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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 30, 1889

Page

3

Harvard's Condition A New Reading Room And Admissions

President Eliot's annual Harvard report notes four key areas: deaths of Asa Gray and others, shifts in board and faculty appointments, and the new admission plan emphasizing science and modern languages. It highlights morale boosts from voluntary religious services, athletic policy review, and the call for a new Gore Hall reading room funded by general gifts.

Eliot Harvard University Asa Gray Ernest Young Robert D. Smith James Freeman Clarke Orthodox Congregational Church Episcopal Unitarian Baptist United States England Greece Rome Harvard College University of Liberal Arts and Sciences Slege J. W. White Chaplin Hart Conon Aihore Cambridge An &Suec Dental Medical School Japan Germany New Brunswick Canada Chile California Illinois New England Geneva Court Massachusetts Commonwealth Gore Hall Ware van Brunt Medica School Jefferson Physical Laboratory Divinity School

Bankers in New Quarters

George C. Brooks & Co., bankers, have moved from 59 Congress street to new quarters at 40 State street. Offices at rear of hall, well lighted and finely furnished with private consultation rooms and customer area. Daily papers on file. Members of New York and Boston stock exchanges. General banking and commission business in stocks bonds petroleum grain cotton and coffee futures.

George C. Brooks & Co Congress Street State Street New York Boston

Boston-bound Vessels Charted by Origin and Arrival

A list of ships sailing for Boston with origins and dates. Vessels include Annie Hurtill Haines from Rio Janeiro via Hampton Roads, Anita from Algoa Bay, Emerald from Melbourne, Dione from Morsat Bay Jam, and many others with destinations and transfer points noted.

SHIP NEWS MINIATURE ALMANAC FOR JANUARY 30

Arrivals list includes Steamer Crown Prince Scrivener Progreso Mex and Steamer Frostburg Mills Baltimore Steamer Katahdin Pierce Winterport Steamer Tremont Donovan Portland Steamer City of Gloucester Young Gloucester Sir Mary A Power to Pensacola with 178000 feet pine lumber to Wellman Hall COASTWISE Norseman and several brig and schooner movements. Cleared ships include Dominion Utopia and Lettie M Hardy and Sir Katie J Barrett sails noted with other coastal movements and a high water record fragment.

Crown Prince Scrivener Progreso Mex Thieband Bros New York A . Lombard’s Sons Frostburg Mills Baltimore Katahdin Pierce Winterport Tremont Donovan Portland City of Gloucester Young Gloucester Sir Mary A Power Keene Pensacola Katie Jd Barrett McLeod Coosaw Sir Crowell Norseman Liverpool Dominion Yarmouth Reading Philadelphia Herald Elsie Joseph Baker Macauley Lister Oak Vineyard Havens Margarita Buenos Ayres Sechs Harry L Whiton Albert F Stearns Alfred Brabock Altamaha Cygnet Radiant Sarah Hill

Gloucester and Vineyard Haven Shipping News Update

Gloucester reports 6000 pounds hali and 20000 pounds fresh codfish landed with prices 16 1 4 and 8 1 4 respectively. Maud M Story lost main boom. Oliver Eldridge arrived with colors at half mast for Michael Malone drowned after being knocked overboard. Vineyard Haven lists steamship F W Vosburg from New York to Boston and sailings of Wild Pigeon and Dione toward Boston.

Boothbay J R Atwood Condon Frindship Portland Telegraph Boston Mary J Lee Harris Rockland New York Echs F.A. Pike Calais Lynn Brigadier Charleston Goldfinder Avery St John Frank F Williams New Haven Gloucester Addison G Proctor Brown’s Bank Maud M_ Story Georges Sir Oliver Eldridge Michael Malone St Johns Vineyard Haven Vosburg Atlantic Wild Pigeon Raynes Port Morant Bay

Freight and Charter Notices from New Bedford and New York

Shipping notices list character and cargo details for several charters. Swis Charles A White sails from New Bedford to Savannah then Bull River for rock loading. Europe steamer Boaton City charters to Liverpool via Norfolk or West Point for cotton with Bremen option. Adele to Gibraltar with general cargo. East Inpigs to Java for case oil. ship of cheater Boston to Buenos Ayres for lumber. Kong Ali steamer West Indian time charter.

New Bedford Charles A White Wood’s Hall Savannah Quino Bulli Rive Taylor & Mathis Lana Norfolk New York Europe Boaton Gibraltar General Cargo East Inpigs Slaimat Java Case Oil South America Ofcheater Boston Buenos Ayres Park Isaac Jackson West Coast West Inpies Kong Ali West Indian Time Charter

Ships and sails listed in maritime movement report

A dated maritime list records vessels and movements with destinations from ports including ANJER Auckland Alexandria Callao Cardiff Calcutta FAYAL Gibraltar OENOa Limerick London Lundy Liverpool Lisbon Napless Porman Rio de Janeiro Smyrna and others. Entries note ship or bark type names owners masters and ports of departure or arrival with dates in January.

Balti Sails From Barbados With Oil and Whale Loss

A letter from Captain Fisher of the whaling ship Balti reports at Barbados on Jan 3 with 30 barrels of oil aboard and 182 barrels sent home. The vessel bound to Blanco carries one boat store and 300 fathoms of line after losing a whale.

Provincetown Mass Fisher Sch Balti Barbados Blanco

Ships and routes list from 18th century maritime notices

Ship Arctic Stream Bowen Shields bound for San Francisco on Dec 28 at latitude 3 N longitude 26 W. Bark Lillie Soullard Barbados to Boston after 20 mines south by east of Highlands. Bark Strathenden Rindon Galveston to Dover on Jan 19 at latitude 27 longitude 88. Bark Thomas Brooks Guantanamo to New York on Jan 28 off Barnegat. Bark Ashtow Liverpool to St John NB on Jan 13 at latitude 4. Adam Kennedy Watts Boston to Buenos Ayres on Jan 18 at latitude 29 02 and longitude 51 55.

Boston Annie Hurtill Haines Br. Bark Rio Janeiro Hampton Roads Alice Archer Fletcher Am. Sch Aspinwall Carthagena New Orleans Antioch Hemingway Am. Bark Singapore Anita Larinaga Span Algoa Bay Vineyard Haven Don Enrique Cremor Br. Ship Montevideo Emerald Pedersen Nor. Ship Melbourne Emma Crosby Campbell Lagana Evie Reed Whittier Assed Anjer Eudora Fulton Cebu Frigga Tostensen Guy C. Goss Mallett Hiogo San Francisco Gebroeders Smit Muider Passaroeung St. Helena Bermuda Rio Grande Do Sul Julia Hocken Br. Sch Falmouth Kepler Oetkin Anjer Lulie Soullard Barbados Sandy Hook Montreal Kitchener Rosario Buenos Ayres Penobscot Eaton Ringleader Entwistle Manila Ane Ruby Robbins Tloilo Sarah Bark Shields Cekarest Gould Jamar Marshall Parker Fane Carty Bowen Lillie Soullard Highlands Strathenden Rindon Galveston Dover Thomas Brooks Guantanamo New York Barnegat Ashtow Liverpool St John Adam Kennedy Watt da A Kennedy Watts Auckland Mary A Greenwood Tooker Ugglan, Gadd BUNA Argosy Atchison Baltimore Gibraltar Bremen Nelson Heweston Llewellyn Einar Tschudi RK L T Thompson Guam Turks Island Echo Pernambuco Delaware Sebago Locke Portland John A Matheson Cayenne Ponce Harry White Hopkins Wilmington N OC Alfaretta Snare Smith Cedar Keys Demerara Britannia Hotchkiss Rising Sun Hawthorn Chapman Port Spain Lith America Armstrong St Kitts Heetor Santa Cruz Ceylon Cutter St Martins Calabria Lalmer Atwood McCrea Mites Hornet Mea Megunticook Wallace Turkisland Canso Wellington Newfield Gloucester Alice Fortune Bay Cardenas Willie E Child Giles Philadelphia Edwin I Morrison Lavender Bianca Lockhart John McDermott Davis North of Hatteras Nellie Brett Knight Commodore Baker Snow & Burgess Brown Lig Gertrude Trundy DEAL Elgin, Robinson Parahoba Honolulu James A King Berry Port Gamble Port O Whitmore Ward Amelia Newhall Port Blakely Forest Queen Winding Sonoma Griffiths D Bryant Bowne Bruhm Hull Crown of England Milman Havri Combermere Jenkins Ronain Halifax Hill Bos Park Patent Port Medway Palestine Whiteway Xenia Reynolds Ane Cathrine Ankerson Oston Samuel H Nickerson Newcastle Nsw Matanzas Chestna Redman Martha Reid Jones Schs John R Bergen Squires Aviadne Colby Rebecca M Walls Theissing Edward Stewart Harlow Mary J Castner Thurber Larmouth Clark Emma J Meyer Magee Carrie L Godfrey Jarman Landseer Sydney Ypalekamo Fetwalder Port Swain Trinidad Frank T Stinson Cardiff Southern Cross Bailey San Jago Buteshire Si’ Thomas Redmond le Blanc Glace Bay Charles A Sparks Harris St Louis Senegal Manzanilla New Dublin Livonia Kinlay Newry Manuel R Cazaparte Mexico Truxillo Hondo Jamaica Valparaiso George W Pride, Jr. Dowdell

Maritime notes detail wreck salvage and ship incidents

Boston reports on January 24 a large Oregon pine mainmast found near a sunken wreck east of Georges Bank. Ardangorm towed to Ferrol with shaft broken. Christina burned with part cargo at Lobos de Rfuera. W L White ashore near Heisker Island in precarious position, no salvage available. Reval sees 1024 bales of cotton on fire from several steamers. Archer grounded at Hedge Fence Shoal but floated and towed to Vineyard Haven. Gattler and Lizzie Young towed after rudder loss. Lizzie Young anchored at Nobska. Bark Archer and steamers Battler and Lizzie Young proceeding to repair. Rockland crew to repurpose John D Griffin for lime trade. Iroquois reports wreckage 30 miles NE of Cape Lookout. Cambrian Prince damaged in December gale. Derelict Petty sighted near 43 50 N 11 40 W. Horatio Nichols to Baltimore for repairs after collision. J W Gaskill suffered gale damage near Hatteras. pumps and holes fought eight hours. Louisiana reports oiler Thomas O Connor buried at sea. Mindoro reports very light conditions en route from Iloilo.

Boston O’brien John H McManus Georges London Ardangorm Cameron Havre Christina Lobos de Rfuera United Kingdom Continent Vineyard Haven Mass Archer Portland Mitchell Charleton Weymout Hedge Fence Joshua Lovett F W Vosburgh Gattler New York Lizzie Young Vineyard Sound Nobska U 5 Samuel Dexter Battler Hoston Rockland, Me Rockland Bourne John D Griffin Orleans Iroquois Jacksonville Cape Lookout Cambrian Prince Tacoma Callao Petty Professor New Orleans Liverpool Horatio Nichols James Hampton Roads Baltimore Shi J Gaskill Charleston Philadelphia Kody Island Hatteras Louisiana Thomas O’connor Yonawanda Mindoro Iloilo

Maritime storm notices and ship losses across Atlantic routes

Reports from ships Occidental Nimbus and others describe heavy gales and squalls in the Atlantic and Pacific. Seamen Paul Otto and Alexander McGiggan were lost overboard, and brig Mary Ella Mallett and other vessels faced damage or salvage operations near New York and Yarmouth, NS.

Foreign Ports United States Sailings and Arrivals

The log lists ships and brigs visiting or departing ports worldwide from Auckland to Valparaiso with vessels such as Mary A Greenwood Ugglan Argosy and many others. Entries include sailing plans for New York Boston and Philadelphia and ports like Barbados Cardenas Demerara and Ponce with multiple vessels in transit or in port in late December to January.

Maritime arrivals and clearances from U S ports

Listings of ships and vessels sailing and clearance details across multiple ports including Astoria Apalachicola Baltimore Brunswick Charleston Dutch Island Fort Monroe Fall River Georgetown Jacksonvill e Key West Mobile New Orleans and more with vessel names captains and routes noted in terse shipping record format

Astoria Moresby Williams Cork Portsonachan McWilliams Jennie Lockwood Poland Galveston Baltimore Grace Seymour Holmes Providence Mary S Bradshaw Wangelder Charleston Foscolia le Templier Gothenburg Chatham Howes Boston Icis Catawamteak Perry Rockport Annie Kliss O'Donnell Savannah Josie Aburt Burt Haitié Kelsey Chase New Bedford H H Hanscom New York Chase Church Berry Marquesa de Santure Avonmouth Eddethorpe Copenhagen Icis Wandrain W Wallace Ward Lister Annie Buss Alice B Phillips A B Sherman Geo A McFa Thomas J May Georgetown Lawrence N McKenzie San Domingo Dutch Island Harbor Enuna Briggs, Gray Wood’s Hall Fortress Monroe Lechinvar Millington Edward A Sanchez Johnson Navasa Ellen M Golder Coosaw Mary Jenness Jones Girgenti Fall River Mass Robert Parker Crane Norfolk Gray’s Harbor Catherine Sudden Lund San Francisco Elia Hansen Honolulu AL Slaight Sooy L F Pharo Long Suffolk San Marcos Newark Pedro Liverpool Jacksonville Annie E Blackman Edwards Lucie Wheatley Mumford Perth Amboy Fort Georges Louis Buckie Mouat Flora Condon Mahoney Maynard Sumner Dyer T Sibley Bartlett Marcus Edwards Key West Goodwill Sweeting

Numerous ships sail and clear from Atlantic ports

A dense voyage list shows vessels sailing and clearing from Norfolk Newport News New London New Haven New York and other ports. Entries include steamers Elmfield Austerlitz John B Feil and others bound for Europe and various U S destinations with cargos coal provisions and cargoes to Liverpool New Orleans and Genoa amid a busy late January period.

Incoming Steamers at Boston and New York

A list of incoming steamers with origins dates and agents, showing arrivals in Boston and New York across January and February including ships such as Hibernian Glasgow Hamburg Jamborough Demerara and City of Macon Savannah with various Liverpool London and Hull departures and agent names.

Pane Hee Hibernian Glasgow H& A Allan Capulet Hamburg Idan A Adams Jamborough Demerara Liverpool Thay R & Linc Iowa Issee jJan Warren & Co Dominion Yarmouth G Hall & Co Superior Iigham & Co Macon Savannah Rich’n & Barn

Shipping schedule of Atlantic voyages and departures

A list of ship departures and arrivals with ports and times including Gate City to Savannah at 8.00 PM and Cephalonia to Liverpool at 10.30 AM, names like Norman Destinat'n, Sampson, Thayer & Line'n, and firms such as Rich'n & Barn'd and Henderson Bros noted for various sailings from Philadelphia, Glasgow, Liverpool, and New York through February 7.

Philadelpha Sampson Gate City Savannah Rich’n & Barn Bostonian Liverpool Thayer & Line Cephalonia Martin Halifax Halifax Worcester Gardner Spartan Philad’lp Bessarabia London Furness Hibernian Glasgow H&a Allan Fiowa Speeees Warren & Co Dominion Yarmouth J G Hall & Co Parthian Philad Vennetian City of Antwerp P Wright &Sons Boston & Philadelphia Steamship Line Boston Philadelphia Norman Long Wharf Charleston Wilmington West

Evening Schedule Snippet

Rail timetable fragment lists event times 7.80 P. M. 7.30 P. M. 6.00 P. M. as part of presumed schedule details for local transit or events.

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