Destructive cyclone floods Brownsville and Matamoras
A cyclone and heavy rains devastated Brownsville Texas and nearby Matamoras on Sept 28. The Rio Grande overflowed, thousands affected, hundreds of houses ruined, sugar cane and cotton crops destroyed, with losses likely over one million dollars. Cattle losses and widespread unroofing followed as relief efforts began.
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Brownsville
Matamoras
Brownsvill
Tex
Santa Cruz
Rio Grande
Ferry Company
Point Isabel
Henrietta
Mignette
Plaza del Capillas
Freeport
San Fernando Gate
Casa Mata
Arrieros Park
Mayors on a Junket Visit Worcester Leaders
Massachusetts mayors visiting Worcester’s Stonewall farm Leicester joined by Cummings of Fall River O Connor of Holyoke and Hill of Northampton. They toured New Worcester High School City Hospital Elm Park and the Lincoln House and watched the fire department alarm drill before returning home.
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Worcester
Sprecrau
Massachusetts
Winslow
Stonewall
Leicester
Cummings
Fall River
O’connor
Holyoke
Hill
Northampton
O’brien
Worcester Board of Aldermen
Mayors’ Club
New Worcester
New
Brewer & Smith
Elm Park
Lincoln House
Sir John Macdonald replies to Adams on fisheries treaty views
Bannsbury Ottawa Sept 20 1887 Sir John acknowledges Adams letter and newspaper extracts on the 1818 convention with the United States and Great Britain He states American fishermen may only enter our waters for treaty purposes and that his interpretation aligns with the government view He signs as John A Macdonald and W Marsham Adams Boston Mass
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W. Marsham Adams
Sir John Macdonald
Post
Sir John
Mr. Adams
Bannsbury
Ottawa
United State
Great Britain
Joan A. Macononaun
Boston
Maas
Funeral for James B. Leeds Former Boston Police Officer
The funeral for James B. Leeds longtime Boston police member was conducted yesterday at Warren Street Chapel. Rev. E. R. Butler delivered a brief sermon, followed by Masonic burial rites. The casket was moved to Mt. Auburn for interment.
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James B. Leeds
Boston
Warren Street
E. R. Butler
Mt. Auburn Antil
Straws From State Street Stock Market Mixed As Losses Persist
The market closed lower with leading New York stocks down about four tenths of a percent. Weakness in iron and cautious investor sentiment weighed on prices while Chicago Burlington & Quincy and Bell Telephone showed strength. Traders debated dividend risk for New York New England and the role of rail mergers. old rails valued vs new steel rails sparked lessee lessor disputes as lease terms run to 1890.
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Stoc
New York
Boston
Chicago
Burlington & Quincey
Bell Telephone
West End Land
Middlesex Railroad
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
New England Preferred
New England
Fitchburg
Astern
Eastern
Cheshire
Rutland
Central Vermont
E&oe
Ewiston
Union Water Power Company
Maine Central R. B
Grand Trunk R.R
CNRS
E. Raymond Gerard C. Tobey
Trustees
Mass
Chan ticleer Brings 1000 Quintals of Cod
Schooner Chan ticleer arrived from Grand Banks after an eighteen days voyage with 1000 quintals of codfish. Captain Pinkney says a hurricane on Sept 3 tore decks and swept away five dories, tubs, kids, and bulwarks before breaking adrift. Four small hauls of mackerel were taken, with about thirty schooners anchored off Provincetown.
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Provincetown
Chanticleer
Grand Banks
Pinkney
Garnet
Theatres Schedule: Afternoon and Evening Showings Across Boston
A list of matinee and evening performances at multiple Boston venues including Park Theatre Run of Luck Globe Theatre Erminie Boston Museum The Red Lamp Hollis Street Theatre The Corsair and Hovard Athenaeum Variety with times shown as 2 PM and various evening slots.
Marriages Recorded in City and Nearby Areas
In this city on Sept. 21 and 22 marriages were solemnized by various pastors. The couples include Robert Arthur and Cora Stean Blair McKay Ida E McKay Willard L Cole and Lara Sev Erns Gardner L Bradford and Lillian P Barrows Albert H Davis and Kate L Gallagher John Fitz-Herbert Vernon Ruxton and Mary Chickering Sidney S Sampson and Alaire Brown.
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Arthur Stedman
A. F. Mason
Robert Arthur
Cora
Stea- Than
Blair—Mckay
George E. Horr, Jr
George A. Blair
Ida E. McKay
Bradford
Barrows
Fall River
Gardner L. Bradford
Plymouth
Lillian P. Barrows
Cole—Severns
F. W. Ryder
Sidney
Sampson
Alaire Brown
Obituaries of Local Residents including Baker Brown Converse Dacey Lincoln
Notices list obituaries across multiple Boston area communities from Sept. 21 to Sept. 23. Individuals named include Samuel Baker of Nordhoff Calif formerly Boston. Charles Brown 4 1/2. Mary A Converse widow of Benjamin M.. Timothy Dacey 25. Henry W Lincoln Hooston 65. Catherine McDermott Charlestown 63. Elizabeth J McKenney Chelsea 78. Andrew Pierce Malden 66 9 16. John Richardson Dorchester 90. Lawrence Schiebel East Boston son of Ann and Maurice. Sarah A Wiggin Savin Hill Dorchester widow of Benjamin Wiggin and daughter of Judge Crosby.
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Baker
Nordhoff
Cal
Samuel Baker
Judah Baker
Boston
Brown
Charles Brown
Converse
Mary A
Benjamin M. Converse
Dacey
Timothy Dacey
Lincoln
Henry W. Lincoln
Hooston
McDermott
Charlestown
Catherine
Michael McDermott
McKenney
Chelsea
Elizabeth J. McKenney
Pierce
Malden
Andrew Pierce
Richardson
Dorchester
John Richardson
Schiebel
Lawrence
Ann
Maurice Schiebel
Wiggin
Savin Hill
Sarah A
Benjamin Wiggin
Judge Crosby
Lellasi
Harvard Overseers Hold Annual Meeting at State Street
The Board of Overseers of Harvard College will meet at No 50 State Street Boston on Wednesday Sept 25 at 11 o’clock in the forenoon Alexander McKenzie secretary Cambridge Sept 21 1857.
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Harvard College
Charles Scribner's Sons Yearly Magazine Subscription
A YEAR'S subscription from Charles Scribner's Sons offers SCRIBNER'S MAGAZINE for eight dollars, delivering twelve monthly numbers.
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Charles Scribner’s Sons
Scribner’s Magazine
New Books from Scribner's Houghton Mifflin
The Translator of Omar Khayyam with corrections from annotated copies includes a portrait of Fitzgerald and a frontispiece to Salam and Absal in two octavo volumes cloth bound priced at $10.00. Praised as among the year’s most important publications. Also Well-Worn Roads in Spain Holland.
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Y. Zimes
Tf Scribner's
Scribner’s
Providence Journal
Omar Khayyam
Mr. Fitzgerald
Wstliam Simpson
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William Thommson
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Philadelphia
Firemen’s Fire Insurance Company OF Boston
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New York Casino Comic Opera Company
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Boston, Mass
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Water St
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Atty
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Milk St
Albert
Gates
Evers KE
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Sudbury St
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Boston Anti-Poverty Society Horticultural Hall
John A. Hayes
New Church Licentiate
Plano-Fortes
E. W. Tyler
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Ehovah
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Dundee
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