Count Boni Financed Wooing Newport Style in 1894
New York reports recount how Count Boni de Castellane courted Anna Gould in Newport aided by Raoul Duval the wine importer. Duval paid the bills while Castellane sought Mrs Oelrichs sister and the Gould millions. Rumors tied caterer Carl Berger to financier links as Castellane chose Duval as best man.
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New York
Newport
Count Boni de Castellane
Anna Gould
Gould
Raoul Duval
Count Boni
Mecca
Duval
Hermann Oelrichs
Castellano
Miss Gould
Carl Berger
Berger
Castellane
Rene Wohlfarth
House of Riches
Beatrice Tobin
San Francisco
Hibernia Saving Society
Gasoline boat explodes near Burnt Island
Two men, John Brennan and Flbridge Stone of Port Clyde, escaped a gasoline boat explosion off Burnt Island near Thomaston as flames spread after a kerosene stove ignited. They boarded a dory, which sank after the blast, and were rescued by Captain H S Stanley and crew from the lifesaving station and taken to Port Clyde. The 40 foot craft, valued at $3000 and insured lightly, carried a large gasoline cargo on a voyage from Port Clyde to Monhegan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomaston
Burnt Island
John Brennan
Flbridge Stone
Port Clyde
Monhegan
H. S. Stanley
Mayors Scheme Faces Tax Hike Debate in Boston
Taxpayers discussed Mayor Fitzgeralds proposal to raise the levy by 50 cents for next year. Some say the increase will lift the city from debt and is workable, while others warn that higher taxes will ruin residential owners and manufacturers and derail plans to make a better and busier Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitzgerald
Boston
William A. Gaston
Boston Real Estate Exchange
Worst Eczema Doctors Ever Saw Face Severe Condition
A patient suffered widespread eczema spreading over the body including limbs and arms. The scalp was dreadful and bandages were needed. The person endured untold misery for three years and improved after two months of treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Risley
Piermont
N. H
Eames
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Bole Props
Boston
Marvelous Cure by Cuticura Remedies
A mother describes her son's severe childhood eczema and the dramatic improvement after using Cuticura products. She details early failures with doctors, then success after three remedies, including soap, ointment, and Resolvent, culminating in full recovery by age four. Public teXt promotes the Cuticura line and offers free literature and ordering details.
Crane's Bill Gets a Knock in Boston Debates Tax and Inspectors
City leaders debate raising the tax rate to fund current expenses with Mayor Fitzgerald favoring at least a 50 cent increase. Business and residential property owners warn of investor exits and higher rents while suggesting refinancing and reassessment. A second piece mocks Senator Crane's proposed children bureau, through a Boston mother resisting government inspectors and urging self-reliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitzgerald
Senator Crane
Representative Towne Urges House Denounce Russian Jewish Atrocities
Washington Feb 12 Representative Towne of New York introduced a resolution calling on the House to denounce outrages on Jews in Russia and to declare that Russia’s failure to improve conditions shows the empire’s weakness or lack of will to provide relief.
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Washington
Towne
N. Y
Russia
Biggest Boston furniture sale at Osgood's Warerooms
The C E B Osgood Company at 744 to 756 Washington Street announces the largest furniture sale in 30 years. Fresh stock from Grand Rapids Furniture Co. with prices slashed below factory cost on oak maple and mahogany dressers beds dining sets and parlor suites. Rugs draperies and china cabinets included as buyers cram the store for markdowns.
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Boston
C. EB. Osgood Company
Washington Street
House of Osgood
Grand Rapids Furniture Company
Osgood
Grand Rapids
Mich
Grand Rapids Company
Creelman Files Schedule of Assets in Boston Firm Case
Oliver E. Creelman and partner George W. Ray formed the George W. McPherson firm of Boston. Creelman filed a schedule of assets and liabilities in U.S. District Court showing the firm with $18,977.65 liabilities and $13,550 assets, with all claims unsecured. Creelman’s personal liabilities are $35,889.05 with $13,725 assets.
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Oliver FE. Creelman
George W. Ray
George W. McPherson
Boston
United States District Court
Dee Ray-Creelman Company
Creelman
Poor Abused King Baby Sparks Congress Debate
The piece portrays King Baby as a symbol amid a push by Senator Winthrop Murray Crane to create a Children's Bureau to study infant mortality, birth rate, and child welfare. The King resists interference with his mother's rights while recounting a string of public child-rearing trends and pundits' methods from cradle boards to outdoor winter sleep and musical cries.
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Senator Crane
Washington
Little King
Baby
Winthrop Murray Crane
Congress
Crane
Senate
Children’s Bureau
King Baby
Post
Duluth
Minn
J. H. Whitley
Amelia Weed Holbrook
Professional Woman's League
Mac Levy
Brooklyn
Samson
Chauncey
Lake Side Club
Chicago
Santa Claus
Golden Medical Discovery praise by medical authorities
The article extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and its Golden Seal based formula. It cites Hydrastis as a key ingredient and lists stone root, Queen's root, Black Cherrybark, and Blood root as fellow contributors. Authorities across schools endorse their use for digestive, catarrhal, bronchial, liver, and intestinal ailments, with a forty year track record and global distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Finley Ellingwood
Chicago
Materia Medica
Bennett Medical College
Ellingwood
John King
J. M. Scudder
Dr. Hale
Hahnemann Med. College of
Grover Coe
New York
Bartholow
Jefferson Med
School of Medicine
Wing
Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
Golden Medical
Buffalo
N. Y
Gulf Stream Derelict Near South Shoal Lightship
Captain L N Porter of the United Fruit Company's steamship Admiral Farragut reports spotting a derelict wreck about 100 miles south of South Shoal lightship in the Gulf Stream. The floating hull with tangled wreckage appeared to be part of a sailing vessel and posed a dangerous obstruction in the shipping lane.
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L. N. Porter
United Fruit Company
Fire Drives Tenement Residents From Wrath Block
A February fire in a seven tenement and business block on North Main Street Woonsocket Rhode Island owned by Alexander Gilbert caused about 10000 in damage. Occupants fled for their lives and two women were carried out by policemen. Weeks Furniture Company suffered the heaviest loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woonsocket, R. I
North Main Street
Alexander Gilbert
Weeks Furniture Company
Atlas Free to Readers of the Boston Post
J Q Adams & Co of Boston advertise free copies to the first thousand Boston Post readers who submit a coupon. The cloth bound 1906 New Modern Atlas of the World includes 150 color maps and offers two language study documents The Orthoepic Melange and a facsimile booklet with questions and answers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Q. Adams & Co
Boylston Street
Boston
New England
Webster’s International Dictionary
Boys Taught to Shun Work Reflects School Critique
Professor J W McDonald of the State Board of Education told Congregational clergy at Pilgrim Hall that modern schooling erodes work ethic. He warned students now idle from age five through graduation, arguing sports like golf, tennis, and football replace labor with moral influence, cultivating a distaste for real work.
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J. W. McDonald
State Board of Education
Pilgrim Hall
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