The Seamless Stocking Story and Its Modern Variants
A historical account traces the invention of the seamless stocking from 1589 with William Lee, detailing how the frame and later latch-needle developments led to two main systems: domestic seamless stockings made by power machines in the United States and imported seamless hosiery hand-knit in Europe. It notes the differences in construction, methods, and terminology, debunks claims about universal seamless production in the U.S., and argues for free trade in these textiles while highlighting the roles of Mills, American manufacturers, and European producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lee
Woodborough
Nottingham
England
Lowell
Lowell Company
Rockford
Ill
United States
Mills
Ways and Means Committee
Secretary Fairchild Opens Bond Purchase Proposals
Washington April 17 1888 the secretary of the treasury issued a circular announcing daily proposals to sell United States bonds from acts of 1870 and 1871 with accrued interest to sale day bidders must specify bond type coupon or registered and the government may reject any or all proposals. The circular follows cabinet and legislative actions on bond purchasing powers and notes the surplus at the Treasury is about 105 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Fairchild
House
Senate
Treasury Department
Conkling Life Sketched From Utica to Senate Legend
An overview of Roscoe Conkling’s rise from Utica attorney to dominant New York Republican. The profile highlights his early youth, rapid district attorney appointment, courtroom power, Civil War era stances, role in reconstruction, Senate career, patronage battles, and enduring legal achievements plus personal vigor and restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton Fish
Oneida County
Fish
Walker & Conkling
Walker
Montgomery If Throop
New York City
Throop
Conkling
Central Railroad
Commodore Vanderbilt
Commodore
Utica
Oneida
Rome
O. M. Matteson
Root
Iaiteen
Johnson
Pennington
New Jersey
House
District of Columbia
Mr. Conkling
Gove
Frederick A. Conkling
Lincoln
New York
Spaulding
Horton
Stevens
Republican Party
McClellan
Congress
General Grant
Grant
Francis Kernan
Horatio Seymour
General Wadsworth
Seymour
Kernan
D. T. Patterson
Tennessee
Committee On Reconstruction
Electoral Commission
Cincinnati
Hayes
Arthur
New York Custom House
Chicago
John Sherman
Garfield
Senate
State Senate
Broadway Horse Railroad
Board of Aldermen
Postmaster in Trouble With Opened Letters Charge
Albert E. Barber assistant postmaster at Carolina has been arrested and bound over to the June term of the United States District Court on a charge of opening and detaining letters. He pleaded guilty and acknowledged opening several letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Albert E. Barber
Carolina
United States District Court
Shipping arrivals and passenger list in New York
A long list of arriving steamers, brigs, schooners, and numerous passengers or crew members tied to ports from New York to Boston and beyond. Included are names like Sarah W. Lawrence, Nellie C. Payne, Mary Standish, Stephen J. Watts, and Emma Louise J. Kennedy among many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eider
Bremen
Pomona
Port Maria
Plato
Rio Janeiro
Cyril
Para
Hertha
Baracoa
General Wiltney
Boston
Joseph
Havana
Helen M. Rowley
Manmanilla
Calvin F. Baker
E. M. Baxter
Sarah W. Lawrence
Church
Nellie C. Payne
A C. Buckley
J. Y. Wellington
Stephen Morge
Mary Standish
James
Mathew Vassar, Jr
New Bedford
L. Crocker
Taunton
Emma Louise J. Kennedy
Calais
J. W. Woodruff
Fall River
Katie J. Hoyt
Plymouth
Lucy
Lanesville
Heaton
Rockland
Merwin
Rockport
Mass
Bickmore
Thomaston
Adam Bowlby
Ellsworth
Mary &. Crosby
Nantucket
Tirrell
Bath
Child fifth part of ballad collection praised for Robin Hood focus
The Fifth Part of the English and Scottish Popular Ballads edited by F J Child is praised as a monumental scholarly work on Robin Hood ballads. The review notes its lifetime accumulation of knowledge, American scholarly achievement, and limited edition of one thousand copies. It hopes for strong support from lovers of letters and foreign recognition. The volume is published by Houghton Mifflin in Boston at five dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Child
Robin Hood
Professor Child
Francis James Child
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Boston
William I Biography Review by Archibald Forbes
A succinct portrait of William I, German Emperor and King of Prussia, by Archibald Forbes. The review praises Forbes for a readable posthumous study, notes middling style yet strong moments on Koniggritz and Sedan, and urges understanding Bismarck before writing William’s life, while criticizing the era’s vast militarism and material display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forbes
John P. Jackson
New York Press
Frederick William I
Koniggriitz
Sedan
Schleswig-Holstein
William
Bismarck
Frederick
Germany
Europe
William of
William I
Prussia
Archibald Forbes
Cassell & Co
New York
Boston
Clarke & Carruth
Price
Aid of the Blind charity event charms Beacon Street crowd
A successful matinee at Mrs J Arthur Beebe's residence on Beacon Street supported the Kindergarten for the Blind. Eeith Thomas demonstrated reading methods, with tableaux by children led by Mrs E H Clement and Mrs Erving Winslow. Performances included Carlotta style figures, readings, ballads by Constance Lippett, and Christina Rossetti's The Months performed by twelve children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Arthur Beebe
Beacon Street
Anagnos
Eeith Thomas
E. H. Clement
Erving Winslow
Montford Smith
Pandora
Dorothy Devens
Blossom Fenno
Mandolinata
Arthur Beebe
Keats
Bradley Fenno
Mary Hoe
Edward Fenno
Ethel Greenough
Marion Lockwood
Emily Beebe
Douglass Cochrane
Robert Clement
Constance Tippett
Charley Winslow
Rita Gray
Malcom Greenough
Spring Overcoats Arrive From Macallar Parker Co
Messrs Macallar Parker and Co announce immediate availability of English Venetians Spring Kerseys English worsteds twills in Oxford Canes and gra mixtures at 12 to 50 dollars. The goods are tailored in the house style and finish Washington street showroom offers the collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Macallar
Parker & Co
Washington Street
Oxford
Connecticut River Railroad Company Special Stockholders Meeting
A special meeting of the Connecticut River Railroad Company stockholders will be held at the company office in Springfield on Friday May 4 1888 at 12 o'clock noon to consider statutes 1886 chapter 16 and 1888 chapter 68 and to vote on increasing the authorized stock and issuing certificates, exchanging stock with Ashuelot Railroad, and uniting with Ashweld Railroad Company if deemed in the company’s best interests and proper legislation is obtained. By order of the directors Seth Hunt Clerk Springfield Mass April 12 1888
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut River Railroad
Cvens
Springfield
Connecticut River Railroad Company
Ashuelot Railroad Company
Ashweld Railroad Company
Jane
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Suffolk
Barkhouse
Court Street
Henry E. Warner
Warts 6 Clerk in Insurance Office Ad Seeking Applicants
Employment notice for a clerk in an insurance office seeks a candidate under 20 years who can write neatly and handle figures. Applicants must apply in their own handwriting and state age and experience, addressed to S. N. M. P.O. Box 5197 Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
The Doctor Warns About Tea and Coffee Risks
Dr Boditch at a club warns that excessive tea and coffee harm health, causing dullness headaches and poor kidney function. He praises Hunt's Remedy to keep kidneys clear so tea and coffee can be drank in moderation, citing endorsements from prominent figures and clergy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunt
Gen. Butler
Gen
Monroe
Miss Alcot
Auction Sales at Walker's Bazaar in Boston Set for April 18
At C T Walkers Horse and Carriage Bazaar 168 Portland 168 and 16 Lancaster streets Boston regular sales of horses carriages harnesses every Wednesday and Saturday 10 30 p m special sale of selected horses at 10 30 a m Wednesday April 18 featuring a long list including Maggie May June Dan Gray mare Iday Black horse Frank Brown trotting mare Mystery Tom and Jerry Prince and Peter Andrew Reba Goldfinder Billy John Kimball Barney B Kingdohn Fannie Chestnut family horse Polly Matched pair of bay coach horses and other horses plus a further ad description of more horses to be sold after the main sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker's Horse and Carriage Bazaar
Portland
Lancaster Streets
Boston
Maggie
Baymore
Bashaw
Patchen
Gee
Dan
Michigan
Iday
Black Hawk
Dain
Kentucky
Freedom
N. H
Frank
Winthrop Morrill
Lewiston
Pole
Fanny
Maine
Ladie Clare
Abdallah
Piger
Topsham Fair
Tom and Jerry
Prince
Peter
Tiger Messenger
Andrew
Vermont
America
Lambert
Reba
Goldfinder
Billy
Hanessa
John
Kimball
Jupiter Star
Rysdick Hambletonian
Helmbold
Barney B
Trotter
Harry 8
Old Canada
Kingdohn
Polly
Constellation
Almont
Real Estate and Auctioneers Offer Weekly Sales Brighton
Business notice from Albert Howe and Co advertising real and personal property auctions in Brighton with weekly horse and carriage sales at the salesroom. Also promotes private sales and a catalog of farm carts hay wagons and carriages. Located 169 Warren Avenue Boston and Market Street Brighton established 1843.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Howe & CO
Market Street
Brighton
Warren Avenue
Boston
Auction Sale of Framingham Estate and Farm in 1888
John Clarke auctioneer offers executor's sale of the Wheeler homestead on Elm Street near Memorial Hall. 10 acres with 16-room house and windmill water. followed by a 60-acre stock and milk farmhalf a mile south with two-story house, barn for 25–30 stock, orchard yielding 150 barrels yearly, and riverfront building site near Sudbury River. Sale includes milk route. terms require 500 dollars at each place, balance cash in ten days, or 60 percent on mortgage for five years at 6 percent. Sale is positive with no reserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeler
Elm Street
Memorial Hall
State Normal
Sudbury
State Normal School
Normal School
Bare Hill
Sudbury River
Middlesex County
Maple Street
Framingham
Boston
Worcester
Lowell
Fitchburg
William Smith
South Boston Savings Bank
Suffolk
Fountain Street
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Roxbury
Andrew
Moses
Norfolk
Simpson
March
Grey
Robinson
Eliza
Sisson
Epwanko H. Barton
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Roscoe Conkling
California
San Francisco
Cal
Lee Odo Vesteasebe
Best ‘& Belcher
Potest
Sever
Bodie
Savage
Chollar
Sierra
NEW Books
IN Aid OF the
J. A. Beebe
Corporation Notices
Seth Hunt
Dr. Boditch
C. T. Walker
John Clarke
Framingham Centre
Lewis J. Bird & CO
Renal
Washington St
Bromfield St
General Merchandise
The
OLD Colony
Koundry Street
South Boston
BY A. M. Bates
Boston Carriage Repository
Haverhill Street
East Side
Boston & Maine Depot
Manufacturers
Repository
New England
A. F. Bates
George E. Hall
Banking Rooms
Washingtonst
Reade St
John C. Wilmerding
Wilmerdving, Hoguet & Co
White St
Townsend & Montant
Bronet
Atcotion Sales
8. R. Knights & CO
Main St
Cambridgeport
Springfield Street
Columbus Avenue
Hallett & Cumston
Appleton
Brewster
Elder Place
Allen Street
West End
Trustel
L. Foster Morse
Warren Street
Dudley and
Greenville Streets
Mt. Pleasant
Dudley Street
Greenville
Washington and
St. James Streets
St. James
Winthrop and
Cleveland Streets
Rockville Park
Winthrop
Cleveland Street
Winthrop Street
Silas Potter
Francis J. Ward
Ariel Low
Samuel Hatch & CO
Congress Street
Helen M. Poyen
William Minot
Frances Anne Kemble
Rutland Square
Tremont Street
George A. Hull
Massachusetts Title Insurance CO
Horatio Harris & Co., Auctioneers and Commission Merchants
State Street
Balance of Cargo
Pier 2
Long Wharf
Boston Directory
Franklin Street
Sampson, Murdouck,& CO
Baeder, Adamson & CO
Milk Street
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