Storm Paralyses New York as Blizzard Hits City
Providence dispatches describe the blizzard halting steamer service and locking streets New York faced from Sunday night through Tuesday. Cabs and hacks charged high fares, hotels filled, milk and coal shortages emerged, trains and ferries struggled, and volunteers aided stranded passengers while New York began to recover by Wednesday.
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Providence
Rhode Island
Stonington
New York
Sound
New Haven
East River
Hell Gate
Fourth Avenue
Tme
Grand Central Station
Brooklyn Bridge
Trafic
Journal Reporter
Wall Street
Tea Times
Journal
Stonington Landing
O. W. Gates
Ady
Gates
Astor House
Providence & Stonington Pier
Mott
Augusta
Newark
Florida
Seminole
Sandy Hook
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
Albany
Yonkers
Utica
St. Louis Express
Spuyten Duyvil
Old River Road
Broadway
Madison Square
Battery
Brooklyn
Newban
Coney Island
Bristol
Fall River
Joston
Yewitt
Dakota
St. Paul
Boston Holds Against Blizzard As Storm Logs Reach City
Boston recovered from a severe winter storm with telegraph and railroad services mostly on schedule. Reports describe passengers stranded near West Boylston and Worcester, warm meals improvised from seed cakes and cheese, and gradual restoration of circuits linking Providence Worcester Fitchburg New Bedford Lowell Portland and Bangor as news flow resumed by Wednesday night.
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Boston
Gardner Wetherbee
Windsor Hotel
New York
Wetherbee
Harvard
Mass
West Boylston Station
Worcester
Massachusetts Central Railroad
Fo’ Dialey
Associated Press
Providence
Western Union
Portland
Plymouth
Newport
Vineyard Haven
Lowell
Malden
South Shore
Old Colony
Fitchburg
New Bedford
Bangor
Springfelda
Hartford
Albany
Train Despatcher Announces Reopened Wires and Through Service
A Fitchburg railroad despatcher tells a Post reporter that snow blockades are broken and through train service will resume. Train No. 43 arrived about midnight with about 100 passengers after a harrowing trip from Chicago, facing heavy snow and drifts.
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Fitchburg
Post
Boston
Chicago
Worcester
Opera Company
Ayer Junction
W. L. Kimball
Binghamton
Smallpox Quarantine Declared in Cumberland Mills Me
Four or five cases of smallpox appear in Cumberland Mills village SACCARAPPA March 14. The board of health places patients in quarantine and assumes control of the outbreak.
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Saccarappa
Cumberland Mills
Board of Health
Sneaker Carlisle Seeks Seat Amid Applause in House
In Wasming Wasmixcros on March 14 Carlisle renewed his bid for a House seat and was met with strong approval. The German legation in Washington showed no signs of mourning for the Emperor. Auction sales followed for Baron von Alvenasken’s effects and later his imported wine. The red flag marks remained where black should be.
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Wasmixcros
Carlisle
Washington
Baron von Alvenasken
General Albemarle Cady Reported Dying in New Harven
United States Army general retired and longtime New Harven resident Albemarle Cady, age unspecified, is reported to be dying after residence in the city for twenty years.
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New Harven
Conn
Albemarle Cady
United States Army
Weather data snapshot with temperatures and humidity
A rough OCR weather log lists mean daily barometer 29.89 and temperature 86.0, 38.0, 85.0. mean dew point 32.0. relative humidity 89.0 percent. Wind speed max 34.0 with total exposure 22. notes show snow and cloud conditions.
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Mead Oo
Paweale Vaidet
Einuns
Steamers Arrived From Global Routes In Brief
Steamers arrived at Peremen on March 12 from New York to Glasgow and at Halifax on March 13 from London. Other ships include a vessel from Rio Janeiro via Para to St Thomas and New York, which proceeded on the 19th. Details note arrivals at Boston and Glasgow with various origin ports.
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Peremen
Fulda
New York
Glasgow
State of Indiana
New Ok
Halifax
Scotland
London
Para
Alliance
Rio Janeiro
St Thomas
Boston
Biberian
Glendevon
Trapani
Editor Russell Retires After Making a Fortune
Chicago reports the retirement of Martin J. Russell from the Chicago Herald editorial chair after a long tenure and fortune. Horatio W. Seymour succeeds him, bringing noted energy and wit as writer and editor. In Worcester, Agnes Love loses a suit against the Fitchburg Railroad, with damages denied after a locomotive collision on Market Street in April.
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Chcaco
Martin J. Russell
Chicago Herald Today
Horatio W. Seymour
The
Herald
Seymour
Chicago
Russell
Worcester
Agnes Love
Fitchburg Railroad Company
Market Street
Milk scarcity deepens as trains blocked from supply
Widespread milk shortage worsens as three milk cars totaling about 6000 gallons arrive for C Brigham & Co amid ongoing transport blockades. Hotels receive drastically reduced can shipments. inspectors prep to prosecute adulteration. Beef, mutton, and poultry at risk without fresh deliveries. frozen stock remains available.
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C. Brigham & Co
Lowell
Old Colony
Medway
Woonsocket
New York & New England
Young’s Hotel
Parker House
Babcock
Chicago
Halibut Pool Monopoly Tightens Grip on Gloucester Trade
Gloucester fish dealers accuse the halibut pool of monopoly power spanning three firms led by the New England Halibut Company and two others. Independent dealers like Dennet & Wonson face price manipulation, threats, and restricted sales as the pool buys fish at low rates and drives up prices for consumers.
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Gloucester
Boston
New York
Gloucester Pool
New England Halibut Company
Atlantic Halibut Company
Mayor Robinson
Messrs
Gardner, Poole
Parsons
T Wharf
New England
Halibut Company
Conquest & Hodgkins
Boston Fish Company
Poly
Dennet & Wonson
Cape Ann Fish Company
Grimes & Tarr
J. C. Tarr & Co
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Montreal
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Colebrook
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Greenfield
Keene
Providence Railroad
New York & New England Railroad Company
Geo. A. Plummer
Leonard & CO
Kleal Estate
Bromfield Street
Govel Gustteré
Philadelphia
D. N. Holway
Devonshire Street
Brotherhood of Engineers
Curiaco
Chicago, Burlington & Quincey Road
Brotherhood
Arthur
Kansas City
Santa Fe
Argentine
Amestory
Hamilton Corporation
Massachusetts State Board of Arbitration
O’connell
John A. O’connell
William B. Gale
Knights
Leon L. Jaquith
M. Quirk
Boyd-Carey Shoe Co
John Young
Gale
Messrs. Gale
Jaquith
Dover
N. H
James M. Cleary
St. Mary’s Church
Borvao
Manitoba
North Bay
Canadian Pacific
Congress
G. W. Simmons & CO
North Street
Brockton
General Sherman
Cardinal Gibbons
Cleveland
Michael Carmody
Salem
Chemical Paper Company
Holyoke
Henry Bull, Jr
Mme. Janauschek
Wabash Road
Gresham
Burlington
Amesbury
Argentine, Mo
Maria Dorsey
Rhode Island State Prison
Rochester
United Labor
Maine
National Bank
Lawrence
Frederick
Suakim
Post Office
F. Smith
William Hague
Atchison and
Wendell Phillips Club
Expressmen’s League
Roxbury Horse Guards
McAll Association
Association Hall
Somerville Aldermen
Wells Memorial Hall
John G. Brooks
Oss Rver
Signal Services
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