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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1900
Page
4
An advertisement touts Omega Oil as a cure for rheumatism citing a Swiss herb as the active ingredient. It instructs a warm bath preparation and notes Omega Oil is sold in drug stores with mail order through Omega Chemical Co. at 257 Broadway New York for 50 cents.
Elegant simplicity defined the wedding of Miss Margaret Louise Post to Mr. James Lawrence V. Alen at the bride’s mother home on East Thirty-ninth Street. Guests numbered under seventy as mourning restrained the event. Bishop Potter officiated, roses and white orchids adorned rooms, and gifts included silver, diamonds, and a turquoise centerpiece. The couple planned to sail for Europe aboard the Deutschland en route to a new Fiftieth Street home after a year abroad.
New York society reports a rare quiet secret wedding on December 10. Violet Willing married Morris in an understated ceremony witnessed by a small circle, marking a notable social event amid discreet arrangements.
A high society wedding unfolds with prominent families including Mrs Frederick W Vanderbilt and Mr James J Van Alen. The bride is given away by her brother William Post as ushers Mesers Robert Livingston Gerry Frank W Andrew Jr George Griswold and Lawrence L Gillespie are listed. A brief reception precedes a wedding breakfast and later a luncheon at Sherry's.
Officers from Station 16 raided the Swell Back Bay Hotel, the Tuileries at 270 Commonwealth Avenue, seizing beer, cooking brandy, and wine found in a kitchen area and printing room. Proprietor F. M. Crosby argued the items were for guests or cooking, but liquor was taken as evidence while Crosby faced possible charges for liquor without a license. The scene painted a refined Boston hotel in French style with notable guests and social figures mentioned in a long, dense report.
LONDON December 10 William Waldorf Astor former American owner of the Pall Mall Gazette is ill and has gone to Bath for the water cure. He has not been seen much in London recently and his social indiscretions, including ousting a guest at his house angered the Prince of Wales, harming his popularity.
Paris reports Countess de Castellane gravely ill from worry over Count Boni debts after the Valhalla yacht was seized for 750000 francs. A Havre broker seeks court sanction with February deadline. upset price 550 francs, auction likely. The Valhalla, three masted full rig ship with auxiliary screw, crew of men, costs about 150000 dollars yearly to operate.
New York report states artist Gerald Barry denies engagement to Mrs George M Pullman of one. Circulated in Chicago society claims of a portrait commission and two months of daily sittings led to affection. Barry, a New York resident, followed Mrs Pullman to Chicago with decorators hired for changes at her house.
Rear Admiral Philip Hichborn and Mrs deny reports of engagement between their daughter Miss Itha Hichborn and James G Blaine son of a famed statesman. Miss Itha denies plans of engagement while Miss Martha Hichborn stands out in Washington society for style and magnetism.
Regional health advices urge young men to build strong constitutions and steady nerves. The piece promoting Dr. Greene's Nervara blood and nerve remedy urges calm handling of early responsibilities, warns against excess and worry, and advises contacting Dr. Greene at 34 Temple Place Boston for guidance.
An old advertisement for Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy touts it as the great strength-builder for nervous strain, promising to restore health after overwork and discouragement. It features a testimonial from Henry C. of Manchester New Hampshire praising its effect on his nervous exhaustion and prostration.
A torn passage shows a MiE creature giving life to a woman in a burst of impulsive action, suggesting a risk and a quest for a rare reward named ving. The fragment hints at transformation and fate without clear context or completion.
Manila Washington Dec 10 Five small cockleshells of the navy will sail more than 13000 miles to the Philippines. The flagship Annapolis leads the group with Vicksburg Frolic Wompatuck and Piscataqua. Commander Karl Rohrer to command. Hampton Roads will host rendezvous with the fleet joining the Annapolis within a week. The voyage is slated as a historic patrol effort with ships ranging from 462 to 1000 tons.
Dominion Atlantic steamer Prince Edward, after striking Long Reef Barrington, leaves Barrington for Halifax. A couple of rivets in plates started. temporary cement repairs done. Pump carried in case of renewed leak. injuries not severe.
Yesterday Boston city officials cleared dues with the state amounting to 1 490 308 dollars. Boston received 892 750 from corporation tax and 354 000 from street railway tax plus armory rents and military aid. City Collector J Guild noted a rise in tax dodging among prosperous men.
The boundary line between the United States and Mexico has been re surveyed and marked with stone monuments in the form of obelisks. The shafts stand about five miles apart and rise 10 feet high. They are 4 feet square at the base and 2 feet at the top, set on foundations four and a half feet square rising 6 inches above ground.
Prompt action urged to secure a boy's sweater now. A good sweater reportedly costs 97 cents at Houghton and Dutton's, with a warning that delay has shown the error of procrastination.
Weather reports note 9 to 10 degrees above zero in Boston as cold spell returns after mild spell. Skating begins on Frog Pond and Soldiers Field rink at Harvard with lively crowds but limited hockey. Vermont reports first drowning in skating season.
In New York Edward Underhill and associates, charged with conspiracy and larceny, were rearraigned and held for grand jury. In Lawrence Nathan Crary elected assistant secretary of the Supreme Colony of Pilgrim Fathers. In Wilkes-Barre Rev. D E Stewart discharged in habeas corpus case, rearrested, then discharged again. In Lynn six Hennessey shoe factory linemen strike after a girl seeks raise. In New York Lieut Hobson shows early improvement at Presbyterian Hospital. At St Johns Hospital actor Holland Reed's condition is favorable.
Dear Editor, a letter from Eugene B Willard of Beachmont commends the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for patrolling city thoroughfares, aiding horse drivers in cold weather, and urging public support for humane treatment of horses.
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