence
BR. L
Arthur
Edmonds
Manon Runyon
New Brunswick
N. J
N. Y
John H. Pearce
New York
Commission Silk Goods
State imposes cattle health checks amid pleuro pneumonia spread
The Illinois Governor orders owners to move cattle only with a health certificate as pleuro pneumonia runs through nine counties. The Indianapolis Sentinel defends its Blaine libel coverage, asserting truths published about his domestic affairs. A Fremont soldiers reunion shows injuries, not fatalities, from a sham battle. Northwestern Base-Bat League spends $50,000 this season. Cleveland endures a large lumberyard blaze destroying ten acres and the Variety Iron Works. Nebraska crop reports improve. corn 106, wheat 100, oats 93, barley 96, tobacco 100, apples 109. Clinton, Illinois dealer L B French fails for $7,000. Cattle and sheep in Clinton die from an unknown disease.
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Ilinois
Indianapolis Sentinel
Blaine
Fremont
Neb
Orty
Col- Sopel
Cleveland
Variety Iron Works
Nebraska
L. B. French
Taylorville
Clinton
Death of Bishop George Pierce and cotton swindle fallout
Augusta dispatch reports Bishop George Pierce of the Methodist Church South has died. In Louisville the Payne Wiley & Co cotton factors swindled banks by hypothecating warehouse receipts for unsold goods, totaling about 144000 dollars. Banks including United States Bank of New York and Louisville institutions suffered losses. Lincoln Savings Bank Fayetteville Tenn suspended with assets around 200000 dollars, stockholders to receive about 50 percent. Oklahoma Payne freed on 1000 dollar bail at Fort Smith, Ark, seven followers released. Memphis area crop prospects dampened by drought rust and worms. potential average yield if frosts stay off by Oct 24. Talbot County Md forest fire exceeds 1000 acres.
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Augusta
George Pierce
Methodist Church South
Louisville
Payne, Wiley & Co
United States Bank of New York
Lincoln Savings Bank
Fayetteville
Tenn
Oklahoma
Payne
Fort Smith
Ark
Memphis
Talbot County
Government land intruded by barbed wire in Colorado
Washington reports Mr. St John of the General Land Office investigated Las Animas County where 100000 acres of public domain are fenced with barbed wire and guards threaten death for gate removal or breaches. Names linked to Treasury secretaryship circulate. Ex Speaker Sharpe and Chandler backed moves.
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St. John
General Land Office
Colorado
Las Animas
Crowley
New York
Treasury
Coon
White House
Sharpe
New York Assembly
Chandler
French
Political nominations and Maine election results reported
Lists of congressional nominees across multiple states with parties include Blount Rockwell Randall Patchen Miller Sutton Haley Shirk Woodward Thornton Phelps Wellborn Renfrow Croxton Sellers Gibbon Comstock Lawler R R Mason Davis Hopkins Foster Woolson Halsey Weber plus others. A Montreal courtroom saw an insane murderer assault Attorney General Blair. a Newfoundland schooner capsized with all hands lost. Tammany Hall discussed endorsing Cleveland and Hendricks. Grover Cleveland visited Elmira with 50,000 in attendance. Maine voters chose Robie governor with large plurality amid prohibition question results. early tallies project Robie about 16,000 ahead of Plaisted out of ~140,000 votes.
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James G. Blount
Georgia
F. W. Rockwell
Massachusetts
Samuel J. Randall
Pennsylvania
T. J. Patchen
Wisconsin
D. J. Miller
J. J. Sutton
P. C. Haley
Timois
W. §. Shirk
G. W. Woodward
J. J. Thornton
Minnesota
William Walter Phelps
New Jersey
Olin Wellborn
Texas
R. B. Renfrow
Thomas Croxton
Virginia
L. M. Sellers
Michigan
C. F. Gibbon
Charles C. Comstock
Frank Lawler
Ilinois
RE. R
Illinois
T. W. S. Democrat
Alabama
John M. Glover
Missouri
H. F. Pennington
Fusion
Wm. E. Mason
George R. Davis
J. H. Hopkins
Emocrat
Morrison Foster
J. S. Woolson
Iowa
George Halsey
J. B. Weber
New York
Montreal
Blair
Newfoundland
Chicago Tribune
John Kelly
Cleveland
Kelly
Grover Cleveland
Thomas A. Hendricks
Tammany Hall
Elmira
N. Y
Angus Smith
Milwaukee
Maine
Robie
Redman
Portland
Four Congressmen Elected as Legislature Likely Republican
The gubernatorial vote and strong Republican trend suggest all four Congressmen will be elected and the Legislature overwhelmingly Republican. The prohibition amendment is adopted by a large majority. Mr Blaine voted Republican at Augusta but did not vote on the liquor sale and manufacture constitutional amendment.
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Blaine
Angusta
Allege Greely party unity amid alleged shooting account
General Julius B Fredericks of the Greely polar expedition denies two factions, cites a claimed execution of Henry over cannibalism rumors, with Fredericks Long and Brainard carrying out the order after finding Henry stealing sealskins. Also notes famine threats in Labrador and Newfoundland with icberg-guarded coasts and a Great Council of Red Men at Springfield reporting 40,588 members and $132,514 in last-year relief.
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Jvlius B. Fredericks
Greeley
Greely
Henry
Greely i
Fredericks
Long
Brainard
Labrador
Newfoundland
Great Council of Red Men of the
United States
Springfield
China Declares War on France in Emperor’s Manifesto
The Pall Mall Gazette reports China has declared war on France via an imperial manifesto urging subjects to repel the invader. It notes Chinese forts on the Min River were not heavily damaged by French fire and mentions a British gunboat incident. August trade shows Britain’s imports down by about £6 million versus last August and exports down by £1.6 million.
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Tur Pall Mall Gazette
China
France
Min River
Paris
Formosa
Shanghai
Alderman Wilson
City Council of
St. Paul, Minn
National Convention of Chief Fire Engineers
Chicago
Association
Emigration talks smooth but public details vanish
A storm hits Iowa causing property damage while Emigration Commissioners meet New York Collector Robertson about assisted emigrants. Public details remain withheld as the Commissioners plan to seek Washington action to halt the issue.
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Iowa
Robertson
New York
Washington
United States
The Market. New York Prices and Commodities
Market notes from New York list corn oats pork beef and wheat prices, with grades and ranges for futures and spot values. Grain and flour categories show White oats and No 2 spring wheat, while pork pointers include new mess pricing and beef steer quality. Indianapolis wheat and meal quotes appear alongside overall market indications and currency formatting.
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York
Indianapolis
Osuw
Fess
Prior van Veuedgen
Tentsreen Veetey
I am a candidate pledging equal rights and reforms
RELva A. Lockwood outlines a platform endorsing civil service reform, women’s suffrage, and fair office distribution. She urges bipartisan support, opposes monopoly, supports pensions for widows, and calls for a unified legal code and arbitration with Latin American states. Washington remarks dated September 4, 1834.
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Otner
Tam
United States
United States Supreme Bench
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Central
South American
High Court of Arbitration
Ireland
Relva A. Lockwood
Washington, D. C
Wisconsin Prohibitionists Nominate Full State Ticket
The Wisconsin Prohibition State Convention in Madison nominated a full slate for state offices led by Governor S. D. Hastings and a separate electoral ticket. Key officers elected included A. A. Kelly and E. G. Durant, with Henry Sanford and Nelson Ladue among others. Delegates approved a platform backing prohibition, education emphasis, and woman suffrage submission to voters.
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Assembly
Madison
C. H. Giles
State Central Committee
John J. Sutton
Columbus
Wisconsin
B. F. Parker
Manson
Charles Carlson
Eau Claire
Henry Sanford
Manitowoc
Nelson Ladue
Lafayette
Pittsburgh
State Unity and Normal School
Blaine Objects to Being Called the Next President
At a 2,500 attendee Republican mass meeting at the Fair Grounds Congressman Reed introduced Blaine as the next president. Blaine objected that Americans will have the right to be heard and said he was not there to speak, noting his introductions tend to interrupt proceedings. He then introduced Judge West of Ohio and opened the New England Fair in Manchester New Hampshire with a ten minute nonpolitical speech.
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Topsham
Fair Grounds
Congressman Reed
Blaine
United States
Judge West
Ohio
Manchester
N. H
A. Trunk
Quiet Call at Greystone for Mr. Tilden
A Chicago Democratic Convention committee visiting Samuel J. Tilden at Greystone due to ill health, with the yacht Viking providing transport. The group signed resolutions praising his party services in the library and awaits his written reply when health permits.
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New York
Chicago
Samuel J. Tilden
Greystone
Tilden
Viking
H. Henry
August Fire Record Exceeds All Prior Months
The Daily Commercial Bulletin reports August fire losses at 10.5 million, the highest for the month and beyond any prior August total. The year’s destruction near 11 million above 1883 eight month total, with Chicago and Boston fires in 1871 and 1872 noted. Also, men’s fashion shifts to the new Father Hubbard dress style.
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New York Dispatch
Daily Commercial Bulletin
Chicago
Boston
North
Oyster trade in New York tops twenty million capital
A fragment notes New York's oyster wholesale trade with about 16,000 men and a capital near 20,000,000. It mentions a broader reach of the shellfish industry and hints at plans involving George AvensTa Sara and Blaine, including lectures and travel to Australia and San Francisco.
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New York
Gotham
George AvensTa Sara
Australia
San Francisco
United
Governor Cleveland Opens New York State Fair at Elmira
Fifty thousand attend the opening with Gov. Cleveland and Col. Lamont. He speaks on farm value, independence, and fair sharing of state prosperity, urging removal of unjust agricultural burdens. A large crowd greets him at a levee, a two hour parade proceeds past the reviewing stand, and a banner of sobriety justice honesty reform is presented.
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Elmira
Cleveland
Daniel Lamont
Farnsworth
Association
Blaine Speech Presses Maine Victory and Labor Tariff
Augusta Republicans celebrate statewide victory for Robie with a focus on protection for American labor. The speech defends tariffs as key to wage protection, notes temperance vote split among parties, and stresses national issues over local alcohol policy while thanking supporters.
Butler Visits Des Moines Stirring Greenback Support
General Butler drew a large crowd at the Des Moines depot where thousands cheered as the Massachusetts statesman spoke at the Aborne House reception. A Polk County suffrage delegation led by Mrs. Bellangee addressed him, prompting Butler to voice support for woman suffrage and the ballot’s power. Farmers, mechanics, and coal miners joined the applause, boosting greenback sentiment and backing for the Democrats.
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Gillette
Bellangee
Gen. Butler
Lapres
Iowa
Conkling Declines Return to Politics Amid Campaign Rumors
Washington dispatch reports Mr. Conkling's position in the Presidential canvass attracts interest yet his aid is sought in emergencies. He would sit Cleveland and may speak for Blaine, but the ex-Senator says he will take no part in the campaign and intends to retire from politics to focus on his law practice.
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Washington Dispatch
Conkling
Cleveland
Blaine
Mormons Told to Leave Lewis County After killings
A Nashville telegram reports residents of Lewis County Tennessee demand Mormon elders depart. A posted notice orders Latter Day Saints members to leave within thirty days, warning that any who stay will be treated as others who have left. The heated response follows recent violence against the sect.
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Lewis County
Tenn
Nashville
Cholera Death Toll Report From Rome Dispatch
Cable dispatch from Rome reports 154 deaths from cholera in the last twenty four hours with 13 in Specia and 32 in other Italian cities. Six deaths are recorded in the Pyrenees Orientales and fourteen in the city as officials seek relief measures for the cholera stricken population.
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Rome
Specia
Susan B Anthony Returns Home to Rest in Rochester
Susan B Anthony has come back to Rochester for a month of rest. She reports the third volume of the History of Woman Suffrage is in the printers hands and near completion.
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Susan B. Anthony
Rochester
Woman Suffrage
Cordon Cost Estimates Along Garda Frontier
The sanitary cordon on the Adie, the Lake of Garda, and the frontier is estimated at 5400 dollars. The brief notes the scope includes border areas and coastal zones as part of disease control measures.
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Adie
Lake of Garda
Pumpkin Vixe family tale in Bowling Green garden
A pumpkin vine growing in a Bowling Green garden at Haystep is said to have a wife and ten children all at Long Branch. The report claims between 600 and 700 dwellings burn monthly in this country.
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Bowling Gree
Nver
Haystep
Long Branch
Pension records reveal land grants and Widows across states
The document lists pension claims and land grants from the Mexican War era. Names include U.S. Grant First Lieutenant RQM Fourth Infantry William T. Sherman Lincoln Lee Scott Davis Pierce Waldo. Prominent widows of Polk Tyler Garfield Lincoln and Taylor receive annual sums. Also notes pensions for Stevens Baker Whipple Sumner and Farragut among others.
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Abra Pierce
General T. Sherman
Jeff Davis
Mich
Grant
U.S. Grant
R. Q. M. Fourth Infantry
William T. Sherman
St. Louis
Florida
Mexico
Tom Ewing, Jr
Abe Lincoln
Blackhawk War
Lincoln
Robert E. Lee
Ley Tte
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
General Scott
Scott
Frank Pierce
L. Waldo
Pierce
Waldo
Tennessee
Georgia
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
Mississippi
Massachusetts
South Carolina
Ohio
New York
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Pennsylvania
Polk
John Tyler
Richmond
James A. Garfield
Congress
Abraham Lincoln
Zachary Taylor
Gen. Taylor
Isaac Stevens
E. D. Baker
Whipple
Sumner
Robert Anderson
Fort Sumter
James B. McPherson
A. B. Dyer
George H. Custer
R. G. Ramsey
Buford
Blenkner
Daniel McCook
John A. Rawlins
Frank P. Blair
George H. Thomas
Woods
John Rogers
Farragut
Phil Kearney
Anthony Casle
Anthony Castle
Ann Arbor
Canada
Niagara Falls
Sleeper Walker of Montreal Strikes Sleepwalking Mystery
A young Montreal area woman around 18 exhibits somnambulism with safe stair descents, but writes accurately with eyes closed during sleep and even drives while unconscious. After brain fever last year doctors are puzzled. She plans to go to Boston to seek expert medical help.
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The
Montreal Star
Boston
Charcoal Improves Fat Gain In Livestock Diet
Charcoal added to animal feed boosts fat accumulation and flesh production, per trials with two sheep groups. Weighing before sale showed a 16.25 percent weight increase for the charcoal group. Administer mixed with food, or as a drench in urgent cases, with dosing varying by animal type and size.
Be sensible in which path you choose my son
A sermon-like exhortation warns a boy to avoid vice and gambling, urging him to compare life choices to horse racing and card games. It stresses choosing virtue over risk, noting the dangers of associating with those who pursue easy, disreputable gains.
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Church
Monte
Faro Bank
Ottery
Light
H. Burdette
Burlington
Hawkeye
Mysterious illness strikes land men call it modern mystery
A sweeping description of a vague, widespread ailment believed to affect a third of the population. It details chest pains, digestive upset, eye yellowing, fatigue, and nervousness, with doctors unable to diagnose. The piece cites Dr. A. G. Richards and promotes Warner's Tippecanoe as a remedy, noting sensational cures and urging precaution.
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A. G. Richards
Tremont Street
Boston
Warner
Tippecanoe
Record of Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery cures
The text touts Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for consumption, claims thousands testify to its efficacy in early stages, and includes a testimonial from Mrs. Emily Rhoads about Dr. R V Pierces Favorite Prescription aiding female complaints. Also advertises Diamond Dyes and Kidney-Wort as health products.
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Pierce
Alfred Mercier
Emily Rhoads
McBrides, Mich
R. V. Pierce
Ely's Cream Balm Endorsed For Hay Fever Relief
A hardware merchant from Ithaca New York recommends Ely's Cream Balm to hay fever sufferers, claiming it provides immediate relief after trying many remedies. The testimonial attributes strong personal satisfaction to the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
C. T. Sterusss
Ithaca, N. Y
Hop Bitters Promises Health and Relief
A rustic advertisement extols Hop Bitters as a cure for bilious, nervous, rheumatic, liver, kidney, and skin ailments. It claims benefits for feeble women, general debility, and chronic illness, urging use to cleanse the blood, fortify digestion, and restore robust health. Numerous testimonials pledge revival after doctors gave up.
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Scovill
Mark
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World's Dispensary Medical Association
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Mattcates Toomkkee Valentine Bros
Janesville
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National Publishing CO
Stuart Mill
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George Jacob Holyoake
Mr.Holyoake
London Daily News
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