Massachusetts Banks Hold 30 Million in Government Deposits
Massachusetts banks hold 30,125,535 of national government funds on deposit across 200 banks, with about 5,000,000 tied to disbursing officers. Since 1888 calls by Secretaries Fairchild and Windom reduced earlier totals, only seven Massachusetts banks now hold deposits. The piece lists amounts by bank, noting major sums in New York and other states and showing a Massachusetts total of 1,182,000 for specific banks and 4,476,307 overall as of February 28, 1891.
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Massachusetts
Secretary of the Treasury
Fairchild
Windom
Treasury Department
New York State
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Ird National
Bos- Ginnce Ces
Boston National
Bossic
Continental National
Boston
Sucecene
Fourth National
Bostom
Bone Ve Eenteces
Bos- Guista i Ois
Ces
Ramana
Maverick National
Cs Bewiidle Ceesseses
National
Mes Eees Cane
Nant National
Weenie Ae Orton
State National
Bank Commonwealth
Seseeree
National Revere
Stiges
Bank Ae Amer- Weeca
Ecaveses i
Mit National
Fall River
Greenfield
First National
Third National
Worcester
Behring Sea Fur Seal Debate Reports Possible Cut
Treasury officials seek AG opinion on Secretary power to lower the lease minimum from 50 000 in Behring Sea to protect fur seals amid expanding spring and summer vessel fits around St Paul St George and Victoria BC. Officials fear ongoing permits undermine U S interests during Behring Sea negotiations with Britain.
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Behring Sea
Treasury Department
United States
Victoria
B.C
Seal Islands
San Francisco
St. Paul
St. George
The Postal Subsidy Law Put Into Motion
Postmaster General Wanamaker outlined the initial steps to implement the new postal subsidy law. He is surveying the bill’s full scope and identifying American ships for immediate service, with key talks including Griscom of the Inman line and Thurber of United States and Brazil line to determine routes and additional ports to be included.
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Wanamaker
Clement A. Griscom
Inman Line
H. K. Thurber
United States & Brazil Line
Navy invites proposals for 7300 ton protected cruiser
The Navy Department issues a call for bids to build a 7300 ton protected steel cruiser designated Cruiser No. 13. Proposals due June 1 require domestic manufacture of all machinery with armor provided by the government. The ship must reach 21 knots for four hours on trial or face penalties. excess speed yields premium bonuses.
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Navy Department
Ives Sale: Syndicate Buys Japanese Swords for 15000
The Brayton Ives sale was abridged to allow a syndicate to purchase the Metropolit an Museum of Art collection of eighty nine Japanese swords for 15000 dollars. Only forty two sword guards sold, bringing around 1500 dollars.
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New York
Brayton Ives
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Notable Arrivals Fill Hotels Amid 1890s Boston Social Scene
The hotels bustle with distinguished guests as the Crawford House hosts the Royal Arcanum entertainment committee and Young's and Tremont House host private trade meetings. Notables include Rev. DeWitt Tehmage, Rt. Hon. W. H. Bryan and Lady Bryan, General Charles H. Clanter, and numerous society figures and travelers cataloged by arrival.
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Suffolk County
Royal Arcanum
Crawford House
Boston
Young’s
Brewers’ Association
Tremont House
Boston Latin School
F. N. Stearns
W. H. Furber
F. B. Gallivan
W. W. Oliver
Theotyne Club
Young’s Hotel
A. N. Sampson
J. S. Fay
Marlboro
Colonel Fay
George H. Hill
J. F. Baxter
R. B. Henderson
Whipple
Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Association
Edward A. Samuels
B. B. Howe
G. Brooks
Selwyn White
A. H. Waynt
Ff. E. Tambor
Cyrus Thatcher
Simon C. Bennett
James H. Lange
William F. Ray
Charles Stewart
Sidney Gleason
F. A. Nelson
Stephen Mienset
R. Bease
R. Scott
John Carver
W. D. Ball
Robert M
Charles H. Clanter
R.A
London
Vencome
J. W. Anderson
Tacoma
Wash
Ella Peeksville
New York
Mme. Jacques
Worcester
W. B. Lawrence
Brunswick
A. H. Downs
Paul Smith
Albany
F. A. Crowell
Providence
A. B. Baltar
Newton
Thorndike
N. Wesller
Philadelphia
W. L. Ogden
Miss Dickson
Miss Cash
K. Gauntberg
United States
Oliver Shepard
G. A. Arthur
B. D. Prince
James C. Words
T. A. Lee
Kansas City
P. J. Maguire
J. D. Glenn
Bangor
Clark
Quincy
J. A. Budiong
C. C. Leach
Exeter
Mass
J. ©. Riley
Grand Rapids
Mich
R. Deverett
Clairmount
Ouna
J. E. Knapp
E. H. English
New Haven
Irving Hurbert
Colorado Springs
W. Reiff
W. J. McKay
Chicago
Revere
N. J
Salem
Parker
J. K. Emerson
W. H. Abbott
Dexter, Me
C. C. Davis
Griffin
Thomas Lavender
St. Albans
O. D. B. Fearing
Newport
A Man of Convictions on Free Coinage of Silver
Ex-President Cleveland writes against free coinage of silver and warns it harms national interests. The Northwestern Financier praises his steadfast convictions over demagogic public posture, arguing such men deserve trust when tested. They emphasize courage to stand by duty despite clamor. He that sweareth to his own hurt and changeth not.
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Denver
Col
Cleveland
Brace
Nho
Voblesse
Marriages and engagements noted in city notices
In this city notices record marriages and engagements including Edward L. Clark with J. Prescott, Falk with Helene Jones, and Arthur Jones with Earth Graham as reported by Rev. E. M. Taylor in Boston on the sixth and tenth of March.
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Clark Ford
Ida5
J. Prescott
Edward L. Clark
Eh. Ford
Falk-Slolenei
Jager
J. P
Paul Falk
Helene Jones Graham
Boston
Instant
E. M. Taylor
Arthur Jones
Earth Graham
Obituary notices from Boston area on March 11 12
Listings of deaths and brief notices across multiple Boston area cities include Barry Austin 20, Josiah W. Brown 71, Mrs. M J Browning 67, William H Cox 52, Mrs. George J. Dale 75, Mary Ann Esterok 76, Latitia Fiske late Baratio Hancock Fiske, Oliver M Gale 92, George W Gould, Nancy R Gove 83, William Kennedy 29, Jane W Morris, Annie C Orrock, Maria O’Meara 78, Walter H Potter 19, William H Ramsey 37, Sarah Jane Remmonds 79, Abby Snow 62, Almon Warner 62, Ebenezer N Blake 73, Martha Peabody 91, with services noted for Blake and Burials listed. Includes several residency notes: Cambridgeport, Charlestown, Dorchester, Wollaston, Roxbury, Malden, Woburn, East Cambridge.
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Dale
East Cambridge
George J. Dale
Esterok
Roxbury
Mary Ann
Joseph E. Esterbrook
Fiske
Charleston
Latitia
Baratio
Hancock Fiske
Gale
Franklin
Oliver M. Gale
Warwick
Mass
Gould
Cambridgeport
George W. Gould
Ebenezer
Susan Gould
Gove
Sid
Nancy R
Japheth Gove
Nnedy
Dorchester
William H. Kennedy
Morris
Ailston
William H. Ramsey
Remmonds
Beverly
Sarah Jane
Robert Remmonds
Snow
Malden
Abby
Warner
Almon Warner
Wilson
David
Alexander Wilson
Glasgow
Scot
Blake
Woburn
Ebenezer N. Blake
Abbott Street
Peabody
Martha
Francis Peabody
Salem
Memorial Tribute to Samuel Crocker Cobb At Massachusetts Historical Society
A stated meeting of the Massachusetts Historical Society honors the late Samuel Crocker Cobb with tributes from President George E. Ellis and others. Speakers recount Cobb’s civic leadership as mayor, his trusted stewardship of the Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company, and his broad public service, character, and enduring legacy to Boston.
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Massachusetts Historical Society
George E. Ellis
Professor Goodwin
Henry W. Haynes
Solomon Lincoln
Leverett Saltonstall
Henry G.denny
Stephen Salisbury
Merlen Chamberlain
William. P. Upham
Samuel Crocker Cobb
Abbott Lawrence
Mr. Cobb
Taunton
Bristol Academy
Harvard
Boston
Messrs
Cunningham
Rowe’s Wharf
Europe
Mediterranean
South America
Penes
Cobb
Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company
Sean
Dr. Storrs
McCleary
Winslow Warren
Boston City's Great Mayor Cobb Honored In Memorial Era
A commemorative tribute details the life of mayor and alderman Cobb, highlighting his Roxbury roots, three year mayoralty, and major city works including parks, sewers, and water projects. It notes his integrity, public service, and influence on Boston’s civic growth, with remarks from colleagues and related memorials and honors.
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Roxbury
Boston
Cobb
Moor Island
Sudbury River
Farm Pond
Bunker Hill
Judge Devens
Congress of the United States
Yorewee
Cornwallis
Winthrop
United States
France
Germany
Congress
Washington
City Hall
Josiah Niney
William Bb. Washburn
Massachusetts
Danvers Lunatic Asylum
Martin
New Hospital Life Insurance
State Street
Mr. Cobb
Obituary notices from Woburn and surrounding area
Obituary notices report Ebenezer N Blake of Woburn who died after a long illness. He was born July 30 1817 in Farmington Missouri and moved to Woburn circa 1839. Longtime businessman, poultry lather and banking director, survived by a widow and five children. Additional obituaries list Dr Warren Whitney aged 80, Josiah Backus aged 41, Sumner P Shepherd aged, John Lufkin aged 66, Charles A Nutter aged 32, and F Alfred Hanley aged 56 with brief notes of their careers and survivors. An advertisement promotes Hood s Sarsaparilla as spring medicine.
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Ebenezer N. Blake
Woburn
Farmington
North Woburn
Charles Tidd
Charles Higbee
Blake, Higbee
Woburn Agricultural and Mechanic Association
First National Bank of
Blackstone National Bank of Boston
Warren J. Whitney
Dorchester
Harvard College
John Lothrop Motley
Wendell Phillips
George C. Shattuck
Nathaniel B. Swartleff
Thomas G. Appleton
Francis Gardner
Mr. Whitney
Harvard Medical School
Josiah A. Backus
Malden
Middlesex Lodge
Alden
Sumner P. Shepherd
Cambridge
Cambridge Savings Bank
Shepherd
Jefferson
John Lufkin
Fall River
Old Colony
Charles A. Nutter
Portsmouth
N. H
New York Life Insurance Company
F . Alfred Hanley
Boston
Whitney House
Westboro
Hearing on wills and estate laws at the Massachusetts State House
The Committees on Probate and Insolvency announce a hearing at Room B, State House, Boston, on Tuesday, March 17 at 11 A M. The session covers contingent remainders in wills, rule against perpetuities, implied revocation of wills, lapses of devises and legacies, jurisdiction in equity for probate matters, and revisions to distribution and descent of real and personal estate. Charles Ensign and Louis M. Clark, clerks, chair the committees.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
State House
Boston
Charles
Ensign
Louis M. Clark
Charrman
Changing the Season Paine's Celery Compound Promotion
Advertises Paine's Celery Compound as a spring health booster for nerves blood and vitality. Claims it builds nerve tissue renews brain force relieves neuraglia nervous dyspepsia sleeplessness headaches paralysis and other nerve and brain disorders with rapid popularity and proven effectiveness.
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Paine
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Treasury
IVES
the Historical Society
Samuel C. Cobb
Samuel F. McCleary
James M. Bugpee
O. B. Frothingham
James Walker
Henry W. Foote
Henry W. Torrey
William Everett
Great Britain
Society
Earl of Bellomont
Everett
Thomas
Egbert C. Smyth
Fort Dummer
Vermont
Samuel A. Green
Sewall
Ambrosian Library
Milan
Goodwin
Aristotle
Athens
Greece
A. C. Goodell, Jr
Historic Genealogical Society
Green
Samuel E. Herrick
Henry M. Dexter
Alexander Brown
Hood
Committee On
McNarby
Edward W. Presho
Charles P. Curtis, Jr
Court Street
Washington Street
J. 8. Barnaby Company
Lincoln Street
Lincoln Building
C. W. Whittier
Washington &J
Ames Building
Washington Sts
T. Dennie Boardman Ames Building
D. K. Willis
Pearl and
Franklin Sts
Yfelephone Exchange
Alex. S. Porter
State St
Boylston Street
Ley
Bradley & Storer
Devonshire Street
Joan Jeffries & Sons
Bussoo
Devonshire
Ladies’ Illustrated
Paris
Ite
The
International News Company
the New Weekly Journal
American Insurance Co
Engson Cive
Kilby Street
George Croshaw & CO
J. W. Fleld
Henry 8. Bean
Boston Theatre
Eugene Tompkins
Yon Yonson
Gua Kge
Primrose & West
Minstrels
Actors Fund
Atv
Globe Theatre
Joan Stetson
Gus Williams
John T. Kelly
Joseph Muhrpay
mReLe Boston Symphony Orchestra
Arthur Nikisch
MHS
Julia Rive-King
Bach-Esser
Paderewski
Arthur Whiting
Rakoczy
Liszt
Vivant
Art Students’ Association
Howard Ticknor
Association Hall
Cor
Boylston and
Berkeley Sts
the Hall
Museum of Fine Arts
Kimball’s
Park St. Music Hall
B. J. Lang
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Agtuer Nixiscu
Ikisch
Massenet
Eve
Ceciia
Miss de Vere
Messia
Andy Treumany
Iokens
Howard Atheneum
Grand Opera House
Proctor & Mansfield
Parsey
McKek Rankin
Cyclorama Erusalem
Lemout St
Pormeny
China
Palestine
Boston Museum
Rue
Sunlight
Mats
Isaac B. Rich
Joseph Arene
New England
Tremont Theatre
Abbey & Schoeffel
Abbey. Schoeffel & Graybeg
Mme
Sarah Bernhardt
Bill
Garden Theatre
Thompson & Baker Coal CO
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