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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1901
Page
7
For gifts to please Him choose an overcoat or suit priced from ten to thirty dollars. Also available are neckwear suspenders gloves mufflers full dress protectors shirts handkerchiefs umbrellas and jewelry along with bath robes. Our stock offers many Christmas suggestions with exchange or money-back refunds.
The Persian Gulf stirs as Mabarouk of Koweyt blocks a Sultan dispatched mission and rejects obeisance to the Yildiz palace. He vows to revive conflict with Ibn Rashid, with Turks pushing a fresh army. British cruisers Pomone and Redbreast, plus Russian Variag, surveil the area as speculation grows.
Washington report quotes Professor Alexander Graham Bell who dismisses Dr. Sylvestre’s Paris claim of seeing by telephone as an unlikely fairy tale. Bell notes such ideas are not impossible but remain highly improbable and unlikely to prove true. A New York despatch cites John E Andrews alleging prior invention of seeing by wire and patent application, predicting future use for business communications with visual and recorded dialogue.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology cadet corps kicked off social season with a dance in Paul Revere Hall Mechanics Building. Nearly all men wore military uniforms. Many young society ladies attended. Matrons included Mrs Henry T Pritchett Mrs Davis R Dewey Mrs Henry P Talbot and Mrs Dana Bartlett. Captains Frank Elliott George Ke Willcomb and Lt Robert Morse led the floor.
A barrel incident at F A Fachon’s Shawmut Ave shop left Daniel J Torcher with a broken left leg. A small fire at No 10 Tremont Row damaged property worth 200 dollars. Several injuries occurred from falls and mishaps on Washington and Fleet streets. A fisherman on the schooner Marshall Adams was hurt in the rigging. Two men, James O Connell and others, sustained facial injuries at home and on stairs. Police arrested Jacob Thompson and Domenico Profio for lottery promotion in Fleet Street doorway.
New England retail firm Cobb Bates Yerxa with twelve stores, including locations near the State House, touts a broad holiday range from almond paste to plum pudding baked at its Friend Street bakery. It emphasizes high quality confections and cigars, offers prepaid delivery within 10 miles of Boston, with headquarters at 689 to 692 Washington Street.
Benjamin H. Brown, who pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree for slaying Mrs. Alice Crowell, was yesterday sentenced by Judge Lawton of the Superior Court to life imprisonment at hard labor.
Frank KK Foster, noted labor leader, releases a new novel a romance where workers and ideas intersect. Ernest and Vera meet at a Workmen's Educational Club, debating freedom and government as romance blooms. Their struggle blends labor theory with a passionate bond culminating in a wireless message across borders.
President Roosevelt has not fixed holiday plans. He may join Theodore Roosevelt Jr and Dr. Rixey on a brief Potomac River shooting trip for a few days, but no decision has been reached yet. The president’s holiday schedule remains unsettled as the party plans move forward.
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