New England Sets Sail with 505 Passengers from Boston
The Dominion line steamship New England will depart Pier 6 at 1 p m for Queenstown and Liverpool carrying 80 saloon 100 second cabin and 25 steerage passengers. The list includes prominent Bostonians such as General Thomas Jamies Mrs James and Miss Harriet W James, Dr H V McLaughlin Mr Frank L Ripley and Mrs Ripley Mr J F Towle and Mrs Towle Dr Rich Emerson and Mrs Emerson Mr Joseph V Donahoe and Mrs Donahoe Dr N Drummey and Mrs Drummey and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Line
New England
John James
Hoosac Tunnel
Queenstown
Liverpool
Thomas Ja Jamies
Lincoln National Bank
New York
James
Harriet W. James
H. V. McLaughlin
Brookline
Frank L Ripley
H. Harris & Co
Ripley
J. F. Towle
Bradley Fertiliser Company
Towle
Rich Emerson
Emerson
Joseph V. Donahoe
Patrick Seahee
Pilot
Donahoe
N. Drummey
Towboat captains vie for general Ayres command and port fleet notes
The text details a contest among local towboat captains for command of the steamer General Ayres, now under Captain Dan Smith temporarily. It adds notes on ships and pilots docking in Boston harbor, arrivals from Liverpool and Louisburg, and cargoes including sugar, coal, and mackerel, with various vessel movements and upcoming commissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Ayres
Quartermaster’s Department
Loc Harbor
Arthur Wade
Sylvester L. Ward
Plym
Plymouth
Kate Jones
Foyer Emt
Seminole
Swatara
Dan Smith
Maud Palmer
Rogers
Abin
Bath
Captain Sumner
Sadie ‘. Sumner
Smith
Rockland
Sumner
Joseph Ross
The
Ross Towboat Company
Berry Jenkins
Condor Street
Boston
Ams
United States
Rawlins
Ferbor
Fred Givalt, Jr
Iph
Hill
Leyland Line
Lancastrian
Atlantic
Liver
Boston Light
Watson Dolliver
Louise, No. 2
Grand Junction Docks
Pier 6
John Lawrence
Iam Worton
Annie Worton
Arthur Worton
Pier Norge
Roe, Jr
Louisburg
C. B
Sylph
Mayflower
Governor Alien
Porto Rico
Navy Yard
T Wharf Yeaay
Cape Ann
Middle Bank
Mertis & Imar
Haddock
Bancroft
Eriestown Navy Yard
Adams
Machias
Sopeks
Joseph N. Wright
Englan
Liverpool
Ebay Ac Ae
Roma
Soura Daya
Cheribon
Java
Delaware
Eystone
Nantasket Roads
Chesterton
Walcott
Ninemox
Long Island
Craigearn
Port Yes
New York
Horatio Ll. Baker
Baltimore
Barkentine Bruce i
Nossorrow
Cap
Yesee North
Vessel movements and suspected loss near Halifax harbor
The schooner Histe bound for Halifax with sixty four tons of cargo reached Louisburg and the Elsie is believed to be the foundered vessel near the coast after a July voyage. The steam yacht Wild Duck completed an extended cruise arriving in port yesterday. The Landsman reports on maritime activity and possible ship losses in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bohavinta
Ge Wie
Halifax
Wild Duck
Shipping News Mini Almanac Itemized Vessel Movements
Shipping notices list arrivals, clearances, and sailings. Several steamers and brigs are recorded by port from New York to Portland. ships include City of Gloucester, City of Macon, Norge, Admiral Dewey, and Cape Ann with tugs and barges noted. Glass entries show times, ports, and vessel names across New England and Caribbean routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rete & AR
United States Transport
Lins
Benett
New York
Castman TS
Hill
Liverpool
State of Ne
Colby
Stromp
Eastort
Portland
George
cKinnon
Yarmouth
Norge
Nor. Boe, Jr
Louisburg
G. B
Navahoe
Brunswick
Charleston
City of
Macon
Savage
York
City of Fitchburg
Oakes
Harbor
Dinglehompson
Cape Ann
Odfrey
City of Gloucester
Ober
Gloucester
Penobscot
Fey
Bangor
SACA
Even
Ae Allen
Stonington
Annie Tipbetts
Alaska
Sweet
Lady Jim
Cama Campbell
Rockland
James P. Foster, Jr
Burt
Provincetown
Dudley Pray
Coffin
Dora
Perth Amboy
Troy
Apewken
Shawanese
Hock
Port
New England
Admiral Dewey
Port Antonio
Jam
Acacia
Halifax
United States
Mayflower
Porto Rico
Prince Gorge
Parthian
Philadelphia
Reading
Brookside
Hector
Newport News
Craigearn R
Perthmboy
Baffle
Buffalo
Baltic
Brait
C. B. Sanford
Chemung
Chenango
Tobyhanna
Hoboken
Cumberland
Parker’s Mints
Lzsie Lee
Georgia Gilkey
Washington, D. C
Evidence of Neglect in Tremont Street Water Main Work
Workers from the street and water departments dig under Tremont street near the subway wall to inspect the water main. A section was found badly cracked after last Wednesday’s overflow. A concrete pier started as support was left unfinished, suggesting neglect in the construction and potential savings from a completed foundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tremont Street
Roper
Sw Rts
Woman Fatally Burned In Boston Fire Incident
A 47 year old widow, ossprine pason of Bush Street near Bed Yoversay, died after a fire in the morning. She was taken to Cit Hospital but died shortly after. She left a son employed in a Lynn shoe factory and a sister in Mattapan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ossprine Pason
of & Bush Street
Yoversay
Cit Hospital
Lynn Shoe
Mattapan
Newton Youth Drowned at Brant Rock
George B. Osborne of Newton Upper Falls drowned while bathing at Brant Rock. He was about 19 years old and employed by the John Hancock Insurance Company of Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brant Rock
George B. Osborne
Newton Upper Falls
Loney
Osorne
John Hancock Insurance Company of
Boston
No Bail Denied for Kimball in Bigamy Case
Randolph Vermont August 14 bail was refused for John F Kimball the alleged bigamist at Chelsea Vermont by Assistant Judges Fitts and McLain. They ruled he was not committed for trial but for safe keeping and thus lacked jurisdiction to set bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph, Vt
John F. Kimball
Randolph
Allo Bigamist
Chelsea
Terese
Fitts and McLain
Divorce Case Highlights Modern Married Life
Chicago report details the divorce of William Bateman Leeds who allegedly paid his wife one million dollars to obtain a divorce. The item frames the case as a commentary on progressive gender roles and changing marital norms, citing a story from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William Bateman Leeds
Fragmented tale of a man in industrial town and a disputed marriage
A murky account describes a man connected to the tin plate and steel trades in a mid sized town. It mentions a wife, a child, and a complex, unresolved marriage history amid rumors of divorce and personal misfortune.
New York New Haven & Hartford RR July 7 1900 Timetables
Train schedule showing departures from Terminal Station to New York New Haven New London Middletown Willimantic Hartford and more via Air Line and Providence Division. Includes Plymouth Plymouth via Cohasset and Fall River connections with daily and Sunday times and station stops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New Haven & Hartford RR
New Haven
New London
Ely Arms
Middletown
Willimantic
Hartford
Air Line
Row Haven
Ena Sa
Baltimore
Wabhing- Maeter
Maryland
Ren River
Westra Habs
Fall River
Nhwport
Nu Mao
Bat
Providence
Back Bay
Plymouth
Midland
Proiaine
Cohasset
Paundeyn
NANO
ATHA
Iintbon
M. Sun
Wai Fan
M. Fisk Iley Ding
Proposals for Supplies for National Home for Disabled Volunteers
Sealed proposals due noon August 80 1900 for supplying Home standard quantities of goods to the National Home for Disabled Volunteers in New York. Items include bowls plates cloth yarn bedding shirts shoes and linens with 5 percent certified check. Bids may be rejected or a waiver of formalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
B. Kersey
J. M. Bermingham
Mortgagee's Sale of Winthrop House Lot by Auction
Frences M Be Executrix of the will of George White, mortgagee, will sell at public auction in Boston on Friday September 7 1900 at 11 am the Winthrop Suffolk lot 66 hundred square feet bounded Locust street and plan by George Wadsworth with restrictions on setbacks and alcohol sale. Terms include $200 down with other terms announced at sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop
Mary D. Mann
George Kite
Winghrop
Suffolk
Revere Street
Locust Street
George Wadsworth
Buffolk
Frances M
Eoree
White
Mortgigee
Sai
Larence Alfred Bunker
Ornegement Street
Boston
Massachuse
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Isabella K. Barret
Denver
Arapahoe
Colorado
Deceas
Grigg
Newton
Middlesex
Commonwealth
Nel Keeto
Ton Post
Papianes
Sats
Wienta Singh
McKim
Siyah d Bi
Train Schedules from Union Station Boston to New England
Western and Eastern divisions list departures from Boston Union Station to Portland Augusta Bangor Bar Harbor Lewiston Manchester St John Halifax Saint Stephen Calais Eastport and others. Frequent weekday and Sunday services include morning and evening runs with numerous daily times and seasonal adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Station
Boston
Portland
Augusta
Bangor
Manchester
N. H
ST. John
Halifax
Province
Stephen
N. B
Calai
Eastport
Wash. Co
ST. Andrews
Pantervale
A. m
Guay
Cnet
Wiscs
Diner Isle
Sedgwick
Southwest
Bar Harboinbridge
Jonesport
Machiasport
Calais
ST. Dre
Northern rail time schedule fragment for New Hampshire areas
A dense listing of train times and routes across Southern Division Manchester Concord Pemigewasset Valley and related branches. Includes service hours for Boston Portland Montreal Quebec and Windsor lines with notes on Sundays Saturdays and stops at Laconia Bristol Claremont Hanover Montpelier Burlington and other regional stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Concord
Boston
Prarions
Olerwourh
Suncook
Branghnaiee
Sun- Pringip
Nabhu
Pilton
Meredith
Ash-M
Plymouth
Ry Sie
A. m
Pringier
Sane
M. Genness
Profile House
Pemigewasset Valley
Jefferson, N. H
Lebanon
White River
Bristol
Claremont
Hanovee
TY Baton
ST. de
Nsbury
Porn
Sherbrooke
Newport
Sunon Iittang
Montreal
Quebec
Bosge
Air Line
oMcaGo
West
G. T. Ry
G. Ry
Boston Ticketing and Train Routes Through Hoosac Tunnel
The notice lists train departures from Boston via the Hoosac Tunnel route to numerous cities including Albany Syracuse Buffalo Chicago and St. Louis with morning times 645 900 and 930. It mentions Parlor and Sleeping Cars on several services and weekly/daily patterns with service to Niagara Falls Toronto Detroit Cleveland and Cincinnati among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titchburg
Gerdper
Sreena
North Adams
Snametown
al Saratoga
U Utica
Hamton
Horvallovilles
Toimira
Syracuse
Watertown
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Freenitton
Toronto
Detroit
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
Points West
South
Albany
Binghamton
N. Y
Wapreas
Boston
Chi
Trey
Botton
Lenge
Pacific Express
Oxfae Cae
Seton
St. Lateranvis
Niagare Falls
Sataya Spaty & Oe
Lake Champlain
Fitchley Keene
Bellows
White Ri Junction
Ward
Falls
Plattsburg
Adirondacks
Arlington
Bt. Albans
Malone
Ogdensburg
Ottawa
Ousbde
Vermont
York Parlor
Burtington
Sunda
Boston Montreal
Montreal
J. Flanders
Also Mentioned on This Page
Water Front
Mites Lucia Bartlett
Robert Bennett
A. W. Hawley
A. Kin
Julian “King
Mise A. Knight
H. L. Lewis
M. A. Lumb
Biaeak Mackay
Amg Se
MacMahon
Murray
F Freeman A. Oliver Jr
Bascone
Misa C. Partridge
N. A. Pelonsky
Thomas Prentis
T. Prentis, Jr
G. L. Putnam
R. J
Sbottom
Oscar Reutersward
Alice T. Reed
Rideout
Mogers
Ernest Sharp
Sharp
Shipping News
Shipping
Cunard Line
Saxonia
Ivernia
Ultonia
Sylvania
Nestler Marti
Commonwealth (New
Air. Row
Pany
State St. Richards, Mills & Co
Warren Line
Kansas
Michigan
Sagamore
Fitchburg R. R
Charlestown
Warren & CO
Milk Street
Savannah Line
Ocean Steamship Go
Lewis Wharf
Florida
City of Macon
Ocean Steamship Co
Savannah
Iowage
Summer Street
I, Downing
Atlantic Ave
Sound Line
Metropolitan 8
Ocean Steamship Company
Pier
North Aves
Dew. Sampson
N. E
Dominion Atlantic Ru
Prince George
Prince Arthur
Long Wharf
Washington St
Eas
Foot State St
Noeh St. A
England
Yarmouth Steamship Co., Ltd
Tioe Srames
Nova Scotia
State St
H. F. Hammond
Kimball
Chelsea, Vt
Otis W. Soule
Artington Court
Hingham
Steel King
Leeds
Miia Bate
Lebtos
William B. Leeds
Kipams
Spruce Street
Nelile May
Worthlington
Boston & AlbaNy R. R
Marlboro
Fitchburg
Clinton
M. Needham
Medfield
West Medway
State House
Ser
le Pi Almer
Boston Saureees
Pic Lilouse
Peter Clark
C. Kendall
M. T. McMahon
Board of Managers
James M. Frye
Hoston
Boston and
Philadelphia Steamship Line
Pate West
Booth
F. P. Ing
Central War
B. Bamphon
Fiske Huilding
Merchants and Miners’ Transportation Co, Steamship Lines
Norfolk
Washington
Boston & Maine
City Ticket Office
Washington Street
Lakeport
Eira
Warren
POST
Meedford
Court St
Newmarket
Wantheid
Jamaica Plain
Dorchester
Border St
Mass
Boston Highlands
the Post
ELA
William E. Fay
Fooma
Omey
William . Fay
Mutual Loan CO
Tolman
Shorey
Astrology
Mack
Hilda
Tremont St
J. F. Johnson
Hanover
John C. Haynes & CO
Watson's
Columbus
Bobby Burns
W. B Man & CO
Hanover St
Revere Beach Boulevard
Revere
Summer St
Geo. A. Lewis
Cornhill
Yar Cra
India
Merchants Row
London
Ballem
Pearle Eastman
Salem
Electeras
ITO Linen Company
Willimantic, St.at
Winter St
Medford
Pantston
Ee Ae
Peri Nelose Stamp
Quick
Lansdown St
Roxbury
Cobb, Aldrich & CO
Washington & Kneeland Sts
California
Cobb, Aldrich Co
Cobb, Co
Cobb, Aldri
Hearte
Dublin
Cobb
Aldrich
Cobb, Ald
Y Express
Fronier & CO
Washington and
Kneeland Sts
CO-OPERATIVE PAPER_AND PAINT CO
Leverett Ne
Sherman
Cross St
Bemtra
Rooma Red
Aintins
Lipson
Merrimac St
ORK Paper & Paint CO
Lowell St
J. Aronson
Cobb St
Cor
Washington Et
Rock Bros
Angieton St
Stokell’s
Federal St
FITCH
BURG
Washington Treet
Medical
Recn AL Midy
E. W. Gahan
M.D
Agepita
Sretoas
Gordon
Bell
Columbus Avenue
Portland Steamship
Gov. Dingiey
Dr. Hallock Medical Institute
Yeere
Hal
Boyce
Petees & D
Allock Medical
Hallock Medical Institute
Court Mt
Revere House
Eusope
J. E. Bishop
Tremont
Boylston, Ote
Perhambourn
Young
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