Bargain Prices Limited Quantities For Today Only
The notice states prices are lower than manufacturer levels and may drop further tomorrow. It reserves the right to limit purchases per customer to protect stock and ensure value for shoppers.
01 Feb 1889
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1889
Page
1
The notice states prices are lower than manufacturer levels and may drop further tomorrow. It reserves the right to limit purchases per customer to protect stock and ensure value for shoppers.
No reduction in prices on our general stock for February 1889 as we open after stock taking. January trade was strong as we anticipated the season and winter goods now bear the lowest prices of the year. The store closes for overhaul with some small specials in each department. Reopens at 8 tomorrow for odd garments and quick turnover.
The Harvard Odontological Society held its regular monthly meeting at Young's with twenty-one members present. Dr. Merriam presided as the group discussed Neuralgia while Dr. Briggs and Dr. Stoddard offered remarks. Following a social collation, attendees enjoyed music and dancing, with a long list of prominent arrivals noted from Vendome to Tremont and beyond.
In Charleston on January 31 the joint assembly ballot shows Kenna 41, Goff 40, Governor Wilson 1, Fleming 1, Goshorn 3, with 86 total votes cast and 44 needed for a choice. Van Pelt, previously voting against Kenna, supported him today. five members were absent.
The Dominion Parliament opened at 3 PM with the throne speech. The Governor General noted the fisheries dispute and Canada’s rights under the 1818 convention, urging ratification by the United States Senate for a satisfactory treaty adjustment.
Sunday evening program at the Globe Theatre features a lecture on Materialization and Tests by W G Haskell Ph D president of the Society for Investigating Spirit Phenomena with illustrations. The concert includes Mile Gertrude Geneverde the whistling prima donna, Gerard Russe harp soloist Mme Borland pianist and Mme Fournier Wyse French ladies octet singing Breton and Normandie songs.
During a Supreme Court session on Suffolk Savings Bank, arguments focused on abating one half of one percent tax on $38,000 tied to non bank property leased out. State counsel noted a rise in exempted guaranty funds, estimated at $600,000 in the bank and $10,000,000 statewide, costing about $50,000 yearly in missing taxes.
James R. Lambdin, noted portrait and landscape painter, collapsed and died suddenly yesterday afternoon aboard a Reading railroad train en route to Germantown in Philadelphia. Officials suggest apoplexy as the likely cause of death.
The Employers' Liability Assurance Corporation Limited of London indemnifies employers against losses from accidents to workpeople. Agent A. Saml Appleton, 28 Central Street Boston, 4 Liberty Square.
In Paris the government moves to reestablish the scrutin d arrondissement electoral system as Premier Floquet seeks a vote of confidence amid Boulangist agitation. Floquet argues new state security laws are needed while opponents warn of attacks on universal suffrage and liberty.
Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria is mourned as Vienna issues mourning editions. The funeral train carried the body from Baden to Vienna with Court officials and guards guiding the cortege to the Hofburg. The Reichsrath to meet tomorrow to offer condolences, while Emperor William’s son is honored at a simple funeral planned for Tuesday at 4 PM.
American minister Mr Phelps and his wife left Southampton for New York aboard the Lahn. A large crowd of Americans and diplomatic corps members gathered at the station to bid farewell. Baroness Burdett Coutts presented Mrs Phelps with a bouquet. The Mayor and Southampton officials accompanied the tender to the liner.
William O'Brien was jailed for four months after resisting prison clothing removal and having his beard shaved. He was injured during the struggle and summoned a priest as nationalist supporters protest. Also, John O'Connor and Thomas Condon were sentenced to four months for inciting tenants to withhold rent.
The Lynn planing mill blaze owned by J Bennett and the Knights policies on buildings and machinery total about 30000 in losses. Guilford and others hold multiple policies covering extensive sums. Other fires in Nasua Skowhegan Puesto and Boston cause minor damage with varying insurance status and no major claims.
Dennis Wallace aged 26 was found dead in bed at the Friendly Inn on Haverhill street yesterday afternoon at about four o'clock. Police and medical staff attended but he could not be revived. An inquest is expected to determine the cause of death.
A late January maritime roundup lists arrivals and departures across ports including Boston Liverpool Rotterdam Havana and New York. Vessels such as Ozart Britannia Polynesia Burgundia and Oceanic are cited with origins from New York Baltimore Hong Kong and more.
In Washington Secretary Bayard says Americans in Samoa have not been injured and asserts the State Department has done all it can. He notes German assurances to respect American rights and reports from Auckland of German searches for contraband. Officials discuss potential conferences with Germany while Samoa remains volatile.
The Haitian legation reports insurgent towns Vallier Hinche St Michell Marmalade and Grand Saline are now occupied by President Legitime troops from Port au Prince. In Washington the Haitian minister says ships are being fitted in New York for an expedition against Haiti and customs officers are to enforce neutrality laws there.
Sandwich January 31 General Manager Henry F Spurr retires effective February 1 after 32 years as a salesman and seven years as manager and superintendent at Sandwich He will oversee Cape Cod Glass Works and Charles H Lapham will handle Sandwich interests The Boston and Sandwich directors weigh stock results and a stockholders meeting will decide next steps The New York office closes and F S Davis is elected president replacing the late N J Bradlee The plant at Sandwich may see new use this summer
A Cambridge committee on public property heard proposals for heating ventilating and sanitary systems for the new English high school led by Mr Badger of the Smead and Northcott combination. The panel took the matter under advisement. Cambridgeport W C T U elected officers at its annual meeting and marked its thirteenth anniversary with Rev Thomas Dixon Jr delivering an address at the First Baptist Church Central Square.
For twenty four hours snow in Maine and New Hampshire with clearing and colder conditions. Vermont and northern New York see snow then clearing and colder weather with high winds. Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New Jersey and eastern New York expect rain then clearing and much colder winds turning westerly. Storm signals from Delaware Breakwater to Eastport are ordered.
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