James Russell Lowell Dies at Cambridge After Long Illness
Boston reports the death of James Russell Lowell LL D at his Cambridge home aged appears from Cambridge Me. February 22 1814 birth year to 1891. Lowell a renowned writer and political thinker suffered months of illness with opiate care required in final days. He studied Harvard 1835 began publishing poetry and prose including The Biglow Papers Fire Side Travels and The Cathedral. He led roles at Harvard Law and Hell-Lettres and edited Atlantic Monthly and American Review. He held diplomatic posts as Minister to Spain and Great Britain before returning to the United States in 1880s.
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Boston
James Russell Lowell
Cambridge
Lowell
Joben Russell Lowell
Mees
Harvard University
Sir Launtal
San Praal
United
Bigiow
Ould Times
Biglow
Asfellow
Harvard Co
English Universy of
Captain John Palmer Talmes and G A R career noted
Captain John Palmer Talmes born Staten Island New York March 2 1662 rose from private to Captain with the New York Volunteers. He led Company B of the regiment, served in camp and field, and held posts including Adjutant and Senior Vice Commander. A charter member of Lew Bennett Post GA R Albany he chaired committees at national encampments and advocated veterans’ public service. He was active in charity and local postings in Audany.
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John Talmes
Comrate Palmer
Lsa
le Regiment
Camp An Field
Captan Palmer
Lew Benead Pos
GA. K
Aloany
Sud
Se Waseen
Darton
Dite
Cleveland
Wastazton
Laimer Wes
Prdi- Wessel Boss Painty
Audany
Dramatic drummer boy debate settles in Detroit court
In Detroit a crowd at the Seventh Michigan Regiment scene challenged Major Robert Hendersson over claims of crossing with the unit. Chiefs and officers watched as witnesses from Massachusetts and others denied familiarity with him on December 11, 1902. The tribunal ruled the drummer boy belonged to John Spillane, a Detroit police officer.
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Rappahannock
Michigan
Detroit
Mich
Robert H. Shenderesol
Wee
Bilger
Hendersson
Cigoain
Burnside
Grant
Horace Greely
Thrush
Puaponne
Maseschuseetex
Nain
Hendersssi
Wie Sosne
Gittle
John
Spillane
Detruit
Train Plunge Kills Two Laborers in East Palestine
In East Palestine Ohio a westbound express struck a work gang at a coaling station, killing two men and injuring another. Witnesses say confusion at the cut and signal misread may have caused workers to stay on the wrong track. Rounding out the day a separate report highlights farmer W H Barworts rise from poverty to wealth, harvesting 35000 bushels of wheat on a 5000 acre Knox County estate with 60 tenants and a large new church under construction.
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Wenger
East Palestine
Adem Hull
Columbus
Lod
W. H. Brawort
Knox County
Hermon Murray
Hishwayman
Porida
Reading Terminal Company
Farmers
Twelfth Street
Philadelphia
Alfred Tilley
Syracuse
N. Y
Tilley
Charles Vanwike
Niagara River
Lockport
Fourteen Die As Cyclone Hits excursion Steamer
In Huntington Long Island a Brooklyn dry goods merchant’s excursion of about 690 aboard the Crystal Spring and barge Republic was struck by a cyclone as they left Warpes Grove Cald Spring Harbor. A torn awning collapsed on the crowded deck killing fourteen and injuring about seventeen. The coroner censured the trip owner for unsafe rotten equipment. bodies were sent to Brooklyn. Additional survivors returned by special train.
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Huntington
Long Iland
N.Y
Theodore Hayser
Brooklyn
Bau
Brookyn
Robert Shuler
Laigertinck
Ibn
Miss Goerz
T. Henman
Katie Kautz
Anton Lepenfinger
Pauline Prinz
Lizzie Schenerhorn
Charles Snyder
Weather Crop Bulletin Reports Mixed Regional Harvest Prospects
Washington DC August 1 weather bureau bulletin notes oats and barley harvests in progress with variable yields. New York reports oats large, barley average. cool weather slows corn and damages peaches in lake region. Pennsylvania sees delayed oat harvest. potatoes rot from moisture. New Jersey reports slowed ripening of melons and tomatoes. corn, grapes, fruits in good condition. Maryland suffers spoilage of wheat hay and fruit. dry, wet conditions affect corn. Virginia notes damaged cotton peanuts and melons. pastures excellent. tobacco good though late. Ohio and Michigan describe drought stress and need for rain. oats good. Indiana records favorable sun and a valuable rainfall aiding corn and pasturage. August USDA indices show mixed crop conditions. Visible grain supplies updated with small changes month to month.
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Washington, D.C
Weather Bureau
New York
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Ohio
Hardin County
Michigan
Himeia
Indiana
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Ohio Valley
Northwest
Illinois
Barney
Cotton Belt
United States
Canada
Rocky Mountains
Plucky Jennie Anderson shoots intruder in Galveston
In Galveston Texas on August 12 Miss Jennie Anderson found a Black intruder in her room and, after seizing a public safety item, discharged it while excited. She wounded herself in the thigh and fired while pursuing the man as he fled. One round proved fatal. the victim was William Mosely.
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Galveston
Tex
Jennie Anderson
Rain Made to Order by Dyrenfurth Experiment
Chicago reports Prof. Dyrenfurth, in Midland Texas, successfully produced rainfall using dynamite-filled balloons. Dispatch to Senator Farwell states the test on Tuesday yielded copious rain for several hours. Dyrenfurth is the government expert in rain-making experiments.
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Chicago
Senator Farwell
Dyrenfurth
Midland Tex
Ballons
Dyredforth
Work tram wrecked in Brantford kills three Italians
A work train on the Shore Line railway near Brantford was struck by a light engine traveling east under order. The collision killed three Italian laborers and injured thirteen, with several seriously hurt as the crowded train was struck at high speed.
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New Haven
Conn
Shore Line
Brantford
Calamazoo
Mich
J. B. French
Kansas State Farmer’s Alliance
Alliance
Kansas
PROM FOREIGN LANDS Aerial telegrams and reports grid an unsettled world
A batch of dispatches describes Chili’s potential declaration of war on Bolivia over U S recognition, Emperor William sidelined by a knee injury, and a Teheranletter condemning Mazendaran’s governor to death. Reports from Madrid Berlin Paris and Rome cite stock-market intrigue, corn shortages, emigration wage effects, and unrest.
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Itia
William
Keil
Hohenzollern
Teheran
Shah
Abdul Khan
Mazendaran
Berlin
Count von Munster
Paris
Madrid
Barcelona
Russian Council of State
Vienna
Industrial Labor Strife and Manufacturing Shifts Across Steel and Glass
Nationwide labor unrest reports show The National Forge and Iron Company facing $520,000 liabilities with $200,000 assets amid low iron mood. Santa Fe boilermakers end strike with rein( statement) of discharged workers. Standard Glass Works Wellsburg WV runs with non union workers as pots break. Bellaire Steel Week outputs 1900 tons. Findlay rolling mill chainmakers settle after five weeks with 9 wage gains. Youghiorgheny Gas Coal starts Manowa Farm mine with new ventilating fan. J B W A R Lima switchmen strike seeking higher pay and extra helper. Congresswoman Niedringhans responds to skilled labor import laws. bricklayers photo campaign to expose non union workers. Pottsville Steel and Tron restarts with non union labor. Omaha Grant Smelter head Guy Barton jailed over eight hour law challenge. Middleborough Kentucky white miners oppose colored labor.
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National Forge and Iron Company
Chicago
Santa Fe Boilermakers
Standard Glass Works
Wellsburg
W. Va
Bellaire, C
Findlay
Amalgamated Association of Iron Workers
Model Flint Glass Works
Pittsburgh
Wagas
Youghiorgheny Gas Coal Company
Manowa Farms
Monongahela City
Bricklayers’ Union No. 2
Pittsburg
Builders’ Exchange
Brickiayers
Pottsville
Supreme Court
Middleborough
Ravages of Heat and Wind Across America
A blistering heat wave sweeps through Pittsburg and major cities from New York to Chicago with temperatures near and above 100 degrees. Sunstroke cases rise, hospitals fill, and storms cause damage from Rand's Grove to Ottumwa. One death noted in Vicksburg as storms kill and injure several others.
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Pittsburg
Cleveland
America
Pennsylvania
H. Y. Wilson
Vicksburg
Ahesheny City
New York
Philadelphia
Washington City
Charleston
D. C
Atlanta
Columbus
Ottawa
Ills
Rand's Grove
Gustave Breining
Peru
George Sned Jer
Houghton
Mich
Hancock
Oscar Haryoja
Tonawanda
S. Y
Agency
Humeston
Keokuk
Wester Road
Corydon
Rivermmmeton
Robert Courty
Racine Wis
Chicago
Ilinois
Iowa
Indianapolis
Ind
Plainfield
Conn
Ashland
Wis
Chequameon Bay
Houston
Tex
Yoakum
Lexington
Earthquakes Reshape Colorado Region Across Sonora Border
Reports from Yuma Arizona dated August 15 describe a dramatic topographical change along the Colorado River. Old landmarks are obliterated and new ones appear, with stockmen losing many cattle and Cocopah Indians suffering heavy losses. A small stream four miles north of Lerdo, once fordable, is now deep and impassable, forcing crossings six miles back from the river.
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Yuma
Ariz
Sonora
Colorado River
Lerdo
Colorado
Fraud ring burst at National Capital Savings office
Alfred Dowing and N H Tollman with three clerks were jailed on charges of using the mails for fraud. Bonds set at 2000 dollars. The association reportedly took in about 175000 dollars in a year and a half with agents in many states.
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Chicago
Alfred Dowing
N. H. Tollman
National Capital Savings, Building and Loan Association of North America
Rookery Building
United States
Hitchcock
Allen
Charles
Milchvist
Downing
Tollman
Heriie
Omaha
Denver
Lincoln
Des Moines
Portland
Galveston
Olympia
San Francisco
Minneapolis
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Grasshoppers Ravage Ohio Farms Across State
August 11 Findlay Ohio reports show grasshoppers causing widespread damage. They destroy clover seed crops and forage on pastures, threatening feed supplies for livestock. In wheat fields they cut binding twine and topple shocks, while corn leaves and ear husks are eaten and new turnips vanish. Young fruit trees are stripped of leaves as hoppers turn attention to fruit crops.
Prophesied Storm Fails to Rain in Canton Weather Oddity
Canton August 11 An extravagant forecast by Mel bourne collapses as heat swelters with clear skies. Sun day predicted rain proves false, leaving critics to question his weather theory and guessing. In St Louis August 12 a steam pipe explosion on Idlewild blasts two firemen to atoms. Three deck hands and a passenger injured, cause unknown.
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Canton
Melbourne
Atoms
St. Louis
Idlewild
St. Genevieve
Pasenger
Multiple Disasters and Crimes Amid Broad News Digest
A chaotic digest reports Cooper House Utica destroyed by fire with many guests escaping. Louisville bank closes doors with claimed full depositor payout. Gas field strike in Ontario Canada near Buffalo yields 10 million cubic feet daily. Nie man shooting in Cincinnati by son ends in death. fight at a Maryland camp meeting leaves three wounded. Various accidents and crimes across U.S. and Canada including drownings, shipboard mishaps, arson at New Jersey Park Rink, and a 75-year-old political figure Bocock's death in Lynchburg.
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Cooper House
Utica
N. C
Masonic Savings Bank
Louisville
Ontario, Can
Buffalo
Cincinnati
George F. Nieman
Charles F. Nieman
Louis Brown
Richmond
Boyds Station
John Uniack
Brooklyn
Thomas
Chathan
N. B
Alexander McFarlane
Orange
N.J
Park Rink
Fred Ely
Premier Cycle Company
D. Brockie
Bocock
Lynchburg
Congrest
Confederate Congress
Severance
Kan
Freeman
J. D. Smith
Samuel Freeman
LVAMIA PICKINGS Condensed News Items Gathered Here and There
A long list of brief items reports captures crime accidents and notable events across towns. Topics include a large woodman capture near Williamsport a labor strike at Beaver Falls a 3 year old burned by boiling water and deaths or injuries from various accidents. A judge former official dies and a lawsuit looms over a railroad fatality.
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William Gilbert
Williamsport
Beaver Falls
Benton
Jeannette
James Potts
Johnstown
Cambria County
Oil City
D. M. Buchanan
Greensburg
Jennie van Horn
State Lunatic Asylum
Harrisburg
Lucas T. Myers
Cumberland
United Mines
W. A. Porter
Waynesburg
Henry Love
Loyalhanna
W. H. Withers
David McKinney
New Brighton
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Butler County
New Castle
Pennsdale
Ostrom
Daniel Blair
H. Hurdman
Claridge
Harry Ross
Crosby
Joseph Diebold
Jeanette
Richmond
J.3
Cole
Altoona
James Welsh
Frank Waite
Blair County
Willie Rotzenberger
Reading
A. D.weimer
Champion
Fayette County
J.D. Slater
J. P. McKeehan
Ferguson
E. E. Arms
Yostville
Lackawanna County
H. E. Arms
J. M. Decker
Blooming Grove
Pike County
A. V. Blundey
Blatie
Henry J. Conway
Grenoble
Bucks County
Newton Bk. Argold
Sackett
Elk County
Wm. R. Lerke
Freshinn
Lee Rankin
David Marshal
Fpaimyra
Mary Williams
Misa Williams
Wilson
New Media
Centralia
Earnest
Bert Cleaver
Cleaver
Charles Metcalf
Mercersburg
Robert Decker
Huntingdon
John Wall
Wilkesbarre
James Sides
Richard Gasberry
Atlantic Refining Company
Point Breeze
Philadelphia
James Cameron
Washington Notes Court Backlog Tops 19000 Cases
The court of claims has grown to the largest docket with 19 000 cases filed. Indian depredation losses account for about 4000 of these claims. The treasury declares horses are dutiable by type not age, with no colt provision. A 100 large guns contract was awarded to Bethlehem Iron Works under a 1890 act. Gold silver and copper coins imported are duty free.
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Court of Claims
Treasury Department
Congress
Bethlehem (Pa
Inheritance of a Trove of Secrets Ends in Flight
A Detroit socialite daughter confesses love for an Eastern youth to her father. He accuses her of scheming, then learns the fiancé’s father fled town with the bank funds. The daughter’s romance unfolds amid a family scandal as the father dismisses the plan.
Wacky 1890s science notes and Civil War bravado
A miscellany of inventions and discoveries from 1890s science includes electric launches for plant transport, a machine that makes fly footsteps audible, waterproofed fabrics, and a novel bicycle tire design. It also notes typhoid concerns in Florence, new stoves, and methods to test for life. Confederate admiration of bravery recounts General Alger’s sea of bullets and a near brush with death before reaching Kilpatrick.
Multiple Fatalities Reported From Coastal Sloop Crash
Boston reports a crew of six drowned when the voyage vessel Sag owned by Captain J. Bete capsized near Dorchester. Skipper Burke among the dead. several others named include Teckious Mamthou, Neilie Burke, James Burke, and Annie Carmody. Other incidents: Bay City youths and Milwaukee teens drowned in waterfront accidents. a Lancaster couple killed by an oncoming train. Atchison bank crisis prompts depositors to await further payments as real estate gains aid liquidity.
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Boston
Dorchester
J. 38
Bete
Tia
Yasie
Wabee
Burke
Victiam
Athens
Los
Teckious Mamthou
Neilie Burke
James Burke
Thomes Carmody
Annie Carmody
Bay City
Mich
Phree
Sonia Wise
Milwaukee
Angut
Lancaster
David Babe
Esk
Wee
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WEW
John Palmer
Weather Crop Bulletin
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Chili Wil
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Congressional Party of
Chilia
Germany
Prince Bismarck
Herr Lutz
Reichster
Santa Ana
Mercedes
Chaumont
Haute Marne
Rimaucourt
France
Gilbert Elliot
Bristol
Nozi
Italy
Russia
Industrial and Labor
Lima
National Capital Savings, B. & L. A. of America
Mars
G. Poster
Railway, N.J
J. M. Rye
J Wheeler
Clifton Beach
Washington, D. C
Wheeler
Rye
Auburn
P. W. Parker
Clatsop Beach
Nellia Web
College Hall Sanitarium
Hezekiah Arp
Bill Arp
Fannis County
Gla
Electric Light Works
Bushnell
Ill
van Winkle
Frank Coffee
Atlanticers
Glendon Company
Tennessee
David King
Monte
King
Ft. Douglas
St. Paul
Buffmire
Winder
Bessemer
Ala
Burnad
Helwig Chair Factory
Helwig
Prince of Wales
Washington Notes
M. Pictet
Geneva
England
Konrad Brunner
University of Zurich
Kikoze
Rome
London Times
Florence
Ureia
Russell A. Alger
Army of the
Kilpatrick
Alger
Horace
Nhat
Gessral Kilpat
Aed
Qaareb
Orleans
Salt Shore
York—Reeves
U. Rs Chizno
Toone
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