Between the Lines and Captain Forbes Wrecks and Rescues
The review discusses Captain Charles King’s Between the Lines a Civil War tale praised for balance of love and war and notes Captain R B Forbes notes on wrecks and rescues. It highlights Forbes’s authority from maritime experience and his practical suggestions for life saving at sea.
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Captain King
Stuart
Pickett
Charles King
U.S.A
New York
Harper & Bros
Forbes
R. B. Forbes
Wrelss
United States
Captan Fortes
Uropa
Snug Harbor
Humane Society
Captain Forbes
Danmark
Missouri
Alceste
Geiser
Atlantic
Pavonia
Oregon
Boston
Cunard Steamship Company
Hottel Vendome
Dec
Cunard Company
C. E
Boston Navy Yard
Spectacle Island
Simpson
Bath
Hatteras
Little, Brown & Co
General Land Office report on arrears and board of review
Acting Commissioner W M Stone details large backlog from 1889 caused by clerical shortfalls and flawed review practices. He notes reforms ending delays, abolishing the board of review, and reports 70,141 land patents issued that year including homesteads and cash entries.
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Washington
W. M. Stone
General Land Office
Secretary of the Interior
Sparks
Board of Review
Public Lands Division
Supreme Court of the United States
Noble
Stone
Fires Rage Across Cities From Maine to Ontario
Fire in Bangor damaged the Western Union telegraph office and nearby businesses, with about 300 battery jars burned and a $1000 loss. Portland forest fires threaten Clarke Donne f. and Lents, while Providence reports Angell barn and workshop burned with eight Jersey cattle and stock valued at $5000. Additional blazes hit Collingswood and Lindsay in Ontario, Kansas City Desiccating and Refining Works in Kansas, and two buildings in Macon, Georgia, totaling extensive insured losses. A false alarm in Macon followed by a Church Green Electric Light Engine incident caused damage and insurance coverage. A minor fire at Catherine Fuller’s residence and a separate faint blaze on Fellows Street added to the day’s incidents.
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Bangor
Western Union Telegraph Office
Western Union
Reynolds & Co
E. C. Brett
The
Theological Seminary
Portland
Clarke Donne F
Theolumbia River
Lents
City Ark
Providence
R. IL
George M. Angell
North
Collingwood
Ont
Collings
Lindsay
Kansas City
Kan
Church Green
Isummer Street
Devonshire
Purchase
Bedford Streets
A. W. Perry
Church Green Electric Light Company
Catherine Fuller
Chester Place
Fellows Street
Harry Johnson
Dedham Bride Weds Elmer Russell in Family Home Ceremony
Elizabeth A Hewins daughter of George Hewins married Elmer Russell at her father's High street Dedham residence. The ceremony was conducted by Rev Fish with a large gathering of relatives. Bridesmaids included Alice, Clara, Anna Hewins, Alice F Poor, Florence Hewins, and Margaret Hewins. Ushers were James R Poor and Harry K Alden. Gifts from Boston to Hartford noted, couple to tour before settling on Highland Street Dedham.
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Elizabeth A
George Hewins
Elmer Russell
High Street
Dedham
Alice
Clara
Anna Hewins
Alice F. Poor
Brookline
Florence
Margaret Hewins
West Roxbury
James R
Democratic Caucuses Name City Delegates in Sept. Ballots
In Lyon Berwick Steventon Bridgewater Lawrence and Franklin, Democrats held large caucuses to choose state county and councillor delegates. Names included Asa T. Newhall Edward Berry J. S. Hadly W. W. Chase James A. Hunt Isaiah Graves F. B. Mower and many others. Republican delegations from multiple towns followed with Crappo Brackett and Wentworth ties noted.
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F. W. Jones
Thomas Wedgewood
Wallace O. Madge
Thomas PF. Revelle
Benjamin A. Ward
Josiah Wilson
Sumner T. Parker
D. A. Noyes
George H. Breed
Frank Davis
E. J. Graves
N. E. Moulton
J. F. Lovett
O. L. Nutter
Merritt Frye
State
Q. A. Townes
FE. G. Pearson
J.D. Dennis
Israel Buttinton
A. A. Mower
Henry Murphy
W. Goodwin
John F. Hay
John Hayes
William H. Lockwood
George N. Nichols
John D. O'Shea
Thomas Kavanagh
Thomas M. Newth
Henry A. Plimpton
D. H. Meade
John &L. Logan
J. H. Potts
Israel Buffinton
J. A. Potts
T. H. Joyce
G.N. Nichols
J. R. Morrow
T. M. Newth
John PD. O'Shea
William H. McKenna
J. L. Towne
H. F. Hurlburt
James H. Sullivan
J. S. Hamilton
Martin Healy
Joel B. Taylor
William W. Hay
David Knox
George O. Tarbox
Joseph F. Harman
J. L. Libby
J. F. McCarthy
Thomas F. Tully
Robert Leslie
I. F. French
Louis Wolf
William F. Norman
James H. Corcoran
F. E. Wright
HL. Libby
W. L. Neagles
H. B. Sprautt
L. B. Usher
J. BE. Tobin
L. A. Brock
J. Kimball
William Snel
H. F. Goodridge
I. Hi. Kelman
J. J. Maloney
M. H. Dris
Charles
Lyman Flint
M. Kk. Simmons
J. R. Holbrook
Daniel O'Connor
N. 5
Atwood
Henry Fitzpatrick
Michael Smith
Wentworth
H. H. Prancis
David Orsaith
F.C. Freeman
J.J. Vanston
John Powers
M. F. McCormack
J. KF. Ellis
Union
S. R. Smith
J. K. Holbrook
Alpheus Hardy
H. R. Barber
C. F. Richardson
Almond Smith
Lucien Lord
H. M. Humphrey
T. H. Goodspeed
George T. Johnson
H. L. Hapgood
R. L. Deane
LY. Kendall
E. J.french
W. H. Brook
A. Carruta
Crapo
Brackett
Coxcord
H. T. Hosmer
Charles E. Brown
K. F. Barrett
F. N. Oxley
G. C. Fiske
W. _K. Temple
S. F. Thayer
E. H. Bunker
W. R. Hartshorne
Tisbury
J. H. Balcom
Tockport
John C. Pierce
Sumner D. York
William Wingood
John Hi. Dennis
Springfield
Savoy
Sunderland
Russell
Williamsburg
West Clampton
Wilbraham
New Salem
Canton
Memorial Hall
C. H. French
Jesse Fenno
E. H. Morse
W. B. Revere
B. ©. Britton
Robert Morrison
George W. Capen
Charles W. Crowell
Arthur F Fisher
F. E. Grover
Samuel Capen
F. Endicott
Thomas KE. Grover
John Stretton
Windsor Heaps
Oscar D. Capen
George P. Ross
John PF. Plunkett
George B. Hunt
HH. Eager
Willis S. Shepard
Thorndike
C. E B. Crowell
George J. Leonard
Nathaniel Farrington
B. M. Noyes
Fred E. Holmes
Thomas McEnny
Dward Halloran
P. McGuire
J. W. Jones
B. B. Nourse
J. W. Slattery
A. Gauthier
G. J. Jackson
D. F. Newton
James Brady
E. C. Gleason
B. Nourse
Martin Maleia
I. P. Bryce
W. J. McCoy
Devens Brigade Reunion Parade in Springfield
The Devens Brigade reunion drew a large crowd despite muddy streets. The Thirty-seventh Massachusetts Regiment held its annual meeting at Grand Army Hall with elected officers. A South Massachusetts Regiment meeting occurred simultaneously as the brigade formed for a center-city parade and banquet at City Hall with General Devens presiding.
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Springfield
Devens
Thirty-seventh
Massachusetts Regiment
Grand Army Hall
5. C. Nichols
Buffalo
N. Y
W. 5. Cook
Boston
H. M. Abbott
Northampton
J. A. Lo
Pynchon Street
H. G. Gilmore
Wilcox Post
Rhodesland Regiment
Seventh
Tenth
E. 8. Bradford
Maynard
Navy Yard Portsmouth Commander Placed on Waiting Orders
Captain R. Bradford has been detached from command of the navy yard at Portsmouth New Jersey effective October 1 and placed on waiting orders in the special Army and Navy Gazette report from Washington dated September 19.
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R. ¥. Bradford
Navy Yard
Portsmouth
N. J
Dinner to General Hammond at Algonquin Club
Asa P. Potter hosted a dinner for General William A. Hammond, former surgeon general, at the Algonquin Club on Commonwealth Avenue. The gathering of about forty included Major Merrill, General Corse, and others as Hammond spoke on heating and ventilation, critiquing hot air, steam, and stoves, and proposing a centralized hot water system as a future solution.
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Commonwealth Avenue
Asa P. Potter
William A. Hammond
Washington
United States Army
Major Hart
Corse
Merrill
Insurance
Francis A. Walker
Pomeroy
Kansas
Charles H. Allen
A. P. Martin
C. W. Ernst
Isaac Enno
J. Hinckley
John Wales
W. G. Preston
George W. Simmons
E. Howard
H. P. Whitcomb
George E. Freeman
Henry D. Hlyde
A. Shuman
Frank M. Ames
Calvin A Richards
Irving A. Evans
Potter
General Hammond
Timby
Harmmound
J.C. Wyman
Prominent Rhode Island Leader J. B. Barnaby Dies
J B Barnaby head of J B Barnaby & Co a Providence clothing house dies at home born Oct 27 1880 in what is now part of his estate He served nine years in the Common Council one year in the General Assembly Democratic gubernatorial nominee 1887 defeated by 454 votes ex governor Van Zandt and 24 456 total He also ran for Congress losing by 717 in 10 427 total His brother Abner J Barnaby served on the Democratic national committee twice elected his widow survives with two daughters.
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Rhode Island
J. B. Barnaby & Co
Providence
Barnaby
Common Council
General Assembly
van Zandt
Congress
Lattimer W. Ballou
Abner J. Barnaby
Democratic National Committee
Josephine A. Reynolds
Colchis Mining Company Expects Rich Silver Output Near Silver City
Dr. Charles D. Jenkins of Boston discusses Colchis Mining Company plans near Silver City New Mexico. Four shafts, high grade ore, 200 tons daily mill capacity, 40 000 tons stored, rail link to market, and stock to be offered as works near completion. Project touted as a proven investment by investors and experts.
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Charles D. Jenkins
Colchis Mining Company
Silver City
Flagler Reducing Company
New Mexico
Field Day of Colored Odd Fellows in Boston
A large gathering of colored residents of Boston and vicinity attended the first annual field day of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows of the State at Cotil son Hall Mechanics Building. Grand Director A Bb Lattimore presided, with prayers, a dress parade by Boston and Cambridge patriarchs, and an oration by Grand Secretary Isaac B Mullen. A parade followed with about 250 marchers from Sumner Plymouth Rock Merrimac and New Bedford Lodges. A convention convened at Blossom Street. the order was reported flourishing.
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Boston
Cotilson Hall
Mechanics
Grand United Order of Odd Fellows
A. Bb. Lattimore
Cambridge
Isaac 8. Mullen
Order of Odd Fellows
Sumner
Plymouth Rock
Merrimac
New Bedford
Gaskins
George Fielmes
W. B. Lee
Blossom Street
Northern Pacific directors spar over mortgage proxy plan
At the monthly meeting New York, Sept 19, Henry Villard’s proxy request for a 160 million mortgage faced sharp criticism from directors who then adopted an official proxy request and purpose statement. Premiums for bonds limited to 10 million and preferred stock dividends left to a special committee, jeopardizing full support from preferred stockholders. Other notices cover Concord & Montreal union, Cincinnati sale of rail line, and Canadian Pacific rate decisions.
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New York
Northern Pacific Railroad
Henry Villard
Villard
Honda
Conxcorp
N. H
Concord & Montreal Railroad Corporation
Concord
Boston, Concord & Montreal
A. Kimball
J. H. Pearson
W. M. Parker
GC. A. Busiel
L. C. Pattee
Literary Notes in October Scribner's Review
The October Scribner's features essays by Edward Wakefield on the Australian ballot system and its defects, a paper on postal reforms by Ex-Postmaster General James, and contributions by Senator Custom and Professor William T. Harris. Amelia B. Edwards plans a Century article on Bubastis recovery illustrated by Egyptian sculptures now at the Boston Museum. Joseph Thorson leads the issue with a Masarland journey tale for the Royal Geographical Society, Donald G. Mitchell's critique of New England decay, and the final installment of The Master of Ballantrae by Robert Louis Stevenson forthcoming from Scribner's Sons. Wellman Parks reports Ginn & Co. receiving two high medals at the Paris Exposition and prominent notice for their educational exhibit, with the National Pedagogic Museum of France seeking their materials.
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Edward Wakefield
Thomas L. James
Custom
Illinois
William T. Harris
United States
Eduction
Edward Bellamy
Amelia B. Edwards
Witten
Donald G. Mitchell
New England
Ballantrae
Robert Louis Stevenson
South Sea Islands
Scribner’s
National Pedagogic Museum of Fragice
Massachusetts Fisheries Law Defended Against Rhode Island Nets
In a 1889 letter to the editor Farr PLAY defends Massachusetts chapter 192 of the 1886 acts protecting Buzzard's Bay fisheries. He lauds Chief Wade and officers for seizures and prosecutions against Rhode Island drag nets, urging public support for Massachusetts law and state sovereignty. The piece portrays Rhode Island fishermen as defying law and contrasts lawful Massachusetts fishermen and officials with indulgent external interests.
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Massachusetts
Buzzard’s Bay
Rhode Island
Wade
Commonwealth
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
New England
Farr
Petition for widow's $300 monthly support from trust estate
Nancy J. Hancock seeks court authority to receive out of the deceased's trust principal and estate net income three hundred dollars per month for her support. Citations issued to appear in Probate Court in Boston Suffolk on October 7, 1889 at 10 a.m. to show cause. Service by mail to Irene A. Clark and publication in the Boston Post for three weeks. Witness Judge Joan W. McKim.
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Suffolk
Elizabirith
Ann Nicholson
Ann E. Nicholson
Boston
Gait
Catherine FE. Murphy
Kather. Murphy
Iaid
Heston
Boston Post
John W. McKim
Esquire
Elijah Glorge
Register
Howard R. Brown
Cambridge
Middlesex
George M. Brooks
J. H. Tyler
Harriet H. Gardner
Gta
Poston
East
Joy Monwealth
Eae
Sety's
Alfred W. Gardner
Acton
Sail Court
Cour
J. B. Lyser
Lugretia Swezlt
Francis
Sears
Joan W. Meckier
Elijah George
Nancy J. Hancock
Irene A. Clark
Warren Clark
Groton
Commonwealth
Joan W. McKim
Elijal George
Charles A. Welch
Allowal
Tor Boon
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Jonathan Buttinton
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