Crop reports show mixed gains and drought in early August
The August crop dispatch notes improved corn appearance in New England and midwest states but drought harms the south and moisture reduces Michigan. Overall condition rises to 89 percent, with an expected yield near 25 bushels per acre and about 1.7 billion bushels nationwide. Wheat and oats show varied prospects and prices.
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Wasmxarvox
New England
Middle States
Ohio Valley
Mississippi
Illinois
Missouri
Kansas
Ohio
Michigan
Kentucky
Iowa
Nebraska
Wisconsin
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Tennessee
Minnesota
Dakota
London
California
Theos
Still Striking Pirrestac August 10 Strike on railways begins
Telegrapher strike starts at six o'clock on the Pittsburg Cincinnati and St Louis Railway after the company sacks Assistant Superintendent Devern in Columbus for union sympathy. The strike spreads along the line. Fort Wayne road operators to be ordered out, Western Union wires on the Pittsburgh Fort Wayne and Chicago line cut, and Baltimore and Ohio workers join in Newark Ohio. Trains run on schedule with offices supplied by tomorrow.
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Pirrestac
Pittsburg
Cincinnati & St. Louis
Devern
Columbus
Dennison
Tomorow
Fort Wayne Road
Chicago
Western Union
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne, & Chicago
Campbell
Baltmmore & Ohio
Brotherhood
Newark
Ohio
trans-Ohio
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Lake Erie
The Buffete Races at Buffalo Driving Park Aug 1863
The August meeting at Buffalo Driving Park is nearly over with one best-of-two trotting race left and little racing seen. Despite poor sport, the meet is financially successful though marred by alleged fraudulent activity tied to a millionaire’s stable. Results listed for 2.20, 2.36 and 2.18 classes on August 10 with multiple heats and times noted for each race.
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Beurrato
Aug. U
Buffalo Driving Park
Charles Wagner
Br. m. Phyllis
A. Hickok
Es Overman
W. Spencer
B. G
Billy Button
J. Knauber
Dick Wright
J. A. Goldsmith
M. Casey
B. G. Stranger
Jas. Dougrey
B. G. Frank
Wm McDonald
P. B. Gurney
t.g.Stephen G
D. Anderson
B. m. Maggie
William H
M. M. Hedges
B. Thomas
E. W. Conover
M. Adele
The President and the Indians at Fort Washakie
At Fort Washakie President’s party meets Chiefs Washakie and Black Cole with Shoshone and Attapakoua delegates. Senator West discusses lands in severalty for 1900 reservation Indians, proposing 100 acres for heads and 80 for unmarried. Bonds could yield $250,000. Chiefs grant trading permission but want higher robe prices at stores. Camp on Bull Lake, named after Surrogate Rollins. President rises early, enjoys camp life. all remain well.
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Fort Washakie
Senator West
Committee On Indian Affairs
Washakie
Black Cole
Attapakoua
West
Bull Lake
Rollins
Le Roy man arrested in stolen horse and buggy case
Detective Pring of Hornellsville arrested C. R. Witter of Le Roy for possessing a horse and buggy stolen in May from J. R. Babcock of Fremont. Witter, a prominent man, was taken to Hornellsville for trial. Authorities consider he may have received the rig from others who robbed Babcock. Witter is described as slightly deranged.
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le Roy
N. Y
Pring
Hornellsville
C. R. Witter
J. R. Babcock
Fremont
Witter
Salvation Army Members Arraigned In Police Court
The Salvation Army members arrested last night were arraigned in Police Court today. They stated willingness to go to the penitentiary for the Lord's sake. The judge granted counsel ten days to obtain an order transferring the case to County Court.
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Syiacrsd
Agig
Salvation Army
The Old Scare Again In Ginago
Reports say Canadian government secret agents shadowing Irish Nationalists in Ginago uncovered a plan to destroy the Westland Canal with explosives. It is claimed a request was made to the United States to help thwart the conspiracy.
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Ginago
Westland Canal
United States
Collision on Syracuse and Cornish line near Corsine
Two freight trains collided five miles from Corsine New York this morning. One engine was detached and ran into the countryside with no one in command.
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Corsine
N.Y
Sarycuse & Corning
Fredonia Briefes A Busy Local Update Of Guests
Fredonia notes show Theo. Burgens visiting town while John Weller works at Gran den mill in Jamestown. Neighbors host relatives, with Mrs. Pritchard and Mrs. Wheeler visiting North East and Battle Creek respectively. Numerous weddings and a pink tea loom as Miss Adams visits, and a benefit concert honors Fredonia’s violinist Alice Lathrop. Community scenes cover merchants’ window styles, watermelon sales, camp entertainments, hotel arrivals, and routine social rounds.
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Alice Lathrop
Fredonia
Fairpoint
Cotton
Minnie Martin
Alice
Pine Valley
M. Edwards
Cherry Creek
H. Wingeratsahn
Zach Tayor
Voy
Kellore
A. W.D
When Passing and Indulging in a Droll Dispatch
A playful fragment notes indulgence in a dish and recalls Miss Pemberton serving in her winning interner Prungoss. The quirky line hints at a literary tone and a whimsical scene without clear real names or places.
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Miss Pemberton
Laborer crushed in cave in at Terexoh Pennsylvania
In Erteoh Pa Aug 10 another fatal cave in occurred as workers feared the walls were not properly braced. Nicholas Leonard a laborer was crushed while attempting to ascend as earth tumbled down trench.
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Erte
Nicholas Leonard
Leonard
Cholera Debacle and Strikes Ripple Through Town
The Alexandria area reports 22 cholera deaths yesterday as the Nile rises, threatening crops near Ascout and prompting precautionary action. A separate dispatch notes the end of a strike by "Pao Handle" operators, who return to work agreeing to leave the Brotherhood.
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Alexandia
Ascout
Evening Observer
Prrgette
Pao
Sparks From Tee Wire Across Cities And Nations
A collage of short notes reports fires floods crimes and political events. Incidents include a fatal explosion at a Lehigh Valley mine in Shenandoah Pa a man severely burned a training table fire in Lexington Ky a sloop seized for smuggling Chinamen into Washington Territory and crop losses from drought across several states. Also noted are a liquor dealers meeting in Toledo political attacks in Danville Va a murder in Danville and a large firemen’s demonstration in St Catharines Ont with hundreds of participants and tomorrow tests planned.
Train superintendent killed in fatal coupling accident
Special dispatch from Wastmerox Pa reports B F King, train superintendent, fatally mangled by falling between an engine and its tender during coupling. Also from Darvin Aug 11, smallpox ravages among Indians with eighty five deaths in two towns.
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Wastmerox
B. F King
Evening Observer
Darvin
Gould firm to negotiate with striker without union
Special Dispatch reports Gould stating the company would negotiate with the striker but not recognize the Brotherhood. The Indianapolis Crash item notes the first national Bank resumes business under control of English, Depauw and others.
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Speccal
Evening Observer
New York
Gould
Indianapolis
First National Bank
English
Depauw
Much Married
New Year, Aug. 11. Two women claim to be widows of Isaac Howell, killed in an elevator yesterday. A considerable fall. Lexivaros, Aug. 11. Four men were killed by a fall from a scaffold fifty feet.
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Sprezal
Evening Observer
Isaac Howell
Feening
Lexivaros
Marine Disaster Baltivore: Collision Near Point Lookout
A steam ship William Lawrence from Savannah collided with the schooner Sarah from Havre de Grace for Norfolk off Point Lookout. Captain Anderson and four crew were rescued. Anderson’s wife two children and the cook perished as the vessel sank immediately.
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Baltivore
William Lawrence
Savannah
Point Lookout
Sarah
Livins
Havre de Grace
Norfolk
Anderson
Cook
Electric Sparks in Charleston and Across Regions
The drought in South Carolina continues to hurt crops while Georgia and Florida report improved cotton prospects. In Wheeling four boys fell overboard and three died after a steamer wash. Ekaterinoslav clashes kill about 100. Mackerel trades in Boston grow serious with low catches and high prices. A Linden, New Jersey assault suspect is captured. A Reading Railroad collision kills and wrecks a locomotive in Wilkes-Barre. A Dorchester fire injures Pauline Graviana Hue, blamed on an unknown boy per mother.
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Boston
Pauline Graviana
Hue
Dorchester
Government refuses New York interest claim without Congress aid
Attorney General Brewster rules the claim for interest on rebel era loans for troop enrollment and care cannot be paid by the Government without a specific Congressional appropriation. Tobacco tax receipts for the year end show a $5,287,000 decline, blamed on the May 1 tax cut. German bondholders of unrecognized Georgia Provisional Government seek repayment, arguing federal sanction existed.
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Brewster
State of
New York
Congress
Herd
Georgia
Probabilities Signal Station in Waskaron Weather Update
The report notes variable winds and stationary or rising temperatures along the Mh Lower Lakes. It mentions a probabilistic signal station reading and a pairing of conditions affecting the area’s forecast.
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Waskaron OuskevaTion
Lower Lakes
Grain market summary shows steady wheat demand and mixed corn/Oats
Wheat in good request and firm with No 1 bard Duluth at 1.22 and No 1 white at 1.15. No 2 red winter 1.17. Corn dull, 2,000 bu sample at Seattle 0.50. Oats dull, 3 cars white 0.40. Cincinnati unsettled whisky 1.42, hogs weak 4.60-5.90, wheat quotes up to 1.60s, corn cash July 3c, oats No 3 0.38.
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Bard
Cincinnati
Park
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Salvationistein‘ Court
Theo. Burgens
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Mr. Granden
Jamestown
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Misa Libbie Wilson
Battle Creek, Mich
Prof
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Leverett
Green
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Mrs. Edmunds
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Dr. Fenner
Bradford
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Missea Colegrove
Buffalo Co
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Florence Butt
Mary Nelson
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Fair Point
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Miss. Adams
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Betell
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Clarence Howard
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Guild
Prof. Jenks
John Woodward
Brother Mixer
Mixer Brother
Pemberton
Heelbarter
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Lillie
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Taylor
Crane
J. Frank Baxter
Prungoss
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Apatch
Slade
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Mitchail
Shenandosh
Thomas Williama
Hugh Edwards
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Lexington
Shocking
Falr
Port Townsend
W. T
Photographer
Washington Territory
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Petersburg
Toledo
Oho Liquor Dealers’ Association
Backus
Danville
Wim
Sheppard
Paris
Hurst
Brookhaven
Miss
Daniel Sullivan
Join Freeman
Sullivan
Alton Rod
Finols Road
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Shaw Bros
Penobscot County
Kingman
Aroostook
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Canada
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Wheeling
W. Va
St. Petersburg
Ekaterinoslav
Savannah Ga
Florida
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N.J
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Linden
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Reading
Herman Freeman
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Beffalo
Oil City
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Tima
Anne Lol Lo
Jo Aly
Wade
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