National Bank Report Shows 193 Banks Formed in Year
Comptroller of the Currency reports for the year ending October 31 1891 that 193 new national banks were organized with 20 7 million capital while 41 associations liquidated 25 insolvent leaving a net gain of 127 banks and 12 533 000 in capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi River
Comptroller
Howes Norris Favored for 1892 State Committee Chair
Ex Senator Howes Norris of Cottage City appears likely to be elected chairman of the Republican State Committee for 1892 with broad backing. A minority opposes Norris, but support centers on his political skill and party leadership. Debate centers on committee size and delaying permanent organization, questions of legality, and fears of subservience to a few.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howes Norns
Cottage City
Republican State Committee
Norris
Drcumstones
Stae
State Committee
State Committee For Organization
Contested Old Board Aligns With Lodge Candidacy
A factional move to elect a new board of officers is guided by Congressman Lodge to bolster his senatorial bid. Ratshesky is likely elected secretary with no opposing candidate. Fairchild may become treasurer while Goetling of Springfield is expected to chair the executive committee, a role carrying heavy duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressman Lodge
A. C. Ratshesky
Charles Fairchild
Augustius H. Goetling
Springfield
Prohibition State Committee Meets in Boston Banquet Planned
The Prohibition State Committee held its final meeting of the year at Washington street headquarters. Chairman Patridge and secretary E F Stevens led a financial report that was neutralized by subscriptions. A December 21 banquet at Lemont temple in Boston will welcome both old and new committee members and notable party leaders to recount the 1891 campaign and spur efforts for 1892.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prohibition State Committee
Washington Street
Patridge
E. F. Stevens
Lremont Temple
Remount Street
Boston
Lawrence Election Forecast Says Dems Set Landslide
Lawrence Democrats expect a landslide in the city election with Henry P. Dos likely to win the mayoralty. Democrats to win five of six aldermen and twelve of eighteen common council seats. License vote favored despite active no-license campaign. Arthur A. Bailey leads a united campaign using Australian ballot tactics and healing long-standing party rifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Spectan
Henry P. Dos
Collins
Arthur A. Bailey
Democratic City Committee
Still in the Ring on Washington Street Eyeglass Vendor
A tiny, seasoned street peddler with a shelf of eyeglasses jostles through a Washington Street crowd. He recalls twenty six years on the curb, once earning seven to ten dollars daily, now lucky with two to four, having sold only three pairs today. He fled a prior stand over a legal dispute, now sells eye wear priced from a quarter to two dollars while enduring insults and the daily crush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Street
Pye
Dve
Law
Pety
Plans for State Work at World's Fair and Brilliant Lighting
Governors asked to send two delegates to a December 9 convention to align state work for the World’s Fair. Exposition plans include lighting to cover Drexel Grand and Oakwood Boulevards with 3800 arc lights and 100000 incandescent lamps. An additional $500000 to $600000 is sought to insure the exhibit, with Russia and Germany arranging rail rate breaks and John McAdams & Co proposing a marine brake exhibit on Lake Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickinson
Chicago
Board of Control
Palmer
South Park
Drexel
Grand
Oakwood
Exposition Grounds
Midway Plaisance
Government
Congress
Treasury
Putnam
Department of Ethnology
Thorpe
Russia
Germany
John McAdams & Co
Brooklyn
Lake Michigan
Genealogists Hear Essay on Natural Science View
The December meeting of the New England Histore Genealogical Society at University Chapel 12 Somerset Street heard Professor W. Shaler of Harvard present an essay on Genealogy from the Point of View of Natural Science. He urged use of measurements photographs and masks to study people and claimed genealogy benefits from climate studies. He proposed a special research into descendants and antecedents of criminals and great men. The society voted thanks and ordered a copy of the address archived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Histore, Genealogical Society
University Chapel
Somerset Street
W.%. Shaler
Harvard University
Shaler
Armored Cruiser New York Launch At Cramp Yard
The United States armored cruiser New York was launched from Cramp Shipbuilding Company before about 15,000 spectators including Secretaries of the Navy Treasury and Interior, senators and congressmen. Miss Helen Page christened the vessel with a wine bottle and it slid into the Delaware River amid cheers as Secretary Tracy praised the launch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Privapevpatia
United States
New York
Cramp Shipbuilding Company
Navy
Treasury
Interior Departments
Helen Ji’age
J. Seaver Page
Union League Club of
Charles Cramp
Cramp
Kacy
Pric
Tracy
Washington
Secretary J. S. Dickenson to resign from World’s Fair Commission
Cuicano Dec 2 reports Col. John S. Dickenson will retire as secretary of the World’s Fair National Commission. His resignation, drafted, will go to President Palmer and take effect January 1. He may accept general manager role with the Texas Arkansas and Pacific railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuicano
John ST. Dickenson
World’s Fair National Commission
Palmer
Texas, Arkansas & Pacific Railroad
Davis Receives Four Fine Dapple Grey Horses
A. W. Davis of 82 and 84 Northampton Street announces four handsome dapple greys. He praises them as excellent roadsters suitable for general driving or family use and plans to exhibit the fine specimens to friends and customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Davis
Northampton Street
Mr. Davis
Shipping News and Arrivals From Boston Harbor
The notice lists arrivals and departures at Boston and nearby ports on December 2 and 3. It records steamers Merjulio, Essex, Portland, City of Gloucester, Gen Whitney, Wilkesbarre, and many schooners with origins from Apalachicola to New York, plus numerous naval and fishing craft, with cargoes, destinations, and towing details. It notes collisions near Ship John Light, a grounded schooner off Mytle wharf, and yellow fever detentions at Santos affecting 120 vessels sailing for Savannah and other ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wennesday
Merjulio
Ewart
Progresso
Peabody & C
Essex
Taylor
Baltimore
A M Graham
Portland
Snowman
Gloucester
Proctor
Glouceser
Gen Whitney
Bearse
New York
H M Whitney
Wilkesbarre
Cates
Port Johnson
Gladiator
Kelley
Dillingham
Rockport
Smith
Marr
Arizona
Cromwell
Unison
Barter
Bath
Raitt
Davis
Dover
Hannah D
Rowe
Westport
Grace
Betts
Ellsworth
Ellis P Rogers
Moore
Woolwich
Hammond
Collins
Rockland
Ore
St. Elmo
Maddocks
Promised Land
Elmwood
Gould
Philadelphia
Pottsville
Spanker
Jersey
George E Dale
Navy Yard
My Tie
May McFarland
Harry L Whiton
Bird Island Flats
Whiton
Jonn D Williams
New Haven
Dan Baker
Santos
George W. Fenimore
Boston
Dessoug
Savannah
Jonn Light
Fenimore
Mariners Report From Atlantic Ports November 80
Shipping news lists sailings and arrivals across Atlantic ports from Alexandria to Savannah. Vessels include Emma R Smith from Windsor NS heading to New York, J C Sweeney bound for Philadelphia, and City of Paris among steamers from Liverpool to various ports. Multiple schooners and steamships depart for Boston New York Philadelphia and Baltimore with cargoes and ballast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Kate Crowley
Walton
Baltimore
Wallace Ward
Salem
Nathan
Sterbrook
Benj F Poole
Providence
Massasoit
Boston
Daylight
Henry Sutton
Mariie A Holmes
Calvin B Orcutt
New Heford
H A Baker
Beverly
Mary Sands
Danversport
Goothbay Harbor
Emma R Smith
Windsor
Schs
Joe
Milbridge
New York
Game Cock
Bangor
St John
Karslie
Reaper
Shulee
Sandy Point
Lubec
Annie Gus
M M Chase
Geo P Trigg
Marblehead
J C Sweeney
Philadelphia
Nobska
John H Converse
Washington
City of Paris
Liverpool
Trinidad
St. Kitts
Alps
Port Spain
Cufie
Nevada
Edam
Rotterdam
Newport
Colon
Algeria
Glasgow
Hibernia
Phiadelphia
Yamuri
Cathagena
Hippolyte Danies
Giara
Johannes Brun
Nassau
Alvo
Hayti
Brie ET Campbell
Nelson
Carman Brae
Norfolk
Scotia
Port Royal
Grace Andrews
Marston
Plymouth
Mass
Victory
Sullivan
Provincetown
Fred W Alton
Eva May
Mt Desert
Annie B. Mitchell
Newburyport
Zelia
Geo E Dunley
Portland
Jesse T Mattheson
Alice Fortune May
Porepland
Frederick Rossner
Vieques
Greystone
Leith
Henry B Cleaves
Bath
Pons
Perth Amboy
George Gurney
Red Beach
F. G. French
Villa Y Hermanos
Gill
Calais
Cardenss
Savannah
White Star Line
United States
Royal Brail
Queenstown
Atlantic
Edtar Line
Antwerp
A. Avpams & CO
State St
Cer
Brand St
Maston
Sendfor
ADAMS
Frice
Maritime cargo vessels and arrivals in distant ports
A series of short entries list ships and journeys: various vessels sailing from and to ports such as Batavia, Demerara, Honolulu, Hong Kong, Montevideo, Port Spalding, Port Antonio, Singapore, Turks Island, Windsor Nova Scotia, with ships including Penobscot, Harrison G. Johnson, Guy Robie Hall, Daisy Nash, Anna Pendleton, Clotilde, Ethelred, Abyssinia, Escort, Antioch, Hattie M Bain, Gypsum King, Trojan, and the Sarah W Lawrence. Several entries note ships put in for repairs, sails under way, or in port, with dates in October, November, and December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia
Sid
Penobscot
Pecalongan
Demerara
R. F. Pettigrew
Boston
Honolulu
Harrison G. Johnson
Colby
New York
Hong Kong
Guy Robie Hall
Montevideo
Daisy
Nash
Port Spaln
Anna Pendleton
Gypsum
King
Trojan
Overseas Mail Routes and Closing Times Listed by Steamers
Shipping notices detail multiple international mail routes from Boston via various steamers to Porto Rico Yucatan Cuba Jamaica France Britain Germany and more with specific sailing dates and closing times including supplementary trans Pacific and Pacific routes to Japan China Hawaii and Australia. It lists steamer names Devonia Aurania Hondo La Champagne Vigilencia Orizaba Shawmut Ethelwold Foxhall Samaria Mariposa Tropic Bird and others with dates December 3 to December 22 and Boston mail close times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porto Rico
Shawmut
Yucatan
Campeche
Tabasco
Chiapas
Mexican
Cuba
Orizaba
St. Thomas
St. Croix
Barbadoes
Demerara
Brazil
Argentine Republic
Uruguay
Paraguay
Great Britain
Grenada
Trinidad and Tobago
Alps
New York
Jamaica
Ethelwold
Boston
Gosta Rica
Port Simon
Foxhall
New Orleans
St Pierre and Miquelon
Halifax
Bluefields
Graytown
Nova Scotia
Miquelon
Newfoundland
Ireland
Samaria
Hawaiian Islands
Australia
San Francisco
Society Islands
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Comptroller’s
of Directors
Frederick
Klemmer
Dresden
Teware
Katons
Lisner & Mendelson Co
Isol
Thes Yarmouth
Yarmouth
Lewis Wharf
Maestay and
Westay
L. M
Western Counties
Windsor & Annapolis
Nova Scotia Central Railways
Nova Scotis
Davison
Stage Line
South Shore
Ilairfax
J. F. Spinney
Thomas Cook & Son
Washington St
W. H. Eaves
Parker House
John G. Hall & CO
Chatham St
Mons
India Wharf
Yter
North River
Soth
H. Mc Whitney
India
Lawrence Democratic
Farrir
Port OF
Bustion
Nor
Bornholdt
N.S
Furness
Withy & Co
de Ruyter
Uelg
Brareus
Gill & Lootz
John A. Matheson
Matheson
Suriman
Fates
Bixley & Co
Heather Beil
Farris
St. John
N. B
Hatheway & Co
Genius
Apt
Annapolis
N. S
de Long & Seaman
Merrilie
H W Peabody & Co
Indian
Nickerson
Ik B Sampson
Hi M Whitney
Hallett
JM Whitney
Lewiston
Ingraham
Calvin Austin
Cumberland
Thompson
E A Waldron
Chase Williams
Nettie Champion
Cullen
Erastus Wiman
Leander
Dudley Pray
Robena
Joel Cook
Rondour
Argus
Barkentine Augara
Wim Slater
Schamekin
Alicia B Crosby
Henry L Peckham
Navarino
Nora
Mark Ella
Marine Notes
Sarah W Lawrence
Wiany
SniPring
Boston & Philadelphia Steamship Line
Bewie W Hee Ly
Weeton
Philvletoiy
Long Wharf
Bostyn
Charleston
Wilmington
Long Vineer
E. B. Sampson
State Street
Fiske Vldy
Norfolk and Washington Steamship Line
Valen. & Ga
Air Line
Atlantic Coast and Seaboard Air Line
Kanawah Despaten
Baltimore & Ohio
K. KR
Balmore
A.M. Grawam
Central Wharf
Fasport
St. Joh
International
Lortland
Eastport
Boston & Maine RR
Commercial Wharf
Ea. Waldron
Palestine
Grand d Junction
Haves
Warren & CO
Mil« St
Teer
Michigan
Gischarging
Pier
Grand Junc'ion
East Boson
Alu Caree
Renain
Shamae
Custom House
Ca.iector
Apents
Milk St
Consignee
Bark “Sayre
N.C. F. Snell, Cousignee
Clyde Steamship CO
Great Southern Reight
Pasenger
Souls
South Carolina
South
East River
Ereday
Savannah Line, New England and
Savannah Steamship Co
Lewis’ Wharf
fSoton
S P.m
C. R.R
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Louisana
C. G. Pearson
A. Dew. Sampson
N.E. Acent
W. Ry
G. A
Richardson & Barnard
Atlantic Ave
G. M. Sorrel
London
Oranmore
Parkmore
Hansa-Johnston
Hamburg
Wandraain
Stubbenhuk
Poston
Baumwaill
WM. Sgmnston & CO
Lita
Water Street
Azores
L. R. Hale
Bee
E. A. Adams & CO
Stree
Leyland Lin
Boston and
Liverpolk
Columbean
Bostonlian Philadelphian (New
GORTA
Trea Yer &L Ageumte
Cunard Line
Pavonia
Scythia
Loipavonia
Catalonia
Cythia
Alexander MA Mart
Furness Line
Rulanese
Ktordecer
VAWVO
Steckheim
Eet Furness
Wisk Y & Coo
Lta
Southern Pacific Company
Morgan Line
Sims
Bialroad
Awisomir
New
Old Meree
Colorado
Califonia
Washington St. Raton
Hawleyx
Broadway
Boston Fruit Cos
Tropics
A. W. Presto
Ortland
Northend
Portland. Co. FE
Williams
Failroads
Boston & Albany
R. R
Wagner Buffet
Albany
Syracuse
M.C
Wagner
Utea
Toledo
Detroit
Beston
Cine
Dailyve Wagner
Clevesland
Wagener
Bostom
York
Hou
Ebuston
Dup
New Fore
Knee and St
A. & Hanson
Mallory Lines
Galveston
Bec
Brinswokant
Fatnaa Ina
State OF Texas
Syragul
Beaver Line
Lake Muron
Lake Wencasper
B. A. Adams & CO
Warren Line
Crh
Jiec
Norema Noe
Milk Street
Dev
Allan Line
A. Allan
Sostate Street
Long Island City
Long Island
Eastern States
New York & New Encl
Flatbush Avenue
L.L.A.R
FT. Metries
Brooklyn Bridge
Fulton
Fifth Avenue
N. Y
N. E. RK
Summer Street
D. H. Nicnots
A. C. Kendall
L Vass
Fall River Line
Park Square Station
Fall River
N. R
Jersey City
Ibaugage
Washington and
State
Old Colony
D.r. Kendrick
Geo L. Connor
Eneva
Liberty St
Sul Road
New Engla Heston
MI Uler
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