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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1899
Page
5
The city readies for a presidential arrival with flag banners and a grand reception. Col Albert Clarke, secretary of the Home Market Club, hosts crowds seeking dinner tickets while decorations, platforms, and catering details surge to completion for the big event.
The capital visit opens with a 10 a.m. arrival at Terminal station where Governor Wolcott and city leaders greet the president. Police detail plans crowd control from Dewey square to the Touraine and State House, with mounted officers and a large security presence throughout the day and into the dinner at Paul Revere Hall.
The procession will be led by mounted police along the route Summer Winter Tremont Park Beacon Charles and Boylston streets to the Touraine. All listed streets will be closed to vehicles while the parade moves and snow removal will be completed by morning to avoid interference. Approaches to the Touraine will be roped off.
The Plymouth branch line opens following extensive labor by railroad crews. Officials praise perseverance and announce improved service for the region, signaling enhanced freight and passenger access. Communities expect economic growth as track work completes.
Railroad and streetcar crews report the region returning to normal operations. Boston & Albany runs nearly on schedule, with several trains to New York and West coast routes resuming as usual. Fitchburg and Providence divisions are in good order, while the elevated road hires many teams to clear about 200 miles of streets.
Four alarms battled a blaze at machine shop No. 28 in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The three story brick building burned from 6 30 p m. by 8 15 p m it was a total loss. Patterns and models for warships were stored there and destroyed. Estimated total loss over a million dollars. building value about 356000 and machinery 400000.
The article details tour prep for a presidential visit including security with detectives and twenty Secret Service men. Adjutant General Dalton has chosen the presidential equipage with four matched bay leaders named Governor Duke Major and Victor, all with distinct markings. The landau and harnesses are imported with russet collars and heavy solid silver trimmings.
Munyon's Inhalef promotes a great cure for catarrh grip asthma bronchitis and throat and lung diseases with over 200000 sold in three weeks. Three factories run day and night but cannot meet demand.
A group of merchants and individuals sign to refund money on a 50 cent bottle if the cough medicine fails, and to refund on a 25 cent bottle if not satisfactory. Names include Emery Souther, George C. Goodwin & Co, Woodward & Co, Parker, Demeritt, Knowlton, Gammon, Siskind, Chapin, Adams & Co, Alexander, and two hundred others.
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