Uneventful Market Bulletin Amid Steady Trade On Friday
A quiet Friday with few incidents and mixed stock activity. Buying interest grows slowly as traders bet on improving times, with Atchison and Union Pacific showing strength while granger shares mostly weak. General Electric and Bell Telephone rise, copper dull, and transport lines expanding with a Brunswick Bangor trunk line soon to cost about $50,000.
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Washington
Congress
New York
Wall Street
Grangers
Atchison
Union Pacific
Boston
Burlington
Rock Island
St. Paul
General Electric
Bell Telephone
Erie
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company
Brunswick
Bangor
Ellsworth
Bar Harbor
Kellar
Tamarack
Bialy
Charlestown Seeks 5000 for Charles River Bridge Repairs
Citizens of Charlestown petition Mayor Matthews to approve a 5000 appropriation to repair and reopen the closed Charles River bridge. Alderman Presho presents the demand, citing congestion and danger from detours and the Warren bridge. A former bridge worker says the repair is feasible at small cost, easing traffic and safety concerns.
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Charles River
Charlestown
Mathews
Presho
Thens
Charles River Bridge
Warren Bridge
Cinity
Maine Railroad
Mr. Dean
Hazardv Co drug arrest at Webs field aid reunion
Fragmentary report notes Gowdy and his father, Cec, with a brother, Hareli, arriving in the morning. Gowdy was arrested at Webs field on Aug 3. Reunion of the Twelfth Grand Army Institute of Martion planned with Mr Hall Webster and Sumner the old farmer organizer, details unclear.
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Gowdy
Ne' Cec
Hareli
Grand Army cc Institute of Maration
Hall Webster
Road grade crossing abolition planned for Providence division
The 19th century project aims to remove grade crossings on the New York New Haven and Hartford line in Boston. Plans include moving Stony Brook channel at Boylston and Forest Hills, building elevated stations, 21 bridges, a new Lamartine freight yard, and a Forest Hills parkway with arches and a 40-foot central span. Costs run high, with city shares around 50,000 initially.
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Providence
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Rollins
Stony Brook
Boylston Station
Forest Hills
Lamartine Street
Centre Street
Boston
Stony Brook Commission
Stony Brook Valley
Roxbury
Keith’s
Boylston
Jamaica Plain
West Massachusetts Avenue
Tremont Street
Washington Street
West Roxbury Branch
Burge v Stevens Suit Heard with Witnesses Summoned
In Mississippi finance notes Mrs Adolph Ladenburg and H G Beaumont of England were summoned to appear as witnesses at City Hall for the trial of Burge versus Stevens. The case, publicized in yesterday's Post, involves Burge the discharged butler who says papers were served and sheriff fees paid.
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Burge
New York
Along the Tracks Modern Boston Express and Transit Notes
The Boston Lowell line changes Somerville Centre to Somerville Junction station while city rules urge ten foot spacing at crossings though Dev ons street near the post office often sees close passes. Henry Hayes heads Hayes’s Cambridge express at about six six and 240 pounds. Express brands use distinctive color cards. E B Bolton and C A Ward join National Express. Electric service expands Milton to Union station with trips via Dorchester avenue to Postoffice square. Bowker street removes unused rails as Brockton grade crossings progress at cost around 1.5 million. Hermetically sealed cans now ship coffee tea and dairy items to distant fairs and markets by express.
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Somerville Junction
Devonshire Street
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Master Teamsters’ Association
Boston
New England
Henry Hayes
Hayes
Cambridge Express
E. B. Bolton
C. A. Ward
New England Despatch
National Express Company
Edward Kells
Station
John F. Dolan
Station 14
Milton
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Dorchester Avenue
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Postoffice Square
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Devonshire
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Haymarket Square
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Causeway
Portland
Merrimac Streets
Bowker Street
New York
New Haven
Hartford
Brockton
Express
Chicago
St. Louis
Oriental Tea Company
Great London Tea Company
Wrecks and marine hazards off Pollock Rip lightship
The sunken coal barge near Pollock Rip lightship lost masts. a gas buoy marks the wreck to warn vessels to pass north of the lightship. The whaling schooner W. A. Grazier spoke a whale nearby. the fishing schooner Foye of Gloucester went ashore Aug 7 on the Magdalen Islands and is a total loss. The Foye crew reached Halifax and Boston. list of names follows. The Fish Hawk arrived at Gloucester to study mackerel scarcity off New England, finding few fish in the area.
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Pollock Rip
W. A. Grazier
Provincetown
Foye
William H. Foye
Gloucester
Whitty
Magdalen Islands
Amherst Island
Halifax
Boston
James McDonald
George Nickerson
Martin Moran
John McLeod
James Costello
Joseph Teledo
M. G. Cohoun
John Burns
Pat Burnett
Joseph Southerland
Charles Carter
John McDonald
War
Bath
United States Fish Commission
Fish Hawk
Platt
Ensign Dodd
Maine
New England
Caledonian Club Picnic and Games at Arlington
The Caledonian Club hosts a major event next Friday featuring picnics and games at Spy Fondgreve Arlington. It promises top squads and athletes, with prize money and traditional activities including high sword dances.
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Foden Caledonian Club
Spy Fondgreve
Arlington
Ize
Wrong man mixup prompts defense of George Lloyd
In a Boston Philadelphia report the writer clarifies a mistaken identity. The passage notes that the accusations were directed at the wrong man, not George Lloyd, but a different person with a similar name.
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Boston-Philadelphia Ca
George Lloyd
J William Paige Remains Honored At King's Chapel
Funeral services were held yesterday at King's Chapel for J William Paige who died July 16 in Basle Switzerland. A Boston native, he was well known among old families and connected to Mrs Abbott Lawrence, Chief Justice Story, and Daniel Webster. During the Civil War he aided the Sanitary Commission at the front, exposing himself to danger to help the wounded with fearless courage and compassionate care.
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King’s Chapel
J. William Paige
Basle
Switzerland
Paige
Boston
Abbott Lawrence
Justice Story
Daniel Webster
Sanitary Commission
New York and New England Excursions Bring Hundreds to City
The New York and New England railroad ran a special train yesterday carrying over eight hundred excursionists from Hartford and nearby stations. A second large excursion from Danbury and surrounding areas is planned for today. Tickets for both trips are valid on the 7:15 p m Boston special and on regular outbound trains from this city, excluding the 3 and 7 o'clock departures.
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New York & New England Railroad
Hartford
Way
Danbury
New York & New *Ingland
Boston
Evans Not Injured in Beverly Despatch Error
A Beverly despatch yesterday morning claimed Brice S. Evans a noted local real estate dealer was thrown from a wagon and injured. The report was in error as Evans was not in Beverly Thursday and is confined to his summer home at Allentown New Hampshire.
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Brice S. Evans
Evans
Allentown
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Dugan Club Plans Day Trip to Peddocks Island Harbor
The Dugan Club of Ward 12 with invited guests forming about two hundred attendees will travel by harbor boat Sunday for a day outing on Peddock's Island.
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Dugan Club
Ward 12
Peddock’s Island
Sunday Services and Patriotic Talks at City Halls
Sunday services feature Dr. Wayland on What Makes a Great Nation at People's Temple Columbus Ave and Berkeley St at 2 30 pm with a patriotic prelude and solos by Sidney Woodward and a young singer. Free seats but early arrival advised.
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Music Hall
People’s Temple
Columbus Avenue
Berkeley Street
H. L. Wayland
D. H
LL. D
Philadelphia
Samuel W. Ball
George Mendall Taylor
Fhvangelistic Association OF New England
Washington and
Bartlett Streets
Roxbury
W. H. Marshall
Trinity Baptist Church
Boston
James F. Dodge
Shady Place
DR. MacArthur
New York
Wells of Salvation
Sodom
Hospitaller
Washington Street
J. van Elderen
Shipping News Mini Almanac August Daybreak and Arrivals
Shipping news lists arrivals and clearances for August with multiple steamers and schooners past and near Bangor and Bath. Notable arrivals include Essex Taylor Baltimore H. M. Whitney Hallett New York City of Bangor Ingraham Bangor Kennebec Collins Bath Tremont Craig Portland City of Gloucester Proctor Gloucester Shawmut Fuller Philadelphia and barge Joel Cook in tow. Cleared vessels include Catatonia Atkins Liverpool and Scandinavien Glasgow along with several others.
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Essex
Taylor
Baltimore
H. M. Whitney
Hallett
New York
City of Bangor
Ingraham
Bangor
Kennebec
Collins
Bath
Tremont
Craig
Portland
City of Gloucester
Proctor
Gloucester
Shawmut
Fuller
Philadelphia
Joel Cook
Lavinia Campbell
Vail
W. BE
W. L. Tuck
Florida
Hall
Charlottetown
Catatonia
Atkins
Liverpool
Frag
Alex Martin
Barmen
Petersen
Hamburg
William Johnston & Co
Oranmore
Campbell
London
Scandinavien
Gunson
Glasgow
H. & A. Allan
Kong Frode
Federsen
Wibara
Cuba
Seaverns & Co
Yar- Bath
McGray
Yarmouth
N. S
J. G. Hail & Barge
Warnock
Parrsboro
Nhades
Ingra- Bangor
Ismonaig
Pai Kenneteo
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Lowell
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District of Massachusetts
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Fridge
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