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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1900
Page
10
The store reports November sales doubling last year and aims to break records in December. Advertised items include extra heavy fleeced lined underwear in brown, tan, and blue colorways, with sizes available. Prices feature 65 sales at 1.26 per suit and a claim of not having been seen elsewhere in New England.
Elastic French neck garment with pearl trim priced at 75 cents. Pleeced lined fancy underwear in gray with white stripe also at 75 cents. The items have been strong sellers this season.
Underwear sale touts heavy fleece lined shirts and drawers in dark tan with white stripe. Claims low price records for camel hair natural wool and plastic jersey fleeced wool sets, with sizes 34 to 50 inches and up to 1.25 dollar value, highlighting Dr Wright Health Underwear and large New England stock.
Medford dispatch reports William C. Felkin, the assailant who menaced James Kiley’s family last weekend, was committed to Danvers asylum. The incident left James Riley with a severely injured hand, Henry W. Kiley with a forearm wound and a side gash, as victims’ conditions worsen beyond initial fears.
In Medford on Sunday Kathleen Kiley escaped bullets during a rampage through her father's house. The assailant, identified as Felkin, is wounded and delirious, with victims including James Kiley and Mrs. Mary Felkin. Felkin was subdued and later jailed at Danvers after a court hearing. Kathleen hid in a closet while Felkin fired through the door.
Wan Sue a Chinese ascended laundry owner living at 1 Roberts Street Jamaica Plain hanged himself in his laundry yesterday morning. He was found strangled and his body taken to George Hill Undertaking, 781 South Street. Witnesses call him an inveterate gambler driven to melancholy by losses.
John Tumilty, a Roxbury burglar, pleads guilty to a new breaking and entering count at Max Hebenstreit’s store 121 Linden Park street Roxbury. He and McCarthy alias Feely are held for grand jury. McCarthy denies the burglary charges while Tumilty admits past break ins at Pelitsky Merley meat market Ernst and Hebenstreit.
Death claimed many witnesses in the long fight over John Stetson's fortune. Adah Richmond seeks a widow claim and dower rights, with a Jan 7 jury trial in Superior Court. Executors M O Adams and Charles H Pattee outline prior hearings, appeals, and the looming end to future litigation as the Stetson estate seeks final resolution.
A shooting incident at the Kiley residence left a woman injured by a grazing bullet and describes Felkin’s assault as windows shattered and a siege-like scene. Miss Kiley recalls the assailant demanded her exit while shouting of ill will and claiming imperial motives. Young Georgie Kiley fled, while Mrs. Falkin mourns and is moved to friends’ home.
Dec. 10 Kruger hosted a deputation from the All Deutscher Veenband and voiced gratitude to his German brothers for sympathy. He later returned the foreign minister visit. The Portuguese minister to the Netherlands Count de Seller heads to Lisbon, while Baron Van Heckeren is due from Lisbon. Count Van Bylandt signals an interpellation in the second chamber about Dutch Portuguese tensions.
James McCann of 106 Union Street was resting in a doorway on Washington Street at about 10:30 PM when two men pulled his coat from under him and attempted to remove his vest and shirt. A passerby and a policeman awakened him. authorities say he had not been drinking.
The Evening Standard reports, with special sources, a large battle underway between British forces led by General Knox and Boer forces commanded by General Dewet.
Poem recalling political rivalries between Martin and Lincoln with playful recall of Harvard days and a taunting verse on elections. The speaker imagines a future reckoning with civic fame, jokes, and a nod to past praise, ending with a grim woe of J A G.
Massachusetts Commandery of the Spanish War Veterans marked the second anniversary of the treaty of peace at Hotel Essex with talks by Lt Governor John L Bates and other leaders. Commander Curtis Guild hosted a toast, Navy advocate J Giles Eaton urged stronger navy funding, and speakers recalled Massachusetts swift mobilization and civilian support for war readiness.
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