Trade Review Notes Mixed Wheat and Cotton Shifts
Dun and Co notes speculative gains in wheat corn cotton with lower wool and sugar. Prices rise in Liverpool but domestic markets lack demand. Cotton prices struggle though woolen goods show slight improvement amid weak sales and frequent price shading. Failures rise to 24 in the U S and 31 in Canada. May clearings down 26 percent from 1893 panic level.
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New York
R. C. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Liverpool
Atlantic
Chicago
Creedmoor
Philadelphia
United States
Canada
Bradstreet's Views: Demand Falls in Staple Goods Trade
Bradstreet's notes a calmer market as demand for staple goods slips. Wool weakens while cotton fabric demand disappoints. pig iron and steel billets hit record lows. Tea and cotton rise on tariff and acreage hopes. inland trade holds steady or shrinks. Floods recede boosting wholesale grocers and hardware sales in the West and Midwest. Bank clearings total 1,001,000, down from last week and the prior year.
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New York
Chicago
Mississippi River
Duluth
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Memphis
Left Handed Barber Sparks Wry Local Observations
The writer recalls a left handed barber who shaved with reverse motions, joking about fear of an upper cut yet praising skill. He also plugs E A Green Son piano dealers at 1223 Boylston. A note on sailor hats describes heavy trimming and fashionable crowns at H W Downs Co millinery, 169 Tremont Street.
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Mary
E. A. ‘Green & Son
Boylston Street
H. W. Downs Co
Tremont Street
Delighters at Cook’s lunch draw Avon Street crowd
Delightful as women are they partake of a special lunch at Cook's No 23 Avon street. Public sentiment deems a loafer as good as anyone. He then causes trouble.
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Cook's
Avon Street
Piano chairs on display at A. M. Lelands
Visit A. M. Lelands at 120 Boylston Street to choose from a handsome stock of piano chairs now available for purchase.
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A. M. Leland’s
Boylston Street
White Crest soap and local ads parade 19th century bustle
A collage of slogans and ads promotes White Crest soap floating on public favor. Local merchants tout bargains at corner Washington and Hanover, promising refunds if competitors match 40 percent of prices. A Chicago debt note and a New York drug market item close the column with brisk urgency.
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Messrs
Vorenberg & Co
Washington and
Hanover Streets
New York
Sunday Services Across Boston Churches
Sunday pages list multiple churches with morning and evening sermons led by pastors such as Dr. Lorimer Gordon Bates and Cameron. Events include Sunday schools, Epworth Leagues, and musical programs featuring notable performers and venues across Tremont, Brimstone, Berkeley, and Boylston streets.
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Tremont Temple Baptist
George C. Lorimer
D. D
Pietre Franklin Johnson
Chicago
Lorimer
Dr. Lorimer
Bromfield Street
M. EF
Strangers’ Church Home
L. B. Bates
Epworth League
People's Temple
Columbus Avenue
Berkeley Street
Brady
Christ
Professor Watson
Ole Bull
Miss Watson
William S. Haven
Brookline
Bishop Haven
Watsons
Boston
Senate
Tremont Street
M. E
Tremont and
Concord Streets
John ID. Pickles
Editor’s clash over assessment life insurance facts
Letter writers defend assessment life insurance and dispute claims that the price rules and reserves are misapplied. They argue premiums and state reserves vary by plan and urge readers to trust regulation and protective intent amid broader critiques of big finance and political justice. Nicholas Mathewson hints at national distrust of government and big business.
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Dever
Lfe
Assessment Life Insurance
George D. Eldridge
Milk Street
Trusts Flourish Despite Protests Over Dignity of Senate
A letter to the Post argues that investigations into trusts are mere theater, claims public opinion is manipulated, and cites 1890 federal anti trust laws as failing to curb monopolies. The writer contends the great corporations thrive while legal action remains ineffective and misunderstood.
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Post
Senate
United States of America
Congress
Ayer’s Sar saparilla boasting blood purifier claim
The ad claims Ayer’s Sarsa parilla will purify the blood more perfectly economically and speedily than any other remedy, citing fifty years of cures behind the statement. It urged readers not to waste time or money on other blood purifiers.
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Ayer
Expose of Barbarous Surgical Practices Warns Doctors
Simon M. Landis and detectives report cases of alleged surgical abuses in hospitals. He cites a pregnant patient dying under an ovarian tumor operation, two infant deaths from appendicitis false alarms, and a poor patient misdiagnosed with uterine issues. Landis urges caution and signals further actions from physicians.
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Landis
Butt
Simon M. Landis
Boston
Revisions for Assessment Insurance Proposed by John A McKim
John A McKim of Boston argues for a ten year assessment term with adjusted rates to provide cheap temporary insurance. He notes the impracticability of using assessment life as permanent life insurance without reserves and urges nonrenewable policies without re examination.
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Merrill
Old Line Life Insurance
John A. M’kim
Milk Street
Boston
Old Boston Morning Post Ad by George Knight
A reader in East Boston recalls an 1841 Boston Morning Post issue dated April 12 volume XIX number 8. The paper mourns President Harrison and carries a funeral report from Washington dated April 7. The letter asks readers to share any surviving copies.
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Post
Sir
Boston Morning Post
Harrison
George A. Knight
Meridian Street
East
Boston
McKinleyism and Prosperity Debate in The Post
A reader argues that McKinleyism, via the gold standard since 1873, resembles protection by taking value from producers and giving to capital holders. The critic claims demonetizing silver boosted gold, lowering commodity values and harming farmers and manufacturers.
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W. W. Winslow
Providence
R. I
Static Electricity Promoted as Cure-All by Boston Clinic
Dermatale Ever Woodbury of 11 Winter Street Boston advertises an influence machine as the only proper treatment for rheumatism lumbago sciatica gout and nervous diseases. Free consultation and moderate charges claimed.
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Dermataleever
Woodbury
Winter St
Boston
Workingmen and tariff reform critique from 1897 letter
Levi Forbush of North Woburn urges tariff revisions and a return to the gold standard, arguing McKinleyism harms labor while tariffs could fund government. Philo Junius advocates scientific forestry and river conservation as national benefits.
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Lsbor
Republic
Levi Forbush
North Woburn
May
The Currency Phonomena and its Misleading Explanations
A critic argues against simplistic views of currency volume affecting gold exports and imports. He notes that currency circulating outside the Treasury or in banks is not active in trade, and that gold flows hinge on foreign indebtedness, not mere money abundance. He warns readers against BunSByish theories and calls for financial education.
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Europe
United States Treasury
Leverage
Dorchester Ministers’ Union backs governor on General Martin
The Dorchester Ministers’ Union writes to Governor Wolcott urging retention of General Martin as Police Board chairman. The governor cites evidence supporting his withdrawal, while ministers argue for Martin’s motives and recall past actions on liquor issues and school conflicts amid debate over the twenty five feet law.
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Dorchester Ministers’ Union
Wolcott
Martin
General Martin
Dorchester
Legislative Committee
Ministers’ Union
Forest reservations debated after flood relief calls
A Boston letter warns Congress against forest reservations while urging federal action to halt Mississippi Valley floods. It cites Walter C Wright and Representative Catchings arguing forests could reduce floods and boost commerce, urging a broad federal remedy.
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Walter C. Wright
National House of Representatives
Catchings
Mississippi
Mississippi Valley
Congress
New England
Isa
Manly Justice in Trade and Taxation Dissent
A letter from John Gordon of Roxbury condemns protectionist tariff laws as unfair to international trade and taxes that burden the poor. He argues wealthy interests avoid fair taxes while labor bears the load, railing against tyranny and calling for true equality.
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Fitz
Corbett
Criticism of Cambridge Boston and Maine hours argument
An ardent sympathizer urges the Cambridge B M men to demand more work hours and better treatment. He cites western division practices, unpaid coal from last winter, and calls for fair play from Weston and Maine management. He stresses workers deserve respect and steady hours.
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Pillsbury
Boston & Maine Railroad
Cambridge
Western Division
Weston & Maine
Boston & Matneralissat
The Post Congratulates On Mining Investment View
Walter Church salutes the editorial on Mining as an Investment Field from May 13 1887 praising its foresight. He notes Rothschilds investing in American gold and silver mines and predicts New England may follow with imitators as public opinion forms around the proposal.
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New England
Post
Rothschilds
Walter Church
Hints for Open Cars Urge Rail Guards to Protect Passengers
Letter writer MAX HENRY NEWMAN urges transit officials to install guard rails on the inner side of open cars to reduce crush risks. He notes the greater danger in open cars and cites Western practice, arguing safety should come before greed and should protect passengers.
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Max Henry Newman
Where Winthrop Is Separate From Revere
A letter from Edw. 8 Shears of Boston dated May 12 argues that Winthrop is a distinct town and should not be conflated with Revere in Post coverage. He notes thousands of Winthrop residents feel misrepresented by such statements and offers to fund geography education and a map.
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Post
Winthrop
Revere
Boston
Shears
Bible Club closes with last chance for self interpreting Bible
New England readers rush to buy the New Self Interpreting Bible as the Bible club at 157 Tremont Street stays open until 10 pm. After today the set goes by subscription only at more than double the current price. The volume includes commentaries over 400 photographs, a Bible dictionary, atlas, and history praised by clergy and Bible workers.
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New England
Bible Club
Tremont Street
Joseph Lee Takes Over Management at Trinity Court Cafe
Joseph Lee is now managing the Trinity Court cafe on Dartmouth Street near the railroad bridge, taking over daily operations and customer service.
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Joseph Lee
Dartmouth Et
Railroad Bridge
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