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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1908
Page
2
The list shows prices for youths Oxford, Black and Fancy Coats at 15 dollars and for coats in fabrics such as Kersey Melton Frieze Worsted and Novelty Cheviot. Higher end options include Melton Silk Lined Coats at 25 dollars and other variants ranging from seven fifty to thirty five dollars.
Men’s suits in plain colors and fancy mixtures offered at half price. Styles include double and single breasted, herringbone stripes, English tweeds, worsteds, homespuns, and American novelties with semi-peg trousers. Blue serges and black bibs available. Haircloth fronts hold shape.
Snowbound western New York reports Canandaigua eight inches. A European storm wrecks fishing boats off the English channel and north Africa. Philadelphia approves trolley men concessions after a long ratification. Illinois creates Rockford diocese with 196 050 Catholics. A schooner lost near Diamond Shoals. several vessels in peril. Blazes destroy Blazers chapel in Kin Hsing Fu. Lexington steamer remains aground near James Point. Dennett named general land office commissioner. Weekes named to agriculture committee. Nevin, ex NYSE member, commits suicide by subway. Lake Shore dockyard fire damages 18 stalls and shops. Gorham plant to shut two weeks for stocktaking.
Michael H. Norton was arraigned in Roxbury Municipal Court for the murder of Miss Mary McCarthy at 27 Shirley Street Roxbury. He appeared dazed and silent as patrolman Dever requested a postponement to January 16, and Norton was committed without bail for the hearing.
The Woman's Trade Union League held its annual meeting at 264 Boylston Street last evening featuring a debate on whether married women should be prohibited from working for wages. David Goldstein urged prohibition while Joseph Spiro argued for wage earning liberty. The discussion cited freedom, progress, and concerns about dependent wives, amid a recent union amendment allowing locals to bar admission to married women whose husbands are not invalids.
Testimony opened in Clint on a suit by Richard Snell to overturn his grandfather Colonel Thomas Snells will. Plaintiff alleges the late railroad builder spent at least 300000 on women in the last decade of his life, including 75000 to Mayebelle Snell now Mrs McNamara of Kansas City Missouri.
Eighty East Side rent-strikers were evicted today as Monroe Street filled with discarded furnishings. The strike appears near an end with both sides claiming victory. Some tenants paid rents to avoid eviction while others won concessions of $1 to $2 a month.
Sunset Limited Express 10 southbound, late by an hour, derailed at Rucker 25 miles south of San Jose California. Reported casualties include five killed and a dozen injured.
Amos W. Morrell, 40, a porter at the Quincy House, was found dead in his hotel room with a razor nearby. The medical examiner ruled suicide after Morrell reportedly received a rebuke earlier that Wednesday, suggesting distress led to the act.
Fragmentary notice notes a Bromine Quinine laxative used in a signature by EW Grove. Details are unclear but reference to a product and a signature point to a possible medical or patent context from the period.
A Boston committee hears calls to let the public vote on Sunday entertainments. Prominent figures argue current laws ban valuable drama and hurt concerts. They urge shifting license power from the mayor and holding a referendum at the next conference.
Miss Angela Brown leads the Star of the Sea Young Ladies in the three act drama Sweet Lavender to raise funds for a new East Boston church. Cast includes Lottie Thompson Carrie Hines May Keough Mildred Sullivan May Anderson and Mary Hines in St Marys Hall Moore Street on January 13 and 14.
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a tonic for convalescence after grip, typhoid and other illnesses. It claims to build up strength, improve appetite and digestion, purify blood, and support kidneys and liver. The copy asserts reliable, ongoing benefits for prostration and weakness.
The War Department demands a new $400,000 bridge over Fort Point Channel on Mt Washington avenue, rejecting the city’s $60,000 repair plan. Mayor Hibbard must seek additional funds as officials push for the costly replacement.
Judge Stuart in the Superior Court issued a permanent injunction restraining the City Sealer of Weights and Measures from removing Dayton Scale Co. scales from stores. The court held the scales fair and accurate as advertised and allowed their continued use in the city and likely elsewhere.
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