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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 12, 1886

Page

3

Milford likely to gain a division and Hopedale town

A crowded Senate chamber watched the Milford division and the incorporation of Hopedale debated amid strong speeches. Senators from Taunton, Haverhill, and Lynn argued for and against, with a narrow vote moving the bill to a third reading. The session also covered liquor clubrooms, Medford division, and numerous House actions on public statutes and city projects.

Senate Milford Hopedale Friends of Taunton Emerson Haverhill Jones Lynn Hopedate Yeas Gleason Gould Gunn Harlow Hayes Howland Jeffergon Jeffs Beokshire Jovan Re Locke Milliken Morrill Morse Norris Cognwell Cape Phillips Springfield House of Correction Suit Club Medford Lhe Perkins Cambridge Doherty Boston Committee On Towns Beverly Farms Brooks Patt Representative Smith Worcester Dwyer House Charman Atlantic Quantum Quincy Kling A. Perkins Attantic H. Hi. Faxon House Committee Supreme Court Aic Eremon

A Bottle of Whiskey That Traveled to the Arctic

A bottle of brandy and whiskey sent to Lt. Schuetze to deliver to George Melville travels 4000 miles by sea and 15000 miles by rail. After meeting Greely, Melville preserves the bottle for his daughter to open in the future as a memorial to the men who sent it.

Schuetze Sena DeLong Broadway New York Henry C. Bilis Biltis George Melville Melville Russia The Lena Schustzs Arctic Schudze Harber London Irkutk Melviis Irkutesk Yakutsk Willis Florida Sileeria Eis Ellis Pennsylvania Hstorical Society Greely Jim

Roadways of New Mexico discussed by Clarence Pullen at Institute of Technology

Clarence Pullen former Portland Press editor and former surveyor general of New Mexico spoke to the Society of Arts at the Institute of Technology describing New Mexico’s road history. He traced routes from buffalo trails through Pueblo paths to the Santa Fe trail and noted railroad construction difficulties.

Clarence Pullen Portland Press New Mexico Society of Arts Institute of Technology Montezuma Mexico Santa Fe Keosas Atlantis

Chelsea's Lockup A Dismal 16th Century Prison

Chelsea's lockup built with 1200 funds in 1561 sits on Division Street. It houses six cells on the first floor and nine lodger bunks on the second, but lacks a cellar water closet or proper ventilation. Rumors abound that twenty six prisoners cram into the small cells and twenty lodgers in quarters meant for nine.

Chelsea Division Street Guptil

Rubber Boot and Shoe Trust Formed by Major Manufacturers

Five rubber makers including Woonspecket, Boston Rubber Shoe, Hayward, Wales Goodyear and Candee unite to fix boot and shoe distribution. Headquarters set for Boston New York and Chicago with wholesale sales, excluding rubber clothing, aiming to cut costs and improve quality. Agreement to take effect in April.

Woonspecket Rubber Company Boston Rubber Shoe Company Hayward Rubber Company Wales Goodyear Company Candee Rubber Company Boston New York Chicago

Frack Marston Loses Hands in Mill Accident

Kupson Mass March 11 A young man named Frack Marston lost both hands when a circular saw at Boe's mill in Boylston caused a severe injury. No further details on his condition or the incident were reported.

Kupson Mass Frack Marston Boe Boylston

Financial glut and renewed firmness in Boston money market

Boston financial notices show a firm undertone with clearing house loans at 2 percent and higher outside rates. Reports detail government securities, evolving exchange rates, and new national bank organization, plus mixed stock activity and dividends from Bell Telephone and Holmes Mining.

Boston New York Treasury Department First National Bank of Phil H. Foscue

Fragmented OCR Item Lists Various Distances and Names

An unreadable OCR fragment lists numerous terms and numbers, mentioning places such as Catalpa and Tol Oin and St. MAMMs, with scattered measurements like 100, 50, and 600. The text appears to be a damaged page segment with random names and numeric values.

BOO DunBil St. Mamms etallicFaster

New York Stock Market Ends Mixed, Gains Late Session

After 2:15 p.m. the market remained dull then firm and strong, finishing higher than yesterday. Led by Railroad stocks and blue chips, active shares rose about ½ to 1% with Canadian Pacific, Lake Shore, Texas and Pacific, and Lackawanna among top gainers. some issues closed flat to down in a choppy session.

Boston Atchison New York New England Missouri Pacific Worcester Nashua Rochester Chicago Illinois Burlington R. G Morey Prime Mercantile Exchange London Pacific Mall Lackawanna Canadian Pacific Texas and Pacific Lake Shore St. Paul Chesapeake Ohio Southwestern Western Erie Michigan Central Missouri Kansas Texas Oregon Pacific Wabash Trust Mobile Western Union Houston Texas General Cay Cincinnati St Louis Baldwin Maine Aroostook County New Hampshire Vermont Maine Central Grand Trank Beauty of Hebron N.Y Burbank Joe Prolific Do Northern Peerless Rens Wash N. Y N. B York State Jersey Worcester County Messina Palermo Valencia Porto Rico Havana New York State Fishers Fox Lynx Badger Marten Wink Beadee Icc

Wheat and market notes from Emery Hodges letter

Emery Hodges and Company at No 28 State Street report wheat quiet today amid little rumor driven activity. Corn steady dull and pork firmer with car receipts listed for wheat spring winter corn and gata with puts calls and curb figures noted.

Emery & Hodges State Street

Flour and Grain Market Report and Wheat Outlook 1886

Market notes on flour types and prices from Milwaukee Chicago and New York. Receipts and shipments for flour and wheat show steady to firm tone with varied regional prices. Water power shortages in Minneapolis reduce flour output, while cedar lumber trade improves in the upper Midwest.

Minnesota Michigan Michigan Roller New York Roller Ohio Southern Illinois St Loui Wisconsin Milwaukee Chicago St Louis New York St. Louis Boston Chamber of Commerce Lear Minneapolis Stour Duluth St. Paul Tts Marinette Wis Hacanada Mich Upper Peninsula Detroit Jane Toledo Bush Vermont Franklin Mass Liverpool Iec Western Sage Nearby Cape Aroostook County Nova Scotia New Bennswick

Grain and dflour market report with mixed prices

Western mixed and white rye and barley prices firm to dull across Chicago Milwaukee and New York. Receipts and shipments listed for multiple markets with meats butter and cheese notes and mixed provisions data.

Chicago Ilwaukee St. Loenis New York Canada St Louis Milwaukee

Historical Cargo List From Liverpool and Ports

A lengthy excerpt lists cargoes and quantities loaded at Liverpool and other ports including boxes of bacon lards pork corn wheat and various goods. It records items such as tobacco sugar dyes flour and leather, with quantities in boxes barrels bags crates and feet of lumber, across multiple vessels and locations including Hayti Saint Stephens and Bear River. The entry reads like a seaborne cargo manifest from historical era.

Liverpool Eng Steamer Lawn Hayti Brig Matilda Buck ST Stephens Sir Sarah Glass Bear River Percy H Reed

Receipts of Staple Goods by Railroads in 1786 Records

Lists from multiple railroads including Boston and Albany Grand Junction and Providence show shipments of cotton wool flour corn oats wheat bacon butter eggs cheese tea coffee sugar lard and lumber. Entries specify bales sacks cases barrels and cars with varying quantities across lines.

Ward Lt Boston and Albany Railroad Cora Grand Junction Rail Road Providence Railroad Qld Colony Railroad New York Ana New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Roaton Rairoad Boston Mame Rai Lowell Railroad Express

Total Receipts of Staple Goods March Li

The table lists March staple receipts from shipments including in transit, comparing 1886 with 1885. Totals cover items such as wheat, corn, oats, molasses, butter, beans, peas, potatoes, cheese, cotton goods, leather, lard, pork, tea, coffee, sugar and more with varied figures for recent and prior year totals.

Prada Os Uinewe Gasese Gorn Eges Fey Taliow Ags Uomier Cale Dales Lasther Cs Sea Bsiilee Meg

Heart disease warnings and the Hoptonic remedy

The article discusses sudden cardiac deaths and the belief heart disease results from overexertion or strain. It endorses Hoptonic as a gentle stimulant with beef, malt, and hops that nourishes blood and nerves, urging readers to examine symptoms and use proven remedies promptly.

Daily Press General McClellan Boston Commonwealth Avenue Boston and Maine Hartford

Gloucester Fish Market Prices March 1 1986

Market quotes for cod, haddock, hake, pollock and mackerel with shares and prices for large and small cuts. Includes dry cured, boneless, smoked halibut, pickled codfish, tongues, fins, oils, and various shares by barrel or ton. Cape Ann Advertiser listing reflects wholesale seafood values and by the hundred or ton.

Large Georges Co Haddock Nova Scotia Labrador Cape Ann

Railroad Matters and Prospective Lynn Locomotive Works Site

Boston and Maine railroad may locate oil and locomotive works on marshland along its Lynn tracks near Oak Island, with General Manager Furber and city leaders to discuss. A Lynn freight yard could be built along the line within ten miles of Boston, though opposition fears long freight trips. Separate Houston East and West Texas railroad talks involve a New York syndicate offering to settle debts and pay heirs, with the line spanning Houston to Shreveport. Miscellaneous notes report first-week March earnings for several lines and company bond developments, plus local dissent over a proposed Boston and Lowell line favoring Lynn population centers.

City of Cambridge George W. Cannon T*homas J. Cannon Josiah Robinson Benjamin Robinson John Gillespie Farnham Gillespie F.*derkins L. N. Iuchesne Pittsfield Hampshire Ware Northampton Chird Congregational Society Protestant Episcopal Church Senate Massachussetts New Church Union Chelsea New England Aid Society For the Aged and Friendless Patrick Coir State House Street Railways Committee Boston Chicago Committee of Manufactures New York Newark Woman’s Suffrage Committee Wesrd Joyner Essex Lathrop Springfeld Committee On Judiciary Detroit Lansing Eastern Southwest Boston and Maine-Eastern New England Albany Metropolitan Union Pacific Oregon Short Line Oregon Railway and Navigation Chicago, Burlington and Northern Denver Burlington Missouri Marquette Houghton Ontonagon Bell Telephone Erie Calumet and Hecla Franklin Osceola Osceola Consolidated Mining Company Joseph W. Clark Horatio Bigelow John N. Dennison George F. Bemis Thomas H. Perkins Charles van Brunt John Daniels Clark Albert Bigelow The Copper Herald of Hancock Mich Minnesota Upper Peninsula Ontonagon County American Bell Telephone Company Holmes Mining Company Boston and Maine Railroad West Yan Main Line Oak Island Furber Lynn Corpor Strop Lyna Busness Exr Old Eastern Corporation Sele Texas Houston Tex Shreveport St. Louis Clarke Houston and Texas Central Finois Central Norther Pacific Revere Lowell Wooalawa Cemetery

Wheat and Cotton Markets Mixed in London and Liverpool

Berthold Beerbohm reports cargoes off the coast and firm wheat on passage to the continent with large quarters in transit. Liverpool notes quiet cotton with prices in buyers favor and steady to mixed signals across wheat, corn, and provisions amid steady exchange and futures in London markets.

London Beerbohm Chamber of Commerce United Kingdom Liverpool Uplands Orleans California

Creditors seize firms in multiple New England assignments

Cory Bros of Providence sit by as Cory lone forms part of a firm with Wohlenberg & Steffen. Carney & Prince Portland face liabilities of 17000 with 10538.50 assets. Gerbin & Bender Redwing assign to W Eisenbrand. Solomon Burt Natick shows 4000 liabilities with 1700 assets. Jane F Lee New Bedford mortgage foreclosed on stock. W A Stoddard Newport has real estate attached. Wilbur Raymond state 8 provision dealer assigns. Rand Avery Co receivership. Rand Avery Supply Co and New England Railway Publishing Co separate, with Avery as minority holder and no common ownership.

Cory Bros Providence R. I Cory Lone Wohlenberg & Steffen Coopers’ Supplies Davenport Carney & Prince Fish Packers Portland Gerbin & Bender Mercenandire Redwing Mion Newport Wilbur Raymond N. H Messrs. Rand, Avery &Co Rand Avery Supply Company New England Railway Publishing Company Crs Firm of Land, Avery & Co Rand, Avery & Co

Supreme Judicial Court calendar entries and trials listed

A dense list of court cases across multiple sessions including Davis v England and Ham v Boston police, with various plaintiffs, defendants, and attorneys named. The record covers First Second and Fourth Sessions, including verdicts and unfinished actions, in a March term.

Morton, Field, Devens C. Allen and Gardner William L. Davis William H. England Isaac W. England John G. Dearborn W. Bartlett Davis and Dearborn M. Child England Williamo A. Ham Board of Police of City of Boston R. D. Smith C. A. Prince

Missing Mary Bren Sought After By City Police

An eight year old deaf mute Mary Bren, living at 57 Regent street and student at Warrenton street school for deaf mutes, left school yesterday afternoon at 8 o clock by Highland car and has not been heard from since. Lone Pine by E J Cowley will be staged at Dudley Street Opera House next Wednesday. The second annual benefit for Charles B Sparks will be held at Dudley Street Opera House on Wednesday night March 24.

Mary Bren Regent Street Warrenton Street E. J. Cowley Lone Pine Dudley Street Opera House Charles 8 Sparks Duiey Street Opera House

Joyful Salvationists Observe Army Anniversary

The Salvation Army branch plans five days of events starting tomorrow to mark six years in America. Tremont Temple hosts a jubilee meeting Tuesday evening followed by an all night prayer session in the Meionaon. Captain Gay praises Boston efforts and notes initial ridicule yielded to public respect, with army barracks at North Russell Street.

Salvation Army America Tremont Tempe Ceptain Gay Boston Army North Russell Street

Knights of Pythias organize Scandia Lodge No 6

Scandia Lodge No 6 Knights of Pythias organized in Pythian Hall Tremont street with forty two members. Officers elected include James A Fox Cambridge grand chancellor F A Chase grand keeper of the records and seal L L Tarbell grand prelate G P Walker grand master of exchequer G B Goodell grand outer guard and W W Haskell grand inner guard. Lodge will meet weekly in Pythian Hall.

Scandia Lodge Knights of Pythias Pythian Hall Tremont Street James A. Fox Cambridge F. A. Chase L. L Tarbell G. P. Walker Excnequer G. B. Goodell Grant W. W. Haskell

Household furnishing department under new master workman

Arrangements with RK S Lidelinger of the Knights of Labor place him in charge of the household furnishing department for C H Robinson and Co at Dock Square and Washington Street. A 10 percent discount is offered on all purchases regardless of payment method. Housekeepers are urged to seek these bargains.

RK. S. Lidelinger C. H. Robinson & Co Dock Square Washington Street Knights of Labor

Mining Stock Closing Prices Report

Ban Feaxcisco March 11 official closing prices of mining stocks listed today. The record lists various unnamed mines and brokers with fluctuating values and notable activity across the sector.

Ban Feaxcisco Val Diadion Esse

Obituaries Notice Spanning City Widows and Deaths

A jumble of names and ages marks funeral notices. March 10 to March 13 obituaries list Jnits Romans wife of M Anagnes Samuel G H aged 28 Perkins Institute service on Saturday. Benjamin W Voila 62. Frank M Giman 26. Edward Mullian and James Luad both reported as deceased with heart disease.

Anagnos Jnits Romans M Anagnes Inia Ware Samuel G H. We Sim Perkins B'tod Kester Lam Charlestown Benjamin W Voila Gumas Bston Highlands Frank M Giman Yeas Murphy Roxbury Edward Mu Ian Dastustown James Luad

Vagrant William Hicks Found Dead Amid Street Exposure

Hartford March 11 William Hicks a vagrant was found dead in the street authorities say he fell while drunken and died from exposure. He had been living in Brooklyn prior to the incident and was described as comfortable well before his death.

Hartford, Conn William Hicks Brooklyn

Fragmentary National and Railway Shares in 19th Century Portfolio

A dense OCR of a historic securities list shows numerous shares and bonds from a range of railways banks and mining firms. Notable items include Great Falls Mapacturing, Nashua Sifg Co Putnam Machine and Santa Fe BR Co with multipliers from 1 to 40 shares, plus railroad and bank issuances across Iowa New Mexico Maine and Massachusetts. The document reads as a ledger of 19th century financial holdings with values often in dollars and including historical dates such as 1887 1900 and 1896.

Dwelling House Insurance Co Nashua Sifg Co Putnam Machine Mo Salma Falls Mfe Co Leavenworth, Top & Santa Fe BR & Co Liverpool Iowa Falls Sioux City New Mexico & Southern Pacific Ta Toledo Phuilman Palace

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