Cambridge Charter Fight Spurs Ward Elections Vote
President Boardman cast the deciding vote to advance a Cambridge charter amendment so aldermen would be elected by wards rather than at large. The Beverly matters saw a committee reshuffle and tense debates, with investigations opened into the Beverly Farms bills and a broader push for reform in the legislature.
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Boardman
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Cambridge
Warda
Beverly
Wilbur
Perkins
House
Beverly Farms
Pharmacy Commission
Cape Cod Ship Canal Company
Commonwealth
Post
Dwyer
Yeas
Cook
Currier
Fletcher
Forbes
Gleason
Worcester
Glines
Gould
Hartwell
Jefts
Keith
Plymouth
Marble
Morse
Roads
Nays
Alger
Fernald
Jenkins
Jordan
Kimball
Newhall
Sullivan
Ross Sayles
Shea
Slattery
Towne
Welch
Sleeper
Clark
Pilsbury
Yet
The
Cape
Howard
City of
Malden
Boston
Beverly Town Division
Citizens of
Henry L. Peirce
Beverl Farms
Sylvester Baxter
Sherborn
United States
Phillips
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Bussey Bridge
Railroad Commissioners
Joint
Committee On the Judiciary
Committee On Labor
Dunlea
Willis
Lally
Brandes
Committee On Railroads
Hoosack
Buchanan Burr
Pocasset River
Bourne
Attleboro Agricultural Association
William Farrell
Committee On Education
Essex County
Special Senate committee selects Hartwell as chair and Alger as clerk
The special committee to investigate the Beverly town division charges met after adjournment and chose Senator Hartwell chairman and Senator Alger clerk. The panel will convene in the green room on Monday at 10 am and each senator will be questioned about improper approaches in the case.
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Beverly Town
Hartwell
Alger
Green Room
Senate
City evolves dentistry board as new appointees named
Governor names Luther D. Shepard J S Hurlburt Eugene V McLeod George E Mitchell and John F Dowsley to three two year terms on the board of registration in dentistry. Debates on Mt Hope cemetery transfer bill reveal limited lot owner support and questions about Henry W Putnam and the commissions.
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Executive Council
Luther D. Shepard
Boston
J.S. Hurlburt
Springfield
Eugene V. McLeod
New Bedford
George E. Mitchell
Haverhill
John F. Dowsley
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Wilbur
O’brien
Henry W. Putnam
Dwyer
Roads
Shea
Beverly Farms Residents Defamed as Legislature Probes Town Split
Resolutions from Beverly Farms denounce alleged bribery and corruption tied to a town division bill. Citizens express unwavering support for forty trusted locals before the Legislature, condemn insults to their pastor and children, and urge a thorough investigation. A motion to reconsider a pharmacy board registration bill is debated by multiple lawmakers.
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Upham
Salem
Committee of Investigation
Beverly
Beverly Farms
D. W. Quill
Ellery C. Butler
Charles H. Odell
Commonwealth
House of God
Old Town
Crosby
Pittsfield
Board of Registration In Pharmacy
Messrs. McEttrick
O'Connor
Mr. Wardwell
Haverhill
McEttrick
Wardwell
Debate on police matrons bill and legislative actions noted
In the Massachusetts House debate over appointing police matrons in cities and a Boston detention house, amendments were debated on board power and ten woman certificates, with amendments rejected and the bill ordered to a third reading. Other calendar items advanced or withdrawn included hospital health measures, ship canal petitions, and reforms on town officer terms and public records.
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Smith
Andover
McDonough
Boston
Larabee
Melrose
Cape Cod Ship Canal Company
Alfred D. Fox
Seward C. Tobey
William Seward
Committee On Fisheries and Game
Foss T O Rowley
Symonds
Salem
Board of Aldermen
Collison
Board of Police
Hathorne
Walker
Worcester
Quincy
Quincey
Messrs. Hathorne
Milliken
Malden
Committee On Public Health
Andrew Jackson Davis
Conant
Acton
Committee On the Judiciary
Committee On Labor
Commonwealth
Buzzard’s Bay
Barnstable Bay
Committee On Harbors and Public Lands
Gerard C. Tobey
The
Massachusetts Ship Canal Company
Mayen
Committee On
Harbors and Public Lands
William Seward, Jr
Thomas McCooy
Blackstone
Committee On Public Service
Massachusetts Reformatory
Concord
Smith Paper Company
Lenox
John A. William
Odd Items From Abroad Describe Loss and Poverty
The article notes Rome hosting twenty one Lent preachers led by Father Gambetta a Dominican friar linked to a French tribune. It reports the destruction of Rome's Ghetto reports of Jewish rabits seminary. It mentions Confucius house in China burned with priceless museum artifacts and a Samaritan tribe in Napleuse England seeks aid from Britain to relieve crushing taxes and mortgage burdens needing several thousand dollars.
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Rome
Father Gambetta
Republican Tribune
Confucius
China
Napleuse
Jacobech Schellaby
England
Report on Grand Junction crossing wreck in Cambridgeport
The railroad commissioners report the April 2 accident at the Grand Junction crossing on the Boston and Albany line caused by snow and ice lifting wheel flanges. Gate tender struggled to keep the clear pane amid heavy snow and streetcar traffic. They urge extra help at crossings during severe snowstorms to prevent loss of life.
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Committee On
H. J. Wells
A. E. Pillsbury
T. H. Tyndale
Moulton
Mr.Tyndale
John W. Candler
Mr. Pillsbury
Ek. C. Sherburne
E. B. Calender
Eno Company
Pillsbury
Doane
Sherburne
Hey
Milliken
Calender
James L. Meigs
T. W. Clarke
United States
Candler
Eno
Committee On Mercantile Affairs
Wheeler, Conant & Blodgett
Boston
Messrs. Gaston and Whitney
Robinson
E. W. Hutchins
Russell’s
Bradstreet’s
Messrs. Post, Scully and Day
Committee On Manufactures
Bay State Gas Company
Miller's River
Soule
Boston & Albany Railroad Company
Long Pond
Natick
Boston Water Board
Grand Junction
Boston & Albany
Cambridgeport
James Cannon
Frank Bates
Sunday Trains and New Schedule Sparks Ocean Line Travel
An exhaustive list of Sunday and weekday train times from Boston area lines to New York Fall River Line and connections to towns like Cohasset Hingham Plymouth Taunton Attleboro Hyde Park and East Foxboro with multiple return trips and varying departures. The notice also outlines a new Monday February 28 1887 schedule with Shore Line Fast Express options and a warning about possible detentions at Mansfield if delays occur.
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New
Fall River
Boston
Old Colony
New York
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Old State House
Kendrick
L. H. Palmer
Ashmont
Barnstable
Hyannis
Yarmouth
Sandwich
Braintree
Bridgewater
Return
Brockton
Buzzard'’s Bay
Wareham
Buzzard’s Bay
Cape Cod
Provincetown
Eilffeet
Cohasset and
Hingham
Cohasset
Cottage City
New Bedford
Wood's Hall
East Bridgewater
Abington
East Milton
West Quincy
East Weymouth
Weymouth
Ball River
Taunton
Morrison Square
Marshifield
Mattapan
Milton
Neponset
Mattapoisett
Middleboro
Nantucket
Newbedford
Newport
Amy
North Easton
Stoughton
Randolph
Plymouth
Duxbury
Quincy
Scituate
North Scituate
Sea View
Shawmut
South Duxbury
Firm
Central Station
Dean Street
Whitman
South Weymouth
Wollaston Heights
Weymouthsymouth
Baxbury Road
Crockton
South Braintree
J. R. Kendrick
Boston & Providence Railroad
Ann
Shore Line
Steamboat
Stoninghn Line
Providence
Pawtucket
Dodgeville
Hebronville
Peres
Attleboro
North Attlepace
Foxboro
Ilad
Sharon
Hyde Park
Mewisbe
Clarendon Adills
Forest Hills
Hee
Joylston
Ana
PAL. Dedham
Kreturn
Spring Street
West Roxb
Rene
Kristol
Mansfield
Folsom
Boston and Maine Through Trains on Both Divisions
Train schedules list multiple daily departures from Haymarket and Causeway stations to Augusta Portland Lewiston Manchester Concord North Conway and more. Connections include along Maine Central Grand Trunk and Knox and Lincoln lines with varied times throughout the day and week.
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Augusta
Haymarket Sq
Causeway St
Bangor
St. John
Malfax
Provinces
Easeport
Calais
N. B
Halifax
Portland
Lewiston—Haytmarket St
Auseway St
Manchester
Concord
N. H
North —Haymarket Sq
North Conway
Haymarket Sy
Portland- Haymarket Sq
Maine Central
Grand Trank
Knox & Lincoln Railways
Causeway Sf
Staion
Oa Nh
Western Division Train Schedule Adapts Boston Line
Passenger timetable lists Western Division trains from Boston to Alton Bay Rochester and Farmington with many stops including Andover Dover Danvers Exeter Haverhill and Lawrence. Return and through services feature numerous departure times and connections across Lowell Melrose Malden Medford Reading Salem Wakefield and Newburyport with special Workingmen's train notes and various daily slots.
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Boston
Haymarket Square
Alton Bay
Rochester
Farmington
Andover
Dover
Danvers
Exeter
Great Falls
Haverhill
via _George'own
Kennebunk
Biddeford
Saco
Lawrence
North Lawrence
South Lawrence
Warn
Lowell
Malden
Medford
Stoneham
Melrose
Merrimac
North Andover
Newburyport
Reading
M. Salem
Wakefield
Ington
Schedules for Newburyport Area Trains and Stations
Rail timetable listing numerous towns including Amenbury Beverly Biddeford Chelsea Dover Everett Great Falls on Rochester Hampton Beach Epswich Lynn Marblehead Middleton Newburyport North Conway Peabody Portsmouth Revere Rockport Salem Saugus Branch Sczampeacott Wenham Wolfeboro and Sunday trains. Notes include city ticket office 306 Washington street and trains via Saugus and South Reading Branch with Portland and Rangor routes. James T. Fifer General Manager and J De Flanders General Passenger Agent named.
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Amenbury
Beverly
Biddeford
Jtpain
Chelsea
Dover
Rfverett
Great Falls
Rochester
Hampton
Beach
North Hampton
Rye Beach
Epswich
Lynn
Marblehead
Swampscott Branch
Middleton
Newburyport
North Conway
Peabody and Wanvers
Portamouth
Revere
Rockport and
Gloucester
Salem
Saugus
Scwampeacott
Wenham
Wolfeboro
Lyon and Way
Portsmouth
Portland
Bangor
St. John
Halifax
aVia Saugus
Thara
South Reading
Gaston Station
Haymarket Square
City
Washington Street
Rangor
James T. Fiber
de J. Flanders
Genen
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MT. Hope
the Board OF Dentistry
William F. Kidder & Co
John Street
Medical
Humphreys
Homeopathi
Mumphreys' Medicine CO
Fulton
Davecisrs
Orient Postpaid
Humphreya’ Medicine Co
Fulton St
N. Y
N.Y
Coronester
Chichester
Chichester Chemical Co
Philadelphia
Penn
Grose C. Goodwin & Co
Mass
R. HH. Hddy
State St
Kilby
Great Britain
France
Washington
Eddy
Chas. Mason
Patents
Patent Office
Edmund Burke
Hw, Eddy
George Draper
J. McC. Perkins
Court Street
United States Supreme Court
District of Columbia
Washisneton
William Ludlow
Pemberton Square
Offal
Brighton
Glx
Saic
Hugh O'Brien
Glo
W. Forristall
Suffolk County
Hans
Pemberton Squire
S. K. Stebbins
Thomas J. Whidden
Godfrey Morse
Horatio Harris & CO
State Street
Albert Howe & Co
Market Street
Warren Avenue
Martin Kane
Martin Kain
Almira W
Willian F. Bennett
Almira W. Bennett
Daniel Keenan
Thomas P. Proctor
Massachusetts Title Insurance Co
Mile ST
Nathaniel J. Bradlee
Arnold Arand
Manacep
Richards & CO
John
Wilmerding
Wilmerding Hoguet & CO
White St
Townsend & Montant
Leonard Street
KR. L. Day & Company
Merchants’ Exchange Building
Boston Stock Exchange
Boston& Albany
Boston & Maine
de Roxbury Gaslight Co
Natl, Sewing Machine Co
Shaw Stocking Co
Globe National Bank
Traders’ National Bank
First National Bank
Edensburg
Lake Champlain RR
Fly of
Cleveland
Ngee Mortgage Security Co
Oo Topeka & Santa Fe RR
Wisconsin Central RR
Sun Electric Light Co
Atlantic Cotton Mills
Tremont
Suffolk
Second
Mechanics
First
St. Johnsbury
Columbian
Dunkin Mining Co
Winnisimmet Co
Car Co
McKay, & Bigelow Heeling Mach
Asso
Webster Bank
Hamilton Natl
Howard Natl
Hank, Pepperell Mfg. Co
Webster Mfg. Co
Conn
Pass. Rivers
E. & T. Fairbanks & Co
Boston & Lowell
Hooo Atech
Topeka & Santa Fe
Fitchburg Rd
Francis Henshaw & CO
Bringfield
Marblehead N. Bk
Nanmkeage N. Bk
Merrimac Mig
Boston Consolidated St. Ry
Salem Gas Light Co
Chicago & North Western R.T
Ogdensburg
Lake Champlain
Maine Central R.R. Con
Chesire R.R. Co. Pfd
Eagle Natl. Bk
S. R. Knights & CO
Main Street
Springfield Street
Third Streets
Railroads
Montreal & West
Central Vermont
Pullman Carson
Chicago
Fitchburg
Central
Vermont R. Rd
J. W. Hobart
Stonington
York
Boston & Providence R. RK
J. W. Richardson
A. A. Folsom
Boston & Providence RK. R
Concord & BR
B. and M
UE. Chamberlin
Braishroads
Boston & Lowell Railroad
Causeway Street
Tilton
Laconia
Late Village
Weira
Meredith
Ashland
Rankiin
Lebanon
White River Junction
Vientpelier
Essex Junction
Burlington
St. Albans
Ntreal
Warren
Woodsville
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Bristol
Claremont
White Mountain
Northern Division
Ea. Pullman
Montreal
Central Vermon K. R
Passumpsie KR. R
Montereal
SUN
Keene
Peterboro
Hillsboro
Wilton
Milford
Amherst
Liv
Greensfield
Nashua
Billerica
Wilmington
Liem. Sun
Woburn
SMN
Winchester
West Medford
College Hill
Winter Hill
Rat
Maas
Bedford
Lexington
Arlington
Mellen
George W. Storer
Pass'g
Central Massachusetts
R. R
RK. R
Jefferson and Way
Va. Hudson
Rockbottom
Belmont
Waverley
Waltham
KO. W
Waverhill
Sam
Corwell
Lewiston
Krendtog and Way
Huston Station
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