Trade Review Quiet As Grain Trade Ends Remarkable Month
Bradstreet's notes a quiet trade with focus on crops and industry. Crop conditions hold, steel and rail outlooks strong, corn and oats show squeezes, cotton improves but weakens with good growing conditions, dry goods quiet, wool steady, pig iron volume high, rail output booked, lumber firm, and a Mississippi man answers a matrimonial ad describing himself as a muskler man with gray eyes and white hair.
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New York
Bradstreet
Chicago
Boston
Canada
Old Family Remedy Promises Stomach and Liver Wellness
A historic household tonic claims to restore stomach and liver health using a long trusted family formulation. The advertisement emphasizes natural ingredients and traditional efficacy, urging readers to try the remedy for digestive support and overall vitality.
Cleaning and Restoration of Damaged Furnishings
The item describes thorough cleaning by machinery and restoration of carpets with naptherized treatment and antique furniture made to look as new, regardless of prior dilapidation.
Queen Dowager Leaves Spain Amid King Alfonso's Eccentric Conduct
Madrid reports Queen Maria Christina and Infanta Maria have departed for Vienna amid rumors of mental impairment tied to Alfonso XIII. The article cites disobedience to ministers, an impromptu daylight parade naked, and estrangement from his mother after a lifelong caretaking bond.
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Madrid
Maria Christina
Alphonso
Infanta Maria
Vienna
Alfonso
Carl Ferdinand
Alfonso XII
Ludwig of
Bavaria
England
Olney as presidential hope gains mixed support
Washington reports bipartisan interest in Olney as a fall stump candidate. The Star endorses his public service, cites age and regional concerns, and weighs whether a New England corporate lawyer could unite the parties in a general election. Bryan and Cable push Olney while critics flag his age and locality.
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Washington
Cable
Olney
Bryan
Chicago
Mr. Olney
The
Star Tonight
Star
Senate
South
New England
Corporation
Bryan attacks Morgan in Commoner and praises German Kaiser
Lincoln Aug 1—William Jennings Bryan declares J Pierpont Morgan the most dangerous American, praising the Kaiser for discerning Morgan’s flaws. He blasts monopolies, likening Morgan to a drayman, an impoverishing farmer, and a mercantile parasite. Bryan also attacks Grover Cleveland as a tariff reformer ally to high tariffs.
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Lincoln
Neh
W. J. Bryan
J. Pierpont Morgan
United States
Mr. Bryan
Mr. Morgan
Morgan
America
Germany
Grover Cleveland
McKinsey
Cleveland
Bigamy arrest hits Nashua as second wife revealed
Eli Cameron alias La Liberty alias Camarais alias Bishop was charged with bigamy after marrying Bertha Meegan last Tuesday morning and deserting her that night. His legal wife of twelve years, living in Nashua since April, filed the charge. Cameron claimed a false identity and offered no further comment. Bertha Meegan was sent to the city farm for three months. Mrs Cameron suspects drugging to secure the marriage. Cameron is a wool worker with two children by a deceased former wife.
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Nashua
N. H
Eli Cameron
la Liberty
Camarais
Bishop
Bertha Meegan
Rouses Point
N. Y
A. K. Chase
Cameron
Meegan
City Farm
Two to One Shot in Salinas Tragedy Ends Fatal
Salinas California August 1 Warren Johnson and Joseph Bordges, prominent young men, were fatally wounded by a woman in Salinas. The assailant then attempted suicide but was prevented and arrested. Johnson was hit in the abdomen and Bordges in the back, the bullet piercing his lung. The shooting is believed to stem from a quarrel.
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Salinas
Cal
Warren Johnson
Joseph Bordges
Johnson
Boidges
The Dude Train Kills 84-Year-Old Man at Crossing
Cape train known as The Dude on the New York New Haven Hartford railroad struck at Pearl street crossing killing George Bryant, age 84, a well known local resident. His son runs a Campello business.
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Bridgewater
New York, New Haven & Hartford
George Bryant
Pearl Street
Campello
Dreyfus Responds To Russia Pay Accusation
Paris letters report former Captain Dreyfus published in Radical a reply to Marquis de Gallifet asserting Dreyfus was in Russia’s pay. Dreyfus calls the claim an abominable lie. Journal des Debats then prints Gallifet’s letter denying involvement and stating Dreyfus admitted guilt by signing a pardon petition.
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Paris
Dreyfus
Radical
Marquis’ de Gallifet
Joseph Reinach
Russia
Journal Des Debats
Marquis de Gallifet
Immune Cotton Seed Seen For Sea Island Belt
In Valdosta Georgia the USDA reports progress on breeding immune cotton to wilt and black heart diseases. Prof. William A Orton notes seeds from healthy plants grown in uninfected soil over three years yielded nearly immune stock. Egyptian cotton struggles here due to moisture, while Texas and Mexican tests show better results. The aim is to prevent soil-borne disease, which can persist seven years.
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Valdosta
United States Department of Agriculture
Sea Island
William A. Orton
Orton
Prof
Alabama
Texas
Mexican
Scandals Over Queen Kapiolani Trip Bill and Boston Visit
The bill for flowers totaled 4150 with 18053.47 overall expenses. Chicago aldermen touring transport issues sailed on the city boat Cormorant hosted by Donovan. They inspected pumping and North shore mansions while some will remain in Boston tomorrow. Charles M. Dacey, ex council member and ex legislator, is named water department expert accountant at Albany street yard, residing in Charlestown Ward 5.
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Kapiolani
Chicago
Cormorant
Donovan
Boston
Charles M. Dacey
Common Council
Water Department
Albany Street Yard
Mr. Dacey
Charlestown
Princely Price in Boston Costs Revealed
Boston records show Prince Henry of Prussia and Rochambeau mission entertainment cost the city 14428.20 dollars with an additional 4581.74 dollars for the French party. Flower bills alone exceeded 6000 dollars, making this one of the city’s most costly entertainments, surpassed only by Queen Kapiolani’s 1587 visit.
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Boston
Prince Henry of Prussia
Rochambeau
Dodge
Collins
Prince Henry
Queen Kapiolani
Sandwich Islands
Kalakaua
Ueen Kapiolani
Philippine Friars to Leave Manila in Phased Withdrawals
Reports from reliable sources indicate the Vatican plans a staged departure of about 460 Augustinian Domini can Franciscan and Recollect friars from Manila. The withdrawals aim to defuse the friar question before further Taft Vatican talks, with the Augustinians replacing Spanish members in Manila and the general set to travel to the United States for replacements.
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Vatican
Manila
Gov. Taft
Root
Rome
United States
Doans Ointment Ends Itching Leg Sore for C W Lenhart
A Bowling Green man, C W Lenhart, reports a running itchy leg sore caused tortures. After using Doans Ointment, the burning and itching pains ceased and a permanent cure was achieved.
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Doan
C. W. Lenhart
Bowling Green
Closure Decrees Filed For Unregistered Religious Establishments
Paris reports at Rambouillet President Loubet signed closure decrees for about six thousand religious establishments not applying for authorization under the law of associations. About half acted in good faith as charitable institutions. most of the rest complied with the circular or chose voluntary closure, while 400 refused and awaited decrees.
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Paris
Rambouillet
Loubet
M. Combes
Washouts Hit St Johnsbury After Heavy Rain
A brief heavy rainstorm disabled rail service around St Johnsbury Vermont with about a dozen washouts on the St Johnsbury and Lake Champlain railroad including a 50 foot deep site at Pumpkin Hill five miles west, plus a 100 foot washout between Hardwick and East Hardwick and others on the Passumpsick division. highway damage costs reach about 1200 dollars.
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St. Johnsbury
Here
St. Johnsbury and Lake Champlain
Pumpkin Hill
Hardwick
East Hardwick
Concord
Passumpsick
Boston & Maine Road
Barton
Three room tenements for rent on Highlands and Centralville
Listings describe 3 room tenements on the Highlands near Westford Street in fine repair at 6.50 and 7.00 dollars, a 3 room unit near the mills in Centralville at 5.50, and 5 room freshly papered and painted residences with steam heat and modern improvements at 25.00. Contact T. H. Elliott, 64 Central St. Also a health note touting Burdock Blood Bitters for digestion.
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Highlands
Westford Street
Centralville
Mills
T. H. Elliott
Central St
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