Detroits Lead Grows As They Beat Beacons Again
Detroits strengthen grip on lead by defeating the Bostons for a second consecutive game. New Yorks win again over Hoosiers as Chicago teams stumble. Phillies upset Pittsburgs while Washington defeats Chicago in a busy slate at the end of August.
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New Yorks
Hoosiers
Chicagos
Washington
Phillies
Pittsburgs
Detroits
Bostons
Ie Spouiuien Io
Philadelphias
Bomooes
Tyavowileeney
C Jae
Ppagaboulis
Washingtons
IndianapHous
South End
Tate
Madden
Kelly
Detroit
White
Bennett
Hanlon
Conway
Brouthers
Morrill
Johnston
Rowe
Twitchell
Hornung
Richardson
Sutton
Haverhill and Manchester tie in ninth inning blackout
Haverhill and Manchester battled to a draw when darkness ended play after nine innings in Haverhill. Manchester pitcher Doyle left early. Sheffer and Sheehan stood out with sharp plays as both teams made costly errors. Final score 8-8.
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Mahoney
Dunn
Doyle
Colare
Lowell
Lowells
Lynns
Fitzgerald
Burns
Duffy
Kennedy
Wpstern
Joe Sullivan
O Terrien
Toftling
Leighton
Sullivan
H. Barns
Corcoran
Terrien
Wee
Spill
Coughlin
Hartnett
Cudworth
Higgins
Henry Burns
Murphy
Portlannp
Salems
Hatfield
Portlands
Dickerson
Lynch
Pople
NEW England League
Haveruity
Haverhills
Manchesters
W. Doyle
Manchester
Sheffer
Haverhill
Sheehan
Trask
Po.a
A Gardner
O Carney
O’brien
Lally
Canavan
M. Doyle
G.p.dunn
Eee Seave Haverhills
Clare
Troy
Balla
Flanagan
O'Brien
Gardiner
Oliva
Carney
Summer prospering at Dublin town with amateur play
In Dublin New Hampshire on August 29 the season remains lively as hotels and cottages fill with visitors. An amateur Town Hall performance of Chett ham’s A Lesson in Love featured Harold MacKaye and Miss Hildegarde Sterling with praise for the cast though rowdy grass and flower throwing interrupted the show. The piece and actors receive commendation while the crowd includes Boston guests and Rev E A Horton. The chapter of autumn arrives as maples turn red and exodus to winter homes begins next Wednesday with the hotel closing.
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N. H
C. H. Chettham
Harold MacKaye
Steele MacKaye
Madison Square
Lyceum Theatres
Mr. MacKaye
Lyceum Company
New York
Hildegarde Sterling
1.C. Frothingham
Middlemark
Miss Sterling
Mr. Rice
Miss Rice
Frothingham
Boston
E. A. Horton
B. W. Taggard
Commonwealth Avenue
Dublin
Northern Pacific fight draws in Oregon & Transcontinental
The New York Sun reports bear attacks on the Northern Pacific maneuver with Oregon & Transcontinental as major stockholders. It notes leaders like Robert Harris and directors Brayton Ives and Charles B Wright fighting to keep their seats amid proxy tactics. It rebuts a claim that Oregon & Transcontinental bears $11 million in bonds, explains the financing link with Oregon Railway & Navigation, and mentions related legal counsel and cross-border freight contracts and hog shipments from Kansas City to Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Pacific
New York Sun
Bears
New York
Oregon & Transcontinental Company
Northern Pacific Company
Robert Harris
Brayton Ives
Charles B. Wright
Wright
Ives
Oregon & Transcontinental
Oregon Railway and Navigation
Pee Y
Philadelphia
Elijah Smith
John B. Trevor
John D. Rockefeller
James B. Colgate
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
Northern Pacific and Allied Companies
Hoadly
Eastern Maine Fair Opens With Fine Weather and Rich Exhibits
Bancor Maine August 30 The fifth annual Eastern Maine State fair opened in favorable conditions with cool air and clear skies. Visitors arrive by rail and road as hotels fill and towns open houses for guests. The horse showing includes grade Jerseys trotting stock stallions and draught stock. cattle poultry and sheep displays are extensive. Norombega Hall shines as a centerpiece. Tomorrow delegates Whitney and Fairchild with their wives and other dignitaries from Britain will visit and be hosted by J P Bass president of the society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bancor
Norombega Hall
Whitney
Fairchild
Cleveland
J. P. Bass
Lobster Dealers Tried for Short Lobsters in District Court
Mayo and Randall and Philip McLean, Boston fish dealers, faced trial in Mapex for selling short lobsters. Juror verdicts found McLean probably guilty, with a $30 fine. Mayo and Randall were discharged.
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Mapex
Mayo & Randall
Philip McLean
Boston
Bancroft
Furniture for library and offices furnished at short notice
Paine's Furniture Co at 48 Canal Street offers rapid provision of library, office, and counting room furniture from their factory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paine’s Furniture Co
Canal Street
Atchison Missouri Lines Filed for New Route Plan
The amended charter of the St. Louis Kansas City and Colorado railroad filed in Topeka outlines eight new routes from St. Louis to Kansas Fort Scott and Girard with an estimated 900 miles of rail and telegraph lines. Directors named include D. L. Gallup J. Emer son J. C. Osborn I. H. Sturgeon and others. Santa Fe signals entry into St Louis via this route affecting Gould lines in Missouri.
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St. Louis, Kansas City & Colorado Railroad
Atchison
Topeka
St. Louis
Kansas
Fort Scott
Girard
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
D. L. Gallup
Boston
John Bach Jr
T. Emerson
Hamilton
C. H. Osborn
Kan
I. H. Sturgeon
John ©. Carpenter
Chan
Railroads Propose Vast Network Through Southern Timber Areas
A flood of railroad projects moves from surveys to construction across the Southern timber and mining regions. Key lines include Powell's Valley Knoxville to Cumberland Gap 68 miles, Knoxville Southern Knoxville to Atlanta 201 miles with 100 in operation, and many extensions from Wilmington to Knoxville Gap and beyond.
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Powell’s Valley
Knoxville
Cumberland Gap
Knoxville Southern
Atlanta
Carolina Central
Wilmington
N. C
Knoxville Gap
Rutherfordton
Tennessee
Virginia & Georgia
Nashville
Cumberland Plateau
East Tennessee
Emery Gap
Pittsburg
Tenn
Virginia
Memphis & Charleston
Stevenson
Ala
Chattanooga
Cumberland Valley
Unaka
Charleston
8. C
Athens & Jellico
Cumberland & Alleghany
Morristown
Cincinnati
Chicago
S. C
Ashland
Johnson City
Manitoba railway dispute urged for compromise suspension
The London Standard argues clearer rights understanding favors a compromise with the Manitobans for the railway trouble. It recommends an immediate suspension of operations on the Manitoban line and calls for conciliation while insisting Manitobans conform to duties as British subjects and Canadian citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Standard
Mexican Central Railway offers freight rate to City of Mexico
Despatch from the City of Mexico reports the Mexican Central Railway Company issued a circular to importing merchants offering to bring first and second class freight at 88 shillings from Liverpool to the City of Mexico via New Orleans.
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City of
Mexico
Mexican Central Railway Company
Liverpool
New Orleans
Pennsylvania Slatington and New England Railroad Plan
A meeting of purchasers led by William W. Gibbs in Philadelphia will be held in Newton New Jersey on September 5 to organize a company to complete and operate the Pennsylvania Slatington and New England Railroad. The line from Slatington to the New Jersey state line is nearly finished with graded New Jersey section ready for rails. The Delaware River bridge at Portland is built. The proposed route runs about 75 miles to the New York line and about 120 miles to the Hudson River bridge at Poughkeepsie.
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Pennsylvania, Slatington & New England Railroad Company
Newton
N.J
William W. Gibbs
Philadelpia
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Hudson River
Poughkeepsie
Slatington
Penn
Lehigh Valley
New Jersey State Line
Delaware River
Portland
New York Line
Hudson River Bridge
Lake and rail freight updates in a late 19th century report
The report notes the Kansas City extension of the St Paul road opening October 15 and east bound Chicago shipments totaling 40 273 tons last week. It mentions a Denver & Rio Grande Western road lease or purchase being completed and cites Marquette Mining Journal figures for iron ore shipments by lake to August 24 with totals by mine and range and a comparison to prior years. It also covers broker stock purchases, locomotive and car orders, and railroad earnings for several lines including St Joseph & Grand Island and New York City & Northern.
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Kansas City
St. Paul
Chicago
Denver & Rio Grande
Escanaba
St. Ignace
Ashland
Wis
Minn
Marquette
New York
Northern Pacific
Boston & Albany
Boston & Maine
Laconia Car Company
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Nine Hour Workday Decreed by Boston Typographical Union
Secretary Douglass of Typographical Union No 13 in Boston circulates the new International Typographical Union nine hour workday rule effective November 1 1887. The circular requires unions under the union to enforce a nine hour day with six hours continuous work for pieces and gives sixty days notice for affected proprietors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglass
Typographical Union No. 13
Boston
International Syporetics Union of North America
United States
Canada
Buffalo
N. Y
International Typographical Union
Boston Typographical Union
John Douglass
Assignment Looms Over Philadelphia Firms
Robert Hare Power & Co and Powell & Co of Philadelphia assign to Guarantee Trust, citing $1.6 million liabilities and $4 million assets, largely coal and iron. Creditors, few but large, expected to receive terms after appraisals and a 20 day exhibit. Power estate valued at $10-20 million with full 100 cent on the dollar recovery promised. Other notices include Eastman Steam Heating meeting creditors and Wells Glass and Queensware of St Louis making an assignment. A. J. Wild & Co. attached in McKeesport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hare Powel & Co
Philadelphia
Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Company
Coal and Iron Properties
Messrs. Powel & Co
Charles E. Pennock & Co
Rebert Hare Power & Co
New York
Robert Hare Power & Co
Coatesville
Penn
Power
Pennsylvania
Eastman Steam Heating Company
Rocktend Mass
Rodney D. Wells Glass and
Queenswarea
St. Louis
A. J. Wild & Co
McKeesport
Decorative tabrics at J H Pray Sons Co
Decorative tabrics in new designs may be found in great variety at J H Pray Sons Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Pray, Sons & Co
Old Ireland trip reveals bog bodies and Dublin sights
The writer tours Trinity College and Dublin streets, noting bog finds including a 63 year buried body, ancient butter, boats, and stone tools. He describes portraits, an Armada organ, and a Baldwin tomb. Emigration trends cut Ireland's population from 8.18 million in 1841 to 4.8 million today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Irish Academy
Ireland
Palestine
Trinity Allege
Queen Elizabeth
Dean Swift
Burke
Bishop Berkeley
Archbishop Usher
Baldwin
University
Trinity
Freeman’s Journal
Shaw
Bank of Ireland
Parliament House
House of Lords
Four Georges
Londonderry
Curran
Shiel
Grattan
England
Galway
Dublin
Bo of
Allen
Carpenter James Bellefontaine Falls From Roof
James Bellefontaine a Malden carpenter fell from the roof of a new building this afternoon a distance of fifty six feet. One rib was broken and he may have internal injuries though recovery is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maixrose
James Bellefontaine
Malden
Sale of Three Story Brick Dwelling in Boston and Cambridgeport
Auctioneers Albert Howe & Co announce a public sale on Thursday Sept 1 at 12:30 pm of a three story front brick dwelling in Boston with 13 rooms for two families on about 4600 sq ft lot at 226 Washington St Boston or 93 Main St Cambridgeport. Cash payment of 200 at time of sale. Liberal terms. Telephone 791. Established 1846.
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Washington St
Boston
Main St
Cambridgeport
BOS
Eidsward P. Morse
David H. McKay
County of
Suffolk
Roxbury
Garbett & Wood
Shawmut Avenue
kKern & McLoud
Court Street
School Street
Edward P. Morse
Garbett Wood
Ruggles Court
Kern & McLoud
Ibro
Peerese Ray
Edward J’. Morse
Winthrop Place
No Sales On Saturdays Until Further Notice
List of numerous company shares and bank stocks with figures and dates, appearing as a trustee executor notice. Includes Low el l Mig Co Great Fate Mig Co Cocheco Mig Hamilton Mig Lyman Mills Natunkeag Steam Lotton Mills and many banks and railroad issues. Dates indicate Aug 31 1887 and various bonds maturing 1890 1910 1892 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeman
N. Bank
Lowell Mig
Great Fate Mig. Co
Cocheco
Hamilton Mig
Lyman Mills
Natunkeag Steam Lotton Mills
lerawAa Sessotaan
Fitchburg R. R. Co
Old Colony
Eastern R. R. Com
Natl. Tube Works Co
Washington Fire and Marine Ins. Co
New England
Boston Wharf Co
Arlington Gas Light Co
North Chicago Rolling Mills
West End Street
Illinois & Grand Trunk R. R
Summit Branch
Michigan Central
Lowell Gaslight Co
Do Malden & Melrose Gaslight Co
New England Glass Co
Sunfolk N. Bk
Newmarket Mfg
Cocheco Mfg
Salmon Falls Mfg
N. Bk
Commonwealth
State N. Bk
Denver
Colorado
Davidson Investment
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A. E
Bronthers
Nash
Rowess
Wise
Thompson
O L Conway
Ccs
Ececsaeo
Trotts
Ostuus
Detroita
Drouthers
Lrouthers
Powers
Fogel
Brady
Leitner
Welch
Indianapolis
Po.a. E
PO. AE
Gore
Beery
Tiernan
Glasscock
O’rourke
Shombarg
Gillespie
Oj Bassett
Rainey
Oj Arundel
Rich’ds
Moffatt
O'Rourke
Shomberg
Connor
Brown
Moffat
Washindton
Jim Whitney
Grasshopper
van Haltren
Donnelly
A.B. Carroll
Darling
Hines
Beenees
Anson
Ifeffer
Fariull
Whim’son
Myers
Barns
Daly
Q Gilligan
van Flait
Congos Cnis
Nim
Ansgon
Wassed Balla
Gilligan
van Haltven
Williamson
Farrell
Carrell
Daniels
Philapelphia
Wood
Farrar
Cusick
Whailadelphias
PO. A
Oy Ferrar
Ols &Mith
Clments
Kuchne
La’hlin
Casey
McC
Elaharata
Fis Peresets Sr
Ke Ol
Colemion
McGuire
Andrews
Fogarty
Smith
Pittsburgh
Carrolly and Smith
Ouble Pee Aenley
R.belpo
A.B. Andrus
Campana
Dickers
Ray
Donovan
Thayer
Davin Cf
Galligan
O Murphy
Schoenick
O Henry
Popmruus
Larke
Henry
Hatneld
Lufberry
Dusty
Felder
Dublin Town
Monadnock Mountain
el Paso
Mexican Central
Europe
Central Road
Maine
THE
Missouri
NEW Southern Railroads
Manitoba
ST. Joseph & Grand Island
Érereit New York City & Northern
Old Ireland
R. Knights & CO
Sharon Street
Albert Howe & CO
Market Street
Brighton
Warren Avenue
Caroline Young
Lanesville
Mass
James Baker
Commercial Street
Aobatio Harris & CO
State Street
California
Peru
Steamship
Cervin
Messina
Catania Lemons
Palermo
Fiske’s Wharf
Steamers
Palermo Lemons
KR. KL. Daw & Company
No. S51
State St
Exchange Building
Boston Stock Exchance
West End St. R
Mt Varnan
Bank of Commerce
Hares Natl
Exchange Bank
Hares Chicopee Mtg. Coy
Falls
Bates
Yepperell
Continental Mills
Metropolitan H. Rd
West End St. Ry. Pid. OA Malane PA
Maine Central
Eal. le
M. L
Maine Cen
Newport & Richford Ra
West End St. Ry
Union Stock Yards and Transit Co
Worchester Gas Light Co
Worcester Gas Light Co
Grand Pres
Taunton Nat. Bank
Cambridge Horse
Ports
Falls & Con
Washington F. and
M. Ins. Co
Lake —— Tin
Third N. Bank
Boylston N. Bank
Everett Mills
Chelsea Gas Lt. Co
Vt. & Mass. R. RB
Saco & Ports
R. R. Laa
I.share
Amoskeag Mfg. Co
Jorchester Gas L. Co
N. Chicago
R. Mills
Quincey Rd
Cunard
Halifax
N. S
Francis Henshaw & CO
Merchants’ Exchange
Boston Stock Exchange
Bates Mig
Do Continental Ins
Do Franklin Co
Lewiston
Do Hill Mfg. Co
Cincinnati, Sandusky & Cleveland RR
West End St. Ry. Co
Lancaster Mi
Penonal Webster Bank
da National Bank of North America
Blacketone National Ban
Natonal Bank
Hamilton National Bank
Atlas National Bank
Triton Stock Yard and Transit Co
Cambridge RR. Co
Gt. Falls Mfg. Co
Eliot Ins. Co
Edwards Mfg. Co
Do Merchandise N. Bk
Tremont N. Bk
Do N. Bk. of
No. America
Swampscott Machine Co
Adm
Shawmut N. Bk
Nail. Webster Bk
Boylston N. Bk
Nail
Eagle Bk
Hamilton Woollen Mills
Newmarket Mfg. Co
Republic Iron Co
Falls Mfg. Co
Ogdensburg
Lake Champlain R. R. Con
DeTceanary
Lake Champlain R. R. Inc
Boston & Albany R. R
Natl
City Bk
Webster Bk
Alante
Atlantic Cotton Mills
Cocheco Mfg. Co
Lansing & No. RR
Fremont
E.k
Marquette, Houghton & Ontonagon Equip. RR
Marquette, Houghton & Ontonagon Equip
Nymn
Florence, el Dorado
Walnut Valley RR
Rutland RR
Burl, & Mo. River RR. Inc
Omaha & So. Western RR
Cedar Rapids & Mo. River RR
Richards & CO
John C. Wilmerding
Wilmerding, Hoguet & CO
White St
Townsend & Montant
Leonard Street
REAL
Real ES
Gorham, Rogers & CO
Dundee
Federal Street
Damon
Sudbury St
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