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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1900
Page
8
Houghton and TUN urge Housekeepers to support their deliberate $10,000 profit draw for customer benefit. They claim room for fall goods even during an off season, stressing that economy has purpose in the household and urging shoppers to value the price list.
Vendor advertises a $50,000 kitchen and laundry goods sale featuring latest patterns and guaranteed quality. Listings emphasize wide assortment and value.
Nickel water trays at 29 cents each. Nickel shakers for lemonade and tea kettles priced around 69 cents. Nickel crumb tray and brush offered, plus nickel plated chafing dishes with beaded edge. Also listed are nickel alcohol flageons at two and three cents.
Advertises Gutlery items from American Bagus to French and German PAs with prices for carvers forks and knives. Lists ivory and pearl handle carvers, stag and French cook knives, table knives and forks in coco bola ebony bone sets, paring and boning knives, fruit and bread knives with a range of cents and dollars.
A period advertisement touts brushes including floor, window, and scrub brushes with low prices per item. It lists vegetable and dust brushes, stove brushes, sink shovels, and Steve mittens priced from a few cents each, with guaranteed bristle quality.
A catalog of assorted home and finishing supplies including oil colors, varnishes, shellac, furniture polish, stove polish, waxes, putty and turpentine with unit prices. Items include Devoe ebony black, Jagger’s Polish, Crescent Knife Polish, Campbell’s Varnish Stains, Myer Putz Cream, Solarine Polish, and Gold Paints washable.
The ad lists Hendryx bird cages including the Hendryx Parrot Cage and Bird Foods from the Philadelphia Bird Food Co. with prices from BBO to 10.00. Items include Bird Seed Mixed per lb Parrot Food per box Cuttle Bone Bird Nesting Food Parrot Sunflower Seed Bird Bitters Bird Manna per package and other bird care products with low price notes.
Display of Japanese lacquer trays offering various decorations and colors. Round trays in black or red available up to 44 inches, with other sizes and prices listed.
Advertising list describes various small decorative household items including ScallopEdge Paster troake Bread Trays in red green and black with figures and Fleur-de-lis, Child's Nickel and Embossed Tin trays, self-acting tea kettle covers, Papier Mache washers, pie crimpers, decorative coffee cans, napkin rings, horn acid spoons, pastry cutters with flower and animal designs, with prices as listed.
Italian residents in Boston held a large memorial at Faneuil Hall for King Humbert with Consul Brindisi and other speakers praising Humbert and unity. The morning and afternoon mournings preceded a lively evening of Italian and American flags, music, and strong applause. A funeral procession grew to ten thousand as dignitaries and consuls joined a mass at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, marking a solemn tribute to Humbert and the unity of Italy.
The Rev Father Leonard Cantelmi officiated with an elaborate music procession led by organist James Whelan. The Batiste processional opened and Handel Largo closed the recessional as the line formed after mass then moved along downtown streets ending at Faneuil Hall.
Mrs. Annie F. Chase of 18 Lynn Street Chelsea has been missing since last Thursday. Police have notified departments nationwide. she is described as 26, 6 feet 3 inches, 180 pounds, light complexion with chestnut hair, last seen near Chelsea and possibly New York. Her family notes a prior mental illness and a recent bank withdrawal of 100 dollars.
Roger Mullane twenty five of 7 Mortimer Place Somerville vanished on Tuesday August 7 after leaving his home and wife. Described as despondent and near penniless the missing man pacing his apartment last night refused breakfast and warned he would not return. His wife and Somerville police conduct a wide search for clues.
Indian Agent Getchell reports 24 smallpox cases in Oberon North Dakota with quarantines at homes and a request for a trained nurse. The Devil's Lake agency has vaccine virus and orders full rations and steps to contain the outbreak among Turtle Mountain Indians near the Canadian border.
Knights of Labor headquarters announce James J. Donnelly named chief of staff and Thomas H. Canning aide-de-camp for the Labor Day parade. Marshall John Hurley says headquarters will be at 228 Tremont street room 12.
UTICA Aug 14 Collis P Huntington president of the Southern Pacific Rail Company died at 6 20 this morning at Pine Knot Lodge his Adirondack camp near Racquete Lake He was 78 or 79 years old and had been in good health until the abrupt death after an afternoon of camp improvements and evening rest Princess Hatzfeldt his adopted daughter is mentioned as likely to visit his wealth totals about 82 000 000 with holdings in Newport News shipyards Rockaway Beach property hotels Del Monte and other estates in California and New York City
The article traces William S. Huntington family ties from a 1844 marriage to Miss Micabeth T. Stoddard of Connecticut. It follows adoptions, marriages to nobility, and multiple homes including a Fifth Avenue mansion costing 2.5 million, a marble grand interior with a 190000 stairway contract, a San Francisco country place, a Throggs Neck estate, and a 250000 mausoleum in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Princess Clara Huntington once tied to J Huntington’s California fortune met tragedy after a tragic love triangle in San Francisco. Daly and Hanks clashed. Daly killed and Hanks killed himself in jail. Clara later married in Europe after a social rise in London.
Famous railroad man and multi millionaire Collis Potter Huntington died suddenly from heart failure at his Adirondack camp. Born October 22, 1821 in Harwinton Connecticut, he built a vast transit empire with Huntington Hopkins, the Central Pacific, and Southern Pacific lines, and led major railroad ventures in California Nevada and Central America.
News of Collis P. Huntington's death sent shockwaves through San Francisco where his railroad and private life drew keen scrutiny. The Southern Pacific president's passing caused widespread sorrow at his city office, though he spent most time in the East and a few months annually in the local residence.
Philadelphia August 14 Frank Atkinson aged 25 a veteran of the Spanish American war shot himself in the head here. He served on the cruiser Columbia and was invalided home with paralysis before applying for a pension which was never granted him. His despondency is linked to not hearing from the government.
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