07 Aug 1889
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Newspaper
Waterbury Evening Democrat
Location
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1889
Page
1
A garbled romping line hints at a bakery on Twenty Grand Street offering cheerful service and memorable styles. The readable fragment suggests a friendly storefront inviting customers to enjoy treats and fashion.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions names and a street address but lacks clear event or action. Unable to establish a coherent item. preserves limited readable entities and context without inventing facts.
The Great Sioux Reservation opens to white settlement after Chief Gall signs the land transfer. Some chiefs like John Grass press for better terms while Sitting Bull and his followers oppose the move. The government plans 14 million dollars in payments and expects tens of thousands of families to settle the new territory.
The Boston Herald notes enormous profits in the steamship business during spring and summer with voyages carrying 500 to 600 passengers. Cabins yield over $100 per person, while freight, mails, steerage, and bar bring similar revenue. It details lavish on board supplies, dinner arrangements, bar profits, and massive quantities of food and drink, illustrating the scale of transatlantic liners like Cunard.
The Philadelphia Times reports on Galabat as a major slave market on the route to Khartoum where Abyssinian girls are captive trade prizes for harems in Khartoum Kasala and Mecca. It notes affluent traders, public booths, and the lament of captives as they endure life behind harem lattices.
A Port-au-Prince despatch reports Gen Hippolyte leading rebel troops against the capital were repulsed with heavy casualties. Morbid executions followed as Legitime executed prisoners in the market. Foreigners fear capture while US ships monitor signals and plan protection if danger rises. The Kearsage and Osspec sail to northern ports to prevent leaving the city undefended.
HarnuspunG Aug 7 The Republican state convention will nominate Henry K Boyer of Philadelphia for State Treasurer and re elect W Andrews of Crawford county as State Committee chair. A platform reaffirming Republican principles will be adopted. No opposition to Speaker Hoyer. Only Mynor question is issue. Nad Shooting Accident Yousasrowx Aug 7 Benjamin Erb a Coitville farmer shot his two year old son while kissing him the gun discharged killing the child instantly. Mis Body torribly Crushed Reavine Pa Aug 1 Philip W Dougherty engineer at Bechtelsville iron works was drawn into belt rollers and crushed. body between rollers. machine must be moved. Harrison Bakes Bread Park Md Aug 7 General Tyner fatigued after Washington visit but expected to benefit from rest. Mrs Harrison bake s home made bread Tyner enjoyed supper from loaf made by President s wife. Willam Johnson and Miss Sadie Athey Aug 7 attendants at a wedding. after ceremony he asked her to marry him she declined he shot himself and died instantly. Mills In Sheriff Hands Osweco N Y Aug 1 Sheriff Van Buren seized knitting mills for 402 000 attachment of A D Julliard Co of New York. mills shut down. belong to Riverside and Oswego Mill Co Providence valued at 1 000 000 employing 1 000. New Haven Old State House Aug 7 demolition work halted by injunction from Supreme Court Hartford. petitioner Benjamin Jones insured in state and elsewhere. injunction likely dissolved soon. Catcaco Aug 7 Col Read Gage and Williams arbitration committee for Streator Illinois mine trouble cannot agree. separate proposals presented. conference planned to resolve differences.
A New Jersey pension probe uncovers a bigamous lay of two Warren county families. The widow fraud case centers on Martha J. Wright now Mrs Beatty, who collected 1700 dollars, while Elizabeth Hazzard was the rightful widow of Robert S. Millham. Officials seek recovery of the overpaid pension as the region buzzes with the scandal.
Despatches from the coke region report nearly all ovens idle with no rioting. Strike leaders insist peace will be kept and force will not be used to deter workers from quitting. Mary E Flack, sheriff’s ex wife, left Newburgh secretly seeking to overturn her divorce on grounds of fraud and lack of knowledge.
Aug 7 1900 report details Secretary Rusk meeting at the Fifth Avenue Hotel with railroad representatives and Senator McPherson to coordinate centralization points for diseased cattle in transshipment and to prevent export of diseased cattle. Dr. Salmon attends, aiming for thorough inspections and safer handling across roads.
Reports state officials defend the seizure of sealers to protect seal fisheries amid fears of widespread devastation. Officials expect a joint arrangement between maritime powers to safeguard the sealing grounds. A customs spokesman said the government would forward documents to imperial authorities and take no immediate action.
Report covers American Association and National League results with games in Philadelphia Columbus and Hartford Worcester Newark New Haven and notes on a postponed Atlantic League meeting. Also includes lightning damage reports across Connecticut and New England weather outlook for Aug 7 with showers and variable winds.
A memo echoes a precise guideline stating the motto and urges housekeepers to perform a thorough inspection, emphasizing adherence to established standards. The note underscores discipline and attention to detail in routine duties.
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