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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1894
Page
5
Itemized holiday offer describes a dress suit with alligator and seal leather, sterling silver corners, steel frames, and leather lining. Includes no. 20 Left, 1000 pounds of molasses peppermint candies priced at 9 cents per pound, and 1000 pounds of butterscotch at 13 cents per pound. Ends with marketing boast Couldn’t Be Better if They Were $1.00 a Pound and No.18 Left.
Mr and Mrs Henry Sandham hosted a housewarming and a reception at their new Hotel Gladstone apartments in Roxbury honoring Mr and Mrs William Lewis Fraser and Miss Fraser of New York. Notables attended including Joseph Proctor, Charles Jewett Page, Walter Gilman Page, and captain W H Jackson with many fashionable gowns noted alongside musical contributions. Hy Sandham plans Saturday studio hours at his Boylston Street location.
The Paul Revere Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution met at Mrs. E C Graves residence. State regent Dr C M Green presented extracts from the third convention report. Membership limits at local chapters are noted as 100, with Warren and Prescott full. The Paul Revere Chapter formed last spring and has about fifty members. The next meeting is set for Mrs J A Remick’s home on Marlboro Street the second Thursday in January.
A Parker House banquet brings business and clerical leaders together to discuss Boston hosting the Christian Endeavor Y P S C E convention. Talks stress spiritual aims and international participation with delegates from Canada England France Germany and beyond. The city weighs halls lodging and rail options to accommodate the anticipated vast gathering.
The Rev Nehemiah Boynton frames the convention as privilege and perquisite urging thought prayer hospitality and warmth. Speakers include Rev Lawrence Phelps Dr George Horr E S Crandon and others noting historic conventions and praising the crowd’s potential and energy.
The Dilkhush bazaar filled East Armory last evening as attendance doubled. Decorated booths, fresh costumes, and popular stalls boosted trade while Turkish night drew visitors from Newton and Mission districts. The bazaar stays open all day for easier shopping.
Miss Leonora Howe of 14 Concord Avenue Cambridge will receive names of applicants. The prize goes to the applicant from this section who passes the best entrance examination in June with top marks, securing a $200 Vassar scholarship.
Friends gathered at the corner of Webber and Harrison avenues last evening to honor Jeremiah H Murphy with a marble parlor clock. The presentation speech was delivered by Mr John F Good, with participants including Patrick J Ducey John F McCarthy Herbert Catchpole J H Sullivan John Murphy and J B O Higgins.
Reports from Washington state that Ministers Denby and Dun have cleared the way for China Japan peace negotiations. The Chinese foreign board plans to send a fully authorized ambassador to Tokyo to seek a cessation of hostilities.
Springfield's Colonel Charles IL Young will challenge Speaker Meyer for the House of 1895 seat. The veteran Back Bay statesman faces a contest as Young declares his bid, signaling a bold confrontation in the next election.
Alonzo Landers a 45 year old Methodist Church official from Cataumet Mass disappeared about four weeks ago after leaving with Mrs Emily Swift a widow from Sagamore on a Boston bound train. Landers took $2200 with him leaving his wife and young son behind.
The Rt. Rev. Thomas M. Clark marked forty years as bishop of the Rhode Island Episcopal Diocese with a grand Grace Church service. Visiting bishops from Pennsylvania Maine and Massachusetts plus many Rhode Island clergy and lay leaders attended. An afternoon reception at Trocadero Hall featured Bishop Clark in a chair due to temporary illness.
At Parker Memorial the Ladies' Aid Association voted to enter the Woman's Club House Association to back a women’s club house project for the Soldiers' Home. Delegates Mrs. Wellington, Mrs. Baker, and Mrs. Weston represented the group. Donations included 500 paper collars, $100 for Christmas expenses, and gifts from a children’s club, the Malden Soldiers' Home Club, and Mrs. Shuman. Mary G. Deane and J. W. Cartwright attended as noted supporters.
New York dispatch reports Dr. Bryant, the President's physician, denies rumors of ill health calling them not true. The statement aims to quell speculation surrounding the Chief Executive's health status.
Miss Hattie Gertrude Goddard, a leading Boston soprano, gave a private recital at 15 Massachusetts avenue last evening. She sang Hallstrom’s Enchanted Spinner and Kueken’s Heaven Hath Shed a Tear with refined taste and expression, backed by John Craig Kelly on violin Edmund Elton and accompanists Gilman and Kugler.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Pritchard marked their twenty-fifth anniversary at 47 Beacon Street Cambridgeport with a houseful of friends. Boston and Cambridgeport marketmen attended, an orchestra played, and a lavish collation was served. Gifts in silver included fifty Columbian half dollars from marketmen, twenty five silver quarters from their son, and a $100 purse for Mrs. Pritchard.
Yesterday's hearing into public institution supply examined milk shortages. Dr Cogswell was recalled and cross-examined by Lawyer Brandeis, who reviewed evidence from officers for the prosecution. no new matter was developed.
Police raided policy shops at 6 Kirkland Street and 22 Hudson Street. Seizures of policy slips occurred at both sites. Five men were arrested at Kirkland Street: William Kukado George Levi Thomas Mullen William Anderson and William Rayworth. At Hudson Street Henry A Bradbury and George Donnelson were also taken into custody.
In Salem on Highland avenue Charles Harrington and his brother William were thrown from a carriage when a transom bolt broke. Charles sustained a head wound needing stitches and is feared fatally injured due to age and frailty while William escaped with a broken arm and shock.
While responding to Box 62 at 4 08 yesterday afternoon an Allston woman sustained a left arm injury after being knocked down by the Chiefs team officer Cheswell. Mrs Heald at No 27 Pratt Street said she did not blame him and injuries are not serious.
The Hon. John B. Fitzgerald, once city resident and now in New York, will hold a prominent position in the upcoming Tammany reorganization.
John W Sullivan a 33 year old Revere blacksmith came to Boston and after drinking entered a Hanover Street museum. He drew a sheath knife and a 32 caliber revolver firing as guards tried to quiet him. Patrolman Sullivan quickly arrested him.
A Boston firm named Clothing Drummers' Sample Company Limited declares capital of 50009 dollars and hosts 67 leading U.S. clothing manufacturers. It rents 583 and 585 Washington Street at Avery Street, opening Saturday December 8 with 7281 men’s ready to wear suits overcoats and jackets. Each item is unique to offer lower retail prices than wholesale cost.
East Cambridge resident R Dreyer challenges James Dugan of Stamford Street Boston, calls the letter a lie, and offers 100 to a charity chosen by the editor and a three member committee to verify Dugan’s existence and statements. He suspects a competitor wrote the letter and pledges the money if verification succeeds.
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