Geronimo's Band and Frontiersman Reflections
A former Sixth Cavalry soldier recalls campaigns against Geronimo and compares officers tactics with Crook, notes how Geronimo escaped Fort Apache, and discusses Indigenous causes and attitudes. He claims Apache scouts aided Geronimo and criticizes Indian policy and justice figures in the Eastern press.
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Arizona
Sixth Cavalry
Geronimo
Overton
General Crook
Nane
Natchez
Mangos
Oak
Crook
Sheridan
Conkling Not There in Paraffin Paper Case Farce
A New York maker Hamerschlag leads a patent fight over paraffin paper used by candy and dairy dealers. Crowds flocked to watch ex Senator Roscoe Conkling, rumored to appear, only to find he was not there and no trial was scheduled. The elevator porter and clerks faced a day of comic confusion as townsfolk searched for the foreign stamp office amid the uproar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Court Room
Pat
Roscoe Conkling
United States Circuit Court
Seigfried Hammerschlag
New York
United States Court
Hammerschlag
Henry C. Spaulding
Theodore Pinkham
John F. Wood
William Laskey
Conkling
Foreign Stamp Office
Senathur Conkling
Senator Conkling
Levi C Wade on the Cutting affair in Mexico visit
President Levi C Wade of the Mexican Central railroad returned from a four week trip to Mexico. He said the Cutting case was exaggerated by Northern journals and that there was little excitement in El Paso or the Mexican states. He denied any dealings with Cutting or Medina and voiced regret over General Jackson’s resignation. He added the railroad’s affairs look more encouraging now.
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Levi C. Wade
Mexican Central Railroad
Mexico
Wade
el Paso
el Paso Times
Chihuahua
Cutting
Aper
Medina
Jackson
Billings Family Reunion Draws Hundreds at Tremont Temple
Members bearing the Billings name traveled from distant places to Tremont Temple for the second annual reunion. About 400 gathered to socialize, dine, hear speeches on family ties, and hear genealogists recount ancestral lines from Nathaniel and others while honoring notable relatives like Benjamin R. Curtis and Dr. J. S. Billings.
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Tremont Temple
Billings
A Billings
John D. Billings
Cambridgeport
Sandford Waters Billings
Dse Smith
Gilbert Billings
Chicopee
Nathaniel Billings
Chapel Hall
S. W. Billings
Fanny Billings
Chester
Rose of Sharon
Revolutionary Army
Ormer
W. W. Wright
Geneva
X. YI
S. D. Downs
Francestown
Mass
Charles Billings
Ottawa
Nathaniel
Richard
Roger
William’ Billings
Benjamin R. Curtis
United States Supreme Court
George Ticknor
Mensman’s Peptonized Beef Tonic claims full beef benefits
Caswell Hazard and Co promoters present Mensman’s Peptonized Beef Tonic as a complete beef preparation containing blood making and life sustaining properties. Marketed for indigestion nervous debility and general weakness including exhaustion. Sold by druggists in New York.
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Ke Mensman
Caswell, Hazard & Co
New York
The Minute Men at the Boston Theatre Monday
The Minute Men by James A. Herne will open at the Boston Theatre Monday with Mr. Herne and Miss Katherine Herne in leading roles. The company includes H. M. Pitt, F. Chippen dale, J. M. Colville, F. J. Keenan, and Alice 8 Crawford with new scenery by D. B. Hughes.
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James A. Herne
Boston
Herne
Katherine Herne
H. M. Pitt
F. Chippendale
J. M. Colville
Old Mansion
Mystic River
Pine Forest
Log Fort
Rocky Cove
Bunker Hill
Roxbury Heights
Captain Winstow
Milton
Bay of Massachusetts
James O’neill
Globe
O’neill
J. W. Shannon
W. V. Price
Miller Kent
Joseph Ransome
Arthur Leclercq
J. H. Shewell
Elizabeth Robins
Annie Boudinot
E. M. Zimmerman
Hollis Street
Clara Morris
Bijou Heron
Henry Miller
Kate Dennin- Wilson
Ogden Stevens
Rowland Buckstone
Harbor Lights
Vanderfelt
Graham
Delaro
Paullin
Dunbar
Dalys
the Howard
Lizzie Daly
George W. Derious
Harry Bloodgood
Mamie Conway
Tolanthe
Bijou
Bessie Gray
Tillie McHenry
Richard Vahey
Ideal Opera Company
Theatre notices and new plays for week after next
Matinees and evenings announced at multiple Boston and national theatres with a slate of revivals new dramas and stars. Highlights include Miss Miriam O Leary in Francesca da Rimini and Mme Modjeska expected in New York by month end along with Beckett era notes on Wilson Barrett and Bronson Howard productions.
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Mnuseum
Harbor Lights
Hollis Street
R. L. Downing
Boston
Kiralfy Bros
World
Bartley Campbell
Bronson Howard
Miss Dauvray
Adirondacks
Miss Mather
Juliet
California
Bernhardt
Fedora
Adrienne
America
Star Course
Opera School Entrance Tests Open Free Tuition
The School of Opera entrance exams occur Oct 1–2 at 10 am in the National Conservatory of Music, 128 East Seventeenth Street, New York, reopening Oct 4. Mr. Henry E. Abbey will arrive from Europe Oct 23 to oversee Mme Patti’s Dublin tour, with her New York debut Nov 17. The Boston Idéal adds Mignon and a Weil version of The Daughter of the Regiment, retaining last season’s principal singers and adding new performers.
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School of Opera
National Conservatory of Music of America
East Seventeenth Street
New York
Henry E. Abbey
Europe
Mme. Patti
Dublin
Boston Idéal Company
Mignon
Oscar Weil
W. H. Lawton
Clement Bainbridge
Daly
Mile
Louise Lablache
Ivan Morawski
Victor Hugo
N. H. Allen
Nell
J. W. Wheeler
Max Piutti
Messrs
Oliver Ditson & Co
C. E. Pratt
Chovan
Lew Wallace
Queen Victoria
Annie Taunton
Zerema
Joseph W. Leach
H. G. Hopper
Walter Pelham
Fred Pelham
New York Theatres Preview For Next Week
A roundup of upcoming Broadway season highlights with notable debuts and cast lineups. Mile. Aimee begins at Union Square on Sept 20 in Mamzelle and Marita by Sardou follows. Fanny Davenport to appear at Union Square Oct 11 in Much Ado About Nothing with John Barnes, later Beatrice and Rosalind roles. New Thalia Theatre company arrivals, Thalia opens Oct 1. Mackay to create part in The Main Line at Lyceum Sept 18 with diverse cast. Gretchen scenery by Goathher and Emens for Gilbert production at Lyceum with May Fortescue.
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NEW Yok
New York
Madison Square
Fifth Avenue
Joseph Murphy
Kerry Gow
Lawrence Barrett
Investigation
Niblo’s
Lillian Olcott
Bijou
N. C. Goodwin
Little Jack Sheppard
Goodwin
C. B. Bishop
E. F. Goodwin
Frank Currier
Loie Fuller
Rose Leighton
Addie Cora Reed
Lelia Farrell
Mile
Aimée
Union Square Theatre
Mam’zelle
Marita
Sardou
Fanny Davenport
Union Square
Beatrice
John Barnes
Benedick
Thalia Theatre Company
Europe
Thalia
F. Mackay
Lyceum
Mr. Mackay
J. B. Mason
Charles Overton
Raymond Holmes
Frank Kerrington
Etta Hawkins
Dora Stewart
Sympathy and Help Across Earthquake Toll
Edwin Booth sent a $1000 gift to a Charleston friend whose house was wrecked by the earthquake. A letter from Boston dated Sept 1 1886 expresses sympathy, faith, and enduring friendship. Obituary notes Henry A. Newhall’s funeral in Maiden with large local attendance and city officials present. burial at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Edwin Booth
Charleston
Boston
Henry A. Newhall
Salem Street
Maiden
Mystic Side Council
Royal Arcanum
Mizpah Lodge
Ancient Order of United Workmen
Malden Mutual Benefit Association
S. W. Foljambe
D.D
First Baptist Church
William H. Ryder
Gloucester
Woodlawn
Caleb Waite
John Waite
F. H. Odiorne
Thomas Dowling
George Tutts
A. M M. Copp
Malden
Country Club to Decide on Grounds and Races Next Week
The executive committee will meet Monday to discuss club matters and finalize a circular for members. Stewards will convene to arrange fall races. Clyde Park grounds will be used for another year under the current lease. A plan for new grounds remains undecided but will be settled soon.
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Country Club
Clyde Park
Securities listed on assorted dates and notes
On Saturday September 11 1886 four thousand Chicago 7s six thousand? Wait the item lists 4000 Chicago 7s 1892 1000 Biddeford 4s 1901 dollars The entry also mentions 1000 Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul RR 6s Wisconsin Valley Central Division 0 shares Pueblo Smelting and Refining Co 10 do Detroit Hillsdale Southwestern RR 4 do Taunton National Bank.
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Chicago
Biddeford
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul RR
Wisconsin Valley
Central Division
Pueblo Smelting and Refining Co
Detroit, Hillsdale & Southwestern RR
Taunton National Bank
Globe Buttonhole Machine Co
Boston Gaslight Co
Lowell
Pacific Mills
Laconia Manufacturing Company
Lowell Machine Shop
Amory Manufacturing Co
Middlesex RR Co
Sete Wilmington & Baltimore RR
Boylston Insurance Co
Granite RR Co
E. &Jd. Fairbanks Co
National Union Bank
Consolidated RR of Vermont
Central of Massachusetts RR
Wakefield Rattan Co
Lowell Bleachery
Cambridge RR Co
Charles River RR Co
Do. Iron Railway Co
Natl Bank
Roxbury Gason Co
Burlington & Missouri Rivers RR
Essex RR
Highland Street Ry Co
Cheshire RR
Burton Stock Car Co
State National Bank
Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain RR
Vermont & Mass RR Co
Portsmouth, Great Falls & Conway RR Co
Iowa Falls
Sioux City RR Co
Mexican Telephone Co
Central of Mass RR Co
Rutland RR Co
Chicopee Mfg Co
Worcester
Nashua
Eastern
Old Colony RR Co
Railroad Nail Bank
Union Stock Yard and Transit Co
New York, Providence & Boston RR
Eastern RR Co
Portsmouth
Great Falls
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Itory
Fort Apache
the Theatres
William J. Winch
American Opera Co
H. C. Barnabee
Ideal Opera Co
Alice Potter
Mme. Marches
Sig. Ferri
Gertrude Edmands
Leon Keach
Marshall P. Wilder
Temple Quartet
Mons
Alfred Deseve
Will Carleton
New England
Etta Kileski
Carita Benedict
A. E. Pennell
A. D. Saxon
London
Carrie FE. Hale
C. S. Johnson
Beethoven Club
Uriphrey Allen
WN. Allen
Theodore Mumann
Carl Meisel
Wele Fries
Augustus Ellis
J. &. van Santvoord
Henry Ward Beecher
Philomela Ladies’ Quartet
Ei. K. Hood
Robert J. Burdette
Bay State
Juliet Fenderson Lloyd
Italy
Spain
S. F. Rand
A. H. Powers
Dudley H. Prescott
W.F. Wentworth
James S. Burdette
Ruggles Street Quartet
And
Sig
Leandro Campanari
Violinist
States
Canadas
Ned
Boston Museum
R. M. Foeld
Rew
Sims and Pettitt
Adelphi Theatre
Boston Theatre
Eugene Tompkins
Henry Chanfrau
Kit
Hierne
Minute Men
Geo
Knight
Garden Wall
Senday
James O'Neill
Monte Cristo
Yampire Theatre
Philadelphia
Comic Opera Company
Annie Pixley
Hollis ST. Theatre
Isaac B. Rich
Robert Downing
Howard Athenazum
the Nelson Specialty Co
the Music Hall
RIED
Soren C. Blullaly
Kidder, Peabody & CO
Devonshire Street
Nassau St
Phila
Delphia
Howe & CO
Exchange Place
Richards
Reade St
John C. Wilmerding
Wilmerding, Hoguet & CO
G& White
Townsend & Montant Auctioneers and Commission Merchants
SE Leonard Street
Samuel Bunting’s
Lippincott, Son & CO
Market Street
United States
the Country Club
A. M. Bates
Boston Carriage Repository
Hwaverhill Street
East Side
Boston & Maine
Sunday Herald and Globe Tomorrow
Gho. A. Foxcroft
Repository
A. F. Bates
Hingham, Hill and Downer Landing Steamboat
Gov. Andrew
General Lincoln
Nea
India Wharf
South Pier
Downer Landing
G. LA
Hingu AM
Hull
Melville Garden
G. P. Cushing
Union Chorus
Norcross Hall
Boylston St
B. A. Robinson
J. L. Robinson
William H. Baldwin
W. B. Clarke
Musicanm Publications
the Royal Singer
L. O. Emerson
Emerson
Boston and Hingham Steamboat Co
Rowe’s
Nantasket
Pemberton
W. B. Dustan
E. G. Peirce
Hts
R. Hnights & CO
Washington Street
Main St
Wall Street
Coitting Court
West End
Somerville
Linden Street
Fitchburg
R. R
Blake Pump
W. F. Sipps
Aaron B. Gay & CO
State Street
East
Y.E. "Little
New Pacific Hotel
Oes
W.B
Horatio Harris & CO
Auctioneers and Commission Merchants
Almeria
State St
Steagrahip
Cephalonia
Awuultion Sales
R. L. Daye& CO
Merchants’ Exchange Building
Si State Street
The
Boston Stock Exchange
Ieee
Third National Bank
Freeman’s National Bank
New England National Bank
National Par Bs Bank
Pearson Manufacturing Co
Lyman Mills
Boston, Concord & Montreal
Middlesex Horse RR
Metropolitan Horse RR
Lamson Store Service Co
Bay State Gas Co
Frenchman’s Bay
Mount Desert
Saco Lavie
Do Chemical Electric Light and Power Co
City of
Boston & Maine RR
Tremont National Bank
Columbian National Bank
Mount Vernon National Bank
Toledo, Cincinnati & St Louis RR
National Tube Works
Atlantic & Pacific RR
Central
Continental Mills
Natl City Bank
Do Union Met Fast Asso
Metropolitan RR Co
Maine Central RR
Cinn
Sand & Cleve RR
Saco & Ports RR
Pac
Rutland RR
Rock & Ft Smith RR
St Louis RR
Quigley Re
Culpte
City of Chicago
W L
West Chicago Park
Snow Cattle Co of
Wyoming
Metropolitan RR
Francis Hershaw & CO
No. St State Street
Merchants’ Exchange
Albert Howe
Brighton
Warren Avenue
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