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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 15, 1891

Page

3

Delaware Breakwater Movement for Improvement

Aug 14 report from Lewes on upgrading the Delaware Breakwater to shelter larger ships. Survey work under Major Raymond targets a one mile long stone breastwork and two square miles of anchorage for vessels drawing up to thirty feet, amid rising cargo demand and growing shelter needs.

Major Raymond United States Delaware Atlantic Uncle Sam Lewes Congress Iwo

Georgians Not for Hill in Georgia and South

In a Baltimore American interview Frank Small notes a dramatic shift in Georgia voters away from Hill. He cites South and Georgia favoring Cleveland or Campbell, with Ohio’s Campbell preferred if Western results favor the Democrats. He adds Alliance dynamics, white supremacy rhetoric, and Georgia editors’ July survey showing overwhelming Cleveland support.

Hill Georgia Frank Small Man of Sam Small South Campbell Ohio Gray Indiana Boies Iowa Pattison Pennsylvania Cleveland Crisp Mulls Southeast Democratic Party Jerry Simpson Lease Peffer Alliance

Barrowmore Records Mermaid Dory Race Update Near Atlantic

The Barrowmore bound for Liverpool reports receiving a signal from Aug 10 in 47N 35W stating Mermaid, a Boston to Atlantic race dory, started with Sea Serpent. Mermaid chief pilot Captain Andrews reports good progress, while Sea Serpent won reaching Coverack by Aug 5. Lisbon also bans foreign wheat import Sept 1 until domestic crop is eaten.

Loxton Baltimore Liverpool Kinsale Boston Andrews Coverack Lizard Point Lisbon Government of Portugal

Port of Boston arrives and clears with varied traffic

Friday's Boston harbor activity shows arrivals from Havana to St John and Bath, with sugar, moose, and passengers aboard Steamer Isleworth, State of Maine, Whitney, Kennebec, and others. Multiple schooners and brigs listed. foreign steamers Cephalonia and Alex Martin noted. coastwise traffic includes Otranto, George Dumols, and several tugs and barges. Economic notes report firmer rates in New York trade and buoy outages near Gedney Channel.

Islewworth Garson Havana Cardenas American Sugar Kellneries Company A C Lombard’s Sons State of Maine Colby St John Eastport Portland Moise A Waldron JM Whitney Hallett New York H M Whitney Kennebec Collins Bath Steaner Snowman Petrus Nova Scotia Horavio L Baker Crowell Haitimore Maria Teel Jobnaten Salem Mass St Stmons England Katie Hall Stinson Deerdale Emily A Staples Sellers Penobscot Mark Gray Edwarda Ann Parker Morse Rockport James Baker Adams Newburyport Cephalonia Seccombe Liverpool Eng Alex Martin Jarl Nor Helliesen Port Antonio Boston Fruit Co Sama Dor Hansen Same Yarmouth Stanwood JG Hall & Co Ora Morrill Annapolis Hattie M Bain Dunning Little Glace Bay Ch. Glidden & Bridge Sclis McLean Grand Harbor Hatheway & Co E A Waldron Ingraham Bangor Calvin Austin Nenunebec Geo C Hills Chas W . Williams Samuel H Walker Nicholson Kenenee Quinebaugh Gain Louise Arichat Acacia Halifax Schs Maga Dudley Sic St Johns Christina Moore Chevenne Grauma Josephine Margaretville Windsor Packet Weymouth Myra 4 Earnest Fisher Grand Brave Deer Isie Oliver Ames Heaton H S Boynton Robert Byron Abby C. Cole Machina H J Cotrell Katie Jorelan Saturn Newport News Shamokin Keystone Lykens Valley Philadelphia Highland Light Hoon Otranto George Duwois Joan Holland Hull Kelow Clara A Donnell Baltimore Portsmouth RED Star Line United States Antwerp RE. A. Adams & CO State St Cor Broad St Boston TRE Adams

Foreign Ports Shipping Movements and Notices

A dense list of cargo ships and vessels sailing or in port across global hubs including Antwerp, New York, San Francisco, London, Liverpool, Hong Kong, Santos, and Valparaiso. Entries note ship names, masters, origins or destinations, with occasional remarks on loading, sailing dates, and trends in maritime traffic.

Ratavla Ailsacraig New York Philadelphia Barbadoes Masters Sch Nellie Crocker St Pierre Mart Jomfryland Justo Cuidad Bolivar el Callao Cumana Colon—Ar City of Para Cow Bay Rapid Currie Boston Quebec Hubbard's Cove Sdi Greta Marvin Hong Kong Portland Lloyds San Francisco Ohot Eigen Jennie Parker Barker Loile Moody Ville Leading Wind Savory Australia Renee Ponce Charles Duncan McCulloch Provincetown Rio Janeiro Mackinaw New A Deen Pernambuco Karoo Forsyth Cardiff Sovereign Norwood Phidias Santos Kate Harding Temple Rosario ST Kits Duart Castle Harrison Port Spain St John Giuseppe Pignone Aberdeen Schis Nellie Bruce Pafetta Cordie ST Thomas Seguranca Brazil Valparaiso Athlon Dexter Newcastle Nsw Lobos de Afuera United Kingdom Continent Muriel Davies Havana Nellie Brett Knight Newa Wellington Bonny Doon Burgess London Windsor Sch Trojan Bentley

New schooner to be launched at Madi gan New Haven

NEW HAVEN Aug 13 The 700 ton schooner at Madi gan will launch Saturday at 6 am. The trim vessel has a 135 foot keel 35 foot beam and 81 foot hold. It will be towed to New London to be completed in a month and sail under Captain T Wilson with Frank W Heneald as managing owner. BELFAST Me Aug 18 The Jendietou schooner in Carter Co yard will be rigged on the stocks with masts placed last week and launch planned around Aug 20.

New Haven Madigan New London T Wilson Frank W Heneald Belfast Carter & Co

Gloucester to Post Aug 14 Shipments Reported

The ledger notes various fish catch and tonnage terms including Nellie N Rowe 14 000 tbs Flora Dillaway 12 000 tbs and Volunteer 70 000 tbs of codfish along with other vessels and buyers such as Geneva Mertes Mary Clark and Charles W Parker tied to hauls and values.

Gloucester Scis S$ Perkins Grand Bank Nellie N Rowe Flora Dillaway Armbross Charles W Parker

Wrecks and Ship Movements Across Atlantic and Coast Ports

Reports from multiple ports detail the wreck of the Anahuac after grounding near Darnies Island in Torres Straits, plus updates on Rockland rovers near Bangor, a large coal cargo into Bangor by the George E Walcott, and repairs to the barge Mead. Also covered are arrivals and sailings at New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and other East Coast ports including vessel movements in Portland, New Bedford, Belfast, and Newport with schooners, steamers, and barges changing course, harbor repairs, and routine traffic amid August operations.

Anahuac Boston Newcastle Nsw Darnies Island Torres Straits Bangor Ang Rockland George E Walcott Reed Philadelphia Sumnert K Mead Bismarck Indian Point Tacoma Oakes Sound New York Europe Key West Concho Galveston Padagy el Dorado Bahamas New Bedford Laura Hatch Dighton Portland Mary Hagan Bay of Voc Certie Evelyn Gloucester Evelyn Del John H Converse Delaware Bay Belfast Charlotte T Sibley A M Dickinson Sallie Searsport Baltimore Chase Mayer Hana Lord O'Neill Helfast Kathleen Rio Marina Brenttor St Jago Timothy Field Stratton Bonaire Scharea Small Thompson Wm L Walker Chase Fall River Frances Santos Palatine Queenstown Buteshire Havana Carthagenian Liverpool Joseph L Colby Dorchester Boothbay H G Holden Ebenezer Haggett Norfolk William Frederick French Savannah Bath FW Clark William L Roberts Jay Washington Sullivan Lawin Rich Laura L Sprague Wixon Robinson Up River Ella B Kimball Kimball Oliver S Barrett Wallace Susan E Nash Stevens Hitchcock Blair Gardiner Frank T Stinson Hodgdon Harold L Berry Hartford Chatham West Luther C Ward Quinnebaug Dutch Island Harbor Emeline G Sawyer Sawyer Hillboro Newark Annie Lee Machias Pardon G Thompson James Barrett Snowden Kennebec Bridgeport Dover Annie & Reuben Index Card TB Garland Marjorie Mount Hope Somerset Fernandina Elizabeth A Baizley Townsend Ranklin Abel C Buckley Taylor & Mathis Wharton East Braintree Dennisport Saenuncatuck LUBEC Ackerman Sachs Bessie E Creighton Maggie Ellen Carrie © Ware Hannah F Carleton Helen G King George L Fessenden Willie H Higgins Tancarville Funchal Empides St Johns Marengo Antwerp Viking Rotterdam Amsterdam Monmouthshire Singapore Manhattan London Bureermeister L’eiersen Hamburg Shields Cindad Condal Mexico Cuba Chalmette New Orleans Padoca Lisbon Schs Emily F Northam Pennewell Wilmington Waldemar Leland Gonaives Hell Gate Henderson Port Johnson Haverhill Pike Whitney Elizabethport Salem Sallie L Merritt Stanton Sag Harbor Franconia Young Rondout Boson Bessie Rose Cromwell Littlefield A W Ellis Ryder Dreoria Berry Charlie Backie Jenkins Nina Tileson Green Elmiranda Williams Paisley Scotland Elizabeth A Decosta Sidney Mattie E Eaton Parris George W Fennemore Shaw Kenebec Stimpson Bunker Plymouth Victory Ober William Wilson St John Providence Alleghaney Saxon Charles McWilliams Jersey City Icis Horizon Leet Onset Anna March Ashford Calais Python Cheney William Curren Caroline Sanford Newport General SE Merwin Smead Nef Bixon Dickens Block Island Mary C Stuart Sullivan Rodman R Nickerson Nickerson Addie Sawyer Cooks Maud Sherwood Kelley Philadelhia E and I Oakley Newman Athens A Magger Emmett North River Lewis Jane Cole Kingston John Fletcher Payne Messenger Vandyke Pawtucket Fordo Romeo Ferris Warren Gates Clines Greenport William A Morrill Murray Port Blakely Gerard C Tobey Gibbs Perth Amboy Mahoney Laskell Lizzie McAlinder Hoboken Lizzie Cochran South Amboy Norlands Hilboa Endsleigh Carthagena Mississippi Elrica San Francisco John Swan Petersen Wandering Jew Little Brunswick Gasch Galena Windsor Portsmouth Williamsort Miller Erastus Wimanompson W H Card Wooster Garland Crosby Garrison Zimri Wallingford Higbee Satied Satied, Sch Childe Harold Sweeny Dona Belle Mereghan F Richard Port Acadia Empress Salem Ida Hudson Pearl Salem M A Achorn Ella May St George Bae W Hayne Quivet Anger Emma Edith Lite Brook Emma E Potter Clementsport Richmond Annie Ainsile McAndrews Massachus Suffolk J. Willard Keyes Sioux Falls Minnehaha Dakota Henely B. Metcalf Rhode Island Minnesota Munday Boston Post Joan W. McKim Esquire Elijah George Register

Fragmented Atlantic and regional shipping notices

Special dispatches from RED BEACH SCITUATE SULLIVAN and SAVANNAH report schooners and steamers sailing or arriving, listing vessels such as General Banks M L Bowers A D Lamson City of Sydney and Cephalonia. Cargoes passenger lists and crew names accompany dated August entries. maritime activity spans Portland Boston Fall River Portsmouth and international routes via Antwerp Panama and Liverpool.

Red Beach Nayassa Hatfield Windsor William F Barden McGuire Newark Saco Matthew Vassar,Jr New York Marcus Parker Norfolk Jonathan Sawyer Philadelphia James A Grey Kennebec Mentor Ny Enea Scituate Riushtaway Nickerson San Francisco San Juan Alii Boh Hared Bohema Hogan Antwerp Castle Hibbard Honolulu Greer City of Sydney Friel Panama Sullivan General Banks Bickford Alice J Crabtree Crabtree Boston Sailea L Bowers Miller Moston Savannah Lamson Smith Neitled Tath Steamer Gate Vineyard Haven Sachs Gilchrist Port Johnson St John Abby H

Mails Close at Boston for Various Overseas Routes

Postal notices list closing times for overland, trans Pacific and auxiliary mails from Boston to Mexico Costa Rica Europe Asia Australia and Pacific islands. Dates given include Aug 15 for several routes and Aug 20 for Alameda service with multiple regional cutoffs.

Overland Mail Mexico Costa Rica Port Limon Foxhall New Orleans St Pierre and Miquelon Halifax Boston Great Britain Ireland Cephalonia Lae Nova Scotia Newfoundland Miquelon Australia New Zealand Fiji Samoan Hawaiian Islands Alameda San Francisco Matila Japan Shanghai Kong East Indies British India Straits Settlements Siam Dutch East Oceanic Zealandia San Franciso Society Islands Galilee

Mothers Realize Loss From Carelessness and Disease

Mothers realize the great loss of their children when young from disease or lack of vitality and often it stems from nurse carelessness. Whether inherited climatic or illness developed from carelessness, relief and life are saved by the use of this remedy.

Murdoch's Liquid Food Endorsement Letter to Co

A customer in New York submits a testimonial dated July 3, 1891 praising Murdoch's Liquid Food. He describes four children fed on the product, noting one nearly dying from sour milk but recovering after starting the remedy. The letter promises free supply until cure if a three month medical course fails.

Firra Avenue New York City Murdoch Ligyr Food Co Boston Mass Arthur J. Pursell J. Rose Ann Campbell Willum J Mary E. Campbell County of Safe Folk Bolton Street F Street Michael Hugh H. Campbell F. O. Whitney Hoston Suffolk Whitney

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Graham Central Wharf Mallory Lines Layneers San Marcos Ileona Brunswick and Fernandina Clyde Steamship CO Great Southern Reight Charleston Ail East River Algonquis New Pyemassee Poiita Washington Street Ee J. A. Flanders Tileo. G. Eger Bowling Green Boston & Philadelphia Steamship Line Parthian Spartan Long Wharf Westrail Mm P. Wing E. Bb Fiske International Steamship CO Bally Line ST. John International Boston & Maine K Boston & Maine KR Chas. F. Conn A. Waldron Gen. Agt White Star Line Royal Mail New England C. Fe Williams Savannah Pier Canada Atlantic Steamship CO A. Dew. Sampson Richardson & Barnard Commonwealth OF Massachawy Annie C. , Findall Rockingham New Hampshire T. Salter Tredick Boston & Albany Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Boston & Albany R.R Republic Joan W. McKit Thia Elwah George Ommon Wealth Ann Shambert Annie E. Shambert Anna E. Shambert Anna G. Schambert Said County John Lang Joan W. McKim, Esquire Eliall George James A. Wm. Evers Lave Antoine Dorethea Wilhelmine Evers Joan W. McKin Vine Street Motor Ratteway Company Missouri Recorder of Deeds Jackson County Recorder of Seeds Recorder's Andate Vine Street Motor Railway Company Mmotor Street Railway Said Railway Company County of Jackson State of Motor Street Railway East Eighteenth Street Vine Street Kansas City Lynn Avenue Lynam Avenue Highland Avenue Somernes Place City of Kansas Gaid Bugbee Place Thirtieth Street Euclid Avenue Linwood Avenue John Kaufmans Iota Tweny-Eighs Altamont Sedgwick Avenue Amanda Johnson Henry Ackerman Ivanhoe Park Kansas, City Thirty-seventh Street Aigo Somerset Place Anger & Lease Thomson-Houston Electric Company Recorder of Deeda Vine Street Mawor Railway Company A.D Vine Street Motor Raileway Company Aaid County Fifth and Delaware Streets Gec Triste Sald Trustes Wall Street City of New York State of New York Central Trust Company OF New York G. Sammas Burcer, Stripman & Hopcarp, Phillips, Steveaut, Cunsingham & Exiot Attorneys For Trustee John Hogg Henry R. Beal Albert H. Higgins Alamxander Henderson County of Suffolk Commonwealth of Massachusetts Aia Beal, Higgins & Henderson Alexander Henderson Joan Hogg Henry R. Weal John Hovg Charles P. Searle
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