STATE POLITICS AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR CONTEST
Massachusetts primary activity centers on silver finance and party splits. The article tracks leaders like Williams Mellen Hamlin and Matthews, with Crane and Winslow as key players, detailing regional support, caucus timing, and candidate spread across districts. Mentions Walker Bates contest and diverse Middlesex politics, plus a testimonial for Chamberlain Cough Remedy from St Paul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Massachusetts
Jo Jae Torget
George Fred
Williams
Quincy
Russell
Mr. Williams
Charles Sumner Hamlin
Nathan Matthews
James H. Mellen
Edward Bellamy
Mellen
Butler
Greenback Times
K. of L
Free Silver
George Fred Williams
Joseph J. Corbett
Democracy
Matthews
Hamlin
Burnett
Hoar
Judge Abbott
Plebs
Col
Winslow
Newburyport
Murray Crane
Crane
Worcester County
Worcester
Gen. Kimball
Suffolk
Middlesex
Essex
Cape
Balsam Endorsed For Cholera and Summer Ailments
An editorial endorsement cites Dr Seth Arnolds Balsam as safe and certain for cholera and diarrheal diseases. Letters from Gilman and Crane praise the remedy, claiming a sick four year old recovered after three doses and a full bottle, improving beyond prior health. The product is presented as a time tested mercy and a Massachusetts household name.
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Seth Arnold
New England
Arnold
Ee Lands
Massachusetts
Arnold Balsam
Messrs. Gilman
Brgs
O. B. Crane
East Stoughton
Mass
New bicycle tire manufacturers form association
New York August 21. Major tire makers have formed an association to foster sociability among members while outsiders see it as a price restraint trust. The group, representing about half of U S tire output, grew from disputes over single tube tires and royalties from the 1893 invention.
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New York
Manhattan Athletic Club
Madison Avenue
Pardon W. Tillinghast
Providence
R. L
Col. Pope
Pope Manufacturing Company
Theodore A. Dodge
Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Company
Association of Manufacturers
Woman's Forte reports view of solar eclipse from Norway
Miss Mary Proctor editor of Popular Astronomy reports aboard the steamship Ohio witnessing the August total eclipse from a northwest Norwegian vantage. The total phase lasted 1 minute 35 seconds with a two degree fall in temperature. Jupiter Mercury and Venus were visible along with constellations during totality. Coordinates given near Stor, Norway 66.57 N 13.30 E.
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New York
Mary Proctor
Popular Astronomy
The
Observer
Portland
R. A. Proctor
Proctor
Ohio
Russia
Norway
Tronhjem
Mercury
Stor
Navy court to reconvene after dock pumped out
Acting Secretary McAdoo announced the court of inquiry on the Brooklyn navy yard dry dock accident has reported its findings. He will wait for caisson restoration and the dock to be pumped out before final action, as recommended by the court. The court may then be reconvened to review the dock and a possible court martial is anticipated.
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Apsley
Hudson
Joel D. Miller
Leominster
Weymouth
Fitchburg
Senate
Burns
Ayer
Col. Clarke
Wellesley
Miller
Milton
Waltham
Charles Q. Tirrell
Natick
Harrison H. Atwood
S. J. Barrows
Christian Register
Senator Wellman
Malden
Middlesex
Capt. Shaw
Harwood
Littleton
Jeffs
Harlow
Moses P. Palmer
Groton
Tyngsboro
Dunstable
Westford
Chelmsford
Tewksbury
Wilmington
Reading
Billerica
Burlington
Dracut
Carlisle
North Reading
Lowell
James A. Dailey
Arlington
W. H. H. Tuttle
J. Haskell Butler
Mann
Washington, D. C
McAdoo
The
Navy
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Court of Inquiry
Porter cites Vermont trip on tariff issue interest
Gen Horace Porter reports from New York that his Vermont visit showed a broad understanding of tariff questions. He notes Vermont farmers and workers favor protective tariffs and have suffered under the Wilson law and Canadian competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Horace Porter
Vermont
Dry Goods Market Shows Slight Uptick in Demand
The trade reports export demand remains active and encouraging with New England dealers brisk on Tuesday. Prices stay steady or favorable to buyers, though money conditions limit optimism. Stocks are even, production balances sales, and fall dress goods gain attention as cooler weather arrives.
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Journal
New England
New York
Boston
China
Aden
Hodeidad
Argentine Republic
Brazil
Central America
Washington
Harrington rallies plain people against Lowell machine
A political rally excerpt features John Henry Harrington denouncing Fisher Pearson and the Lowell city committee machine. He vows to meet voters directly, argues for free silver, and attacks party bosses while inviting broad public scrutiny and support. The speech reflects a populist push to mobilize the plain people against entrenched interests.
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Lowell
Harrington
John Henry Harrington
Wayback
City Committee
Salmagundi
Fisher Pearson
Chalifoux
Courier
Fifield
Pearson
Bryan
Rourke Cochran
New York
Knox
Chicago
Burbank
Bryan Harrington
Nebraska-Lowell
Merrimack
Lawrence
Orangemen Ostracized After Court Fines Cause Row
In Waltham on August 21 Orangemen fined 35 for initiation cruelty face social shunning. Some members who had long mingled with Catholic Irishmen report friends cutting ties and fear for their families amid hard times. Edward O Neill, a gas plant worker, found his shoe leather cut and clothes shredded. his job status remains uncertain as Orangemen recount growing alienation.
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Waltham
Orangemen
Orange Order
Edward O'Neil
Gas Company
Stony Batter
Coerced Juror In Death Penalty Case In North Dakota
Myron R. Kent alias William Adley Pancost, twice convicted of murdering his wife at Mandan, was sentenced by Judge McConnell with execution scheduled for November 12. Petitions circulate statewide while juror Newman, who held out against death, plans to petition Governor Allen claiming coercion by threats. W. J. Price of Fargo is named as aiding the coercion.
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W. J. Price
Fargo
For Let and Financial Notices in Central Street
Classified ads list a $4500 trust fund offering loans at 5 percent interest. Various rental ads include a fine tenement at $7, best office rooms at low prices, newly furnished rooms at low prices, and a modern house on the Highlands at $20 per month. Also notes contact T. H. Elliot, 64 Central Street, and a medical claim for Dr. Fowler's Ext of Wild Strawberry as a remedy for summer complaints.
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Highlands
T. H. Elliot
Central Street
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Stevens
Demosthenes
Joseph L. Chalifoux
Lina
Hinton
Grahamsville
Marion County
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OLD Guard
Anford
Sanford
Porter Drug and Cuem
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Mock
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Howard Fielding
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