Train Schedule Fragments From Boston to Sex Street Station
A fragmented timetable lists departures and arrivals between Boston and Sex Street Station, with scattered times, notes on Sundays, and references to routes via Bedford, Western Division, and midweek schedules. The readable portions reflect a historic transit card style with numerous times and station codes rather than a cohesive narrative.
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Sex Street
Boston
Bedford
Saturn
Little Bobs, Sugar Stock, and World Affairs Tidbits
Friday June 1 1900 notes Little Bobs heroism sugar stocks rise but buy by the pound. District Messenger Smith may struggle to locate Dom Paul. A Sir Robert Peel libel trial in England sparks debate over names and rights. Memorial Day pension bills advance. House honors veterans. Eclipse observations suggest the sun’s path spans two million miles. U S desks worth 20000 shipped to Havana show American business impact. Taku rises in public view as eastern questions shift to far eastern concerns. Grand Central boasts swift access. New York to Boston rail lessons. Gen Buller may dine in Pretoria but taste won’t rival Christmas fare. Ambassadorship to Britain praised as certain progress unfolds.
Cornering the market and the will of Bonner discussed
The article rails against stock market corner schemes and notes recent failures that hurt many investors. It argues against excessive profiteering while praising canal trade savings and laments inheritance disputes over Robert Bonner's will, urging respect for a man’s right to his own money.
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Robert Bonner
Bonner
Quotations on war, cards, and lynching in early papers
London war critics hail British success in South Africa while Boer forces retreat. A New England editor notes a surge in playing card production. The Boxers may seek to see modern guns. Colorado lynching prompts call to restore death penalty amid states with it.
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South Africa
London
Boston Advertiser
Colorado
New Bedford Standard
Bakery quip sparks cake walk joke in Chicago News
In a brief dialogue Waggs jokes about a cake walk while Jaggs retorts with a cracker box remark. The exchange reflects light humor in a Chicago News page snippet.
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Jaggs
Waggs
Chicago News
Memorial Day Nature Walk and Local Debates
A Memorial Day piece recalls a sylvan retreat filled with birds and flowering plants, noting specific species and a comparison of Thoreau and Mabie. It also recounts a Ward Three club debate between James Bennett and John Stratton, the Nashua Lakeview fare issue, a Nashua Fourth of July muster rumor, a campfire tale, and a High School Field Day drill, highlighting Corporal Grover Fels as a standout cadet with multiple prizes.
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Tom Fay
Flora
Mabie
Thoreau
James Bennett
John
Stratton
Ward Three
Lowell
Nashua
Veteran Firemen’s Association
Grover Fels
August Fels
Dramatic Preacher Question Sparks Theatrics
A playful exchange features a dramatic preacher described in dialogue with a comic edge. Puck chimes in with a quip about whether he is a dian or tragedian, highlighting theatricality and mischief in the scene.
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Puck
Birthplace questions shape census views on immigrants
The census aims to record where individuals and their parents were born, year of arrival if not born in the United States, years resident, naturalization status, and naturalization papers. Birthplace data reveal foreign-born numbers by country, intermarriage, settlement patterns, literacy, and crime comparisons, challenging stereotypes about foreign populations.
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United States
America
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Michigan
Montana
Washington
New Mexico
Arizona
Germany
Ireland
Canada
Newfoundland
United Kingdom
Austria
Hungary
Russia
Poland
Italy
The Clock That Restarted a Town’s Rise
Col Calliper recalls two jewelers in a small town where a newcomer chose the one with a winding clock in his window. The clock stopped, the newcomer shifted support, and trade favored the other jeweler, who then grew rich as the town evolved into a city. The tale ends with a reminder of Hood’s Sarsaparilla.
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Col. Calliper
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lowell Daily Courier
Middlesex County
Courier-Citizen
Merrimack Street
Courier-Citizen Company
The
Courier
Boston and Maine Railroad
Little Bobs
Smith
Kruger
Dom Paul
Sir Robert Peel
England
Cuba
Havana
Taku
Grand Central Station
New York
Gen. Buller
Pretoria
Great Britain
University of Cambridge
St. James
Waltham
Ol Hutch
Young Lester
New Orleans
Japan
Pacific Coast
Pacific
Gulf Ports
Savannah
Nicaragua
Mall and Express
China
Chicago
Hood’s
POLE
Middle*sex Trust Co
Middlesex
Merrimack and
Palmer Streets
the Middlesex Trust CO
Tim Tweed
Lakeview
Lake
Ove
J. M. Craig
Mr. Craig
Hood
Geo. H. Wood
Central St. Leading Jeweler
Bon
Elgin
Methuen Street
New York Consolidated Stock Exchange
George T. Sullivan
Sullivan & Sullivan
State Street
Mass
Pith
Ourier Itizen Company
Printing Department
History of
New York Cloak and Suit Co
Rawroad National Bank
Solibd
G. S. Motley
E. W. Pease
America’s Health Beverage
Harvard
Harvard Brew, CO
Lowell, Mass
U. Ss
Snyder Bros
Merrimack Streer
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