Bar Harbor Yacht Club Races Announces Prizes and Course
Prizes totaling 1150 dollars will be distributed among schooner and sloop classes based on water line length with 250 and 200 dollar awards for schooners first and second class and 250 200 150 100 for sloops and cutters. Race from Bar Harbor to Baker's Island Light and back, seven hour limit, entries due August 23 to Bar Harbor Yacht Club secretary.
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Bar Harbor
Baker's Island Light
Schoodie
New York Yacht Club
Great Head Yacht Club ninth regatta results lead
The ninth regatta of the Great Head Yacht Club was held at Great Head on Saturday afternoon with thirteen boats. Nellie D Victor and Mischief won their classes, each taking two legs in the N. and S. cups. The next race is set for Thursday at 8 o'clock with judges J. S. Cushing Fred Melvin and J. H. Hartley.
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Great Head
Yacht racing notes from several clubs with cups and delays
The West Lynn Yacht Club held a second series race with three silver cups of ten dollars each. Winners include the Lark in class one and Hornet in class two. decisive race slated for next Saturday. Hull Yacht Club results show Banneret, Posy, Em Ell Eye winning their classes. Upcoming events include Savin Hill and Great Head Yacht Club races, a Hull regatta postponement to Aug 27, and plans for a Lynn Club House costing 4500 to 5000 dollars, expected in September.
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West Lynn Yacht Club
Lark
Wildcat
Hull Yacht Club
Banneret
Posy
Em Ell Eye
Savin Hill Yacht Club
Lynn Yacht Club
Oklahoma Boomers March On Indian Territory Claim
August 7 Arkansas City Kansas report says boomers gather at Genda Springs six miles northwest and plan a march on August 15 to seize the country known as Oklahoma in Indian Territory. Companies E D and H of General Miles's Fifth Cavalry encamp nearby to cross into Indian Territory and oppose the movement.
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Arkansas City
Kan
Genda Springs
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
General Miles
Old Fifth United States Cavalry
Anti-Prohibition Majority Measured in Texas Returns
Galveston reports show 507 precincts counted with 93 645 against the prohibition amendment and a state total defeat by about 125 900 votes. River accident in Muwa ... no bodies recovered and no missing persons reported yet.
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Galverston
Tex
Wells Sets Ten Mile Unicycle Record In Indianapolis
On the Athletic Club grounds Price Wells lowered the ten mile unicycle record from one hour to 59 minutes 45 seconds achieving the distance without a dismount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inpranapolis
Ind
Athletic Club
Price Wells
Key West Reports Six New Jetoe Fever Cases and One Death
Key West Florida dated August 7 reports the board of health confirming six new jetoe fever cases and one death. The tally increases concerns over local outbreak and prompted health officials to review containment measures.
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Key West, Fla
Board of Earth Today
Remarkable Mare Whitefoot Guides Farm Family Home
Bloomingburg New York farmer William H Ellis owns Whitefoot a highly intelligent mare. Each school day she drives his two young daughters to the school and returns alone to the house. At the end of the day she takes the children back, passing safely among traffic without damaging equipment. On a Sunday night the hired man tied a note to the wagon instructing the mare to go home, and she covered nine miles to reach Bloomingburg in about an hour by herself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William al. Ellis
Bloomingburg
N. Y
Whitefoot
Mr. Ellis
Gloucester Sailor Stabs Man on Atlanta Returns to Jail
Tewis Hollander a sailor on the United States steamship Atlanta seriously stabbed Albert Ne spies the same ship at Gloucester Hollander was arrested. Rank Vackard of Rockville Conn 16 years old was shot and probably fatally injured Saturday while hunting by the accidental discharge of a gun in the hands of a companion. John J Cunningham a Salem politician and sportsman was found drowned Saturday night from a yacht in the harbor. Dennis Lyons of Willimantic Conn 22 drowned while bathing in Willimantic River yesterday.
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Tewis Hollander
United States
Atlanta
Albert Nespies
Gloucester
Hollander
Rank Vackard
Rockville
Conn
John J. Cunningham
Salem
Dennis Lyons
Willimantic, Conn
Willimantic River
New Life of Keats Reviewed in Post Readers Note
A critique of Sidney Colvin’s Keats biography notes it updates Lord Houghton’s 1848 account with unpublished letters and new evidence. The review argues Colvin corrects Browne misunderstandings, reassesses Keats’s character, and questions the Quarterly Review’s role in his death. It praises Colvin for depth and broader insight into Keats’s poetry.
Ownership of lands in severalty by Indians traced to Stockbridge case
In the August issue of the Magazine of American History E W B Canning recounts early trials of the split land ownership system among the Housatonic Indians at Stockbridge in 1750, its quick failure, and later attempts with the Wisconsin remnant. The piece also notes Arctic exploration history and the gift of the Resolute to Queen Victoria.
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Magazine OF American History
E. W. B. Canning
Stockbridge
Wisconsin
Queen Victoria
Resolute
The In tervale New Hampshire pamphlet by W S Nevins
Mr W S Nevins publishes The In tervale New Hampshire a practical tourist handbook The pamphlet blends scenic admiration with guidance on travel costs and personal expenses Imbued with praise for the White Hills it aims to aid visitors and travelers.
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Nevins
Intervale
New Hampshire
White Hills
Winfield
Boston
Camrell & Upham
Handy Manual of Useful Information Promises 2000 Subjects
Publishers tout the Handy Manual of Useful Information as holding a million facts and statistical tables of practical value for mechanics merchants and all readers. It seems to cover nearly everything known on earth and offers ready reference material for 2000 subjects.
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Handy
George W. Conkling
Chicago
George W. Ogilvie
The Pope and the New Crusade by Polybius reviewed
A bitter critique of Polybius rude satire on The Pope and the New Crusade while praising other religious works. The review covers The Pope and the New Crusade by Polybius Methods of Church Work by the Rev. Sylvanus Stall Thoughts for a Young Man by Horace Mann and Kneeland’s Evidences of Christianity plus the Seybert Commission report on Spiritualism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polybius
Messrs
T. R. Knox & Co
New York
Sylvanus Stall
Stall
Horace Mann
Kneeland
Broadway Hall
Boston
Shakspere
Seybert Commission
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Knowledge
Pope
New Crusade
Thomas R. Knox & Co
Funk & Wagnalls
Lee & Shepard
Price
Abner Kneeland
P. J. Meachum
Seybert Commission On Spiritualism
Philadelphia
J. B. Lippincott Company
Clarke & Carruth
Republic of the Futura satire in letters from a socialist nobleman
A mocked political tract framed as letters from a Socialist nobleman in the twenty first century to a friend in Christiania. The Republic of the Future by Anna B. Dodd, Cassell & Co, 50 cents, Boston Estes & Lauriat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christiania
Anna B. Dodd
New York
Cassell & Co
Boston
Estes & Lauriat
Brief Literary Notices on Four 19th Century Books
A short appraisal lists Bessie's Six Lovers by Henry Peterson, Saratoga Chips and Carlsbad Wafers by Nathan Sheppard, The Three Tetons by Alice Wellington Rollins, and The Princess Roubine by Henry Gréville. It notes mixed quality and charm in a handful of volumes, with prices noted for Peterson and Gréville editions.
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Bessie
Alice Wellington Rollins
Princess Roubine
Mme. Gréville
Henry Peterson
Philadelphia
T. B. Peterson & Bros
Saratoga
Nathan Sheppard
New York
Funk & Wagnalls
Cassell & Co
Henry Gréville
JT. B. Peterson & Bros
Death by Ether in Philadelphia Case
The death of Melville R. Dill of Philadelphia during ether anesthesia is discussed by Dr. Agnew and Dr. White. They say ether is the safest anesthetic, report the patient’s death could not have been foreseen, and cite possible nerve center or medulla rupture causes. They note mortality rates from ether vary from 1 in 1050 to 1 in 20,000, with this being the first such death in Dr. Agnew and Dr. White’s experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melville R. Dill
Philadelphia
D. Hayes Agnew
Agnew
White
Dill
Pittsburg Glass Makers Denounce Six Month Shutdown
Flint glass manufacturers plan a meeting on the 11th to discuss workers demands for a ten percent wage increase, while rejecting rumors that all factories will close for six months as absurd.
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Pittsburg
Railroads Fight over Vanderbilt Beech Creek Stock
A Philadelphia despatch reports the Northern Central Railway Company has filed suit in the U S Circuit Court against Maria Louisa Vanderbilt William K Vanderbilt Cornelius Vanderbilt Frederick W Vanderbilt and George M Vander bilt as executors of William H Vanderbilt seeking a declaration that Beech Creek Clearfield and Southwestern Railroad stock be held in trust for the Northern Central and that the heirs honor a contract from 1885 under which Vanderbilt would deliver 60 percent of Beech Creek stock worth 300 000 while Northern Central would guarantee 7 percent interest on Beech Creek bonds. The suit asks an injunction preventing sale of the stock and to enforce the contract pending other litigation developments.
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Philadelphia
Northern Central Railway Company
United States
Maria Louisa Vanderbilt
William K. Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Frederick W. Vanderbilt
George M. Vanderbilt
William H. Vanderbilt
Beech Creek, Clearfield & Southwestern Railroad Company
Pennsylvania
Vanderbilt
Northern Central Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Northern Central
Beech Creek Road
Northern Company
Beech Creek Company
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pennsylvania Road
Ead
Beech Creek
Crocker Examined Over Large Payments to SPS Expenditures
San Francisco Aug 6 Charles F Crocker vice president of the Southern Pacific testified before the railway commission about large sums paid without vouchers and whether the payments were intended to influence legislation. Crocker offered explanations to the board which appeared to satisfy them. questions about using payments to influence laws were not answered and postponed after counsel consulted.
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Central Pacific
San Francisco
Charles F. Crocker
Southern Pacific
Railway Commission
Crocker
Pattison
Nauga tuck road and Shepaug expansion tensions in Connecticut
Rumors of the Naugatuck and Shepaug rail lines extending into Massachusetts stir Connecticut’s northwest. The Shepaug under Starbuck seeks a cross country link to Winsted and Otis or Westfield, Mass., aiming to connect with the New York and Massachusetts line. Potentially the Naugatuck would reach Lee, Mass., tying to the Lee & Hudson and completing the Housatonic network, linking to coal regions and Boston Albany traffic into New York City.
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Bostwick
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Naugatuck
New York
New Haven
Hartford
Starbuck
New England
Litchfield
Winsted
Otis
Westfield
Mass
New York & Massachusetts
Poughkeepsie Bridge
Boston & Albany
New York City
Pittsburg Wholesale Racers Protest Western Rate Equality
At a Saturday meeting the Pittsburg Wholesale Racers Association voted to cooperate with Western wholesale shippers to protest New York shipper rates that charge single packages the same as carloads. They argue Eastern discounts would take business away from the West.
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Pittsburg
New York
Burlington’s Land Purchase Near Duluth by Railroads
It is reported that the Chicago Burlington and Northern railroad bought about eighty thousand dollars worth of land at Wisconsin Point near Duluth. Minnesota and Northwestern show interest. The property promises excellent yards and docks for lake vessels, with bridges needed to reach Duluth. The move aims to gain lake freight business with modest outlay.
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Burlington
Chicago, Burlington & Northern Railroad
Wisconsin Point
Duluth
Minnesota & Northwestern
Rail lines near St Joseph and Albany extension progress
The St Paul lines push to reach St Joseph Mo via lease of St Joseph & St Louis line from Lawson. St Paul Chicago and Kansas City cross the St Joseph & St Louis at Lawson and plan trains into St Joseph. Albany extension to New Glarus Wis nears completion with ballast and track lining. Monticello freight active. passenger service delayed. steel rail being laid for future expansion.
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St. Joseph & St. Louis
Albany
New Glarus
Wis
Monticello
Oregon Pacific railroad extensions clarified
Reports of a vast extension to Fort Fetterman and Wyoming were denied by President T E Hogg who confirmed only planned rapid extensions. Boise City Idaho is the current eastern target with access to a rich agricultural district, contradicting Northwest consolidation claims.
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Oregon Pacific Railroad
San Francisco
Minneapolis
Fort Fetterman
Wyoming
Northwestern
Sto
T. E. Hogg
Oregon Pacific
Boise City
Ida
Northwest
Chicago & Northwestern
Road dispute quoted in Hogg remarks on funding
Mr. Hogg states that despite interest in the road no one has seen their cash, signaling a delay or dispute over funding. The quote underscores tension between parties awaiting financial contributions.
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Mr. Hogg
New Connecticut Western President Aims Springfield Connection
James W. Husted, installed by the Philadelphia syndicate, calls a stockholders meeting for the 16th inst to push a Tariffville to Massachusetts line. Surveys are advanced and construction may begin this season. Legislation allows $25,000 stock per mile and bonds totaling half the construction cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ERIE
James W. Husted
Connecticut Western
Philadelphia
Springfield
Tariffville
Massachusetts
Strong Says No to Frisco-Atchison Fusion Talk
The New York Commercial Bulletin reports Mr. Strong dismissing fusion of the St. Louis and San Francisco with the Atchison system, though many believe a merger could occur. The latest sign cited is a Pittsburg rolling stock consignment moved to Topeka and tested on the Atchison Topeka Kansas City line.
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Strong
St. Louis
San Francisco
Atchison
Pittsburg
Frisco
Topeka
New York Commercial Bulletin
Postmaster Corse Doubts Rumored Boston & Albany Offer
Postmaster Corse rejects a rumored offer by the Boston & Albany railroad to run a fast Boston New York mail train for 165000 a year. He questions legality noting US postal laws fix payments and traditions. past costs reached 225000 for the route, making the proposed rate suspect. He has asked the railway mail service superintendent for information.
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Corse
Boston & Albany Railroad
Boston
New York
Railway Mail Service
United States
Postal Department
Railroad mileage report for central New England to Niagara River
The current Railroad Gazette lists weekly track laying across several lines. Central Massachusetts extends four miles from Ware, Chicago & Eastern Illinois adds seven miles to Tuscola, Georgia Midland & Gulf reaches seventy four miles to McDonough, Minneapolis & St. Louis adds eight miles west of Watertown, Oak, New York Central & Hudson River extends its Lewis ton branch to the Niagara River, totaling ninety four miles for the week and 2642 miles for the year.
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Massachusetts
Ware
Chicago
Manitoba railroads become a rallying cry for reform
Winnipeg Free Press owner Mr Luxton, visiting on railway business, warns against further interference with Manitoba rail charters. He says Manitoba will fight for rail connections to the American system and warns of possible disruption to Confederation if Dominion actions persist.
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Manitoba
Dominion
Manitoba Central Railway
Winnipeg & Southern Railway
Emerson & Northwant
Luxton
Winnipeg Free Press
Northwest Territories
Replacing Wood by Iron Bridge on Connecticut River
The New York and New England Railway Company begins building a 1100 foot iron bridge to replace the long wooden structure over the Connecticut River. Stone from Monson widens piers for the double track, to be built by the Boston Bridge Company. The project funds charge costs to operating and construction accounts, with original bridge costs assigned to the former and excess to the latter.
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New York & New England Railway Company
Connecticut River
Monson
Iers
Boston Bridge Company
Poughkeepsie Bridge Cantilever Arms Erected and Progress Underway
The east shore cantilever arm for the Poughkeepsie bridge is in place while the west arm rises. Steel sections for the west arm are partly raised. Pier 3 grillage towed into position with a cofferdam surrounding masonry work soon to be sunk onto the caisson. Dredging and concreting proceed on other caissons and grillages will follow.
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Poughkeepsie
Pier 3
Concord Dispatch Reports Railroad Talks and Leadership Shuffle
A Concord despatch notes Boston & Maine may sign a contract to invest up to 100000 if it does not build the Lake Shore road from Laconia to Alton Bay within two years, subject to charter feasibility. Horace Cross of Manchester, ill, expected to speak again Tuesday. Coos railroad directors resign. new board elected with Frank Jones as president. Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton officials adjourned, with NY meeting Monday. First peach train of the season arrives on the New York & New England line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
N. H
Boston & Maine Railroad
Laconia
Lake Shore
Alton Bay
David Cross
Manchester
Eval Coos
Frank Jones
Portsmouth
J. B. Cook
Salem
Mass
G. W. Armstrong
Boston
J. W. Drew
Lancaster
Enos G. Sweat
Woonsocket
R.I
Charles A. Sinclair
George Vandyke
Vandyke
Cook
Sweat
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad
New York
New York & New England Road
Crop Reports Show Drought Hurting Corn and Potatoes
August 7 report notes widespread drought damage to corn across the West with limited recovery from rains. Chinch bugs badly affect Kansas corn while Minnesota and Dakota show mixed results. Potatoes falter, pastures suffer, apples prospects dim. Tennessee reports favorable cotton outlook with Mississippi and Alabama crops promising and yield above last year.
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Caicano
Wisconsin
Michigan
Iowa
Missouri
Ohio
Minnesota
Dakota
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Memphis
Tenn
West Tennessee
Arkansas
Alabama
Mississippi
Railroad Earnings Reported for 1886 by Several Lines
Earnings figures for multiple railroads include Chicago and Western Michigan, Marquette Houghton and Ontonagon, Peoria Decatur and Evansville, and Cincinnati Indianapolis St Louis Chicago. Notable changes show increases in some lines and a decrease in others, with annual totals and mid year readings cited.
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Chicago & We&t Michigan
Marquette
Houghton & Ontonagon
Peoria
Decatur
Evansville
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
ST. Louis
Chicago
Shares and denominations listed for multiple companies and notes
A diverse set of par values and quantities appears for Bates Mfg Co Gt Falls Conway Rd Conn Pass Rivers Rd Merchants Natl Bank Natl Mechanics Traders Bank Conn River Rd Manchester Lawrence Rd Boston Gaslight Lynn Gaslight Continental Mills Natl Bank of Commerce Boston Con Ry Gt Falls Mfg First Natl Bank Worcester Washington Fire and Marine Ins Co Natl Exchange Bank and a $7000 City of Brooklyn 7s 1917 M L
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado College Land Co
Second
Bank of Commerce
Revere Bank
Blue Hill Natl
Bank
Milton
Lowell Mfg. Co
Phenix Mfg. Co
Taunton
Mass
Arlington & Ills
Nashua & Lowell
Cambridge Horse Rd
Metropolitan
Norwich & Worcester
Cambridge Horse
Florida
So. Ry. Co
Pal
Rutland Rd
Chi
Burl. & No
Washington Co
Little Rock Junction
Ry. Co
New Bedford Rd
Cedar Rapids & Mo. R
Burl. & Mo. River RR
Saana
Bates Mfg. Co
Gt. Falls & Conway
Pass. Rivers
Merchants’ Natl
Mechanics’ and Traders’ Bank
Pertsmouth
N. H
River
Manchester & Lawrence
Boston Gaslight Co
Lynn Gaslight Co
Continental Mills
Boston
Falls Mfg
First Natl
Worcester
Washington Fire and Marine Ins. Co
Exchange Bank
City of Brooklyn
M. L
Blair Town Lot and Land Co
Cocheco Mfg. Co
Elkhorn Land and Town Co
McKay & Copeland
Missouri Valley Land Co
Pettee Machine Works
Merchants’ Nat. Bank
Newburyport
Alma Fire Ins. Co
Hartford
Third Nat. Bank
Fitchburg
District Columbia
Providence
Eliot Nat'l Bank
Boston Cab Co
Rutland RR
Maine Central RR
Conn
Passuimpsic Rivers RR. Co
Old Colony RR
Houghton & Ontonagan RR
Local Firms in Aug 10 list of banks and mills
The item lists multiple financial institutions and manufacturers including Naumkeag National Bank Salem Freeman’s National Bank Hamilton Manufacturing Co Mt Vernon National Bank First National Bank Lynn Globe National Bank and Atlantic Cotton Mills Manchester Mills Ammatanta Power Works Douglas Axe Co Lawrence Manufacturing Co Putnam Machine Co Androscoggin Mills Ratee Mine On.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naumkeag Natl
Salem
Freeman’s Natl
Hamilton Mfg. Co
Mt. Vernon
First
Lynn
Globe
Freeman’s
Atlantic Cotton Mills
Manchester Mills
Ammatanta
Paweras
Douglas Axe Co
Lawrence Mfg. Co
Putnam Machine Co
Androscoggin Mills
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Key West
Farmer Ellis
Ae Mare
Keats
George Keats
America
Scott
Sir Walter
Burns
Scotland
Boswell
Johnson
Carlyle
Sterling
Lord Houghton
Lfe
Sidney Colvin
Colvin
Monckton Milnes
Lord Houaghton
Browne
Don Quixote
Miss Browne
Mr. Colvin
Severn
Brownes
Spenser
Shelley
Hyperion
Tetle Town
John Keats
Harper & Bros
Arctic
Edward Belcher
John Franklin
Fessenden N. Otis
Hartstone
F. N. Thorpe
Hudson
Roya Aking Powdent Co
Wall St
Epps
Civil Service Gazette
James Epps
Weet Esterbrck Erect Pen CO
Orks
Camden
John St
New Yor
Horatio Harris & CO
State Street
California
Steamship
Bessarabia
Palermo
Fiske’s Wharf
Lewis J. Bird & CO
Bromfield Street
Bliss & Perkins
Tremont Street
Richards & CO
R.L. Pay & Company
State St
Exchange Building
The
Boston Stock Exchange
Colorado Springs Investment and Improvement Co
Mt. 6S
Francis Henshaw & CO
Merchants’ Exchange
Reom L
Gocheco Mfg. Co
Merrimack Mfg. Co
Amoskeag Mfg. Co
Fitchburg R. R. Co
Maine Central R. R&r. Co
Montreal
R. R
Jamaica Plain Gas Light Co
Boston Towboat Co
Cincinnati, Sand
Cleveland
Omaha & South Western
R. R. of Vermont
Quincy & Warsaw
Chicago, Burl. & Quincy
Pullman Palace
Douglas Axe Mfg. Co
Appleton Co
Globe Natl. Bank
Quincy & Warsaw R. R
Albert Howe & Co
Market Street
Brighton
Warren Avenue
John C. Wilmerding
Wilmerding, Hogant & Co
White St
Townsend & Montant
Leonard Street
the Brookline News
Washington
Gorham, Rogers & CO
Dunder Goods
Federal Street
Rob
Damon Safe and Iron Works
Sudbury St
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