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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1899
Page
8
Nearly 100000 dollars worth of clothing hats and furnishings damaged by smoke is sold at half original prices. The sale runs daily with crowds packing the store last Saturday and hundreds of buyers reporting genuine savings close to fifty percent.
Thousands of men’s suits and furnishings go on sale at reduced prices after smoke damage. Regulars include wool suits 12 to 18 dollars, 60 percent off on many items, kids and boys wear also discounted, bicycles and accessories marked down, soft goods and dress items heavily reduced.
A record crowd filled Revere Beach and its bath house on the day, with 714 suits rented from 9 AM to 9 PM. 643 bathers on Sunday were surpassed, water stood at 71 degrees, and most visitors were women. Transportation services ran extra cars from Boston Chelsea and Malden to handle the influx. The Real Estate Protective League showed no action against beach vendors, while a musical festival opened at the Point of Pines featuring the Lynn Cadet Band and artists like Kittie Mitchell and Jules Levy.
In Reading Pennsylvania Thomas G Cummings a 35 year old peddler known as Tommy Collins challenges Bath House John or any other American clothes owner to a competitive wardrobe display He travels eastern Pennsylvania selling small wares and showcases his 35 unique suits including summer and winter outfits in public to raise funds for charity He supports his mother and sister and spends remaining earnings on his wardrobe hobby The piece notes his arrests for church dressing but says he is well behaved and never drinks or cheats.
George M. Ley, patient at Burbank Hospital, leaped from a second story window this afternoon. He was found in a precarious condition and is reported to be slightly deranged. Dr. Bailey had been in isolation for two months prior to the incident.
Nantasket reports crowds reaching the 100000 mark with favorable weather developing after fog. The Auditorium opera company performed two sacred concerts in Nantasket Music Hall featuring Planquette's Chimes of Normandy with Adolphe Mayer directing. An estimated 60000 glasses of beer were consumed by beer drinkers among the visitors.
The readable fragment hints at workers and drinking among a group, mentioning averages, waiters, and consumption. No coherent event or clear entities emerge, leaving a partial, unclear scene from a larger article.
The unidentified man found yesterday in the Petquamsett River remains uniden tified as of tonight. He shows a withered left hand possibly from paralysis and a growing nail on the forefinger, with lips and part of the nose missing. Cuff buttons are oval reddish stones of value. Jurisdiction issues delay an inquest, as the body lies just outside Narragansett district near Wakefield. Six miles from Scarboro Beach, the Frank Shaw case in Brooklyn has little connection.
J M Price, a Montana miner from Butte, of forty three years’ habit, claims he sheds his skin annually on the July Mth, producing a glove like layer from his hands and face that doctors have failed to explain. He describes nausea before the process and notes two weeks of downtime yearly. His daughter shows no signs of the condition.
In Kansas City Missouri the Missouri Pacific refused to deliver four freight cars billed to the Gulf road, marking the first hostile move in the boycott. The Kansas City Pittsburg and Gulf railway has not yet responded, and no counter action has been taken.
Middlebury Vermont August 20 The condition of Fredwood who shot and killed Frank Fenn has become so serious that a potent examination cannot proceed as planned The hearing will be continued for one week by decision of the state s attorney Fish
In Haverhill Arthur Quimby aged two drowned last evening while bathing in Country Pond Newton New Hampshire. His body was recovered today.
Logan Utah leader of the Mormon faith addresses a large Sunday afternoon audience near the Beacon, emphasizing education anchored in heart and moral action. He quotes the Bible and urges Christians to improve morals, counter hatred with love, and avoid private interpretation.
Elder Jensen and companions campaign for Mormon faith in Seton area with claims of Utah Jews, asserting no plural marriages since 1880s law and praising polygamy as a happy, economical lifestyle. He proposes public meetings weekly and criticizes traditional clergy for restricting sermons while promoting education and kindergarten as progress.
Collins Texas August 20 The Collins mills and elevator burned last night destroying seven thousand bushels of wheat and twenty five carloads of flour Loss is estimated at 125000 dollars The incident reports indicate a major fire event with significant property loss.
New York reports Joseph Hale Stone seeks removal of executors Lucy Hale and Debelvoise over alleged mismanagement of the Hale estate valued at over 1.5 million. He accuses Porter and Hale of siphoning funds, forging accounts, and failing to settle the estate. Edward Murphy backs Stone. Surrogate Varnum to appoint a referee for testimony.
The speech outlines opposition to free silver, insists the money question will stay before the country until independent monetary policy is restored, and asserts the need to maintain trust and national independence while emphasizing government by and for the people. It references the Chicago platform and calls for currency reform without borrowing from England.
Aug 2 London reports the Countess of Warwick, friend of the Prince of Wales, has converted from Toryism to Liberalism and now to socialism. She leads progressive efforts in Warwickshire with needlework shops, a Warwick Hostel at Reading, and social education initiatives, becoming a noted London society figure.
London reports the colonial office denies any ultimatum from Secretary of State for the Colonies Joseph Chamberlain to the government of the South African Republic regarding Outlander demands.
A rescue occurred as a man in a lifeboat faced breakers near the harbor. He was saved when responders pulled him from the water despite the boat nearly swamping, preserving the vessel and the man.
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