Market Notes Show Higher Prices and Cautious Trade
The report outlines firmer cotton prints and general price increases across goods, with West and Northwest driving operations. Bleached cottons quiet, prints active, woolen goods improving, and conservative credit shaping sales. flour and grains steady, meats firmer for pork and larder, while poultry softens slightly and produce markets show mixed but steady demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
American Printing Company
Fall River
New York
Minnesota
Chicago
Bush
Canada
West
Choice
Beacon Hill City Hall plan eyed for lofty new post
A proposal to build an entirely new City Hall atop Beacon Hill, costing 800000 to 1000000 more than the present site, aims for wider streets and lower grades. The city architect outlines a substantial square building with central entrance, elevators, light wells, and detailed first floor wings for treasurer, buildings inspector, water income, clerks, and voters offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Hill
Commonwealth
N. Marrurws, Jr
Court House
Beacon Street
Water Income
Franklin and
Quincy
CHILDS'S NEW HOME TO RISE AT DINGMAN'S FERRY
George W. Childs of the Philadelphia Ledger plans to reside in Pike county Delaware township near Dingmans ferry. He bought the Brook's factory property with hundreds of acres of forest and several waterfalls on Dingmans Creek. He will lay out a park and build a baronial mansion to rival his Philadelphia town home at Twenty second and Walnut streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Jervis
N. Y
George W. Childs
The
Philadelphia Ledger
Pike County
Delaware Township
Deer Leap Falls
Factory Falls
High Falls
Delaware Valley
Childs
Edward F’. Hoffman
Philadelphia
Salt Lake
Childs Purchase
Mr. Childs
Pennsylvania
Wooten
Bryn Mawr
Boston Athenaeum annual meeting nominates trustee backed officers
The proprietors met at 4 PM to approve a bylaws amendment requiring trustees to propose candidate lists three weeks before the annual meeting. Voters may ratify or replace trustees' nominees. Elected officers: President Samuel Eliot, Vice President J Elliot Cabot, Treasurer Charles P Bowditch, Secretary William R Richards, and a slate of trustees including Perkins and Parkman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Athenaeum
Samuel Eliot
J. Elliot Cabot
Charles P. Bowditch
William R. Richards
Edwin N. Perkins
Russell Gray
Francis Parkman
Roger Wolcott
George W. Wales
Edward J. Lowell
Arthur T. Lyman
George B. Shattuck
John C. Gray
Low priced chamber set advertised by Paine's Furniture
An advertisement from Paine's Furniture Company at 48 Canal Street touts a chamber set offered at a very low price. The copy mocks those who refrain from buying as extravagant and wasting money by not purchasing the deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paine
Canal Street
Boston Ocean Ferries The Cunard Line Origins
A Boston Post series recalls Cunard Steamship Company origins with founder Samuel Cunard, note on Britannia’s 1840 harbor entry, ice channel cutting in 1844, and multiple disasters. It highlights resilience, Boston agents, and plans for two new ships and Byron service to Liverpool with saloon accommodations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Cunard Steamship Company
Samuel Cunard
Cunard
East
Cunard Company
Atlantic
Columbia
Halifax
Tripoli
Laskar
Oregon
New York Harbor
Cunard Line
Carl the Broom
Tie
New York
Liverpool
Etgoye
Mystery Exposed As Patriot Of Parrsboro Capsized Off Harbor
The schooner Patriot of Parrsboro Nova Scotia now towed from St John to harbor after capsizing. Built 1890 Advocate NS, owned by George A Morris. Crew of five missing. vessel 107 tons register. Wreck shows extensive damage with broken masts wheel and rail. cabin inventory includes stove stools and clothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patriot
Parrsboro
Nova Scotia
Robert McDonald
Westport
St. John
N. B
New York
Burgess
Loston Towboat Company
Advocate
N. S
George A. Morris
Save the Salmon petition circulates in Canada
Petitions circulated across Canada to Sir Charles H. Tup per Minister of Marine and Fisheries urging prompt measures to enable more salmon to reach spawning beds as the fish grows scarcer each year. Canadians sign in large numbers. a similar movement could be started locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Sir Charles H. Tupper
Marine and Fisheries
Dominion
Chauncy Hall School Exhibits Set for Feb 16
The sixty fourth annual Chauncy Hall School exhibition will be held at Music Hall on Tuesday February 16 from 3 to 6 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncy Hall School
Music Ll
Shipping News High Water Dates Ship Arrivals
Shipping list records arrivals and clears at port reflecting high water conditions on February 8. Multiple steamers and schooners with origins including Liverpool Savannah Baltimore and New York travel to and from ports, with cargoes and passengers in tow or in ballast.
Domestic Ports Report of Feb 7 8 9 1900s style
Domestic ports cargoes and arrivals listed by city with vessels, origins, and destinations including Baltimore Charleston New Bedford New York Newport News Nobsea Philadelphia Providence and Plymouth as steamers schooners brigs and tugs move between Boston St John NB Havana Brunswick Ga Mexico and Cuba with ships from Mediterranean ports and Liverpool era details noted for mariners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
En Ter
Howes
Boston
Rialto
Wyle
Strago Springwell
Shields
Charleston
Gives Son
Addie Jordan
Elfast
Mobile
Robert 4A Snow
Carbarien
Alice Curtis
Arecibo
Pizzie
New York
Port Spain
Nederland
Antwerp
Ravensdale
Progreso
Yamuri
Mexico
Cuba
Havana
Olympia
Mediterranean
Mommsen
Bremen
Agnes Grace
Brunswick, Ga
Alfred Dumois
Gibara
Oe Vaneen
Whitehaven
Scud
Emera
Philadelpiia Ar
Gienfinlas
London
Ville de
Lewis’ Wharf
Savannah
City OF Macon
Gate City
X. Y
Metropolitan SS. Co
Sound Lines
Ocean Ss. Co
C. R.R. of
Georgia
Florida
South Carolina
Alabama
Louisana
O. G. Plakson
Foreign Ports: Multiple Vessels Arrive and Sail
Caibarién on Feb 1 reports bark Jeasie Mc Gregor from Havana and Feb 4 in Durban Africa with bark Prim rose from New York. Glasgow on Feb 6 lists sch George P Davenport from Boston McLeod. Havana on Feb 2 lists schs Alice Holbrook from Philadelphia and C R Flint from New York. Sailed Feb 1 bark Carrie E Long from Delaware Breakwater and brig Mary Ella Mallett from Pascagoula. Ila Iloilo notes J V Troop sailing for Delaware Breakwater. Liverpool on Feb 7 lists steamers Lancaster from Boston and Lake Winnipeg and New York. Montevideo on Feb 6 lists sch Edith L Allen from New York. Pisagua on Feb 23 notes bark James A Wright from Valparaiso and sailed Nov 18 bark H J Libbey from Baltimore. Tt. Louis du Rhone reports sailing Feb 8 bark Aluaerrat for New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caibarien
Jeasie McGregor
Havana
Durban
Africa
Primrose
New York
Glasgow
George P Davenport
McLeod
Boston
Alice Holbrook
Philadelphia
R Flint
Carrie E Long
Delaware
Mary Ella Mallett
Pascagoula
Iloilo
Collision near Norfolk saves crew from Bermuda vessel
Sir John H May of New York collided with barges towed by the Boston steamer Orion and the May Norman. Sargent from New York shifting position lost its bearing. crew aboard Charles C Warren managed to save hands from the Nova Scotia coast disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir John H May
New York
Sonville
Norfolk
Nye
Boston
Orion
Mails Close at Boston for Global Destinations
Postal notices list multiple foreign and domestic routes with specific closing times and steamer sailings. It details special handling for specially addressed letters, late-mail cutoffs, and separations by region including Great Britain, Europe, the Americas, and the Caribbean, all toward various steamers and lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain and
Ireland
Bergen
Newcastle Sea
Southampton
Germany
Christiania
Bremen
Laln
Great Britain and Ireland
Netherlands
Adriatic
Europe
Bothnia
Central America
Costa Rica
Guatemala
South Pacific
Colon
Newport
Belgium
Rhymond
Progreso
Mexican States
Habana
Cuba
Niagara
Windward Islands
Grenada
Trinidad and Tobago
Bermuda
Jamaica
Greytown
Truxillo
Belize
Ravensdale
Biluefields
Nic
Bahama Islands
Santiago
Cienfuegos
Cua
Tampa
Fla
Mascotte
Cuyracoa
Venezuela
Savanilla
Caracoa
Enezuela
Trinidad
Homasand
St. Croix
St. Thomas
Barbadoes
Demerara
Barbados
Also Mentioned on This Page
Americas
Michigan
Vermont
New Hampshire
Burbanks
White Star
Hebrons
Houston
Jersey
St. Andrews
Curiaco
London Wool Sales
United States
New South Wales
Queensland
Melbourne
Victoria
West Australia
New Zealand
Cape of Good Hope
Natal
Hi Harris & Co
Ethelred
Boston Fruit Co
California
Blancaard & Farrar
Boston Athevaum
Ocean Ferries
St. John, N. B
Chauncy Hall
Shipping News
Port OF
Kilmore
Parkin
Wm Johnston & Co
Will Jnad
Rotterdam
Googin
Ndse
Richardson & Barnard
Frostburg
Mills
Panther
Miller
Reliance
Berks
Beetle
Lykens Valley
Katahdin
Ing
Dora Matthews
Brown
Apalachicola
Hattie A Marsh
Greenleaf
John M Moore
Norton
Crescent
Mehaffey
Robert Graham Dun
Pierce
Elm City
Etheridge
D J Sawyer
Look
Port Johnson
Amelia
Chase
Bayonne
Grace
Green
Seward
Hoboken
Booth Bros
Burdick
Norcross
Robinson
Rockport
Alice
Provincetown
Sound Island
Carrier Dove
Gloucester
Cole
Fortune Bay
Willie A McKay
Matheson
Provinceown
Roman
Williams
Eng
Warren & Co
ROO
Richardson & Amar
Lewis
Picqua
Phelps Bros & Co
Whitney
Hallett
HM ‘Whitney
Ingraham
Winterport
Calvin Austin
Forest City
Snowman
Ortland
Charles F Williams
J P Ellicott & Co
Avlona
Avonmouth
State of
Marine Notes
Te Atlantic Works
Border
Mass
Builders OF
Shipping
Nesamore Granmore
Hansa-Johnston Line
Hamburg
Edenmore Oremon
Stubbernhuk
WM. Johnston & CO
Chamber O Commerce
Corner of India St
Central Wharf
White Star Line
Royal Mail
Queenstown
RED Star Line
E.A. Adams & CO
State St
Broad St
Adams Cable
Beaver Line
Lake Superior
Lake Maron
Lake Ontario
Bk. A. Adams & CO
State Street
Mich
Furness Line
Navarre
Stockholm
Furness, Wilmy & Co
Lia
Water Street
Warren Line
Dimichigan
Norseman
Milk Street
Corean
A. Allan
Leyland Line
Columbbian
Bostonian
W. Mi. Rbbincoln &v
Pavonia
Palmyra
Samaria
Alepvo
Catalonia
State’ Street
Alexander Martin
M. Graham
Agt
Southern Pacific Company
Morgan Line
New Orleans
Mississippi
Texas
Arizona
New
Owe Mexico
Col
Portland
Bangace
Clyde Steamship CO
Great Southern
Emlorida
Pier 29
Washington Street
Eer Flanders
Ineo
A Eger
Meeciine Green
Savannah Line, New England and
Savannah Steamship Co
Boston & Philadelphia Steamship Line
Seal
Endian
Spartan
Long Wharf
Wilmington
F. P. Wing
Hoston
E. B. Sampson
Gen. Mgr
Fiske Bldg
Eastport
Calais
International 83, Co
Commercial Wharf
Mondava
Boston & Maine RR
Portand
E. A. Waldron
Canada Atlantic
SS. Vo
Savannah Pier
Lewis Wharf
A. Dew. Samison
H. Palmer
Old State House
Atlantic Avenua
Tropics
A. W. Pals Lon
Railroads
Washington
Jacksonville
Summer Street
Minefford
Wie
Varlor
Norwich Lisé
Raliman
Pullman
Cig Mr
Providence
Sode
Non i Hyde
Park
Am& m
Micbille
Ig .Hitam
Wrucket
Woonsocket
Woon.ie
Blackstone
Webster and Southbridge
Wolwien
Amy
New Lond
Ivan Nose
Mt. Waterbury CS
Danbury
Fishkill-On
Son
NEW Burgh
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Detroit
Points West
Erie Railroad
Norwood
Yne Park
Franklin
Boston & Albany
Dulivy
Nelvdham
Ihlundville
Upper Falls
Medpfired
Woorsqcken
Pascoag
A.n
Omice
Lam Her Street
D. Barton
Howard
A. C. Kendall
Colonial Express
Park Square
BR. Kendrick
Geo. L. Connor
OLD Colony
York
Park Square Station
Tne
Baggenge
Cine Atreoés
J. R. Kendrick
de Ll, Palmer
L. Connor
State House
Rbaileroads
Ioston
Wagner Buffet
Albany
Syracuse
L. 8
Land
Alaapert
de Chicago
M. C
Geoxton
Wagner
Hartford
New Haven
New Wd
Spern¢gield
Bullet
Sanday
Ibullet
New York Limited
Springfield
Cuty
Kneeland St
Hanson
Agen
Central Railroad OF
New Jerse
Philadelphia & Reading RR
Baltimore & Ohio RR
Liberty S
Ini
A. m
Gale
Pram Road
New Boston
Stonington Lind
Park Station
Uth
J. W. Miller
Chas. P. Conn
Briges
Ph Iladelphia
Batimore
South
Shore Line
Maryland
J. &. Men Devic
Gean’s Managem
GEO
H. Harris & CO. Auctioneers and Commission Merchants
Snow & CO
Fulten Street
Besten
Bogeton
Said
Thomas A. Whicher, Lotis E. Whicher, Cons
E. Bigelow
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Suffolk
Thomas A. Whiche
Louis I. Whicher
Charles KE. Bigelow
Beefore
Louis D. Brandeis
Erie Medical CO
Ee GE
Ife
Madrid Chemical CO
Pers Street
Ill
F Sale
B Weeks & Potter
George C. Goodwin
Hanover
Mali Tor
Temple Pl
Maas
Seere
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