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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1899
Page
10
Advertises La Mascotte and La Favorite gloves in fine skins with Paris point backs and clasp wrists. Offers 1.00 Regular quality gloves, 0.76 to 1.60 market values, plus 0.50 sales on Misses and Boys fleece items and 1.50 value Reindeer gloves in gray tones, highlighting durable, stylish options for men and women.
Vintage ad style lists numerous textile items including ladies Swiss embroidered handkerchiefs hemstitched lace and beading different pricing per piece and lots of silk and linen options. Men's linen hem stitched and Japanese silk initial handkerchiefs offered at discounted sale prices with multiple price points and small high variety lots.
Havana era records recount the secret burial of Antonio Maceo and Captain Francesco Gomez Toro by Perico Perez and his four sons. The bodies were moved from the field after Maceo fell at Punta Brava on December 1, 1896, buried at El Cacahual Hill as Spanish forces hunted them, and finally exhumed in February 1899 for private state. The family guarded the site until a monument was dedicated amid Cuban ceremonies.
Francis E. Whitcomb of the Waverly district Watertown died in Pasadena California on Saturday. Former Fitchburg railroad freight forwarder he sold his business and went West a few months ago for health reasons. He leaves two sons and two daughters.
The Middlesex Club dinner sharpens tensions as Myers Bennett Reed and Saunders claim confidence in winning the speakership. Each candidate proclaims Republican principles, with the club shaping national politics and indicating no clear candidate yet. A Quincy House conference of Bennett Reed and Saunders factions stalls, while Democrats plan caucus and Stone appears likely for Speaker.
A Boston ad urges readers to send in Christmas orders early to avoid mail delays. It promises free delivery to adornment stations and boasts about shipment efficiency, noting past mix ups by expressmen and inviting prompt action.
A Ward 7 political organization formed yesterday with officers led by President John Quinn Jr and Vice President William Donohue. The club secured central quarters at Bennet and Washington and over seventy-five notable attendees including Representative John L. Donovan and Councilmen James Sweeney and James H. Nee joined. The group will be named the Tilden Club of Ward 7 to honor Samuel Tilden.
A reception and concert honored Edward O’Brien Kennedy, a former Irish political prisoner recently released, with P. J. Flatley presiding. Joseph A. Lyons introduced speakers and performers included Billy Troy, William Corcoran, and Robert Hurley. Kennedy shared a brief life history in English prisons.
Lord Curzon presided at a Lucknow reception for the Talukbars of Oudh on the spot where Lord Canning granted their charter. More than 1200 people attended including mutiny veterans. He spoke of India advancing through railways schools public works and industry as evidence of progress.
The U S battleship Texas arrived at Havana to oversee the disinterment of the Maine disaster victims from Colon Cemetery. Coffins will be closed in metal caskets, surrounded by disinfectant, guarded at the naval wharf, and moved at night to the Texas for immediate departure to sea. Father Chidwick to identify coffins with a ground map.
The third Bnai Zion Educational Society lecture last night drew a large audience. Harry A. Koch spoke on Money, the Mechanism of Exchange, while Bernard G. Richards presented an essay titled A Better World.
The Taylor committee will hear from Rev Dr S S E Wishard about Maggie Shipp Roberts third wife of polygamist Roberts. Wishard reports wife No 3 says polygamy burdens Mormon women yet is accepted for the future and believed necessary for salvation. She says revulsion is the flesh but must be crucified.
After a year of deliberations the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church selects Rev. George U. Purves D D LL D of Princeton as successor to the late John Hall. Princeton faculty urged acceptance while Purves weighs the call. A formal decision awaits a Wednesday meeting and the salary for Dr Purves is to be announced.
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