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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1906
Page
5
Mrs Langtry appears in Weith's Week in a dramatic playlet wearing gowns from Drecoil of Paris. The outfits include pale yellow empire gowns with green leaf and rose embroidery, white silk chiffon ensembles, blue moire silk coats, and pale blue velvet with gold embroidery, all featuring decollete cuts and luxury detailing.
William S. Jackson, juror in the week’s second session, was discharged with a reprimand and stricken from the jury list by Judge Richardson. Finnegan said Jackson sought to view the stairs scene where Mary Morey alleges she fell and injured herself in the $20,000 suit.
A horse owned by Cobb Bates and Yerxa suffered severe injuries after a collision with a car in Cambridge yesterday afternoon. The horse, driven by William B. Shackford, was in Brattle Square when an auto operated by Martin Foley struck the wagon, damaging the grocery wagon and causing the animal to be considered for euthanization. Shackford escaped injury.
John H. Lee of Brighton urged appointing five living ex mayors Samuel A. Gireen Nathan Matthews Thomas M. Hart Edwin U Curtis and Josiah Quine to the Boston city finances commission per Mayor FitzGerald. He spoke to Common Council members from the 85 86 87 sessions at the Quincy House.
Prominent figures including F Barry, William P Cherrington, William S S McNary and others attend a Boston event where ex Mayor Hart shares memories. Speakers defend public service. Mayor Fitzgerald argues debt implications and public trust, while ex Alderman Lee urges selecting ex mayors for a city finances commission.
Bernard M. Wolf of My Clothier's announces a $1500 Christmas offering to clerks with over two years tenure, plus $25 to those with 5–10 years and $50 for 10 years plus. The plan rewards loyalty over sales totals and aims to lift staff status while boosting shopper appeal at Hanover and Portland streets.
The remaining days to Christmas bring shoppers perplexity but Phelan and Steptoe's at 42 Boylston Street offer a wide gift selection. Silk neckwear, elegant hosiery from France and Germany, hundreds of glove shades, silk opera hats, shirts, underwear, umbrellas and many items.
New York reports Miss Lulu Glaser, a young American stage star, is engaged to Mgr. Ralph Herz, an English actor and former leading comedian in her company. She confirmed the engagement at her city home but did not reveal a wedding date.
Mrs. G. C. Proctor of 49 Bickenstaff street Back Bay calmly phoned in a fire at her residence as smoke filled her apartment. Fire crews arrived to find the blaze caused by an electric wiring defect with the woman rushing to the street in a flimsy kimono and later retiring to bed from smoke and shock.
A Boston Central Labor Union committee of 25 met at Wells Memorial building to press Governor Guild to appoint Dennis Driscoll as Labor's representative on the State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration. Ernest B. Connors runs unopposed for president of Electrical Workers Union 104 after Michael Birmingham withdrew. Web Pressmen's Union levies 25 cents per member for strike support of lithographers.
Mayor Fitzgerald toured Wonderland at IHlenry Siegel Street where shoppers bought toys. He spotted two poor boys longing for miniature cars and instructed a salesman to charge the toys to his account and have them sent to the boys on Christmas morning, after confirming the mother's address.
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