Cleveland's Acceptance of Nomination Reflects Democratic Platform
Grover Cleveland's letter accepting the Democratic nomination stresses executive presidency, warns against corruption and class rule, defends labor interests, and calls for honest, frugal government. He pledges to support labor, honesty, and constitutional limits while ensuring fair public service and immigration standards.
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Attaxy
N. Y
Grover Cleveland
Gerriemes
Mt of States
Chicago
Can
Execut
Wm. F. Vilas
D. P. Bestor
Grass-Grown Pottery Sells In Washington Street Shop
A Washington Street bric-a-brac shop displays 3s-grown pottery where porous vases are soaked in water then spritzed with a special grass seed. The grass sprouts to cover the red ware in a green coat, staying alive for three months if kept watered. Two pieces sold as crowds gathered to view the living vases in the windows.
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Washington Street
Local Classified Rates From The Clermont Worker Ad Page
The Clermont Worker lists advertising rates for transient notices six lines per square ten lines for first insertion and five tenths per line for additional insertions. Yearly liberal reductions apply to advertising. Business cards limited to six lines cost six dollars per year.
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Clermont
War Looms as French Demand Triggers China Crisis
The Times dispatch reports Paris and London racing toward conflict as French demand indemnity clash with Chinese refusal. The French Consul lowers flag, subjects placed under Russian protection, and Li Hung Chang denies concessions. A final ministerial meeting ends without agreement as tensions rise.
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London
Times Pekin
China
Paris
Li Fong Pao
France
Legation
the Times
Ferry
Hendricks Accepts Democratic Nomination for VP
Ex Governor Hendricks sends a formal letter from Indianapolis dated August 20 1884 acknowledging the Democratic Convention in Chicago nominating him for Vice President. He states he did not desire the nomination yet accepts with duty and endorses the party platform. He pledges to abide by the will of the country and approves the principles.
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Indianapolis
T. A. Hendricks
Wm. F. Vilas
Nicholas M. Bell
Damoneer
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Carrupf
Gould
Ress
Congress
Butler
Chicago
Massachusetts
Convict Labor Sparks Indignation in Central City Ky
News from Central City Muhlenberg County reports growing unrest over convict labor in Duponts coal mines. A 3000 strong indignation meeting was held. locals threaten legal action and possible attack on mine barracks amid arms stockpiling. No militia is available due to the state encampment.
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Louisvville
Central City
Muhlenberg County
Dupont
Mine Fire Claims Seven Men in Shamokin Slopes
A fire at Buck Ridge mine slope near Shamokin Pennsylvania led to seven miners deaths from sudden gas flooding as workers attempted a relief bore between the Greenback Py and Buck Ridge collieries. Eleven mules perished as gas and flames spread through the flooded passages.
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Shamokin
Buck Ridge
Greenback
Cholera Deaths Rise Across French Cities
Paris reports four cholera deaths at Toulon and one at Marseilles last night, with Naples recording a death today. Northeast France faces rapid spread as villagers seal homes and a priest digs graves amid dying harvests while Marseilles closes soup kitchens September 1 and Malta quarantine ends for Sicilian arrivals.
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Paris
Toulon
Marseilles
Malta
Naples
France
Noyers
Puitsdebon
Yonne
Frank James Arrives in Booneville for Otterville Train Robbery Trial
Booneville Missouri August 21 Frank James reached town to face trial on charges of complicity in the 1876 Otterville train robbery on the Missouri Pacific. The case is set for call tomorrow with the defense expected to seek a continuance.
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Booneville, Mo
Frank James
Otterville
Missouri Pacific
Boiler Explodes on Farm Killing Two in Cambridge
The Howell farm in Cambridge was the scene of a threshing engine boiler explosion yesterday. Frank Kinney and a young man named Johnson were killed instantly, and Johnson’s brother is believed to be fatally injured.
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Aprian
Mis
Howell Farm
Cambridge
Frank Kinney
Johnson
Bridge Wrecked by a Train Near Reading Railroad
A freight train crossing an iron canal bridge on the Reading Railroad derailed. One car jumped the track, causing six more to strike girders and collapse the bridge, sending the train into the canal. No injuries. Damage estimated at $20,000.
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Reading
Bey Burned to Death in Springfield Fire Incident
In Springfield Ohio on August 20 two of Isaac Beard's boys played with matches. The blaze quickly grew as they set the bail alight. The elder boy escaped unharmed while the younger, a five year old, perished in the flames.
Cattle Plague Warns Illinois Jersey Herds Encountered
In Curiago August 20 the Herders Gazette notes contagious pleuro pneumonia in at least five Jersey herds in Illinois. Investigations by the Bureau of Animal Industry, led by Dr. Salmon, confirm the outbreak tied to Clarke Geneva and Boyd Elmhurst herds, with post mortems and transfers across counties. A Department of Agriculture notice urges Jersey cattle owners nationwide to report conditions and restrict movements to prevent spread, warning fines and imprisonment for violations.
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Illinois
Jersey
Bureau of Animal Industry
Trumbower
Sterling
Department of Agriculture
Keeler
Salmon
Bureau
Washington
Dr. Salmon
Sanders
the Gazette
Mr. Boyd
Clarke
Boyd
Geneva
Keefer
Elmhurst
Salmon, Paaren
Rauch
Cynthiana
Mee
United States
D. E. Salmon
Breeders’ Gazette
Chicago
Geo. B. Loring
Melancholy Case: Friends Deny Self-Murder Theory
Washington reports conflicting details on the death of Surgeon Woodward, an army physician. Friends dispute a suicide finding, saying the fall at a Philadelphia asylum resembled an accident while the physician was exhausted by study and care for Garfield’s case. A coroner’s inquest returned a verdict consistent with suicide.
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Washington
Woodward
Army
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Avenue
Medical Museum
Westchester
Fairlamb
Chester
Sunda
Rowland
Media
The New Counterfeit Ten-Dollar Note Exposed
A Treasury Department circular describes a new counterfeit ten dollar note purporting to be from the Third National Bank Cincinnati. The note lacks genuine fibers and security features, with coarse vignettes and misprinted text, posing danger to careless handlers though not fooling careful inspectors.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Third National Bank
Cincinnati
B. K. Bruce
Register
James Gilfillan
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Teasury Department
Collision at a Crossing Injures Dozen on Sunday School Train
A Sunday-school excursion train from Streator to Kankakee collided with a Cincinnati passenger engine at the crossing of the Indiana, Illinois and Ohio and Illinois Central roads. One man, James Penn, died instantly. about a dozen others were seriously injured. The Cincinnati engineer and fireman were hurt. the engineer claims air brakes failed.
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Kankakee, Inc
Indiana
Illinois
Ohio
Illinois Central
James Penn
L. IL &O
Streator
S. C
Cincinnati
McAvoy
Storms in the East Report Severe Weather Across States
A heavy afternoon rain with thunder and lightning struck Dover New York area causing fatalities and fire damage. Telegraph and telephone lines spanning fifty miles were destroyed. In Kingston Dr Ter Wiliger residence suffered lightning strike and partial burn. Callery Junction Pennsylvania endured a tornado with hourlong duration, multiple houses blown down, many trees toppled and farm property ruined.
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New York
Dover
Kingston
N. Y
Ter~wiliger
Callery Junction
Eight Hundred Animals Killed in Railroad Collision
Two freight trains collided in the Pennsylvania Railroad yard at Columbia Lancaster Pa this afternoon. The front train's caboose and gondola and the rear train's engine and four cars were smashed and burned. The wreck killed over eight hundred animals with only about fifty escaping. No human lives were lost.
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Lancaster
Pennsylvania Railroad
Columbia
Quarantine Ordered for Infected Herds in Illinois
Springfield August 22 The State Veterinarian issues a strict quarantine order for all owners of herds infected with pleuro pneumonia. No herd may be moved or disturbed until the State authorities lift the quarantine.
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Springfield
Ill
Tallapoosa Sinks After Fog Collision Near Martha's Vineyard
In dense fog off Martha's Vineyard the U S steamship Tallapoosa collided with the schooner James 8 Lowell and sank within five minutes. The ship's surgeon and one crewman are missing.
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Corraer City
Mass
U.S
James
Lowell
Martha’s Vineyard
President Arthur names Schley chief of Bureau of Yeomanry Recruiting?
President Arthur receives the relief expedition officers at the Fifth Avenue Hotel headed by Schley Coffin Emory and Melville. Chandler and Lincoln and General Butler visit. Chandler informs Schley he is appointed chief of the Bureau with the rank of Commodore, replacing Earl English who leads the European squadron.
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New York
Arthur
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Schley
Coffin
Emory
Melville
Chandler
Lincoln
Butler
Earl English
Navy Department
Hon John Leisenring Dies in Philadelphia
Hon John Leisenring, a noted engineer and president of several coal companies, died in Philadelphia this morning. He served as a Presidential Elector on the Republican ticket and was a prominent figure in industry and politics.
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John Leisenring
Philadelphia
Remains of War Correspondent MacGahan Arrive in New York
The body of eminent war correspondent MacGahan arrived from Constantinople this morning. It will lie on board the Powhatan until Monday, then be escorted to City Hall by military and naval detachments before being taken to Ohio for interment.
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New York
MacGahan
Constantinople
Ohio
Soldiers Re union in Rochester in September
Rochester N Y August 21 The sixteenth annual reunion of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland will be held in Rochester on September 17 and 18.
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Rocuhester
N. Y
the Society of the Army of the Cumberland
Illinois Governor summons state veterinarian over Jersey cattle disease
Springfield August 21 Governor Hamilton has called State Veterinarian Paaren to consult on steps amid pleuro pneumonia among Jersey herds in Illinois. The outbreak began in cattle from Ohio and one or two from near Washington, D. C.
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Ill
Illinois
Hamilton
Paaren
Ohio
Washington, . C
Heatwave Aims to Lower Montreal Infant Death Toll
In Montreal on August 20 the city faced a deadly heatwave with 126 deaths last week, 87 of them infants under five. Health officials urge cooling measures and shaded relief as the summer heat persists.
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Montreal
Daily news briefs from New York August 22 1800s era
Reported failures nationwide in the past week total 219 with 197 in the United States and 22 in Canada. A marital debt dispute in Edwards New York features an exchange over bed and board and unpaid expenses. Notes comment on laws banning barking dogs and forbidding certain games, Rome steamship fuel use, and an electric locomotive headlight that reveals poles a mile ahead.
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New York
R. G. Dunn & Co
United States
Canada
Destructive Pomeroy Fire Dominion of Buildings Destroyed
State news reports Tar Ashtabula Loan Association closed for examination with liabilities of 50 000 and capital 100 000 while poor collections cited as cause. A blaze in Pomeroy devastated 42 buildings across two acres, loss about 60 000 with 28 000 insured. Fir origin uncertain, kitchen suspected. Fostoria gains railroad prospects. Springfield forms independent military company. Clarke County Fair prep expands with art hall.
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Tar Ashtabula Loan Association
Pomeroy
Fostoria
Springfield
Clarke County
B. F. Weigel
Blaye
France
Evisan Tasorn
Cedarville
Green County
Jack Woops
Felicity
Aberdeen
Jo Russell
Paulding County
Paulding
Phinney
American Whip Company
Westfield
Mass
Youngstown
Emma S. Phinney
Rome
Italy
Bernard McCabe
Greene County
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Gudernaught
Bucyrus
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Lewis B. Gunckel
Dayton
Allen Streeter
New York
Newark
Ropinson
Cincinnati
Pat Harris
Mammoth Museum
Diviller
Delphos
Barney Magg
Martin Ruth
Magg
Ruth
Bellaire
Benwood
Walter Tunney
Pat Dixon
John Smith
West Jefferson
Smith
Daniel Jones
Bacon River
Coshocton
Joan Stentz
Shelby
Peter Akerman
Thomas Hughes
Charles Wick
Tom Collins
Ed Frayne
Ed Sullivan
H. Flynn
Sullivan
Edinburg
James Porter
Mr. Colton
Bride
Ravenna
Loveland
Jimmy
Theodore Carr
Philip Carr
Little Miami
Joseph Spangler
Corryville
Statehouse
Hinton & Cole
Rookwood Pottery
Butler's Address on Reform and Labor Rights
General Butler's public address outlines reforms to protect labor, curb monopolies, preserve greenbacks, and reform government. He laments party machinery, condemns capital dominance, and urges organized Union-style action to elect labor-friendly candidates and divide stateElectoral votes to empower workers.
A New French Possession Cambodia and Its Riches
A New French Possession describes Cambodia as about a sixth the size of France with abundant minerals fish and ivory exports around £400 000 yearly. It details Mekong river districts with cotton tobacco indigo mulberry cultivation swampy fishing zones rice and melon crops and forests yielding oil lacquer and rubber while noting rare tigers leopards and rhinoceroses in the forests.
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Cambodia
China
France
Real Lake
Mekong
India
Chronicle-Telegraph
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