Frederick Douglass Honored by Wendell Phillips Club Reception
The Wendell Phillips Club at the Revere House hosted Frederick Douglass before his Europe voyage. About sixty-five guests, including leading Black and White emancipation figures, attended as letters from Hoar and others were read. Douglass recalled his escape, praised Garrison Phillips and Bowditch, and urged progressive self-improvement amid rising anti slavery sentiment.
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Wendell Phillips Club
Revere House
Frederick Douglass
Europe
C. L. Mitchell
J. H. Wolfe
Frank M. Douglass
George W. Lowther
Judge Ruffin
Edwin G. Walker
Lewis Hayden
Mitchell
Douglass
Wendelloe Club
Boston
Hayden
Watson
William Lloyd Garrison
Wendell Phillips
Oliver Johnson Ee
Dr. Bowditch
Massachusetts Aboition University
Garrison
O’brien
Daniel Webster
Bunker Hill Monument
Bunker Ill
Old Country
Republic
Phillips
Buffum
Cambria
England
Essex County
Faneuil Hall
Liberator
Emancipator
Pennsylvania Freeman and Bugle
Oliver Johnson
Francis Jackson Garrison
Francis Jackson
Joseph Southwick
Samuel Philbrick
Ellis Gaylord
Samuel E. Sewell
Edmund Quincy
Carolina
Old England
Anemone
Ireland
Laying the Corner Stone of Boston French Catholic Church
The corner stone of a new French Catholic church on Isabella street, built by the Marist fathers for Boston’s French community, was laid with Rt. Rev. William Byrne presiding. The brick and stone edifice will seat nearly a thousand. basement ready by November. funds raised at a spring fair. Father Barry spoke in French on the church’s history and mission, urging broad donations from all faiths.
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Cheverus
Bordeaux
Franklin Street
Boston
Freeman Place
Beacon Street
Marist Fathers
Isabella Street
William Byrne
V.G
Audifred
Reisdorf
Barry
Hyde Park
Letterier
Lyons
France
Marist Order
Norris
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Roxbury
Thesieu
Baltimore
United States
Allen
Alphonsus
Christ
Europe
Ex Alderman Jaehne and the Fence Scandal Unfolds
New York reports ex alderman Jaehne hiding from prison as his former clerk Alter, recently returned from Canada, testifies of Jaehne's use as a fence and his perjury. Alter describes stolen goods moved through Broome street, a safe emptied, and payments to voters. Alter fled to Windsor and Detroit before being captured. Jaehne offered aid but failed to support his family.
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New York
Jaehne
Alter
Canada
Byrne
Martin
Allen
Europe
Andy Curtin
Jim Stewart
Curtin
Stewart
London
Jaekne
Luke Grimes
Eighth Ward
Jachne
Broome Street
Christopher Street
North River
Hoboken
Scott
Senate Investigating Committee
Martine
Nicoll
William Conover
Detroit
Windsor
Conover
Jadine
St. Catherines
Jaeine
Jaehine
Thirsty Missourians See Sheriff Pour Beer Into Ravine
In Lawrence Kansas Sheriff Corwen confiscates 8600 bottles of beer seized from violators at Bismarck Grove during the Western National fair. He stacks stock and ferries out corks pouring contents into a ravine feeding the Kansas River while crowds of visitors watch. The act draws strong disfavor and legal dispute over legality.
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Bismarck Grove
Missouri
Corwen
Kansas
Great colonization scheme in Montreal aims for repatriation
Negotiations closed with the province and Montreal Colonization Society led by Archbishop Fabre. Delegates Dr. Johnson La Patine and Camille Poussin secured 50,000 acres in the La Lievre and La Rouge valleys for French Canadian families to return to Canada. They will settle with tools and houses after land clearing, marking the start of large-scale repatriation.
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la Lievre
la Rouge
Ottawa
Father la Belle
Germans Arrested After East Boston Disturbance
About 100 Germans from East Boston traveled to Quincy last week and again caused disturbances through Dorchester. Captain Ford of Station 11 with ten men halted the group at Granite Bridge and jailed nine of the most disorderly individuals for the night.
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East Boston
Quincy
Dorchester
Ford
Granite Bridge
Boston and Providence Kiatt road schedule update
Train timetable effective Monday September 6 1886 lists frequent Boston to New York routes including Shore Line Fast Express Shore Line Mail and Steamboat Stonington Line with multiple daily departures from Boston and Providence and various return times. Additional regional stops include Pawtucket Attleboro Readville West Roxbury Highland Stoughton Canton Readville Jamaica Plain Roxbury Dedham and Warren with changes on weekdays and Sundays and notes on Shore Line connections at Mansfield.
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Boston
Providence
Kiatt Road
New York
Shore Line
Heturn
Steamboat
Breturn
Pawtucket
Pit
Lodgeville
Hebrenville
Jreturn
Attleboro
North Attleboro
Miansfield
East Foxboro
Sharon
Canton Sunction
Readville
Higde Park
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Clarendon Hills
Return
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Bboyiaton
Roxbury
Dedham
Spring Street
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Highland
Hmeturn
Stoughton
Canton
Mt. Hope
Warren
Bristol
Mansfield
Mansfeld
Folsom. Sunt
Baldwin Spring Water Comes From Vermont High Hill Source
Absolute purity with rare medicinal properties from Baldwin Spring Sharon Vermont. Water aids stomach and kidney disorders, purifies blood, and acts as a general remedy. Sold by Druggists Grocers cafes and soda fountains. 1.75 per dot 6.50 per case. Doolittle and Smith Tremont Street Boston sole agents.
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Baldwin
Sharon
Rail Timetable for Boston to Alton Bay Area Trains
A June timetable lists trains from Boston to Alton Bay Rochester and Farmington with numerous daily departures from Boston Station and Haymarket Square. It includes routes through Andover Danvers Exeter Great Falls Haverhill and several Lawrence Melrose and Reading area stops with varied morning and afternoon times and Sunday and special trains.
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Boston
Haymarket Square
Alton Bay
Rochester
Farmington
Andover
Dover
Danvers
Adam
Exeter
Ami
Great Falls
Haverhill
Georgetown
Kennebunk
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Newbury
Reading
Wilmington
Lowell
Portland
Bangor
Lewiston
Reading and Way
Eastern Division Rail Timetable Listings
A dense roster of departure times for numerous towns including Amesbury Beverly Middeford Chelsea Dover Everett Great Falls and Rochester with notes on special services and branch routes. The table lists morning and evening departures across multiple stations and references lines via Saugus and South Reading with occasional weekday and weekend modifiers.
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Amesbury
Beverly
Middeford
Chelsea
Dover
Everett
Great Falls
Rochester
Hampton
Beach
Northam
Ipswich
Swampscott Brontes
Middleton
Newbury Port
Portsmouth
Rockport
Salem
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Wenham
Fall River Line to end double daily service this week
The fall River Line will discontinue its double daily service at the close of the week ending September 18. The Second Special Express leaving Boston at 7 p.m. on weekdays and its connecting steamers will be withdrawn. Steamers Pilgrim and Bristol will remain in service after that date. Connecting trains will depart Old Colony Station in Boston at 6 p.m. on weekdays and 7 p.m Sundays.
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Boston
New York
Fall River
Newport
Brooklyn
Jersey
Glad State FE
Washington and
State Streets
Old Colony
L. H. Palmer
J. R. Kundrick
Old State House
Pilgrim
Bristol
Old Colony Station
Boston and Albany Railroad Timetable Highlights 1886
Local timetable details list Boston and Albany departures to Springfield Albany and beyond with multiple daily express and local trains. Notable routes include Boston to South Framingham and to Buffalo via Syracuse. connections at Worcester Palmer and Palmer. Through drawing room cars and sleeping cars are noted on several long runs.
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Boston & Albany
R. R. Bune
Washington Street
Boston
Springfield
Pittsfield
Albany
South Framingham
Syracuse
N. W
Buffalo
Mereland
Betret
Cincinnati
St. Boutis
Worcester
New York
Through Trains On Both Divisions At Key Stations
Timetables show trains from Augusta Haymarket to Causeway Street and connections to Bangor St John Halifax and provinces with 8.50 am 9 am 12.30 and 7.06 am notes. Also Lewiston Manchester North Conway Portland and Machias routes with steamer links and limited midweek frequencies.
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Newburyport
Portsmouth
Portland
Bangor
St. John
Halifax
Salem
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Machiasport
Miaine Central
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Fitchburg Railroad timetable to Saratoga and beyond
A lengthy timetable lists Fitchburg Railroad routes starting Sept 7 1886. Trains depart Boston for the West and Chicago routes with Pullman and drawing room cars, stopping at Greenfield Worcester Framingham and many other points. Sundays service included. The schedule details numerous daily and ex Sunday runs, connections, and return times across a wide network ending at towns like Albany and Rutland with numerous intermediate stops.
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Causeway Street
Boston
West
Syracuse
Chicago
St. Louis
Pullman
New York Central
New Chicago
Troy
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Saratoga
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Point of Pines and Oak Island Rail Schedule
Train times from Boston to Point of Pines and Oak Island and return through Concord R R lines. Includes daily and Sunday departures and ticket office details with names James T Furber D J Flanders as General Managers.
Historic Boston Suburban Rail Timetable Fragments
Framingham Marlboro Fayville Southboro Northboro Clinton Leominster Fitchburg Berlin West Berlin Bolton Pratt Junction and other stops listed with multiple departure and return times. Sunday and weekday patterns show limited service to Newton Lower Falls Wellesley Newton Highlands and Brookline areas. Hanson and E Gallup listed as railroad officials.
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Fayville
Southboro
Northboro
Clinton
Leomister
Fitchburg
Berlin
West Berlin
Bolton
Pratt’s Junction
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Boston
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Brookline
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Kendrick General Manager Rail Schedule Fragments
Cohasset Hingham Nantasket Beach Weymouth and other towns listed with boat train timing details. Returns from multiple ports to Cohasset Hingham Plymouth Nantucket Newport New York Taunton Whitman and more with notes on frequencies exceptions Mondays Tuesdays Wednesdays Thursdays and Fridays and train boat connections.
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Hingham
Nantasket Beach
Weymouths
Scituate
Marshfield
Dux
Bplymouth
Return
Plymouth
Fall River
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Taunton
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Wareham
Mteturn
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Yarmouth
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Newport
Breturn
New York
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Whitman
Boston
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