Poverty in luxury castes Wittmer seeks German castle life
A former New York stenographer Bernard Wittmer, after receiving his late father’s $2,000,000 German estate, plans a life in a grand Bre men castle with 350 rooms. His will imposes heavy custodial duties, lifelong estate support for his family, and a two year army obligation, leaving him financially bound despite the dream of a vast fortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Commercial Advertiser
Germany
Bernard Wittmer
John F. Lovejoy & Co
Chambers Street
Wittmer
Bremen
New York
Bernard
Forward
Lernard
Crawford’s Khaled and Saltus in New Book Reviews
Crawford’s Khaled is praised as delicate and ethereal, blending old dialogue-driven method with an Eastern setting and a fatal love debate. Saltus is criticized for shock value in Judas and Mary Magdalene, contrasted with Maupassant and Goncourt excellence and poor translations for several titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Crawford
Crawford
Khaled
Third Heaven
Asrel
Zehowah
Riad
Zehovah
Almosta
Leeward
Edgar Saltus
Saltus
Mary Maedalex
Judas Iscariot
Mary
Judas
Guy de Maupassant
Goncourts
Stndemoiselle Renée Mauperin
Mont-Ortol
M. de Maupassant
Germinie Lacerteux
Edmond
Jules de Goncourt
Dean Maitland
Kipling
St. Luke’s
iKialed
Arabia
F. Marion Crawford
New York
Macmillan & Co
Gaston
W. B. Clark & Co
Mary Magdalene
Edgar _ Sallas
Belford Company
Edmond and
Helford Company
Mademoiselle Renée Mauperin
Mont-Uriol
Worthington Company
Boston
de Wolfe, Fiske & Co
Imperial admiration of Wagner from London Daily News
The German Emperor funds a statue to composer Richard Wagner for Berlin’s Imperial Opera House. A mild protest claims Wagner aided the Dresden 1849 riot, though the record shows he did not. Wagner later became a naturalized Bavarian subject despite exile attempts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wagner
London Daily News
Richard Wagner
Imperial Opera House
Berlin
Dresden
Weimar
Germany
A Study of the Sects by William H. Lyon
A review lauds A Study of the Sects as a fair sympathetic account of Quakers Baptists Methodists Unitarians and Catholics. It notes the book’s attempt to show each sect’s creeds worship and traditions with scholarly candor and critical insight.
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William H. Lyon
Unitarian Sunday School Society
Byl
City plans loan sale for schoolhouse and park bonds
City Treasurer Turner with Mayor Matthews approval sold the schoolhouse loan of 500000 to Suffolk Savings Bank for 323000 at 100.50 per 100 and for institutions and individuals 77000 at 1010 per 100. A park loan of 700000 to 260000 unsold. treasurer has not decided disposition.
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Turner
Matthews
Suffolk Savings Bank
Mystic Park Races Postponed By Storm Weather Permits New card
A storm yesterday postponed Mystic Park races. This afternoon racing will resume if weather allows with three races on the card including the 2 22 and 2 27 trotting classes and pacers in the 8 eee. Good fields are listed for the scaled program.
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Mystic Park
Market Dull but Steady as Crop Reports Flow In
Boston and national money markets ease with 8.6 percent on demand loans. Foreign exchange steady with London silver at 444d. Stocks show limited activity while Fitchburg declines on dividend cut. Missouri Pacific and Oregon Railway show mixed moves amid broader financial notes and crop prospects across Illinois to Tennessee.
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Prime
Ilinois
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Indiana
Ohio
Minnesota
Michigan
Wisconsin
Wakotas
Kentucky
Tennessee
North Dakota
Utter ‘Tail County
Minn
South Dakota
Thorold
Ont
Ontario
Historic U S Central Stock Record Fragments
A dated list of preferred and common stock shares in multiple companies and railroads with quarterly or semiannual payment notes. Includes AMERICAN BELL, AMERICAN SUGAR, AMORY MG, AMOSKEAG, APPLETON, and many others with share counts, payment terms, and dates such as July 15, July 2, June 15, and July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ameeriican Bell Telephone Coo
American Sugar Refrineries Co
Boston & Lowell RR
Boston Marine Ins Co
Boston Mra
Revere Beach & Lynn
Beoukkline Gas Light Co
Cavomet & Hecta
Chicaco
St. Paut
MiInne Earots & Omaha RR
ChicaGo & Eastern Illinois RR
ChicaGo & Northwestern RR
Rock Island & Pacific RR
Chicaco Junction Railways
Union Stock
Yakvs Co
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Chicago & St Louis RR
River Ri
Flint Mills
Harlem
Leap Truste
Leigh Valley
Lowell
Manhattan
Mipplesex Mra
Missouri Pacific RR
National Station Co
Oe Pacific RR
Northern Central RR
Nort Enp Savings Bank
Olp Colony RR
Oregon Railway & Navigation
Prabody Mills
Pettingill-Andrews Co
Ricamonp & Danville Rr-Semiann & Pc
Ah Naa Terminal CO
Salmon Fats Mra Co
Seaconnet Mills
Stark Mills
Werstern Union Telegraph Co
New York Money Market and Stocks End Quietly Firm
Money on call remained easy at 2 to 2 1/2 percent with the last loan at 2 percent and closing at 2. Prime mercantile paper stood at 5.27. Bar silver traded near 98, while sterling exchange stayed steady with bankers’ bills at 4.884 for 60 day and 4.83 for demand. Government and railroad bonds were dull and steady, New England stock leading gains though only modest. Silver Certificates rose about 1 cent. market closed firm though dull, with limited transactions totaling 446,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
New England
Iron Mountains
Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis
Worldwide Financial Market Update from London to Paris
Financial brief notes London June 16 show Consols 9415 16d. 95 1 16d for account. Bank of England cuts discount rate to 3 percent. open market discount at 2.24 percent. Bullion up £732000. BoE reserve ratio 46.07 percent. U.S. and continental quotes include New York Pennsylvania & Ohio at 32 percent, Erie 20 percent, Illinois Central 98 14, St Paul 66 4 percent, Reading 16 percent. Paris rentes at 95 francs 25 centimes. Also Berlin Imperial Bank reports 7,850,000 marks gold, Paris Bank of France gold up 19,000,000 francs and silver 4,625,009 francs.
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Leo Atchigon
C. B&q
Aor. L
Uhic
Chi
Aiton
Den
K. G
Green Bay
Eeere Lake Shore
Bia Ris & W
Eree
Ste
Kan Island
Louis
Nash
N. A. Lou
Pote
Luvdy
D& St
M & Ohio
N.Y
N.E
Cod& Stl
Buu
N.J. Cent
Ohio & Miss
West
Rock Island
Kish
W. P
St. Paul
St. i
St. Kt
M. Em
St. Ft
Texas Pacific
Ueid Gulf
Twig W.& LL. B
Sir Lee
Uae Ib
Abo
Wees Cam
W. U. & Bull
AGRE
Bess
Edo
Brunswick
London
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Erie
Illinois Central
St. Paul Common
Bank of England
Paris
Berlin
Imperial Bank of Germany
Bank of France
Tin-plate quarrel echoes in trade papers debate
The Roofer Tinner and Sheet Iron Worker carries a lengthy piece accusing P F Laufman & Co of not supplying tin plate for the American market while touting large orders. The piece notes Congress raised the duty to flood the U S with American tin plate by July 1, but claims no stock ready except for political conventions and predicts a difficult position when Congress reconvenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening Post
Roofer, Tinner and Sheet Iron Worker
P. F. Laufman & Co
Laufman
Congress
House
Senate
Francis Joseph's Special Train Unveiled at Prague
The Emperor Francis Joseph inspected a 100 000 florin eight car special train built for his use. It includes a service car with baggage and dynamos, an imperial car with panelled rooms and a Prague painted ceiling, a suite car, a dining room for sixteen, a kitchen car, and baggage cars. The train, a gift from Austrian railways, allows the Emperor to travel on all lines without assembling trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Joseph
London Daly News
Jiger
Prague
China
Government weighs Calderon painting purchase for nation
In the House of Commons Edwin de Lisle questioned government approval to acquire Calderon's obscene picture "St. Elizabeth" for national collection. William Henry Smith replied the government would not intervene, noting the National Gallery trustees are responsible for the purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Edwin de Lisle
Mid-Leicestershire
House of Commons
Calderon
St. Elizabeth
William Henry Smith
National Gallery
Electric Company Equipment and Safeness Report
Furnished by F. W. Seeid Co lists equipment from Thomson-Houston and Westinghouse Electric Co. including references to Eastern Electric Cable Co. and Ft. Wayne Electric. The fragmentary entry notes percentages and pid references, outlining apparatus and safety considerations for electrical utilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Electric Cable Co
Safeness Bok
Thomson-Houston Electric Co
Thomson Houston Electric Co
Adda
Ft. Wayne Eleatric Co
Ccc
Westinghouse Electric Ie
Isg
Cotton Seed Products offers bonds with stock bonus prospect
Cotton Seed Products touts patented processes allowing cheaper manufacture and expanded output to 72 000 barrels of oil and 33 600 tons of cake annually. Bonds are offered at par with staggered payments from now through 1894, plus a stock bonus exchangeable for coupon bonds after all installments. Offices in Chicago Boston New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Boston
Chicago
United States
Iinois Trust and Savings Bank of
Commercial Bank
Illinois Trust and Savings Bank
Suffolk Trust Company
Exchange Building
Holland Trust Company
Nassau Street
Chicago Illinois officers appointment list shows leaders
Officers listed include J. Foster Rhodes of Chicago as President Chas N Arnold of Chicago as Vice President C N McLaughlin of Memphis as General Manager C E Sheldon of Owatoona Minn as Secretary and Dobson Good of New York as Auditor.
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J. Foster Rhodes
Chicago
Chas. N. Arnold
C. N. McLaughlin
Memphis
D. Dobson Good
New York
Dividend Notice from Howard Stockton Company
A dividend of 2 percent will be payable on Monday the 29th inst at the companys office No Milk street room 31 to stockholders of record of day. Howard Stockton Boston June 18 1891 Treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milk Street
Howard Stockton
Boston
Worcester, Nashua & Brochester Railroad Company
T. W. Hammond
Worcester
OLD Colony Railroad
Dive Bend NO SA
Ness
John M. Washburn
Mass
Boston & Roxbury Mill Corporation
Devonshire Street
William F. Matchett
Joston
Nsolvercwy
George A. Mead
Suffolk
Clalos
Joan H. Appleton
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NEW Books
Mercantile
Corporation
Saab
Public Park
Treasury
Buenos Ayres
Mexico
T Ae Someliera Bros
Guadaljara
Wall Street
Chicago Gas
Louisville & Nashville
Missouri Pacific
Weston
Fitchburg
Osceola
Arnold
Franklin
Chicago Gag Trust
Eas
Boston Water Power Company
Messrs
Lewis Coleman
Henry D. Hyde
G. D. Braman
A. A. Pope
Coleman
Hyde
Braman
Snail
American Loan &Brust Company
Fred L. Ames
Massachusetts
Ola
Union Pacific
Kansas Division
Kansas Pacific Road
Denver Pacific Railway & Tolenvent Company
Oregon Railway & Navigation Company
Sidney Dillon
Charles B. Fosdick
Jay Gould
Russell Sage
Frederick
L. Ames
Henny R. Reed
W. W. Colton
E. McNeill
Zera Snow
W. B. Gilbert
F. G. Wheeler
D. P. Thompson
Joan
Westinghouse
Mercantile Trust Company
Maine Central Railroad
New Road
Columbia Oil Company
Llinois Central
Denver & Rio Grande
Milwaukee & ST. Paul
Jane
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Summit Branch
Lykens Valley
Boston Stock Exchange
Bell
Bas.w
C. & W. Mich
Rof Vt
K.C. M
Cen
Do Istine
Con, Inc
N. E
U.N
Atchigon
Bost
Alb
Low
Kost
Maliye
Canton
Dex
Boy
Ono
Rutland
Wenieve
Nasu, & Roch
Allones
Eeeep Anes
Arnol
Kearsarge
McGnard
S.ss.s
Tamarack
Aspinwall
Anniston City
Brookline
Cambridge Field
Campobellu
Franklin Park
French Bay
Steere
Ouldsoore
Lamoine
Mavericok
Payson
Penobscot
San Diego
Sullivan
Weat
Winter Harbor
Winthrop
Wollaston
Moran
Chi. Gas
Phon
Toy
Cord
Newburyport
B&b
Stud
Stv. & Coop
Etee
Sess
Sue
Bay State Gas
Wayne Eflec
H. Elec
N. W
G. Vist
G. Wa
Ae Ie
F.C. & P Bees
Tex
P. Cee
Chads
J. U
U. Pac
Lsts
W. Shore
Nor
Pac
Lg Mining
Col. Coal
Peat
Mt. Diablo
Hocking Coal
Homestake
Areka C mm
Deadwood Terra
Ophir
Jest & Delcher
Totosl
Yellow Jacket
Cal & Whiskick
Martin White
Financiial
F. W. Prescott & Co
Devonshire Streat
O&m
Oss Loweoe
LSVU
Charters Crode
Rang Shinmenta
F. W. Seeid Co
Devonshire
Columbia Oil CO
Illinois
The
Winds ‘Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago
Dteustedn
Illinois Trust and Savings Bank, of
Chicago, Ill
Columbia Oi Company
C. E. Sheldon
Owatoona, Minn
Holmes Hoge
1St National Bank
Abraham MM. Pence
Baldwin&& Blackmar
McCall & Sunger
Merrimack Manufacturing Co
Bdivedesn , NY
N. A. Thompson Coal CO
Seneral
Congress St
Keston
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