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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 01, 1886

Page

3

Memorial Day Observances Across Boston Cemeteries and Parks

The nation marks Decoration Day with Grand Army posts decorating graves at Mt Auburn, Forest Hill, Calvary, and Mt. Hope, while parades, memorial services, and speeches unfold in Boston and surrounding towns. Notables include ex mayors, local veterans groups, Irish commemorations at Wendell Phillips’ grave, and ceremonies at Cambridge Common and various cemeteries as crowds honor fallen soldiers.

Grand Army George G. Meade Post 33 New York City Greenwich Hall Fall River Boston Philadelphia General Meade Poste Massachusetts Hoston John A. Andrew New York Old Colony William B. Daily George B. Wiite Agrutant Edward F. Rollins Jarves BE Read George G. Meade Joan J. McConnell William E. White John McHugh James Ness James Moore Ehapisin Lymen Green Cornelius Ven Keuren M. D A. Franklin Law Fitchburg Mt. Auburn Cambridge Haverhill Washington School Beacon Streets Boston Common McConnell Post 15 Dept. New York Mass Dept G.A.R Pierce Fox Commonwealth Avenue John F. Andrew Berkely Street Old Fellows’ Hall Washington Street Edward W. Kinsley Royston Hall First Regiment M. V.M O’brien Tremont West Street Army and Navy Charles Street Park Square Columbus Avenue Church of the Unity Newton Street Howard M. Dow L. F. ©. Richardson F. W. Knowles Augustine Sanderson Cross and Crown Joseph L. White T. Kk. Matthews Eugene H. Richards J. Kk. Hollis Benjaminstone Sons of Veterans George B. Loring Norfolk Street Codman Cemetery Ek. N. Packard Edmund C. Whitney Norfolk Washington Streets Milton Lower Mills Mr. Lawence Milton Unitarian Church Adams Street Cedar Grove Cemetery Park Street North Cemetery Father Fitzpatrick Orth Cemetery Monument Grounds Monument Square Wes Woman’s Relief Corps Benjamin Stone Natick Band Christopher R. Eliot First Church Dorchester Stiles Salem Frank E. Brigham Forest Hill Mt. Hope Calvary Dahlgren South Boston Corners Silver Streets Emerson Street St. Augustine’s Cemetery Providence Calvary Cemetery Washington Post Ninth Regiment Mr. Hope and Sxty Wmope Charles Russell Lowe I’ost Frederick Hecker Gethsemane Hecker Turn Halin Thomas G. Levenson Post 26 Mt. Warren Tommy’s Rock West Roxbury Stevenson Halsey J. Boardman Milton Cemetery Wendell Phillips George H. Green Laurel Path Sullivan W. W. Doherty John P. Brawley John Boyle O’reilly Doherty Phillips Ireland Ulster Munster Connaught Leinster Eountis Orstor The Union Robert G. Shaw James M. Trotter E. N. Halewell Burril Smith Charis Sumner E.G. Walker Caoaries Beck West 66 P. Sterns East Campridge E. W. Thompson Lowell Cambridge Cemetery William J. Smart Fifth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry John A. Ancrew North Brighton Francis Washburn Evergreen Cemetery Newton Charles Ward Central Congregational Church L. Powers Newton Centre Newton Highlands Newton Lower Falls Walnut Street Holyhood Brookline C. L. Chaniler Town Hall C. C. Soule H. F. Walcott Milton Charles E. C. Beck G. H. Patch Charlestown Harvard Street C. H. Kimball Manchester N. H Malden George L. Stearns Holy Cross Titus Somerville Joseph Hooker East Boston Woodlawn James Rk, Dunbar Church of Our Father Fourth Section John A. Hawes Woodlawn Cemetery Chelsea Naval Hospital Cemetery Theodore Winthrop Garden Massachusetts Volunteers First Congregational Church Elijah Harr T. C. Pease G. A. R. Glee Club W.H. Bartlett Worcester James A. Perkins Everett Everett Hall John Foyle O'Reilly Post North Beverly Beverly Farms Hale Street Beverly Samuel Roods, Jr Marblehead Chir Maiden Swampscott Bates W. H. Hart Grand Army Post Arlington Old Cemetery Mt. Pleasant Samuel J. Blau Winchester Lexington Cemetery Bedford A. P. Sampson George F. Piper W. H. Baldwin Cyrus Page A. E. Brown Old Concord Post Concord Artillery and Independent Sleepy Hollow Cemetery Rainsford Island Robert A. Bell Allen Drum Corps Sixth Regiment G. W. Brady John Boyle O'Reilly G.A. RK Cullen Himalaya Daniel O’connell Bunker Hill Benjamin Franklin Josish Quincy Franklin Napoleon Wellington Grant America Longfellow Richmond England Waterloo Germany Sedan Russia Plevna Gettysburg Cain Shakspere Angel of God Cato Plutarch Parthenon Aeropolis United States Republic Miltiades

Investment Bonds for Multiple Cities and Regions

Investment bonds listing cities including Chicago Cincinnati St Paul Portsmouth St Louis and Milwaukee with a First Mortgage 6s due 1920. Associated regions include Hancock County Ohio and Dubuque Division. Notes indicate involvement of the District of Columbia and Gold Cock County.

City of Chicago City of St. Paul Portsmouth City of St. Louis District of Columbia Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Hancock County Ohio

Prominent Traders and Firms Listed Across Major Cities

A long list of names and associated firms spans cities from Athens Georgia to Wheeling West Virginia. The entries name partners or firms in Baldwin Fleming Gramberg Draper Lester Cook Seixas Qoehrig Walker Brigham Kendricks Jones Bassett Curtis Callin Feders Humphrey Dayton Lowenstein and others, with locations including Atlanta Chicago Detroit Dubuque Indianapolis Lexington Louisville Memphis Mobile Philadelphia Reading Richmond Selma St Joseph and Wheeling.

Athens W Baldwin Baldwin & Fleming Tre John RK Gramberg Gramiling Spalding ’ S Atlanta Draper Draper, Moore & Co Burleton H A Brown Bardydt & Co Binghamton G H Lester Lester & Co Charleston J B Drake M Dake & Sona Chicago Marks, Craw C Brook Brooks Bros Wallace Wallace & Sloat L Seixas Cook & Seixas Ee Tern G Qoehrig Ochmic «& Johnson Deroit Mich R E Walker Robinson & Go Dubuque Ala Bernstein W Hall Gall & Oriway Mitz Co Nashville Tenn M Trecy Trecy Philadelphia Paul Paul Is Penn W H Weimer Weimer, Wright & Watkins J T Graff Graeff, Son & Co Nickelsburg & Co Par Samuel Feder Rosenthal Feder Jo Towanda Humphrey Humphrey Bres & Tracy Ads Williamsport J E Dayton Dayton & Co Wilkie Birre Penn—& Lowenstein Acs Wheeling Boyd Boya Miller & Go

Cattle Receipts and Shipments Reported in Chicago Market

Chicago reports May 31 cattle receipts 6000 shipments 3000 with steer and stocker activity priced at 420 to 560 per head. Cows bulls and mixed traded around 170 to 300, with through Texans receipts listed. Sheep receipts 2000 steady with natives at 2.45 and Western and Texans around 3.25.

Chicago

Northern Pacific reports April net earnings rise in 1888

The article details the Northern Pacific Railroad's April earnings and ten month period ending July 1 1885 with figures for income taxes operating expenses and net gains. It notes a $197 919 increase in April net earnings and a $158 000 rise in a related figure, alongside a mention of the Nickel Plate litigation delay and bond stock issues.

Inc. Goss Ieee Sassesee Cess Jayl TRRES GTOSE Scvtvoee Tuttle Boston and Lowell Railroad New Hampshire Tallie Winnepesaukee Rce Road New York Pennsylvania Ohio

Cotton and commodities report from Liverpool May 31

Liverpool reports a steady cotton market with 77,000 bales sold and prices for futures varying by delivery month. Wheat weak with poor demand, California and Western grades listed. corn firm with no new offers. Spirits of turpentine and cheese prices noted. London sugar, Cuba goods and petroleum prices cited. Antwerp petroleum trading mentioned.

Liverpool Uplands California London Cuba Muscovado Fair Refining Antwerp

Financial update from London and Paris markets May 31

London quotes bar silver at 454d per ounce with Consols at 1028-16 for money. US 4 1/2 per cent bonds at 113 1/2, Atlantic and Great Western first mortgage 41 24, Erie 27 44, Erie second 93 7/8, Mexican ordinary 24 3/4, St. Paul common 94 1/2, New York Central 105 3/4, Pennsylvania 53 7/8, Illinois Central 141, Reading 12 1/4, Canada Northwest Land 3%. bullion sent to King England today £174,000. Paris 3 per cent rentes at 52 francs 476 centimes.

London United States Atlantic and Great Western First Erie St. Pau New York Central Pennsylvania Illinois Central Reading Canada Northwest Land Company King of England Paris

It Should Be Generally Known Liver Disease Cure Claim

An 19th century style medical boast asserts scrofulous diseases arise from a torpid liver and blood impurities. It claims Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cures by acting on the liver to purify the blood, preventing ulcers eruptions and consumption.

Bevyer Republic Emerson England Italy Greece Pierce S **Golden Medical Discovery

May port receipts table shows staple imports over years

The table compares total receipts of key staples at the port for May of this year with May 1885 and 1884. It lists cotton, wool, flour, cornmeal, oats, wheat, barley, millfeed, peas, cheese, pork, bacon, butter, lard, coffee, tea, and other goods in various units, highlighting shifts in volumes across years.

Ned Pomtaonaei Ts UBL Ovens Eenerees Ghorke Sc OOKER

Trains from Boston to New York and Nearby by Fall River Line

Train schedule after May 31 1886 lists weekday departures from Boston to New York via Fall River Line with multiple stops including Newport Brockton Taunton and New Bedford. Returns shown for several connections with Providence Pawtucket Mansfield and Shore Line routes, detailing times and special conditions.

New York New England R. R Boston Philadelphia Maltimore Washington York Norwich Air Line Fall River Meturn Newport R. M Taunton Brockton Reeturn New Bedford Heturn Faunton AM. Co Por Taunton Central Station LEA Dean Street North Easton Stoughton Randolph Amir Gotry Breturn Return Brocktown Plymouth Abineton Duxbury Abington Whitman Providence Mansfield Shore Line A. A Folsom

Concord K. B. and Branches Train Schedule Change

On and after May 24, 1886 trains depart Boston for Manchester Concord N B and upper railroads from B and L depot at 7 80 8 30 am 12 1 3 5 80 7 pm Sundays 1 pm From and M a at 7 30 am 12m 5 pm Returning Concord N B to Boston leaves at 5 30 7 30 10 20 am 2 45 5 05 Ex 6 27 pm Supervising official C H Chamberlin

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