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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 07, 1891

Page

7

FISH TRADE REPORT SHOWS FISH RECEIPTS RISING

Large weekly fish receipts push Boston market toward firmer tone as mackerel, cod, hake, and other varieties move through. Heavy weekly totals include about 2 1/2 million pounds of fresh fish and 800 barrels of fresh mackerel, with prices for various fillets and shellfish listed and stock notes from New England ports. The report also covers sugar, flour, grain, produce, and cotton markets with price ranges and shipments.

New England North Bay Canso Ethel B. Jacobs Gloucester Providence River Cape Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia Cape Breton Irish Norway Boston New York Haddock Maine Bostonish Bureau Minnesota Chicago

CHICAGO CATTLE MARKET SUMMARY NOV NOV DEC AND MAY PRICES

Park December eight forty January eleven thirty May eleven sixty five lard November six zero two December six fifteen January six thirty May six sixty ribs November five eighty two December five eighty two January five eighty two May six zero seven cattle receipts fifteen thousand shipments four thousand slow weaker top natives five fifty six to five six two percent no extra steers others two sixty to two seventy five stockers two thirty eight ten cows one fifteen eight Hog Receipts thirty thousand shipments ten thousand steady rough common three seventy five eight eighty five mixed and packers three ninety four to four oh five prime heavy and butcher weights four ten four twenty five light three fifty three ninety pigs three hundred three sixty sheep Receipts four thousand shipments one thousand native higher native ewes two fifty two five mixed four twenty four thirty five wethers four fifty five twenty five Westerns four fifteen four seventy Texans four thirty four forty lambs three seventy five five twenty five

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Obituary of Boston Journalist Dr Samuel M Hobbs

Dr Samuel M Hobbs longtime Boston journalist dies after a long career in newspapers and customs work. Born 1822 in Waltham he practiced dentistry in Woburn before joining the Bee then Boston Post where he created the Minor Items column. Survived by two sons and a daughter with funeral at 40 Clarendon Street Monday at 2 PM.

Samuel Merriam Hobbs Samuel M. Hobbs Boston Hobbs William Hobbs Waltham Woburn The Bee Boston Post Colonel Green Dr. Hobbs Frederick W. Hobbs Roundy & Hobbs Joseph M. Hobbs Peabody George M. Hobbs Avery & Hobbs Clarendon Street

Death of John F. Mines known as Felix Oldboy on Blackwell's Island

John F. Mines, aka Felix Oldboy, died in Blackwell's Island workhouse hospital from alcoholism. Born in Paris and educated at Trinity, he served as army chaplain and later journalist. After a varied career including a failed Brooklyn Union venture, he advocated Keeley cure before dying after alcohol-related fits following arrest for drunkenness. The Press Club plans burial for Colonel Mines.

John F. Mines Felix Oldboy Blackwell’s Island Mines Paris America Trinity Preparatory New’ York City Trinity College Hartford Maine Bull Run Libby New York Tribune Brooklyn Union Stewart L. Woodford Workhouse Hospital Press Club Colonel Mines

Alfred C Hobbs the Lock Picker Dies in Bridgeport

Alfred C Hobbs, famed for international lock picking feats, died in Bridgeport Conn. Born in 1812, he learned lock manufacture with Day & Newell in New York and gave exhibitions before bank officials. He worked with Hobbs Ashley Co and Hobbs Hurd Co London, helped build locks for the Great Masters steamer, and later led Union Metallic Cartridge Co in Bridgeport until his death. He is survived by a widow a son and a daughter.

Alfred C. Hobbs Bridgeport Conn Day & Newell New York England Grahman London Europe Society of Arts Institution of Civil Engineers America Union Metallic Cartridge Company Hobbs

Settlement Reached in Mutual One Year Benefit Order Case

Five certificate holders suits were before Judge Dunbar. He advised modifying orders to let the benefit order settle claims by paying plaintiffs, and urged agreement to avoid court interference. A half hour recess led to a settlement and all suits were discontinued. All Supreme Court cases against the order were included in the agreement.

Dunbar Supreme Court

Nothing Like Leather and the Boston Shoe Trade Memo

Observations by experts in the Boston boot and shoe trade note Armour’s beef extract and leather use, new players like Charles Read in umbrellas, and a busy club scene at Vendome for Ladies Night with guests from New York. Industry talk covers Goodyear machines, Go Forward Columbus shoe, and the Post’s rising efficiency.

Armour Philip D. Armour Charles F. Read Read No. 45 Broad Street New Post Boston Boot and Shoe Club Vendome Mrs. Croly Sorosis Club New York J. R. McKee Harrison Walter Rapp Boston Brockton R. G. Salomon George E. B. Putnam J. B. Lewis Congress Street Daniel Webster Gregory, Shaw & Co William Claflin Coburn & Co South Framingham Sumner Street Rousmaniere, Williams & Co Brighton Mills I. C. Beatty Goodyear George D. Clapp Para Rubber Company Hotel Vendome President Evans American Rubber Company Beverly New England Shoe and Leather Association Osgood Ray Chicago Burley Burley & Usher Maine Smith & Stoughton South Abington Station Bedford Street Columbus A. H. Richards Nathan D. Dodge & Son Co Amesbury Albert Plummer Walter Scott Haliburton Reporter Post John A. Holbrook North Weymouth Brother Holbrook C. Jacobsen Cutler

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