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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1902
Page
9
It is feared Boston will face a fish famine unless the wind shifts to aid the fishing fleet. The schooner Navahoe arrived at T wharf with 18,000 pounds haddock 2000 large cod 12,000 markets 2000 pollock 500 hake and 00 cask. No arrivals yesterday and markets may be bare of fresh fish unless more craft come in before morning.
A Boston tied report notes Essex shipyard produced 18 boats in 11 months and works on four more amid strong Gloucester and T wharf activity. Cattle and sheep shipments to Europe run below last year's pace, with 87,107 cattle and 63,891 sheep sent so far, while December shipments exceed 4,000 sheep to London and Liverpool. The Minnetonka sails with coal from Newport, and a new Dominion coal steamer is launched at Wallsend, with Montone among others. Superintendent Flynn recovers from a paralytic shock and is expected back soon.
A weak week saw only 15 201 barrels cross to Liverpool and London on several vessels including the Iowa Cestrian Merion Virginia and Kingstoni an while coal loading ships head to this harbor. The Dorothy, recently repaired after wrecking near Rockport Mass returns to American flag and register after sale. A new steamer Miramichi of Hull is overdue on its first American voyage for Hogan & Sons. The Landsman.
Shipping notices list arrivals including steamers Boston Stanwood Yarmouth and Navahoe Johnson in Norfolk with merchandise and passengers to multiple destinations. Sailed ships include Michigan Anglian Queen Mary Olivemoor and Nantucket bound for various ports. Weather notes report a thick snowstorm in President Roads and an anchored steamer in Nantasket Roads with letters K N G L visible.
A meeting of the Young Men's Catholic Association lecture and entertainment committee finalized plans for the winter course starting tomorrow evening at Boston College Hall. Tufts College Glee and Mandolin Club will perform. Rev Peter MacQueen's Dec 30 lecture was changed from Faris to Venezuela due to recent Venezuelan events and pressures from Germany and England.
The Georgia Supreme Court ruled that parents are not required to give medicine to minor children and that refusing medicine is not a state law violation. C. C. Justice, a Christian Scientist, was fined $300 in Dublin after his child died. The high court reversed lower-court decisions on appeal.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk probate court cites heirs and creditors in the estate of Charles Breck Ner who died intestate in Boston. Public administrator Johnson W Ramse y seeks letters of administration. court set for December 25 1902 with weekly notices in the Boston Post for three weeks.
The Middlesex Probate Court cites heirs to appear December 23, 1902, at nine o clock in Cambridge to oppose granting Frank E. Marston administration of Urania A. Flaners estate without bond. Public notice required in the Boston Post for three consecutive weeks. Witness Charles J. McIntire, First Judge. H. Lsom, Register.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts probate notice cites heirs and interested parties in the estate of Mary A Barnard of Boston. It warns of a December 18 probate hearing for letters testamentary to Frank M Barnard and activates required notices to all known heirs. A second notice states Clarence Hathorne Staples appointed administrator for the estate of Inez Maude Hathorne Staples with bond and demand for claims and payments.
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