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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 29, 1890

Page

2

Rehoboth and the First Continental Congress Essay

Taunton July 28 reports Abner Goodell presenting an essay on Rehoboth as the site of the first Continental Congress. The talk traces colonial links with Britain and Canada, outlines key figures Dudley Vetch Nicholson and their roles, and notes prior expeditions and outcomes, with concluding reflections on Bristol County history.

Taunton Taunton Historical Society Historical Hall Abner Goodell New England Historical Association Rehoboth Hopkins Emery Chapin A. A. Leach EF. H. Elwell Bristol County Emery New France Europe England France America Port Royal Bay of Fundy Massachusetts New England Louis XIV William Ryswick American William Pict Canada Joseph Dudley Samuel Vetch Dudley Vetch Queen Anne Congress New World Boston Acadia Cape Breton Newfoundland Dragon Nantasket Nicholson Enterprise Earl of Sunderland Nicholson and Vetch Rhode Island Council of Massachusetts Bay

From Hammersmith to Taunton and the seeds of liberty

An orator reflects on regional history from Hammersmith to Taunton, praising early American inventors, anti slavery debates, legal reforms, and religious liberty led by Quakers in Dartmouth and Tiverton. He warns of damaged archives, urges preservation, and notes efforts to study original records in state and county offices.

William Paybody John Aiden Priscilla Murlens Hammersmith Sauns Leonards Joseph Jenks Massachusetts John Lattin Sewall Rehoboth Cambridge Dartmouth Tiverton Bunker Hill Christendom Calvary State Public Record Office London Taunton Suffolk County Commonwealth Bristol County Bristol Court of Probate Proser

Cloak Makers Reopen After Agreement Controversy

The locked-out cloakmakers returned to work under a new plan of agreement. Arthur Dale, chairman of the Cloak Cutters' Union, was arrested for conspiracy in trying to discharge non union men. Judge Duffy lectured Dale on workers’ rights. A cloak cutters meeting backed Dale and he defended his action as protecting workers’ choice. The strike status remains unsettled.

New York Arthur Dale Cloak Cutters’ Union Duffy Dale

Decline of Piracy in New York Night Cabs

From the New Jersey Sun, the piece contrasts the waning dominance of the so-called night hawk with the persistence of risky cab fare assaults. It recalls a notorious Old Guard pirate who, after a late Boston visit, meandered through transit, lost possessions, and was rescued by police amid a mild publicity stir as authorities crack down on hackmen.

N. J. Sun New York Old Guard Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company Boston Fifty-Eighth Street Sixth Avenue Hundred and Fifty-Fifth Street Twenty-third Street Fifth Avenue Hackman Second Avenue

Newport County Drag Hounds Meet Opens New Season

Ward McAllister hosted an outdoor hunt breakfast at Bayside Middletown for Mr and Mrs F G S Hauteville and other dignitaries before the Newport County Drag Hounds held its first meet at Mile Corner. A dozen to fifteen hounds led by Master F M Ware started a several mile run through countryside ending near Jaston's Pond. Meets planned twice weekly through early September.

Newtonn Newport County Drag Hounds Mile Corner Vanderbilts Astors Paran Stevens F. M. Ware Jaston’s Pond Ward McAllister F. G.S. D. Hauteville McAlister Bayside Middletown Whitney Wetmore John Lee Carroll Maryland

Salem News: Water main breaks Essex Street. Canal Street bid awarded

A water main break at Essex head of Curtis Street tears up the road, with a large repair crew at work overnight. The Board of Trade notes no direct Salem to Haverhill trains due to insufficient travel. City bids on Canal Street award to Welch and Bates for 387593 20, with sewer work to be funded within a 60000 appropriation.

Salem Essex Curtis Street Army The Board of Trade Furber Boston & Maine Haverhill Mill Pond Committee On Streets Canal Street Washington Street Broadway James Welch William E. Bates D. Pendar J. M. Parsons Blaisdell & Greeley Newburyport Joseph Ross & Co Ipswich St. W. Phillips Quincy Point

Nationalists Discuss Nationalism and Industrial System

The Second Nationalist Club met at Twilight Hall with a small audience. Henry Austin presented an essay tracing the idea of Nationalism from ancient Greece and Rome to Wendell Phillips and abolition, arguing the club aims to destroy white slavery and expose the corrupt industrial system. He outlined five counts criticizing production plans, waste, the rise of trusts, and a looming doom.

Henry Austin Charles I Wendell Phillips Mr. Austin

Multiple Losses Hit East Coast Businesses as Creditors Move In

Providencr Rhode Island July 28 F F Tebbetts cloak dealer 99 Westminster Street assigns to L L Angell of Cook Angell attorneys. Tebbetts began Sept 1886 with 5000 from self and wife. An attachment by Freedman Bros of New York hastened the action. Chicano July 28 Ernest Hess formerly of Hess Elevator Company and a Board of Trade member failed today. Owes about two million bushels of oats. margins about 80000. B G Vennant small provisions trader closed trades, rumored for a banking firm. Portsheep July 28 Belair Manufacturing calls creditors meeting. mill likely to shut down indefinitely. assets unknown. two hundred hands employed. sixty looms running on worsteds. Salem July 28 John P Peabody offers creditors composition of 40 cents on the dollar.

B. H. Gladding & Co Freedman Bros New York Ernest Hess Joupany Board of Trade B. G.vennant Belair Manufacturing Company Petherbridge Purnell Salem Speciat John P. Peabody

Ten Eyck Wins at Duluth Consolation Race

Dowurn Minn July 28 After a two hour delay due to rough water the professional consolation race lined Len Eyck Hamm Wise and McKay for a three mile course with a turn Ten Eyck led with 21m 203 Hamim 211m Wise 211m 245 3 McKay distanced and the field finished as the race proved interesting in the rough conditions

Dowurn Minn Len Eyck Hamm Wise McKay Ten Eyck Hamim

Williams Seen as Next Dem and Independent for Ninth District

George Fred Williams is discussed as the forthcoming Democratic and Independent candidate for Compress from the ninth district. A gang of workmen were set to alter the Court House this morning to add more space for the register of deeds, a temporary measure ahead of a planned broader building alteration under county commissioners’ review.

Ham George Fred Williams Compress Court House Register of Deeds

Phillips son shoots himself in head at Conway

Springfield July 28. James A. Phillips son of Joseph W. Phillips of Conway shot himself in the head Sunday and will die. He had head trouble and may have been temporarily insane.

Springfield James A. Phillips Joseph W. Phillips Conway

Wallace Idaho razed by fire destroys mining town status

Fire sweeps Wallace Idaho in the Cour d Alene mining district, leaving 1500 homeless. Central Hotel and business district burned with depots spared. Holly Mason Co post office and several leading firms destroyed. Also reports of fires in Omana Nebraska and Montreal with heavy losses.

Spokane Farus Wash Wallace Idaho Cour d’Alene Union Pacific Northern Pacific Holly, Mason, Marks & Co Heller House White & Bender McElroy & Vedder McNab & Rivers the Telephone Exchange Joseph Carlson Spokane Falls Omana Neb E. D. Meadimber Tacoma C. M. Johnson Cherryfield Chalk Pond Township Cameron Silica Company Boston Montreal Cole St. Antoine Walter Paul W. H. Chapman H. D. Anglin Seguine Smith Hall Green Avenue Hartford London Broc Switzerland Minneapolis Monitor Plough Works Minden Ont Surance

Washington genealogists seek Leonard Washington’s fate at Warton

Researchers debate Henry F Waters evidence of Washingtons English ancestry and trace Leonard Washington gent of Warton who signed Leo Wesham. The search links him to Lawrence Washington of Sulgrave and Brington, father of George Washington, with notes on Elizabeth Richardson and a 1639 declaration. Authors seek Wilton/War ton ties and final resting places before 1650.

A. Winder London Atheneum Henry F. Waters Washington Leonard Washington Warton Lancashire Lawrence John Lave Leo Wesham Lawrence Washington Sulgrave and Brington M.A Brasenose College Oxford Purleigh Albert Welles Washingtons Richardson John Washington Edward Prescot Mr. Waters Elizabeth Richardson Turvey, Beds Alyce Washington Thomas Washington General Washington England

Russian Finn John Ravelin Uses Force at Atlantic Avenue Dine

John Ravelin, a Russian Finn, entered Adam Mason’s dining room at 227 Atlantic Avenue last evening and ate supper without paying. Mrs. Mason was knocked down, and Mr. Mason was struck on the head, leaving a severe gash. Officer Vaughan of Station 2 arrested him after a search found a revolver in his pocket with loaded Cane chambers and $38 in cash.

John Ravelin Adam Mason Atlantic Avenue

Fragmented 1890s auction list of securities and bonds

Auction catalog from Francis Henshaw & Co detailing numerous stocks, bonds, and collateral notes across railroad, bank, and manufacturing firms. Entries include Ft. Payne Coal & Iron Co, Boston Investment Co, Rutland RR, City of Toledo bonds, Bay State Gas Co, and many others with quantities and dates, followed by sale terms and auction details for Wednesday July 30, 1890.

Mnesday Guardian New England Nat. Bank Old Boston Nat. Bank Ene AIS — Automatic Coal Handling Co Metropolitan Nat Leominster Mass Lewiston H Ills Co Lewiston Dig Boston Reverebeach & Lynn Rutland RR Payne Coal & Tron Co Phila Wilmington & Halt Connecticut River Rt Kansas City Uable Ky. Co Steam Gauge & Lantern Co Syracuse McKay & Nig M. Asso Ex-Ciiy BE. & T. Fairbanks & Co Saffail Cardace Yeoman Cosnage Boylston Insurance Co Ft. Payne Coal & Iron Co Consol. RR Denver Florida Midland Ry. Co Bay State Gas Co New Hampshire Trust Co Manchester N. H Boston & Maine RR Kansas Investment Co Topeka Kan Sarins i Portsmouth Falls & Conway RR Old Colony West End St. Ky. Co International Button Hole S. M. Co Ao Hill Mfg. Co McKay & Big H. M. Assn Dexter Woollen Mills Maine Central RR Consol Ottawa Cawego & Fox River Valley Nat Market Bank of Brighton Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham RR Rowe’a Wharf Co Amoskeag Mre Amory Mfg. Co Eastern City of Loston Tapa Lansing & Saginaw RR Payne Furnace Co Lowell Manfz. Co International Marine Egual Co Henderson Gold Mining Co Hide & Leather Bank Framingham Bank of South Framingham Union Nebraska Dakota Mtge. Loan Corporation Globe Investment Co Central Mass. RR Boston Investment Co Jackson Co Rowell Am, Switch Co Nat. Tube Works Co No. Ft. Payne Coal & Iron Co Citizens’ Bank Wichita, Kan Dedham Nat. Bank Boston Nat. Bank Hill Man. Co Great Falls Man. Co Everett Mills KH. & Maine Rr, Co Conn Passumpsic Rivers RR Davidson Investment Co Ft. Payne Investment Co Fenn. Land Co American Axe & Tool Co Ft. Payne Inv. Co Do Eliot Ins. Co City of Oregon S. L Utah Northern RR Toledo City of Buffalo City of St. Louis Gs W. L City of Milwaukee Quincy RK. Bridge Amory Manor, Co Worth Lands& St. Ry. Co. Ta

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