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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1889
Page
6
A fragmentary odds list shows horse names such as 25 Ophir, 305 Serre Nevada, and Yellow Jacket by Commonwealth with quoted figures like 2.70 and 3.15. Mentions Nevada Queen and North Belle Is appear among sparse betting notes with unclear context.
Colonel Sir William F Butler presents a brief, sympathetic life of Charles George Gordon, drawing on his last days at Khartoum and Gordon’s faith and charity. The reviewer notes some flaws in style and questions about official policy but praises the soldierly insight and the humane aspects of Gordon’s character.
Review compares Mary Serrano's Dragon's Teeth, translated from Ega de Queiros, with Arthur Sherburne Hardy's Passe Rose. Dragon's Teeth offers sharp Lisbon immersion and vivid Juliana tragedy, while Passe Rose, set in the medieval past, shows Hardy's strongest passion scenes yet but a convoluted plot. Both works draw strong individual characterizations and reflect their authors' aims, with the Lisbon tale praised for life-like detail and Juliana's revenge.
The review discusses Boston guide books and routes, praises All About Pasadena and Its Vicinity for its frontispiece and practical climate notes, commends Florida’s The Florida of Today by James Wood Davidson for impartial geography and growable crops, and notes The Mexican Trade Directory by Ramon V. Williams with its Mexico trade guidance.
The author died in an insane asylum and his wife, writing as he entered his last illness, defends the American edition’s title in a prefatory note. The defense is not convincing, as the widow notes that the book’s scope and legitimacy remain questionable.
The article critiques Oliphant's fusion of modern terms biblical phrasing and spiritual nomenclature, noting labyrinthine terminology and claims about dielectrics and interlocking atoms. It concedes some thoughtful passages and sincere efforts while questioning overall coherence and reality, ending with cautious fascination for spiritualism's higher aspects and a call for further tests and expositions.
A review notes the sixth edition of The Law of Railways by Isaac F. Redfield, with updated notes reflecting post 1878 railroad litigation. It praises editorial judgment, maintains original format, and highlights comprehensive coverage of corporations eminent domain contracts and related topics.
A critique notes the collection Masterpieces includes Pope Essay on Man Milton Coleridge Goldsmith and more with trivial introductions and weak illustrations. It praises Lehill de Veres edition of Molières L Avare for its thorough annotation though notes may be dense for students.
Glasgow papers report an aid fundraiser for the Longfellow Memorial at Cambridge to be led by Lord Provost Sir James King. The program features vocal and instrumental music, readings by Professor Jebb and Consul Francis H Underwood, and speeches on Longfellow’s life and genius. The Glasgow Herald elevates the tribute as fitting praise for the poet.
An exhortation on dieting urges moderation and sells Warner's Log Cabin Hops and Bu chu Remedy. The ad claims relief from dyspepsia with a bottle priced at la and states 150 doses.
The Boston money market reports ample loanable funds and unchanged discount rates. Prime mercantile paper moves 4% to 6%, corporation paper 4% to 4.5%. Call loans secured at 2 1/4% to 3 1/2%. Exchanges rise 31% year over year, with government securities modestly quoted and foreign exchange steady. Wall Street notes banking capital demand in Oklahoma. The New York and Boston exchanges and foreign bourses close for Good Friday.
The Boston & Sandwich Glass Company votes to wind up and will pay a $10 per share dividend next week. The Daly Mining Company declares 25 cents per share for March. Oregon Improvement Company announces a 1 percent quarterly dividend. Mt. Diablo Mill and Mining Company proclaims 20 cents per share quarterly. The Globe Yarn Mills Company of Fall River declares a 2 percent quarterly dividend. Ashton Valve Company also declares a 2 percent quarterly dividend.
Directors Willard C James E W Wright Oscar A Mann Joan M Corse and George E Smalley announce subscription books are now open and an exhibit is shown at the office of the Boston based firm in Leather Boston Rockland and Norfolk.
Undersigned offer 98 and interest for 2,600,000 water works bonds due July 1 1907. Bonds fund 1888 extensions building plant pumping station and basins to serve a city of 400,000. Part of 4,000,000 loan with Farmers' Loan and Trust Company. Safe, growing income, listed on NYSE. Further details at undersigned offices.
By order of assignee and executors a large list of stocks bonds and notes will be sold at auction on Saturday April 20 1889. Read includes Foxboro Manufacturing Co. American Waltham Watch Co. Fairbanks Co. Atlantic Cotton Mills Middlesex Mills Sumner Fort Smith and many railroads and banks with numerous first second and third mortgage issues and collateral notes. Proceeds to satisfy claims of creditors and heirs. detailed items list with percentages and dates.
The April dividends boost market sentiment in Fall River with mills largely contracted for the next three months and deals extended through October. The weekly statement from G. M. Haffards & Co. lists par, bid, and ask prices for multiple mills including American Linen, Crescent, Davol, Fall River Manufactory, Globe Yarn, and Narragansett among others, reflecting broad activity in textiles and related firms.
In a sale finalized yesterday Standard Oil acquired the Ohio Oil Company stock at 70 per hundred. Certified checks totaling 785000 passed through a bank for the purchase. The Union Oil Company also sold its territory, comprising leases on 1550 acres with a daily yield of 400 barrels, for 27000.
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