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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 15, 1903

Page

10

Heywood No 2 at Anse La Butte Flows Best Oil Rate Yet

Telegram from Beaumont dated Jan 29 reports Heywood Corporation No 2 at Anse La Butte flowing the finest oil rate found in Southern fields. Offer of 75c a barrel for entire output from J S Coombs of Boston. Drilling three fields at once, 75 acres at Bayou Bouillon. Holland & Reavis, Gen. Agent.

Bayou Bouillon Beaumont J. S. Coombs Milk St Boston Heywood Corporation Anse la Butte Elds

Betsy Ross Tug Launches from East Boston Yard

The heaviest new tug of the fleet, 63 feet by 16 feet, with a steeple engine, was launched at noon from Jenkins's East Boston yard. It will be commissioned in about a month. Betsy Ross honors the flag maker.

Jenkins Boston Betsy Ross Sylvania Sagamore Liverpool Cambrian London Antwerp Rotterdam Hull Dominion Commonwealth Charlestown Mediterranean Sea Holy Land Morton F. Plant Lewis Halifax Pye Europe Chicago Iowa Warren Line Cestrian Jane Pier 4 New England Docks Morgan Combine BE. McCarthy Jacobson Brown's Bank America Alabama Blyth Turks Island T Wharf Goddess of Fortune Benjamin F. Phillips Thomas W. Lawson Maurice Powers Israel Blye James G. Blaine Mooanam Jessie Carrie F. Roberts Mortis H. Perry Ida S. Brooks Georgie Willard Agnes V. Gleason Filavilla Pythian Richard Lester Clara R. Harwood Fish Hawk Thomas W. Knight Oliver F. Kilham Helen G. Martin Rienzi Yankee Sadie Nunan Annie Jennie Manomet Rose Cabral Slade Gorton Agnes John M. Keen N. S Senge Ross Towboat Company

Shipping News Mini Almanac Update Shows Arrival and Sailing List

Feb 15 shipping notes report many arrivals and departures. Vessels include Iowa Walters and Min tonka Evans bound for coal and ballast duties, with numerous barges and schooners listed for Salem, Gloucester, Lynn, Philadelphia, Newburyport, and Hoboken. Wind NW drives sailing of numerous steamers and tugs from New York, Boston, and Nantasket Roads.

Iowa Walters Liverpool Warren & Co Costman Thomas Atc Jacobson London Mystic Abbott Louisburg C. B Minnetonka Evans Newport News Lancaster Labbich Philadelphia East Wind N Argo Etequet Stenamers Mancunia Norfolk Inagua Bluefields Nic Romedal New York Surprise Herman Winter Cto Frostburg Baltimore Gloucester Mass Pottsville Salem Navigator Providence Standard Bayonne N. J 8. O Co N. Y W. H. Clark Hammond Plymouth Pallas Barden Perth Amboy Swatata Rge Preston Newburyport James Woolley Lynn Laura _ L. Sprague Sagamore Blanche

Market Steady Amid Very Light Trading

Market tone improved slightly on February 14 with dull overall activity. Large moves centered on railway issues like Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie and Canadian Pacific, while Wabash preferred recovered and other GoI issues showed gains. Industrials such as General Electric benefited from rumors of forthcoming benefits. American Smelting rose on silver bullion optimism. Sugar weakened. U S Leather, Sloss Sheffield, American Car and Foundry steadied. traction dull. bank reserves fell $3.016 million with loans and deposits rising. Money market stayed quiet with near unchanged rates.

Wall Street Minneapoliis St. Paul Erie General Electric United States Sloss-Sheffield American Car and Foundry Boston New York

Gale Bros Shoe Factory Idle As 200 Workers Leave

All but 200 Gale Bros shoe factory employees are idle due to lack of lasted shoes. Trimmers left at noon and pickets sway new workers to quit. Union leaders dispute Knights of Labor plans to send stitchers to Lynn, while leaders here claim dangers. Directors held a meeting but released no details.

Expter N. H Gale Bros Haverhill Shoe Workers’ Protective Union Gale, Bros. Company

Schooner Marie I Cummins collides with Nile off Vineyard Haven

Schooner Marie I Cummins bound for Philadelphia in ballast from Boston collided with the British bark Nile near the harbor mouth. The impact damaged the Cummins with a broken jibboom foreboom and torn foresail. both vessels continued, the Marie I Cummins returning to harbor.

Vineyard Haven Marie I Cummins Somers Boston Philadelphia Nile New York Vineyard Sound

Grand Trunk Offers $50 Colonist Tickets To California

From February 15 to April 30 the Grand Trunk railway sells one way colonist tickets from Boston to California and North Pacific coast points for $50. Cities include San Francisco Los Angeles San Jose Portland Seattle and Tacoma. Other routes list prices to Butte Helena Detroit Chicago St. Louis. Tourist excursions depart Boston Mondays and Wednesdays at 11:30 a.m. with double berth Boston to Pacific coast priced at $8. Contact Thomas Wynne, travelling passenger agent, 3% Washington Street Boston.

Grand Trunk Railway System Boston California North Pacific Coast San Francisco Los Angeles San Jose Portland Seattle Tacoma Butte Helena Mon Detroit Chicago St. Louis Pacific Coast Thomas Wynne Washington Street

Copper stocks halt move as Boston market watches Empire plans

Copper prices paused in a light trading day on State Street with a near halt in gains and a mixed tape before closing. Massachusetts Gas securities showed strength with cross trading near 45 and 8 3 4 while Edison Electric Illuminating plans expansion and potential consolidation rumors swirl.

State Street Massachusetts Edison Electric Illuminating Company Somerville Woburn Newton Watertown Electric and Gas Trusts Massachusetts Gas Companies Boston Greater Gascommon Edison Illuminating Trimountain United States Amalgamated Ust Heinze Mr. Heinze Standard Oil

Marriage statistics of college alumnae and Smith records

Letter from a university alumnae secretary to the editor presents early 20th century data on marriage and births among college graduates. It cites 30 percent of Association members married from 28 colleges, with Smith College alumnae tables for class records through 1902, noting a tendency for newly married alumnae to drop from the association and detailing the class of 1883 with 48 members and 49 children after 20 years, including occupations and gender breakdowns.

Association of Collegiate Alumni Smith College Oman

Directors declare quarterly dividend at New York railroad meeting

At Grand Central Station the directors of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad declared the usual 2 percent quarterly dividend payable March 31. In Boston, Bay State stock traded 4300 shares around 25 2712 cents, 50 International Rotary at 19, and 1800 Troy Manhattan at 3.75 to 3.87.

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Grand Central Station New York Boston Mining and Stock Exchange Bay State International Rotary Manhattan

Market Prices Reported for Boston Trade

Boston traders reported today the highest and lowest sales along with the closing bid and asked prices. Details list price ranges and finalize values observed on February 14.

Boston

E H S 93 Class Banquet Set For Monday Evening

The E H S 93 reunion marks its tenth annual banquet Monday at Hills Hall Hywyard Place. Notable members include Thomas E Burke famed runner John Halligan U S N who served on the Brooklyn in the Spanish war and Lt M J McDonough U S A now in Washington.

Hils’ Hall Hihyward Place Thomas E. Burke John Halligan Brooklyn M. J. McDonough U.S. A Washington

Royal Blue Line Tour Offers Washington to New York Trips

Royal Blue Line conducts personally guided tours to Washington Philadelphia and New York with trips in March and April. Prices are 25 dollars for weeklong excursions and 59.50 dollars for Florida departures covering all expenses. Contact Joseph P Taggart New England passenger agent at 211 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts for itineraries and booking details.

Royal Blue Line Washington Philadelphia New York Florida Jptop Joseph P Taggart New England Washington Street Boston Mass

State House Hearings On Transit And Liquor Bills

Massachusetts committees schedule hearings at the State House in Boston on February 12 to 19, 1903. Petitions address street railway regulations, transfer checks, private land rights, elevated elevators, and public sanitizer plans. Liquor Laws hearings cover probation officers powers, license numbers, and impure liquors. public charities discuss a new sanitarium for consumptives.

Commonwealth OF Massachusetts State House Boston Committee On Street Railways George A. Perkins Senate Horace M. Lothrop Lucius R. Eastman, Jr Michael Daly Board of Railroad Commissioners William H. Hays Boston Elevated Railway Company Herbert E. Fletcher Louis H. Warner Moody Kimball State Board of Charity Leonard B. Chandler William S. Bamford Committee On State House Abram E. Brown John Hancock William J. Rounds Secretary of the State Otis M. Gore G. H. Doty Joint Committee On the Judiciary East Boston District Court Northern Avenue Albert Apley Fred F. Bennett Eee Enn Peepee Commonwealth OF Assachusetts Committee On Labor Samuel Ross Thomas Donahue Massachusetts

Coroner's Jury Finds Engineer Responsible for Graceland Disaster

In Plainfield on February 14 the coroner's jury ruled engineer James M. Davis at fault for the January 27 crash of a Philadelphia & Reading flyer into an Easton local, killing 23. The finding cites failure to observe signals.

Plainfield N. J Graceland Philadelphia & Reading Easton James M. Davis

Mrs Duff Objects To Cards Used On Evening School Pupils

A committee on evening schools voted unanimously to instruct Superintendent Seaver to circulate new cards about nativity parentage and employment methods among evening school pupils and to revoke all permits tied to these cards. Mrs Duff had objected to the cards at the board’s last meeting.

Seaver Duff

Kronander Dies Aboard Boston & Albany Interpreter In East Boston

Anders P Kronander longtime interpreter for the Boston and Albany railroad in East Boston died Friday at Massachusetts General Hospital after a lingering illness. He was 60 years 11 months and 14 days old and known for meeting Cunard steamers and aiding Swedish passengers to Albany. Funeral services set for today at 7 00 p m at Swedish Episcopal Church 771 Shawmut avenue.

Anders P. Kronander Boston & Albany Boston Cunard Massachusetts General Hospital Aingering Mr. Kronander United States Albany Swedish Episcopal Church Shawmut Avenue

More boxers in trouble at Maverick Club meeting

East Boston summonses issued by the Municipal Court for George Gardner and Al Weinig to appear Wednesday morning. They headed the main bout at the Maverick Athletic Club at Lyceum Hall on Friday evening. Several club managers also summoned. Weinig reportedly left the city Friday night on a freight train.

East Boston George Gardner al Weinig Maverick Athletic Club Lyceum Hall Weinig

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