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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1897
Page
6
Bradstreet notes wholesale trade steady with little near term improvement except demand in some Southern cities. Textile activity remains weak while leather pork and cotton goods rise in price. December rail earnings show modest decline year over year but year total earnings rise 14 percent on 94 thousand miles.
R G Dun & Co reports sustained progress in early 1880s markets after a slow start following specie resumption. Output gains in pig iron and coke, rising wool sales, and expanding mill operations indicate improving demand for loans. Prices ease slightly as production rises and textiles adjust to surplus with lower prices.
A Albany resident, Seth FE Parsons, reports improvement after using Dr. Greene's Nervara blood and nerve remedy for nervousness and kidney issues. He claims relief from involuntary muscle contractions and digestive distress. Advertisement touts Dr. Greene's Cathartic Pills for biliousness and constipation and offers free consultation at 34 Temple Place Boston.
Large mills continue heavy wool buying, covering two weeks of January with 11 0 0300 pounds at the three main markets, up from 11 817 600 last year and 10 678 818 in 18. Leather demand hints at more shoe output, while East shipments in January exceed last year by 20 percent. Hides at Chicago are far lower. Canadian wholesale trade remains quiet with modest gains in Halifax and St John and slow movement due to roads and weak wheat markets. Retail trade is sluggish across the board with fair payments at Winnipeg and Toronto, and discounts persist at Montreal.
The Gloucester schooner Horace B Parker returned from Georges with 35000 pounds of mixed fish. She sailed at half-mast for crewman Thomas Landry lost overboard Sunday at 6 am during reefing. Landry, 24, a native of Arichat, drowned after efforts to rescue him failed.
The long legal battle between Horatio W. Southworth and his former wife Florence Treadwell nears closure as a Superior Court judge provisionaled alimony denial citing the remarriage. The actor in the case, Worcester lawyer Colonel W S Hopkins, argued against further support while New York attorney N C Green defended Mrs Treadwell. The judge will report to the Supreme Court with a ruling likely in March.
William Bertrand of Lowell asks Middlesex Superior Court to annul his marriage to Bessie Dyer. He says they wed in Lawrence on Jan 13 1894 while Dyer had a living husband, and they separated after May 15 1894 when he learned of Stewart still being alive. He asserts good faith and belief in Dyer's right to marry.
Copper shares climbed as heavy short covering and long buying energized the market. Montana and Butte & Boston pushed higher with expected dividends and expansion plans while Tamarack and Calumet & Hecla eyed new mills and rising production. Analysts forecast higher copper prices as demand stays strong in Europe and the U S with earnings improving for Montana and Osceola operations.
Lasker defeated Steinitz in the seventeenth game in Moscow after 65 moves. Final match score stood Lasker 10 Steinitz 2 with 5 draws.
In the hall of the Boston Bichloride of Gold Club last evening the first reception for the new officers to graduates and friends featured national color decorations, an orchestra, and a serving collation. The event was under the auspices of E S Hoffman T F Phinny J Howard B F Rollins Daniel Proctor W Hooper James Watson, assisted by the ladies' auxiliary.
The will of David J. Hennessy was filed for probate in Dubuque Iowa on January 15. It leaves his estate valued around $1,000,000 to his brother Archbishop Hennessy with only a few minor bequests.
Dr. Agnew's Ointment claims to cure itching piles in 3 to 6 nights with a single application for comfort. It also treats blind and bleeding piles and skin eruptions including eczema and barber's itch. Sold by C. H. Woodward & Co. at 62 Brom-
The January 15 trading day on the Boston Stock Exchange lists the highest and lowest prices, closing prices, and bid and asked quotes for all listed securities.
An advertisement touts The Science of Life or Self-Preservation a 3870 page medical treatise by the Peabody Medical Institute. It claims cures for nervous debility at $1 by mail with testimonials and endorsements praise from Medical Review and Boston Herald.
Captain Philo McGiffin who fought in the Chinese war is in the Post Graduate Hospital in New York to have a piece of Japanese shell removed from his head. He denies being insane and doctors agree he is simply nervous. he will stay for recuperation before an operation.
Catarrh and colds relieved in 10 to 60 minutes by a breath through the Blower with each bottle. The powder spreads over nasal passages and is painless and delightful to use. It relieves instantly and purports to permanently cure catarrh hay fever colds headaches sore throat tonsillitis and deafness. 5 cents. Sold by C E Woodward & Co 62 Bromfield Street and Jaynes & Co Washington and Hanover streets.
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