Hereward Arrives Iced Up After Arctic Voyage
The American fishing schooner Hereward reached Halifax badly frozen with decks sails hawsers and rigging iced over Captain Thompson said they left Gloucester Thursday for the Banks but faced NW gales and frigid spray that froze rapidly The foreboom broke under ice and thirteen men spent six hours clearing it They entered port with stormsails and damaged sails after severe cold and ice buildup
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
N.S
Hereward
Thompson
Gloucester
Atlantic Ship Movements List Jan Twenty Fourth
Compiled shipping notices show vessels arriving and departing various ports. Entries include ships such as Jan Breydel Vorwarta Wuotan Falloden and others traveling between New York Bremen Baltimore and Liverpool with dates from Jan 17 to Jan 28.
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Antwerp
Jan Breydel
New York
Bremen
Vorwarta
Dungeness
Wuotan
New Orleans
Glasgow
Bengore Head
Baltimore
London
France
Falloden
Galveston
Liverpool
Bothnia
City of Richmond
Elysia
Lake Ontario
State of Nevada
Pavonia
Haytian Republic
Hayti
Kinsale
Mentmore
Perim
Port Victor
China
Japan
Santander
River Avon
Copenhagen
Island
Hull
Marengo
Yucatan
Mosser
Eider
Assyrian
Helvetia
Pelgris
Calcutta
Wilkommen
Ity
Para
Aspinwall
San Marcos
Cardenas
Havana
River Ettrick
Johns
Atew York
Rugia
Hamburg
Dental Health Promise In Old Dennett Food Ad
A fragment notes Twenty Presidents died before it was known that the greatest blessing to mankind alone will save the teeth and strengthen the bone. It references Dennett's Food as the product claimed to provide the benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennett
Dillon at Cambridge and Irish politics in 1880s era
John Dillon spoke at Cambridge condemning Castle influence and praising Irelands campaign victories. Henry Matthews said the cabinet remains united and local government reforms will be liberal. Cox’s arrest in London and Ennis trial were reported alongside clashes at Galway station injuring civilians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council of the
Liberal Federation
Cox
London
Matthews
Birmingham
John Bright
Gladstonians
Prince Ferdinand
Philippopolis
John Dillon
Cambridge
Ireland
League
Ditton
Henry Matthews
Council
Dusuin
Clare
Ennis
John Morley
Marquis of
Fathers Burke
Francis
Centenary Celebration Opens in Sydney with Queen Victoria Statue Unveiling
The New South Wales centennial week began with the unveiling of a grand statue of Queen Victoria. Lady Carrington, wife of Governor Lord Carrington, led the ceremony as governors from all Australian colonies attended. The event marks the start of a week of commemorations across Sydney and New South Wales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colony of
New South Wales
Sydney
Queen Victoria
John Dillon
Cambridge
Ireland
N.S. W
Carrington
Lord Carrington
Gladstone Partisanship in Municipal Elections
John Bright argues that Gladstone followers have adopted anti Liberal policies and split their own party by attempting to break up Parliament. He warns the Liberals must endure the resulting troubles while good in the country endures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
John Bright
Gladstone
Mr. Bright
America
Prince Ferdinand Arrives at Philippopolis amid Enthusiastic Crowds
Prince Ferdinand and Princess Clementine with entourage reach Philippopolis. Crowds at stations cheer and present addresses. Local officials and religious leaders welcome the royal party. The route to Dr. Tchoumakoff’s residence is lined with bouquets and cheers. The town shines with illumination as delegations honor the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Ferdinand
Clementine
Philippopolis
Nicolaieff
M. Dimitroff
Prince Ferdinand With Addresses. Along the Route To Dr. Tchoumakoff
War council calls for 20 million roubles for frontier fortifications
General Gourko presided at a war council asserting 20,000,000 roubles are needed to complete frontier fortifications and to finance bridges roads and railways. In Boxpeaux a Royalist meeting heard M Herve claim since Grévy fell the constitution has ceased to exist. The Bretcrave chamber dissolved with March 4 elections planned. In London Professor Masson denounced Donnelly’s Shakespeare cryptogram as drivel.
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Warsaw
Gourko
Boxpeaux
M. Herve
Grévy
Comte de Paris
Bretcrave
Chamber of Deputies
London
David Masson
University of Edinburgh
Ignatius Donnelly
Bedlam
Winnipeg deficit shocks Manitoba officials
Minneapolis report notes Winnipeg excitement over provincial finances left by the Norquay government. The deficit is said to reach about half a million dollars, with uncertainty about the books and the true financial state.
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Manitoba
Norquay
Minneapolis
Minn
The
Journal
Winnipeg
Man
Philadelphia Fire Leaves Mills Wrecked and Damages Wide
Fire across the Eighth and Arch streets district destroyed several firms including Marke Bros and Shoneman Bros with losses running into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Insurance covered most goods and the Fisher estate building was reportedly destroyed. Other firms suffered large losses and safes contained about twenty thousand dollars in valuables.
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Parapepata
Penn
Eighth and Arch Streets
Marke Bros
Fisher Estate
Roderigo
North Eighth Street
Shoneman Bros
Adolph Hiller
J. & L. Baxter & Co
Arch Street
Gallagher, Casey & Co
Sprincfielp
Holyoke
Niagara
Neptune
Prescott
Elliot
Guardian
Royal
Lancashire
Newark
Providence
Peoples
Glens Falls
Sterling
Granite State
Peoples’ of
New Hampshire
Manufacturers’ of
Montreal
Ooo
B. F. Perkins
Lancashire of
London
Washington
Holyoke Water Power Company
Hartford Fire and Marine
Springfield Fire and Marine
Etna
Equitable
Provence
R.L
Hiogania
Johnston
Maine Republicans eye Cleaves for governor nomination
Portland Jan. 24 Ex Attorney General Henry B. Cleaves tops a list of Maine Republican possibilities. Born in Bridgton, age near 48, a Civil War veteran and long time lawyer who served as city solicitor and attorney general. Governor Marble backs his friends while other names fade in the crowded field.
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Portland
Henry B. Cleaves
Cleaves
Bridgton
William Wirt Virgin
Francis Fessenden
Oxford County
Marble
W. W. Thomas, Jr
H. M. Heath
E. C. Burleigh
Burleigh
Augusta
Aroostook County
Kennebec Journal
Blaine
Two Delegates for Blaine in District of Columbia Convention
Chaos marked the DC district convention with two rival factions vying for control. Blaine backers Perry Carson and Andrew H. Gleason secured two delegates while anti Blaine leaders named Spellaberger and Dyson and alternates claimed seats. Fred Douglass urged order but failed to restore it.
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Washineron
Sixcat
Blaine
District of Columbia
Perry Carson
Andrew H. Gleason
New York
Brush
Fred Dyson
George Boston
Fred Douglass
Douglass
A. Spellaberger
Fred A. Dyson
W. Calvin Chase
M. M. Holland
John Sherman
Carson
Gleason
Dan Cahill
Marcellus West
Boston
Copper and London markets slip after French bear raid
In New York early bids for February copper were 17 cents with few sellers. News of a French syndicate bear attack in London sent prices down with holders selling February at 16.70 to 16.55. March steadied at 17 and April traded 16.80 to 16.90 as buyers stayed around 16.60 for February. London opening was buoyant at £79 but fell to £75 15s after small sales. 400 tons changed hands. Tin remained steady in New York at 36.05 to 37 spot and 83% to 84 futures, Lead steady at 4%.
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New York
New York Exchange
London
Call
All Quiet in Hawaii Steamer Australia Reports Situation
The steamer Australia arrived from Honolulu this afternoon with advices confirming earlier reports that the political situation on the islands remains a wick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaii
San Francisco
Australia
Honolulu
Governor Lowrey vetoes Mississippi constitutional convention bill
Jackson Mississippi January 24 Governor Lowrey vetoed a bill for a constitutional convention arguing no clear odious or objectionable feature exists in the present constitution. He cites an era of prosperity and diverse opinions on changes urging amendments instead and notes a Governor term limit might be decided by a Democratic state convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Lowrey
Sketch of North Andover by George B Loring
The Hon George B Loring has finished a North Andover sketch now with printers. It covers ecclesiastical history from Americanism to Unitarianism and the town’s stance on the State and federal constitution. It includes biographical sketches of Simon Bradstreet Samuel Phillips John Woodbridge and other figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Osgood
Washington
Thomas Kittredge
Frye
Simeon Putnam
Gayton P. Osgood
Nathaniel Stevens
Isaac I. Stevens
Bailey Loring
Loring
Essex County
National Veteran Militia Association Holds Annual Meeting
The third annual meeting of the National Veteran Militia Association met in New York on January 24 to discuss militia development. General Wardrop proposed a 1.5 million strong force in three branches with federal equipment and bonuses for readiness. A dedicatory event for the Israel Putnam monument in Brooklyn, Connecticut, was arranged for next June.
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Whitthorne
Tennessee
House
United States
Hartford
Davis
Pacific
Vincent
Napoleon
Sherman
Boston Home Market Club
Collings
Long
Baltimore
Dakota
Carlisle
Page
Lowry
Mississippi
National Veteran Militia Association
New York
Hereward
Halifax
West Virginia
C. W. Moulton
General Sherman
Harris
Hoosac Tunnel
Dr. Loring
North Andover
D. W. Wardrop
Boston
Foley
Wardrop
National Guard
H. A. Tyler
Brooklyn
Conn
Weather signals and snow forecasts across New England
Washington weather bureau reports warmer conditions for New England with snow in Vermont and western Massachusetts, and lighter winds. Eastern New York also sees warmth followed by snow. Eastport signals light to fresh northwest winds. Blue Hill Observatory notes snow near evening as southeastern New England remains fair. A separate signal chart shows a low pressure moving to Nova Scotia bringing heavy snow and a rising high pressure across Montana, with colder then warmer trends expected Wednesday.
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Washington
New England
Vermont
Massachusetts
New York
Eastport
Blue Hill
Lake
Nova Scotia
Montana
Waltham Farmers Ball and Banquet in Music Hall
The thirty second annual festival of the Waltham Farmers Club was held in Music Hall with about 500 attendees. Guests included Hon. Elijah A. Morse, Senators Kingsley and Gleason, Rep H. J. Wadlin, Captain J. G. B. Adams, sergeant at arms at the State House, and others. Henry Whittemore acted as toastmaster as toasts covered City of Waltham, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Peasantry, The Soldier. Dancing followed in the upper hall.
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Waltham Farmers
Waltham
Spxer
Waltham Farmers’ Club
Music Hall
Elijah A. Morse
Governor’s Council
W. Kingsley
Cambridge
J. C. Gleason
Plymouth County
H. J. Wadlin
Reading
J. G. B. Adams
State House
Warden
Bond
Henry Whittemore
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Gleason
Kingsley
Wadlin
Captain Adams
Salem Normal School holds sixty-seventh term graduation
The Salem normal school closed its sixty-seventh term with a graduation at Normal Hall. Miss Bessie C. Berry gave the salutatory and Miss Laura B. Foster the valedictory. Graduates include Berry, Cassidy, Chase, Foster, Gove, Guinivan, Hevey, Hill, Horne, Lord, Mahoney, Mathison, McCarthy, McElroy, Merrill, Pickering, Pierce, Reynolds, Wadsworth, Weeks, White, Woodworth, and Wrin among others.
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Salem
Spreiau
Salem Normal School
Normal Hall
Bessie C. Berry
Barrington
N. H
Laura B. Foster
Rowley
Catherine A. Cassidy
Alice EK. Chase
Bristol
Anna FE. Gove
Nahant
Mary J. Guinivan
Beverly
Mary Hevey
Winchester
Grace M. Hill
Amesbury
Evelyn Horne
Great Falls
Ella G. Lord
East Somerville
H. Bess Mahoney
Manchester
E. Gertrude Mathison
West Somerville
Cecilia A. McCarthy
South Groveland
Katherine L. McElroy
East Cambridge
Effie A. Merrill
Danvers
Evan A. Pickering
Newington
Nellie K. Pierce
Lynn
Emma A. Reynolds
Milton
N. J
M. Edna Wadsworth
Chelsea
Bertha M. Weeks
Canaan
Elva G. White
Stoneham
L. Annabell Woodworth
Andover
Hannah F. Wrin
Observations Across Stations At The Same Moment
Observations collected simultaneously at all named stations. Data notes reference synchronized timing and identical observation moment across locations.
Hurricane Granite, Cape Ann Win Boston Courthouse Contract
In Rockland Missouri on January 24 the Hurricane Granite Company secured its portion of the Suffolk county court house project at Pemberton square Boston. The remaining building cost totals 305 500 dollars with Hurricane responsible for 161 500 and Cape Ann 144 000. Completion is required by December 1 1888.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hurricane Granite Company
Rockland
Suffolk County Court House
Pemberton Square
Boston
Hurricane Company
Cape Ann Company
Essex County Clerk Reports 1887 Divorce and Libel Facts
The Essex County clerk of courts 1887 returns show 205 cases finally disposed including 67 libels dismissed. There were 249 libels pending at start, 122 with decrees nisi. 148 libels filed, 110 decrees nisi entered. Average marriage duration was 13 years 4 months, longest 46 years ending in desertion divorce, shortest six months.
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Essex County
Crafty Senators The Debate On Immigration and Railroads
Senator Hoar won a Senate vote to send the President’s Pacific railroad message to a special committee rather than the judiciary panel. Discussion hinted some judiciary members seek fees tied to Pacific roads and prefer a quieter vote later. Judge Edmunds urged a special committee for the subject.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washinaron
Hoar
Senate
Judiciary Committee
House
Pacific Roads
Edmunds
Senate debates on railroad bills and select committee plan
In Washington on January 24 a President's report on Utah industrial homes was referred to Territories. Mr. Voorhees introduced Montana statehood bills. The Senate debated reconsidering a five member special committee on Pacific railroad matters with discussion on jurisdiction and the need for company and government representatives. Members warned against delays and a select committee structure and noted past judiciary measures tied to government security and interest on debt.
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David Dudley Field
Andrew Carnegie
Mayor Hewitt
Congress
Great Briain
Internal Revenue
Interstate Commission
New York
New York Central
Senate
Washindon
Board of Control
Utah
Territories
Voorhees
Montana
Hoar
Gorman
Pacific Railroad
Judiciary
Massachusetts
Edmunds
Judiciary Committee
United States
Ele
West
Senator Sherman
Sherman
Platt
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Sam
G. W. Simmons & CO
North Street
Mr. Whitney
Palmer
Holmes
New York Times
Saratoga
Schuylkill
Pittsburg
Union Ice Company
Wenham Lake
Clarence Pullen
Chickering Hall
Mexico
J. W. Tatts
Scientific Society
Dr. Laughlin
Harvard University
Trinity Club
Massachusetts Tariff Reform Club
Home Market Club
Homes Market Club
Chace
International Copyright Association
Coppers
Atchison
Francis T. Bemis
Bigelow, Kennard & Co
Newbury Street
Revere House
Harvey N. Collison
Dr. Fulton
Mechanics’ Hall
Paine
Canal ST
Siakiuere
Eae Depot
Leonard & CO
Bromfield Street
George D. Oxnard
Beacon Street
Turkey
Portieres
Swipes
N. Y
Billy Dempsey
Simon Besser
Swipes the
Besser
Dempsey
Dillon
Mr. Cox
Jobn Brighton
General Foreign News
Russia
Bordeaux
Philadelphia Fire
Havre Street
J. L. Walek
Martha Humber
Margaret Gainey
South Margin Street
Maine
Doctor Loring
National Association
Bradaip
H. H. Clayton
Observer’s Office
Signal Service
U.S. A
Porthant
Northfield
Block Island
Nantucket
Albany
York
Philadelphia
Montgomery
Shreveport
Fort Smith
Knoxville
Memphis
Cincinnatis
Sluttsburg
Builfaio
Bal
Fair Oswego
Hsi
Cleveland
Fair Detroit
Grand Haven
Mackinaw City
Snow Marquette
Mich
Bismarck
Nevenne
Giese North Platte
Denver
Eees
Oolear
Dodge City
le Vort Sill
Santa Fe
Salt _Lake City
Mr. Palmer
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