Pianos for sale and agents wanted in Chelsea ad
Elegant $500 Knabe upright piano and Steinway about $150 to $175, Miller and Chickering 71 3 octaves at $150 or $165, easy terms. Squires shop offers $10 to $100. BLAKE'S at 676 Washington St. WANTED Pianists to act as agents for the Old Kearsarge March, sample copy 10c. W. O. JOHNSON, Publisher Chelsea Mass.
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Steinway
Miller and Chickering
Squires
Blake’s
Washington St
W. Oo. Johnson
Chelsea
Mass
Card Readers Banished and Lost Diamond Notice
Mrs Benton world renowned card reader offers services at 146 Tremont street with 50c for gents and 25c for ladies. Prof J F Johnson removed to 7 Tremont row with past and future prospects. Lost a cluster diamond ear drop seven diamonds in it. reward offered if returned to Suite 6 Hotel Chatham corner Concord and Washington streets. Caroline Packard, h21-12.
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Hotel
Chatham
Corner Concord
Washington Sts
Caroline Packard
Wedding notices and auction sale in Boston Gazette
The notice advertises a wedding related listing and an auction sale of mortgaged Boston property. It names Thomas M Stevens as borrower, Stephen Moxon as mortgagee, and Perry & Perry as attorneys. The auction is set for September 8, 1894 at 3 PM, for a parcel of land with buildings on Westland Avenue area, bounded by lot lines and a shared passageway.
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Thomas M. Stevens
Stephen Moxon
Suffolk
Boston
C. Ellis
Westland Avenue
Perry & Perry, Attys
Beacon Street
Celish
Owen A. Galvin
Sears
Boom on Wall Street Signals Upward Economic Hope
Aug 20 market note reports a turning tide with rising stocks and merchandise, eased by no expected tariff action this year. Sugar prices surge on a 40 percent ad valorem duty proposal. bears puzzled by granger and copper gains as General Electric and other industrials advance. Boston exports, money markets, and sterling rates show tightening liquidity and cautious optimism.
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Cleveland
Senate Finance Committee
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Union Pacific
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Westinghouse
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Boston Sterling
Port of Boston Seeks Electric Battery Proposals 1894
Sealed proposals will be received at the Marine Hospital Service in Boston until noon on Wednesday August 22, 1894 to furnish one stationary electric battery for the service. Schedules and details may be obtained from the undersigned. The right is reserved to waive informalities. Surgeon in charge.
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Treasury Department
Marine Hospital Service
Boston
Mass
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Hos
Trackside notes on city traffic and rail yard dangers
Reports from Boston and Maine yards and Nashua Street discuss ongoing hazards for youths in yards and near the Cambridge bridge area. Proposals include an officer presence to deter trespassers and broader street improvements to alleviate congestion at Union Station and Canal Street.
Waterfront News From Boston Harbor Apr 20
The British bark Bankholme sailed from Pisagua after a 109 day voyage describing a heavy sea off Cape Horn on June 1 with damage to lifeboats. Vessels Burnham’s railway repairs include the Thomas N. Stone, Revere, and John Shay. Brookline arrived from Port Antonio with passengers E A H Haggart and others, soon to be dry docked. Halifax brought officials from Gloucester and Boston. Josephine Elliott sought Nassau medical aid for captain’s ill son. Galileo expected from Hull by August 24. The Inning Club disbanded on Lovell’s Island after a campfire, with Boston merchants and politicians among members.
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Cape Horn
Bermuda
Thomas N. Stone
Burnham
Revere
John Shay
McKie
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Jam
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S. M. da Costa
J. W. Kerr
W. Kerr
Nash
Nassau
Pensacolla
Galileo
Hull
Eng
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Lovell's Island
City ordinances and police reforms to be debated by boards
The article notes discussions on municipal laws, police force management, ferries, and other city matters. Results will appear next winter when the Board of Aldermen and the Common Council convene. The schooner Florence is in Marquand's yard for slight repairs.
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Board of Aldermen
Common Council
Florence
Marquand
Arlington Man Missing After Boston Trip
A. W. Cotton of Moorecourt Arlington left for Boston Monday morning and has not returned. The 66 year old mason, who recently withdrew several hundred dollars from an Arlington bank, had over 100 dollars with him and bought a rim a cover and nails shipped to Arlington. Police investigate amid fear of foul play. Cotton was a longtime resident and G A R member and chaplain of Post 36.
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A. W. Cotton
Moorecourt
Boston
Court Place
Arlington
Cotton
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Changes at Charlestown Navy Yard Command
Captain Albert Kautz assumes command of the receiving ship Wabash at Charlestown Navy Yard, relieve Captain James O Kane who heads to Missouri to visit his mother in her 84th year. Captain John W Phillips named new yard captain, to arrive after renewal by Captain Evans with President Cleveland at Buzzards Bay. Commander Sands acts as yard captain.
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Wabash
Charlestown Navy Yard
Kautz
James O’kane
O’kane
Missouri
John W. Phillips
United States Steamship
New York
Phillbps
Charlestown
Evans
President Cleveland
Buzzard’s Bay
Sands
Four Probable Drownings Reported From Capsized Yacht Jessie G. H.
Sloop rigged yacht Jessie G. H. capsized in lower bay yesterday afternoon with four aboard. Captain A Hemmes found the vessel keel up. Swinburne Island keepers identified it as the boat seen sailing near the south shore about 1 pm. They counted three men and one woman onboard.
Lowell youths return after rough sea experience
James A Donovan Fred and John Lambert and John Reilly of Lowell have returned after a rough sea experience. Their yacht sprung a leak in Ipswich Bay and the mast of the sloop was broken. A lumberman came to their assistance, but his vessel was also leaking. The yacht was towed to Baker's Island, but the boys had to work in turn at the pumps from Saturday, and sleep on the deck load of lumber.
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Lowell
James A. Donovan
Fred
John Lambert
John Reilly
Ipswich Bay
Baker’s Island
District 16 thieves net $1800 in recovered goods
Officers report property valued around 1800 recovered after arrests of Cc. G. Minner and Frederick West. Investigations into related cases push losses near 2000. Suspects are jailed and have confessed, with a potential long prison term on conviction.
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Division 16
Cc. G. Minner
Frederick West
Furniture value and price prompt purchase of library tables
The article argues that higher value increases potential neglect and highlights a library table as an indispensable home item. It notes library tables available for as low as $10 at Paine's Furniture Warerooms this week, urging readers to buy.
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Essex St
O'Brien & McLeod
Hawkins St
Sudbury
St. Gregory
Paine
Saloon keeper held on assault charge after mallet attack
Providence reports Owen Mc Laughlin, a saloon keeper, was bound over for trial in $1000 bail for assaulting William H. Tuttle with a mallet Saturday night. Tuttle is hospitalized but reportedly will recover. Ticket sales open for Newport excursion Thursday at 3 Old State House and Park Square station, price $1.
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Providence
Owen McLaughlin
William H. Tuttle
Tuttle
Shkle
Old State House
Park Square
Newport
Sovereign Turned Down At Knights Of Labor Meeting
General Master Workman Sovereign and Secretary Hayes failed to secure a meeting in Philadelphia District Assembly No 1. A tense scene followed as Traphagen attempted to call order while delegates opposed Sovereign. A police offer was asked to clear the hall but left after deeming Sabbath calm.
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Knights of Labor
Hayes
Maguire
Martin
Sovereign
H. C. Traphagen
Fitzgerald
District Assembly
Traphagen
Alive but out of work: Nelis Johnson case in Braintree
Nelis Johnson of South Braintree, once a car inspector for the New York, New Haven & Hartford line in Boston, is alive and in Erie, Pennsylvania. A hoax letter claiming he planned to kill himself led to false reports in Braintree. Johnson, who once nursed J. P. Holland through fever and later worked for the railroad, was discharged around July 1, but did not tell his wife for days. He is staying with a sister in Erie plus a prior marriage to Holland’s servant girl and one child.
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South Braintree
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Boston
Erie
Penn
A. H. Howe
Braintree Lodge
Knights of Honor
Johnson
Braintree
New York
J. P. Holland
Holland
Howe
Smoke Nuisance Law Push Prompts Coal Change
Superintendent Carter has received notices from city firms planning to switch from soft to hard coal to curb smoke. The aldermen recently authorized revoking Suburban Light & Power Company’s boiler permit on Hawley Street. The firm reports mixing hard coal screenings with soft coal and installing a device to reduce smoke.
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Board of Aldermen
Suburban Light & Power Company
Hawley Street
Handsome Boston Bar Opens at 57 Friend Street
In Boston a new bar by Mr. E. L. McGurn at 57 Friend Street near the union station impresses with a Rothschild crafted solid African oak counter, 300 French plate mirrors, and polished marble trimmings. Locals praise its elegant appointments and wish McGurn success.
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E. L. McGurn
Friend Street
Union Station
Rothschild
New York
Mc Gurn
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