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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1899
Page
8
A local retailer announces a broad sale to reduce inventory of shirts, gloves, suspenders, and boys wear. Offers include 1000 dozen fancy bosoms and soft shirts, white body shirts at 26c, heavyweight colored shirts, soft percale shirts with two collars, and suspenders at 25c per pair. Also features boys school shirts and heavy comfort gloves and mittens at reduced prices.
Louise J. Coonley a domestic who drank corrosive sublimate at the door of James A. Burgess the middleboro man she loved died ten days after the incident At the poor farm she whispered to her nurse a final secret half an hour before death The case centers on a possible romantic connection and a tragic suicide attempt in Middleboro.
Miss Coonley died after a final plea denying disclosure of her secret. She told a nurse her father Sylvester Coonley lived in Williamstown and that she had a brother Frank. Authorities dispute who could remove her from the town farm amid friction with the police chief. the body awaits examination by Medical Examiner Morse of Wareham. Burgess says Miss Coonley’s husband lives in western Massachusetts and that she troubled him and his family four times.
New York January 13. Mrs S Landsberger, a wealthy socialite reputedly worth 175000, was arraigned in Essex Market Police Court on shoplifting charges after a store detective saw her place items valued at 2.75 in her sealskin sack. She claimed she planned to pay and had intended one bundle. Bail set at 500. commissioner noted possible mental distress following her husband’s death.
Mrs. Francis S. Lee, Arapahoe county representative, presided over a Colorado House session. Speaker Smith asked her to take the chair, she showed parliamentary skill, and was momentarily called to order a few times. She was addressed by several titles, with "Mrs. Speaker" emerging as preferred.
Articles filed in Trenton show American Steel and Wire Company with an authorized capital of 90 million. The stock includes 10,000 preferred shares and 50 million common shares. preferred carries 7 percent non cumulative dividend. Incorporators are Joseph R. Ellicott, Robert S. Green, and Theodore S. Beecher. Also filed for Pressed Steel Car Company with 26 million authorized capital. Incorporators are Adrian H. Larkin Arthur Van Brunt and Francis L. Patton Jr.
Burton Mansfield and Pierce, noted overcut manufacturers, dissolve partnership. Stock sold to R T Almy and Co at two thirds wholesale cash. Tremendous commercial transaction few retailers could handle. Baron Mansfield and Pierce stock opens Saturday at R T Almy and Co 590 Washington street 8 am. Make selections at once.
Hundreds of all wool overcoats and tailored suits offered at deep discounts. Kersey, frieze, and vicuna garments from $4.50 to $16.50, boys’ knee trousers and all-wool suits priced low, notes wholesale prices vs tailor values, sale at Washington Street store.
Franklin note: James M Free man, 83, longtime moderator of town meetings for 30 years, Selectman 14 years, postmaster one term, dies suddenly. He was active in Masonic circles and served in the Legislature representing both Bellingham and Franklin. Also referenced are remaining members of Alabama's secession convention.
The Bram case may be revived as grounds for appeal on sentencing. Legal circles expect possible questions on constitutionality and potential murder indictments for Bram in the deaths of the captain's wife and the second mate. Washington reports a Boston criminal lawyer visiting the justice department, hinting at papers for a Bram trial reopening. Attorney General Griggs notes the case's gravity, though indictments have not yet gone to trial.
All wool heavy woollen inging chinchillas and Irish frieze offered in varied lots priced at six seven and a half eight fifty ten twelve fifty fifteen and eighteen dollars.
Marked down suits at 8.98 with all wool cheviots in neat over plaid effects. Prices climb to 9.97 10 12 15 and 18 as fabrics improve.
Text describes marked down fabrics including Fancy Worsteds in nobby stripe effects and Cassimeres in checks plain and fancy mixtures. Other values offered at three four and five dollars.
Chester W. Chapin of Albany leads a new company named Central New England railroad after reorganizing the Poughkeepsie bridge system and old Philadelphia Reading & New England line. Capital stock 6.6 million with 3.15 million preferred and 3.46 million common. directors include Chapin Rumrill and others from New York Philadelphia and Lebanon.
Michael Curley known as Old King Curley a noted polo player was found dead in his Colony street room in Wallingford today. He played for the Wallingford polo team last year and previously on several New England squads.
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