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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 02, 1889

Page

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Warwick Brookes A Painter Penciller Of Child Life

Review of Warwick Brookes a modest English memoir with biographical reminiscences by J Letherbrow. The life traces hardship in Salford 1808 birth until late fame aided by royal patronage, a devoted mother, and support from figures like Gladstone.

Warwick Brookes Brookes Richard Jefferies England Mr. Besant Jefferies House of Guelph Salford Manchester George III Grammar School Warwick T. Letherbrow Wensleydale Joshua Reynolds Stewart Stair Burns R. B. Haydon English Mr. Letherbrow Francis Grant Millais Watts Dante Rossetti Lord Northbourne Mr. Gladstone Hawarden J. Letherbrow Boston D. Lothrop Company

Belford's Magazine January opens with Wicked Legislation critique

The January Belford's Magazine surveys Republican laws from Reconstruction to finance, arguing they favored a few over the many. It lists poems and stories by Lathrop, de Leon, McKay, Pratt, Haven, Wright, and Vallandigham, plus an editorial on Capital and a memorial note on Mrs. Sherman.

Belford’s Magazine Belford’s Clinton Farbish Lathrop Congress Sherman General Sherman

Daylight Land Review Celebrates Murray Travel Portrait

A contemporary reviewer praises Daylight Land by W H H Murray for its vivid Canadian Northwest descriptions and engaging travel narrative. The piece highlights Murray's balanced companionable tone, elegant production, and 140 color illustrations supervised by J B Millet.

Charles Lamb Mr. Murray Murray Adirondacks J. B. Millet W. H.H. Murray Boston Caepise & Hurd

The Writers Handbook Review in Early Works

A brief critique of The Writer's Handbook, noting English origin and late date with American publishers silent on details. Complains about long words and French terms, praises prose selections from Ascham to Ruskin, and cautions the letter writing section may amuse yet still prove useful. Philadelphia edition by J B Lippincott, price $2.50.

Roger Ascham Mr. Ruskin Little Nell Philadelphia J. B. Lippincott Company

Obituary for Dr. Nathan Allen of Lowell

Dr. Nathan Allen of Lowell aged nearly 76 died after a period in a semi conscious state following a fall. Born in Princeton he was son of Moses and Mehitable Allen of Barre and was the last of a large family including Rev Dr David C Allen a former missionary in India. He served as health superintendent Lowell city council and school committee member and was active in the Massachusetts Medical Society. A Amherst Medical College graduate 18386 and Penn College 1841 trustee of Amherst College since 1857 he authored The Opium Trade and several social and medical pamphlets.

Nathan Allen Lowell Princeton Moses Mehitable Allen Barre David C. Allen India Massachusetts Medical Society Amherst Medical College Pennsylvania Medical College Amherst College

Obituary notices from Roxbury and surrounding areas

Charles James Fox Binney of Roxbury born Boston October 2 1806 died at his Binney Street residence He was son of Captain John Binney educated in Hingham Boston and Norwich Vermont He ran his father’s store then became a ship broker He served in the Boston Light Infantry and published genealogies He died while researching Hull history Enoch G Currier of Newburyport died in West Newbury at age 83 He worked in Bartlett Steam Mills served in city government and church past deacon Ss N Yerxa a Buffalo grocer died at 34 Captain William Adams died at Kingston age about 80 once a shipmaster His brother Nathaniel Adams Boston architect Captain Israel B Littlefield died in Dover NH age 66 a Mexican War and Civil War veteran and Odd Fellow He left a widow and two children.

Charles James Fox Binney Binney Street Roxbury John Binney Boston Joseph Richardson Hingham William Jenks Boston Latin School Military Academy Alden Partridge Norwich Binney Boston Light Infantry New York New England Historic Genealogical Society Pennsylvania”storical Society Mainne Society Prentice Bartlett Lincoln Johnson Ss. N. Yerxa Buffalo N. Y William Adams Kingston Nathaniel Adams Captain Adams Israel B. Littlefield Dover N. H

The Adventures of David Vane and David Crane in Wide Awake

Two popular writers J T Trowbridge and Margaret Sidney contribute stories to Wide Awake with The Adventures of David Vane and David Crane and Five Little Peppers Midway. The magazine offers eighty pages monthly illustrated at $2.40 a year. The Fall River Line will suspend Sunday trips until April.

Wide Awake J. T. Trowbridge Margaret Sidney David Vane David Crane Lothrop Company Boston Pubishers Lewis Wharf Halifax Freicht L. H. Palmer Fall River Old State House R. B. Gardner Atlantic Ave

Arrivals and Departures As Coastwise Traffic Reports Coastwise

On January 1 reports list the arrival of the British steamer Scythia from Liverpool with 33 passengers and notes variable gales and high seas during the voyage. Several vessels are named as passed or observed, including Cephalonia, Penobscot, Tremont, City of Gloucester, and Gleneida, with navigational details. Cleared ships include Dominion for Yarmouth and Aurora Borealis for St John, and several schooners sailing or bound for Baltimore, Rosario, and Newport News. A lifeboat launch is reported near Quonocontang beach after a schooner ashore near Point Judith.

Dominion Stanwood Yarmouth J G Halli & Co Gertrude Abbott Thompson Havana Kinsman & Co Aurora Borealis Gayton St John Hathaway & Co Coast Wise Scha Bertha Pean Tripp Newport News Welter, Walter & Co Emma F Angell Baltiore Suh Abbie K Bentley Kelley Portland Fitz Brothers & Col F Mayer Baltimore Carib Rosario Waldemar St Johns H Oler Rebecca F Lamdin Bertha Dean Hland Light Reading Lancaster Newport John Waters Point Judith

Bay and Vineyard Shipping Notices From New England Ports

Marine weather and sailing updates report arrivals and departures across Boothbay Rockland Rockport Calais and Boston routes. Vessels include Ariosto Elwell from Rockland to Boston and Anna L Mulford from Philadelphia to Galveston with other ships listed along with cargoes crews and destinations.

Boothbay Ariosto Elwell Rockland Boston J P Ames Fogarty Moncton James O’dondhue Buckaport Norcross Robinson Rockport Fleetwing Maddox Emma Lewis Fox Calais Lillian & Warren Deer Isle Regalia Harris Lizzie Brewster Alabama Ar 30Th Louise A. Grout McLeod New York Active Frisbee Frankfort John Douglass Jordan Ranger Bridgeport Charles J Willard Wallace Red Leach Baltimore Mabel Phillips Haskell Portland Gleaner Henderson St John Providence Sebs Ernst Lee Nellie M Johnson Mavel C Phillips Louise A Grout Anna L Mulford Charles J Willd Ichsooth Brothers Burdie S Harbor Grace K Green Seaman Portsmouth Nathan Lawrence Haynes Salem Jacob Reed Nikerson Nathan Asterbrook Sharp John 8 Becknam Ginn Richmond Howard Smith Clifford Newport Lucy P Miller Bangor Miller Shawmut Atlas Storm King K Rawley Allen Clark’s Island William L Burroughs Harding Weehawken Reading Smith Philadelphia Iwis Sarai Harper Keystone Wilder Hoboken Eastport R Lotweil Metcalf Sinalhaven Winslow Morse McDonough Winterport

Ocean traffic updates from the Atlantic and Pacific seas

Reports from Boston to Kingston detail wrecks and hull damage. Ships include the bark Virgo renamed E cort and the Gerard C Tobey from Liverpool reporting a hurricane loss with a crewman drowned. Other vessels suffer masts, pumps, and rudder damage while ships from Antwerp and Baltimore face gales and cyclones. Local notices mention a wreck near Quonavontang and a new four masted schooner being built.

Boston Post E-cort Virgo United Kingdom Malden Island Gerard C Tobey San Francisco Liverpool John Ratice California Lambert Philadelphia Boston Glendowe Gibraltar Poller Glendower GE Clark Belfast Georges Shoal School Ames Buenos Ayres Portland Gothenburg City Antwerp Leyland Line Virginian Grand Banks London Panama Chabot Baltimore Limerick Eee Hans & Kurt Beckmann Haroburg New York Plymouth Critic Davies Leith Lord Ones Hughes Philadephia Mire Queen Whiteman Halifax Falmouth Sane Line Tamar E Marshall Parker Llailo Manila Marshall bBalavec Harbor Wright’s Shoal Palawan Islands Washington Department of State United States St Johns Atalaya, Brown Rouen Renews Gulf of Guayaquil Liverpool Dee Valparaiso Fishguard South Wales Providence Quonavontangeich Point Judith Margaret Seattle Joseph Tacoma Queenstown Latona Pillau Forcto Pallant Umbria Glouucester Sir Grace L Fears Yart Alaska Pernambuco Gulf Stream Sch Benj Fabens Greenock Bath Mentor Perry Phipsburg Spinney’s Mill Arrowsic New England George Bailey & Coofanasquam Calvin B Orcutt NES B Co Kingston George Walker, Mitchell St Thomas Port de Paix

Maritime Shipping Log Items and Voyage Notations

A fragmented data set lists ships with masters and origins including Sea King Getchell Ingomar Cumberland J F Whitney and others. Entries show routes Calcutta for Salem Hull for San Francisco Leghorn for New York and various dates with positions in lat long and distances, plus minor notes on destinations and locations.

Sea King Getchell Ingomar Sinclair Calcutta Salem New York Cuiwnberland Jones Hull San Francisco J F Whitney Leghorn New See Savannah St Michaels

Maritime shipping movements and arrivals listed by port

Cargo and passenger movements include ships and barks under multiple flags: Roskva from Perth Amboy to Baltic ports. Alice bound for Philadelphia via Cagliari. Athole and Abyssinia heading to New York. Western Belle and Concordia near New York. Deutschland and Beechville sailing for New York and Philadelphia. various vessels at Leith, Portland, Singapore, and Yokohama.

Aarhuus Roskva Hopp Perth Amboy Leith Baltic Ancona Alice Buntilich Philadelphia Cagliari Amboyna Chelmsford Patterson New York ANJER Athole Taylor Samarang Abyssinia Hilton Cebu Fov Beechville BONA James Turpie Fitzroy New Orleans Browhead Jersey City Bristol Blaye Jennie Parker Barker Cardiff Gatineau Gale Fleedwood Chittagong Bay of Kahl Istamboul Vulcan Norfolk Odessa Kobe Cheshire Crosby Manila Lisbon Martha Lizard Emallie Ohling Bremen Pensacola Wivenhoe Baltimore London Liverpool Horsa Wilson San Francisco Walte Withheart Hamburg Charleston Queenstown Columbia Hogan Portland Rangoon Battistina Madre Olivari Rio Janeiro Holborn Sydney Nsw Rence Mitchell Port Townsend Mariner Thurmott Boston ST Louis Senegal Dng Dolphin Wenmeyer Wilmington Parifa Giacomo Mortola Genoa

Steamship Scythia Reported in Severe Atlantic Gale Route

Boston dispatch notes the steamer Scythia with passengers from Liverpool arriving at Boston on December 20 amid moderate to fresh NW gales and squalls almost the entire voyage. On December 29 a White Star steamer passed nearby eastbound, and on December 30 Cephalonia was sighted en route to Liverpool. The barque E Bark C E Robinson was sold to Boston Towboat Company for conversion to a coal carrier.

Scythia Roberts Liverpool Alexander Martin Dee Lon White Star Line Lon Mae Cephalonia Boston Penobscot Ingraham Winterport Tremont Donovan Portland City of Gloucester Young Gloucester Ark Gleneida Pembroke Corning Buenos Ayres San Francisco Queenstown Kriz Lucy W Snow Burgess Goree Wca F C Burman WSW Sse Puritan Harding Norfolk Saim L H Walker Ketley Hoboken Winslow Morse McDonough Belfast Ang ‘Adea

Maritime Shipping Movements in late December and January

A dense log lists ships and vessels in port and at sea across global routes. Entries include steamer Beethoven bound for Baltimore or Philadelphia and passing Gibraltar, many brigs and barks sailing to New York, Boston, Portland, and San Francisco, plus in port and departing at Halifax London and Hong Kong ports with multiple crews and cargoes noted.

AMOY Sailead Lennox Theatre New York Eagle Samuel London Delhi Green St Stephen Jacksonville Port Sir Geof Seymour Hollis Eliza Young, Inc Alfred White Pitt Wallis Venice Dugas Disg Clio Smelzer Arecibo Halifax Opal Gardner St Martins Yarmouth Enisaf Beethoven Foster Baltimore Philadelphia Gibraltar Bremen Johannes Beakbados Megunticook Wallace Boston Calculta Accrincton Andora Davies San Francisco Hay Spicer Wilson Sproul Mangedown Callander Saugor Argonaut Banner Roderick Chu Cardiff Crown Jewel Grafton Rose Maddalena Scotto Pensacola Copenhagen Gothia Franck Cadiz Peppina Patuzzo Newport News Departure Bay J B Brown Cameron Havre Munster Brown Philaelphia Hamburg Ajax Pedersen Newark Hong Kong Strathleven Pearson Kobe Mary L Stone Carver City of Sydney Friele Yokohama Velocity Martin Honoie Swan O’keefe Empire Shanghai Portia Dawson Portland Cynthia Ashburne James Turpie Bona Fitzroy Palermo New Orleans Beechville Bilbao Holborn Rio Janeiro Lisbon Richard Greaves Gere Lyttleton Assaye Mecititchie O. Ericsson Sawyer Queen Victoria Holmes Wachusett Oakland Coquimbo Barks Adam W Spies Trield Don Adolfo Morehouse Edinburgh Boldurc San Diego G P Harbitt Jacobsen Acapula Low Wood Thurber Manila Muriel Bale Antofegasta S C Alen Thompson Shalimar Linklater Valparaiso Pernambuc Port Mulgra Garfield Porta Ty

Domestic Ports Update From Astoria and Apalachicola

Astoria reports salt cargo December 24 by bark Lorton from Remington United Kingdom sailing for Moresby with Williams aboard from Liverpool to Portland. Apalachicola clearance December 1 for schooners Edward B with unspecified destination.

Astoria Lorton

Ocean Vessel Movements and Clearances Across Ports

Maritime notices detail ships sailing and clearing at many Atlantic ports. Vessels such as Ariel Carthagena Agnes Manning New Bedford and City of Augusta are listed with destinations including Philadelphia Boston and Liverpool, along with arrivals at Norfolk Charleston and Savannah and several schooners and steamers noted for December and January sailing windows.

Leisenring Davidson Philadelphia Magnolia Holt Landesboro Miss Baltimore Stee Ariel Brown Carthagena Chioggia Scarpa Licata Agnes Manning Kidsall New York C A White Tripp New Bedford Horace P Shares Osborn Sacrobasco Gibbs Caspian McDougall Liverpool Lord Lansdowne Magill Art Providence Erastus Wima Bennett Icis P G Thompson Smith Beaufort Bogue Inlet Carrie Hall Lister Howland Frank Hall Core Sound Bath Nellie T Morse Baker Paldelphia Boston Knickerbocker Kodiak Pollock Elsie and Herald Robee Joel Cook Shoveltul Cape Henry G W Jones Newport News Aspinwall Charleston Brigade Pircich Paysandu Almouth Mass Sound Augusta Meady W Lewis Peak Mount Hope Crowley Chase Pinkham Snow Hatch Orsulo Patuzzo Montevideo Salerno Port Dee John K Souther Thompson Pensacola Norfolk Lamont Galveston Sarah Ward William Marshall William Mason Maudsherwood Sarah Cullen Caroline C Mary Jane New Kenford Oak Woods Narragansettlier Post Boy Ruth Darling Bangor A K Woodward Ellsworth Mary Brewer Rockland M M Chase Eastport S V W Simmons Lanesville Maud C St John Mima A Reed Manzanilla Wyoming Island Copenhagen Herman Winter Nova Scotia Antwerp Laura Emily Dunkirk Seud St Pierre Mart. Nakragansett Henry Sutton Charles J Willard O D Witherell Jonathan Bourne Ernest I Lee Lanie Cobb Louisa A Grout Iva Jay Newburyport Hercules Odiorne Rattlesnake Reed Newburpport Panther Anderson Berks Adams Salem Harrisburg Albertson Hebecca Shepherd Portland Frank Leaming Norton Pigeon Cove Karxs Karsten Langaard Thomeson Limerick H B Cann Foote Yokohama Hioyo Hittie Perry Potsmouth Viking Church Dexter Clark Theall Loboken Mabel Hall Gray J A Stuart Kelley Mary Bsith San Francisco Knight Comanion Davies Cork George Homer James Cheston Puget Sound San Bilas Chanman Panama Richard Wagner Bamberg Yosemite Fullerton Tacoma Arcturus Sloan Port Hadlock City of Hankow King Queenstown Ellesmere Summers Tupic Bird Burns Tahiti WG Irwin McCuloch Honolulu San Diego South American Connolly Sydney Savannaah City of Macon Lewis Mars Robert Dillon Leighton Fanny Brown Richmond Stamford Gjemre Bluefields Nedjed Iole Bremen Sagona Jones Helfast John Wesley Vangilder Charmer Cabell Ada Bailey White Union Island Johns Hopkins Naccochee Napier Barcelona Satilla River Maud Snare Cowan Brunswick Wilmington Cyrus Hale Coombs Red Wing Johnson Ella M Swift Blake Sarah A Fuller Hart Fernandina Para Wright Liverool Dunedin Reval Barks Celurca Whittingham Glasgow Ruth Jacobsen London

Mail schedules close at Boston for overseas and Caribbean routes

Notices list mail closing times at Boston for multiple routes including Europe Africa and the Americas. Sailings cover steamships Barracouta Cienfuegos Muriel Rhine land Veendam La S Weg Bretagne and City of Alexandria with departures from New York and New Orleans on Jan 2 3 4 5 6 7.

France Italy Spain Portugal Windward Islands Barracouta New York Cienfuegos Cape Hayti St. Domingo Turk’s York Oangetti Wit Muriel Netherlands Hayti Curacoa Venezuela Trinidad British Dutch Guiana PURE Miquelon Vera Cruz Yucatan Campeche Tabasco City of Alexandria United States Seythia Aliga Cuba Poe Camas Ens Mexico Chiapas Jamaica Wall Panama Germany Austria Denmark Berlin Boston United States Mail Glascow Henderson FF Hoothers C. WY

Trans Pacific Mails Close Dates From Boston Office

Mail closures for Australia New Zealand Fiji Samoan and Hawaiian Islands via Zalandia depart San Francisco January 12 with Boston closing January 6 at 10 a.m. Correspondence should reach Boston at least eight days before. For Japan Shanghai Hong Kong and other ports via City of Peking mails close January 9 at 6 p.m. in Boston.

Australia New Zealand Fiji Samoan Hawaiian Islands Zalandia San Francisco Boston Japan Shanghai Hong Kong East Indies British India Straits Settlements Siam Dutch East Indies City of Peking

Steamers In And Out Names And Routes Listed

Shipping notices show Palestine Scythia Martelio and Bulgarian Rialto among steamers. Borderer, Chatham, Spartan, Anchoriae, Nevada Westernland and Ree Germanic listed with ports Liverpool London Glasgow Antwerp Bremen and Baltimore. Morning departures hinted with times and agents Henderson Bros J Bismay Mail lines listed.

Palestine Scythia Martelio Kansas

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