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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 09, 1899

Page

8

My Clothier's Gigantic Fire Smoke Sale Opens in Boston

Fire survivors salvage stock after a large blaze as My Clothier's announces a week long sale with massive cuts. Men suits, pants, hats, and furnishings heavily discounted to under half price, with thousands of bargains on all wearing apparel and goods. Sale starts Saturday at 8 am, inviting shoppers to beat the crowds and snapshot the dramatic markdowns.

Portland Streete Recae Theer Boston

Man Injured After Fall From Electric Car On Centre Street

Ww F Sewell aged 28 of Forbes Street was knocked from an electric car on Centre Street near Bowdoin Street yesterday afternoon. He sustained severe injuries to a leg and was taken to Emergency Hospital. A bystander saw him fall as the car moved past Nashua Express near Bowdoin Street.

F. Sewell Forbes Street Electrd Centre Street Bowdoin Street

Dreyfus Trial Hints At New Revelations In France

Paris dispatch reports fresh developments in the Dreyfus case amid guarded testimony and looming disclosures. General Billot and General Mercier figure in anticipated dramatic moves as the secret dossier undergoes examination behind closed doors.

Rennes Maitre Demange Dreyfus Jouaust Chamoin DeBoisdeffre Binard Dionne Mercier Saint Germain M. Cavaignac le Mans Billot Dupuy Cayenne General Billot Mfe M. Jaures Nero Lot Lemercier Picard

Dreyfus Trial Brims With Secret Dossier Delays

Rennes reports a tense second day as the court remains engulfed in the secret dossier. General Mercier's testimony looms with possible perjury claims while Dreyfus shows frail resolve yet his defense presses toward exoneration amid public sympathy for Mme Dreyfus and the army rehabilitation.

Rennes Dreyfus Mercier Wéi Farmer Gage Court of Cassation General Mercier M. Casimir-Perier Lycee Mme Legion France Mme. Dreyfus America Thong Hae Goo Die Americarid

Falls Down Elevator Shaft At Factory

Hamilton Campbell a 16 year old of 419 Harrison avenue fell down an elevator shaft at the works of the Columbia Rub pee eee 446 South street yesterday.

Hamilton Campbell Harrison Avenue Works of The Columbia South Street Xeaterday

Chamber of Commerce backs intermittent Highland Light

Secretary Preston of the Boston Chamber of Commerce urges changing Highland Light from stationary to intermittent. He cites fog, heavy traffic, and larger ships requiring faster bearings, noting Boston’s growing passenger traffic and competition with New York. The group seeks rapid action from Washington and the lighthouse service.

Boston Chamber of Commerce Highland Light Post Preston Cham Th of Commerce Woburny Hd Chamber of Commerce Boston Harbor Chamber of ‘Commerce Thatcher's Island Cape Cod Cape Ann Makig Dominion Leyland Cunard New York Stanton Lighthouse Service Highland Light Station Washington

Revolt in Great Comoro Islands Near Madagascar

Aug 8 dispatch reports revolt on Great Comoro Islands with police commissary killed and the governor's residence besieged. A gunboat is sent to aid island authorities. Comoro group lies in the Mozambique Channel near Madagascar with about 60 000 inhabitants.

Zanzibar Great Comoro Islands Great Grande Comoro Angasiya Comoro Isles Mozambique Channel Madagascar Africa

Fire in Charlestown destroys two wooden structures

A fire reported shortly after 8 30 p m yesterday spread from a one story wooden building at 6 Sherman street Charlestown to a neighboring two story wooden shoe factory occupied by C E B Greenman. The Goslin machine shop occupied the first building may have sustained the bulk of the loss. Both properties are owned by C M Bond with a total loss around 9000 including stock and machinery.

Sherman Street Charlestown C. EB. Greenman W. J. Goslin C. M. Bond Greenman

Robbery at Yeu Tan Laundry on Harrison Avenue

Four young men robbed Yeu Tan, a Chinese laundry owner at 367 Harrison Avenue near Decatur, beating him and taking cash from the drawer after jumping the counter. The group, aged about 20 to 25, wore straw and derby hats. Earlier a similar raid on Wah Sing at 33 Causeway Street netted about $13.

Yeu Tan Harrison Avenue Decatur Street Wah Sing Causeway Street

Shoe makers plan general price rise across the industry

About 100 leading manufacturers from Philadelphia and other cities met in convention to raise shoe prices, citing higher leather nails cloth and green hides in foreign markets as causes. Prices in Boston are expected to increase 6 to 2 1/2 cents by grade.

Philadelphia Baltimore Rochester B.bliss L. C. Bliss & Co Boston

Death of Dr. Laurence Kemble in Bristol Private dispatch reports

A Bristol private despatch announces the death of Dr. Laurence Kemble born June 19 1862 in Selero. Harvard Medical School educated. His wife is the daughter of William H Wilder of Brookline. Father Edward Kemble a Boston merchant. Superintendent Eldridge improves and could return by October first. Bankruptcy papers filed by Maurice Flynn shoe manufacturer of Lynn liabilities 60741 assets 22065 largest creditor Summer Street Bank 14500. Michael Russo of 10 Main Street injured in fall at Music Hall construction basement with severe scalp wound.

Bristol Laurence Kemble Selero Harvard Medical School William H. Wilder Brookline Edward Kemble Boston Eldridge Clark Maurice Flynn Lynn Summer Street Bank Michael Russo Main Street Music Hall Huntington and Massachusetts Avenues

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