Voyage Notes from Portsmouth Visit and Port Town Reflections
The writer travels from Boston to Portsmouth New Hampshire stopping at the Navy Yard and Portmouth harbor, describes ships including the Lancaster and the Merrimack, notes defenses and shipyard facilities, comments on local towns and recreation, and praises Portsmouth and nearby coastal towns for rest and boating. He also visits Portland and comments on civic budgeting in a separate note.
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Boston
Julius Swayne
G.M. W
Massachusetts
A. O
U.W
Andeau
Olivette
Cu U. of
Chicago
Eastern Railroad
Portygnouth
New Hampshire
Right
Simple
Mr Knight
Tor Noidb
Lancaster
Connape & Bears
Merrimack
Pacifie
Tigof
Wey - Bartsmouth
Aps
United States
Patanor
Portsmouth
Great Island
Hort McCleary
Kittery
Navy Ward
Maine
Continental Navy Island
New England
Knight
Lahn
Mount Desert
Newport
Sam
Reid
Paradise
Portland
Farlmouth
Wa G. Morris
Equalization Committee's Poor Real Estate Adjustments Noted
The article criticizes the Board of Supervisors for only adjusting personal property assessments and effectively doing little to real estate values. It includes a table of personal property assessments by town, notes large increases for Moline and South Moline, and mentions county insanity proceedings and weather concerns affecting crops and pasturage.
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Board of Supervisors
Gourty
Peek
Port Byron
Hampton Uy
South Mothoe
South Rock Island
Black Hawk
Btuttale & Rairte
Nore
Tolows
Pnoreasf
Crech
Hampton
South Motine
Bow Hing
Andalusia
Buffalo Prairie
Moline
South Moline
Rock’ Island
Board of Su
Ith City Council Passes 1882 Tax Levy Totals
The 1882 levy set at 28 200 outlines amounts for distinct funds. Streets and alleys receive 7 382, lighting 3 470, police 3 100, fire and water 2 484, Rock River bridge and Public Library 1 107 each, sewers 49.
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Ithd City Council
T Mae
Moline
Rock River
Illinoi soldiers reunion to be held in Bloomington
The annual reunion of the soldiers at Illinoi will be held at Bloomington on Sept gth gth. It is expected to be the largest gathering of soldiers ever held in the Northwest. Provisions will be made for visitors and entertainment with features promised. The Presa Committee is praised for the invitation cards sent to the state scribes.
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Illinoi
Bloomington
Sept
Northwest
Presa
Local Band Helps Good Templars at McEnary’s Grove
A twelve member band led by Geo. McNabney came by entry train Saturday to aid the Good Templars in a ceremony at McEnary’s Grove. They played several pieces while crowds waited for the excursion train. News notes mention voters failed the prohibition amendment by a large margin.
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Good Templars
McEnary’s Grove
Geo. McNabney
Malt Bitters Promoted as Food Medicine
Advertisement extols Malt Bitters as a perfect nourishing agent for women and children. It claims to overcome nervousness sleeplessness and pains, calling it a renovator and the most successful medicine in the world.
Vast Weather Shifts and Violent Storms Across Cities
Reports detail rain in Michigan and West Virginia while Rochester New York endures hail and New York City cools. A severe windstorm hits parts of Kentucky and Ohio, with hay and grain damage noted. Multiple political and social events are cited, including a London banquet remark on Ireland land law and a spike in New Ulm relief collections in Chicago.
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St Part
Viinity
Compsters A Co
Chicago
J. Mallory
Cortez
Halfax
Nova Scotia
Kentucky
Poke Wells
St Louis
Desperado
Riverton
Iowa
Missouri River
Atchison, Kan
New Ulm
Memphis
Charleston
General Grant
Jackson
Old Colony Iron and Nail Company
East Taunton
Mass
Gein
Elliott
Princeton
Francis A. Walker
Massachusetts Institute of Theology
Chalmers
Mississippi
Lamar
New York City
St. Petersburg
Kate Adams
Niagara River
W. A. Philpot
White River District
Fayetteville
Ark
Nebraska City
Neb
Cleveland
Ohio
Buffalo Creek R. Ro Co
Buffalo
New York
Russell
Ukiah
Cal
Cao
Thunderbolt Kills Four In Hartsville Outbreak
A group of 20 men near a Hartsville South Carolina house was struck by lightning from a clear sky. Four men died and ten were wounded in the sudden disaster reported last Thursday.
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Hartsville
S.C
Chicago
Indianapolis
New York
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Equalization Committee
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England
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John A. Jonson
Uscir Sau Guo
Soldiers
the Hampton Band
Michigan
St. Louis
Rochester
Limon
Arrates
Chautauqua, Noy
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Taal
Crow Doy
Rosewood Agency
Vymc Association
London
America
James
West Virgina
Cleveland X
Pittsburg
Orville Grant
Morris Plains
New Jersey
Lat Gan Ke Lee
Hess
Wells, Richardson & Co
Burlington, VT
Tutt’s
Murray St
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Kenor
DOR
Christian Ohuren
Troy
J. M. Christy
Steam Bakery
Hook Island, IL
Moline Iron Works
Williams, White & Company
Farench
DuFour & Co
BRUSH
BROS
Evetem
C F Brush
M.C. Bullock
Moline, Illinois
Europe
Grant
Lily
Ransom
Syn
Coe
Lord Eens
Neice Toe Esve
Pont Atte Ease
Eves Bea
Beatty
Washington
Vassar College
Poughkeepsis
N. C
S. Lovevoy & Son
Maton
Lamb
Veal Park
East Henry Streets
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