Freemasonry History and Egyptian Obelisk Emblems Explored
A Washington telegram from Lt Commander H H Gorringe reports Masonic emblems found beneath an Egyptian obelisk base while removing a monolith in Alexandria. Boston interviews with Mason leaders discuss Egypts early masons, hieroglyphics, and whether Freemasonry derives from ancient Egypt, with views from Judge Woodbury and Major Foote. the description notes specific foundation blocks and emblems, and the decision to reassemble the pieces in New York.
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State Department
Washington
H. H. Gorringe
United States Navy
Alexandria
Egypt
Cutenant Gorringe
Thermes
Heliopolis
Tiberius
Cesar
New York
Boston
Glonm
Charles Levi Woodbury
New England
Woodbury
Eee
Patah
Patab
God
Albert Pike
United States
Ely
Mare’s Nest
Valley of the Nile
Osiris
Greece
Italy
Germany
Whcether
Memphis
Gorringe
Freemasonry
Shift Toward New York Mining Exchange and Bank
A New York based plan aims to centralize mining speculation and finance. The United States Company would operate a large trust and public exchange in the Boreel building with a $6,000,000 capital. The board includes former congressmen, senators, and notable financiers. Milton S. Latham will seek the presidency. The scheme envisions loans on mining stocks, real estate holdings, and a 500-seat exchange with tiered seat prices and annual dues, open in about a month.
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New York Times
California
San Francisco Stock Board
New York
Smith
United States Company
Boreel
R. C. McCormick
Congress
United States
B. Elkins
A. P. K. Spofford
Arizona
William F F. Shaffer
D. Roberts
Jerome B. Chaffee
J. P. Jones
Henry Havemeyer
L. M. Lawson
Drake de Kay
H. A.W. Tabor
R. W. Leavitt
Milton 8. Latham
San Francisco
Assembly
Senate
Isle Royal
Calumet
Hecla
Allouez
Perth
Aoe
Scandalous Elopement Rocks Port Jerrinson District
February 13 in Port Jerrinson L L excites town with elopement of twelve year old daughter of fisherman Hulse with Henry Shute forty plus, a hired man. Shute has a wife and children in New Haven Conn. He has long been trusted. The sin, who were attending school, is pretty an agent. Country girls seeking Boston area jobs urged to contact The Goose Employment Bureau 21 West Street Boston for details.
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Port Jerrinson
L. L
Hulse
Henry Shute
Shute
New Haven
Conn
Haltee the Sin
Boston
Goose Employment Bureau
West Street
Pithole Rise and Fall A Glance at Oil City’s Ghost Town
The piece recounts Pithole City’s boom and bust in oil times. Investors Prather and Duncan prospered briefly as 15,000 people crowded the district, hotels rose, and wells produced vast yields before a crash erased the town. The Duncan House and Collins House symbolize rise and decline as Pithole vanished.
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Pithole City
Carthage
Oil City
Collins
Duncan
Hawthorne
Corinth
Shushan
Palmyra
America
Mark Twain
Ile
Oil Creek
OW Creek
Pithole
Holmden
Duncan House
Bret Harte
Withelm Opera
Petroleus Peo
Edison
Belshazzar
Grant
Financial matters and copper stock boom in 1880
The market tightens slightly with bank rates near 2 to 4 percent and ready money easing. Copper stocks lead gains with STAR, Mesnard, Pewabic, Franklin, and Allouez rising as investors expect further advances. railroads show mixed strength with renewed earnings and potential consolidation talks denied.
Commercial Matters. Boston Daily Market Report Feb 14
The Boston Daily Market Report notes continued favorable business activity with rising demand in dry goods and ready made wear. Wool, cotton and iron markets hold firm, tea and coffee steady, butter and cheese firmer, and groceries and beef markets mixed with cautious optimism for prices and trade.
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Oricon
Boston Daily Ory
New England
Iran
Hutter
Bernhardt Seeks Meeting with Cham Caricatures
In a London Truth recount, Mile. Sarah Bernhardt wished to meet Cham, the famed caricaturist who had died. When Cham visited, she said she preferred money to art, provoking him to draw a sequence of jibes about her. One caricature mocked her physique and admiration, another referenced Mars and famous actresses, but Bernhardt later apologized and the second drawing was not published.
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Pithole
First Presbyterian Church
Betsy Prng
America
Pithole City
Perierunt Etiam
Diana
Ephesians
Orchomenos
Croesus
Burger
States
Sarah Bernhardt
Mademoiselle
Sarah
Monsieur
L’argent
Mars
Dorval
Rachel
Bernhardt
London
Governor Hoyt Guards Himself With a Cannon
Cheyenne reports Governor Hoyt, amid a charge of intimacy with a mulatto girl, had a cannon placed before his residence at night and remained until Sunday afternoon. A tag and derisive placards read the governor must be protected and women must be respected regardless of color. Most papers call for Hoyt’s removal. An indig nation plans to petition on the affair and related employment ads appear in the Globe Employment Bureau listing.
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Cheyenne
Hoyt
New York Markets Fluctuate On Food and Cotton Prices
New York markets report quiet but mixed activity on flour and meal with varied prices across grades. Cotton declines 1 16 cents with futures down, while provisions show firmer lard and hog prices, and grain shows brisk spot sales for several grains including wheat and corn amid active export demand.
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Uthern Bakers
Familyraeas
Ager
Western
Rio
San Domingo
Java
United
Erage
Nere
Oil City
Talon
Liverpool
Antwerp
Cork
London
Bremen
Bilboa
Calcutta
Live Stock Markets Brighton and Watertown Markets Report
Brighton market reports large stock supply with cattle prices steady to higher and western cattle shipping expected. cows, calves, and sheep show varied demand with active slaughter movement. Watertown notes cattle and sheep prices steady, strong lamb trade, and mixed cattle demand as markets open.
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Brighton
Seth
Butcsiers
England
Canada
Watertown
Marke
Gloucester Fish Market week report shows arrivals and prices
Special Gloucester weekly market note reports 34 fish arrivals totaling about 1 047 000 pounds from Georges Bank Banks and Newfoundland. Salt fish demand weak as frozen herring flood market at low prices while weather hinders curing and preservation. Codfish prices decline slightly with varied barge and boat lot quotes and multiple barrel sales noted.
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Yuatant
Wisconsin
Minnesota
St Louis
Irinoia
Indiana
Valencia
Smyrna
Norfolk
Wilmington
Ito
Bila
Manila
Sisai
Rio Grande
Montevideo
Buenos Ayres
Calcutta
Rockland
Aola
Mayaguez
Demerara
New Orleans
Bagi
Teaiek
Apna
Maine Central
Sunday Globe
Gloucester
Aubruary
Georges
New Brunswick
Newfoundland
Locaa
Eerie
Wales
Ies
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Babylon
Ninevah
Champoleon
Masonic
Tracy FP. Cheever
Grand Lodge of Masons of
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Masonic Temple
Christopher Wren
St. Paul's Cathedral
Matesty
Mackey
Perkcy Foote
Lience Ecru
London Daily News
Castle of Seven Towers
Morris
Delphi
Prather
Old Holmden
Prathers
George Prather
Philadelphia
John
United States Oil Company
Financial Matters
Boston Money and Stocks
Review OF the Week
State Street
United States Bonds
Treasury Department
Star
Treasury
Mesnard
Franklin
Haseen
Concord
Pewabic
ATLAS
Phoenix
Brunswick Aitimony
Adison
Huron
Lake Superior
Houghton County
Atlantic
Quincy
Leighton
Stanton and Dunerritt
Tributoes
Houghton
Ory
New York Commercial Bulletin
Railroad Noten
Missouri, Kansas
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Eastern
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Little Rock & Fort Smith
Cincinnati, Sandusky & Cleveland
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New York & New England
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New Begiend
U. S
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Humboldt
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Nash
Sneantie Pet
San
Old Colony
Rutland
Summit
Bos, C
Fitch Superio
Sullivan
Union
Iowa Central
Washi Ninston
Do. We
Brunsw
Ds Essteeree Casistines
Cela & Heelag
Boylston St
Oswego & Md
Saco
R & Ft
Ds Vantgerne
Union Pac
Vei
Utlandist
Fis & Gcom
Bosses
Pontacoe
Atch & Neb
Union Land & ‘An
Boston Markets
Vermont
Prince Edward Island
Western Choice
Choice Northern
Ld4ialbe
Choice Western
Nova Scotia
Cumberland
Maracaibo
Eoeer Co
Liege
St Domingo Leewood
Lima
Seeige
Carolina
Rangoon
Turks Island
Havana
Havana Fair
Tae
Sicily
Africa
Australia
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Maine
Tak Globe Employment Bureau
Bostom
John A. Dodge & Co., Baskers and Stock Brokers
Wall Street, New York
Inoue Row
Mieney
NEW York Markets
Gloucester Fish Market
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