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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1899
Page
8
Abraham Sapiro faced a deadly race for life inside an empty beer vat at Katz Bros. brewery in Paterson New Jersey. Engineeer Thomas McKay restarted the rotating knives, prompting a five minute sprint as Sapiro dodged blades and a copper bottom slip. He collapsed exhausted but escaped unharmed.
A Boston invitation plan for Admiral Dewey was discussed by a joint committee from the State city Home Market Club and Chamber of Commerce. They adjourned awaiting the admiral s unqualified acceptance and decided to cable Secretary Long after further conference.
Ex representative Krebs pursues Guild man Burlen over bets on Guild carrying Ward 10 and winning the state race. Krebs says Burlen boasted of $1000 stakes, plans to meet at Parker House for cash challenges, while Bates backers insure funds for a possible wager.
New York reports satisfactory progress in Admiral Dewey’s reception with strong local interest. A Waldorf Astoria breakfast and a sailors’ smoker are planned. twenty Olympia sailors, twenty five bluejackets from Samp son’s fleet and one hundred others will attend. The event includes vaudeville staged by Oscar Hammerstein and Boldt. $1000 is set aside for entertainment plus potential sponsorship to cover costs. The date is to be fixed.
Admiral Dewey is in Villefranche this afternoon with a visit from Consul Fieécher of enoa. Deputy Mayor of Nice, standing in for the mayor, presented city compliments to the admiral who expressed thanks. The United States cruiser Olympic sails from Villefranche at 4 o'clock tomorrow evening.
Extensive reductions target wages earners with smoke damaged clothing hats and furnishings priced at half or less. Men suits from $3.06 to $8.95 women and mens accessories shoes and pants heavily cut with many items under a dollar and in basement sale stalls. Thousands of items including all wool suits, serges, vests, ties, shirts, hose, crates of bicycle wear, and shoes feature deep markdowns to clear stock.
Patrick J. Sliney, 16, claims officers beat him after tying him, forcing a confession he helped set the Rainsford Island Reformatory fire. He denies involvement and says others admitted to aiding the blaze. The six boys appeared before Judge J. H. Barnes Jr. in East Boston District Court. Sliney, Ellis, Joy, Duffy, McNulty, and another were bound over for the grand jury.
Albert Shaw a 6 year old Boston boy was struck by a fast moving Narrow Gauge train near Harbor View. Thrown into a stream he emerged wet but seemingly unhurt with a scalp wound and a slight cut under the left eye. Station 7 attendants dressed the wound and he was sent home.
Insurance men witnessed a fire test on the East Boston flats where 2003 pounds of American cotton and 2963 pounds of Planters Compress cotton were burned for fifteen minutes. The Compress bales showed greater fire resistance, with the fire mainly damaging sap around the bales and not the interior. Ex-President P B Whittemore praised the Lowry bales for their superior performance and water resistance.
In Zermatt Aug 90 a rope break on Dent Blanche sent climbers Hill and Jones with three guides tumbling down the mountain. No bodies found, presumed dead.
Abel Coakley, infamous bank burglar linked to the Manhattan Bank robbery and Jimmy Hope, was wounded in the left breast during a midnight barroom fight on Third Avenue. Joyce, the aggressor, fled after the stabbing. Coakley lies in Belleville surgical ward while detectives search for Joyce.
Prince David Kawananakoa of Hawaii, who landed in San Francisco en route to Washington, has vanished. Queen Liliuokalani, his second cousin and claimant to the throne, awaits his arrival for her September birthday celebration. Trailers were sent out and no word has come. his absence could cast a mournful pall over the royal birthday events.
Patrolman Gustave Rosenfeld faced police commissioners regarding an alleged July morning assault on Patrick H. Crowley of Fifth Street South Boston after a wedding at 6 Highland Place Roxbury. Crowley and two witnesses testified to the beating, while Rosenfeld denied the attack and pursued a disturbance. The board adjourned to hear two additional witnesses before ruling.
A man was arrested early today on a charge of killing his wife in a domestic dispute. Authorities delayed releasing full details as the investigation continues.
Maude Clyburn McGregor fights off two Cambridge police to shield her jailed husband John D. McGregor. He stole from his brother in law in July and married another woman in August, now facing a Superior Court review in October. She plans to work near the prison to be near him, maintains her love, and refuses money from relatives as she seeks his freedom.
Prince Cantacuzene and his best man sailed on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse from Bremen and expect to reach New York on Sept 7. Mrs Potter Palmer and others issued dinner and luncheon invitations in his honor. A second ceremony follows the wedding at All Saints Memorial Chapel with a private rite at Mrs Potter Palmer’s summer residence. Planned gifts arrive from across the country, including items linked to General U. S. Grant.
Mrs Albert Keefer a widow and stepdaughter of Charles G Wilson former Board of Health president and stock exchange VP has vanished from 156 West Eighty Seventh Street. A private detective agency is hired to locate her. Wilson suspects hypnotic influence and her whereabouts remain in city, with her three children awaiting news.
Fragmentary OCR mentions Ulysses S. Grant, Civil War leader, with unclear dates and context. The text hints at historical reflections on Grant’s role and lineage, referencing battles and heritage while remaining incomplete.
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