Notable Officials Captured in Treasury and Post Office Photographs
The article notes Treasury officials Fairchild Thompson and Maynard and Post Office leaders Vilas Stevenson and Knott as well dressed, with striking portraits of Secretary Fairchild and Governor Thompson. Comptroller Durham is less photographed, while Colonel Williams distributes his pictures among division chiefs, per Conant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairchild
Thompson
Maynard
Treasury
Vilas
Stevenson
Knott
Post Office Department
Durham
Williams
Conant
Transcontinental Excursion Set From Fitchburg Station Today
The fourth Raymond and Whitcomb party departs Fitchburg station at 4 PM on vestibuled Pullman cars for a westward trip to Los Angeles Pasadena and San Francisco visiting Cincinnati Louisville Mammoth Cave Montgomery New Orleans Houston Galveston San Antonio and El Paso. About eighty passengers led by conductor Carroll Hutchins with assistants G Johnson and O W Greeley board the train, with California excursions planned for later dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond & Whitcomb Catignia
Fitchburg
Los Angeles
Pasadena
San Francisco
West Shore
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
Bee Line
Louisville & Nashville
Southern Pacific Company
New Orleans
Cincinnati
Louisville
Mammoth Cave
Montgomery
Houston
Galveston
San Antonio
el Paso
Thracia
Corinthia
Servia
Delmonte
Meriden
P. B. Mansfield
Lynn
James M. Marvin
Saratoga Springs
Joh Merriam
Fred» Miller
Lowell
James E. Neill
J. Sturgis Nye
Hingham
Catharine Paris
Susan A. Paris
U. G. Paris
Sandy Hill
A. L. Parrott
Alice E. Peabody
Concord
E. G. Peterson
Richard Peterson
Valley Forge
Georges. Seeley
M. C. Shoemaker
J. B. Shumway
West Granville Corner
N. Y
H. A. Smith
Joshua Wilbour
Bristol
Bernard M. Wolt
Boston
A. J. Woodman
Danvers
H. M. Woods
N. H
Police Commission and Liquor Laws in Boston
A letter to the editor argues the Boston Police Commission fails to enforce liquor laws and permits evasion through victuallers licenses. It calls for an investigating committee to reveal why the commission issued thousands of licenses and ignored drunken conduct, urging stricter enforcement of existing prohibitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir
The
Boston Journal
Boston Police Commission
Andy
Police Commission
Metropolitan Police Commission
Boston
South Boston
Republican Party
New Books Review of The January Century
The Century Magazine opens the year with diverse content and sharp critique of Ruskin and Turner through W. J. Stillman. It features portraits of Ruskin, Rossetti, and Kennan, plus pieces on Catacombs Lincoln cabinet and Mark Twain. Also praises Chadwick and Mitchell while detailing the Willard House Deerfield study by Catharine B. Yale with illustrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Century Magazine
Mr. Ruskin
W. J. Stillman
Stillman
Turner
Nature
Ruskin
England
Adirondacks
London
Dante Rossetti
Lecan
Schaff
Lincoln
Kennan
Mr. Kennan
Korolenko
J. Ranken Towse
John Gilbert
Gilbert
Sir Anthony
Old Dornton
Hardcastle
Jesse Rural
Dramatic Art
Alexander
Mark Twain
the Graysons
Mr. Chadwick
Langdon Elwyn Mitchell
Some Boston Artists and their Studies in The American Magazine
The January issue opens a series on Boston artists with W. H. Rideing profiling Ross Turner Caliga and others. Turner’s studio scenes in Salem and Boylston street are described alongside works such as Ashore The Last Haven and The Last Gleam. Caliga’s studio decor and a notable corner from A Corner of My Studio are highlighted. The issue also covers Boy Life on the Prairie pensioning soldiers Manual Training in Schools and more literary remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
W. H. Rideing
Messrs
Gangengigl
Ross
Turner
Caliga
Halsall
Winthrop Pierce
Ross Turner
Boylston Street
Salem
Rome
Murrano
Venice
Mr. Rideing
Mr. Caliga
Delft
Beauvais
Alexander
Darius
Life On the
Fawcett
Julian Hawthorne
Willard House Story Published by Pocumtuck Valley Group
At the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association annual meeting in February Mrs. Yale read a charming account of the Willard House in Deerfield Massachusetts. The 1768 colonial dwelling, built by Joseph Barnard, is praised for its honest construction and sturdy beams framed under elm shade in Peerfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
Barnard
Nabby
Joshua Clapp
Rachel
Hart Leavitt
Sally
John Stone
Barnards
Samuel
Salem
Deerfield
Carter
Samuel Allen
Ethan Allen
Samuel Barnard
Willard
Samuel Willard
Hingham
Susan Barker
Deerfield House
Willards
New England
Lesley
Northampton
Lymans
Harvard College
Willard House
Mass
Catharine B. Yale
Boston
Houghton, Mittin & Co
Pocumtuck
The Art of Conversation by Mr. Mahaffy Review
A critical take on Mahaffys essay The Art of Conversation praising its wit yet noting overoptimistic aims. It analyzes how conversation can be improved through voice, tact, and social tact but cautions that true mastery resists teaching. The review highlights guidance on silences, meals, and gender dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahaffy
Mr. Mahaffy
The Art of Conversation According to Mahaffy and Hale
A selective praise of Mr Mahaffy’s view on conversation paired with Nathan Hale’s social grace. The excerpt notes Hale’s ease at easing distress, lifting parties from dullness, and shaping sociable talk, while praising Mahaffy for revealing past doors to discourse. The reference ends with a citation of The Principles of the Art of Conversation by A P Metts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahaffy
A P. Metts
New York
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Price
Publishers advance new literary titles and catalogs
The notes announce a limited edition portfolio of photogravure portraits of Daly’s comedians with commentary by Winter and Matthews. Riverside Literature Series adds portraits of Emerson Hawthorne Longfellow Holmes and Stowe. New numbers from Houghton Mifflin total about 10000 pages of literature next year. Concordance to the Divine Comedy by Fay awaits subscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daly
William Winter
Brander Matthews
Riverside
Emerson
Hawthorne
Longfellow
Dr. Holmes
Lowell
Stowe
Messrs. Houghton, Miff
John Woodbury
Tremont Street
Boston
W. C. Lane
Harvard College Library
Cambridge
Messrs. T. Y. Crowell & Co
Nathan Haskell Cole
Maximina
Don Armando Valdés
Maria Y Maria
Longman’s Magazine
William Archer
Great Britain
United States
Archer
Irving
Mary Anderson
Bancroft
Kendal
Beerbohm Tree
Genevieve Ward
Wilson Barrett
William Morris
Erik Magnusson
Walter Scott
London
Australia
New Zealand
Douglas Sladen
Phiz
Messrs
Sotheby
Dictionary of National Biography
Craik
Damer
James Gairdner
Archbishop Cranmer
Thomas Cromwell
Leslie Stephen
Mary Ann Cross
George Eliot
Ralph Cudworth
Allan Cunningham
8S. L. Lee
Crashaw
Crichton
Francis Espinasse
Samuel Crompton
Spinning-Wheel
C. H. Firth
Oliver Cromwell
W. D. Macray
Alexander Cruden
Austin Jgobson
Cruikshank
Thompson Cooper
Cardinal Cullen
H. R. Tedder
Edmund Curll
J. A. Hamilton
Curran
H. Manners Chichester
Lord Cutts
Aineas Mackay
Sir David Dalrymple
Lord Hailes
Sir James Dalrymple
Viscount Stair
A. M. Clerke
John Dalton
Natural Philosopher
Perkins Dupee & Co go into insolvency with 60000 balance
Boston stock brokers Perkins Dupee & Co at 40 State street announce insolvency after two months of settlement talks. Liabilities total 60656.85 with 15705 secured stocks. assets include notes 1923, accounts 427, cash 1301 and various minor stock holdings. Compositions offered: 60c on dollar for creditors, 30 days to accept. Mr Perkins has no private debts or assets. Mr Dupee owes 5000 with 2500 secured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonanza Mining and Development Company
Catalpa Mining Company
Boston Water Power
Worcester & Nashua
Franklin Mining Company
Wisconsin Central Preferred
Essex Railroad
Boston, Concord & Montreal
Atlantic & Pacific Railroad
Perkins
Dupee
A. B. Gee & Son
Auburn
J. M. Fernald
Lewiston
Hooper & Co
Deering
Joseph M. Reed
Boston
Thompson Ole
Han Claire
Wis
J. W. Francis
Saranac
Mich
Thornberry & Dunah
Springfield
Martin & Co
Jamestown
Burr, Son & Co
Percy New York
Ingraham
Chicago
Estate of In the Country of N Admi OK Executrix
Probate notice states that all Argos and deceased are persons in default of payment to him. DWIN, Admi OK, Executrix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ommon
Massachius Setts
Supfolk
George Gorham Bond
Boston
Said County
NAS Ach Uysetts
Norfolk
Helen Ellis
Brookline
Joseph H. Hunneman
County of Suffolk
Henry W. P Boston
ELCE
William MacKay
Bosto Suffolk
Hersey B
Susan
Jevonshire
Argos
Stock listings and bank shares from January 4 1888
On Wednesday January 4 1888 a list of stocks and dividends includes 10 shares Manchester Mills and 5 shares Natl City Bank with executor order, 50 shares West End Street Railway preferred, 138 shares Cambridge Gas Light, 4000 Cedar Rapids and Missouri River Rd, 1000 Tiffin Ohio Water Works, and 500 shares Boston Art Club items. Also noted are holdings in Atlas Natl Bank, Merch Natl Bank, Natl Union Bank, Shawmut Natl Bank, Bennington Natl Bank Bennington VT, Lawrence Duck Co, Boston Tow Boat Co, Natick Natl Bank Natick MA, Natick Gas Light Co, Rutland Rd com, Lilient etc. The page records numerous fractional shares and miscellaneous company names across various states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester Mills
Div
Atlas
City Bank
Ales
Union Bank
Shawmut Natl. Bank
Benningtonco
Bennington
Lawrence Duck Co
West End St. Ry
Pfd
Conn
River Ra
Roston Gas Light Co
Lombard Investment Co
Cambridge Gas Light Co
Repuune ‘Insurance Co
Arington Gas Light Co
Arlington
Mass
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Co
Kansas
McKay & Big
Boston Tow Boat Co
Natick Natl. Bank
Natick
Natick Gas Light Co
St. Jonnsbury
Lake Champlain
Cedar Rapids & Mo
River Rd
Tiffin
Ohio
Pentee Mills
Odo ‘MacWehead Gas and Electrica Light Co
Rutland Rd
Lyman Mis
Fitchburg Rd
Little Rock & Ft. Smith Ry.p
Westbrook Mfg. Co
Portland
First Natl Bank
Chelsea
Faneuil Hall
Boston Art Club
Chicago, Burl. & Quincy
Charlestown Gas Co
Boston & Acaine
Tremont & Suffert “Mills
Continental
City of
Cleveland
City of Cleveland
Chicago, Mil
St. Paul Ra
Lake Cham
Lake Cham). Rd. 1Mt. 63, 1897, Or At . S Iton of Co
Pass
Rivers Ra
Falls Mfg
Do Kidder Press Mfg. Co
Nashua & Lowell
Natl Eagle Bank
New York & New Eng
Sale of McDewell mortgage property in Suffolk County
Public sale under a 1882 mortgage to Eugene H Mahoney for the equity of redemption in a brick dwelling and lot on West Brookline Street Rochester? The auction on Wednesday January 11 at 2 PM will cover the described parcel bounded by West Brookline Street Lot 184 and 182, with center partition wall reference, and subject to unpaid taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Suffolk
Percy Cliffton Greenlaw
Boston
Dicuaed Y Cliffton Eaton
Boston Post
Joan W. McKim
Esquire
Elijah George
William F.mcdewell
McDewell
Eugene H.ahoney
Morton
County of An
Commonwealth
Brookline
Westie Street
Abe
Pice
Gale
Eugene H, Mahoney
Mbrigagee
Also Mentioned on This Page
Raymond & Whitcomb
the Police Commission and Liquor Laws
Willy
NEW Books
N. Kenison & Sons, Chiropodists
Temple Place
Royal Bawitg
Rbovan Baking Powder Co
Wall St
Medical
Pistula
Harvard Med
MT. Vernon ST
State House
Boston, Mass
Edison
Menlo Park
Polyform
Edison Polyform Company
Congress St
Massachus
Superior Court
Nathaniel J. Leavitt
Nathaniel J. I
Moston
J. Leagitt
Adell
Adeti
Adelis E. Leavitt
Coug
County of
Iity
Commonwealth OF
Marshall I. Blake
Marshall J. Blake
William H. Blake
Barbara Blake
Commonwealth OF Massachuset's
A. Willard
Edwin A. Wadleigh
John T. Wheel.wright
Cour
John W. McKin, Squire
Elliah George
Register
Winslow Warren
Dedham
Sid
Bopton
Grover Wire
Esquire Court
Jonathan
Nige of
Said
Touelce
E. Lydon
Robert Gra
Charles L. Holbrook
Helen Lucinda Hole
Boston Deg
Tyoston
Herian
Executrix
R. L. Day & Company
Brokers & Appraisers No
State St
Merchants’ Exchange Building
Boston Stock Exchange
Atotio
Charles F
Literaternment
Catholic Books
Horatio HA
Ex Steamship
Ex Steamship A
Florida OR
Ex Steamship “Gat
Florida
Valencia
Salesroor
Steamships
Valenci
Francis Hens
State Street
First Fi
Tion
Natl. Bank
Do Burton Stock Car Co. Pfd
Administra Atlantic Natl. Bank
Alan
Taunton Copper Co
Mercantile
Bank of
Webster Bank
Rockland Bank
Washington
Banky Shawmut
Great Falls
Mfg
Everett Mills
Stark Mills
Louisville, Evans. & Sig
Irvn
Newburyport
Boston Gas
St. Louis County
Union Pacific
Marquette, Houghton
Iowa Falls
Sioux City
Fort Scott
Southeastern
Great Fall
Boston Cab Co
BO Do Ashton Valve Co
Otis C McKay
ISG
Cocheco Mfg. Co
Middlesex Co
Lowell Machine Shop
Lanewater Malla
Spring
Memphis
West Midh
McKay & Bigel
Amoskeag
Massawippi Valley
Pepperell Mfg. Co
Furfolk Nat’l Bank
Firemein
Insuram Merchants
Nat’l Bank
First Nat'l Bank
Worcester
Nashua
Mt. Wollaston Nat’l Baddlesex RR
Kansas City
Kan
Amox
Albert
Brighton
Anlé
Courate
Warren Avenuq
A. M, Richard
John C. Wilmerd
Wilmerding Auctioneers
Bost
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