Atchison System Finances Show Profit Gap And War Impact
Eleven months to Nov 30 1888 report a profit of 1 066 000 06 after fixed charges with dividends 2 625 000 00 leaving a deficiency of 1 558 999 94. December prospects put net yearly deficit at 1 408 999 94 while auxiliary lines faltered by about 3 000 000. Directors cite rate wars and interstate law, urge reform, and flag a potential gradual recovery with improved 1889 outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Atchison System
Atchison
Atchison Company
Reinhart
Brilliant Musician Nikisch Rumored to Lead Boston Symphony
European conductor Arthur Nikisch of Leipzig emerges as a leading candidate to head the Boston Symphony Orchestra, with a record as chief director at the Leipzig City Opera House and notable Berlin concert work. He is about 37, Austrian by birth, famed for his magnetism, exacting rehearsals without scores, and fresh programming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Nikisch
Leipzig
Gericke
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Germany
Conservatory of the Musikfreunde
Vienna
Leipzig City
Anton Seidl
Nikisch
Gewandhaus Orchestra
Carl Reinecke
Gewandhaus
Berlin
Concerthaus
Leipzigerstrasse
Bilse
Mr. Gericke
Lisztverein of
Richter
Biilow
Europe
Higginson
Boston
Defences of Boston The Military Defence Talk at Beacon Society
The Beacon Society at Parker House heard Major Livermore Adjutant General Dalton and others discuss Boston harbor defences. Speakers urged rapid militia readiness, extensive fortifications, torpedoes and floating batteries, and a national plan with substantial outlays to deter possible seaborne attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Society
Parker House
Joshua W. Hayden
William R. Livermore
United States Engineer Corps
Samuel Dalton
John C. Ropes
A. H. Russell
United States Ordnance Department
John ©. Boley
United States Navy
William L. Richardson
W. W. Gooch
Henry 5. Stevens
Harry H. Gay
A. L. Newman
A. A. Haserick
Albert T. Sinclair
W. W. Kellett
J. W. Clarke
William T. Lambert
W. W. Woods
George A. Keeler
Balor
W. B. Sears
Nathaniel J. Rust
W. G. Benedict
F. D. Williams
George H. Stevens
James
Hayden
Washington
Dalton
Massachusetts
Fort Warren
Signal Corps
Massachusetts Militia
Boston
Cambridge
Marblehead
Commonwealth
United States
Ayer & Co Almanac Publishes 14 Million Multilanguage Pamphlets
Lowell Massachusetts firm Ayer & Co releases a 500 page almanac in twenty one languages. The company also prints specimen pages and ten complete almanacs in as many tongues and ships nearly 14 million yellow pamphlets worldwide. They claim accuracy in astronomy and health remedies and use twenty five miles of paper daily with machinery turning out 180 books per minute.
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J. ©. Ayer
The ZTNA's Good Showing in Annual Statement
The Life Insurance Company publishes its thirty ninth annual report showing higher gains in 1888 than 1887. Read of membership, market value, surplus, premiums, income, and new business with Boston managers Chester and Hart at 70 Water Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twa Life Insurance Company
Chester & Hart
Water Street
Boston
Captain Russell's Speech on Boston Coast Defence
Captain Andrew H. Russell of the United States Ordnance Corps spoke on Boston coast defence, arguing ships could shell the harbor from six miles out and that current fortification costs and insurance comparisons justify major coast defenses over ten years. He warned of national humiliation if the ports remain unprotected and urged urgent funding to guard eight principal ports against modern ironclad fleets.
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Livermore
William H. Livermore
United States Engineer Corps
Newport
R. I
Congress
Boston
Botan
Boston Harbor
Nahant
Nantasket
Deer Isiana
Broad Sound
United States
John C. Ropes
Hayden
Parker House
France
Germany
Italy
Ropes
Major Livermore
Cincinnati
War Department
Rodman
Chambers
Daniel Treadwell
Kostow
Navy Department
Richard Rush
United States Navy
Ordnance
H. E. Abbot
J. P. Sanger
Chief of Engineers
Halifax
Havana
Victoria
Vancouver’s Island
New York
Philadelphia
San Francisco
New Orleans
Baltimore
Washington
Fortification Board
Alaska
England
State House
Harding
Graves
Egg Rock
Point Allerton
Brewsters
Fort Warren
Winthrop
Nepert
Fort Winthrop
Harvard Square
State Street
Elbe
Kiel
Paris
Nashville
Ogeeche River
Fort McAllister
Worden
Montauk
Mobile Bay
Brooklyn
Farragut
Hartford
Mobile
Swampscott
Marblehead
Gloucester
Chicago
Europe
Russell
Andrew H. Russell
United States Ordnance Corps
West Point
Krupp
Eugene Griffin
Endicott Board
New York City
Captain Griffin
National Guard
Lieutenant Soley Speech Describes Boston Triangle
Lieutenant John Soley, late U.S. Navy and naval academy graduate, spoke at the event. He defined Boston as the principal objective from seaward with Sagamore Head and Blaney Point forming the other vertices of an equilateral triangle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soley
John ©. Soley
United States Navy
Naval Academy
City of
Boston
State House
Sagamore Head
Nantasket Beach
Blaney Point
Swampscott
Notable New York Physician Praises Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey
Renowned physician Dr. W. B. Linsly of Pawling New York testifies to the benefits of Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey in treating pneumonia consumption and digestion. He cites favorable results from use with patients and fellow doctors and notes its gentleness on delicate stomachs and reduced nervous-system reaction. The message urges careful use to prolong life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
W. B. Linsly
Pawling
N. Y
Lafayette Place
New York City
March of Science
Duffy
Mortgagee Sale of Roxbury Property in 1889 Auction
Public auction to sell a Roxbury Massachusetts land parcel with a dwelling on Alpine street behind center passageway. The sale includes two undivided thirds interest and is subject to a prior mortgage and various easements and encumbrances. One hundred dollars to be paid down. Boston January 21 1889.
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John J. Shaughnessy
Hannah M. Shaughnessy
John J
James C. Loverime
Suffolk
Alpine Street
Boston
County of Suffolk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Roxbury
Lemust
Marcellus
Ward
Garbett
Bridget C. Doyle
Hannan M. Shaughnessy
John H. Doyle
Thomas F. Doyle
Sarah F. Leavitt
James CO. Lavering
Commissioners Sale of Great Estate in Boston
By decree of the Probate Court Suffolk dated Jan 7 1889 the commissioners will auction two parcels in Boston on Monday Feb 11 1889. First parcel on Melrose Street 49 with house at 3 pm second parcel on Kirkland Street 21 with house at 3 30 pm. Both parcels formerly of Jacob Benari devised to Joseph Benari and others as tenants in common. Louis Hyneman George D Burrage Edward T Cabbott.
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Probate Court
County of Suffolk
Melrose Street
Boston
Said County
Lucy Borrowscale
Ephraim Marsh
Jacob Benari
Thomas Ray
Suffolk
Kirkland Street
London
Alexander Wadsworth
London Street
Joseph Benari
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Atchison’s Finances
Land Inc
Raton
Thomas Dana
The
the Vendome
General Dalton
William BR. Livermore
John C. Kepes
8. R. Knights & CO
Auutiluneres
Washington Street
L. Foster Morse
Warren Street
Commissioners
Louis Hyneman
George D. Burrage
Edward T. Cabbott
Horatio Harris & Co., Auctioneers and Commission Merchants
Valencia
Norseman
Florida Oranges
Gate City
Almeria
Albert Howe & Co
Market Street
Brighton
Warren Avenue
James Williams
Rothschild Bros. Co
Broadway
Howard Street
Messrs. Field, Chapman & Fenner
Richards & CO
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