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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1899
Page
12
McKinley here New England welcomes our great president as the Great House of R T Almy announces a closing sale on winter goods. Trust clothiers dismayed as prices drop to record lows on kersey overcoats and ulsters, with many styles reduced well below former tags. Sale begins Friday at 8 AM with heavy discounts on full and tailor-made garments.
Flo shakes the old bones of the Trust as never before. R T Almy Co offers Friday and Saturday sales on latest styles. 500 all wool suits priced at 5.75, silk faced cheviot double breasted at 7.75, $18 serge double breasted at 9.75, blackClay diagonal at 8.75, $25 Clay diagonal frock or sack at 13.50.
Five hundred pairs of 3 and 4 worsted trousers offered at half price with choice $1.95 and $3 options for 4, 5 and 6 worsted patterns. Friday sale announced by R. T. Almy & Co. at 590 Washington Street.
The Boston Towboat Company began salvage work on the Boston Fruit Company's steamship Admiral Dewey which ran ashore in fog off Cuttyhunk on February 14. Pumping and attempts to free the forward hold continue as weather holds. Floating oranges dot the ocean while most of the crew were taken to New Bedford by revenue cutter and will travel to Boston.
In Jackson Maine local excitement rises over the deaths of Asa Boothby and his sister burned in their home on Monday. A Belfast journalist says an inquest will be held tomorrow into the circumstances and the deaths of the elderly occupants of the farm buildings.
Dover dispatch reports the February grand jury indicted Mrs. Lizzie Provenchia of Rochester for the murder of Miss Annie Cox on January 2. Elmer Stewart of Rochester was indicted for assault with intent to kill on Charles H. Allen.
The Ericcsson line steam er Anthony Groves traveling between Baltimore and Philadelphia was freed by the ice boat Latrobe from Baltimore and arrived in Elkton this morning. Stranded since Friday night in ice near Chesapeake City, the crew and passengers suffered cold and hunger. Among the passengers were several women and children.
President William McKinley arrived in the city at 9 58 oclock to a warm welcome. Secretary Long and Secretary Alger joined officials and the public in greeting him from the depot to the Touraine. crowds filled Dewey square and Summer street as the procession drew cheers and bows from the president and dignitaries.
A cordial greeting marks McKinley’s Boston visit as the war president and John D Long receive enthusiastic applause. Secretary Alger draws mixed reactions amid a crowd that fills the station area while troops and dignitaries prepare a ten-carriage procession through Dewey Square.
A jostling, good natured crowd along Washington Street and the Touraine hotel sought a view of the President and Cabinet amid heavy snow. Guards at the Touraine, a dozen officers, and a dozen more along Tremont Street escorted the procession as crowds formed on the Common and along the route.
The piece catalogs a city banquet's enthusiastic but cautioned talk on revival and profits, then shifts to a brisk sales pitch offering steep winter discounts on overcoats and ulsters as managers claim no bluff and real reductions. It also narrates McKinley’s Boston visit with cabinet members, cavalry reviews, and residence details.
A Boston ad promotes Pulmo nine as a universal remedy for coughs and colds with a claim of no equal. The product is priced at 35 cents per bottle and distributed by Cush ing Medical Supply Co at 580 Washington Street.
The president and five Cabinet officers dined in the Touraine dining room with twelve covers including Mrs. Long. A round table featured cut glass and ornate ice sculptures while the menu offered simple luncheon fare. Flags, bunting, and portraits adorned shops along Summer and Winter streets as a celebratory procession route impressed spectators. A special Pennsylvania Railroad train carried the president’s valet and steward on this sixth journey since his inauguration, with prior stops at major public events nationwide.
Vineyard Haven reports multiple vessels trapped or drifting in ice. Tug Herald towed schooner William Marshall from Philadelphia with water in hold and no anchors. Charles Noble Simmons from Boston for coal port lost an anchor. Gertrude Abbott of Philadelphia towed with ice cargo. Dexer towed Ellen M. Golder to safety after breaking free near Tuckernuck. Madagascar drifted near Cross Rip, lost both anchors and yawl boat. declined aid.
A deep draft racing sloop is under construction in Ogdensburg for a Boston yachtsman to compete in New York and Boston waters. Designer W P Stevens of New York. 29 ft low water line, 44 ft overall, 9 ft 3 in beam, 6 ft 2 in draft, 1250 sq ft sail area. Lead keel 33 4 tons. Crane Bros of New York also building a 25 ft racing sail yacht for their use in New York waters this summer.
The lightweight championship tournament at Music Hall on March 7 promises a notable event with a magnificent belt prize. Participants so far include Robert Girous of the Franklins East Boston Martin Schack of the South End Jack Flavin of the West End W J Downing and Tom Couch of the South End with more entrants expected.
Lawrence E. Myers known as Lon Myers world famous amateur distance sprinter dies of heart failure after pneumonia at 41. He won fourteen American and ten Canadian championships and three England titles. His records from 360 to 1000 yards stood for years and helped popularize the Manhattan Athletic Club era.
Bernard Wefers world's champion sprinter will compete this season on the cinder path and aims for Paris Exposition contests next year. He plans to tour Europe with other American athletes who expect to take part in the Parisian events if in strong condition this season.
Hali Adali of Milwaukee defeated Captain Tom Shields Bert Scheller and Tom Cannon in catch-as-catch-can bouts lasting inside of nine minutes under the agreed format. The event took place in Wiss on February 16 with Adali claiming victory over each opponent in sequence.
Money to loan at low percent and upwards on first mortgages or real estate in Loston and vicinity. Monthly payments of principal and interest. Easiest on cheapest way to buy or build a home or pay off your present mortgage. No commissions to pay. Cooperative Banks, 98 Washington St. BF. BeBUM Bank, Sec’y.
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