Massive blaze sinks Providence coal elevator
Fire destroyed the seven story Providence Coal Company elevator on Dorrance street wharf, spilling 10 000 tons of coal. Losses on the building reach 20 000 to 25 000 with 23 500 in insured coverage across multiple companies. Fire crews battled the flames for hours amid crowds of sightseers. A second fire struck the Briggs building in Westerly causing extensive damage and injuries, with total losses around 32 300 and insured about 20 400.
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Providence
R. IL
Providence Coal Company
Dorrance Street Wharf
Babpitt
Springfield
Boylston
Traders
Chicago
County of Pennsylvania
Fireman’s
Newark
People’s
New Hampshire
Washington
Royal
London
Union of Pennsylvania
Phoenix
Brooklyn
Spring Garden
Queen’s
Liverpool
Globe
Phenix
Harford
Briggs
Main Street
Paweatuck Bridge
Lucius Briggs
Griswold
Conn
John FE. Collins
James M. Collins
Nelson, Brown & Co
William E. Stockwell
Lewis & Spicer
Dixon & Perry
Peabody
Henry W. Rose
M.D
Henry Whipple
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Lindley Mill
George Bellamy, Jr
Justin D. Taylor
George Dodds
Edward McKenna
William J. Latham
Henry ©. Moore
Chief Wheeler
Fire Department
Foreman Pendleton
Hook and Ladder Company
J. E. Collins
N. Brown & Co
W. E. Stockwell
Law Office
Judge Whipple
Dr. Rose
Devastating Buffalo Fire Exacts Wide Property Loss
A massive early morning blaze in Buffalo spreads from Root & Keating leather dealers to multiple blocks. Seventeen injured, no fatalities reported as walls crash and streets fill with smoke and sirens.
Rand-Avery Plant sale ends after heated auction
The Rand-Avery sale concludes with Mr James C Jordan buying the property for about 48000 while creditors face a return of 15 to 20 cents on the dollar. Laws on the stand described the chaotic bidding with presses and paper assets selling above cost as the auctioneer and Lawson recount the affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rand-Avery Concern
James C. Jordan
Thomas W. Lawson
Jordan
Lawson
Bird
Losses Mount in City Fire at Darrow Estate
A fire at the Darrow estate damaged three buildings and a ticket office ducting $10,000 in losses. With reported figures including $85,000 and $1,000 tied to individuals such as M. Zimmerman, officials estimate total losses may reach $3,000,000.
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Darrow
Sheehan
M. Zimmerman
Several Fires Reported Across Cities From New Hampshire to Missouri
A string of fires causes heavy damage. In Bristol New Hampshire the Methodist church burned during service, costing 20 000 dollars originally with 1 000 dollars coverage per six insurers. Other homes suffered lesser losses. In East Falmouth a residence burned with about 1 700 dollars loss and 700 dollars insured. Newark New Jersey saw eight houses destroyed by fire injuring poor families with 14 000 dollars loss. In St Louis a warehouse fire at the Anheiser Buch Brewing complex caused a 90 by 100 foot wall collapse and 200 000 bushels of grain burnt with losses around 220 000 dollars. In Ontario StarorthH Mrs Williscroft’s dwelling burned and her grandson perished.
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Bristol
N. H
Methodist Episcopal Church
New Hampshire
Levi Roby
Milo H. Crosby
Falmouth
Emma _ Lewis
East Falmouth
Newark
N. J
Loomfield
St. Louis
Anheiser Buch Brewing Association
Ninth and
Starorthh
Ont
Williscroft
Fire incidents report two local blazes and damage
A small blaze on the second floor of building 28 North Market Street used as a storage room by D B Sanborn was put out by Patrolman Ride from Station 1 Saturday evening. A fire in the grocery of William H Coville at 80 Marcella Street at 2 15 this morning caused 25 dollars damage. alarm from box 262.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Market Street
D. B. Sanborn
Station 1
William H. Coville
Marcella Street
Di Murska's Unhappy Career Ends in Tragedy
A historical obituary recounts Ilma di Murska's fall from fame to poverty after her husband Anderson misused her wealth. Her daughter, a failed actress, ultimately takes her own life upon finding her mother's body, as the family’s decline is traced through generous errors and harsh fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Bandmann
N.Y. Herald
Ilma di Murska
Marsha
Anderson
Duke of Edinburgh
Sydney
N.S. W
University of
Ilina Dit Murska
Australia
Hern
Irma
London
Drowned While Skating claims teen on mill pond
Edward Bannon aged 16 of 6 Eagle Hill Place drowned yesterday afternoon after ice on the mill pond broke. Rescuers failed to reach him in time. The body was recovered and taken home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Bannon
Eagle Hill Place
Revenue Legislation Slows as Mills Sees Tariff Path Narrow
Rep Mills analyzes the Senate tariff bill against the House measure, warning of long odds for revenue reform under the current Congress. He expects a mid February report, possible conference, and notes pressure to pursue tariff reform while resisting major compromises.
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Sprcran
Mills
Harrison
Congress
Texas
House
New England
Republican Party
Minnesota
Andrew
Hoar
Higginson
Post
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Committee of Ways and Means
Treasury Department
Committee On Appropriations
Dedham Lighting Dispute Heats Up Over Electric Franchise
The Dedham Water Company seeks a legislative electric lighting franchise while the Dedham and Hyde Park Gas Company argues it has prior rights. A gas company engine and dynamos were installed at Phoenix Lock and Memorial Hall square lit, prompting orders to desist. Factional tension suggests court action may settle the contested lease and rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Depham
Sprcrar
Dedham Water Company
Dedham and Hyde Park Gas Company
William Elliott Fettee
Gas Comany
Phouix Lock
Alfred Hewins
Savings Bank
Water Company
Gas Company
Memorial Hall Square
Hewins
Goodnow
Old Boston Street Church Rededicated After Alterations
The Boston Street Church in Lynn was rededicated after major changes to the audience room. Bishop R. S. Foster preached the sermon as part of the ceremony. The project cost about $10,000 and features a memorial window titled The Guardian Angels over the main entrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Boston Street
Foster
Turgot and Say's Biography Reviewed in Depth
A long critical notice surveys Léon Say's biography of Turgot in the Great French Writers series, noting the wealth of material and the balance between facts and opinions. It discusses Turgot’s brief tenure as finance minister, his reform program, and the impact of opposition, with reflections on Say’s framing and other contemporary works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Say
S “Turgot
Turgot
M. Léon Say
Duc de Choiseu
John Morley
Burke
Morley
Duc de Choiseul
M. Say
Urgot
Louis XVI
Marie Antoinette
Les Jurandes
Léon Say
Melville B. Anderson
Chicago
A. C. McClurg & Co
Boston
Estes & Lauriat
Price
A Stiff-necked Generation and Related Works Review
A critical survey lauds Mrs. Walford for returning to form with A Stiff-necked Generation while dismissing weaker entries Troublesome Daughters and She Baby's Grandmother. It contrasts Andersonville Violets and Cressy as commendable or intriguing, and condemns A Transaction in Hearts for its overextended cleverness and odd diction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Saltus
Professor Dowden
L. B. Walford
New York
Henry Holt & Co
Boston
Camrell & Upham
Price
Herbert W. Collingwood
Lee & Shepard
Cressy
Bret Harte
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Hearts
Edgar Saltus
Lippincott’s Magazine
Julia
Aalanibe
Hartland
Caroline Liscard
Caroline
Rosamund
Gilbert
Lord Hartland
M. Renan
Twenty-eight Years on Wall Street and Related Works
Henry Clews presents observations on the stock exchange in Twenty-eight Years in Wall Street noting the fates of famed financiers and the view that women rarely speculate successfully. Also reviewed is George Rutledge Gibson’s The Stock Exchanges of London Paris and New York a comparative study highlighting market differences and clearing practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Clews
Wall Street
Stock Exchange
Jacob Little
Vanderbilt
Daniel Drew
Clews
Travers
Victoria Woodhull Martin
Greene
Jolines
Stedman
George Rutledge Gibson
Gibson
London
Paris
New York
George Rutjeans Sibeon
G. P. Putnam’s Ons
Century Magazine’s February number features Lincoln and Kennan pieces
The issue contains Nicolay and Hay on Lincoln amid McClellan’s removal and Chase tensions, Kennan’s Irkutsk recollections, and Albert Fleming on reviving hand spinning in Westmoreland villages. It also highlights Foote, Cable, Mitchell, and other literary art, plus Boston Post’s 1889 promotional notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Century Magazine
Messrs. Nicolay
Hay
Lincoln
McClellan
Seward
Chase
Mr. Kennan
Irkuisk
Tiumen
Tobolsk
Kennan
Irkutsk
Albert Fleming
Westmoreland
Giotto
Raveloe
England
Mary Hallock Foote
Mr. Cable
Louisiana
Langdon E. Mitchell
Geréme
Simone Memmi
Stillman
Laurence Hutton
Mary Queen of Scots
Art
Reaction at Harvard promotes President Eliot despite Overseers vote
The Springfield Republican notes Harvard Overseers oppose President Eliot’s liberal policy in a move seen as a temporary setback but likely to bolster alumni and undergraduate support for him. It predicts renewed effort to place more sympathetic blood on the Overseers at the next election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Springfield Republican
Eliot
Harvard
Board of Overseers
Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey Told As Secret To Happy Marriage
An advice piece argues women must be attractive and healthy to keep husbands, crediting Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey as a safe stimulant for blood circulation. It claims exercise is hard for ladies and promotes the whiskey as a health and beauty aid endorsed by temperance advocates and clergy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duffy
Duffy’s
Mortgagee's Sale of Shaughnessy Property in Roxbury
By order of mortgagee James C Lovering the Shaughnessy lot in the rear of Alpine Street Roxbury Mass is bid upon February 14 1889 at 3 PM. The parcel measures 43.50 by 30 by 48.10 by 30 feet totaling about 1375 square feet and includes a dwelling. Terms require $100 down. Boston January 21 1889.
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Probate Court
County of Suffolk
Melrose Street
Boston
Lucy Borrowscale
Ephraim Marsh
Jacobenari
Thomas Ray
Suffolk
Kirkland Street
Loudon
Alexander Wadsworth
Loudon Street
Porter
Jarvis
Jacob Benari
Samuel G. Bowdlear
Joseph Benari
John J. Shaughnessy
Hannah M. Shaughnessy
John J
James C. Lovering
Alpine Street
Common
Massachusetts
Roxbury
Lemust
Marcellus
Ward
Garbett
Bridget C. Doyle
Hannai
M. Shaughnessy
John H. Doyle
Thomas F. Doyle
Marcellus S. Ward
Sarah F. Leavitt
James ©. Lovering
John W. McKim
James M. Soule
Chelsea
Shawmut Street
Congress Avenue
Elizabeth F. Dorr
Dorr
Peter Hemmenway
Middlesex Street
Maverick Street
Alonzo Lewis
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Buffalo
N.Y
Burrano
N. Y
Root & Keating
Carroll and
Wells Streets
Sibley & Holmwood
Broezel
Swift & Stainbach’s
T. C. Reynolds’s
Seneca Street
Jewett
Carroll Street
Moffatt Bros
Jewett Block
Eus
A. ‘J. Kerr & Co
Sidney Shepard & Co
S.S. Jewett & Co
Broezel House
J. E. Lewis
Elizabeth E. Farthing
Dveather Manufacturing Company
Bewick & Reed
Henry Hearne
John Howell
J. P. Churchill & Sons
Christian Rinkel
C. Wechter
C. P. Chellas
L. Brown
William Barker
Henry A. Rey
American Express
Adolf Salioz
Peter Mergenhagen
A. D
Grant & Co
Delitsch
Schmidt & Co
Jacob Y. Sheutz & Son
R. Hoffeld & Co
Zingsheim & Wise
Henry A. Richmond
Einsfeld & Emig
Strostman Bros
Rand-Avery
Mr. Lawson
Methodist
Bristol, N. H
DI Murska
Wouse
Dedham
NEW Books
Andersonville
North Liberty
Mr. Harte
Tuolumne County
California
THE
Boston Post
Cleveland
Taverner
Associated Press
State Street
Weekly Post
United States
Boston Wharf Company
Young’s
Boylston Market Association
Mason Building
F. Freeman
Copartnership Notices
John Bartlett
Charles W. Allen
Little, Brown & CO
Albert Howe & CO
Market Street
Brighton
Warren Avenue
Richards & CO
Axwctien
Geeds
L. Foster Morse
Warren Street
Louis Hyneman
George D. Burrage
Edward T. Cabot
R. Knights & CO
Washington Street
Horatio Harris & Co., Auctioneers and Commission Merchants
Manila
Metropolitan
Atlantic Ave
Salesroon
Florida Oranges
Macon
Valencia
Venetian
North Market St
Fulton St
Shurtleff Bros
C. F. Libbie & CO
Mayward Place
Cruikshankiana
James Soule Wilson
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