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Newspaper

Boston Weekly Globe

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 20, 1887

Page

8

Howards Letter and Asa Potter Shape Boston Growth

A feature profiles Asa P. Potter as a leading Boston business figure and traces his stake in city expansion. The article surveys how Potter and other developers influenced the Hub’s growth, noting suburban expansion and the impact of Fifth Avenue’s changes on trade and prosperity.

Fifth Avenue Astors Tommy Jones John Smiths Vanderbilts Wne Sample Co Agents’ Journal Bromg Street Boston Wytt m

Bright Man in Boston Shapes New York Transit Vision

A Philadelphia and New York transit musing essay extols rapid underground rail and coordinated surface roads. The author praises Asa P. Potter of Boston for shaping ideas on modern urban growth, rail lines, and the role of wealthy innovators in building city infrastructure.

Philadelphia Widener Kamble and Elkins New York Broadway

Bill Nye on the Press and a York City Editor Tale

Bill Nye relates a day coach encounter about journalism and a New York newspaper, recounting his visit to managers and editors as he sought redress for a mocked piece. He ends with a moral about the gore of no newspaper man on his hands.

New York the World Today Bill Nye Great Trunk Line the Battery Sixth Avenue Harlem Brooklyn Coney Island Brut Nyx City of Mackinaw Belle Isle Mich C. M. Bissell Harlem Railroad Vanderbilt Louis Bergdoll Onipan Twenty-ninth Street Philadelphia Commodore Bateman Meteor W. T. Sherman Pea Prince Edwardsland Eliza Hancock Bay Ridge Boston Phila- Selpats Washington Jaya Emery Hailo Pantar Island Ombay Passage John Bankhead Jean P. Soquet Green Bay Wis Mainsaid Soquet Bohemia Hamburg United States Israel Goldman Jaedel Chemicker Odessa Russia M. Zepakes St. Lawrence Montreal Jefferson Davis Joseph L. Davis Jefferson Arizona Santa Cruz Canyon Deere Canada Taylor Jenkinson Stewart Bedford Basin Ethelbert Talbot Wyoming Montana Episcopal Church Missouri Cheyenne Laramie Wy. T Chicago Marcel Talcott Lily Schwabach Julius Schwabach Joseph J. C. Clarke New York Morning Journal Patrick Sarsfield Cassidy Harlem River Park General Logan Logan Carthage Price Sam Laforce Easton Penn Phillipsburg Delaware Rolling Mills Judd Carriage Factory Union Steel Works Ashland Archer Avenues Michael Hische George Woodford Feral Kutsche Henderson Beaumont Bath Catain William T. Anderson Long Island New Jersey Cochicco Dover N. H Lake Bluff Rev Drans Ta Remabai Erica Illie Devereaux Rachel Foster Iphia M. Tracey Cutler Illinois Judgewaite Board of Health Toledo Blade J. Blaine Port Huron Grand Trunk Railroad Surgeon General's Office War Department Civil Service Commission Alanson Gardiner Rockport Fred Smith O'Donovan Rossa Short St. Louis Atlanta Thistle Atlantic New Hampshire House of Epacenen Tar Vet Thomas Dilyord Tommy Evergreen Cemetery Steubenville Rio Grande Diaria Officie Onera Waupaca White Bacon Patent Office Tom Interior Department Lincoln Neb Ossawatomie John Brown Pasadena San Francisco Dalhousie Station Bond Maynard V. Meets Graham Long N. C J. Ammons Ammons Mason New York City Scthwyly

Marsh reunion and notable events across the era

A crowded brief lists the Marsh family reunion in Hartford on August 3 and 4, a Weirs grave meeting, burglar shooting in Royal Centre, the Hoyt marriage in Charlestown, and various riots, drownings, and notable public notes from across the country, including politics, weather, and crime reports.

Marsh Hartford Conn Julia Ward Howe Weirs Senta Ot W. A. Gaines Royal Centre Charles H. Hoyt Flora Walsh Charlestown N. H Paterson N J Philadelphia Delaware River Ener Roosevelt Street New York Archie Marten Henry, McNeil Richmond County Islay Rockingham Otto Branchdale Penn Hugh Ewing Lancaster Hague Giuseppe Crifasi Hammond Georgia Interior Lamaris Supreme Court Cleveland Manchester-by-the-Sea Mass Masconomo Queen Victoria Aldershot Baltimore Drexel, Morgan & Co Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Company Archibald Stirling Savings Bank of Baltimore M. J. Merrill Oakland Ill Plumb Kansas West Missouri Allison Iowa Cameron Pennsylvania Montana T. Hauser Helena Worcester Constantine Hendrickson Gustav Jacobson Francis E. Spinner United States Pablo Beach Louisville Courier- Journal Henry Watterson Kentucky Block Island M. Coquelin Theatre Francais Edgehill Nova Scotia Murray Reaves Athens Mur Gordon Brown New York Times Martine Lkely New York Herald Ion A.G. Curtin Jefferson Davis Mr. Davis United Watchmakers of North America Robbins Appleton American Waltham Watch Company Waltham, Mass England Switzerland France Austin Corbin Manhattan Beach Corbin Coney Island Ernest Michel Harvey Treasury Washington Euch Bureau of Immigration Las Vegas N. M New Mexico H. B. Arnett Santa Fe Langerante Congress Ross Crane Wabash Western Railroad Mr. Crane

Boston Girl In Store Bargain Stuns Manville Clerk

A Boston girl entered Manville's store and asked Ed Manville to sell her a disinctive feline intestine prepared for a joseph. The remark caused surprise in the shop and the exchange drew attention from onlookers.

Whitehall Times Boston Manville Ed Manville Joseph

It Often Makes Its Bank Account Bigger

A fragmented note from the New Orleans Picayune discusses how a little college may not grant a man a title or improve his name, deeming such acclaim a potential nuisance to some.

New Orleans Picayune Little College Orevier

Dorothy Strays to the Strawberry Bed in Lyrical Chorus

In a playful verse, Dorothy wanders away prompting birds to call her name. Rover tracks the scent toward the garden where a voice betrays her hiding place down in the strawberry bed with a red stained apron and cheeks.

Clinton Scollard Good Housekeeping Dorothy Rover Doroty

Fifty Acres for a Wife Stirring Ontario Tale

Henry Winn a North west bachelor visiting Owen Sound offered his brother's wife a deed of 50 acres to find him a wife by the following Saturday. The bid drew mixed reactions and led to a preliminary meeting that Friday as townsfolk watched the unusual matchmaking offer unfold.

Wiarton Canada Northwest Henry Winn Owen Sound

Prairie wedding seals 50 acre land deed on site

Saturday evening a couple married on the spot as a consultation ended. Mrs Wynn handed over the deed for 50 acres of land and the newlyweds departed to their prairie home.

Havre Marine Exhibit Showcases Boats Models and Tech

Havre hosts a half land half water marine show opened in May at rue de Paris and Bassin du Commerce. France’s leading steamship firms contribute models from ancient craft to modern designs including a Champagne wreck model. Docks, piers, port plans for 1900, export materials, and a fully equipped fishing boat with dredging gear illustrate Havre as a major maritime hub.

Havre Rue de Paris Bassin du Commerce Transatlantic Company Champagne

Crown Jewels Sales Totals Reach 1.872 Million

French crown jewel sale yields 1,872,000 dollars, with seven Mazarin diamonds selling for 156,000 dollars and four pieces taken by Tiffany & Co. The Regent pearl brooch sells for 35,200 dollars to a Geneva merchant, while the Imperial Crown cross remains in France bought by a Paris jeweller for 2,260 dollars.

Louis XIV Tiffany & Co Geneva France Paris

They Ought to Get Married

A Pittsburg Dispatch column urges restraint and decorum, arguing many men lack sense to speak prudently and that others should not speak for them. The snippet reflects social norms and calls for temperance in public discourse.

Pittsburg Cntry

Water color pictures for modern parlors advertised

The ad promotes watercolor and etching wall artworks described as superior to oil pieces. It claims their beauty and refinement will cultivate taste and appeal to wealthy homes, yet promises affordable prices so everyone can own one. The pitch urges nationwide introduction to gain subscribers.

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