Brandywine Water Analysis Sparks City Water Talks
In Wilmington, city officials and Chief Engineer McIntire discuss Brandywine water samples from Rockland dam and City Mill pump station. Observations note vegetable growth and the need for fair testing, amid questions about water quality and supply conditions.
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Cool Spring
City Mill
Water Register
Jigsor Leeda
Colin
Okand
Melntire
Rockland Dam
McIntire
Returned to Mother Earth Funeral of Joseph N Locke
Funeral details mark a large attendance for the late Joseph N Locke. Services at PW & B station prior to burial featured elaborate floral offerings from the deceased's clerks, rail staff, and lodge members. Delegations from Lafayette and Wilam lodges attended, with Rev. Kramer leading the Household of Faith Church rites. The casket, mounted with a floral arrangement, accompanied by a crossing heart emblem, symbolized the deceased’s lodge affiliations and tribute from friends.
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Joseph N. Locke
Joseph Alee
PW. &B
Icholy
Elwood C. Smith
Mary Mealey
Apis
Georgia
Eec
Lafayette Lodge No 2
K. of P
Wil Nm Lodge
Hope Lodge
George KR. Kramer
Household of Faith Church
James L. Morrison
H. Seal
Joseph K. Adams
A. G
U. W
Thomas B. Brison
P., W. & B. Railroad Company
Thomas Mullen
Depot Restaurant
Grand Chancellor Chase
Boston
Lexington
Heald & Co Real Estate Auction at South Wilmington
Heald & Co through L W Stidham & Son sold multiple Bradford Goodman B and D streets and New Castle avenues lots in South Wilmington. Notable sales included a two story brick cottage at 313 East Thirteenth Street for 1250 dollars and several individuals listed with small sums.
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Heald & Co
L. W. Stidham & Son
Bradford
Goodman
B and D
New Castle Avenues
Wilmington
John McHugh
Heid
Koti
Scott
Wwe
Martinetee
Henry J. Gare
Robert Scott
William Heid
Allen
M. Frough
Gerant
Maloney
M. Francis
East Thirteenth Street
Joseph L. Carpenter, Jr
Norma Social Club Excursion to Atlantic City August 10
The Norma Social Club plans a Thursday excursion to Atlantic City on August 10 with tickets now available. The Rosebud Assembly moonlight excursion is set for July 28 and will feature music by the First Regiment Band. Rosebud and East End Assemblies played a baseball game at the amateur grounds Saturday, the Rosebuds winning 14 to 8. Reverend Richard B. Cook of Second Baptist Church received the Doctor of Divinity from Columbian University in Washington, D.C., last Wednesday. An article on Philadelphia Record attire was written by Harry Cole, formerly of this city, now connected to the Record’s city staff. Samuel F. Betts released for a Northampton fight arrived at 4:24 p.m., eight hours and 94 minutes after departure.
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Norma Social Club
Atlantic City
Rosebud
First Regiment
East End
Rosebuds
Richard B. Cook
Second Baptist Church
Columbian University
Washington, D.C
Philadelphia Record
Harry Cole
Samuel F. Betts
Northampton
Mass
Swindlers Captured After Corn Cure Envelope Scam
Two young men selling corn medicine in Mill Creek Hundred pried open prize envelopes and replaced them with empty ones. A victim paid $1 for an envelope with a $10 bill inside, then the swindlers fled. Constable Williamson traced the pair to Wilmington where Walter Matthews was arrested with officers Brickle and Carey. Matthews faces a 3 pm hearing.
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Mill Creek Hundred
Feople
Hockessin
Pierson
Mia
Abe
Williamson
Pases
Wilmington
Walter Matthews
Brickle
Carey
Il Fame
Fourth Street
Adame
Matthews
Compromised Will Case at New Castle and Philadelphia
The Sige will case, long debated in New Castle and Philadelphia courts, ends in compromise. Mrs Ela Robelen to pay 9000 to Eliza Ann Cleaden’s heirs while retaining the remainder of the estate. Executors named include Andrew G C Smalth, with letters of administration issued to Charles Hien for George Hien’s Wilmington estate. Mary ill of Wilmington probate admitted.
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Cleaden
Register Biggs
Charles Hien
George Hien
Wilmington
Mary
Andrew G.C. Smalth
Heavy Peach Crop Forecast Surpasses 1875 Yields
The Delaware railroad superintendent T N Mills says the peach crop will be very large, likely heavier than the 1875 record. June fruit blooms more than expected, with some areas seeing unprecedented yields while others may have little fruit.
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T. N. Mills
Delaware Railroad
Delaware
Sullivan Challenge Sparks American Boxing Feud
James Elliott answers Sullivan’s latest $1,000 to $10,000 challenge by proposing a London-prize-ring style bout in a 24 arms-length ring with a $2,500 aside and $1,000 stake deposited with Joseph Elliott. Elliott claims Sullivan avoids real fights and dares not meet in a fair, naked-knuckle match, offering to fight any man in America for $2,000 aside within six weeks to six months.
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Jimmy Eliott
New York
Sullivan
Joseph Elliott
Beyone
London
Elliott
Police Gazette
America
James Elliott
Sermon at Delaware College Ends Extended Baccalaureate Service
Rev Thomas Guard of Baltimore delivered the annual Baccalaureate sermon at Delaware College. His extemporaneous discourse on the Parable of the Talents lasted about one hour fifty minutes, praised as grand elevating and elegant. The crowd of around 400 included town congregants and many visitors.
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Speelu
Gazette
Newark
of Delaware College
Thomas Guard
Baltimore
Our Town
Reva
L. Vallamdigham
W. W. Taylor
D. Porter
Wes Slutching
J. A. Stone
Oo. F. Williamson
M. BE
Stur
W. H. Hutchins
Purnell
Mr. Guard
St. Matthews
Stone
Delware City News Briefs and Local Events
A street fight flares at Front and Clinton as whites insult Black women. a blow at Rainer's bakery sparks a clash halted by friends. Democrats name William D. Mullin Jr as Levy Court Commissioner candidate for Red Lion. James Gorman also discussed. Capt John Craig visits with a new wife. Strawberries cheap at four boxes for 25 cents. Warm day noted with shade 0 degrees. James Sadler loses seven young chickens to a stray dog.
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Janette DeLawara
Cag Pe
Front
Clinton
Rainer’s
William D. Mullin, Jr
Red Lion Mundred
Mr. Bright
Ine
James Gorman
West Red Lion
John Craig
James Sadler
Residence Fire Destroys Cochran House near Sassafras
Advices from Middletown report the Cochran residence near Sassafras Md completely burned last night around 12 o clock due to a defective flue in the kitchen. The old structure with modern improvements was valued at about 2500 dollars.
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Richard Cochran
Middletown
Minpietown
Kiehsra Cochran
Sassafras
W. L
Murray
Martindale
Smyena Notes Agricultural Items and Local Markets
The Gazette reports strong farming activity with preparations to cut wheat on June 24 and high demand for harvesting gear. The army worm damages timothy and corn fields nearby, while strawberries fetch good prices. New potatoes sell for 2.50 per bushel. eggs 22 cents per dozen. country smoke meat 15 cents per pound. butter 18 cents. spring chickens 20 cents. old fowls 12 cents. Saturday was seen as the best business day since Christmas.
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the Gazette
Baryxna
Acrimonious Cecil County Judgeship Contest
The Cecil county judgeship race grows heated as supporters of Judge Stump and Editor Cruikshank clash across papers and public comment. The Baltimore Day’s review is cited as a potential bombshell, detailing alleged incompetence and intoxication claims, while canvass prospects show Cruikshank favored in most districts and Stump in a few key ones.
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Stump
Cecil County
Ee Stump
Cruikshank
Dr. Mitchell
Judge Stump
Cecil
Rising Sun Journal
Baltimore
Pee
Robinson and
Wickes
Stamp
Court of Appeals
Port Deposit
Dudget Stump
Hiram McCullough
Constable
United States
Iceberg Collision Sinks Massasoit and Missing Crew
Destruction of the United States fishing schooner Massasoit after striking a mountain iceberg near St John NB. Captain Bond reports the vessel sank quickly after the collision at 10:30 PM on a foggy Friday night. Five crew members, Naus Barry and the Graves brothers, are missing and presumed lost.
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Massasoit
St. Joma
N. P
United States
Bond
Gloucester
St. John
Great Banks
Cape Race
Fter
Naus
Barry
Graves
Picture Sale at Hamilton Palace yields major art bids
At Hamilton Palace sales, 80 pictures sold for £43,206. Notable bids include Daniel in the Den of Lions at £5,145 and a Van Waysam tower painting at 1,170 guineas. Rubens Elizabeth Brant fetched £1,750, Birth of Venus £1,000, and Hobbemas Water Mill £4,000. Porcelain sales begin tomorrow.
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London
Hamilton Palace
Daniel
van Waysam
van Dyke
Duchess of Richmond and Son
Elizabeth Brant
Hobbemas
Unknown nun found murdered near Sewickley
The body of a middle aged unknown nun was found this morning in Sewickley, about 12 miles from the city. It lay in bushes, covered by oilcloth with a bullet hole in the body and another in the head. Two men were seen in a spring wagon near the area Saturday night, suspected of bringing and concealing the body.
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Prrisstne
Sewickley
Ity
Army worm devastates Ohio barley fields in June report
In Ohio the army worm wreaks havoc along the Miami bottoms ruining barley prospects despite efforts to stop them. Worms climb stalks and sever grain heads, leaving crops blighted and many fields unsaleable. farmers burn fields, plow under others, or hire workers to shake worms loose. Similar reports reach Beallsville and Baltimore with wheat oats and blue grass damaged. farmers fight with tires and rollers as the outbreak spreads.
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Ohio
Maryland
Warmsville
Miami
Baltimore
Bealleville
Des Moines Tornado Ravages Grinnell and Surrounding Towns
Turbulent cyclone sweeps central Iowa killing about 100 people and destroying 140 to 150 houses from Grinnell to Malcom. Grinnell reports 32 dead, 150 plus wounded. towns like Malcolm and proximate areas suffer extensive ruin. Hospitals set up, trains ferry doctors, and wires cut hinder early reports.
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