Letter from Maine on railroads and coastal travel in 1868
The writer describes Maine coastal towns, steamship routes from Portland to Eastport, and the Lewiston captain Ospiiia Doering. He notes Maine’s lumber trade, growing rail development, and summer resorts like Mount Desert. He comments on Boston life, education, and civic order with a humorous dog occupancy anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Maine
West Indies
Narragansett Bay
United States
Boston
Portland
Lewiston
Persotr
Ospiiia Doering
Pdreons
Mount Desert
Seymour
Blair
Democrat
Igda
Ranke
Republican Party
Tenem
Sard Hevlie Gata Amicus
Wiersie Dalstol
Pussix
Acoust
Paramount
New
York
Kickemuit resort shines with fashion and seaside leisure
Our Kickemuit Correspondent reports a bustling season at the Kickemuit Hotel. Guests fill the halls as private carriages line drives, ballrooms glow, and bathing crowds reveal fashion and seaside life at Mount Hope Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kickemuit
Newport
Mount Hope Bay
Hog’s Neck
Cole's
Lee
Somerset
Kickemuit House
Mr. X
Park Tilbury
Handsome Black Horse
Mr. Y
Miles O
September Nursery brings illustrated stories for children
The September issue of a popular Boston magazine for young readers features fine art and engaging text for little ones. Published by John L. Shorey, it costs 1.50 dollars a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Shorey
Boston
Deaths, fires, floods and scandals spill from New York to New Jersey
A sweeping roundup of late 19th century notices reports Irving relative death in Sonnyside and cholera among swine in Hempstead. It notes Alabama cotton value near 40 million dollars, new Illinois coal mines, a Stafford Ct elopement, a Washington Irving kin death, a Montauk Point coffin sighting, and penalties for Canada thistle crops. Further items include fires, crops, weather oddities, embezzlements, and a fatal murder attempt aboard a ship with a deranged German woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Irving
Montauk Point
Linois
New York
Tur Utica
N. Y
Herald
Corn Hill
Wellsboro
Bristol Harbors Bristol Line Threatened by Ownership Change
Old issues discuss rumors that the Bristol to New York and Providence steamers may move from Bristol to Fall River with Newport stops. The piece notes the Bristol Line’s popularity, local support, and potential consolidation with Stonington and Newport routes, while urging continued public library support and temperance stance amid town debates.
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Sound Steamers
Sound Steamer
New York Sun
Stonington
Bristol
Newport
Erie Company
Providence
New York
Boston
Opr
Fall River
Newport Én
Narragussett
Mount Hope Bays
Bristol Harbor
Ethey
Long Island Sound
Nattagansett Bay
Bristol and its two newspaper offices teased in old Bristol Rhode Island tale
A fragmentary notice discusses a red covered book on Bristol routes between Boston and New York. It mentions Bristol having two newspaper offices and a hotel popular with summer visitors, notes about private residences, Revolutionary War damage, a population around six thousand, and references to Warren, Barrington, and Bristol Neck near Rhode Island.
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Ball River
Lee
Mass
Rockingham
Stafford
Epping
Nottingham
Newersey
Trenton
Maine
Missouri
Nauvoo
New York
Sing Sing
Flinto
Ivington
N. J
Burnside
Emner Ballock
Engsh
New Haven
Enorron
Bristol
Bristol Young Men's Christian Association
Brietod
Bristol Young
Men's Christian Association
Ford
Association
American Bible Society
Paexix
Poenix
Walling
Boston
Connerta
Brittoly Neck
Rhode
Bristol Neck
Mount Hote
Fantackes Gazette and Chronicle of
James Bwhic
Mids
Rhode Island
Sivtaice
Mount H
Boase
Ennogh
Philip
Local Watch Dealer Shows New Gold and Silver Goods
Joshua Gray of 231 Wealminster street Providence reports a large stock of ladies and gentlemen watches jewelry and silverware now available at the lowest possible prices.
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Bieri
Frog Pond
Carlo
Chester Square
Europe
England
Ma. Ciervs
Miss C
Tom Jackataff
Tom
Tower Bay
Tam
Mer. R. C. Mather
Bristol Artilery
Usher
Bay Queen
Newport Light Infantry
Thames Street
Cherry Grove
Newport Daily
Tao Shi
A Benton
Fort Wayne
Ihd
Illinois
Hunterdon County
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Holyoke
Cincinnati
Republican State Central Committee
Friends of Grant and Colfax
Rocky Point
Brunswick
Hudson
Tax
Boston Journal
Frank Smith
Boston, and Providence Railroad
Far River
Lapham
Union Pacific
Kleinschmidt
Lyons Town
Kanid
Borror
Delta
Hick
Thas
Lonsdale
Bera
Col Usher
Bristol Cornet
Artillery
Rigbard
Amy
Wither Weta
Here
Thie Town
Ht. C. Gifford
Nes
Bradford Street
Messra H. N. Gifford & Son
Fred
George W. Easterbrooks
Hope Street
Richmond _ Manufacturing Company
Milton Thames Street
James A. Miller
Wood Street
Workis
Feerie
Danial Wilcox
Constitution Street
Mersrs
Cole & Paull
John Wing Monroe
E. P. Brownell
John Gladding
Nathan B.heath
Long Warf
Otis Mugro
State and
Ami Streets
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