A London Wedding Nearing in The Only Way
Alan Mackenzie and his bride to be Joyce near a country house in May, amid plans for a lifelong union. A chance sight of a woman with a child unsettles Alan, recalling Veronica, while Joyce steadies him with devoted reassurance and bright optimism for their future.
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Veronica
Joyce
Grenville
Alan
Regent Street
London
Liberty’s
Oxford Street
Mother Thames
Hutchinson
Joyce Mackenzie
Channel work on Buffalo bayou dredge proceeds slowly
Colonel C S Riche reports Buffalo bayou ship channel progress with three miles completed and piling for two more. Dredge works in clay, tides caused minor washout. two navigation obstacles in bayou to be removed, incl. wrecked excursion bark and dredge boat. City-area obstructions to be addressed soon.
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Galveston
Texas
C. S. Riche
United States
Buffalo Bayou
Riche
Massie’s Reach
Greens Bayou
Houston
Two Men Shocked to Death in Shreveport
Fore man Potts and Whitworth, Cumberland Telephone line workers, died after a wire shock on Texas Avenue near Sudin's store. Potts reconnected a bare conductor despite warnings. Whitworth, seeing his colleague in danger, rushed to help and was electrocuted as well. Whitworth left a wife and child. Potts had just married Birdie Montgomery of Shreveport.
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Shreveport
Foreman Potts
Whitworth
Cumberland Telephone Company
Sudin
Texas Avenue
Hughes Springs
Texas
Potts
Birdie Montgomery
Strike Negotiations Continue Amid Steel Plant Standstill
In Pittsburg on August 1 the Amalgamated Association executive board weighs terms from the steel combine amid armed neutrality. Strikers stay vigilant while owners ready plants for possible restart. A 1 PM adjournment delayed a 2 PM session, and a board statement denied reports of internal disagreement.
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Pittsburg
Amalgamated Assocition
Steel Combine
Born Among the Bullrushes Grebe Builds Floating Nest
A Cincinnati Inquirer note describes the grebe Columba minor hatching on a raft of aquatic plants. The nest, packed with air, floats lighter than water, and the mother grebe paddles the floating nest to safety, dragging a sheet of water plants as needed.
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Columbus Minor
Cincinnati Inquirer
Two Large Ruhmkorff Coils Ordered for Foreign Government
In the United States two of the largest Ruhmkorff coils have been ordered for a foreign government. They will produce a forty five inch electric spark with energy of three to four horsepower and a potential of about half a million volts.
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United States
Santa Fe to Open Beaumont Somerville Line in August
Galveston Texas reports the Santa Fe will open a new branch from Beaumont to Somerville on August 10. The oil storage tank and six locomotives with oil burning apparatus will join one in service, totaling seven engines for the new road.
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Santa Fe
Galveston
Texas
Beaumont
Somerville
Cleburne
Big cattle deal under way in Texas coast to Victoria Cattle
In Fort Worth on August 2 a large ranch deal is negotiated with Swift of Chicago selling to H. H. Robinson of Denver for Victoria Cattle Co. of Colorado. The Scurry County property on the staked plains includes 8000 to 10000 cattle and about 100000 acres of leased land. The sale is valued at $250000.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Swift
Chicago Packer
H. H. Robinson
Denver
Victoria Cattle Company
Colorado
Scurry County
Hottest July in New York History Sealed
The weather bureau reports July 1877 as the hottest month in New York history with a mean temperature near 77 to 78 degrees. The record showed a high of 99 degrees on July 2 and a low of 64 on July 27, making August appear oppressive so far.
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New York
Weather Bureau
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Alan Mackenzie
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Boxera
Canton
China
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