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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 08, 1891

Page

6

Ocean Mail Service Under the Act of 1891 Debate

The piece analyzes the 1891 act to provide ocean mail service, noting stringent first class ship requirements, the limited number of American vessels meeting speed and tonnage, and the improbability of the $4 per mile bonus being called for. It details fast ships like City of Paris and City of New York, compares speeds, and argues no Treasury payout will occur.

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Rector Foster resigns from St James parish after six years

Great Baerineron June 6 The Rev Theodore B Foster has tendered his resignation as rector of St James parish where he has served the past six years If accepted he will move to Pawtucket Rhode Island to take another post

Great Baerineron Theodore B. Foster St. James Parish Pawtucket K. L

Noto and Other Travel Sketches in Mr Lowell's Books

Book notes review surveys Percival Lowell's Noto An Unexplored Corner of Japan and William Winter Gray Days and Gold. It criticizes Casati's Ten Years in Equatoria, Bisland's Flying Trip Around the World, and Lodge's Historic Towns for overblown prose, errors, and lavish adjectives while praising illustrations and maps in Casati and the Wordsworthian tone in Winter.

Percival Lowell Japan Noto Mr. Lowell England Byron Scott Lake Bath Winter Southey Crosthwaite Keswick Greta Hall Poers Irving Wordsworth Emin Pasha Emin Major Casati Miss Bisland Boston de Wolfe, Fiske & Co Equatoria Gaetano Casati J. Randolph Clay J. Walter Savage Lander New York Frederick Warne & Co Elizabeth Lisland Harper & Bros

Boston and New York as American town types in history

The piece compares New York and Boston as representatives of American urban development. It notes New York's cosmopolitan character and Boston’s English origins, detailing immigrant influences and shifts from the Irish famine era. It critiques Mr. Lodge and Roosevelt on their historical works, praising Roosevelt's book as stronger.

Boston New York Roosevelt Long Lane Arlington Street America Lodge General Court

Books Received Show Range of 19th Century Titles

A catalog of recent publications lists manuals on word formation and spelling by Teall, essays by Hartzell and Beecher, novels by Wight Miller and Zola, and fiction from Lillie, Harland, Ryder, Meade, Desrousseaus, and Hall. Prices appear for some items. publishers include John Ireland, M. J. Roth, T. B. Peterson, Harper, Cassell, United States Book Company, and Lovell’s series.

F. Horace Teall New York John Ireland EF. L. Macomb Bristol M.J. Roth Miss Mulock Philadelphia T. B. Peterson & Bros J. Hazard Hartzell G. Pv. Putnam’s Sons Henry Ward Beecher Joan R. Howard Fords, Howard & Hulbert Emma Howard Wight Baltimore Calendar Publishing Company George N. Miller Wenage Printing House Christopher Oakes United States Book Company Lovell Daniel Dane Cassel Publishing Company Rita Marseilles Emile Zola Phil Lucy C. Lillie Harper & Bros Grandison Mather Thomas Gardiner Henry Harland Sidney Luska Cassell Publishing Company Annie H. Ryder Boston D. Lothrop Company L. ‘F T. Meade Andrew Theuriet H. Laurent Desrousseaus Chicago Charles H. Sergel & Co

New music releases list from White-Smith publishers

A catalog of recent publications including It Matters Not for contralto and other voice parts, Jowa Polka and Jowa Waltz, Capricietto Brillant, Les Hugenots Grande Fantaisie, Sounds From the West March, Valley Gem Polka, Rippling Stream Schottische, Le Carneval de Venise, La Danse de la Premiere Ballet music, La Viennoise Valse brillante, Comrades Song, and works by C A White M Blum W Lege Th Oesten J N Coolman A J Guile and Louis Campbell Tipton among others.

NEW Music White-Smith Music Publishing Company C. A. White M. M. Blum J. N. Coolman WH. Bollman Perles Et Rubis W. Lege Bon Ton Th. Oesten Sydney Smith Charles Koett J. H Rheemteer Charles Oett A. J. Guile, Sr Felix McGlennon

Parrot Upends Married Man in Harlem Home

A young Harlem newspaper man plans to dispose of a lively South American parrot that constantly taunts him with Is that you John and a hearty haw haw. The bird’s antics wake his wife at dawn and threaten the husband’s social evenings, leaving John torn between his wife’s feelings and the bird’s disruptive chatter.

N. ¥. Times Harlem John Polly Providence

Balfour Supports Limited Suspension Of Coercion Act

In London June 6 the House of Commons heard Mr. Balfour Chief Secretary for Ireland say the government may suspend parts of the coercion act especially the summary jurisdiction clauses. He clarified the action would not be retrospective and noted early remitting sentences for Messrs Dillop and O'Brien.

London House of Commons Balfour Ireland Nolan Messrs Dillop O'Brien

Money and Stocks Market Strengthens in New York Banks

Financial report shows New York banks offering 7 percent on interbank loans, with money in demand and a firm market. Clearing House data reveal deposits and loans declined, reserves fell, and gold shipments may continue. stock market opened strong before a minor pullback, with Atchison and Southern Pacific among movers amid copper and mining notes and broad earnings signals.

AmoryMra and Mills Dividend Proposals in June and July

The list compiles quarterly and semiannual dividends and stock particulars from multiple firms and railroads. Investors are advised of payment dates including June 10 for Amoskeag Manufacturing and Calumet & Hecla on June 18, with many others scheduled through July 15, across companies such as Boston & Albany Railroad, Chicago andEastern Illinois, and Peabody Mills among others.

Chicago & Eastern Illinois Curiaco & Northwestern Chicago Rock Island & PaciFic Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago & St Louis Leap Trust Power Pacific RR

New York Financial News Shows Mixed Market Tone

In New York on June 6 money on car loans sits at 3 percent with 3 percent closing. Prime mercantile paper steady at 5.42% area, sterling quiet at 4.84 for sixty days and 4.88 demand, government and railroad bonds dull but steady, stock market generally quiet with slight gains in a few issues. Chicago Gas saw a 1.5% drop while Atchison rose about 4 percent on heavy buying. Whiskey fell 3.4 percent. St Paul active but no major moves. Erie seconds up to 98, St Paul & Duluth seconds to 102.25, Tennessee Coal Birmingham sixes to 95.

Boston New York S.eeee United States Canada Chicago Philadelphia St. Louis Baltimore New Orleans Cinecinnati Wittsburg Kansas City Louisville Bull Rio Galveston Minneapolis Milwaukee Providence Detroit D. O Cleveland Omaha Sess Denver Indianapolis Columbus Memphis Duluth Dallas Hartford Richmond Nashville Portland Salt Lake Washington Veorla St. Joseph Springfield Rochester Sioux City Worcester Seattle New Haven Norfolk Tacoma Wilmington Glc Birmingham Chattanooga Lincoln Lexington New Bedford Topeka Wichita Can Halifax N.S London Bank of England Atchison San Francisco Southern Pacific West End Land West End Street Railway Osceola Kearsarge Calumet & Hecla Lamarack Europe Arizona Paris Berlin England G. M. Bd Mexican Telephone Pubea Irving A. Evans New England Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Northern Pacific Railroad Wisconsin Central Prime Mercantile Sterling Exchange Chicago Gas St. Paul Erie St. Paul & Duluth Tennessee Coal

London Bond Quotes and Paris Rates July Open Market

London: Consols at 951 160 for money and 955 160 for account. NY&OH firsts 32%, Canada Pacific 805%. Erie 20%, Mexican ordinary 34%, St Paul 66, NY Central 102, PA 5144, Reading 16. Rate of discount in open market for short and three months bills 3 3 e per cent. Paris advices quote 3 per cent rentes at 95 francs 4742 centimes.

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