Orange Fire Wipes Out Blocks In Calamity At Orange
A costly blaze in Orange destroyed four large blocks and a church after a gasoline accident near the American House. Losses exceed $200,000 with many insured heavily. principal victims include Ballou block, Waite block, Washburn block, and the Congregational Church. Insurance coverage partly offsets the damage. Several businesses and residents were left homeless or displaced as investigators assess the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange
Winchester
Ballou
Orange Clothing Company
Athol
Waite
Congregational Church
Washburn
American
A. P. Putnam
Ona Smith
F. P. Carruth & Co
James D. Kimball
Bement
Titus & Halil
E. C. Fowler
C. F. Chase
H. M. Smith
G. H. Thompson
Masonic Fraternity
Sedgewick Post
Uutted
G. H. Winchester
Ashburn & Son
JT. E. Bridge
Crockery
Waite’s Block
Ballou’s Block
A. Smith
Gaines
C. G. Howe
Crocer
A. A. Boys
A. F. Robbins
Enoch Washburn Block
American House
Charles Shattuck
F. R. Bolton
T. E. Bridge
Kh. W. Train
A. F. Felton
Lester Mayer
Orange Lodge of Masons
Eastern Star Lodge
Crescent Royal Arch Chapter
Grand Armest
Wamebit Odge
London
Liverpool & Globe
Home
American of Pennsylvania
Liverpool & Lancashire
Raiders
Meriden
Guardian of England
Sund& Fire
Connecticut Union
Fitchburg Mutual
Cats That Retrieve Birds By Walcott's Cats Story
In Indianapolis a man named Charles Walcott showcases two pet cats, Stranger and Tom, as expert bird retrievers. He recalls teaching them by feeding birds he shot, claiming the cats instinctively follow and fetch wounded prey, rivaling dogs. Neighbors hear of Charley Walcott's bird-hunting cats on the North Side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapoli News
Kittie
Stranger
Lomn
Charles Walott
Lilinois
Second Streets
Mr. Walcott
Max
Mr. Waulcott
Robert
Tom
Charley Walcott
MONEY AND STOCKS (LITTLE INPROVENE) 1891 Boston market note
Boston and New York banking news from November 9 1891 reports a better week in money markets though shock effects linger. Bank reserves fell while loans rose. prices fluctuated with copper notes and railroad earnings, Fitchburg’s quarter earnings fell, and Reading coal policy faces growth pressure amid talks of asset expansion.
Wendell Phillips Union Plans Labor Suppers and Joint Center
The Wendell Phillips Union approves a new scheme uniting Central Labor Union Amalgamated Building Trades Council Knights of Labor Carpenter’s District Council and labor and social reform groups in Boston. It will host affordable labor suppers with music lecture and supper and aims to create a cooperative bank employment bureau and education programs in political economy. The plan seeks to make the union a central hub for labor and social reform activities backed by local and state labor bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Labor Union
Amalgamated Building Trades Council
Knights of Labor
Carpenter’s District Council
Urickayer’s Union
Wendell Phillips Hall Association
Brotherhood of the Carpenter
Organized Labor and
Boston
Cooperative Bank
Wells Memorial
Woman’s Industrial Union
Wendell Phillips Union
The
Idea
Sensible conclusion favors Massachusetts as best state
A line from the Owell Citizen argues that Massachusetts remains the best state to belong to regardless of who is governor, urging readers to acknowledge the state's enduring merit and stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owell
Massachusetts
Union
Grimalkin's Downward Way at the Palace Hotel
A San Francisco Chronicle note details Tom the Palace Hotel cat, a five year resident who drinks whiskey daily. The black and white cat visits the bar and billiard room each afternoon and evening, signals for a drink, feeds at lunch, and wanders the hotel drunk when overtaxed. The piece portrays Tom as a local character with a recurring nightly routine and a weary, tipsy progression through the hotel levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco Chronicle
Palace Hotel
Tom
The Commercial Future of the Pacific States
Captain William S. Merry, former San Francisco Chamber of Commerce secretary, forecasts in the November Forum that Pacific commerce will surge with a trans isthmian canal. He notes current Japan China trade values and argues cheaper transit will unlock rapid Pacific growth, possibly surpassing the Atlantic slope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Seward
Pacific Ocean
William S. Merry
San Francisco
Merry
Pacific
The Swinging Gate Poem Fragment
Florence K Pratt in Harper's Weekly presents a somber poem about a swinging garden gate at twilight. The speaker muses on unseen messengers and future fate while shadows, shutters, and a lamplight glow around the gate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence K. Pratt
Harper's Weekly
State Street Gossip and Market Rumors
Street chatter dubs a Boston morning paper as spreading false bank rumors and notes an evening paper’s view of ex Governor Ames purchasing West End Land stock as a questionable investment. It reports stock movements by Lake Superior parties and others, the East Boston Company naming Wesley A. Gave as a new director, and various brokerage actions including Erie preferred dividends and West End Land loans.
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Boston
Ames
West End
Lake Superior
Wesley A. Gave
East Boston Company
Irving A. Evans
London
St. Paul
Atchison
Erie
Titcomb
Lamson Store Service Company
Europe
Davis
van Enburg
Short selling moves and plant expansion amid stock talk
The piece notes buying pressure at the annual meeting, Detroit Electrical Works plans a plant addition within ninety days, and insiders denying stock purchases at five dollars. Boston buyers paid ten dollars for 10 000 shares with options on 400 000 more, while a securities list backs Fort Wayne series A stock including electric light and power firm issues across St John New Brunswick to New York City valued just over 1 500 000.
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Shorts
Detroit Electrical Works
Boston
Fort Wayne
St. John
N. B
Dallas
Tex
St. Louis
New York City
Keep
Keen
Evie
Atchison
Gould
Mr. Gould
Union Pacific
Richmond
Financial Security Shares and Quartered Dividends Listed
A compiled notice lists a variety of quarterly or semiannual share actions from multiple companies. Entries include Boston & Maine RR em i ann 4 50 p sh Nov 16, Montan Mining Co quar B1 p sh Nov 20, and Chicago & Alton RR quar $2 p sh Dec 1, with further items for Silver-Lead Mining Co monthly 2 ds p sh Nov 10, Montreal RR semi-ann 3 D ¢, Fast Wayne Exxc Co semi-ann 75 ¢ p sh Nov, England Telephone & Telegraph Co quar 75 ets per share Nov, and several other railways and coal firms noting quarterly dividends, par values, and payment dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Maine
Boston & Montan Mining Co
Chicago & Alton
LAN Silver-Lead Mining Co
Concoup & Montreal
Wayne Exxc
England Telephone & Telegraph Co
Oly CoLony
Ullman Palace Can Co
Roe, Watertown & Ogdensburg
Thomson-tLouston Exrcting Co
WaseLing & Lake Erik RR
Lenich Coal & Navigation Co
Bonds To Be Placed In Several Cities
Reported bond activity across cities includes a single $100,000 sewer bond bid by Edward f Linton & Co of Atlantic avenue Brooklyn at par, with remaining bonds to be re-advertised. Providence town reports no bids for 4 per cent water bonds at $100,000 to cover floating debt, another $100,000 authorized but not marketed. West Bay City buyers Hayes & Son purchased 23rd Street Bridge bonds at par minus 40 commission. Jersey City records a lone $15,000 bid for City Hall 6 per cent bonds at par, to be rolled over. District Commissioners seek $6,208,201.97 in federal appropriations for nine years ending 1308, including $666,000 for street improvements. New banks: Stewartstown National Bank in Stewartstown, Pa. and Security Deposit Co in Cascadia, Ill. Union Trust Co in Dero, Mich. forming. Arlington Mass sees C Nelson Blake plan a national bank with $60,000 capital. Mining firms: Anaconda Copper & Iron Co in East St. Louis, Ill.. Lycoming Mining Co in Philadelphia. Montreal Mining & Smelting Co in Dake City, Utah. Capital sums include $83,000,000 and $90,000 for listed ventures. Electric rail and traction ventures: Bellefonte Electric Street Railway planned for $15,000, Morgantown Electric Light & Power Co for $10,000, Atlanta Traction Co at $8,006, possibly $60,000, new consolidated lines with $150,000 bonds sold to Baltimore investors. Pierre Lund & Improvement to sink artesian wells. Northern Car Co in Minneapolis, $200,000 to build streetcars and components.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Edward F Linton & Co
Atlantic Avenue
Providence
R. L
Taft
Bond News
West Bay City
Mich
W. J. Hayes & Son
Cleveland
Jersey City
N. J
City Hall
General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen
Tiself
Stewartstown
Fenn
Stewartetown Nationual Bank
James Fulton
Cascada
Capital
East St. Lewis
Anaconda Copper & Iron Co
D. L. Clymier
Philadelphia
Penn
Lycouting Mining Company
Sac
Dake City
Utah
Montreal Mining & Smelting Co
J. A. Nash
Beaver County
Brrllevonte
Bellefonte Street Electric Railroad Company
Mongantown
Morgantown Electric Light & Power Co
Atlanta, Gae
Atlanta Traction Company
Atlanta, Wealand & Metherson Barracks
Grant Park
George K. Tioppie
Ieary Lanier
Kenry Woodward
Consolidated Company
Saitimore Capitalists
Pine, &. D
Pierre Lund and Improvement Company
South Dakota
Minneaoplis
Minn
Northern Car Company
GC. P. Jones
Alton
Liseossee Enee
Rasvesese Aave
Canada
Lowe
East Tenn
Erie
Iowa Central
Ceersres
Louis
Nash
Itv
Paac
Cene
He Central
Ain
Lily
Liles ii
Ubio & Iiss
Ont
West
LINC
Reo
Hock Island
Lois Kuch
Rene Seer
St. Paul
Lilia
Geeveeer
St. P
Texas Pacife
Pacific
Weeves
Toner
Lila Wu
Express Companins
Adams
Fargo i
United States
LGU
Canton
Ereere Eers
Peat del. & Hud
Egisod
Guy
Pete
Nav.ld
Linp
UCO
Ieee Ee
Sree
Teoan, C
London Market Rates Note Missing Context
London report cites incomplete figures with 12 30 p.m. update listing Cor sois 94 13 16d for money and 951 16d for unspecified items. Details truncated, reader should consult fuller page for exact commodities and destinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Corsois
Market Rates Paragraph From Historic Open Market Summary
The record lists varied rate figures and percentages across multiple regions and securities. It mentions United States fours and firsts in New York Pennsylvania Ohio, alongside Canadian Pacific Eve Erie and Mexican Central values. It cites Readings and St Paul common and New York Central figures, plus Money and discount rates for short and three month bills at 3.44 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Canadian Pacific
Erie
St. Paul
New York Central
San Francisco Stocks Closing Quotes for Mining Stocks
San Francisco mining shares closed today with varied results across major names. The report lists closing quotations of key miners and related securities, reflecting market activity in the sector.
Historic Bank Listings and Industrial Firms From a Catalog Page
A fragmented OCR list shows multiple banks and financial houses such as First Bank, Atlantic Bank, City Bank, Traders’ Bank, and Washington Bank alongside industrial firms like Lowell Manufacturing Co, Hamilton Woollen Co, Boott Cotton Mill, Lyman Mills, and Boston Investment Co. The page resembles a financial catalog of banks and manufacturing entities with scattered locations and numbers.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ance
Fitchburg
Lacey
Ewer
Clearing House Committee
Mercantile
Corporation
Clearing House
the Chronicle
N.Y
Wall Street
B. &Q. Rosa
Bell Telephone
N. E
West End Railway
Boston & Montana
Kearsarge
Butte & Boston
Osceola
Tamarack
Calumet & Hecla
Third National
Washington
Exchange
Eagle
City
Winthrop
Ous
Boott
Kidwards
Lowell
Fitchburg Preferred
Attleboro Branch Railroad
Norwich & Worcester
Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore
New Hampshire
Boston & Colorado
Malden & Melrose Gas Light
Quincy Mining
Fort Payne Coal & Iron
Woburn Electric Light
Baseues -Posgieus
Colonel Livermore
Lewissoins
Calumet & Heela
Huron
Graham Pope
Wolverine
Yoreh Lake
Smith
Philadelphia & Reading
Reading
Reading Income
Coxebros
Crsis
Reading Company
Hudson River
Pean
Grimalkin
State Street Gossip
Boston Block Exchange
NEW York Stock Sales
Princepal
Gon
Dec Gs
Ae Ae Erie Gus
Bu W. & D Laticice Ge Kol Retlow
K. Tae
Mocchi Ed
Mob
N. Ae Ce Ae St. L
N& We
SDS
CIOS
Mt. L
Lac
Isis
Tate
MD U
Pac
Lowesinz
Am Bell Tel
Lizzle Atchison
Ff B
Dio. L. G
Era
B.d
C.J
S& M
GS i
S.l.du
N.é AM
Luc
Los
Alb
Hoyt
Maine
W. Mich
Speene
J’ags
Flint
P.M
Maine Central
Rutland
Weer
Union Pacie Cvep
Irtleas
Cguiol Scavenge
Wiss
Aeeer
Nation
Crown Point
Cal Coal
Quicksilver
Deadwood Terra
Eureka
Qaceola
Ennee
Santa Fe
Sneer Land Companies
Aspinwall
Bovothony
Ower
Houiston Street
Brookline
Lelm Campo
Oeer
Ily Cutler
Newport Ee
San Diego
Sullivan
Lovera
Ind Wenee
Wollaston
Belheose Coos
New England
Pal
Fhom Fl
Am. Cot. OL
Eeer
Sugar K
LUU
PT Clase
Bay State Gas
Detroit
Flec
Wayne
Illinois Steel
Nat. Lead Trust
O. H. ‘Prast
Csee Zene
Uo Trust
Thoin Ke Weld
Westinghouse
Oda
Coudon
Lille Lljke
Eee
Sierra Nevatda
Atate Bank
Seer
Aeg Pees
Deiord Bank
Biduelo d
MOG
Cpen Eves Tae G2
Third Bank
Sos
Ieesa Sd Wee Etvon
Freeman’s
Csee
Ceee
Cessuseerses
Washington Bank
Serre Meurie Hee
City Bank
Cecesse Esceenee Resisvese Dog
Gbinvsaeow
Edwards Co
Lowell Manufacturing Co
Reese
Hamilson
Woollen Co
Sees Eere Eerers
Lyman Mills
Atilvo Ough
Nehik
Norwich Waycredster Rives Sees
Philisetolua, Wir
Balimore R
Weee
Nortern
N.hl
Eae
Aitchison
Top
Fitbhourg R
Lew Eng
Kansas City
Memphis
Row
West Lad Street
Srrenees
Interna Bat Hele Seow Mac CO
Newton Laid CO
Esescoer Serseres
Boston Rest Estate Syndicate
Proctor & Nimple
Coccessere
Fort Payne Coal & Ion
Jdiaden Lian GeBs O
Sane
Malden & Seirose Gasisht Co
Boston & Colorado Smelting CO
Cite Refriz, Trans. Co.veeecsos
Consolidated R of
Kan
City, St. Co
Cs Cyeue Pease ci Po Hee Steong Bos
Llinois Steel Co
Lulo
Lombard Invest. Co. Gs
Teng Iva
Save Cs Vows
Auctiu
Sivun Bales
Spitzer & CQ
Congress Street
Kidder
Peabody
Bevonshire St
Boston, Mass
Messrs
Baring, Brothers & 66, Limited
California
British Provinces
Choice
Prescott & Co., Wankore and Brokers
Devonshire St
Gaston
Talenhone
Sr. Pashes weUischen Vo Cli Bom
Busfror
Prviot DeSand & Idaq
William St
TF. W. Prescott & Co
Devonshire Street
PIP Link Gertipidates
Cae
Oise
Reiinedi
Gaien
F. W. Prescott & Co
Eastern Electric Cable
Thomson-Houston Electric
Actice
Thomson European Plestic Welding Company
Thomson European Eleetric Welding Company
Nand Trust Company
Stite Street
Stakholders
Yyranster Books
Busieness
Novemer Tlt
Boston & Maine Railroad
Amos Blanchard
Erie Telegraph and Telephone Company
Oon
Clas
C. ST
Waban
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