19 Jul 1884
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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1884
Page
1
The Erie Sacre will open on August 1 in Monroe Block Dunkirk with bargains. The notice urges residents to remember August. Local residents are informed of the store’s opening and anticipated savings.
Telegraph reports a wave of failures and suspensions across several cities. 15 H. Campbell & Sons assign to John H. Moulton for their creditors as the iron industry and coal operations face indeterminate assets and large indorsements. Planters and Mechanics Bank grand jury probes in Grand Rapids. Carhart Whitford & Co. assets show significant liabilities. Firemen's Trust in Brooklyn ceases, minor savings bank failures spark public alarm.
July 18 report that Postmaster General Gresham stated letter carriers will receive the legally granted leave of absence. The announcement emphasizes improvement for carrier welfare and compliance with labor provisions.
Blaine defends Republican protectionism in his July 15 1863 acceptance letter. He argues tariffs preserved American industry, labor wages, and national wealth, contrasts Republican protection with Democratic calls for revision, and cites census data and internal commerce gains to show prosperity under tariff policy. He warns against free trade undermining suffrage and national unity. He ends urging a honest ballot and vigilant voting in the upcoming election.
Reports from July describe French naval pressure in Chinese waters and a Chinese concession to France, amid tensions in Pekin between Ts Hung Chang and Tso Tsung Chang. Dispatches note resignations in Cork, a Hyde Park franchise march planned with eight club sections, plus multiple obituaries and scientific talks in Liverpool and Montreal.
Mason City Pa July 1 An opposing break in the river coal strike followed Brown & Co pits resuming with old diggers Two other pits started in the third pool at a reduction last evening Victory not for the toilers as more men work in third and four pools A strike that reshapes coal markets may yield fall employment Flannery warns a strike could hurt workers and superfluous coal market
In New York on Monday ahead, 2000 union workers are poised to strike over a nine hour day demand. Employers dispute the plan, while a committee from the Boss Builders and Masons' Association met workers to discuss concessions. Police mobilization is anticipated if the strike proceeds.
A handsome monument to Nathaniel Sylvester, the island’s first settler with a 1666 patent from Charles II, was unveiled at Shelter Island on Long Island. A large crowd attended as Professor Horsi rl of Harvard delivered a moving address.
A garbled late news roundup reports Sowers and White from Ovid Michigan negotiating fees, California pledging 900000 in crop support, St Louis incidents, Texas tax assessment cuts, Toronto stables fire killing laborers, a fatal fall at a fire scene, and political nominations in Minnesota and Ohio. It notes Wall Street style business troubles, a Harrisburg work stoppage, a Key West suicide, a Boston man’s estate issues, a French India rocket tragedy killing fifteen, a Greenpoint disappearance, and shifting liens in the firm Sewall Ericson.
Fifteen years ago LE Pedder joined Arnold Constable Co as credit man and rose to wealth living in Llewellyn Park West Orange. He was summoned from Europe amid investigations into the firm with cashier Herbert Seymour and others. Pedder’s property is valued at about 200000, and his elaborate entry club and lifestyle were noted in reports from New York dated July 15.
Fanco Dakota July 18 Farmers Convention met in Moorhea to seek lower railroad rates for grain. Delegates from parts of northern Minnesota approved resolutions to back farmers' candidates for the Legislature. Agitation spreads among agriculturists as a key relief measure is sought.
In East Shorxaw Michigan Ferdinand Krause aged 26 a member of the Saginaw National Board was accidentally shot through the left lung while tending to the rifle team of that company yesterday afternoon. He died in fifteen minutes.
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