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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1916
Page
6
Daily coastal and astronomical data describing tide heights, moon and sun positions, and planetary starlight. It lists morning and evening tide measurements, moon phases, and morning stars Venus Jupiter Saturn with references to full moons and events across a wartime year.
Wholesale prices on haddock, cod, pollock, hake and mackerel listed. Vessels at the pier include 32 ships with varied catches and fares in hundreds of dollars. Steamers Belfast and Colorado arrived, with other cargo and a note on Wood End light intensity. The Landsman.
A list of steamers and ships arriving and sailing coastal and foreign routes. Vessels include Colorado Collins City of Madras Hisparta ONeill Port Simon Nacoochee Dizer Savannah Howard Chase Camden Newport News Norfolk Middlesex Wider Bay State Strout Portland Belfast Rawley Bangor City of Rockland Linscott Bath Telumah Clay Port Eaton Ervin J Luce Webster Rockport Mohawk Murrell Walton Emelie Paoli Oliver South Amboy Boswell Armstrong Catharin Cassie Biwabik Georges Creek Anderson Nos 21 Nos 10 Conestoga Olson Ephrata Barry Beechwood Neponset Sears Panther Creek Martin Horan Governor Dingley Prince Arthur Yarmouth Juniata Coastwise Lamberts Point Suffolk to Portland St John NB tugs Conestoga.
Barges Ephra for Portland and Barry for Bangor head moved by Richardson Saucon and Skippack to Philadelphia with Edgar F Luckenbach towing City of Washington from Norfolk via Newport to barges Potomac and Bessie. Sea King to Irene and Sewalls Point with Newport calls. North America with Iron Queen from Norfolk to Portland. Metacomet Forest Belle Smyrna Guttenberg Murrell to Sewalls Point for Beverly Prudence with Buck Ridge Paxinos Tulpehocken Philadelphia Portsmouth, Washington from Norfolk to Portsmouth June J H Winstead from Lambert's Point to Lynn.
A Boston hearing on the Boston and Maine receivership begins with Judge William L. Putnam presiding. Key figures include Intercontinental Rubber Company and Edward F. Searles as petitioners, with Boston & Maine directors and leased lines interests represented by multiple lawyers. If demurrer or answer filed, expect a full airing of the railroad's financial history from before New Haven control to current mergers.
A blood-stained handkerchief and a man's hat were the only traces of occupants of a seven passeng er touring car found capsized at Ingersoll and Newbury streets near Danvers State Hospital. The NY plate 66 172 was noted. Police suspect theft and that the owner escaped.
Chicago August 28 Robert A Gardner of Hinsdale may not defend his amateur golf championship title in the national meet at Philadelphia next week due to a finger infection. The finger has been twice Lanced but doctors say hope is slim he can compete.
Shamus O'Brien was matched today for two fights the first with Rocky Kansas Friday night at Buffalo and the second with Ritchie Mitchell at Milwaukee on September 13.
Sunday drew ten thousand worshippers in rain to hear his half hour sermon, denouncing lack of vision in pulpit and pew. He attacked a New York anti evangelist movement and promised to address the Interdenominational Association of Evangelists Thursday as its third vice president.
The evangelist likened his sermon to a loaded firecracker and warned that during three Sunday meetings 80,000 attended but collection totals were only 1241.95. He condemned church deacons preachers choir singers and women for not living by Christian teachings and noted Ocean Grove was full of hypocritical church members.
Dr Franklin B Dyer head of Boston public schools and former Cincinnati superintendent is lured back to Ohio Governor Willis will likely renew the offer this week Local schools are said to have retrograded since Dyer left Cincinnati Several semi public events and Chamber of Commerce honors are planned in his honor
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