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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 17, 1890

Page

6

Millionaire Allied Firms Assign for Creditors

The Kansas City Packing & Chase Refrigerating Company and its two allied firms the Kansas City Packing Company and the Cold Blast Transportation Company have made assignments for the benefit of creditors to George E. Parker. Liabilities exceed $1,000,000 with assets around $1,500,000. Parker notes the failure stems from the tight money market and banking refusals. Creditors will be called together after a full statement is prepared.

Kansas City Packing & Chase Refrigerating Company Kansas City Packing Company Cold Blast Transportation Company George E. Parker Parker William G. Bell William G. Bell & Co Kansas City Washington Cleveland St. Paul Minneapolis New York City Newark Stamford Boston Bell & Co

Creditors Meet Over Wadleigh and Littlefield Debts

Creditors of Wadleigh & Littlefield flour and Eastern Cigar Co met at assignee W O Blaney’s office. Liabilities total about 49 900 dollars, including 15 000 borrowed money. Reynolds Rogers & Co claim 5 200, but argue its goods were sent as agents so payable in full, potentially shrinking dividends. No decisive action taken, settlement offered while Reynolds Rogers dispute is resolved.

Wadleigh & Littlefield Commercial Street Eastern Cigar Company W. O. Blaney Reynolds, Ers & Co Binghamton N. Y Reynolds, Rogers & Co Reynolds, Ogers & Co Maniieo Reynokis, Rogers & Co

Supreme Judicial Court Equity Docket for Tuesday November 18

The Supreme Judicial Court announces equity assignments for Tuesday November 18 featuring cases Babo versus Weeks Dana versus Farber Lawton versus Atlantic Compressed Yeast Company ee petitioner versus Stone Middlesex Mahoney versus Mahoney Smith versus County Commissioners Nevins versus same Connor versus Isaacson Vittum versus Petree Basex Attorney General versus Lovejoy Store Service Company Middlesex Weld versus Paul.

Supreme Judicial Court C. Allen J. Equity Babo Weeks Dana Farber Lawton Atlantic Compressed Yeast Company Ee Petitioner Stone Appt Middlesex Mahoney Smith Nevins Same Connor Isaacson Vittum Va Petree Basex Attorney-General Lovejoy Store Service Company Weld Paul

Court docket list of cases and sessions in Boston history

A long docket of cases across sessions from Second to Fifth, listing plaintiffs and defendants such as Holmes v Drew, Clark v Low, Magett v reck, Dana v Boston, Brigham v Caughan, and many others. Notes indicate session leaders THoOMPsoN and BISHor, J. with motions set for Tuesday and the chief justice presiding in the third and fifth sessions.

Holmes Drew Clark Low Foye Fitch Fitch. Th Flynn Demmon Magann Knight Brigham Caughan Dee West Find RR Hannaford West End RR Blethenvy Mercantile Ing. Co Same Phoenix Assur. CO Murphy Webster Bray Angell Goldberg Libbey Cressey Bartlett Tinkham Sawyer Marden Boston Conn. Riv. Lum. Co Hall Hood Duggan Carr Briggs Pope Tibbetts Connors Grilley Mooney Driscoll Killen Mason Justice Bishop

Probate Court of Suffolk County Returns and Accounts

List of probate items for Monday November 17 including administrations guardianships and trustee accounts. Entries name Mary E F Barnard executor Charles L Barry Ellen Bleis v Francis X A Bieis Henry Collender and others with various accounts and wills.

Suffolk County Mary EF. Barnard Charles L. Barry Russell Bates Jacob Beck Ellen Bleis Francis X. A. Bieis Patrick Brady Henry Collender Hugh H. Campbell Edward F. Carbrey Guardian Johanna Carmody Cornelius Carmodys James Cheever Elizabeth R. Cobb Henry T. Codman Hannah A. Crosby Francis K. Desmond Minor Sarah Donovan Henry Dooley John H. Everett Lydia Ferrin Patrick Fitzgibbons George QC Frothingham Jacob Foster Catherine Fuller Oliver Glover Mary Hennigan William Holliday Les Homer Sophie Jackson Lortense A. Jenkins Susan R. Lash Rachel W. Litchfield Bailey Loring Louis L. Mather Frank M. Donata Hannah Nelson Peter Nelson F. W. Nickerson Benjamin 5 Noyes Francis W. Paltey Vashti F H. Palmer Harriet Posner David H. Posner John H. Powers Annie K. Rostow John A. Sanborn George J. Sawyer Georgiana Sawyer Charles Sawyer Jane E. Seales John Seales John Stephens Amariah Storrs John T. Sullivan Caroline A. Sumner Katharine J. Toby Peter L. Willeut James H. Davenport George W. Messenger John M. Culver Elizabeth L. Dalton Anna Walsh Felix Ethier Nathaniel Hooper Bridget Trealy Vine -Mary Hurley

Refrigeration Without Ice Exposed At Mechanics Exhibition

Bermuda demonstration of a crystal compound that cools water to freeze solid in minutes and cools air to below freezing. The process promises ice-free refrigeration for beverages and milk, with crystals regenerable by boiling to reclaim water and deposit mineral sheets for reuse. Chass and assistant B L Allen claim the system is simple, safe, odorless, and operable by a child.

Department of Mechanics Bermuda A. J. Chase Chass B. L. Allen

Attachment Granted Against Ridgewood Ice Company

New York judge ordered a $40,000 attachment against Ridgewood Ice Company in favor of Jeannette Burchall. Judgments totaling about $20,000 were entered for Albany and Saratoga banks and others. The firm, once led by Yonkers president John Clark, formed in 1876 with a $100,000 authorized capital later raised to $1,000,000.

New York Ridgewood Ice Company Jeannette Burchall O'Brien Supreme Court Albany Saratoga Maine John Clark Yonkers

Case index list of historic v. cases

In order: Lowe v Murphy Clark v Kincaid O Brien v Bowker Cunningham Iron Works v Stellar Elec Co Slattery v Patterson Wood v vec Laws v Erickson Foley v Lord Zinn v Meyer Smith v Reynolds smith v O brien Deering v Deering Ntaten v Anderson Whipple v Morse Kidder v Smith Smith v Robinson Back v Rose Wood v Fuller Back v Hayes Fuller v Wood O Connor v Brammett The G W F Smith Iron Co v Howe Fitevey v Moody Smith v Draper McCarthy v Loring Meade v same Elliott v same Walsh v same

Lowe Murphy Clark Kincaid O’ Brien Bowker Cunningham _ iron Works Stellar Elec. Co Slattery Patterson Wood Laws Erickson Foley Lord Zinn Meyer Smith Reynolds O’brien Deering Ntaten Anderson Whipple Morse Kidder Robinson Back Rose Fuller Hayes O’ Connor Brammett G. W. & F. Smith Iron Co Fitevey Moody Draper McCarthy Loring Meade Same Elliott Walsh

Crawley Opens New Free Stone Store at Tremont Corner

Mr G E Crawley moves into the new free stone building at 171 Tremont corner of Mason street and opens today. The commodious, light store is tastefully finished with varied stock across floors. Basem ent features Japanese articles and glassware, main floor displays fans frames mirrors and novelties, second floor lamps tables and onyx furniture, china and vases, third floor mantels tiles and fireplace furnishings. A Boston enterprise reflecting local thrift and energy.

G. E. Crawley Freestone Tremont Mason Street Boston

Second winter transcontinental tour announced by Raymond & Whitcomb

The Boston departure is set for Thursday December 11 with vestibuled palace sleeping cars dining car service and four return routes. Ten escorted return options exist and tickets include side trip coupons to California resorts. December outbound travels via Rock Island and Santa Fe with more Mexico and Sandwich Islands trips offered.

Messrs. Raymond & Whitcomb Boston California Rock Island Santa Fe Mexico Sandwich Islands Raymond & Whitcomb Washington Street School Street

If Your House Is on Fire Use Water on Timbers

If your house is on fire you put water on the burning timbers not the smoke. If you have catarrh attack the disease in the blood, not in the nose. Take Hood s Sarsaparilla the great blood purifier which permanently cures catarrh.

Hood

Money Market and Stock Exchange Reports From Boston

The Boston money market remains firm with high loan rates as banks favor borrowers they know. Clearing House rate stands near 7 3 4 2 8 percent and New York and Philadelphia show tight liquidity. Stock trading is active with a sharp early drop on Baring news, followed by a partial recovery. weekly and yearly comparison figures for bonds and shares reflect a strong market, while copper and railroad notes show mixed signals.

Boston New Call New York Philadelphia Boston Post United States Canada TOF LSS Bs Ea Nie Ee The Stock Exchange London Messrs. Baring Ros Colums Union Pacific Denver & Gulf Road Calumet & Hecla Bigelow Providence & Springfield New England Northwestern Erie Telephone Company South Texas

Panic Follows Barings News With Wall Street Selloff

In New York on November 15 money on call remained easy while sterling and mercantile paper shifted slightly. Stocks plunged after Barings Brothers sought aid, with major declines in Lackawanna, Jersey Central, Atchison and others. A bank surplus gain later sparked a partial rally, but close remained active and negative for the day. Railroad bonds showed activity but limited changes.

New York Prime Mercantile Sterling Exchange London Baring Brothers Bank of England Rothschilds Northern Pacific Lackawanna Jersey Central Atchison Pullman Canada Southern Burlington Rock Island Bears Northern Pacife Texas Pacific Kansas & Texas

Statistical rundown of railroad and percentage figures

The report lists various railroad lines and their performance or rates with numbers such as Canada Southern firsts 144 at 104 Erie seconds 1 at 97 Iowa Central firsts 1 at 82 Northern Pacific thirds 1s at 107 Oregon Short Line 6s 14 percent at 105 Texas Pacific Incomes 114 at 32 Reading 431 at 76 and Wabash firsts 1 percent at 96, indicating a dense snapshot of outputs and percentages across lines.

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Visitors at City Hotels Listed from Vendome to Tremont

The article catalogs guests at major hotels including Mrs. Frank Leslie at the Vendome, actress Agnes Huntington in London, and various travelers from New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and abroad. It names dozens of individuals and pairs across Tremont Brunswick Parker’s and other named houses, detailing arrivals from cities like Belfast, Aberdeen, Chicago, and London with multiple families and companions.

Frank Leslie Vendome Agnes Huntington London Eng Brunswick Carl Heild Heild- Park Concert Company Tremont Vencome P. H. Hanley Jersey City E. M. Hughey Belle Mead N. J Hervey Southen Fredericksburg M. Rosenheim St. Louis Thomas Cook Sheffield Fannie E. Huntington Caldecott von Breydal Philadelphia G. Scott Aberdeen George W. Cady Cleveland F. Littlefield Saco Bingham Bennington Parker Powers Chicago Arnold St. John New York Wells Valentine A. H. Boyd Minneapolis Alpert S.ice Maine Augusta KE. J. Mathews Brooklyn Brown Northampton Quincy W. M. Randall Portland C. Gale Clinton H. J. Hix Rockland A.B. Forere K. K. Reed F. W. Hotchkiss Meriden Conn M. E. Cleveland Texas Youna W. H. Bennett A. M. Praser Andover Charles W. Mullin Oldtown M. B. Schenck John C. O’ Neil Annapolis Unirep Sratics Frank Lander R. A. Foyle Pittsburg M. R

The Final Days of New England Mechanics Fair

The Mechanics' Fair nears close in two weeks with thousands visiting from across New England. The exhibition features superb machinery displays and a notable art gallery, with enjoyable band concerts. Children under fifteen will be admitted for 15 cents in the remaining days. The fair closes on Saturday, November 29.

New England

Mahogany bedroom suits offered at lowest city prices

Paine's Furniture Warerooms markets mahogany bedroom sets with diverse ornament options at the lowest city prices ever quoted for such quality. The ad claims you pay less than for an oak suit in many stores, inviting discerning buyers to upgrade their interiors.

Homer Agamemnon Juno Paine

Small Feet and Modern Fashion Warns of Weak Bodies

The article argues ancient statues look to have large feet but reflect symmetric perfection. modern shoes and corsets shrink feet and waists, weakening women. It cites health decline from hurried living and household duties, endorsing Duffys Pure Malt Whiskey as the sole trusted stimulant for health, noting imitators and urging buyers to beware.

Duffty

The Grocery Trade Pressures Amid Money Market Strain

The grocery trade reports widespread dampened activity as money market turmoil curbs ventures. Sugar dullers, coffee and tea markets steady with modest demand, molasses quiet, and rice and potatoes showing little movement while pork products and fresh meats stay in fair demand. Weather aids seasonal goods distribution, with expectant fall and winter trade rising despite unsettled finance.

Florida Jamaica London Java New Orleans Porto Rico Ponce Cienfuegos Barbados Mayaguez Arroyo New York Rio Havre Hamburg Exchange Brazil Santos Europe United States Java Timor Padang Pale Ankola Ayerbangies Maracaibos Costa Rica Guatemala Mocha Japan Amoy Superior Formosa

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