Maine labor and capital funds for Maine farms report
The fourth annual report of the Maine Bureau of Industrial and Labor Statistics for 1890 covers farm statistics from 370 reported farms. It notes averages of 184 acres per farm, total farm value of $1,038,425, 64 farms mortgaged, and interest at 6.72 percent. It records profits and losses with and without counting family support costs, comments on farm misreporting, and links farming depression to overproduction, middlemen, capital, transport costs, and high property taxes. The report details abandoned farms totaling 3,398 with 254,513 acres and a value of $1,268,769, plus a summary of state labor strikes, factory inspections, and hours for women and minors. It recommends safeguards and notes additional writings by Edward Wixgin and William Freeman.
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Augusta
Bureau of Industrial and Labor Statistics
Maine
Tne
Edward Wixgin
Preaque Isle
Countil Bluffs
William Freeman
Cherryfield
Funds for Newark Strikers Meet Supports Newark Men
In Lowell on Jan 2 the Mule Spinners' Union heard Newark strikers and Fall River reps. The union voted $100 to aid the Newark men with future assessments to sustain the strike, while Victoria Dock Strikers resumed work in London after leaders declare the dock wage protest unauthorized. A letter to the editor contrasts labor actions in Scotland and Ohio, noting broad economic disruption and questioning both sides.
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Lowell
Jan
Newark
Fall River
London
Messrs. Mann
Tillett
Victoria
Scotland
Unien
Ohio
Boston
Fayerweather Executors Castigate in Petition
New York, Jan. 2. Mrs. Fayerweather alleges her husband Daniel B. Fayerweather left about 1.5 million dollars to three executors after 2 million to colleges. She petitions to appoint a temporary administrator and criticizes two executors including the decedent’s counsel Thomas G. Rich, asking only Justiss Bulkley be made temporary administrator.
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New York
Salem Mutual Benefit Association elects officers
The annual meeting at Fraternity Hall elects officers led by President John M. Raymond and Vice President Reuben Arey. The secretary notes 18 new members, 15 deaths, 46 crops, current membership 1023, and $17,677 in year collections. Council caucus nominates Clifford Brigham for president and W. F. Collins for clerk for the coming year.
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SaLem
Salem Mutual Benefit Association
Fraternity Hall
John M. Raymond
Reuben Arey
T. T. Savory
T. J. Hutchinson
Gilman A. Andrews
Amos H. Corey
E. A. Mackintire
Henry E. Reynolds
D.T. Smith
Charles P. Luscomb
William F. Perry
Charles P. Os
Mr. Brigham
Proson
Brigham
Common Council
Hospital Admissions and Rail Injuries Reported
Maria Sheldon was admitted to City Hospital on November 22 with a hip injury. Michael J. Usher, 28, of 5 Lowell Street, was struck by an engine on the Ton and Lowell railroad yesterday. Daniel Calnan, 48, of No 6 Murray Court Eastton, was struck by a shifting engine in the Boston and Maine freight yard and injured. All were taken to Massachusetts General Hospital.
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Maria Sheldon
City
Michael J. Usher
Lowell Street
Ton & Lowell Railroad
Daniel Calnan
Murray Court
Eastton
Boston & Maine Railroad
Usetts General Hospital
Thomas I. Wells
Winchester
County of Middlesex
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Five Cents Savings Bank
Haverhill
Massachusetts
Suffolk
Highland Street
Boston
County of Suffolk
Commonwealth
Roxbury
Thomas W. Cox
Judah H. Cox
RE. W. Henck
Coxes
City Five Cents Savings Bank
Gro
W. Noyes
Samone
W. Creecn
Court Street
Lymph Patients Improve at Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr Pratt reports patients inoculated with Kochs lymph at Massachusetts General Hospital are comfortable. Temperatures spiked to 104 in one case at the twelfth hour but abated by morning. Patients to be inoculated again today as physicians wait for results from ongoing cases.
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Pratt
Massachusetts General Hospital
Koch
Children’s Aid Society Holds Monthly Meeting
The Children’s Aid Society met at Mrs. George M. Barnard’s house on Beacon Street with Hon. George Hale presiding. Reports detail work across three departments: bureau of information, placing out agency, and graduate probation, noting 935 individuals connected through homes, libraries, and programing, and ongoing progress toward self-support.
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Children’s Aid Society
George M. Barnard
Beacon Street
George 3. Hale
C. W. Bertwell
Bureau of Information
Bureau
Newton
Foxporo
Weston
Pine Farm
Foxboro
Chardon Street
Edward Jackson
Franklin Streut
What Boston Needs Most Clean Streets and Sidewalks
A Jan 1 1891 letter to the Post argues Boston must curb abutters who block sidewalks and clutter Faneuil Hall approaches. It recalls a New York ruling on sidewalk obstruction, urges clearing debris, widening pedestrian space, and even converting first floor to a police station to keep order at public gatherings.
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Post
Sir
Boston
New York
Friend Street
Eastern
Lowell
South Market Street
Commercial Street
Atlantic Avenue
Faneuil Hall
Mecca
New England
Jerusalem
New
Farlin schooner foundered after twenty hours afloat
The Dudley Farlin, a 345 ton three masted schooner built in 1889 and owned by Morse & Co of Boston, foundered December 28 off Body Island after a hurricane. Captain Dunton and seven crew members spent 20 hours in an open boat with provisions, signaling for help. They were rescued by the steamer Alamo and later transferred to the Gate City. Names of survivors include Captain E. Dunton, Harold Niess, Charles Griffin, Charles Morson, John Montgomery, James Adams, and Peter Jacobson.
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Dnudley Farlin
Danton
New York
Charleston
D. C
Kanite
Body Island
Farlin
Mallory
Galveston
Texas
Gate City
Navanndh
Boston
Dailey Farlin
Damariscotta
Morse &, Co
State Street
Dunton
F. C. Curtis
Bath
E. Ou. Dunton
Harold E. Niess
Charles W. Griffin
Charlies Morson
John W. Montgomery
James Adams
Peter Jacobson
Reward Suggested for Deer Hill Crew Rescue at Sea
United States Consul General Frye proposes paying a reward to the captain and officers of the British steamer Deer Hill for rescuing the captain and crew of the bark Angelia of Machias Me. Angelia, bound for Demerara from St John, was dismasted. Deer Hill took the wrecked seamen to St John’s N F and the captain refused compensation. Rescued men were sent from St Johns to Halifax and home. The Angelia captain praises Captain Bainbridge of Deer Hill, prompting the Sereneness to appeal to the American government.
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Haurfax
N.S
United States
Frye
Deer Hill
Angelia
Macnias
Demerara
St. John
St. John’s
N. F
St. Johns
Halifax
Bainbridge
Topsy Wreck Near Cayman Beach Leaves Crew Lost
The British bark Topsy, from Singston to Grand Cayman, went ashore on Cayman Beach December 18 at MosiLe Alabama. Captain Knight and seven crew members died or missing. two mates, one seaman, and the cabin boy perished. Seven crew members were rescued.
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MosiLe
Ala
Topsy
Knight
Singston
Grand Cayman
Cayman Beach
Weather forecast for New England and eastern New York
The Weather Indications report for January 2 forecasts light rain in New England possibly changing to snow with colder northwesterly winds. Eastern New York should see rain or snow with clearing later and cooler temperatures. Cautionary signals extend from New Haven to Eastport.
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Washington
New England
New York
New Haven
Eastport
Mometer
Albany
Boston
Aaa
Buffalo
Bismarck
Cheyenne
Chicago
Detroit
Duluth
el Paso
The
Helena
Mont
Jacksonville
Fla
Kansas City
Montreal
Marquette
Mich
New Orleana
Portland
Clear Cleady
Salt Lake City
W. Cleady
Storm center moves from eastern Maine to sea coast
A storm centered in eastern Maine shifts to the sea overnight as New England loosens to fair weather with lingering clouds in the north. Northwest winds brisk, temperatures fall rapidly and a biting cold wave arrives Sunday driving mercury below zero in northern districts.
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Maine
New England
Eastport
Block Island
Nantucket
Albany
New York
Montreal
Oswego
Buffalo
Cleveland
Detroit
Chicago
Kentucky
Berlin
Portland
Northfield
Michigan
Texas
Lakes
Kansas City
Green Bay
Ste. Marie
St. Paul
Des Moines
Cincinnati
Galveston
New Orleans
Canada
Fort Assiniboine
Mont
Flower de Hundred A Virginia prewar household portrait
The review surveys Mrs. Burton Harrison’s Flower de Hundred, a Virginia prewar family saga. It notes strong English blood and slave culture shaping Southern life, with vivid Honey Hall scenes and the social clash between aristocratic traditions and colonial indolence, while judging the plot conventional and overlong in parts.
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Goldfinch
Virginia
Old Dominion
Ord
Ole Marie
Ole Miss
Thackeray
Esmond Warringtons
Gumbo
Marie George
Miss Woolson
Harrison
Cary
Vaucluse
Fairfax
Fairfax County
Honey Hall
Tom
Marster
Tabby
Flower de Hundred
Cupid
Old Tom
Richmond Whig
Wight
Richmond
Richard Throcrmorton
Burton Harrison
New York
Cassel Publishing Company
Boston
W. B. Clarks
Koch's rumored tuberculosis cure attracts aid and cautions
A speaker argues Koch's method remains experimental and cautions against public patenting. He cites tuberculosis mortality, notes antiseptics and vaccines differ in principle, and urges nutrition as key. He pledges $3000 and distributes Murdock's Liquid Food to aid consumptives, touting past hospital and cure records.
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Dr. Koch
Wr. Koch
Koch
United States
Murdock
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the Mule Spinners’ Union
Victoria Dock
Fayerweather
Dudley Farlin
Aleak
NEW Books
H. W. Bigelow Company
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Devonsture
Keene Optical CO
Washington St
Record Commissioners
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Mt. Hope
Horace G. Alle
Ty Board OF Aldermen
WM. Power Wilson
Thomas N. Hart
Edwin A. Curtis
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Cambridgeport
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Chelsea
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Boer WM
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Gideon Beck & Son
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Boston Heating Company
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Boston Meating Company
American Loan & Trust Company
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Isoston
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Fort Hill Wharf
Hoston Heating Company
Elisha Thayer
Libro
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Southwestern Limited
Wagner
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L. 8
R.R
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M. C.K
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Bullet
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New York Limited
New Ore
Kneeland St
Lianson
Boston Andew York
al Ral
Worcester
New London
Springfeld
Hartland
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Lempstead
Gen'l Fass
Agen
Stonington Line
Park Square Station
Stonipton
W. Midnen
J. W. Richardson
Agens, Q. H. Gas
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