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Boston Post

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 25, 1873

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Boston and Vicinity 1873 rail timetable fragment

Trains depart Boston after December 8 1873 for Northern New Hampshire Vermont Canada and Ogdensburg with stopovers including Nesbua Manchester Concord Acton Westford Littleton Graniteville and others. Daily schedules list numerous stops with varied AM PM times plus connections to Nashua Wilton Milford Amherst Lowell Woburn Winchester Medford Somerville Concord and Boston routes. Mansfield superintendent note, Boston to New York via Shore Line schedules and Western lines included.

Lowell Burme Albans Mon West Boston Wrenee Windsor Rutland Ogdensburg Generve Subhashua Acton Boston Burlington Boston Ze Trem Railroad New Hampshire Vermont Canada Nesbua Manchester Concord N.H North Westford Littleton Graniteville Dupstabie Waltham Wetrtown Duptable Granitev Ze North Acton West Concord Pawtucket Providence Taunton New Nashua White Mountains B.C Bustur, Lowell Socton Uedensburg Wilton Milford Amherst Sam Billerica Wumington Wovarn Ester West Medford Vellece HM Somerville Cen Inter Hiri Mass Bedfore Extneton Aritecton Therdars Seston Concert Lowe Winchester Stoneham Woburn Medford Lane Milk Row Coxincton Abincton Northern Depot Thuredsys Corcord HARTFORD & ERIE _R. B Summer Street Fort York Norwich Lire New London Norwich Danielsonville Puttnam Norwich & Werssit Hartford and Sianson N.H.M W.A. R Willimantic Ebster Winslow Warerood Springvale P.M. Ermewood Wis A.M P.M Airdale Beadville Ryde Park River Street Mattapan Harevard Street Mt. Bowdoin Meturn Bird Street Staten Street Walpole Norfolk H. A. G. Pomeroy Woonsucket Division Boston & Albany Railroad Pea Needham Woonsocket Mill River Junction Wiebster South Mass Putnam Coun Sreaserneraend H. Tucker Portsn New York Shore Line York Dupreine Stonington Line Bdeville and Hiebronville Turm Heturn North Attleboro Mansfield Benin Manmafield East Foxe Be Sharon Mt. Rope Clarendoch Wah Forest Hill Arm Jamaica Lao Boyiston Oxburys Fedehy Dassen White Mater Montreal NEW Sedford Boston and Providence New Bedford Springfield Albany Lochester Chicago Blue Milwaukee James Mills Oohnu Setts Troy FIELD R. B Causeway St Boosac Tunnel Ll AM Shelburne Brattleboro Atsol Athol Greenfield Fitchburg O. T. Ruggles R. R. Lis Accom Cheshire Road White River Junction Washington Street C. A. Pason W. Clark Cheshire RR J Murray C. Vt. RR N. H. Stewar Washington Philadelphia Baltimore New Yor Philadelials Giren Philadelph Old State House HB. F. Kenney Sup't Wilmington Bellows Cheshire Barrington St. Albans Montpelier Monadnock Railroad Peterboro Jaffrey and Rindge Saratoga Roy North Adams Hoosac Mountain Hoosac Tunnnel Shelburne Palls Bratueboro Acton and Boston Railroad Pitenburg Hirevurn Leominster and Shirley Leominster Mason Vil and Townsend Centre Mason Villace Townsend Centre Ayer Junction Bet GAS AM Marlboro and Hudson Bet.e Marlboro Hudson Altham Waverley Belmont Watertown Union Market Mount Auburn Fresh Pond Cambridge Mt. Auburn Emistry Get FIOM Union Rid Siat ML Auburn Pond Fresh Hllis Ely Lincoln Waltham. Co L. Hey Wood Jobn Adams Lincoln Streets St ‘Ars Rochester Chatham Pittsfield Chester Sieldard Palmer Worcester Wis Norwich Orcester Milbury Grafton Westboro Southville Corda Ashland South Framham Saxonville J. Natick Wellesley Grantville N. OU. Falls Auburndale West Newton Newtonville LAGAM Swton Srichton Allston

Railway Advertising Company opens rail station ads domain

The Railway Advertising Company organized under Connecticut law offers exclusive advertising rights in 5000 principal railway stations and ferry boats across the United States. Led by President W. Henry W. Poor, the firm promises the lowest rates and the greatest facilities to place a business before the public.

United States

Dividend notices and stockholder meetings across multiple rail and insurance firms

December 17 1873 notices include dividend declarations by Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad Company and American Button Hole Overseaming and Sewing Machine Company. Also public dividend payments from National Insurance Company and related transfers. Meetings at Causeway Street Boston and officer offices in Philadelphia.

Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company South Fourth Street Philadelphia Bradford Yaaa and Massachusetts Railroad Company Vermont and Massachusettsee Company Pite Railroad Company Causeway Street Boston Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad B. D. Locke Vermont Mass R. R . Boston The Itchburg Railroad Pitenburg Railroad Company Thal Thomas Falls and Sioux City Railroad CO State Street John M. Glidden Treas Jani Olumgian National

Riverside steamboat line serves Penobscot River trade

The Kotx master steamer operates Bangor and intermediate Penobscot River landings every Friday evening at 6 o'clock weather permitting. Freight received daily until 5 o'clock. Agents listed in Savannah and Beaton public notice.

Boston Savannah Charleston Mylé Ranfords Independent Line Kotx Bangor Penobscot W.b. Basaltine Foster's weet _Beaton

Regular Packets to Melbourne and Dunedin

A busy shipping notice lists the clipper bark FRANCES under Loring, forwarding units to Melbourne and Dunedin with consignees Newell & Co and Bates, Sise & Co. It also advertises cargo space on vessels to Cape Town, Algoa Bay, East London, London, and Liverpool, with agents in Boston and Dunedin. The notices include several lines and ship names, freight terms, and port calls.

Dunedin Messrs Bates, Sise& CO Cape Town Algoa Bay London Geo T. Kemp Isaac Taylor Kilby Stree Street SEARS State Street

Proposals for abutments and piers of New Haven East Haven Bridge

Notices invite sealed proposals by February 24 1874 to furnish materials and build abutments and piers for the bridge between New Haven and East Haven. Plans available at city offices and Civil Engineer Clemens Herschel. bids read publicly. Right to reject any or all bids reserved.

L. B. Morris New Haven Jac Bridge Clemens Herschel State Street Edwin Miaan Cheek New Haven, Conn

Review of Boston Market For Week Ending Dec 24

Market survey shows mixed food and commodities activity with firmer tones in cotton goods and Wool, strong shellac and Indigo demand, and steady to higher prices in coffee, sugar, and flour. Notable price levels touch No. 3 codfish, Porto Rico sugar terms, and European cargo rates. overall tone cautious with approaching year end.

Boston Leer Paest Domingo Cape Rio Oan BS Do. Muscovado Cienfuegos Mons de Lannes New Orleans Poet Foua Cassimeres Bel Naila B. Nay Wilmington Tee North Co Do Parcs Brimstone Ali Sicily Senegal Vermilion Agnesia Aorance N.Y Hilo Fair Ian Choice Dairy York Otto Rose Liverpool Indigo Calcutta Inferior Guatemala Canary Manila Meron Beigo Cs Geers Logwood St. Domingo Jon Clover Fustic Cuba PG Evens SUGAR Ab. Do Lima Havana Portland Soi Hake Do. i. Shore Martell Hennessey F St. Louis sMarett & Bo Do. Choice Merald St. Croix Tllinois India Southern Choice Eclipse Malaga Sarees London Prerts Tyson Mon Bowder Young Hyson Hyson Earder Co. Ningyong Twankay Congou Banca Cod Poe Obacco BIOBF Florio Buenos Ayres RioGrande ASHEA AIRAA Dee B Adoe Cannes Smallote Anwanted Scotem Ameroricannell Selie Acadia Coal Porto Rico UPTON Uplands Gulf Sapan Yelwand Ted Honduras Hake Haddock Chicago Albany R. K Smyrns Citron Waede Slencia Predonia Adh Ellanston Valencia Wisconsin Minnesota Ohio Indiana Michigan Illinois Southern Fiomr Siars Upder & Bush SP Bush Limmage Borneo New York Montevideo Buenos Aires Sierra Leone Africa Texas Galveston Cawnpore Madras East India Bengal Russia Rockland Sugar Ho Meen Gas Extra Weston Nos Shore Bank and Labrador City Western I Western Vermont Ivalieth Jackson Carolina Rangoon Turks Island New England Java Ciensegos Singapore Ae Aaa Sausei Pennsylvania Sconsin Saig California Serna New Zealand Port Philip Melbourne Palladelica Baltimore Mobile Savannah Charleston N.C Cadiz Inagua Jacksonville Berbice Norfolk Barbadoes North Side Shooks Fernandini Georgia Bath Savanetas Philadelphia Haytt Hayti Philadelphia

A Merry Christmas Opens the New Year Spirit

Boston Post reflects warm holiday mood on December 5 1873 urging readers to exchange gifts greet friends and embrace youth. The piece celebrates Christmas compassion and universal goodwill through children and St Nicholas themes urging smiles from every window and a spirit of charity for the season.

St. Nicholas

Prohibitory Law Jeopardized by Commissioner Griffin Resignation

Editorial argues that Griffin's resignation exposes the Prohibitory Law as corrupt and inefficient. It condemns partisan enforcement, calls for universal, impartial enforcement, and demands abrogation of the statute in favor of a fair temperance framework. It urges the next Legislature to adopt a trustworthy license law.

State Police Commission Griffin Board of Commissioners Commonwealth Massachusetts

Fall of a Congressman and the Tweed Trial

A columnist compares the British Parliament to the U S House of Representatives, recounting Mr Tremain’s fall over the Bankrupt bill and his courtroom style. It notes his Tweed trial ties, the Stokes case victory, and his clash with Congress aided by Gen Butler. The piece criticizes executive backing and calls Tremain’s tactic a strategic misstep.

House of Commons England Commons House of Representatives Remain Congress Stokes Davis House Gen. Butler Tremain Treasury Grant New York White House

Recklessness in Room for Bankrupt Law Amendments

The author criticizes a plan aligning with Grant and Butler, warns against exploiting debtors to aid favored houses, and argues for improved but not abrogated Bankrupt law. Acknowledges the need for amendments to align with federal restraints and avoid chaotic state laws. The piece cites a political divide and urges prudent, uniform reform.

Butler Tremain

Washington's Landaulets and the Republican Court

A satirical critique of Washington pomp and privilege under the Republican Court. It rails at Cabinet officers and high civil servants using public funds for luxury carriages, footmen, and grand stables, arguing a growing class divide and inflated expenditures in the nation’s capital.

Department of Justice Washington Royal Road Williams Republican Court Treasury Pepa of Justice Executive Department

Controversy Over Women Seats In School Committee

The Post misreported the City Solicitor's opinion on admitting women to School Committee seats. The follow up report clarifies the case, notes potential legal obstacles, and questions the authority to refuse seats despite unanimous ward votes. Marshal Bazaine and Sainte Marguerite references frame editorial contrasts with a note on the New Orleans Picayune changing ownership.

South Carolina Bankruptcy Highlighted by State Officials

The piece laments South Carolina's despoiled condition amid abundance, citing Gov. Moses on bonded debt at 15,851,627 and possible frauds swelling liability above 20 million. The treasurer notes 545,328 needed to cover last year’s deficiencies as tax values fell and rates rose, signaling entrenched fiscal distress with no clear relief.

South Carolina Gov Moses

Panic era musings and royal wedding at Kimbolton

A verbose column of era gossip and dispatches covers political intrigue in Hartford Philadelphia and Congress. It notes Panic era chatter, New York tragedies, fashionable carriages, and a wedding at Kimbolton Castle for the Duke of Hamilton and Lady Mary Montague with elaborate royal attendance and bridal ceremony details.

Genet Forney North Adams Philadelphia New York Times Hartford Williams Oregon Ethields St. Albans Congress Lincoln Washington N. Y. Com Cincinnati New York Broome Street Kimbolton Duke of Hamilton Mary Montague Duchess of Manchestee Duchess of Hamilton Monaco Countess of Sandwich Baron de Tayll Louisa Montague Bieache Somerset Florence Alice Montague

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Stewart's MS & Chute Oliver Street the Republican Court Marshal Bazaine Sainte Marguerite Mediterranean Donjon Ste Marguerite Iron Mask Saint Marc Louis the Great Bazaine Provence New Orleans Picayune Kendall and Lumaden Crescent City Herald Newspaper Company Fied Herald Pictryune South Telegraph Gstas Tarren Psc Ox Rae Fourra London Financial, Commercial, Naval and Marine Records Post Office Legislature Quilp Samana Bay Company Barnum Bunker Hill Missouri Etibu Washington and School Streets Marshal MacMahon French Republic Windsor Castle Fon Samuel N. Bell Charles H. Bell Miss Grundy Vermount Poland
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