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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 17, 1891

Page

6

One Hundred Mass Notabilities Engraving List Grows

The Post announces a method for distributing engravings to its regular readers. The project, titled One Hundred Massachusetts Notabilities, remains not for sale and will be given only to readers. The accepted list is increased to fifty names in this issue as inquiries flood in.

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Notables listed for public adornment in 1891

The editor receives a long list of notable names headed by Braintree and Porter's signing. Included are Brainte, Meirs, Hubbard, Bell, Speare, Charlies, Adams, Norris, Field, Prince, Cooledge, Hobart, McGler, Everett, O Neill, Atkinson, Gord Marshall Cushing, Sears, Sidwell, Pale, Blood, Wal ke r, Choate, Wyman, Andrews, Winthrop, Harris, Benton, Baker, Burnet, Bartol, Dear, Wockwell, Clark, Porter, Parker, Campbell, Guild, Dana, Houghton, Allen, Boutwell, Cunningham, Corse, Hyde, Russell, Angell, Story, Willard, Seelye, Hallett, Stearns, Bryant, Lovering, Fox, Eliot, Cook, Miner, Endicott, Smythe, Peach, Holmes, Nelson, Carpenter, Curtis, Trefry, Ithanae. The note appears as a fragmentary roster of prominent individuals associated with a publication or society, dated January 15, 1891.

Lours Brainte JV Meirs Gardner Hubbard Professor Bell Iden Speare Hoar Hal Charlies F Adams Howes Norris Judge Field O Prince H Cooledge Artin Brimme A Hobart Arry A McGler B Aldrich William Everett Joseph H O'Neil Edward Atkinson AJ Gord Marshall Cushing Hilip H Sears Joseph Sidwell Blood Joseph H Walker F Choate FA Wyman Charles H Andrews Robert C Winthrop Dr F A Harris J H Benton. Jr James H Moller John] Baker Edward Burnet CA Bartol Alexander Dear Fwockwell John M Clark Uth Braintree I. F. Porter Jon H J Parker iGeoge H Campbell Curtis Guild Thomas Dana H O Houghton CH Allen George 5 Boutwell General Cunningham John M Corse H B Hyde William G Russell George T Angell W W Story Joseph A Willard Julius H Seelye BF Hallett George M Stearns G JF Bryant HB Lovering James A Fox C W Eliot Joseph Cook Miner William Endicott, Jr Professor Smythe B F Peach, Jr Jide Holmes Nelson Carpenter George Ticknor Curtis W DT Trefry UD Ithanae

Notable list of Massachusetts figures submitted by R J Cullen

A Peabody release lists seventy five names compiled by R J Cullen of 108 Washington Street Peabody Mass. The roster features prominent figures such as John W Corcoran Charles F Adams Thomas B Aldrich and many others including Edward Everett Hale Henry Cabot Lodge and George W Cable among a wide range of politicians scholars and public figures from Massachusetts social circles and affiliated institutions.

Peabody R.J. Cullen Washington Atrant Peabody, Mass John W Corcoran William & Haile Charles F Adams Thomas B Aldrich Alex. Agassiz Frank Dullen Olin F Andrew Dward Atkinson William E Barrett Robert S Rantoul AB Alger Michael J Griffin Thomas W Proctor Eugene Griffin Sarmae Dalton James H Mellen Michae T Donohoe Thomas Kittredge Edward Avery Herbert $ Carruth Cyrus A Bartol Alanson W Beard Francis W Bird Charles F Choate Joseph H O'Neil Dward Bellamy Jed O Prince John E Russell Horace Gray John P Sweeney Henry B Lovering John L Swift J W Coveny William DT Trefry Minot J Savage Eben D Jordan John Breen George W Cable

New Post's List of Notables and Officials

A scanned roster of prominent figures includes authors and journalists, lawyers and judges, musicians and actors, physicians and scientists, merchants and politicians, philanthropists, mayors of Boston, and other notables. The list features names like John Fiske, Henry Cabot Lodge, Wm T Adams, Edward Atkinson, and Thomas N. Hart, among others, with references to additions and categorization as a public record.

John Fiske Charles Eliot Nor Francis Parkman JE E Hale TB Aldrich G W Cable J T Trowbridge Wm T Adams Opie Thos Wentworth Ginson Col W W Clapp Col C H Taylor E B Haskel Samuel Bowles Geo A Marden Jeffrey Roct Hoh Murray Henry A Clapp Louis Elson Ww P Apthorp Benj E Woolf Joseph Cook Min Hancs Equitable T Jefferson Coolidge Senj P Cheney Fred L. Ames Henry L Pierre Byron Weston Chas F Adams Eben Diordan John Shepard Thomas Mack Robert C Winthrop Doin M Corse Geof Boutwell A W Beard Win Everett Leopold Morse I Francis A Walker Elijah A Morse Shaler Pickering Agassiz Prot Thomson IW Cheever Hasket Derby Oellist Edward Atkinson Henry L Higginson Angeli F W Lincoln FO Prince Hugh O’brien Thos N Hart W W Story Artiate

A LIST FROM LEICESTER

A collected list numbered seventy five names submitted by Charles I Munroe Leicester Mass John F Andrew Rev M J Savage Sherman Hoar JC C Coffin George Fred Williams George M Stearns Joseph Stevens Arthur T Lyman Joseph Hi O N 1 General John Crosby Corse

Leicester Charles ‘I Munroe Mass John F Andrew Revm J Savage Sherman Hoar JC C Coffin George Fred Williams George M Stearns Oses ‘I Stevens Arthur T Lyman Eseph General John Hn Crosby Corse

Fifty Names Weigh In On Early Boston Politician List

From a close examination of preexisting lists, fifty names are named with practical unanimity as candidates. Notable figures include ex Governors and prominent authors and clergymen. Correspondents may omit names or cut to fifty to fit space, with guidance to paste at list heads.

William E. Bus Dawes Oliver Wendell Holmes C. W. Eliot John G. Whittier W. D. Howells Bishop Brooks Archbishop Williams Mayor Matthews Edward Bellamy Josiah Quincy Henry Cabot Lodge P. A. Collins Henry M. Whitney F. O. Prince A. W. Beard George M. Stearns Henry R. Reed Edward Everett Hale John FE. Russell Henry Lee Henry L. Higginson Joan M. Corse Robert M. Morse Chas Francis Adams William Everett

Notables of Massachusetts Aim for Engraved Honor

The Post plans an early release of a large half tone engraving titled One Hundred Massachusetts Notabilities. A large Governor portrait centers the design with state arms and a State House view, offered free to Post readers. Readers are invited to submit living male notables with reasons, with 100 artist proofs reserved for the first contributors.

New Post Massachusetts State House Pusv Harvard Eliot Peabody

Y M D Club Plans Annual Dinner After Election Meeting

The Young Men's Democratic Club set December 21 at 5 p.m. for its annual dinner at Farnell Hall. Fifty four members were elected and letters from Gov Russell and Rep McAdoo read. Frederick Dabney named secretary. Tickets cost two dollars. attendance may include ladies in galleries.

Young Men’s Democratic Club Russell Congresman McAdoo New Jersey Massachusetts Collison Frederick Dabney Messrs John L. Nichols Somerville Benjamin W. Wells Boston Charles S. Ensign Watertown Farnell Hall Governor Russell General Corcoran John E. Russell Dabney

Boston Stocks Ease as Banks Hold Reserves Amid Market Shifts

Boston banks report a large home surplus and higher New York balances while money markets ease. Clearing House rates slip to 2 percent, with demand loans near 4 to 5 percent and time money at 5 to 6 percent. The stock market sees declines in several names but a dividend rise at Chicago Burlington & Quincy to 1.5 percent lifts sentiment. Sullivan Harbor Land plans a stock reduction and new preference shares to fund mortgage and improvements.

Boston New York Inc Lee Stouia Setae Rawe Sy Lou Inc Eees Dee London Sub-Treasury

Maverick Bank Matters Progress and Transfers

The Maverick Bank status is being ascertained quickly with books in excellent condition says Mr Beal. Depositors books are being received in room 13 Simmons Building and most are already in. Pot ter Jerusalem road property transferred to Hyde as trustee and a $30000 mortgage on Colonel Frenchs Commonwealth avenue home recorded for John Stetson Jr. Henry Melville named cashier of the new Whitman National Bank. The Hollings Lamps shine over all.

Maverick Bank Beal Simmons Jerusalem Road Asa P. Potter Henry D. Hyde Colonel French Commonwealth Avenue John Stetson, Jr New National Bank Whitman Henry Melville

State Street Gossip and Market Rumors

A $250 wager in New York contests the next Delaware and Hudson dividend. Another $250 bet predicts the Rock Island dividend will rise. Pullman stock orders were large in both directions. Reports of seventeen miners killed at the Anaconda mine are contradicted. the hoisting rope did not break.

New York Delaware & Hudson Rock Island Pullman Anaconda

Eight Die in West End Rail Incident and Mining Updates

Numbers note eight killed rather than seventeen and hint at limited stock issuances until July 1892. Gold shipments totaled 614,600 to New York with overall movement at 24,279,977 since Sept 12. Reports from Osceola mine describe stamp operations, Tamarack Junior shaft activity, and rock yields while Erie Telephone declares 1.32 million in dividends to 1458 stockholders. Copper exports and matte figures for the period show weekly totals and year-to-date tallies.

West End la Bourgogne New York Boston Chicago Osceola Quincy Company Erie Telephone Company New York Stock Exchange TSG Maverick Bank Tamarack

Mining and railroad stocks show quarterly payouts and cents per share

The list records multiple securities with quarterly or special payments including American Express Co three percent preferred, Montana Mining Co quar shares, Callmit & Hecla Mining Co five percent preferred, Chicago & Alton RR quarterly, Chicago Gas quarterly, Consolidated Adjustable Shoe Co quarterly, Tennessee Virginia & Georgia RR annuities, Jackson Co seventy cent per share, Lancaster Mills eighty two zero cents, Coal & Navigation Co quarterly, New England Automatic Orchestra Co quarterly, Old Colony RR quarterly, Shaw Stocking Co semiannual, Thompson European Electrical Welding Co twenty five cent per share, Wamsutlia Mills semiannual, all with various ex-dividend dates in December and November.

American Express Co Huston & Montana Minine Co Callmit & Hecla Mining Co Chicago & Alton RR Lee L Chicago Gas Consolidated Adjustable Shoe Co Last Tennessee Virginia & Georgia Jackson CO Lancaster Mills See Coal & Navigation Co New England Automatic Orchestra Co OLD Colony RR Shaw Stocking Co Semvanng Thompson European Llecrkic Welding Co Wamsutia Mills Seimtann Gating Ing Alton Atchison Leutral Paciic Eeene Sane Eese Sis boYg Eee Buys Canada Ific Canada South Chi Chi & B Lil Oys AMES PEM Cree Ares Luise Nash Lake Shore Pats Cvu Renee Seve Central Uus Guo N.Y Leale Ally CO You Vlito Valssee Khuca Island Anne Texas Pacific U. Cy Pacthy U.P U.c Gulf Wai Slove Weevve Ee Ee United States Brunswick Canton Del Tiud Ener Jd Nat Copuers Lip. Co Fuer Sv Dee Sué

Stock market notes from London Paris and Berlin

London trading was subdued with heavy bear activity and mixed results in securities. Russian issues fell while South American stocks firmed. In Paris Banque Paris et des Pays Bas shares slid 30 francs and Spanish securities dropped. Berlin saw large foreign government bond sales on the Bourse amid unfavor.

London Erie New York Central Pennsylvania Stock Exchange Paris Banque Ds Paris Et Des Pay Bas Serlin

Markets Abroad Show Weakness as European Bonds Fall

Paris advices note price declines across markets with modest % to 1% drops in Russian securities and Hungarian gold. Vienna and Frankfurt report weak sentiment and large sales to clear doubt. Berne cites Winterthur Bank suspension, London sees flat closes, and Paris remains strong while Berlin and Moscow tensions weigh. Americans close dull, gold inflows from Brazil.

Paris Vienna Frankfort Berne Winterthur Credit Bank NEW York Evening Post London Chicago Bank of France Pourse Berlin Boerse Russian Finance Ministry Brazil Indiana

Probate Court notices for Emil Eller and Irving Evans estates

Administrator Julius Gerwien presents first and final account for Emil Eller of Boston Suffolk. Court to hear on November 13 at 10 AM. publication in Boston Post for three weeks. Executor of Irving Evans estate appointed. creditors must present claims and debtors pay promptly.

Patrick HK. Murphy Patrick H. Sturphy Boston Suffolk Massachwiw Setys County of Gosse Sid Bo Michael Shea Vanlil Shea Hoston Ava Magsalys Noah W. Sanborn Dee Boston Post Sail Noston Sail Court Joan W. McKim Esquire Eli Ad Catherine Nolan Myrtle Street Winethrop MaKin Ellah Gorge Register Wea Rorwhalin Mavassachus Sufpfolk Emil Eller Counury Julius Gerwien Aid Salu Sane Bostun Irving Evans Oston

Dividend Notice to Stockholders in Boston Mass

A dividend of two dollars and ninety cents per share will be payable after December 1, 1591 to stockholders of record at close of business December 1. This is the first quarterly dividend of 1.76 and 81.15 per share as a proportional dividend for October and November. Jon M. Washburn, Treasurer, Boston, Mass. October 0, 1891.

Bears Delaware & Hudson London Bell Telephone Boston & Maine Tamarack Detroit McEtric Atchison Osceola St. Louis San Francisco Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Road Perent Sullivan Harbor Land Sullivan Harbor Land Company Sullivan, Me Stocktioluers Cas Jon M. Washburn Treasures Boston Mass

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