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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1890
Page
8
Boston shoppers savor the 1890 holiday look with tailored gowns replacing tights, black velvet trimming, and peacock feathers. Hats and bonnets grow lower and forward, while furs, lace, and orchid enamel jewelry dominate display windows at Jordan Marsh, Hollander, and other shops as outfits shift toward Josephine hairstyles and elegant house dresses across the season.
Dover, New Hampshire, December 19. The third day of Isaac Sawtell’s trial opened with 40 degree heat. Chief Justice Doe allowed jurors to retrieve coats as the room was sparsely filled yet livelier, with Edgerley probing witness memories on dates and hours. Key testimony came from Smart of Rochester about the hired sorrel horse and top buggy, and the Willeys who recalled riding by Nutters woods and hearing pistol shots. Lizzie Webber’s cross examination revealed her role as an entertaining witness under pressure, followed by others who heard shots. Later, proceedings shifted to Mrs Smith’s boarding house where Isaac and family members were quartered and described their experiences with winter boarders.
The Rochester trial continues with witnesses describing Sawtell and associates in the Feb 4 5 events. Charles Wiggin and Isaac Sawtell’s carriage are tied to bloodstains on a cushion and enamel, while bystanders like James Bell and Lizzie Webber confirm dates and sightings as detectives press for exact trips and times.
In the afternoon session, witnesses including Mrs. Addie R Wentworth and Fannie L Berry testified on Feb 5 about hearing three shots near Nutter's woods around 5 o'clock. Samuel H Cushing and Emma M Nutter corroborated hearing shots near the edge of Nutter's woods while observations of carriages and people were noted. Warren C Jones described a late afternoon journey toward Rochester with a body covered by a blanket observed near Adam's corner. The testimony continues describing sightings and movements around Rochester and East Rochester on Feb 5.
The New York and New England railroad will run its 10 p m local until 10 30 p m to serve those attending the Messiah performance at Music Hall. Professor J W Churchill will read sketches in the Star course Monday night including Rossetti Sister Vanen Mark Twain Puzzled Parson and Mrs Stowe Ministers Housekeeper. Stepniak cables his American agent he sails tomorrow on the Umbria to lecture first in Boston Jan 5. At the Church of the Disciples tomorrow Ames concludes his young people lectures with a discourse on The Object of Life.
This afternoon at 2 30 Mr John L Stoddard will repeat his lecture on Picturesque Sweden at Music Hall. The talk will recount a journey through Sweden and include a short visit en route to Copenhagen, Denmark, highlighting one of the hardy races of civilization.
No American wine has received the endorsement accorded to Speer's Port Grave Wine. Inquire at druggist's for the port as well as the unfermented grape juice. Vine yards, Passaic, N.d.
Remarkable variety of elegant furs including seal sacques jackets and shoulder capes offered by Jackson & Co at 126 prenant street. Advertisement notes additional column present are worth attention.
A roundup of sermons and services on Forefathers Day across Unitarian and Congregational churches in Boston. Includes Rev. Brooke Verford sermon at 10:60 a m on American Unitarianism in Poiland and vesper services at 4 p m, with choirs and soloists from local churches. Also lists addresses, free seating, and public invitation.
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