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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 23, 1891

Page

3

Commonwealth Avenue Stroll Reveals Yellow Coach And Brisk Fashion

A pleasant late afternoon along Commonwealth avenue draws a crowd of residents, workers, and children. Yellow chrysanthemums brighten windows as horse carts, coaches, and a Shetland pony parade by. A bride and groom discuss yellow chrysanthemums and curtains, while a young girl promotes lemon juice and borax for freckles. The scene features riders, dogs, a nurse guiding a baby, twin girls in red cloaks, and a rubber ball and terrier act. A colorfully dressed man notes the yellow cart and a striking green gown draws admiration.

Commonwealth Avenue Jack Garaner England Harry

Tariff Reform on Cape Cod Treasurer Report

The Barnstable County Tariff Reform Club reports its first treasurer’s statement detailing purposes, meetings across Provincetown to Eastham, volunteers funding speakers, and plans for a Cape Cod newspaper. It notes funds provided by local benefactors and the club’s editorial control of three papers Cape Cod Independent Wareham Independent and Middleboro Independent with a treasury balance remaining after expenses.

Barnstable Falmouth Joseph S. Fay Henry H.fay Charles R. Codman Horace P

Delighted With His Boston Visit

Montre al Nov 22 The Hon Wilfred Laurier has returned from Boston and speaks of the warmth of the reception he received in the city during his visit.

Boston Montreal Wilfred Laurier

Death of Thomas Hill in Waltham Retired educator and Harvard president

The Rev. Thomas Hill died at his Waltham residence after a long illness. Born 1818 in New Brunswick New Jersey he held posts at Antioch College Harvard University and Portland Maine. He helped develop oculators for the American Nautical Almanac and authored math texts. Funeral at the Unitarian Church in Waltham with Rev. A P Peabody presiding and burial in Mt Feake Cemetery.

Thomas Hill Waltham New Brunswick N. J Lower Dublin Academy Philadelphia Harvard Divinity School Mass Horace Mann Antioch College Ohio Church of the Redeemer Cincinnati Harvard University Hill Louis Agassiz South America Unitarian Church Portland Harvard College Yale Mississippi Phi Beta Kappa Society Antioch American Academy American Philosophical Society Henry Barker Hill E. J. Young Rrev Mr. Perkins Mt. Feake Cemetery

Reception for Distinquished Guests at Dorchester Home

The Hon Patrick A Collins and Mrs Collins hosted a formal reception at their Percival Avenue Dorchester residence with the Earl and Countess of Aberdeen as guests of honor. Attending were Gov Russell Mayor Matthews Congressman ONeil and numerous other Boston dignitaries, officials, and social leaders.

Patrick A. Collins General Collins Miss Collins Governor Russell Russell Nathan Matthews, Jr Matthews Joseph O'Neil O’ Neu Charles H. Taylor John H. Holmes Diugh O’brien O’brien Paul Kendricken John H. Burke Iurke Peter Rowan Francis A. Harris Henry Canning Jerome 5. Macdonald John J. Hayes Hayes H. Eugene Olles James J. Grace J. B. Regan James P. Flynn E. A. Kinney P. T. Hanley John J. Collis Edward 5. Kinney Neil McNeill J. W. Hart Fred H. Warren James W. Clarke J. M. Graham Henry R.reed Thomas J. Gargan James Jeffrey Roche Patrick Donohoe Katherine Conway P. KR. Guiney Louise Imogine Guiney Dominick Joy Osborne Howes E. A. Mclaughlin H. A. McGlenen John &. Martin Dennis O'Callaghan John G. Blake M. F. Gavin P.J. Simmins W. A. Dann Joseph D. Falion Jd. W. Coveney James Barrett Johpees John O'Callaghan W. Furray

Tremont Temple Strangers Hold Harvest Home Crowds

Crowds packed Tremont Temple on Tremont Street for the Strangers Sabbath Home services led by Rev. George A. Lorimer. A Harvest Home concert featured children with wheat corn and fruit displays, while the temple hosted morning prayers sermons and a busy program showcasing popular religion aimed at touching the masses.

Tremont Temple Tremon Temple Trafic George A. Lorimer D.D Boston Union Temple Lorimer Aur Urian Union Temple Baptists Remoat Temple

Shipping News High Water at Boston Harbor Nov 21 22

Shipping news reports high water at 5 30 am and 4 16 am tides with strong adverse winds. A long list of arrivals includes Scotia from Java Colombo Durham City Cumberland St John NB Glaucus from New York Susan H Ritchie Brown Pensacola Oct 9 with lumber to George McQuesten & Co. Erastus Wiman from Baltimore Annie Wilder Rondout Franconia Fleetwing and others.

Scotia Java Colombo Gibraltar Durham City London Cumberland St John Glaucus New York Julian Merritt Brown Gonaives Rochemont Godfrey Ragged Island Susan H Ritchie Boston Pensacola George McQuesten & Co Erastus Wiman Baltimore Annie Wilder Fleetwing Elsie Daylight Liverpool Ethelred Port Antonio Halifax Gate City Savannah Dorchester Norfolk Philadelphia H F Dimock Wandrahm Porath Hamburg Dartmouth Moise William Johnston & Co Wardrakm South Rialto Akester Antwerp Furness Withy & Co Forbes Yarmouth Parthian Snow E B Sampson Herman Winters Nickerson H M Whitney City of Macon Lewis Richardson & Barnard Lewiston Ingraham Bangor Portland Snowman City of Gloucester Proctor Gloucester George M Winslow Quinn Weehawken Mystic Belle Chalmette Dudley Pray Cates Rondout Scranton Alice Astral Murill Bayonne Ella Rosario Brown Bros & Co Point India Equator Alert Godett Aquin Hayti Vineyard Haven Seaboard Lumber Company I & G W Hinds Tolman Naesey City Herman , Kimball, Lane New Haven Maddocks Jennie Lockwood Poland Lynn Mass Lancaster Santuit Harry Roussel Girard Portsmouth Lewis’ Wharf Soften S P.m Savannab Ordy N. Y Metropolitan 83. Co.and Sound Ines Ocean Atlantic Ave G. M. Sorrell

Petition filings update and extradition case on Beacon Hill

Four petitions have been filed under the 1590 act governing publications to the General Court. Extradition papers for Charles A. Peakes, held in Halifax, have been sent to Washington. A rumor expands about a Buzzard's Bay to Barnstable Bay ship canal, with Lucien Bb. Stone leading a proposed incorporation. financiers from Boston and New York reportedly backing the plan.

Beacon Hill Office of the Commonwealth General Court Washington, D. C Charles A. Peakes Halifax Peakes Boston & Albany Griswold Wallworth Tinz Stephen H. Tinz Lexington Cape Cod Ship Canal Company Commonwealth United States Secretary of State Lucien Bb. Stone Buzzard’s Bay Barnstable Bay City New York

HOUSES ON FIRE IN SCITUATE

Fire on Kent street gutted the Hammond residence Friday with $1500 loss, partly insured. Nehemiah Curtis’s roof caught from the blaze but suffered little damage. Cause of the Kent street fire remains unknown.

Scituate Serruary W. L. Hammond Kent Street Nehemiah Curtis

President Denies Pardon for Ezra H. Heywood

Wasauindtron November 20. The President has denied the pardon application in the case of Ezra H. Heywood who was convicted in Massachusetts of violating postal laws.

Ezra H. Heywood Wasuaindtron Massachusetts

A Fatal Mistake In Cambridge Drink Mix Ends in Death

Joseph C. Carter a Cambridge confectioner died after ingesting aconite at George B Ketchams drug store He reportedly took about an ounce alarming the clerk who summoned physicians but Carter died within an hour Doctors Walcott and Wetherbee could not save him He leaves a widow aged about 35.

Joseph C. Carter Cambridge George B. Ketcham Broadway Cambridgeport Carter Ketchum Main Street

Fine Arts Exhibitions Across Town According to Critics

The town hosts multiple shows including J Lin den Smith at Chase Gallery, Childe Hassam at Dole Richards, Fenery pastels at Kimball’s, Voree of Hailford bric a brac at Noyes, and Vonnoh at Williams Everetts. The latter draws strong debate for its subject range and progressive Monet influenced style. F W Loring exhibits at St Botolph Club with more shows by J Appleton Brom at Dole Richards and Tompkins and Arthur Dow at the Art Club galleries later this month.

J. Linden Smith Chase’s Childe Hassam Dole & Richards Fenery Kimball’s Voree Hailford Noyes Vonnoh Williams «& Everett’s Monet F. W. Loring St. Botolph Club J. Appleton Brom Messrs Tompkins Arthur Dow Art Club Galleries

Maritime Movements And Ship Names Across Ports

Calcutta Ar Nov 20, ship Glenericht sailing from Glasgow to Boston. Nov 20 steamer Peruvian from Glasgow to Boston. Liverpool Sailed 21st on steamer Philadelphia new Boston. Pernambuco Ar Nov 21 bark Rebecca Crowell from Barry. Tamatave Ar Nov 7 bark Tama Tapan Luscomb Boston. Valparaiso At Oct 27 Mark Charles G Rice from Newcastle NSW.

Calcutta Glenericht New York Glasgow Boston Liverpool Philadelphian New Pernambuco Rebecca Crowell Barry Tama Topan Luscomb Valpariso Mark Charles G Rice Newcastle Nsw

Closing of Foreign Mails From Various Steamship Routes

Notices list closing times for foreign and colonial mail through multiple steamer routes. Includes aimed destinations across Europe, the Caribbean, Central America, and the Pacific, with several special addressed correspondences and Bahamas, Jamaica, Curacao, Venezuela, and British possessions detailed. Specific vessels and Nov dates with p.m. or a.m. times are emphasized.

Great Britain Bergen Newcastle Sea P. O Southampton Germany Christiana Bremen Ireland Lahn Inagua Gonaives St. Mare Port de Paix Waesland Europe Britannic Great Britain and Ireland City of New York Cuba Saratoga Jamaica Greytown Truxillo Puerto Cortes Belize Guatemala Hondo Costa Rica Port Limon Claribel Curacoa Venezuela Savanilla Curacea Bergen- Newcastle Sea Etruria Windward Islands Bermuda St. Thomas St. Croix Barbadoes Trinidad and Demerara Brazil Argentine Republic Urugay Paraguay Belgium Netherlands Austria Norway P.O Ems Uayt Cumans Carupano Venezuelan Trinidad British Dutch Guiana Prins Frederick Hendrik Yucatan Campeche Tabasco Chiapas Yamuri Scotland Furnessia France Havre la Gascogne Ethelred

Sail schooner damaged after gale off Cape Cod near Maine

Schooner Lawrence Haines of Bath sailing from Perth Amboy to Biddeford arrived at Biddeford in a badly battered state. Cargo coal shifted, deck load lost, starboard bulwarks damaged. W McLean reported ashore on Mexico coast with a broken back. Bark A H Cann previously burned at sea left Rosario Sept 30 for Rio Janeiro with 9024 bales hay. Boston Hydrographic Office week ending Nov 21 logs show many notices, reports, and vessels missing.

Lawrence Haines Bath Perth Amboy Biddeford Cod McLean Mexico H Cann Rosario Rio Janeiro Boston Hydrographic Office C. S

Domestic Ports Report of Nov Port Movements and Clearances

Port and harbor notices list sailing and clearance data for several U S and international ports. Vessels include Orrie, Drisco, Steelman, Galveston, Amelia P Schmidt, Llamarock, Veazie, Boston bound ships, and others sailing to Providence New York Philadelphia and Nassau. Additional entries note fleet movements at Nobska and Manchester area harbors with coastwise traffic and barge tows.

Apalachicola Orrie Drisco Steelman Galveston Amelia P Schmidt Pashley Caibaren Llamarock Veazie Boston MT Desert Ferry Jennie F Willey Oliver New York Bar Harbor General Banke Bickford Sullivan Providence Smith Franklin Philadelia Frank McDonnell Nobska Sewis Young Brothers Portsmouth Philadelphia Lavina Campbell Mabel Rose John S Ames Norfolk John W Linnell Carne Belle St John Edward I Mansfield Agnes E Manson John P Kelsey Newburypoort Centipede Tullis Brookside Kolpino Dunkirk Inchisla Liverpool Energie Hamburg George W Clyde Hayti Congo London Swansea Magdalen Meyer Anna BR Storer Richardson Port Spain Trinidad Plymouth John Dowlass Jersey City Wilden Weeawken Portland Williamine Balbidge Brunswick William Wilson Bangor M A Hood Story Do Savannah City of Savannah San Francisco Ar Navy Snow & Burgess Sintram Woodside Salem Alice Holbrook Baltimore W W Ward Chi . Harold Port Johnson Paras Cae Vineyard Haven Inglewoode Seeley J Willard York

Also Mentioned on This Page

Commonwealth, Avenue Gardnen Styles Barnstable County Tariff Reform Club Harvard Colleges Earl and Countess of Aberdeen Baptists THE Children’s Tremont Street Dr. Lorimer Shipping News Monobay Moon Bark Liberia Monrovia Fall River Line Park Square Station Fall River Pier 23 N. R Brooklyn Splenala Washington State Old Colony J. RK. Kendrick Geo. L. Connor Gen’l Pasa L. H. Palmer State House Brine Commonswealth Clothing House NEW Post George R. Brine Commonwealth Clothing House Washington and Kneeland Streets Trans-Pacific Society Islands Galilee Japan Shanghai Hong Kong East Indies British India Straits Settlements Siam Dutch East Indies Hawaiian Kingdom New Zealand Australia West Australia Fiji Samoan Marine Notes Humphreys Dra. Humenaeus Waarrick Humpareys Oro Ty Humpereys’ Medicine Co William and John Streets Willan John Bisy Satur India Wharf Pier 11 North River Goode Soth M. Whitney Azores L. R. Hale A, Adams & CO Clyde Steamship CO Great Southern Charleston Slo Llio A South Carolina Pier 29 Bant Ver Pen Yemassee Delaware Washington Breet J. A. Flanders Tweev G. Eger Bowling Grees New Yperts Johnston Line Nessmore Oranmore Parkmore Hansa-Johnston Wandrahimn Stubbenhuk Baumowatil Wh. Johnston & CO Water Street Londonderry Naples Anglin Cabin Passage Dratte Lovert’st Henderson Broptisers Bowling Green V. Dasey Broad St Keston Savannah Line White Star Line Queenstown Atlantic RED Star Line BE. A. Ararls & CO Sitate St Cor Hrond St Mall Bavannam Pier Lewis Wharf Canada Atlantic Steamship CO Lema Be A. Dew. Samson Washington Street Val Meu Richardson & Barkard Agenta Warren Line Palestine Michigan Warren & CO Milk Beaver Line Lake Superior Lake Maron Lake Ontario Lake Winnipeg K. A Norddeutscher Lloyd S. 8 EIDER Ram Trave Havel SPRIE Paris Oelrichs & CO Otton Theo Goething Doane Street Cunard Line Liverpeel Catalonia Ceephalonia Fawmra Cephaloni Samaria Pavonia Uec Damania Scythia Lec State Street Alexander Martin Urday wepDec Endan Leyland Line Virginian Bostonian THA Wee & Lincoln Nsot la M Western Counties Windsor & Annapolis Nova Scotia Central Nova Scotia Davison Stage Line South Shore J.P. Spinne Thomas Cook & Son Washington St W. H. Eaves Parker House Joan G. & CO Chatham St Boston & Philadelphia Steamship Line Long Wharf Philadeofis Wilmingtons F. P. Wing Goston E. B. Sampson Gen. Mgr Fiske Bidg Bostemte Mallory Lines LEONA Alamo Rio Grande II COMAL Revit San Antonio State OF Texas Seth Sprague Pia Allan Line Buenos A. M. Graham Agt Central Wharf Boston, Halifax & Pelsteamship Line South Side Carroll Maritime Provinces BR. B. Gardner Old State House Easport Calais St. John International Co Commercial Wharf Eastport Boston & Maine &R E. A. Waldron Portland Steamers Ortland Indian Wharf Sunrays BP’ LD Vonni Ing Portland. Co F. Williams JIE Grand Junction Wharven Custom House Milk St Jommonwealth Massachu Supreme Judicial Court Suffolk Wina J.burke Tobias E. Burke William J. Burke Eyer Street Sard Baton East Boston Everett Street Eddy Mary Ryan James W County of James Winn Loweton Winn William J. Burke, Tobias E. Burke A. Col Commonwealth OF Massachusetts Boseton Boston Post John Noble C. H. Cooper Toticeh Pio Maregiotta Lata Froston Joseph N. Pastene O'Klce Pasquale DI Giorgio Joseph Vastene Juliaetie Davis Amelia E. Davis Weat Newton St Bostom Bbyts William Regan Rogton Ellen M. Kegan
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