Grant Monument Committee calls for New York meeting
Active preparations unfold at Grant Monument Committee headquarters in New York for the next full committee meeting. Ex President Arthur chairs as plans to raise funds near 1 million dollars are discussed, with Greener noting current $39,000 in the fund and optimism for national support regardless of local contributions. Chicago and Boston are praised for prompt donations to home monuments.
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Grant Monument Committee
New York
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Arthur
Greener
Chicago
Boston
Riverside Park
New York City
Illinois
Indiana
States
Visitors flock to Grant's Tomb as camp grows
Visiting Grant's Tomb in New York on August 17 crowds at Riverside Park swell with visitors. Camp Grant soldiers finish their encampment while evenings draw many carriages and pedestrians to the avenue. Artists sketch the views, flowers arrive for decoration, and a laurel wreath from St. Louis is sent to Gen. Grant's family via the Mayor's office.
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Grant
Gen. Grant
St. Louis
Direct Mail Service Resumed to Australia and New Zealand
The Post Office reports the Pacific Mail Steamship Company will continue carrying certain mails until its contract with New Zealand ends. The San Francisco to Australia direct mail has resumed, with sections for New Zealand, Australian Colonies, Fiji, and Samoan Islands to be dispatched directly from San Francisco by the steamer Zelandia on the 20th, unless routed via Brindisi. The contract expires November 29.
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Foreign Mail Service
Wasmaaroa
Postofice Department
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
New Zealand
Bell
Railway Mail Service
San Francisco
Fiji
Samoan Islands
Zelandia
Brindisi
The Roach Assignment Schedule Recorded
New Year s Aug 17 schedules filed in the Roach assignment matter show liabilities of 2 263 000 nominal assets 5 268 000 actual assets 4 681 000. Preferred creditors listed include William Rowland 62 000 Merchants and Traders Bank of Brooklyn 20 000 note due Sept 13 1885 secured by mortgage bond of W H Reynolds and Albert Creveling 30 400 P W Gallandt & Co New York 40 000 loaned with advances 30 000 June 27 1885 10 000 July 11 1885. Amounts due are to be assigned and sale proceeds allocated.
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William Rowland
Bank of Brooklyn
W. H. Reynolds
Albert Creveling
P. W. Gallandt & Co
New York
Locust outbreaks in Montana prompt rapid telegraph reports
The Signal Bureau orders Northwest agents to telegraph observations of locust activity due to widespread grasshopper damage in Montana. Prof. Riley sends an agent to verify reports of large Rocky Mountain locust swarms and increased native species. At Fort Buford and Poplar River Agency crops suffer as locusts remain abundant after a July 29 movement toward the east and southwest.
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Montana
Signal Bureau
Northwest
Ounce
Riley
Rocky Mountain
Fort Buford
Poplar River Agency
Deadly Toadstool Fatalities In Chicago Suburb
John I. Fairman, recently moved from Erie, New York, died at his Woodlawn Park home after eating toadstools he mistook for mushrooms. His wife is seriously ill, and seven or eight Wyde Park residents are in dangerous condition, with many feared dead.
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Chcago
John I. Fairman
Chicago
Ebnira
WN. Y
Woodlawn Park
Dakota Territorial Fair Address To Be Delivered
Gov. Pierce will deliver the address at the Territorial Fair in Henox Dakota next month. Secretary Bushnell has been notified that the Dakota New Orleans exhibit will be allowed to participate in the exhibition.
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Dakota
Henox
Pierce
Bushnell
Dakota New Orleans
Interior approves Kansas land sale funds payout
The Interior Department will pay 65 000 from Kansas land sale proceeds to redeem Kan Indian scrip, with 85 000 scrips presented of a 120 000 total. funds will be divided pro rata among holders. Nebraska and New Orleans officials reshuffle posts in land office.
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Secretary of the Interior
Indian Office
Kansas
Buxsuwrr B. Srasrons
New Orleans
Louisville
Secretary of War
Gen. Miles
Department of the Missouri
Cheyenne
Arapahoe
Fort Reno
Lown Gin
Reading
Schuylkill River
Milwaukee
Grand Haven
Sykestown
Dakota
Albert Treadwell
Peren Surry
Chahalls
Washington Territory
Smith
TuEnEe
Paris
The
National
Marseilles
Parlor Car Seat War on the Boston Hartford Run
A tale by Ht. J. Burdette recounts a seat dispute on the Boston to Hartford express where a stern elder disputes a seat in a twin parlor car. After misadventures with chair swapping and a wrong car, the narrator regains the coveted seat as laughter erupts among fellow passengers.
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Boston and
Hartford
Boston and Albany
Gov. Hawley
Gov’nor
Springfield
Albany
Inver
Boston
New York
Larose
Woo
J. Burdette
Ai Burlinglow Hawkeye
Condiments and Indigestion in Old Text on Cayenne Pepper
The article debates cayenne pepper as a condiment and medical aid, noting its stimulant effect on the stomach lining and potential for immediate dyspepsia relief. It warns cayenne used in pills or foods as a slow poison, especially in patent medicines and curries.
Dyspepsia from Cayenne Warns Against Habitual Use
A Kansas Traveler item recounts warnings about chronic indigestion from cayenne and condiments. A humorous tale follows two men hired to drive a cow and calf to a yard, ending with the cow delivering the men to the owner's yard and a possible lawsuit.
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W. Matthew ‘Williams
Incident of the Fight at White Oak Bridge and Oddities
A Civil War era report describes capturing a drunken Irishman who refused to surrender and fought with bare fists. A soldier was advised to release him for his family’s comfort after a citizen fired four times at the man. The piece also recounts a quip about John Wesley, a Philadelphia library detail, and a note on environmental shifts in local insect life.
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D. J. Hill
Trig
John Wesley
Wesley
Old Time Elizabethan Dishes Curiosities and Customs
Old-Time foods reveal curious Elizabethan dishes such as pickled goose with cloves and ginger, ganked goose, pear puddings, and various preserves. The era featured broths, pottages, veal fricassees, roast partridges, mince pies, syllabubs, and coffined meat and fish. Spices, confectioners, and hidden meanings in sugared emblems accompanied feasts, while beverages ranged from claret and sack to metheglin and mead and flavored waters.
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Elizabeth
Meath
Camping in the Wilderness Advice from Adirondack letter
A rustic guide promotes tent living in the woods with army hospital style ten by twelve foot tents raised six inches, double hoard floors, and fire covers. It details stove placement, furniture like cots and washstand, porch extensions, and dining tents. Guides sleep on bough beds, families share tents, and camp life aims for independence and comfort away from hotels.
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Army-Hospital
Mrs Partingtons Sequinoctial in Buffalo Humor
An old Buffalo resident recalls Mrs Partington hosting Governor De Witt Clinton. The hostess quips on climate and weather as the sun crosses the Penobscot, sparking laughter and misheard phrases. The tale preserves local color and a famed response from the era.
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Buffalo
Partington
de Witt Clinton
Eric
Penobscot
Elon Herald
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Danton
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