Porto Rico travel notes reveal sugar and coffee tour
Dr S A Knapp reports on Arecibo and Utuado visits, detailing sugar cane and coffee plantations, mountain crossings, and hotel life in Porto Rico. Observations cover local commerce, women’s labor, costs, market practices, and nascent American influence during Governor Allen’s domain visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. A. Knapp
New Orleans
Porto Rico
The
Picayune
Lowell
Charles H. Allen
Ponce
Arecibo
David Olson
Thefternoon
Wilson
Los Canos
Utuado
Rocky Mountain
Rio Grande
Grand Central Hotel
Joseph Mangel Munos
Alcalde
Sewor
Utudo
Washington
McKinley
Sampson
Howe
McKinley Treet
Washington Street
Coal Rates Advance Driven by Strikes and Ship Load
English coal and freight rates rose about 50 percent in three months as tramp vessels are pressed into naval transport use and Welsh miners strike disrupts mine to port movement. US exports climb with seven month total near 4.56 million tons while Europe buys more.
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Davila
Utuada
Minos
Arecibo
Aquadilla
Sea Coast
Guinea
Quebradillas
Columbus
Aguadilla
Mayaguiz
San Juan
Paris
Promi
New York
Great Britain
Germany
United States
J. H. Thomas
Atlantic Transport Company
Europe
England
Mediterranean
John Lee
White Star Line
Finch, Edge & Co
America
France
British North America
Treasury Bureau of Statistics
Philippine Islands
Hawaiian Islands
Mexico
Cuba
Porto Rico
West Indies
Santo Domingo
Brazil
Colombia
South American Countries
How Titles Are Acquired in Early Washington
A May morning in Washington finds General Jackson discussing a Congress hill when a stout tailor named Major Breeches unexpectedly greets him. The tailor’s whispered remark leads Jackson to misname the man, cementing the nickname in army lore and American social history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Washington
Tennison
Congress
United States Army
Major Breeches
Frederick Ae
New Lippincott
Stock Market Under Tone With Active Sugar Rally
The market shows firmness this morning with a steady undertone. Sugar moves in a narrow range while rails gain slightly. Brooklyn Rapid Transit is in focus as Savin and DeCordova each sell 2000 shares. Talks of a Tammany raid and possible anthracite labor troubles loom, with predictions of Monday action, while Pennsylvanian overshadows gains.
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Boston
Brooklyn
Savin
DeCordova
Connor
Pennsylvania
Reading
New York
Wormser
Cleveland
Olney
Bryan
McKinley
Saratoga
Rolston & Bass
London
Rapid Transit
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
B. B. Odell, Jr
Jacob Field
Content
Wheeler and Savin
People’s Gas
Lower Wall Street
Financial listing of banks and firms with rates and notes
The document lists multiple financial entities including Colonial National Bank Merchants National Bank National Shawmut Bank and National Bank names with stated percentages and pledges. It references Boston area concerns such as Lawrence Gas Co and Boston Atheneum along with railroad and stock car company interests and bonds with specified yields and dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Municipal Gas Co. of
Chicago
Henry M. Whitney
Walter R. Addicks
Fred Tudor, Jr
Boston
John R. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
Francis
Henshaw & CO
Faneuil A National Bank
Colonial National Bank Aeonocackoo
National Bank of Commer
Boston Besting Co
Revere Beach
Burton Stock Car Co
Lawrence Gas Co
Boston Atheneum
Boston Towboat Co
Fitchburg R. R
Trubs
Lynn & Boston RE. R. Co
R. L. Day & CO
Boston and Immediate Regional Textile and Transit Listings
Readable remnants list banks, mills, and transport firms with rates and holdings in Brookline Somerville Milford Wakefield and Boston. Mentions 5s notes, railroad companies, watchmaker and terminal interests, and a brief line on Today’s Boston and New York Markets.
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Brookline
Mass
National Dankesgesceen
Somerville
Boott
Hillsboro Mills
Milford
N. H
Lowell Hosiery
Nashua & Lowell R. R. Co
Manchester & Lawrence R. R. Cos
Boston Terminal Co. Ist Mort
Wakefield Water Co
Wakefield
Boston
New York
Clever Blind Horse At Connecticut Institute
A remarkable blind horse named Tom, owned by the Connecticut Industrial Home for the Blind on Wethersfield Avenue, navigates city streets with ease. He stops for water at the South Green watering tank, crosses tracks at Benton Street, and returns to the proper side near Eliott Street, entering the institute driveway unassisted and moving to his stall after being harnessed.
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Tom
Connecticut
Wethersfield Avenue
Benton Street
Benton and
Pilsett Streets
Eliott Street
Hartford
Conn
Daily Times
For Sale Two Furnaces for Cottages
Two furnaces for cottages in good condition offered by John Callaghan at 463 Merrimack Street. Price 25.0 dollars. Phone or visit for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Callaghan
Merrimack Street
P. K
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Gov. Allen
Nent
States
Island
Atchison
Burlington
Stock Market
Tone
Pacific States Telephone Company
San Francisco
Erie Telephone System
Santa Fe
N. M
Cochili
Maine
Erie
Lehigh Valley
Lake Shore
New England
Middle States
Colonial National Bank
Merchants National Bank
National Shawmut Bank
A. G. Pollard & CO
Sures Ladies
Merrimack, Palmer and
Middle Streets
Am. Sugar Ref. Co
Atchison Pfd
Tig Am Tobacco
Cen. of
N. J
Pacific Big
New York Ce
No. Pacific
Pacific P
Penn
Ballroa
Readin Lst
St. Pauceveees
Wile So
Pacine
Rail
Tenn. C. & I
Texas & Pac
Union Pacific
Union Pac Pre
U.S
Quincy
Utah
N. E. Caep
U.S. Oil
the Courier
Pers
Crash
Markdown
27&Se
Hamburg
Chris
Holmes
Merrimack St
Rkiocha
Java
Dwinell-Wright Co
Pring Sipal Coffee Roasters
Sawyer
Usecase Carriage Co
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