23 Feb 1893
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1893
Page
1
The store announces price reductions on overcoats and Ulsters despite market demand. Items offered include single and double breasted styles in all wool fabrics such as serge silk satin linings Melton frieze chinchilla and kersies. Stock is reduced to avoid carrying unsold inventory into another year.
Usters goods, previously $15, now $12, are described as exceptional bargains. The items are made in the store’s own workshops by skilled labor, inviting customers to visit and be convinced.
Lizzie Colby, a married woman living at 3 Milford Street, attempted suicide by carbolic acid after a separation. She was found at Boston’s Revere Beach station by a passerby and rushed to Kinergien hospital, where she recovered after two hours of treatment. Police noted a faded rose dropped when she entered the restaurant. She claimed to be Lizzie Colby and indicated she had separated from her husband about three months ago.
An old notice praises the quality and purity of Gibson's Whiskey for family and medicinal use. It states the product is sold by druggists grocers and reliable liquor dealers.
London Feb 22 The Princess Kaiaulini heiress to Hawaii's throne sails to New York aboard the Teutonic with Theo philus Davies his wife and daughter and Miss Whartoff. At Sundown Tresketh Park Southport she gives a guarded interview via Mr Davies who has guided her stance on annexation rights independence and the regency plan with S B Dole as provisional leader. The princess seeks sympathy from Americans and plans visits to Beeton Washington and President Cleveland, while remaining wary of British interference or American annexation.
AuBURN Me Feb 22 Hotels crowded as over 300 attended the first auction sale of Maine breeders at Colt Farm stables. Buyers from New England bid actively though prices were low, forty head of fancy trotting stock sold. Parade and Carnival postponed to Feb 28 due to the storm.
In a period style notice Lincoln's at 21 Essex Street touts Malted Old Rye Whiskies as the best and safest stimulus for a variable climate, suitable for medicinal or family use.
A tow of a tug and five canal boats became icebound in Long Island Sound near Oyster Bay on Sunday. The stormy wind Monday caused the tow to disappear and later crews reported the barges wrecked. One boat ashore at Lloyd's Neck, one at Cove Neck, one at Centre Island, with two sunk off Centre Island. crews reached shore by walking on the ice.
A short note indicates commercial travellers consistently supply themselves with Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup. The item appears as a recurring consumer health staple in transit supplies. The reference underscores its continued presence in mobile work routines.
A grand Columbian Ball features a dazzling electric display, with a triumphal arch honoring Washington and Columbus, private box seating, and a staged fountain. Guests enter to a herald’s summons as a vivid procession and promenade surround a spacious dancing floor.
Lakewood N J Feb 22 Cleveland announced he had completed his cabinet with Richard Olney of Boston for Attorney General and Hillary A Herbert of Alabama for Secretary of the Navy. Olney’s appointment surprised friends of George A Jenks though he is a leading lawyer and substantial Boston citizen.
The centre of Music Hall featured a herald in purple attire with a feathered hat who blew a military call signaling the ball. Couples moved into a quadrille beneath a red and white lit star crescent while Baldwin's band played as a grand stage display with green scenery and gas jets framed the scene.
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