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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1891

Page

7

The Markets Is to Be Fought A Hopeful Outlook

A hopeful outlook for next season dominates the market report. Flour Corn and Oats move slowly while fresh beef steadies and poultry remains active. Prices across hides sugar and dairy hold firm with little change. The note covers leather, sugar trade, flour grain feed, butter cheese eggs, and cotton, citing slow sales, stock considerations, and cautious buying ahead of New Year.

The Post Buenos Ayres Montevideo Corrientes Rio Grande Cordova Chinas Ile New England Minnesota Chicago Bush Western Do Northern Dairy New York Eastern Western Creamery Elgin Creamery Choice Northern Western Choice Liverpool Americas Islands

Nothing Like Leather Our Boot and Shoe Min. News

In Boston shoe trade chatter the Nothing Like Leather column notes Quinby & Co. patent solid machine shoe brush drawing interest, honors longtime workers, and tracks industry shifts. It highlights diamond gore trademarks decoded with monthly markers, staff moves, factory spaces, and a warning from Lynn Knights of Labor about machinery reducing handwork and wages.

B. F. Quinby & Co Summer Street Quinby Hosmer, Codding & Co Federal Street Diamond Gore Glendale Elastic Fabrics Company Edgar T. Bowers Sage & Co No. 100 Bowers Sage L. M. Monk J. ©. Page E. P. Dodge Manufacturing Company Boston Page J. A. Richardson Smith & Stoughton S. Preston Moses J. L. Towne & Co Lynn Leary & Luddy Hoag & Heath Commercial Street W.H. Cramer Bethel Ober & Walker Strout William B. Rice Boston Boot and Shoe Club Charles M. Hauthaway House C. L. Hauthaway & Sons E. F. Carpenter Guthman, Carpenter & Telling Chicago Evansville Ind George L. Dixon Dixon, Mackey & Co Greensfelder, Florsheim & Co J. E. Pitts Thayer Lamant California Lynn Knights of Labor

Lynn Gas fire liability case opens in Superior Court

In Satem on Dec 30 the Lynn Gas and Electric Light Co sues 23 insurers over a fire loss at its powerhouse on Oct 26. The sum at stake is about 3000 dollars as insurers dispute whether the blaze or the fly wheel explosion caused the damage. The defendants argue negligence by the company’s staff.

Satem Lynn Gas & Electric Light Company Superior Court Hammond Plainiiff Meriden Fire Insurance Company Hanover Commercial Insurance Company of California Western Assurance Company of Toronto People’s Fire Insurance Company Granite State American Insurance Company Boston Delaware Mutual Safety

Park work uncovers suspected breastworks from Bunker Hill fight

Excavation for a new park beyond the Bunker Hill monument reveals earthwork remnants from Prescott's 1775 defense. Dr. Samuel Green notes troops could have extended to the site, while work overseer George DeForrest points to a curved ground swell resembling a historic line. A gravestone fragment reads Here lies the bodies of Nathaniel and Mahetible.

Bunker Hill Prescott Bunker Hill Monument Post Samuel Green Boston Historical Society George DeForrest Nathaniel Mahetible

Shipping News and High Water Report

Shipping news notes high water conditions and related timings. References to moon phase and length of day are included along with sailings indicators. The fragment mentions Sox and milepost style times in a condensed, period-voice news brief.

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Arrivals at Boston harbor rich with cargo and passengers

On Wednesday Dec 30 various ships arrived including the Steamer Columbian from Liverpool with merchandise for Thayer & Lincoln and the Steamer Cumberland from St John NB via Eastport with goods and passengers for E A Waldron. Also the Steamer Essex from Baltimore with merchandise for A M Graham and the City of Gloucester from Gloucester. Multiple small craft such as the Sch Cora Duna, Sch Wm. T. Donnell and others arrived from Richmond, Hoboken, Portland, and New York with diverse cargos and passengers. An array of coastal and foreign steamers were reported in port, with sailings and cargo notes and forthcoming mail sailings listed.

No. S Boston Wagner Albany Syracuse Cleveland Chicago M. C Utica Faledo Detroit Cincinnati Big Four Cleveand L. S R. R Hoxton Hartford New Haven New York New York Limited Washington St Kneeland St Hanson Gen Columbian Moore Liverpool Mdise Thayer & Lincoln Cumberland Thompson St John Eastport Portland E A Waldron Essex Taylor Baltimore A M Graham City of Gloucester Proctor Gloucester Herman Winter Nickerson Moise H M Whitney Boris Annie Lewis Marshall Brunswick P. Ss. Huckins & Co Cora Duna Thomaston Harrington Apalachicola Wm. T. Donnell Davis Richmond Emma S. Briggs Dunton James Rothwell Burlingame Eliza Potter Allen Hoboken Mary B. Wellington Crosby Port Johnson Mary Standish Robinson South Amoy Thomas H Lawrence Kelley Philadelphia Tolman Swis Allen Greene Colin C Baker Baker Samuel Dilloway Smith Nellie W Craig Rines Rodner Parker Higgins Henry C Winship Towne Alfred Keen Greely Harold I Conseus Mary B Wellington Sarah A Blaisdell Pomeroy Rondout Enos Phillips Brown Perth Amboy President Roads Pochasset Rogers Jonesport Seared Stephen G Haskell Richardson Cadiz Spain Emery & Co Ethel Granville Boston Shipping Co Swallow Splane &Co Spartan Snow Sampson Lewison Ingraham Bangor Calvin Austin Inehborva Kida Wm Johnson & Co Marks Beatrice Hesse J S Emery & Co Alain McLeod Whitney C Hunt & Co Marion Havana Venice Yarmouth Weymouth Jennie C May Davlight Coast Wise John Johnson Hoston Jersey City Highland Light Chase Mayer Portsmouth Orion Harold Hornet Wasp Provincetown White Star Line United States Royal Mail Queenstown RED Star Line Antwerp BE. A. Awams & CO State St Cor Broad St Rica

Shipping Movements Across Atlantic Ports with Dec 30 Sails

Port entries show multiple schooners brigs and steamers clearing and sailing on December 29 to 30 from Boston New York Providence Portsmouth and other New England ports. Vessels include E A Anderson Woodward Abrahams Anga Hart and Sagamore with routes to Old Point Comfort Bermuda Madeira Havana and Plymouth among others.

Baltimore Annie F Carron Boston Hannah McLean Portand Benj Hale Frank O Dame Providence Woodward Abrahams Henry L Peckham Portsmouth Carrie S Hart New Haven Castine E A Anderson New York London Tower Hill Olympo Pernambuco Regal Dundee Saratoga Havana Sama Baracoa Athos Kingston Alesia Marseilles Naples Helvetia Hamburg Havre Russia Barkina Alexandria Egypt Mobile Dee Estella NEW London Sagamore Old Point Comfort Bermuda Madeira Islands Newport News Alice B Phillips Plymouth John Bracewell Philadelphia Perth Amboy Joe Provincetown N H Skinner New Bedford Robert Morgan Crossley John Paul Philpot Norfolk Eva D_ Rose Millville Herman F Kimball Lane Rockport Mary Louisa Colfer Jersey City Donna I Briggs Dunham Ida L Hull Alice Holbrook Bianch H King William Johnson Vineyard Haven Nettie Cushing Upham Agricola Whittaker Rondont Everett Webster Bowen Lynn Lewis South Amboy Penobscot Carter Belfast

Widespread North Atlantic Shipping Moves Reported

Port and ship movements from Auckland Auckland and Wellington New Zealand to New York and Boston. Vessels include bark Webster Mentore Hudson Luzon Trojan Cambus Doon Samir Nickerson Godolphin Bowden and Park Essex with departures in November and December from Anjer Clenfuegos Hamburg and Port Antonio sailing to New York Boston Wellington.

Auckland B Webster New York Port Dee Mentore Anjer Hudson Manila Marseilles Lucania Iloilo Luzon Hong Kong Calculta Trojan Armstrong Boston Vanduara Allen Tor Do Clenfuegos Joel Cook Philadelphia Hamburg Cambusdoon Sytipleton Samir Nickerson Wellington Progreso Godolphin Port Antonio Bowden Park Essex

Wrecks and salvage items from maritime alerts

The article reports the wreck of the ship Trojan sunk near Southwest Harbor Maine sold for 700 dollars. It notes Bark Piscataqua leaking near West Bay and crew agreeing to proceed if the captain first goes to Halifax or St Johns. Sir John K Souther bound for Matanzas ashore at Lower Craighill Channel near Baltimore. A four masted schooner likely the Twohy is ashore in Mastern Bay near Baltimore.

Southwest Harbor Piscataqua J Twohy Mastern Bay Baltimore

France direct and other routes via Havre steamer La Champagne

Swiss Italian Spanish Portuguese and Turkish closed mails via Havre per steamer La Champagne January 1 OS Bik Theale and for St. Croix via St. Croix route noted.

France Havre la Champagne St. Croix

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