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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1911
Page
16
A major retailer confirms it will remain in Boston after negotiating a lease for a prominent site. The firm cites rent hikes as a barrier to moving and expects to announce the new location next week.
New York reports the engagement of Miss Madeleine Force, daughter of William H. Force, to Colonel John Jacob Astor. Rumors had circulated amid social circles, with a late announcement to quiet gossip. Astor, Harvard graduate and war veteran, has notable achievements in engineering and science.
Colonel Astor born into the American Astor line plans marriage to 18 year old Miss Force after a summer introduction at Bis Harbour. Miss Force, daughter of Mr. Force of 18 East Thirty-seventh Street, graduates of Miss Spence School, with European study and Greenwich School training.
A banquet in Budapest honored a Boston business delegation with government and municipal leaders in attendance. Speeches welcomed Hungarian reciprocation and urged Hungarian visitors to Boston to extend hospitality.
E G W Kraushaar of Ernst drug store in Roxbury testified about Mrs Lillian E Nickerson arriving home late in a carriage with two men. The account follows statements from Mrs Mary Bluhhardt who helped Nickerson to Boston and lent $30 after brokers refused credit for furniture.
Mrs. Nickerson accompanied by Mrs. Bluhardt rode a Centre Street car to a Walden Street stop where plans to cut through to Egleston Street were discussed. By nightfall she was helped from a carriage to her apartment by a man of mystery, leaving questions about her whereabouts and motives after 6 PM on Wednesday. Reports quote friends denying suicide and noting financial strain but stressing Nickerson’s statement life is too sweet to end.
The first day report shows deposits totaling 2238 in the central post office crediting 208 savers. Savings cards and stamps added 16.90 in Boston. A Natick resident was refused an account. Deposit limits apply to cash held, bonds payable in gold with 2.5 percent interest await eligible depositors. The bank operates weekdays 8 am to 6 30 pm.
Postmaster Mansfield praised a smooth first day as 8 AM to 6 30 PM saw steady demand for saving cards and certificates of deposit. Deboists ranged from $1 to $100 with women and youth opening accounts and the first depositor named Charles A. Rounds.
John M. Carnes 97 oldest resident of Provincetown died from injuries after a fall weeks earlier. Born in Boston December 20 1814 he roamed widely including a 1849 California gold rush voyage where he carried $10 000 and survived wrecks and misfortune from lightning and a bull goring.
A list of suit prices appears in a catalog display showing items priced at 12, 15, 17.50, 20, 25, and 30 dollars along with assorted price points 9.50, 11, 12.50, 14.50, 19.50, and 24.50 dollars.
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