Skipper Magellan Marr Skips With Kennebec Around Long Island
A tale from New York about Commodore Magellan Marr and the lumber schooner Kennebec. After a coastwise voyage that circumnavigated parts of Long Island and dodged Patchogue harbor, the vessel grounded near Fire Island. Tow and tide finally freed the ship, with Marr pondering a circumnavigation and towed return to Patchogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Herald
Magellan Marr
Patchogue
All the Sound
City Island
Block Island
Marco Polo
Marr
Kennebec
Lea
Commodore Magellan Marr
Long Island
Fire Island
Oak Hill
Long Island Circumnavigation Company
Commodore Marr
Edwin Bailey
Yankee Manufacturing Company Christmas Clothing Giveaway
New England readers are invited to register at 91 Summer Street for a charity event by the Yankee Manufacturing Company. On Christmas morning they will distribute 50 000 dollars worth of clothing to eligible persons including the oldest and tallest workers from Irish English Scotch German Ethiopian and other groups. committee members will award the gifts and remaining goods will go to local charitable organizations. Registrations close December 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankee Manufacturing Company
New England
Summer Street
Free Medical Services by Dr Dewey at Hotel Pelham
Free medical examination and treatment for all diseases continues by Dr Dewey the specialist. Medicines furnished at pay expense. 2000 Boston residents testify to permanent cures. Offices 7 and 8 Hotel Pelham 74 Boylston Street hours listed incl Sunday.
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Dewey
Boston
Hotel Pelham
Boylston Street
Castle Square Theatre Lighting Crown Jewel Fixture
The Castle Square Theatre features lighting by R Hollings & Co with a grand central gold filigree electrolier of 321 lights in the auditorium dome. Other fittings include gilt brackets, opalescent balls, and renaissance lamps throughout the lobby, boxes, and private rooms reflecting high artistry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle Square Theatre
R. Hollings & Co
Clock Springs Duty Debt: 60 Percent Tariff Reins on Cold Rolled Steel
United States Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that cold rolled cast steel used to make clock springs falls under ad valorem duty of 60 percent per Paragraph 148, Chapter 1244, of the 1899 tariff act. The decision reverses prior rulings classifying the article as 2 cents a pound under Paragraph 146. The invoice value is about 61 2 cents per pound. The strips achieved shape via cold rolling, not dies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
United States
Frank J. Wetherell
Circuit Court
Board of General Appraisers
Court of Appeals
Putnam
Boston Marine Society Banquet Elects Officers for 1894 95
The Boston Marine Society held its annual banquet and business meeting at the United States Hotel. An amendment for a graduated admission fee for marine members was rejected unanimously. Elected officers for 1894 95 include President Henry H. Fisk and Vice President James P. Martin among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Marine Society
United States Hotel
Henry H. Fisk
James P Martin
John Humphrey
Edwin D. Wadsworth
Luther Fisk
W. F. Humphrey
James H. Dawes
Martin L. Eldridge
John L. Manson
Winslow Loveland
Charles P. Houstis
Elkanah Crowell
Silas Daggett
E. D. Wadsworth
M'Kane Delivers Gravesend Records After Long Holdout
Brooklyn, Nov 13. John Y. McKane now in Sing Sing agrees to surrender the Gravesend bailiwick books and papers. Officials can finally determine Gravesend financial status after a prolonged request and refusal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
John Y. McKane
Gravesend
Sing Sing
Federation plan proposed for Boston area by Hart
Professor Hart urges a municipal federation for Boston and nearby towns, arguing against full consolidation. He envisions an official federation name, a popularly elected mayor with veto and executive heads, a two chamber legislature, and a 25 to 30 member board of directors. Powers split between federation and local cities cover parks, sewers, bridges, transit, water, and taxation for common needs.
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Albert Bushnell Hart
Harvard
Greater
Melrose
Lynn
Quincy
Milton
Dedham
Newton
Waltham
London
New York
Boston
Cambridge
Commonwealth
Federation
Barnum Show Contempt Case Ordered Into Court
Judge Shumay ordered Caroline Thompson H F Bowser and Benjamin Fish to appear November 23 in a domestic tribunal tied to P T Barnum's will. They claim Seely grandson is not entitled to 5000 dollars from the show profits and that the tribunal followed a Supreme Court order. Seely says they wrongfully acted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Conn
Shumay
Superior Court Today
Caroline Thompson
H. F. Bowser
Benjamin Fish
P. T. Barnum
Seely
Supreme Court
British move to seize Shanghai in Chinese crisis
Reports from Shanghai on November 13 describe growing chaos in Beijing as Chinese officials and foreign powers contemplate intervention. The British fleet aims to occupy Shanghai and Chusan as bases while German neutrality seeks U.S. mediation to restore peace. Japan expected to accept U.S. mediation efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
China
England
France
United States
Russia
Germany
Prince Kung
Foreign Office
The
Admiralty
Pekin
von Haneken
Li-Hung-Chang
Shan-Hai-Kwan
Chusan
Berlin
Cologne
Japan
Washington
State Department
Eyesight Crisis Promises Cure From Dr. Green’s Nervura
An advertisement touts Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy as a cure for eye weakness and impending blindness. It cites Mrs. Carrie Reed of Jay Bridge Maine, who claims marked improvement after starting the treatment and credits recovery to the medicine under Dr. Greene's care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie I. Reed
Jay Bridge
Dr. Greene
Endeavorers Open Massachusetts Christian Endeavor Session
The Massachusetts Christian Endeavor convention opened in Fall River with about four hundred delegates. President Augustus R. Smith of Lee addressed the gathering as committees were named for registration greeting and telegraphs nominating and more. Delegates heard reports on missionary work and citizenship with remarks from church and union leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Massachusetts Christian Endeavor Convention
Augustus R. Smith
Lee
William R. Martin
United Presbyterian Church
Jeanette B. Prince
Spencer
Grace E. Hyde
Malden
Earl E. Pierce
Elmer B. Young
A. B. Whipp
Mary Tripp
David B. Morrison
George H. Flint
Boston
Charles J. Palmer
Lawrence
George H. Howland
Dartmouth
Florence J. Conway
Marblehead
Annie S. Harlow
Lowell
George B. Groff
Auburndale
Frederick I. Conislow
Philo M. Whipple
Pittsfield
Grace Pitts
Salem
William R. Rankin
Fitchburg
J. Edward Estes
Fall River Union
W. Walker Jubb
Central Congregational Church
George W. Coleman
William Shaw
Massachusetts
Far West
Committee of ’98
Young Men’s Christian Association
Jeanette Prince
State Union
Christian Endeavorers
Maine
Eyla E. McLaurin
The
American Baptist Union
Smith Baker
D. D
The Japs Objective Point and Pekin’s Defenses Analyzed
The analysis outlines Pekin as a strategic target for a winter advance from Tien-Tsin or Manchuria. It details Pekin’s walls, gates, moats, and dual city structure, the Nui Ching Manchu district, and the surrounding geography including the Pei Ho river route and Tung Chau port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
Gulf of Pe Chili
Tien-Tsin
Manchuria
Pei-ho
Philadelphia
Tung Chau
Shanghai
Three Majors Enter New Bedford Mayoral Field
In New Bedford three men show mayoral ambitions with Brownell seeking another term for the Independent Citizens party David L Parker joins Citizens party ticket while Isaac L Ashley reportedly withdraws The newly formed Municipal Reform party plans to nominate a candidate with William C Parker or ex Mayor J C Brock likely to run
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bedford
Stephen A. Brownell
Independent Citizens Party
David L. Parker
Citizens Party
Isaac L. Ashley
People’s Party
Municipal Reform Party
William C. Parker, Esq
J. C. Brock
Rhaps Cracks Chilblains Remedy Claims Wide Cure
An advertisement extols a liniment as rapidly soothing chilblains and a broad cure for colds asthma catarrh bronchitis diphtheria sore throat and many pains internal and external. It asserts it has saved more lives than any other remedy and promises cures for croup pneumonia rheumatism and numerous injuries and ailments.
Fund for Kelly widow opens with $272 in first day
The Kelly Fund for the widow of the late Michael J. Kelly has reached $272 after one day. Baseball friends will meet at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York to honor the deceased and support his widow. Treasurer A. J. Simmons of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad will collect donations and announce them in daily papers. Tickets for a Sunday concert at Hollis Street Theatre benefit Mrs Kelly.
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Michael J. Kelly
King
Fifth Avenue
New York
A. J. Simmons
New England
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Washington Street
Hollis Street
Machinist Frightfully Injured at Aspinook Mill
Harvey A. Spaulding boss machinist at the Aspinook mill Jewett City was struck by an iron bar as he was placing a bell over a pulley at 430 PM. His abdomen was torn open. recovery is doubtful though he remains alive. He had held the job two weeks, is 40, and has a wife and two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwich
Conn
Harvey A. Spaulding
Aspinook
Jewett City
Yale Changes Commencement Exercises at New Haven Meeting
The Yale corporation approved a new system for commencement ending the valedictory and salutatory. Graduating theses from law and scientific schools and Townsend orations remain. An official called the orator will present degree candidates to the press and corporation. Classical music will be provided by university glee club voices.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale Corporation
E. G. Mason
Chicago
Buchanan Winthrop
New York
Law and Scientific
Press
Corporation
Tversity Glee Club
Colored athletes seek awards for union picnic prizes
West End colored athletes complain that prizes from last summer’s union picnic of the colored churches at Highland Lake Grove were not awarded. George A. Homans oversaw the arrangements.
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West End
Union
Highland Lake Grove
George A. Homans
Local Wringer and Sweeper Manufacturer Ad
The American Wringer Co. at 13 and 18 Broadway extension advertises wringers mangles spring beds and carpet sweepers. Repairs for all kinds of wringers and sweepers offered. Mail orders promptly attended. Telephone Tremont 7.
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American Wringer Co
Broadway Extension
Tremont 7
Boston Doctor Announces Cure for Throat and Lung Troubles
Dr J L Wesley of 845 Barlston Street Boston announces a sure cure for throat and lung diseases after eighteen years practice. He will visit within city limits and treat chronic and acute conditions scientifically. Office hours 10 to 12 am 1 to 4 and 7 to 8 pm Telephone 480 Tremont.
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J. L. Wesley
Barlston Street
Boston
Mass
Tremont
Insolvency Notice for Abraham N Silverman
Commonwealth of Massachusetts issues a warrant in insolvency against Abraham N Silverman a Chelsea butcher. Creditors must prove debts at the Court of Insolvency in Boston on December 14 1894 at 2 PM. payments transfers or deliveries to the debtor are forbidden. Deputy Sheriff F H Seavey serves as messenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Suffolk
Boston
Abraham N. Silverman
Chelsea
Court House
Pemberton Square
Fred H. Seavey
Creditors' Meetings Notice for Insolvent Debtors
The third meeting of the creditors of Isaac Abrahams of Cambridge Middlesex will be held at the Court of Insolvency in Cambridge on November 22 at nine o clock in the forenoon to prove claims. The assignee Thomas M Wetmore will present accounts and creditors may object.
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Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Middlesex
Isaac Abrahams
Cambridge
Thomas M. Wetmore
Devonshire Street
Albert Roscoe
Belmont
Suffolk
Isaac G
Boston
William Bloom
Commonwealth OF Massachusets
Michal Hughes
Sarah Hughes
Boston Post
John W. McKim
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Edward Everett Hale
Millard
1St Temple
Castle Square
Boston Marines Annual
M'Kane
Wild Flowers OF America
P. O
the Post
Foston
Irving
Sherman
Grant
Cooper
Professor Hart
Greater Boston
State
Annie Taylor
Brooklyn, N. Y
Life
Hood
Parilla
Hiram Odlin
Bangor
Ais
Vrens Ae’ Y Nigh Imperial Cafe
Kelly Fund
Simmons
Boston Club
Boston Baseball Association
Messrs. Conant, Billings and
Soden
Boston Lodge
B. P
Steinheimer
G Flanmon
Aki
Little Ewe
James Stack
M. Hosmer
Worcester Lodge
James F. di McElroy
William M. Howard
Grodjinski Patas
Vaceneneel Phetaese
Mme Y Inentears
Eearbensee
Green
Park Square
Providence
YALE
A. W One & Co
Hanover
Beoton
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