Big hotels not drawing crowds at fashionable resorts
The article notes that sumptuary hotel patronage is down in fashionable resorts outside the East this year. People have limited funds and opt for boarding house accommodations to save money amid slower tourism and spending.
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Txe
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jersey City
Lieuti Greely
Portsmouth
N. H
Chandler
Govenor
New Hampshire
Tes Dyestuffs
Gifford, Sherman & Innes
New York
Poughkeepsie
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Bartholdi
Bedloe’s Island
New York Harbor
West news highlights from Chicago to Boise City
The column reports Epnar L Waremay of Chicago organizing a $100000 capital company to continue publication of the Current. It notes Robert Harris remarks at a St Paul Chamber reception. Other items mention a 2097 mile dash by Maud, Colorado wheat at 21,00000 bushels, Carpenter’s murder case, a liquor-seller release in Clinton lowa, Fred Sharon’s San Francisco marriage, Texas fever probes, a San Francisco fire at Schmidt & Co and Tatum & Bowen, and George Pearson hanged at Boise City calling pioneers to avenge him.
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Epnar L. Waremay
Chicago
St. Paul
Ownin A. Carpenter
Zor Burns
Lincoln
Committee of Citizens At
Carpenter
Chicago Tribune
Jupge Hayes
Clinton, Lown
Fred Sharon
Sharon
San Francisco
Louise Breckenridge
O. C. Breckenridge
Lloyd Tevis
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Kansas
Glick
Montana
Texas
Guy. Hamilton
Pasten
Missouri
Indian Territory
Nnsiead
Tinois
Schmidt & Co
Puettic Coast
Tatum & Bowen
George Pearson
Boise City
Idaho
Germans pursue colonization in North Carolina frontier
An association based in Hamburg purchased 134000 acres in the North Carolina Georgia corner planning to settle 2000 or more Germans and 1500 squatters.
Boundary gaps threaten Gulf and border lines
The report notes lax restrictions along the western boundary while Texas keeps a strict quarantine along the Gulf and around the Rio Grande frontier. Nogales sits ninety three miles southwest of Benson and fifty two miles from El Paso, highlighting the unsettled border landscape.
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Nogales
Arizona
Benson
el Paso
Texas
Rio Granda
Political shifts and local election contests in early 1884
reports from Knnens and Topeka discuss fusion ticket efforts by Democrats and Anti-Prohibition Republicans for state officers and Supreme Court Judges. Alabama elections yielded a Gov. E. A. ONeil ticket with independents defeated in most counties. Portsmouth NH chose Calvin Page mayor over W H Size as Democrats gain city control. Blaine to be hosted in Boston. Illinois Greenbackers set Bloomington convention for Aug 27. Massachusetts Greenbackers plan Sept 4 state officer nominations. Butler eyed for presidential nomination.
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Washington
Col. W. E. Sims
Blaine
Knnens
Supreme Court
Topeka
Moniuzr
Alabama
E. A. O'Neil
Mobile
Ponrrsmouthh
N. H
Calvin Page
W. H. Size
Boston
TuEllinois Greenbackers
Bloomington
Massachusetts Greenbackers
State Committee
Butler
Various Funds Failures and Violent Incidents Reported
General John Caswell Co. tea merchants of New York have failed. John Kimpel car riage maker of St. Louis has made an assignment for 45556 but liabilities undisclosed. Wall & Johnson druggists of Milwaukee closed by Sheriff and PM. Hargrave private banker of Lampasas Texas failed for 40000. A quarrel near Glasgow Missouri ends with Tom Supbey shot dead by Harrison Mickey. a mob lynched the shooter. A negro named John Fitzhugh abducted near Orange Court House Virginia hanged in the woods. In Raton New Mexico a man who assaulted a young girl was horse whipped by locals and hanged to a cottonwood tree by thirty men. Since Jan 1 US merchandise imports exceed exports by 757,399,02 0. exports of specie exceed imports by 46,124,187. Fire losses in US and Canada total 8,800,000 the largest since 1946 Portland fire. Since Jan 1 fire losses reach 62,550,000. Clearing house reports show a 6.1 percent weekly drop nationwide outside New York 19.2 percent.
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John Caswell &Co
New York
John Kimpel
St. Louis
Wall & Johnson
Milwaukee
Hargrave
Lampasas
Tex
Neme
Glasgow
Moberly
Tom Supbey
Harrison Mickey
Orange Court House
John Fitzhugh
Raton
New Mexico
United States
Durig Nly
Canada
Portland
British Commons reports Crown Solicitor dismissal over charges
Mr Walker states Lord Lieutenant Spencer dismissed Bolton after Irish National press charges. O'Brien fined 15000 in Belfast libel suit. Daly, jailed for dynamite plot, claims conspirators directed from America. Birmingham sees 200000 pledge reform. Troop cholera in Marseilles reports twenty eight deaths on the 4th.
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Spencer
Bolton
O’brien
United Ireland
Belfast
Lord Spencer
Marseilles
Toulon
Birmingham
England
Gladstone
John Daly
Warwick
Liverpool
London
Daly
Triad Secret Societies
International tensions and naval actions reported
France and China sever relations while England stays out of European mediation. Admiral Coubert’s squadron reportedly seized Kee Lung harbor in Formosa. The Earl of Northbrook is tasked with a mission to Egypt to assess regional conditions. London police seek a Catholic priest alleged as a vigilance committee agent. A £300,000 Shudan expedition credit passes Commons.
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France
China
England
Admiral Coubert
Kee Lung
Formona
Earl of Northbrook
Egypt
London
United States
House of Commons
Divorce Granted in Maine and Maryland Legal Clash
Emma J Harrington won a divorce from Robert Fearing in Baltimore after details surfaced about his alleged mixed-race background and family ties. Maine and Maryland law restricting interracial marriages formed the basis of the decree, following an investigation into Fearing’s relatives.
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Baltimore
Robert Fearing
Castine
Fearing
Maine
Maryland
Cornwall
Fernandez
Coldstream Guards
Dublin
Germany
Austria
Ischl
Toreka
Hatch
Caldwell
Kan
Oklahoma
Dallas
Texas
Jefferson Davis
Davis
Mexico
Butler
The Foreign Vote and Its Political Potential
The St. Louis Republican notes increasing interest in foreign born citizens and their voting power. It lists 1880 foreign-born totals by nationality, highlights Germans as the largest group, and cites turnout disparities in cities like St. Louis. It warns that foreign numbers could swing close elections in states with sizable immigrant populations.
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United States
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Great Britain
British America
Europe
New York
New Jersey
Ohio
Indiana
Iinois
Wisconsin
Southern cotton crop shows unusually good potential
New Orleans dispatch reports July crop conditions improving with a gain of about 10 points to 87 on the National Cotton Exchange scale. Gains are seen on the Atlantic coast and in Georgia, with rain and cool temperatures affecting North Carolina and Alabama. West Mississippi shows improvement while Texas suffers drought and critical moisture shortfalls threaten progress.
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National Cotton Exchange
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North Carolina
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Mississippi
Texas
Texas Fever Breaks Out in Ellis County Cattle
The Ellis County Sheriff telegraphed Governor Glick reporting Texas cattle fever in the southern part of the county. The governor ordered immediate quarantine of stricken cattle and dispatched the State Veterinarian to the infected district to prevent spread. It remains unclear how Ellis County stock became infected, with Caldwell cattle not shipped beyond Manhattan.
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Topeka
Kansas
Ellis County
Glick
Texas
Caldwell
Manhattan
Survivors Ready for New Arctic Expedition
The Greely expedition survivors say they are prepared to attempt another Arctic voyage. Austrian authorities ban a translation of Zola’s Nana. Chesapeake hunters ship about $100,000 in frogs to northern markets annually. Mead was a favored Briton drink in many centuries.
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Nana m
Chesapeake
Maud S Repeats Queen of the Turf Triumph at Cleveland
Maud S defeats Jay Eye See to reclaim the World Turf title with a 2:09 4/5 mile on a slow Cleveland track. Four thousand spectators witnessed the record breaking speed as Bair drove the mare through even pacing and a strong home stretch.
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Chicago Times
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Jay- Eye-See
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Jay-Eye-Lee
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Maud
Leach Pole
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Bonner
New York
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Edwards
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Stil
William Epwahkps
Busbee
Jay-Eye- See
Prohibition in Iowa Shapes Liquor Case Jurisdiction
Clinton Iowa reports that Judge Hayes ruled a Muscatine County liquor sale conviction invalid for lack of jurisdiction. A Davenport jury issue led to the judge holding that justices of the peace cannot impose beyond a $100 fine or 30 days, thus sending liquor cases to district court for indictment.
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Clinton
Iowa
Chicago
Excitable Frenchmen at Versailles Congress
A Paris cable dispatch reports the opening session of the Versailles Congress amid uproar and disorder. Leroyer’s plan to adopt the 1871 standing orders is approved amid protests from both sides as Ferry moves to present revision proposals. Andrieux and others challenge the process, a wild semicircle forms around the tribune, and the President suspends the sitting.
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Paris
Leroyer
Ferry
Andrieux
Tribune
Lace-making schools in Belgium pay six cents for twelve hours
Campreen works twelve hours a day in lace making schools at Belgium and earns six cents. Kerry has guarded his secret nine years as stockholders profit from it. Four men on a New England road are named Loveland Lovering Lovejoy and Lovely. Rubber belting is nearly replacing leather.
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Campreen
Belgium
Kerry
New England
Loveland
Lovering
Lovejoy
Lovely
The Family Doctor and Medical Quips
Medically themed notes cover dusting chlorate of potassium on ulcers and iodide of potassium for headaches. A child dies in Washington after ingestion of foreign objects. Anecdotes include Abernethy on common sense in medicine and a jab at eye glass fashions.
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Washington, D. C
Iraq
Oupd
Hunter
China
George Stanton
England
John A. Dix
Abernethy
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