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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 26, 1889

Page

3

Building Associations and Their Local and National Operations

A Minnesota correspondent discusses building and loan associations, contrasting local “locals” with nationwide firms. It reviews the Railway Building & Loan Association in Minneapolis, its stock, monthly payments, and high safety standards as it explains how members earn from compound interest and principal, with real estate mortgages backing deposits.

Moxyerarouis Minn Northwest Boston New England Cooperative Philadelphia Cincinnati Minneapolis St. Paul Railway Building & Loan Association Minnesota Loan & Trust Building State of Minnesota Association John G. ‘Taylor F. Fremont Reed J. B. Butin Railway Association Loan Association Montas New York Minnesota Loan &Trust Company Bradstreet’s Dun’s East Emerson Cole People’s Bank, Kenyon Hans Matson Linnoon

Statistical Association meeting outlines prison and finance studies

General Francis A. Walker led a quarterly session of the American Statistical Association at MIT Rogers Building. Two papers were presented on 1888 prison statistics by Roland Faulkner and on Commonwealth finance by Edwin Seligman, followed by a member nomination slate and 42 new members elected unanimously before adjournment.

Francis A. Walker American Statistical Association Rogers Massachusetts Institute of Technology Hamilton A. Hill Sedgwick Ward Dean Association United States Roland P. Faulkner Edwin RB. A. Seligman Edwin RB. A. Seligman, Ll.b Columbia University Davis R. Dewey Faulkner Seligman Commonwealth Henry EK. Alvord Ricultural College Maryland Graham Taylor Theological Seminary Hartford Gardner Tufts Massachusetts Concord Mass Raphael Pumpelly U. S. Geological Survey Newport R. 1 Charles A. Jenney Washington, D. C F. R. Williams Washington, D.C Franklin Haven, Jr Merchants’ Bank Boston George Ripley Hide & Leather Bank W. &. Burns Age of Steel St. Louis H. L. Wadsworth Mining Scientific Review Denver Col Eugene Griffin Thomson-Houston Electric Company Samuel W._ Abbott State Board of Health John ©. Ropes Fred Williams Carter George Boston J. James University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia

Salem Health Board removes diphtheria cards in South Salem

The Salem Board of Health yesterday took down two diphtheria cards in South Salem. They report using four and a half tons of disinfectants this year. During the diphtheria shortage in South Salem, disinfectants were distributed to every house in three wards.

Salem Board of Health South Salem

Uniform Winter Overcoats Offered to Car Conductors

G. W. Simmons & Co. at 32 to 44 North Street sell uniform winter overcoats for conductors and drivers on horse cars at ten dollars, addressing the cost of dress.

G. W. Simmons & Co North Street

Shipping News From Miniauture Almanac

Maritime notices from the Miniauture Almanac listing arrivals at Boston and coastal ports, including steamer Kennebec and other vessels from Bath Portland Gloucester St John NB to Bangor and Halifax NS. Foreign ships, schooners and brigs are named with masters and home ports, alongside sailings and positions reported as spoken.

Kennebec Collins Bath John Brooks Snowman Portland Penobscot Ingraham Bangor City of Gloucester Young Gloucester Sebs Welcome Home Lunn Janet S Golding St John K Raymond Warner Port Gilbert Kate McKinnon Crowell Crepaud Pel Kinburn Eastport ST. John Commercial Wharf Boston Digby Annapolis Halifax Kilby

Freight and Charter Movements Across Atlantic and Coastwise Trade

Boston market shows demand for large freighters for coastwise business with few ships heading to River Plate. small register vessels load at Portland. Coastwise lanes attract paving, coal, and lumber cargoes with mixed rates. Notable charters include Lima to Montevideo lumber at 14, Florence to Buenos Aires lumber at 14 50, and various vessels loading coal, stone, and paving blocks to New York, Philadelphia, and Boston. Demand remains light overall with steady if varied rates across Atlantic ports and local coasts.

Boston River Plate Portland Lunder Hatteras Atlantic Gulf Ports New York Norfolk Newport News Philadelphia Baltimore Sullivan Cape Ann South America Lima Montevideo Kentine Florence Buenos Ayres Westaway Slip Island Miss Laguayra Sibley Trinidad Richard Ff Green Hiblander Bay Chaleur Barbados Sch Jennie Cape Breton Charlies Warren Prince Edward Island Ptatoes Bush Kalevala St Johns Laura Cargo Carver’s Harbor Sydney Lottie K Friend Pigeon Cove J M Flanagan Phillips Clark's Cove Woodruff Providence Fall River New Bedford Schad W Vannaman Daniel Brittain Minqgnns Z Sherman Salem F Walker Ira Laffrinier Orland G L Fessenden Bay View Maine Frank Harrington Nathan Lawrence Swis Luther A_koby Willie H Higging Windsor Benjamin Courtney James Young Altimore Galveston Sabine Pass Alfred W Frisk Hurricane Island Giachavere Almeda Vestey Adia PJ Woodruff Ice Kennebec Philadelpia Cheresa Hiladelphia Granite Annie Ainslie Laneaville Donald Cann Bridgewater Barbaos Mildred McLean Bahia Hong Kong Annie H Smith Shanghai Harvest Queen San Francisco AEL York Europe Park Scotland Armenia London Same Dumfriesshire Rosario John Mebermott Hay Herala Joequinna Charles Loring Emma Ilengarry Savannah Lucy Davis Pernambuco Bushnell Santos Rio Janeiro

Foreign Ports Sailings and Arrivals (Oct 24 update)

Shipping news lists sailings and in port statuses for Bremen, Cett e, Glasgow, Genoa, Hamburg, Hong Kong routes, Leghorn, New York, Newcastle, Nagasaki, Palermo, Rio de Janeiro, Smyrna, Wellington, Yokohama, Acajutla, Buenos Aires, Cebu, and other ports. Vessels include Main, Heribea, Austrian, Ethiopian, Somerhill, Kingfisher class ships, and numerous bark and steamer departures with destinations such as Baltimore, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Montreal, and Vancouver. Specific ships named include James Nesmith, Parthia, City of Sydney, and Luzon among many others.

Callao Wachusett Oakland Caleta Buena New York Faraday le Fame London Flora May Chatham Carthagena Pearl Murphy Nsenada Eliza McManemy Dodge Philadelphia Hong Kong Richard Parsons Martha Davis Manila Josephus Port Haydn Brown Australia Robert S. Bernard Harvest Queen San Francisco Kitty Portland Honolulu Ophir Bruguiere Newcastle Nsw Schs Highflyer Montevid Erickson Pensacola Nettie Murphy Cosman Barbados Moncton Sir John Price Odell Panama San Juan City of Panama Acapulco Quebec Ismir Pinckney Buenos Ayres Modena Gale Cricket Kennedy Mayflower McCready Boston Baltimore Heribea Vilach Glasgow Austrian Ethiopia Somerhill (Sr State of Alabama Genoa Antonio Madre Ital Molfino Chioggia Scarpa Hamburg Kingston HLOGO Stewart Kings Lynn Montreal Barrowmore Explorer Spain Leghorn Caledonia Craigerne Nagasaki J V Troop Fritz Palermo Bellingham Latella Rio Janeiro Wakefield Crowell Yokohama James Nesmith Jackson Parthia Vancouver

Whalers Report Oil Freight From Multiple Vessels

New Bedford October 25 The bark Moses B Tower under Captain Azevedo Fayal arrives with 18 016 gallons sperm oil from the bark President 13 166 from the schooner W Morse 6279 from the schooner Carrie Knowles 721 from the brig I A Barstow 4193 from the schooner Francis Allyn 2523 from the bark George and Mary and 8466 from the schooner Mary E Simmons carrying passengers and cargo all listed as oil cargoes for transfer or sale.

New Bedford Moses Azevedo Fayal President Sch W Morse Carrie Knowles L’ A Barstow Francis Allyn Bark George & Mary Mary E Simmons

Fish prices and shipping plans amid New England fishery trade

Gloucester reports conductors and merchants selling codfish and halibut at 8 and 13 cents per pound with various buyers including Charles Tappan and Esther Ward from Georges. Halifax proposes shipping provisions to starving Straits of Belle Isle fishermen amid ongoing supply concerns.

Gloucester Ichs Aroostook Charles 5 Tappan Esther Ward Georges Ralph Hodgdon Tragabigronda Alice S Hawkes J J Clark Jimeralée Harry L Belden Halifax Straits of Helle Isle

Vessel launches and shipyard notices from New England ports

Reports from Newburyport Portland Bath and Camden describe launches of schooners from 800 to 900 tons with names such as Jennie C May Millie G Bowne and the W I Green Son. Several vessels will be launched in late October with keel laying planned for the near term and crews assembling in Maine and Massachusetts yards.

Green Yard Boston W I Green & Son Messrs Green Newbury Port George E Currier J R Teel Portland George Russell East Deering Winslow & Co M M Gould Bath New England Jennie C May Norwalk Conan Dyer William Rogers J 8S Hiv Providence New London Crocker, Davidson & Co James Duffield Middletown Brainerd Quarry Company Camden H M Bean Millie G Bowne Gov Ames A Wixon W B H Bowne E & Crowell West Dennis Mass John M Ward George W Rogers Frederick Bowne Flushing N P Doane

Cephalonia Sinks Boats In Atlantic Storm After Fire

Reports from Boston and nearby ports recount a severe gale that damaged several vessels. The Cunard steamer Cephalonia sustained boiler damage, three injured men died, one likely will not recover, and she returned to Liverpool to dock. The Scythia will carry Cephalonia passengers to Boston, sailing Monday November 4. Governor Ames, after 60 days from Buenos Ayres, arrived below Baltimore. Other ships reported losses, groundings, and salvage efforts along Eastport, Vineyard Haven, Bata, Deseronto, Norfolk, and Cape Henry as storms disrupted maritime activity across the coast.

Boston Cunard Line Cephalonia Liverpool Scythia Ames Buenos Ayres Atlantic Baltimore Eastport Amby Malloch Etta Tanner Quoddy Light Vineyard Haven Benj English Kate Foster Orion Providence Burke Flynn Sch Sabao Machias Boston Towboat Company Bata Sea Perseverance Thatcher’s Island Augustus Palmer Bath Daniel Willard Cape Elizabeth Deseronto Ont George Wara Pictou City OF Mexico Vera Cruz Lewes Del Sir Frank T Stinson Norfolk Portland Cyty Island Sir Hattie S Collins Goose Island Bar Charles H Sprague Hoboken Annie K Lewis New York Bucksport Sprague Lewis Frank O Daine Little Island Virginia Cape Henry Merritt William Mason Baker Richmond Capes Middle Ground Savannah Harrogate Reval Catawamteak Red Beach

Storms and wrecks flood Atlantic shipping reports

In a morning gale about 20 miles NW of Absecon Light a schooner struck and failed. Crew of five endured 22 hours in rigging before rescue. Fire aboard sh h J Wilson extinguished by tug Haviland. hull loss and cargo notes follow. Wrecks near Ocean View, Hatteras and Barnegat noted with multiple ships reported as foundered, bilged or sunk.

Absecom Light Steward Strand New York Tally Haviland J J Wilson Flushing Bay College Point Sch Rover, Hubbard Baltimore Ocean View Chesapeake Bay Luther C Ward Filmore Green Calvert County Norfolk Charleston H B Unesey Boston Hatteras Nassau Chancellor Hull Point Pleasant Asher Parker Halifax Cow Bay Louisburg Port Armour Straits of Belle Isle London Almacraig Palawan Chesebrough Ericsson

Sailors and Vessels in Cargo Narrative From Portland

In Wiscasset on October 25 a special report notes sailing movements including SB Wheeler Philadelphia for Samuel Lewis Perth Amboy Salem O M Marrett Port Johnson for Gloucester Addie Sawyer Perth Petrel Tiverton Amboy for Saco and the sloop yacht Marguerite Gaston for No vessel sailed. Names Douglas Haynes Greg Sailed Seb Lawrence Haines Tibbetts Bridgeport Conn.

SB Wheeler Philadelphia Samuel Lewis Perth Amboy Salem O M Marrett Port Johnson Gloucester Addie Sawyer Perth

Boston to Havret La Gascogne voyage list

Passenger names and origins for transatlantic departures including Mr and Mrs Arthur Flunnewell Miss Isabella Hunnewell Miss Janie Hunnewell Miss Margaret Hunnewell Miss Alice Burnham from Boston to Havret La Gascogne with New York party William D Mandell Rudolph Gunther E Caton and others listed. Cunard steamer Am George W Stevens and associates noted along with Transatlantique and Cunard carriers and accompanying servants.

Boston Bremeé Trave New Y Francis Peabody, Jr Fulda Havret la Gascogne New Year Arthur Flunnewell Isabella Hunnewell Janie Hunnewell Dajia O Hunnewell Margaret Hunnewell Alice Burnham Loston Liverpolria New York William D Mandell Rudolph Gunther E Caton Lee K H Barrows L Pearson Webster Marian Burnham William Burnham Frederick Burnham Georges S Elliott

Steamship Schedules From New Orleans and Halifax Issued

Supplementary mail details voyage times for Truxillo Ruatan Nova Scotia st Pierre Miquelon Newfoundland Halifax Bocas del Toro Gussie and Sama ria routes. Notation notes Oct 26 7 30 P M departures for several ports and Oct 29 7 30 A M for Europe with Samaria and Halifa x details.

Truxillo Ruatan Prof. Morse New Orleans Nova Scotia St Pierre and Miquelon Newfoundland Halifax Bocas del Gussie Great Britain

Trans-Pacific Mails and Closings for The Pacific Routes

Steamship notices announce mail sailings to Japan Shanghai Hong Kong and de Chinese ports East Indies Straits Settlements Siam and Dutch East Indies via Arabic from San Francisco November 9. Mail closing dates set at Boston November 3 and at Kotz office November 10 for Mariposa route to Australia New Zealand Fiji Samoa and Hawaii with exact times 5 00 P M.

Japan Shanghai Hong Kong East British India Straits Settlements Siam Dutch East Indies San Francisco Boston Sseesereeres Bse UO Australia New Zealand Fiji Samoan Hawaiian Islands Kotoa

Domestic Ports Trade Brief Highlights Ocean Movement

A sweeping list of ships and schooners cleared sailed and arriving across U S Atlantic and Gulf ports including Bangor Bath Baltimore Charleston Gloucester Galveston New York Providence Philadelphia and Portland with vessels such as steamers Thanemore Pimppa and Moss Brown schooners J M Morales Carrie Pickering and Addie Snow and brigs Maud H Dudley and Thomas Keillor noted along with arrivals from Montreal Liverpool Demarara and Havana and sailings toward London and Bordeaux.

Bangor Damon Harding Webster Barnard Marshall New York H Curtis Haskell Bridgeport Alaine Gilbert Boston Henry Chace Black Portsmouth Bath J M Morales Jordan Carrie § Pickering Marshal Gertrude Abbott Champion Philadelphia Baltimore Katie J Irelan Crockett Coosaw Bianche Hopkins Tunnel Charleston Edinburgh Montreal John W Marr Cotton Liverpool Edward A Sanchez Stillman Orchilla Gov Ames Davis Buenos Ayres Annie Blisg O’ Donnell Savannah Thanemore London Ernford St Jago de Cuba Decature Miller Taylor Harold C Becher McKerson New Haven Cora Dunn Wm Hays Strong Iaik Pee Geo Moulton Ldg Hard Pine Ath Schs Red Wing Henry Tilton Edgar C Ross Mary E Morris Frank Pratt Lee Scottish Prince Havre Dutch Island Harbor Schs Pavilion Calais Narragansett Pier Harvard Havey Providence St John Eastport Port Paine Cayenne Neponset Flora Fernandina Walter L Plummer Coffin Guadaloupe Augustus Hart Lubec Wim Hutchings Viola May E Sears Mary Pike Huntress Norfolk Merrill C Hart Sophia Godfrey Marcus Edwards Hattie Nickerson Nickerson Mary Ann Collins Newark Emma A Hi Peary Britannic Columbia Hamburg Tancary Middlesborough Falmouth Julian Nelson Sandy Hook A McNichol Island City New Bedford Albert W. Smith Mary Isaac Oberton Susan Green Annie P Chase B Smith Lottie Thomaston M Pickering Melville Cora Bangor G M Porter Galais Nautilus Rockland Isaac H Tillyer Eaglet Edgartown Henry M Hiaven Lanesville Mesquire Rockport Thomas W. Toy Alvena MacKay Kingston Jam Kasbeck Davies Notterdam Persian Monarch Bristow la Gascogne Santilli K A Matthews Cruche Copenhagen Tao Benlawers Leith Glitner Exmouth Hell Gate Fred Scammell Shaw Bordeaux Hart Island Road Robert Couity Lowe Hastings Corey Wdm Francis Anderson Do Angam Kelly Julia Fall River Port Townsend Wilson Pensacola Dominion Torgensen Montevideo Port Royal Maud H Dudley Pottsville Ritson Reading Smith Portland Hercules Odiorne Newburyport John B. Carrington Berry Erastus Wiman Bennett Sarneil Walker GM Baainerd Mailen Vinaihaven Anna T Bailey Marson Minnesota Swansea Indiana Lumen Antwerp Develgonne Eng Bernard Dickman Port Antonio Tyrian Haig Centipede Hansen Harrisburg Albertson Salem Standard Evans Lizzie Guptili Pinkham Rock Fideman Kemp Richmond Social Francisco Pelotas A & E Hooper Willetts Red Beach Navassa Hatfield Windsor Mayflower Harvey D C Sarah Wallace Holder Jessie Hart 2d West John Harbor John Price Odell Musquash Nellie Bruce Somerville St Johns Enj T Biggs Henderson Rachel Seaman Franklin Carrie G Crosby Hall Camden San Francisco Colima Lang Panama Dumfressshire Johnson Newcastle Nsw Aboukir Bay Jack Roland Queenstown Moottan Royal Alexandra City of Macon Stonington Blast Martin Sparkie Steelman Vineyard Haven Ar Glaucus Coleman Yo Elphia Annie E Stevens Addie A H Hurlbart Wee- Philad Hawken Maggie Mulvey Port Johnson

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