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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 07, 1889

Page

3

Shipping News Arrivals List Various Steamers and Towed Barges

The shipping column records arrivals and routes including the steamer Colla from Charlottetown to Boston Produce Co with potatoes, Kennebec from Kath, John Brooks from Portland, City of Gloucester from Gloucester, Tug Gladiator with Geo Moon and L Gilchrist, Sch Alice Phosbe from Alberton, Sch Vanilla from Summerside to Philadelphia, Sch Mulato from Machias, Sch J Warren from Sedgwick, and Island Home from Gloucester.

Colla McDonald Charlottetown Pet Boston Produce Co Kennebec Collins Kath John Brooks Lowman Portland City of Gloucester Young Gloucester Gladiator Kelley Baltimore Geo Moon L & Gilchrist Mitchell Alberton Vanilla Smith Summerside Pit Augustus West Sproule Philadelphia Mulato Sawyer Machias J Warren Torrey Sedgwick Island Home Thurston

Coastwise and foreign steamers noted with numerous arrivals

A long list details foreign steamers at Br and NS ports, with names such as Alonzo, Atkin, Olivia, Florence Christine, Rover, and many more. Coastal and coastwise movements include ships sailing to Yarmouth NS, Port Johnson, Buenos Aires, and Havana, plus tugs, barges, and escorts mentioned in Burke and Newport.

Alonia Atkin Liverpool Alex Martin Yarmouth Stanwood J G Hall & Co Palestine Whiteway Warren & Co Iwis Blythe McLean St John Atheway & Co Olivia Hatfield Same Mabel Purdy Hawkes Geof Dale Weldon John Stroup Wood Hillsboro Florence Christine Bery Annapolis Rover Griffin Sydney F Norris Anthony Bear River Bessie Carson Mapplebeck Windsor Harborville Delong & Seaman John Price Odell Musquash R Spisne & Co John Brooks Showman Portland F Willams Penobscot Ingraham Baner Calvin Austin Nathan Lawrence Whilpot Orfolk Fitz Bros & Co Calvin F. Baker Hatch Balaimore S& R Crowell Oliver Ames Handy New York J W Linnell Ida L Hull Gabrielson Philadelhia WE & WL Tuck Eldridge Newport Kens Maye & Co Henry R Congdon McCobb York Doane & Co Brig Hattie George L Fessenden Cox & Green Charles E Schmidt Oriole Howard W Mindleton Hattie M Crowell Loring Wilkesbarre Tag Knickerbocker Andrew Jackson Flora Rogers Rudolph Taylor &Athis Samuel Hart Agnes Manson E & W L Tuck Gardiner G Deering James Boyce, Jr Amelia G Ireland Bonth Chatham Schoopers Taylor and Mathis Isaiah Hart J Hanson WE & W L

Whalers Sail From Dominque to San Francisco

In port at Dominique on November 1 the schooner Franklin Rose with crew EleAn sails from the New Brunswick port to San Francisco aboard the bark Chasen Morgan for a cruise.

Whalers Dominique Sch Franklin Rose Elean SN Francisco Dev Bark Chasen Morgan

Gloucester Shore Fishing Yields Sparse Catches. Maguire Brings Cod

Gloucester December report notes Oliva Ann and several vessels making small fishing trips with scarce shore catches. Joseph B. Maguire from Cape shore lands 75,000 pounds of codfish. Centennial harvest reaches 150,000 barrels overall.

Gloucester Oliva Ann Dido Oceanus Little Fannie S A Parkhurst Henry W Longfellow Horace B Parker W B Keene Joseph B. Maguire Cape Shore

Mariners Noting Winter Buoys Change In Coastal Rivers

Official notice from Portland Maine on December 4 states that buoys in the St Croix and Pembroke rivers are removed for winter. Around December 8 a fairway buoy at the western entrance to Southwest Harbor will be replaced by a white and black perpendicular striped spar buoy. Also reported, spars from a sunken vessel lie about 15 feet out of water one mile northwest of Boon Island Light.

Portland St Croix Pembroke Southwest Harbor Boon Island Light Rockland James Fox Island New York Kennett Galveston Norfolk Liverpool Basseln Lark Giuseppe Anna Rangoon Sedge Island Diamond Island Bath Kennebec Morse E Reynolds Richmond NJ Dinsmore Perine South Gardiner Hamburg Hartington Philadelphia Victoria Idaho Yarmouth Nyi-Ghau Pratus Shoal Singapore Hong Kong Kingston J Musson le Mott Grand Cayman

Shipping movements and routes of multiple vessels

A collection of ship notices lists Eskasoni, William F Babcock, Lucipara, Annie Gody, Mary L Burrill, Lark Moonbeam, and Lark Noel Knowlton with their origins, destinations, and sailing dates. Latitudes and longitudes accompany each voyage, plus one vessel, Sir Benjamin Courtenay, bound north off Hatteras on December 4.

Eskasoni Burchall London Melbourne William F Babcock Murphy Baltimore San Francisco Lucipara Harder Liverpool Annie Gody St John Mary L Burrill Havre New York Ion Lark Moonbeam Turks Island Boston Lon Lark Noel. Knowlton Halifax Montevideo Benjamin Courtenay Hatteras

Freights and Charters Signal Strong Ocean Trade

Boston and New York mT ports see surge in West Indian sugar cargo fixtures and general tonnage demand. Detailed listings show diverse vessels carrying lumber coal and general cargo to Africa South America and Caribbean ports with varied rates and lump sums.

Boston West Indian Montevideo Buenos Ayres Africa Rebecca Goddard Barkentine Henry Warner Port Elizabeth Port Natal South America Alice C Dickerman Demerara Philadelphia Plymouth New York Bahia Sch &T Thomas Portland Buenos Harold GB Cousins Gulf Port Northside Cuba William Lorman Roberts Norfolk Havena Apalachicola Providence Tenston Robert H Rathbun Savannah Guantanamo James M Flanagan Charleston Kingston Mabel Rose Marion F Sprague Childe fHureld Hkoston Lockwood Lanesville gZabieus Sherman Baltimore New Bedford John C Haynes Mary Freeland Clark’s Island Neilie Paine Seth Oliver Scofield Carver’s Harbor Glessendien Vigeon Cove Georgie Clark K Bentley Gravite East Bluehill Communipaw Sam Alice Dunn Brunswick Leston Schisaac Campbell Guano Clark’s Cove Mass Bull River Lulu H L Whiton Lill Stowe Jordan Kasisoston LC Hallard Somes’ Sound Charles KK Schmidt Philadelmia Sir John Ames New Coosaw Elizabethwort Urope Lark Alice M Claridge Dunkirk Bark Porro Lisbon Sovurthmerica Ebel & Bardy Carbarien Ander Conlon Deme- Tara Lark Hornet Rosario Cochico General Cargo Venusacola Cardenas Inler Gonaives Perth Amboy Maud Firings Mavasse Wilmington Sch Meyer & Muller, Lumber Jacksonville

Foreign Oats Shipments and Sailing Ports Summary

Shipping notices record vessels sailing or passing Dec schedules from European ports to New York and other American ports. Listings include bark Donald Ferguson to Demerara, steamer Victoria to Glasgow, and ships from Bremen Hamburg Genoa and London with destinations such as New York Boston and Melbourne.

AYR Donald Ferguson Campbell Demerara Bremen Main Ger Baltimore Bilboa Aboraca Philadelphia Cagliari Luigi Accame Ital Ottene Calcuyta Centurion Widdicombe New York Cardin Charles Nickerson St John Liverpool Pieppe Wm Cochrane Rutherford Alice Nor Jacobsen Dunkirk Old Kensington Jones San Francisco Dungeness D H Watjen Mall Behring Hamburg Moville Anchoria Palermo Napier Boston Toading

Boston vessels change hands amid repairs and cargo deals

The Boston bark Rebecca Goddard, rebuilt at Medford and overhauled for 1885, sold to NXW Jordan and Boston partners, to be managed by Glidden & Bridge. other ships change owners and charters including Sir William Jones and Leona, with notes on wrecks, repairs, and port arrivals along the coast.

Boston Rebecca Goddard Medford NXW Jordan Messrs Glidden & Bridge State Street Africa Sir William Jones George McQuesten & Co East Boston Collins Logwood West Indies Leona Essex Moses Adams George Steele & Co Carlton, Norwood & Co Rockport Sch Golden Tliad William Hoormen Bath Samuel G Loole Grace L Fears Poole, Gardner & Co David J Robinson Dudley Farlin Port Royal Winter Quarter Shoal Farlin Dee Orne Southport John R Kelley Boothbay

Maritime Traffic Chronology From New Bedford to Portland

Extensive harbor and sailing notices document ships, schooners, brigs, and steamers sailing to and from New Bedford, New York, Boston, Halifax, Liverpool, Bremen, and other ports. Multiple vessels loaded, cleared, or passed through Hell Gate, with lists of names including Mary A Rice, Davida, Jane Adeline, Mohur, Lotos, and many more.

Jeremiah Smith Lyons Green’s Landing Washington, DC New Bedford Bec Rose Esterbrook Davis Baltimore Stephen Raymond Nickerson Osterville New York Kennett Galveston Liverpool Astral Rotterdam Halifax Cairngorne Gibraltar George W Clyde Hayti Italia St Ann’s Bay Holland London Caledonia Mediterranean Mohur Casey Colombo Etc Cape Town Adam Gould Henrahan Gibara Adolf Gram Fillau Staplas Stowers Black River Jam Delaware Dee 6 Pillan L Staples M Anthony Boston LA Plummer Joseph Hay New Ledford A L Mitchell Fall River Gertrude Bartlett Mary Lyniburner Jed Smith Mary Ann McCann Louise Hastings Eva May Joseph Oakes Rabboni Annie P Chase Bangor Lucy Jones Alfred Keene Rockland William C_ tee Sullivan Merruden Druid Bremen Hudikwall South Shields Johannes Holmsdale Dieppe Royal Adelaide Jane Adeline Santos Nornen Fredericks Haven Lilly Windsor Benguella Rose Lisbon Nasmyth Holt Eleanora Bennett Portland Circassia Harris Glasgow Werra Bussins Orion Wiley Havana la Champagne Boyer Havre Marlborough Kidder Utopia Morrison Amalfi Kraeft Yeni Bermuda Fraser Windward Islands Etruria Haines Lotos Klinkhower Batavia Paramita Prescott Kong Kong Antonio Sala Dinsmore William Graham Zimmer St Kerre Lealtad Barcelon Ponce William Boardman Hatch Plymouth Mass Adams Hell Gate Miranda Leseman St Johns Davida Newcomb Mary A Rice Coburn Provincetown J H Hopkins J Howell Leeds Cranmer Frankfort Belle Haray Studley Kennebec Richard Kessell Bona Bernard Port Antonio Nederland Antwerp Latharna Montego Bay Scandinavian Tynedale Port Royal Acadia Rattleshake Reed Centipede Hanson Lynn Berks Angela Mazzini Genoa Cacouna Philadelphia Athens Harvey Pernambuco Bettie Harrington St John Anna A Booth Warren Carrie B. Williams Frank Willie Brown Charles Esalch Crocker Bath Norfolk Pavilion Look Caring Augusta Herrick Herrick Deer Isle Edward Lameyer Beal Richmond G M Brainard Mutten Carvers Harbor Gardiner Reynolds Snow Bathforde Ada Ames Seir William Cobb Chase Perth Amboy Fred Walton Rich Veto Sumner Cayenne Simpson Mary Louisa Coffer Abbie S Walker Dobbin Dev General Sheridan Stewart Middletown Jed Frye Langley Emily Clock Bridgeport Providence Allegheny Parker Norman Sherman Standard Evans Carrie C Miller Marston Wapella de Castro Mary Miller Dayton Bristol Saifed Lower Harbor Machias Hattie Turner Jorde GD Perry Harvest Horne Lamoine Hannah, Coomer Cranberry Sie Speedwell Fleetwing Dover Willie Martin Chas Cooper Castine Mary A Power Jones Cuba John D Paige Halley New Haven San Francisco Carnarvonshire Roberts Newcastle Nsw China Hong Yokohama Bowdon Haggerty Slieve Roe Dee 5 James Kennedy Keewaydin Wiliam H Mitchell Sam Weller Vineyard Haven Mary E Crosby Brooks Nantucket E Waterman Bunker Calais Commerce Matthews Port Liberty Rockport Keewardin Benedict Hillsboro F A Magee Keefe Salem Swis Vineyard Louisa Smith Booth Brothers Keewarden

Sailed and Cleared Steamers Across Atlantic Ports

Maritime notices list ships and schooners cleared or sailed from ports including Baltimore Boston Bath Charleston and New York. Entries name vessels captains destinations and dates from December into March with tonnage and routes to London Copenhagen Philadelphia Newport and Nantucket among others.

Baltimore Pec Walker Armington Drinkwater Providence Karnford March St Vincent CVI Indiana Morrison Buenos Ayres Frank M Howes Turks Island Samuel Krendige Boston Dee Weatherby Harrison London Teutonia Carruthers Liverpool Puraie Graham Port Antonio Alvah Young Dunkirk Marquega Dé Santurce Philadelphia Dutch Island Harbor Schaf A Magee Keith New York Salem Charleston Crssine Nantucket Sallied Tosonsend Smith Red Beach William Mason Joe Kelley Eastport William W Hutchins Mahoney Libec Grace Webster Jew Rockland Fall Alice Oakes Jacksonville Milford Haskell Maculasport Chautauqua St John Chrystaline Dixon Quaco Vineyard Haven F & FE Given Maroon Moncton Mobile Grace Davis Dyer Ilavana Lamson Newburyport Hercules Odiorne

Passenger ship departures and names listed for Boston and New York

Boston for Bremen Aller and Werra departures listed with captains George Morris and W K Browne. Cunard liner Britannia to Liverpool is named with passengers Mrs Adelaide Brown and Etruria sailing from Boston. Details include routes Boston New York and ship names Cata Lon ia and Etruria with Fennesey as agent.

Boston Bremen Norddeutscher Lloyd Aller New York George Morris Werra W K Browne Liverpool Cunard Catalonia Adelaide Brown Etruria Fennesey

Shipping Schedule Highlights for Dec 7 by Steamships

For Bocas del Toro via Gussie from New Orleans Dec 7 7 30 p m. For Nova Scotia St Pierre and Newfoundland via Halifax from Boston Dec 7 11 am. For Great Britain Ireland and Europe via Catalonia from Boston Dec 7 6 50 a m. Supplementary mail via Catalonia Dec 7 8 15 a m.

Bocas del Toro Gussie New Orleans Nova Scotia St. Pierre Newfoundland Halifax Boston Great Britain and Ireland European Catalonia

Trans-Pacific Mails from San Francisco Dec 14

For Zealandia to Australia New Zealand Fiji Samoa and Hawaii from San Francisco Dec 14 mails close at Boston Dec 9 5 p m For Gaelic to Japan Shanghai Hong Kong and dependent ports and East Indies excluding British India Straits Settlements Siam and Dutch Indies from San Francisco Dec 14 close Boston Dec 9 5 p m For Tropic Bird Society Islands from San Francisco Dec 31 close Boston Dec 26 5 p m Letters for Pacific steamers to be deposited in Boston eight or nine days before sailing.

Australia New Zealand Fiji Samoan Hawadian Islands San Francisco Boston Japan Shanghai Hong Kong East Indies British India Straits Settlements Siam Dutch East Indies Society Islands Hoston

Eczema Heal Through Murdoch's Liquid Food

Boston man John G Tilton suffered nineteen years of eczema and dozens of doctors. After starting Murdoch's Liquid Food four teaspoons daily in January 1882 his body shed scales and regained color, strength, and mobility within thirty days. He attributes his improvement to the treatment following vaccination.

John G. Tilton Boston Stxty Philadelphia New York New England Murdock Tie

Fir Tilton In Good Heart On October 31 1889

The notice states Fir Tilton remains in good spirits and health on the date of October 31 1889, reflecting a cheerful personal update common to the era.

Tilton

Constipation blamed for decline of American women

An 1880s health notice argues that constipation is a habit that weakens blood and spurs disease, urging use of a “Liquid Food” remedy and warning against counterfeit tonics. It cites a Massachusetts death table from 1881 showing rises in diphtheria, peritonitis, pneumonia, heart disease, bronchitis, and cancers across age groups.

Express, Co. O. D

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