Wheat Crop Estimates Show Record U S Harvest in 1884
Final estimates from state agricultural departments and statistical agencies place the 1884 wheat yield at 530 million bushels of spring wheat and 480 million bushels of winter wheat, totaling about 1,010 million bushels nationwide. Strong spring crops in Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota and Nebraska balance a large winter crop across Colorado Montana Arkansas and several eastern states.
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Nebraska
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Colorado
New Jersey
Utah
Arkansas
New Mexico
Montana
Rhode Island
Destructive cyclone passes near Huron and Sioux Falls
A small cyclone moved east of Huron with a wide path of destruction. Homes of Bloodgood Cook and George I were leveled, Mrs Cook and child injured. South Dakota reports several towns noting storm passage. Sioux Falls reports no major damage but livestock loss nearby.
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Huron
Dax
Joh Bloodgood
Marvin Cook
George P. I
George Cook
South Dakota
Sioux Fats
Briggs
McKillop
Silver Surplus in the Treasury Report
The Treasury notes a season of silver demand in the South and Southwest as planters seek metals to move crops. Records show a monthly gain of 1,217,000 dollars in silver vaults, while the gold drain eases. experts say by Saturday night gold holdings may total about two million more than silver, aided by reduced outflow to Europe and lower payouts in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washioton
Baines
Wyman
Europe
New York
Disappearances Stir Clarington Area After River Find
Miss Minnie Morris of Clarington Ohio vanished from home two weeks ago and a corpse was found in the river sixty miles below. Cousin near Bellaire received a letter postmarked Waeusuixs. Jacob Roemer, noted Clarington merchant, has not been heard from in weeks. Town buzz grows over possible links among the incidents along the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waesuixs
W. Va
Minnie Morris
Clarington
Bellaire
Jacob Roemer
Robert Patterson
New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio
Galion
George Rupman
Sherwood
Frankk Fortney
Parkersburg
Keystone Bridge Company
Big Walnut
Henry WetcHaus
Robert Butts
Cincinnati
J. T. Norris
Springfield
Youngstown
Marshal Louman
Alliance
James Hoyle
Deerfield
Portage County
Lawrence
Mahoning County
Cholera in Italy Sparks Royal Relief Aid
King Humbert and Prime Minister Depretis visited cholera patients in Busca and donated 2000 to relief efforts. Peasants rely on charms and processions amid fear, while a dying girl in a filthy room shared a gruesome scene with sheep nearby in a misguided attempt to ward off disease. At Lucca a procession ban triggered a military quarantine and rioting with riders wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Turin
Humbert
Depretis
Busca
Cuneo
Piedmont
Busea
Sud
Lucca
Fort Sumter Falls to One Story High in Charleston
The Charleston News and Courier reports Fort Sumter reduced to a single story with only six guns, none operable. The government pays watchmen about two hundred dollars monthly to keep lights on for passing vessels.
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Cuaneston
Charleston News and Courier
Fort Sumter
First Bale of Cotton Reaches Memphis Auction
The first new bale of cotton in the Memphis district arrived this morning from Jefferson County Arkansas. It was classed middling and sold at noon for twenty cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Jefferson County
Ark
Postmaster General Gresham Arrives at Newport
Providence reports Postmaster General Gresham arriving at Newport this morning. The 11 o'clock exercises included a salute of fifty torpedoes to the president. The hull of the Joseph Henry was blown apart by a torpedo, later the Triana fired gun cotton with torpedoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Gresham
Newport
Ee Station
Sident
Selfridge
Joseph Henry
Triana
Killed in His Well in Ear Pennsylvania
Ira Hays was crushed to death while repairing a well button when two large boulders fell into the shaft. He was a well known local resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ear
Penn
Ira Hays
Chinese Army Annihilates French in Tonquin Invasion
A Shanghai telegram reports 80 000 Chinese troops massed on the frontier suddenly invaded Tonquin and annihilated French forces after hard fighting. French losses are described as several thousand dead. Chinese gains followed with strong tactical cohesion and surprise, according to dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenguin
London
Shanghai
Tonquin
Canadian voyageurs to sail Nile relief for Gordon
Ottawa reports the British government orders 600 Canadian voyageurs to join a relief expedition to Khartoum. Men skilled in timber running on Canadian rivers will crew flat boats up the Nile with departures from Quebec on September 15. Ottawa plans 300 from the district, rest from Quebec and St Maurice, with militia officers and French-Canadian leaders favored. An advertisement for volunteers will be issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Nile
Gordon
Khartoum
Quebec
St. Maurice
Governor General
Militia Department
Wolseley
Red River
Itfis
American Pharmaceutical Association Officers Named
The American Pharmaceutical Association reports the election of officers including President John Ingalls of Georgia and Vice Presidents John A. Dodd of Wisconsin Henry Cannings of Massachusetts and C F Goodman of Nebraska. Chas A Taft of New Hampshire serves as Treasurer and M Maisch of Pennsylvania as Permanent Secretary. Committees list members from multiple states for Drug Market Papers Prizes Legislation and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Pharmaceutical Association
John Ingalls
Georgia
John A. Dodd
Wisconsin
Henry Cannings
Massachusetts
C. F. Goodman
Nebraska
Chas. A. Taft
New Hampshire
M. Maisch
Pennsylvania
Progressive Pharmcy, Co
Louis Diehl
Kentucky
M. N. Kline
W. A. Gellathy
New York
C. Waldo Cutler
Daniel Meyers
Ohio
Wm. Simpson
North Carolina
J. B
G. W. Sloan
Indiana
W. . Bartlett
Mssachusetts
Essys
C. Louis Dieh
H. B. Parsons
Emil Schaefer
J. M. Maisel
A. D. Shepherd
Edward Backing
West Virginia
Adams Village Business District Fire Destroys Numerous Stores
A large section of Adams village in Watertown New York burned this morning destroying Ripley’s harness shop Clark’s saloon Gilbert’s clothing Fox’s drug store Chandler Lambert’s dry goods J O Brown’s grocery Arms Mungerford dry goods Taylors dry goods Kilby’s clothing Riplay’s shoe store Overton craney’s web and two milliner shops Adams Regiate Institute and many law and other offices Loss estimated at 200000 dollars
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New York
Watertown
N. Y
Adams
Ripley’s
Clark’s
Gilbert’s
Fox’s
Chandler & Lamson’s
J. O. Brown’s
Arms & Mungerford
Taylor's Dry Goods
Kilby’s Clothing
Riplay
Overton’s Cry
Rney’s Web
Adams Regiate Institute
Nine hundred Philadelphia druggists refuse poison label rule
A clerk who dispensed strychnine pills without labeling them poison was committed for man slaughter after a family died. The city druggists, about nine hundred strong, met and vowed not to label prescriptions with poison on any physician prescribed preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Penn
Desperate Safe-Burst Attempt at Athens Mills
Early this morning in Meadville Pennsylvania assailants tried to blow open the safe at the Athens Mills Lamber and Planing Works. The night watchman was bound gagged and tied as three holes were drilled but the robbery failed. Detectives pursue the desperadoes.
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Meadville
Pesn
Athens Mills Lamber and Planing Works
Bank safe yields only brown paper and securities of Mrs Smith
Information from Albion reports that in the First National Bank safe only a brown paper fragment and a few of Mrs Smiths securities were found. The woman, pictured by a Rochester artist with poses in his collection, is identified by her maiden name Burrows, granddaughter of R S Burrows.
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Rochester
N. Y
Albion
First National Bank
Smith
Warner
Burrows
R.S. Burrows
Corn Crop Failure in Chihuahua Prompts Export Inquiry
Washington reports Senor Romero Mexican Minister has received word of a corn crop failure in Chihuahua. He asks exporters to notify the Government of Chihuahua to arrange seed corn exports, specifying price quality and quantity.
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Chihuahua
Washington
Senor Romero
Pleuro Pneumonia Traced in Illinois Cattle Cases
The Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry reports eighteen pleuro pneumoniacases among Illinois cattle and seeks the origin of the outbreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Animal Industry
Illinois
Rear Admiral Andrew A. Harwood Dies in Marion at 81
Marion Massachusetts August 28 Rear Admiral Andrew Allen Harwood U S N died here this evening in his eighty second year He entered the Navy as a midshipman in 1818 and retired in 1864.
Indian Chinaman clashes and murder near Hellooet
Advices from British Columbia report several encounters between Indians and Chinamen on the mainland. A Chinaman was murdered by Indians near Hellooet and robbed of a large quantity of gold dust. The Indians threaten retaliation if the Dominion Government expels them from the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
British Columbia
Hellooet
Dominion
Rts
Pharmaceutical Association Sets Pittsburgh Meeting Date
The American Pharmaceutical Association voted to hold its next meeting on the second Tuesday in September 1885 in Pittsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
American Pharmaceutical Association
Pittsburg
Veterinarian Notes Pleuro Pneumonia in Elmhurst Cattle
Chicago reports Dr. P. A. Avery visited Elmhurst and examined ten jersey cows valued at 3000 dollars. The lungs show traces of pleuro pneumonia with some lungs firmly adhered to ribs and markedly hepatized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
P. A. Avery
Elmhurst
Printing Mission Aides to Washington and Albany
Joseph Bleekburn and Richard White of Montreal were chosen by Colonel Chamberlain, Queen's Printers, to join him in Washington and Albany to study U S government bureaus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Joseph Bleekburn
Richard White
Montreal
Colonel Chamberlain
Queen’s Printers
Washington
Albany
United States
Terrible tornado visits Evansville Indiana
A devastating tornado struck Evansville at 8:30 AM causing widespread destruction. The Belmont steamer with sixteen passengers sank after the storm, with several deaths reported and many residents left homeless. Damaged mills, a collapsing school, and flooded streets marked the aftermath as authorities organized relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Evansville Cotton Mills
Woolen Mills
Roelker Plow Works
Armstrong Furniture Company
Louisville
Nashville
Bar
Josh V. Throop
Silverthorn
James Blackman
Belmont
Horrow-Stricked
Cook
John H. Smith
Circus Car Fire Kills Many in Colorado Train
A circus car with sixty sleeping men caught fire nine miles north of Greeley near Windsor as the Orton's Anglo American train moved at twenty five mph. Eight bodies recovered, seven hospital victims in Denver, many unaccounted as flames trapped occupants. Gasoline barrels in the car exploded, likely from sparks or torches used by workers.
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Denver
Cot
Greeley
Orton
Windsor
Collepriest
Severe storm damages Centerville and Phillipstown
A morning wind and rain storm swept Carmi and nearby towns. Centerville eight miles north was demolished, Phillipstown saw multiple buildings blown down. Farmland homes and barns were wrecked. The Tobar farm near Centerville lost a child and two others were severely injured. the farmer's wife was fatally hurt.
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Carmi
Iln
Centerville
Phillipstown
Sylvester Tobar
Anato
Holmes Celebrates 75th Birthday Across Nations
In Boston on August 29 Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes marked his seventy fifth birthday. He received congratulations in person by mail and telegraph from a wide circle of friends and admirers in the United States and Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Europe
Trade surplus and precious metals balance for year end 1884
For the year ending July 31, 1884 the excess of exports over imports totaled 76 380 116 dollars. The excess of exports of gold and silver over imports amounted to 29 392 dollars.
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Washington
Tarantak Tee Company Faces National Business Turmoil
Fragmentary text indicates a mention of Tarantak Tea or Tree & Co. linked to a mercantile agency in the United States and nationwide business activity around August 29, with unclear details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tarantak Te Ee To Ree & Co
Scaffold Fall Kills One Man in Chicago Building
A scaffold collapse at the new Board of Trade Building in Chicago kills one man and fatally injures another. The account references related notes about buffalo horn furniture, its German Saxony makers, and a separate tale of Mrs. William Johnson arriving from Ireland to New York seeking her husband who has secured a permanent job but is jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicaco
New York
Saxony
N. Y
William Johnson
Ireland
Johnson
N. Y. Sun
Calvary Cemetery Records Near Half-Million Interments
The cemetery in New York reports nearly 500000 interments since its 1852 establishment. It notes continued burial activity and historic standing in the city’s Catholic burial landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvary Cemetery
New York
Desperate Jail Escape Attempt and Street Fire News
Frank Mason attempted to escape Caldwell jail attacking Sheriff I E McKee with a door knob and knife leaving him injured but alive. A blaze in Middleport destroyed ten buildings including Grogan saloon and Berk boarding house with $8,000 to $9,000 damage. arson suspected. Additional items note incidents in Cincinnati, Columbus, Findlay, and other Ohio locales including deaths, accidents, and legal actions.
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Frank Mason
Caldwell
I. E. McKee
Mason
S . Grogans
Middleport
T. Grogan
J. G. Hopps
Ferguson & McCabes
Peter Berk
B. Mack
Nixon
Western Union Telegraph Company
S and Herald
Mike McMoore
Old Forge
Akron
Prohibition nominees St John and Daniel notified
Gov St John and Wm Daniel Prohibition candidates for President and Vice President were notified of their nomination in Cuna New York. Dickey, chairman, delivered the formal notice as the party emphasizes a rising sentiment against liquor and calls for unity to advance prohibition across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuna
N. Y
Gov. St. John
Wm. Daniel
Prohibition
Dickey
Prohibition Party
Pittsburg
United States
Francis Willard
Mary Woodbridge
America
National Prohibition Party
St. John
Daniel
Maryland
North
French Ironclads Enter Lingkuang River Engagement
The Times dispatch from Foo Chow reports French ironclads entering the river mouth at 2 PM. White Fort fired Krupp artillery while three miles distant. after an hour of fighting the French withdrew, and Chinese fire was described as good.
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London
Times
Foo Chow
White Fort
Where's Dr. Tanner Fort Puain NY
Kate Smolsey remains in about the same condition as in recent days. She is conscious and converses with family, takes no nourishment and desires none, swallowing no drink. This marks the one hundred sixty seventh day of her fast.
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Dr. Tanner
Fort Puain
Kate Smolsey
Frost Damages Buckwheat and Corn in Troy
Frost ruined corn and buckwheat crops overnight in Troy New York as Dan Rice jokes about his past earnings from a one horse show featuring a trick horse and himself as clown. In another Troy note Mr William R Hyde died suddenly at his desk after writing to his daughter.
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Dan Rice
Detlrott
Troy
N. Y
William R. Hyde
Baltimore
T Roy
St Paul and Minneapolis Population Race Highlighted
The Chicago Journal notes St Paul and Minneapolis vie for lead in population. St Paul’s directory lists 89 729 names while Minneapolis shows 9 533 entries in this year’s figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minneapolis
St. Paul’s
Chicago Journal
Wheat binders in 1884 crops noted in Ransom County
The Denver Tri states that twenty two thousand dollars worth of twine was required to bind the 1884 wheat crop in Ransom County D T after the first furrow was turned in 1881.
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Ransom County
D. T
Denver
Harper’s Weekly attacked Lincoln in 1861 and now backs Blaine
The Chicago Tribune reprints a critique of Harper’s Weekly calling it a biased “Journal of Civilization” that lampooned Lincoln and his wife in 1861. It argues the paper’s stance shifted to support Blaine in 1884 while praising Cleveland, claiming consistent bad faith and partisan tactics across the years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper’s Weekly
Abraham Lincoln
Blaine
Harper's Weekly
Abraham
Washington
Journal of Civilization
North
Union
James G. Blaine
Jefferson Davis
Lincoln
Cleveland
Blaines
Chicago Tribune
Mississippi election outrages described by Hoar at Boston rally
Senator Hoar recalls his Mississippi probe and details a Democratic terror campaign in Copiah County. He cites Wheeler and Bailey leading armed men who assaulted Republicans, murdered a citizen at the polls, and pressured voters while urging national action against party violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoar
Ofassachusetts
Blaige
Boston
Senate
Copiah County
Miss
Mississippi
Ee County
Gormi
la Genders
Wheeler
Bailey
Mathews
Matthews
Hana
Yazoo
Democraic Committee
Dixon
Democratc Dstrict
Lailey
Hoar Speech at Blane Ratification Meeting in Boston
Senator Hoar challenges the Blaine ratification push in Boston on July 15, 1831. He argues for American labor, protectionist policy, and national unity under the American system, countering free trade theories and pledging to debate the issue before the people. He cites Hamilton Jefferson Webster Clay and other leaders and notes a scathing Independent Republicans indictment of Blaine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Hoar
Boston
Great Britain
Hamilton
Jeferson
Webster
Clay
Lincoln
Elf
Alarm Threats Target Lincoln in Baltimore Night Inquiry
Reported Thursday night a stranger asked to see Mr. Lincoln on a life and death matter. The encounter suggested an organized group planned to ensure Lincoln would not leave Baltimore alive. Statesmen and bankers were named in the alleged plot.
Rise of a bootblack to Canada’s Premier Sir John Macdonald
The article recounts Sir John Macdonald’s rise from a Glasgow bootblack to Canada’s premier. It notes his emigration, an elopement with a wealthy Canadian’s daughter, support from the clergyman who married them, then entry into politics as a leading ministerial figure in the Dominion Parliament. It mentions an Ottawa welcome arch praising him and compares his appearance to the late Earl of Aberdeen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir John MacDonald
Canada
Glasgow
St. John’s
Mr. Blake
Ottawa
Sir John
Earl of Aconffeld
London
Philade
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Clermont Gourier
State Agricultural Departments
Statistical Agena
Dakota
Fort Sumter Fallen
Soudan
Admiral Harwood
Ind
Lewes
Ilinois
Squire KnaPe
Adams Township
Defiance
Henry Upmeter
Catherine Upmeter
Court
Common Pleas
Frank Harff
Columbus
Board of Agriculture
Harry Lex
Cincinnati and Eastern
Portsmouth
Catherine Lindeman
Columbus Glass Works
A. A. Lawrence
Spring Grove Avenue
Hawry Hestle
Stock Yards
Steven Dovenass
Clifford
Pieter Steckel
Joan Reed
Hancock County
Findlay
Avustin Bishopp
Logan
Charles Rowles
Conneaut
Mound Township
Wm. Krause
Patrick Meara
Flint
Wm. Parrisa
Steubenville
Rachel Lucker
Democrats
J. L. Vance
Joan McKinnen
Cleveland Heap Company
Lominees
Boston ‘Independent
Rwa Ob
Tio
Ayers
Lixcoun
Sewarp
Box Chanan
Te Duteh Government
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