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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 27, 1886

Page

7

Money Market Figures Show Mixed Clearing House Results

Boston Post despatches summarize weekly clearings and stock activity across 32 cities for the week ending December 25, 1886, with year over year gains in most cities outside New York and a stock market slowdown in New York. It notes totals, per city gains, and compares five trading days this year to six last year due to Christmas.

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Basset Whitney & Co Bankers and Brokers

The firm operates as bankers and brokers at 72 Devonshire Street with direct wire to New York. They buy and sell stocks and bonds for investors or on margin and deal in municipal and railroad securities.

New York

Senator Stanford’s Vast Vina Vineyard in Tehama County

The article details Leland Stanford’s expansion of the Vina vineyard from 75 acres to nearly 4000 acres, with 3000 bearing vines. It notes a large winery, extensive labor force, and plans to reach 5000 acres, plus diverse grape varieties and substantial wine production.

Sacramento Dee California Peter Lausen Vina Tehama County Sacramento Lausen Henry Gerke Pacific Coast Gerke Leland Stanford Soo Stanford W. N. Smith Sonoma County Muscatels

Large distillery to double grape brandy yield this year

A large distillery plans a 40,000 gallon grape brandy yield this year with expectations to double next year as new vines bear. Nearby a brick and iron bonded warehouse with concrete floor has just been completed and a fireproof winery is under construction. The new winery will be 800 by 260 feet with capacity for 1,000,000 gallons of wine and a railroad track will be laid to serve the site.

Falling in Love and the Fate of Novels in London

A London essay discusses the idea that love, marriage, and novels are shifting roles in society. It critiques Grant Allen's stance against novels while arguing falling in love remains a powerful, if fading, romantic ideal contrasted with a modern, aging world. The piece likens love to endangered creatures and laments changing tastes in literature.

Grant Allen Balling

Superior Court docket and tonic elixir advertisement

Essex County court notes list dozen cases with numbers and names such as Gunn v Burns and Gilbert v Proctor. Also listed are city and inhabitants suits and a railway matter. An advertisement extols Ferro-Phosphated Elixir of Calisaya as a tonic for indigestion low spirits and fever recovery, made by Caswell Hazard & Co. of New York and sold by druggists.

Gunn Et al Burns Gilbert Proctor Curley Conant Smith Tressillian Dunlea City of Waitt Blaney Osborne Calisaya Caswell, Hazard & Co New York

Boston Area Train Timetables and Routes Listed

A fragmented timetable lists weekday and weekend train and boat connections from Boston to South Weymouth, Cohasset, Provincetown, Barnstable, and beyond with departures and returns, via Fall River Line and Brockton routes, including connecting points and service notes.

Trains Schedules From Boston Station to New England

Corrected December 20 1886 schedule lists weekday departures from Boston Causeway Street to cities including Amesbury Beverly Biddeford Chelsea Dover Everett and many others with Sunday trains and connections to New York via Middletown New Haven Norwich Line and Norwich via Willimantic.

Boston Station Summer Street New York Middletown New Haven Pullman Boston Hartford New Britain Waterbury Danbury Fishkill New England Air Line Grand Central Depot Willimantic York Bristol Philadelphia Jersey City Trenton Baltimore Washington Richmond Norwich New London Danielsonville Putnam City OF Worcester City OF New York Washington Street Turner A. C. Kendall Causeway Street Amesbury Beverly Biddeford Chelsea Dover Everette Great Falls Rochester Wrampton Beach North Mampton Rye Beach Ipswich Lynn Marblehead Swampscott Branch Middleton Newburyport North Conway Peabody and Danvers Portsmouth Revere Rockport and Gloucester Branch Salem Swanugus Swampscott Wenham

Boston and Maine Rail Schedules Mixed Across Divisions

Detailed timetable listing through trains on both divisions from Haymarket and Causeway Street stations to Portland Lewiston Augusta Bangor and coastal towns with connections to St John Halifax and Eastport Me. Meantime schedules show multiple daily departures and steamship links from Portland and numerous intermediate stops in Maine New Hampshire and Massachusetts.

Wolfeboro Eyan and Way Rewsburyport Portsmouth Portland Bangor St. John Halifax Twn Salem Vie Sanens Workingman South Reading Boston Haymarket Square City Washington Street James T. Furber J. Flanders Augusta Amanet Square Causeway Street St.ov Rockland Castine Southwest Bar Harbors Machinsport Maine Central Grand Track Lineox & Lincoln Railways

Boston and Lowell Railroad Timetable and Through Service

The Boston and Lowell Railroad lists through service from Boston with connections to Wilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Franklin Lebanon White River Junction Montpelier Essex Junction Burlington St Albans Montreal and more with trains at 8 50 am 1 and 7 pm and additional services to Plymouth Warren Haverhill Woodsville 8 30 am and 1 and 7 pm Local routes cover Manchester Somerville West Met Westboro Keene Concord Hillsboro Amherst and Peterboro with various morning and afternoon departures and Pullman and parlor car options to Montreal via different routes.

Montreal Ottawa Ogdensburg Fitchburg Causeway Street Boston Ss. O. A Weaaen Jaffrey Pete Pegg Fitzwilliam Troy Marlboro Keene Westmoreland Walpole Bellows Falls Rutland Burlington St. Albans St. Johns Saratoga Delaware & Hudson Canal Company R. Rh Cheshire White River Ee Vermont Points Westman Ches- Ai P. M.hire & Monadnock Rutland R. K Rutlard White River Junction Montreal & West Pallman Lowell Chicago Central Vermont R. R. Onice Washington Street SSFS Boston & Lowell Railroad City Old State House Wilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Franklin Lebanon Montpelier Essex Junction Warren Haverhill Woodsville St. Johnsbury Newport Sherbrooke Quebec Bristol Claremont Lynn White Mountain Northern Division Pullman Central Vermont R.K Passmmpsic R.R. Varlor Manchester Weterboro H Keene Cone Witton Milfe

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Fragmented OCR text listing multiple times and prices, with unclear events. Reads like a timetable or receipt data including times 7,9 11.10 PM and Sunday numbers. mentions Bleachery and ret. and various prices.

Qeen Asus Lowell

Time Tables for Local Rail Lines and Schedules

Comprehensive local time tables showing trains, stops, and connections across towns including Concord Lexington West Medford and Newton with daily and Sunday variants. Includes return times, express services, drawing room cars, and ticket office details.

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Fitchburg Railroad Flossac Tunnel Route Schedule

Trains on the Fitchburg line change on September 6 1886 with new departure and return times from Boston to New York Providence Pawtucket Attleboro and many other stations including Mansfield Mansfield and Waverley connections. The long list provides daily and Sunday services and notes extensions to Chicago Albany and West Shore routes.

Boston New York Shore Line Shore Lue Mail Steamboat Stonington Ling Ireturn Providence Pawtucket Dodgeville Hebronville Attleboro North Attleboro Bilansfield East Foxboro Dek Sharon Return RPT RR Mahom Canton Junction Sumuayo Beadville Heetum Tess Hyde Park Mt. Hippel Clarendon Hills Metuen Forest Willis Jamaica Plain Boyisten Bury BAS A. Wor — Oro

Rail schedule excerpt lists routes and fares

A dense OCR of transit timetables shows routes between Watertown Somerville Union Market Cambridge and towns like Water town and Waverley with numerous times and fares. The fragment names stations and a general superintendent John Adams.

Central Massachusetts R R schedule from Boston and Lowell lines

Train timetable for the Central Massachusetts Railroad with stations including Way Stations Wayland Weston Belmont Waverly and Waltham. Lists departure and return times on multiple days and services, with notes from Lucius Tuttl e and Mell en as general agents and superintendents.

SUN Expr Wayland Express Ays .Mets Weston Oxu Ayer Belmont Waverly Waltham Lucius Tuttle Mellen

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