Navy Yard Funds Cut in Public Estimates at Several Yards
Special from Washington outlines revised budget proposals for multiple Navy Yards. Boston requests 1.8 million dollars for yard improvements and repairs, including a new electric plant and dry dock work, while Portsmouth seeks 6 350 and 6 080 for water and hydrant systems.
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Market Summary from State Street and London Trading
The New York market showed strong professional activity with Jones and Cammack targeting Cotton Oil, St Paul, and Atchison. London firms bought Atchison bonds amid reorganization chatter, while traders noted volatility in Lead Trust and gains in copper. Local brokers anticipated further moves as the market remained bullish and key rail and mining names dominated trading.
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Treasury Orders Reconsideration Over East India Sheep Skins
The Boston collector is instructed to reopen the appraiser’s valuation on East India tanned sheep skins imported by Leviseur Bros. The buyers argue bulk invoicing as customary in Madras. The department authorizes amending returns to reflect true market value and adjust duties for future similar goods.
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Civil Service Rules Challenged in Railway Mail Service Debate
Mr Wanamaker's remarks at a postmasters conference trigger Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt with assertions that new rules allow choosing staff from local vicinities after exams. Railway mail head L L Bell counters that training and route experience matter more than tests in directing mail matter.
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Pardon Denied for Charles C Hildreth as Council Acts
The pardon committee of the Governor's Council refused the pardon for Charles C. Hildreth who was sentenced to eighteen months in Boston on November 18 1888. Obadiah Hadwen of Worcester was named cattle commissioner replacing John F Winchester whose term expired. The State House annex cornerstone will be laid in the first week of December with date to be fixed and invitations extended to the Governor former governors and prominent figures for the ceremony.
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Boston
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Worcester
John F. Winchester
Lawrence
State House
Presmaak
Ancient Egypt and Art Lecture in Boston by Miss Edwards
Miss Amelia Edwards delivers a lecture at Chickering Hall on the origins and development of portraiture in ancient Egyptian sculpture and painting. She outlines Egyptian influence on Greek art, discusses proto-Hellenic vases and Greco-Egyptian portraits, and announces exhibition plans at the Museum of Fine Arts.
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James I. Fields
Henry Whitman
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Mahlon D. Spaulding
George E. Bullard
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England
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Chambers’ Journal
Household Words
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the Century
Saturday Review
the Graphic
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Nile
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Egyptian Exploration Society
Biblical Archeological Jety
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Yale Football Prospects Look Strong For Penn Rival Harvard
New Haven Nov. 13 Yale braces for crucial finishes with Harvard and Princeton on Nov. 23 and 28. Ex captains Corbin Beecher and Terry coach. injured players recover and return. Center rush remains unsettled as Newell and Hanson compete.
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Essex Institute to Host Delphi Excavation Lectures Series
Latem November 13 The Essex Institute plans a Monday evening lecture series starting November 18 by W C Lawton Cambridge on Proposed Excavations of Delphi followed by speakers from Newburyport New Bedford Concord Danvers Cambridge Boston and Danvers including Ezra D Hines C B Rice F W Putnam J Fewkes Henry Stone A P White and others.
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Cambridge
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EF. F. Stone
Newburyport
G.I. Flanders
D.D
New Bedford
A. P. Putnam
Concord
Ezra D. Hines
Army and Navy Gazette Military Orders and Appointments
Army orders note twenty recruits to the Missouri department for the Tenth Infantry. Captain Thomas Wilhelm of the Eighth Infantry receives a four month extension of leave due to disability. Major Jesse A. P. Hampson of the Twelfth Infantry granted six months leave. Naval orders assign Boatswain John McCaffery to a retiring board and transfer Paymaster C. P. Thompson from the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing to waiting orders.
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Eighth Infantry
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Marriages in the City include Bowditch Swann and Five Couples
Nov 12 ceremonies unite Ernest W Bowditch and Margaret L Swann of Boston. James Donald weds Sarah Reid in Somerville Navy 12. Bernard Dugan weds Frances Mullen in this city Nov 7. Samuel J Easter weds Mary Crandall in this city Nov 11. Charles H Hovey of Cambridge weds Julia A Hannaford of Boston in East Pasadena Oct 30. Winfred E Stickney weds Eva M Noss in Medway Nov 12.
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Cal
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Cambridge
Mass
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Boston
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Noss
Medway
Rk. K. Harlow
Winfred Eugene Stickney
Eva Melyina Noss
Deaths in the City Eleven Listed in Obituary Notice
A city deaths column lists James H. Blake 47 and others including Josephine Cass 35 Abigail Coggswell 86 Mary Campbell 57 Charles Deane 76 Mary Driscoll 63 Mary L Gilmore 49 Andrew Gay 87 Calvin Ladd 81 J Warren Merrill 70 James F Pond 53 Ruth Sparrow 60 Josiah Proctor 72. Funeral arrangements and locations noted for several entries.
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Jamaica Plain
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Deaner
Cambridge
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Driscoll
Mary
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Gilmore
Lexington
Ruth N. Sparrow
Proctor
Josiah C, Proctor
Dunstable
Masa
Annual Meeting of South Boston Children’s Home held
A large gathering met at the South Boston Home for Orphans to review the year. Treasurers report showed a balance of $174 14, expenditures near $972,188, with receipts from subscriptions donations and investments. Legacies were given by Henry Homan Linder, E S Morton, and Mrs James B Dow. Officers reelected, new trustees and managers added.
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Stanwood School
Unsuspecting Lady Converts Cold Warning To Tea Ad
A New York woman afflicted by a bad cold speaks of her symptoms and urges quick relief. The piece promotes Duffy's Pure Malt Whisky as a pure stimulant to ward off disease, citing a prominent female endorsement and urging temperance alongside tonic use.
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