American Canoe Association August Meet on Grindstone Island
The American Canoe Association holds its third August meet among the Thousand Islands of the St. Lawrence River. Some English participants led by Warrington Baden Powell join 500 canoeists at Grindstone Island with sails and paddles, exploring race and camp life, while noting differences between American and British canoe designs.
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Grindstone Island
St. Lawrence
Thousand Islands
Bt Lawrence
American Canoe Association
St. Lawrence River
Warrington Baden Powell
England
Baden Powell
America
Eel Bay
Great Britain
C. Bowyer Vaux
New York Canoe Club
Pennsylvania Democrats Nominate Chauncey Forward Black for Governor
Chauncey F. Black, son of former judge Jeremiah S. Black, is named the Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania governor. Born 42 years ago in Pennsylvania, he studied with Garfield at Hiram College, read law, and was admitted in 1861. He served as lieutenant governor after a 1880 convention and a 59,028 vote plurality. He is regarded as a progressive, clean politician respected across parties.
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Pennsylvania
Jeremiahs. Black
Mr. Black
Garfield
Hiram College
Ohio
Black
Congress
York
Levi Marsh
William T. Davies
Magone
Ogdensburg
Tilden
Canal Commission
Manning
New York Custom House
Davitt Captivates Chicago At Irish National League Meet
Michael Davitt, founder of the Land League, drew a strong reception at the Chicago Irish National League convention while visiting to aid destitute fishing communities on Ireland’s west coast. The 40 year old Irish agitator recounted his career from mill worker to political prisoner and land reform pioneer.
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Irish National League
Chicago
Michael Davitt
Ireland
Parnell
London
Gladstone
National Land League
Mr. Davitt
America
Carpenter’s Washington Letters Now Signed Frank George Carpenter
Special correspondence from New York notes that The Cleveland Leader chief Frank George Carpenter will sign all letters with his own name. He is praised for accurate, engaging reporting, backed by a unique envelope filing system and dictation workflow. Born 1855 in Mansfield Ohio, he is 31 and based in Washington with wife and child. GERTRUDE GARRISON
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New York
Washington
Frank George
Capital
Cleveland Leader
Carp
Frank George Carpenter
Leader
American Press Association
Carpenter
Mr. Carpenter
the Times
Mansfield
The
Wooster (O.) University
Columbus
Times
Cincinnati
Volksblatt
Hassaurek
Europe
Egypt
Gertrude Garrison
Monument to De Kalb Unveiled After 106 Years
The Annapolis statue commemorates Baron De Kalb as a French brigadier and American major general who died after valor at Camden on August 10 1780. Sculptor Keyser portrays him rallying troops as Daniel Magone, newly named New York port collector, rises in public prominence through legal and political work.
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Congress of the Confederation
Baron de Kalb
Royal Order of Military Merit
France
United States of America
America
Camden
South Carolina
Maryland
Delaware
Congress of the
Keyser
Baltimore
de Kalb
One of the Taylors poised to govern Tennessee
The Tennessee gubernatorial race centers on the Taylor family with Alfred A. Taylor the Republican nominee and Robert L. Taylor the Democratic candidate. Rumor says their father may join the Prohibitionists, making the Taylors likely to gain the governorship this year. Bob Taylor, Knoxville pension agent, once missed a nomination due to a Washington dispatch. He is noted for legal study and humour, having once used a fiddle to win a congressional canvass.
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Tennessee
Alfred A. Taylor
Robert L. Taylor
Taylor
Bob” Taylor
Knoxville
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Bob
Pettibone
Congress
Maj. Pettibone
Patron De Pauw Shapes Indiana Asbury Into University
Washington C De Pauw of New Albany Indiana long known as plate glass maker becomes the main patron of Indiana Asbury University. He led a rescue in 19th century and under his patronage the college grew into a university bearing his name with 45 percent of his estate designated for the institution after death.
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Washington C. de Pauw
New Albany
Ind
Indiana Asbury University
de Pauw
Vermont Governor Race Sparks Nomination Scramble
The present Republican governor of Vermont received 42,000 votes to his Democratic opponent's 10,000, yet a minority candidate still seeks the nomination. The Democratic governor candidate for Sept 7 is H. C. Shurtleff, a Green Mountain native aged 48, educated in common schools, a former teacher, and a lawyer since 1863 who served in the general assembly in 1874 and was a party nominee for supreme court in 1854. The note mentions political rumor and a satirical aside about a newspaper Life.
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Vermont
C. Shurtleff
General Assembly
Supreme Court
Beware Imitations of Dr King's New Discovery
Public health notice warns buyers against fake cures for consumption and lung ailments. It urges requesting the genuine Dr King's New Discovery with proof of relief for throat and chest conditions. Free trial battles offered at J. F. Fezer's Drug Store. A railroad collision near Gilmore on the Union Pacific injured crew and killed a fireman. One engineer arrested, another injured.
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Dr. King
Gilmore
Union Pacific
Dr Edwin Spencer Pratt Appointed to Succeed Winston
Dr Edwin Spencer Pratt named to replace Frederick H. Winston of Chicago who resigned after a grand salaam to the shah. Pratt, a native of Alabama age 35, spent most of his life in Europe since age five and studied in French colleges. He trained in medicine in New York, at Charity Hospital New Orleans and in English hospitals before two more years of study in Paris. He then returned to the United States in 1880 and joined his father in commercial pursuits until his death in a railroad accident.
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Edwin Spencer Pratt
Frederick H. Winston
Chicago
Teheran
Pratt
Alabama
Europe
United States
New York City
The Shepherd and His Flock
Thoughtful exhortation for young people describes Christ as the good shepherd who leads and protects his flock. It outlines the church as a fold, the dangers from thieves and wolves, and the duties of believers to obey Christ and assist others in spiritual life.
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Christ
How the Stomach Bitters Aids Dyspepsia and Other Ailments
The article extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a safe plant based medicine. It warns against bad medicines and urges the infirm to follow tested invalid experiences for relief from dyspepsia liver complaints constipation rheumatism and related issues.
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Frank George" Carpenter
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F. T. Haskell
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Gaaman Nat’h Ban
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Cheyenne
Billiard
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George C. Briggs
T. C. Morley
R. Steele
T. C. Morley & CO
Irrneee
Scituates Prize
Fred Billings
Woodstock
Prince of Scituate
Belle of Scituate
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EK. H. Abbott
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Methodist University, of
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Ww. C. DE Pauw
Congressional Record
Cr. B. Ramsdell
Evans
Cooley Creamer
Alex Ferguson
Weld County
Colo
Persia
PATCR
Portland and Loniville Cement
Plaster OF Paris
RED Cross Paints
Marshall & Welch
Mansfield’s
Omaha
Chicago, Milwaukee
St Paul
Rock Island
Elgin
Beloit
Omaha Freeport
Rockford
Madison
Janesville
Winona
LaCrosse
KR. Miller
A.W. H. Carpenter
Gen'l
J F. Tucker
Geo
J. T. Clark
Cinches
SPURS
Main Street
Greeley, Colorado
E. Hart
New Orleans
Dr. Clark
U. S
Electria
M. A. McLauchlin & CO
Skinner Block
Denver
Col. N. B
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