Strong Editorial Favors Atherton Bill in Concord Railroad Fight
Concord residents debate railroad control as the Atherton bill promises state owned policy and fare reductions. The piece attacks Hazen bill's move to a single foreign monopoly, while highlighting potential benefits of NH controlled lines and reduced rates.
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Concord Railroad
Concord
N. H
Spxcran
New Hampshire
Hazen
Boston & Maine Corporation
Atherton
Boston
Hall
Concord People
Patriotina
Boston & Maine Adventurers
Concord Road
Concor Sailsond
Kimball
Nashua Telegraph
Manchester
North Weare Road
Charles A. Sinclair
Boston & Maine
Worcester Road
Massachusetts
Wnll Il Vid
Jay Gould
General strike probable in shoe factories at BrEverly
The prospect of a general strike grows as workers at Masters & Walker, Charles H. Cressey, and Albert Perry & Co. are discharged. The dispute centers on a 5 percent raise for second grade flexible shank tip shoes. The State Board of Arbitration invited both sides to Town Hall for settlement talks, while manufacturers met in secret to discuss the situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asters
State Board of Arbitration
United States Ship Constellation Sails from Newport
United States ship Constellation sailed this afternoon for New London. A new hotel twice the capacity of present houses will be built at Jamestown for the 1888 season as the town sees record crowds. Charles V. Stewart and William T. Bull left for Europe to begin a seven week bicycle tour of England.
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Newport
K.J
Constellation
New London
Jamestown
Charles V. Stewart
William T. Bull
Europe
England
Tri
New England Chautauqua Opens With Dense Attendance
Framingham July 18. Heavy rain did not deter attendees at the New England Chautauqua. Dr Hurlburt drew praise for readings while President Fairbairn lectured on the Philosophy of Religion, arguing religion underpins art and literature and tracing its origins through Democritus to Spencer. Denominational talks followed with ministers and educators discussing denominationalism and the role of religion in public education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sourn Framingham
Hurlburt
Reading
Fairbairn
Democritus
Epicurus
Lucretius
Hume
Spencer
Church
Stuart Mill
Herbert Spencer
Butler
God
Methodist
Baptist
Congregational
Hall of Philosophy
Puddlefoot
Michigan
Dunning
Johnson
Waltham
Lawson
Boston
Sherwin
McWhinnie
Cambridgeport
Gardner
Lawrence
Anderson
Baltimore
E. N. White
Sophia B. Packard
Spellman University
Atlanta
Juriburt
Chadbourne
King
England
Epaneac
St Thomas Disaster Claims All Victims Identified
The remains of all victims of the railroad disaster in St Thomas Ont have been identified. Mrs Smith and child were taken to Toronto Mrs John Sayness and her three children to London. Five funerals were held yesterday as injuries rose to 150 200 with Mrs Zealand in critical condition. Doctors report all injured recovering though crowded offices show many with bandaged heads necks and hands.
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St. Thomas
Ont
Tragic suicide attempt shocks New Haven couple
Mrs. Katie M. Stanchitt of Birmingham leaped into the Housatonic river near her New Haven home after a morning quarrel with her husband. Passersby did not intervene. Dr. Kendall later recovered her body at noon. A torn note read Good-by, you will find my body in the bottom of the river. The couple had been married about two years and were unhappy.
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New Haven
Conn
Katie M. Stanchitt
Birmingham
Housatonic
Kendall
Kittie
Stanchitts
Obituary notices for Seabury Robbins and Grover
Alexander H Seabury a notable New Bedford millionaire died at 80 from paralysis He served as president and treasurer of Mt Washington Glass Works and sat on the boards of several mills banks and manufacturing firms Stephen B Robbins longtime Metropolitan Hotel proprietor in Washington D C died after a life in the hotel business He had recently lived in Georgia O Grover a thirty year printer's stick maker from Middletown Conn died suddenly in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander H. Seabury
New Bedford
Mt. Washington Glass Works
Fairpoint Manufacturing Company
Acushnet Mill
Aneiko Mill
First National Bank
Union Cotton Manufacturing Company of
Fall River
First National Bank of
Lafayette
Ind
Stephen B. Robbins
Metropolitan
Washington, D. C
Boston
North
Georgia
O. , Grover
Middletown
Conn
Provincetown Fish Receipts for Three Months Ended June 30
Provincetown reports fish landings totaling 8,173,500 pounds valued at $61,750 for fresh catch including cod halibut haddock herring pollock and flounder. Cured products include salt mackerel cured cod liver coc livers and sperm oil with ambergris valued around $15,000.
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Provincetown
Public bequests revealed in Salem wills proved yesterday
Wills proved in Salem show Nancy Curtis of Nahant leaving 2000 to the First Reformed Episcopal Church of Boston. Henry Breed of Lynn directs his estate be sold with proceeds split among Mt. Carmel Lodge Lynn Sutton Chapter Royal Arch Masons Lynn Post 5 G A R Lynn and the Public Forest of Lynn with specified shares and balances.
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Salem
Nancy 4. Curtis of
Nahant
First Reformed Episcopal Church of
Boston
Henry A. Breed
Lynn
Mt. Carmel Lodge of Masons of
Sutton Chapter
Royal Arch Masons of Lynn
Post 5
Mt. Carmel Lodge
Sutton Chapter of Masons
G. A. Rt
Public Forest of
General Paine's New Yacht Delayed by Iron Work
Work on the Volunteer yacht advances slowly due to iron work. A trial trip now cannot happen before Thursday. All else is ready and once iron work is finished, progress will accelerate toward GOUGH Ob.
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Gough Ob
Delights of Canoeing in New England Rivers
This piece extols canoeing as a fresh summer sport within a day from Boston. It gives practical setup tips, warns about upstream paddling, describes camp life and rapids, and praises rivers like the Charles Nashua Chicopee Concord and Taunton, noting maps and guides and urging city readers to try a three day holiday on a local river.
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Boston
Shelley
Thames
Lechlade
Connecticut
Merrimac
Wilson Thrush
Wood Thrush
McClellan
Peninsula
Sherman
Paradise
Charles River
Boston & Albany
Charles
Nashua
Chicopee
Concord
Taunton
Hubbard
Maine
Firemen Banquet Honors Revere and Nearby Crews at Pines
A complimentary banquet for the Revere fire department was held at the Hotel Pines Point of Pines last evening. About seventy members attended from Revere Companies No 1 and No 2, Crescent Beach No 8, Beverly hook and ladder No 1, with welcome by Mr Thayer and responses from chief engineer Albert Kimball and several company officers. The event continued informally into the late hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Revere
Hotel Pines
Point of Pines
Beachmont
Crescent Beach
Hook and Ladder Company
Beverly
Thayer
Messrs
Albert Kimball
Fenno
Weigle
Legee
Ilosh
Simpson
McRae
Knapp
Hartford
Frank Pray
G. Arthur Tapley
Second Brigade in Camp at South Framingham
The Second Brigade at South Framingham endures rainy weather yet reports high spirits as 2000 soldiers prepare for a busy week. Ambulance and Signal Corps impress under Second Lieutenant Samuel B. Clarke, with Major Frost optimistic about rifle practice and Colonel Sampson inspecting.
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South Framingham
Signal
Ambulance Corps
Samuel B. Clarke
Salem
Signal Corps
Frost
Sampson
Lawrence
Framingham Grounds
Een Peach, Jr
William A. Bancroft
Francis A. Osgood
William M. Strachan
George &. Merrill
Calvary
Horace G. Kemp
National Lancers
Roxbury Horse Guards
Ingalls
E. H. George
Sverre
Alfred Boyce Hill funeral drawn mourners from financial circles
At St. Paul s Church a large turnout of financiers from Boston New York and local firms attended the Episcopal funeral service for Alfred Boyce Hill 40 former vice president of the New York Stock Exchange. Pallbearers included Justice Devens M Ballou Hewitt Welles and other stock exchange and club representatives. The service followed Episcopal rites with hymns and scripture before interment at Mount Auburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Alfred Boyce Hill
New York Stock Exchange
H. L. Horton & Co
Messrs
R. H. Thomas
A. M. Cahoone
R. Keppler
C. 8. Day, F. K. Sturgis, G. L. Haight
Brayton
Tilghman
J. Russell
James Weeks
Justice Devens
Massachusetts Supreme Court
M. R. Ballou
Boston Stock Exchange
Augustus Hemenway
John Parkinson
C. £. Cotting
E. F. Deland
G. W. Baldwin
J. Orne Green
St. John
Weber
Jesus
M.ia Ballou
Messrs. Hewitt and
Welles
New York Club
Mt. Auburn Cemetery
City and Railroad Reach Equitable Quincy Street Bridge Deal
Mayor OBrien announces the city will pay half the Quincy street bridge reconstruction with the New York and New England railroad building the span. Law department, board of aldermen, and Mayor signed the agreement, though some argued council action was unnecessary. Delays blamed on the railroad over a rickety bridge.
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O’brien
Quincy Street
New York & New England Railroad
Law Department
Board of Aldermen
Sailroad
Cit
Variety at Oakland Garden and local accidents
Oakland Garden featured a varied bill with Alexander Davis ventriloquist Miss Georgia Blake Schoolcraft and Cues Tom Martin The Love sisters William Carroll Wade and Mack and Queen Vassar in a late sketch Fun in a Horse Car In Rockville Connecticut John Seifert 13 was killed by a falling log while ex Sheriff O C West was injured The Fair Haven Westville Horse railroad workers demanded higher wages and won a raise to 159 per day.
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Oakland Garden
Alexander Davis
Georgia Blake
Schoolcraft
Cues
Tom Martin
Love Sisters
William Carroll
Wade and
Mack
Queen Vassar
Rockville
Conn
John Seifert
O. C. West
Fair Haven
Westville
Fatal street brawl over nationality ends in death
Charles McCabe of Canton died after a fight near Eliot and Warrenton streets. The 28 year old, who worked in Canton rolling mills, was struck and fell unconscious. He died ten minutes later as police investigated the assault, with medical examiner Draper ordering the body sent to the city morgue. Arrests were made and a suspect identified as Dolly Wall faces manslaughter charges pending autopsy results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles McCabe
Canton
Eliot
Warrenton
McCabe
Rockland Street
Boston
Bernard McCabe
Lowell Street
Eliot and
Goddard
Lagrange Street
Draper
City Hospital
Thomas Gaffney
Willard Osterbrook
Hyde Park
Wall
Dorchester Avenue
Eichorn
Prendergast
Robbins
Station 4
Natick crossing accidenting hearing held by railroad commissioners
A hearing by the railroad commissioners investigated the Natick grade crossing accident of July 2 on the Boston and Albany line that killed Thomas Johnson and seriously injured Bishop. Witnesses including Thomas Ryan engineer James Flaherty and brake men James McDonald Isaac Davis testified about speed signals and alarm notices. The hearing was adjourned to obtain further testimony as a flagman was stationed at Natick crossing.
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Thomas Johnson
Bishop
Boston & Albany
Main Street
Natick
Thomas Ryan
James Flaherty
James McDonald
Isaac Davis
Natick Crossing
Libel by seamen and material men over schooner George Wallin fund
In a libel action by A F Williams and others against the schooner George Wallin, seamen and material men seek distribution of sale proceeds. The fund proved insufficient to satisfy all claims. the vessel, bought by an Englishman named Bynee at Provincetown and later transported to Trinidad, was libelled then sold. The court ordered full payment to seamen with remaining balance pro rata to material men, naming Charles Wheeler for the vessel Fred Dodge for seamen and material men and George M Reed for the master.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson
A. F. Williams
George Wallin
Bynee
Provincetown
Trinidad
Charles Wheeler
Fred Dodge
George M. Reed
Gertsheld on obscene prints in South Boston court
Edwin R. Gerts, photographer of 105 Dorchester Avenue, was held in 1000 bail for the grand jury on charges of printing selling and circulating obscene pictures. He was remanded to jail in default of bail. Battery A marched to South Framingham for camp despite rain. China Mutual Insurance elected Deblois president Poole secretary. Weather interruped opening of Point of Pines children festival but shows expected crowds for The Taking of New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Boston
Fallon
Edwin R. Gerts
Dorchester Avenue
Grand
Captain Follett
West Newton Street
South Framingham
China Mutual Insurance Company
George L. Deblois
William Perkins
Edmund A. Poole
Point of Pines
Pines
New Orleans
Milk Combine Forms to Create Boston Milk Monopoly
Boston milk contractors Brigham & Co Tower Whitcomb & Co forge a combine to consolidate firms receiving milk from Massachusetts New Hampshire and Vermont. Papers drawn aim to unify lines under one business model by October with possible capital of 700000. some plan for a three trustee arrangement. Daily Boston intake amounts to about 18000 cans or roughly 170000 quarts.
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Boston
Brigham & Co
Tower, Whitcomb & Co
Henry Tower
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Vermont
C. Brigham & Co
Boston & Alban
Old Colony
D. Whiting & Sons
Lowell
Fitchburg
Cheshire
Page & Gone
Hood & Son
Boston & Maine
Proctor & Sons
F. Crosby
Hubbardston Farmer Buys Ten-Dollar Suit For Seven
A Hubbardston farmer rushed into a clothing store after seeing a sign. He bought a $10 suit for seven dollars, thinking it a bargain. Later he realized another sign advertised half price and exclaimed he should have looked around first.
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Hubbardston
Washington Street
Fitchburg
List of names and firms spread across cities in the U S and abroad
A lengthy roster lists individuals and their firms in multiple cities including Atlanta Burlington Craw Corsicana Cincinnati Columbia Charleston Chicago Grand Rapids Louisville Lexington Norfolk Omaha Philadelphia Peoria Salt Lake City Topeka Traverse City Washington and Wichita with affiliations such as McKeldon & Carlton Bates & White Phelps Dodge, C M Henderson, Smith & Ross, Samuel Bunting, Hannah-Mercantile, and others. The snippet reads like a directory of agents or correspondents across regions.
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Atlanta
R McKeldon
McKeldon & Carlton
Burlington
Columbia
Ehrlich
Ehrlich & Sons
Charleston
A Hunt
Hunt & Co
Chicago
M Phelps
Phelps, Dodge & Palmer
P Gore
Gore & Co
J Shay
Shay & Co
M Fargo
H Fargo & Co
Bristol
Bristol & Ad
Marks
Craw
8 Henderson
M Henderson & Co
Grand Rapids
Mich
R Mayhew
Lafayette
D Murphy
Murphy & Comstock
Louisville
J Thomas & Co
Omaha
C B Atwood
Hannah —_ Mercantile Co
Washington
J Albert Williams
Boston and Maine Steamship Company Eastern Maine Tour
A new summer trip offered by the Boston and Maine Steamship Company departs Tuesday or Friday at 5 p.m. visiting Castine Deer Isle Sedgwick Southwest Harbor Bar Harbor Millbridge Jonesport and Machiasport. Captain Charles Deering leads the route with praised boats meals and service. freight shippers gain economy and direct routing from 19 Congress street office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Maine Steamship Company
Maine
Castine
Deer Isle
Sedgwick
Southwest Harbor
Bar Harbor
Millbridge Jonesport
Machiasport
Charles Deering
Congress Street
Springfield Street Railway Wins Capital Increase Approval
The railroad commissioners granted Springfield Street Railway Company permission to raise capital by $125000. President John Olmsted and director Gideon Wells spoke for the company, noting completed improvements and extensions. Treasurer A E Smith attended as representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Street
Springfield Street Railway Company
John Olmsted
Gideon Wells
A. E. Smith
Sixth week opens at Music Hall with popular selections
The sixth week of the Music Hall promenades began last evening with Director Nenendoff presenting a popular program. Highlights include the Vorspiel from Tristan and Isolde, Isolde's Liebestod, overtures to Fatinitza Prometheus and L Africaine, Baccherini Minuet, and waltzes by Strauss and Gungl. Composers' nights mark the week with Offenbach on Wednesday and Beethoven on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nenendohff
Isolden
Strauss
Gungl
Offenbach Fox
Beethoven
A Secret Revealed by Paris Correspondent 1887
Paris correspondent reports that a summer exodus does not dampen city life and attributes high spirits to Quinn-Laroche tonic. Dr Anselmier cites hypochondria as a source of despondency and illness, claiming the tonic tonifies the system. Lectures note its hospital use and American adoption by Messia, Fougera & Co. The piece compares American openness to French caution in embracing new science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Anselmier
Anselimier
Quinn-Laroche
Veillard
Riga Delcroix
America
Messia, Fougera & Co
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Housatonic River
General Paine
St. Paul's Church
O'Brien
Eliot Street
United States District Court
G.o.taylor
Cc.h. Graves & Sons
Springfield Street Railway
Java
Per LE
C. D
John D. & M. Williams
State Street
Pope Mfc. CO
Franklin Street
C.D. Cobb & Bros
Pacific House
Nantasket Beach, Mass
W. B. Hathaway
the Brookline News
Philadelphia
New
Fallis Daniels
Augusta
Avery Bryant
Swansea
Augustus W. Robinson
Deerfield
John Hs Drey
Newmarket
Polly B
Dexter Crossman
Rochester
Edward Murray
William Swift
Plymouth
John Hart
North Adams
William He
Ellis
Pleasant Lake
Orville M. Brown
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