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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 04, 1888

Page

3

Bay State Soldiers Parade Through Boston in Militia Review

Massachusetts volunteer militia paraded through Boston under Governor Ames amid mobilization orders. About 5000 troops assembled, with units from Wakefield, Stoneham, Worcester and Chelmsford, marching a three mile route to the Common before dismissal. Brigadier General Peach led the division as crowds watched from sidewalks and windows. a dress parade followed the review.

Boston Massachusetts Volunteer Militia Dalton Arlington Street Sixth Regiment Wakefield Steneham Roxbury Horse Guards Lancers Winslow’s Rink South Framingham Huntington Avenue Worcester City Chelmsford Cavalry Porter’s Station Cambridge Boylston Street 120 Lock Charles Street Eighth Regiment North Somerville Boston & Lowell Ninth Regiment Lawrence Peach Nat Wales William M. Strachan Salem

Seven Hundred Shivered Fans End Seven-Inning Rainy Game

Boston defeated Detroit as rain and hail halted play after the first inning and a twelve minute delay. Umpire Valentine ruled the game after seven innings with Sommers impressing for Boston and Clarkson, Morrill, Quinn and Rowe star fielders eluding Detroit’s hitters amid sharp batting and base running.

South End Valentine Boston Clarkson Sommers Morrill Quinn Rowe Sutcliffe White Bostons Detroits E. Johnston Hanlon Kelly Brouthers Ash Berwass Te Ue Othowe Bostoms Ray Nicholson Nash Beatons Johnston Conway New York Giants Chicago Welch Washington Pittsburg Fimgroper Washingtons Mersey Ee Ve

Trotting at Beacon Opens with 96 Entries

Beacon Park starts the October trotting meeting on October 9 with 96 entries across classes 2:40 to 2:37 while several speed divisions failed to fill. An entry list will be ready tomorrow as officials prepare for the event. Separately the Fruit and Produce Exchange and fruit trade members meet at 2 pm to discuss the death of Stephen Bowen of H Harris & Co.

Beacon Beacon Park Fruit and Produce Exchange Fruit Trade Stephen Bowen H. Harris & Co

Barometer Tip for Accurate Sea Level Readings

Ship news notes barometer corrections to adjust for height above sea level. Captains observing daily readings at the specified hour can correct instrument errors by adding one hundredth of an inch for every ten feet of altitude. Miniature Almanac for Thursday Oct 4 lists tides and lunar data.

PORT OF BOSTON SHIPS ARRIVE AND CLEAR AT OCTOBER START

PORT OF BOSTON REPORTS arrivals including British steamer Buffalo from Hull with merchandise for Sanderson & Son and several schooners and brigs from various ports. Wind shifts from light to variable. CLEARANCES include brig Golconda Barbados and multiple schooners and brigs. Local notices from Salem Bangor Canning Gloucester and Vineyard Haven list sailings and cargo totals.

Buffalo Malet Hull Mdse Sanderson & Son Jon Rhynland Antwerp New York Wilkesbarre Catea Port Johnson Herman Winter Hallett Ilm Whitney Standard Stevens Kathidin Pierce Bangor Forest City Snowman Portland City of Gloucester Young Gloucester Alf Jansen Barbados Standara Nantucket Marguerite Laine St Pierre Mig Stetson Morang Campobello Siner Guthrie Philadelphia Gertrude Abbott Champion T Benedict Linscott Amboy Augusta R Denry Sweetland Hoboken F Buren

Change of light at Cherrystone Light Station 1888

Notice to mariners states that around Oct 15 1888 the Cherrystone Light Station Chesapeake Bay Virginia will display a fixed white light with a fixed red sector covering the west entrance to Cherrystone inlet. The red sector lies between bearings N14W and W14W, spanning about 2080 arc. Light will show fixed red from all Chesapeake Bay points except southward to eastward of N14W. Bearings are magnetic and issued from seaward. By order of the lighthouse board. ST ROWAN US Navy Washington Sept 28 1888

Cherrystone Chesapeake Bay Virginia Cherrystone Inlet Amiss Lighthouse Board ST. Phen C Rowan Navy Washington

Maritime dispatches recounting ships and sails

A list of ships and vessels with origins destinations and sailing dates across multiple ports. Entries include ANJER P passed Aug 26 from Manila to New York or Boston and other lines such as CAPE HORN and LIVERPOOL with destinations to San Francisco and Baltimore respectively. Several vessels are noted with routes to Hamburg Havre Batavia Charleston or Montreal among others.

Sealers Tort Townsend WT-Ar incident near North Pacific

A report notes tort Townsend aboard the WT Ar Sept 26 amid North Pacific mackerel trade. The Rich, once mackerel fisherman from Wellfleet Massachusetts, is referenced as formerly involved in the fishery.

Townsend

Mackerel Fleet Sits Inland as Ports Receive Catches

Provincetown Mass October 8 fishers in port as schooners arrive with 1200 gtis of fish from Quera aboard F W Alton and 2600 de from L W Matheson. Grand Banks ship Lizzie Smith reports Sept 24 sightings and Franklin Woodruff nearing home.

Provincetown Mass Alton Quera Lizzie Smith Grand Banks Franklin Woodruff EB Stetson L W Matheson

Bark staffa voyage from Buenos Ayres to New York

A fragment mentions Bark Staffa and Sault a Cochon bound for Buenos Ayres and Kennedy Manila bound for New York. It records Sept 9 and coordinates 38 W and 37 W, with unclear latitudes. The readable portion highlights two ships and their routes between major ports.

Staffa Cochon Buenos Ayres Creeimiore Kennedy Manila New York

Bark Names and Routes From Ports to Various Cities

Maritime cargo listings note several vessel movements with crews and routes. Bark Charles Cotesworth sails from Liverpool to San Francisco on Sept 17. Bark City of Carlisle from Liverpool to Portland on Sept 26. Bark Dusty Miller from St John New Brunswick to Caernarvon on Sept 28.

Charles Cotesworth Kitchen Liverpool San Franisco N. Lon Weshin Favonins Dunham Quebec Melbourne City of Carlisle McKechnie Portland Ore Dusty Miller Hughes St John Caernarvon

Sinking and salvage moves from Boston to Halifax coast

Maritime notices report ships raised or towed for repairs in New York, Edgartown, Halifax and Boston areas. Sloops and brigs including Sch J S Terry and Bark Hypatia transfer to Gowanus Flats and Wood's Hall. Other vessels ashore or damaged in storms near Canso, Barbadoes, Cow Bay, and York Harbor.

Foreign Ports and Ship Movements Across Global Routes

A ledger of maritime departures and arrivals with numerous vessels listed by port, ship name, carrier, and destinations. Entries include Aden, Antwerp, Aspinwall, Callao, Cape Race, Gibraltar, Hamburg, Havre, Halifax, London, Manila, Martinique, Montreal, Quebec, Prawle Point, Rio de Janeiro, Southampton, St John, Zanzibar, and more, detailing steamer, bark, brig, and ship traffic for October and late September. Named ships include Iberia, Noordland, De Ruyter, D Lathrop, Gill, Lathrop, Colon, Terpsichore, Hindostan, W A Campbell, Laura, Ar cadia, Britannia, Desidena, and many others with destinations such as New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Savannah, Montevideo, Liverpool, and London.

Aden Iberia New York Antwerp Noordland Nickels de Ruyter Arisien Philadelphia Aspinwall D Lathrop Gill Movile K A Merritt San Andreas M M_ Dyer Bartlett Itaynan Coward Liverpool Pauillac Colon Belfpast Terpsichore Nielsen Ascagoula Hindostan Clements Savannah Barrka W A Campbell Hathorn San Diego Bebarbados Laura McArthur Boston JT Remick Fossett Hotchkiss Matthania Loston Kbaracoa Flamborough Guadaloupe Callao Glengarry Henry Newark Cape Race State of Georgia Moodie Glasgow Chatham, No Hypatia Bentley Boothbay Dunnet Head Gothia Franck Copenhaven Gibraltar Iniziativa Pizzati Palermo Hamburg Donar Donan Viola Murray New Orleans Havre Ardangorm Pearson Fox Rouen Suevia Halifax Portia Dawson St Join’s Sarah Wallace Holder Schs Oriole Secord Walter Holly Tio Holdbarrd’s Cove Neine Bianche Johnson London Austria Dexter Perth Amboy LA Libertad San Salvador Desidena Jorgensen Ponta Arenas Manila Domingo Montreal Chateau Leoville Daguin St Pierre Mig Miramicil Veritas McCully Dublin Mongalon Maudow Lowe Salem Prawle Point Hermann Kohlmann Baltimore Bremen Quebec Alcides Rollo Parisian Smithiverpool Texas Hunter Ristol Dronningen Belfast Middartha Rogers North Sydney Clearea Meyer Johannes Rod Gjertsen Cork Festiun Lente Ommuundsen de Nants Hagen Anderse Llanelly Father Point Cynthia RIO Janeirng Port Bogart Shaw Buenos Condor Nielse United States Pensacola Southampton St Paul Wiliams Lillie Bell Lee Edgett Sickkay Roberta Howard Pier Mootyville Titania Zanzibar Bailey

Domestic Ports Dispatches and Clearance Notices

APALACHICOLA cleared February 2 for Philadelphia on bark F A Willey Watts and for Boston on sch MA Trundy. Baltimore harbor entries include steamer Hopkins and bark Baltimore from Rio Janeiro. Boston also lists Noita, Risier, and others. Savannah arrivals include steamer Gothenburg City and several schooners. New Haven and Providence traffic noted. Sailed lists feature schooners Seebe and others. C C Dame bound for Boston. Caspian to Liverpool via St John and Halifax. ship Agra from Hamburg. Brunswicks Georgia records Mary Lord clearing on February 30.

Golconda Hall Barbados Cotton & Haley Ichs Canning Packetts Berry Annapolis Delong & Seaman John Proctor Whittemore Windsor J F Baker William Jones Coljing Hays Lyon Phillips Elizabethport Leonessa Pattershall Hoboken Belfast Mary D Wilgo Cole Boston Saco Sailer Jonathan Journe Harding Philadelphia Hattie A Marsh Barker Bangor E Downs Haskell Norfolk Raven Smail Providence T G French French Copy Beaune Globe Hutchins Lucy Miller Homer New York Vickburg Chandler Yonkers Lizzie L Mills Shure Canning Nellie Blanche Lyons A Anthony Norris Gloucester Lizzie J Greenleaf Willie M Stevens Hereward Grand Banks Esther Ward Sarah C Wharf P Lane Sarah M Jacobs Trajabigzenda Henry Stanbury Delia Maria Augusta H Johnson Addie J Story Martha and Susan Georges Lizzie W Hannum George W Washington C W Parker Seining SF Maken Abbie Morse Storm King Eliza R Sagamore Senator KE A Williams Ktarvox Jennie F Willey Satellite Por'smouth J W Woodruff Port Johnson Portland Abbie E Willard Dennis Alert Ira J: Wright Vineyard Haven Mass Herod, Jenkins Willey Watts MA Trundy Dodge Baltimore Johing Hopkins Poster Noita Rio Janeiro Z & L Biren Risier Gothenburg City Savannah Drury Wilsons Gamer Davidson Haley F Poole Davis Nathan Esterbrook Shirp Robert Morgan Crosley New Haven Elwood Harlow King Wwee Yihotoes Seebe Erastus Ai’hey Shaw Twitght Aris van Name Cubberly Salied Ist Dame Caspian Liverpool John’s Halifax Agra Hansen Hamburg Brenswicks Mary Lord Smith Greanlaw Alta McLaughlin St John Lilliot Wasson Alina Pavilion Johnson Coastport Oliver Dyer Emeson Richmond Hamilton Inman Bacon Itsbridge San Francisco Enoch Talbot Stannard Tacoma General Fairehild Boyd Seattle Sagamore Brandenburg Lort Ludlow Mary Glover Darrah Port Discovery Tam O’ Shanter Patterson Shoalwater Bay Australia Hondiett Honolulu Francis Fisher Lewis Newcastle Nsw Maelgyn Jones Bere Tahiti San Pedro Lord Kaslan Cabell United Kingdom John Wenaar Toe Royal van Somerset Ainsa Coon Philacelihia Oesatlen

Sailed and cleared ships and schooners across Atlantic ports

A dense log of ships sailing and clearing from ports including Ellfast Me, Boston, Philadelphia, Hoboken, New York, Norwood, Calais Me, Newport News, and more. Entries note schooners, brigs, steamers, and vessels like Palatka Charles Fannie Edith Meyer, Patchen, Read, Hyena, and Denotes routes to Baltimore, Liverpool, Havana, and Singapore with dates in March and April.

Corday's Desperate Act and a Call for Human Gratitude

The piece recounts Charlotte Corday's assassination of Marat during the French Revolution and frames her deed as a tragedy with moral lessons. It contrasts humane action with the era's bloodlust, then shifts to praise for Warner's Log Cabin remedies, presenting H. L. Warner as a philanthropist reviving simple, ancestral medicines.

Charlotte Corday Normandy Robespierre Marat France Caen Charlotte Corcoran Washington H. LH. Warner Warner Habster

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