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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1905
Page
7
Crowds of women fill the store as every item from suits to fur jackets is reduced. The January sale highlights include coats coats skirts waists and raincoats with widespread markdowns to clear stock.
Distinctly priced suits offered at 15 dollars with over 150 styles in long and short jackets. Colors include blue brown and black in latest weaves. other suits priced 20 and 25 dollars are closing out from 35 to 50 dollar ranges.
A selection of jackets at 7.50 and 10 dollars feature Black Cloth, Covert Cloth and Scotch blends. Short jackets, three quarter coats and Tourist Coats offer year round wear. Sizes up to 46 bust. Coats from 15 to 20 dollars, formerly 25 to 35, include Tourist and fitted styles.
A sale offers about fifty thousand dollars worth of furs at roughly half value. Prices span nearseal coats from 25 to 50 and Persian lamb coats from 65 to 300, with Alaska seal pieces and fur accessories heavily discounted. Numerous fur items including muffs and children's sets are marked down to half or lower prices.
In Bay State Gas Company v Lawson et al Judge Hammond issued a notice requiring Lawson to show cause why he should not deliver to James E. Leach as receiver 50,290 shares of stock and 374000 dollars in bonds of Buffalo City Gas Company. The plaintiff claims the securities were deposited with Lawson Weidenfeld & Co. and belong to Bay State.
Bartholomew Nealan 12, son of Michael Nealan of 28 Sylvan Street, drowned while skating on Swain's Pond in Melrose. Ice cutters had recently worked the end. thinly frozen surface gave way as he skated, his cries were heard but aid arrived too late and his body was recovered.
Judge George M. Amerige of the Saugus Police Court died at his Cliftondale home on Central and Jackson streets after a long illness. He passed away at 4:30 yesterday afternoon.
The Hon. John C. Crosby of Pittsfield, a Democratic candidate for Lieutenant-Governor, was appointed associate justice of the Superior Court to replace Judge Aiken, who became chief justice after Chief Justice Mason's death. Governor Douglas administered the oath as U S District Attorney Melvin O Adams witnessed in the executive chamber. In Fall River on January 18, game wardens Bent and Paradis warned local milliners and suppliers about laws restricting use of birds bodies or feathers in millinery trimming, noting many violations but signaling no prosecutions if warnings are followed.
Ida Leshefsky a seven year old of 88 Garden street was dragged under a moving Cambridge car on Cambridge street. Police officers assisted in freeing the child and she was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital with a scalp wound and a ruptured intestine. An operation saved her life and she rested at the hospital by 10 pm.
An informal meeting of the Twentieth Century Club last night considered establishing a municipal museum in Boston. E. I. Filene presided and Prof. F. S. Peabody spoke on the topic. A committee headed by Warren H. Manning Walter Sargeant and F. O. Olmstead was appointed to investigate and report.
A Boston reader argues that Massachusetts newspapers should stop slurring General Nelson A Miles for alleged slights toward his war record. He credits Miles with heroic military achievements and service to his state, urging fair treatment and praising his future prominence. The letter, dated January 18, reflects partisan tensions surrounding the Spanish American War era.
A reader from Revere Massachusetts laments horse thefts and overwork by clerks using grocery and provision horses. The letter urges owners to guard stables and take strict precautions to end what it calls a contemptible cruelty and to protect faithful work horses.
The Hamburg American liner Bengallia, wrecked on Madagascar’s coast, sailed from Boston for Bremen on April 30 and was later referenced as chartered by Russia as a transport. Steamshipmen suspect Japanese influence, aided by Lascars, to seize 8000 tons of coal before the disaster. The crew survived. the ship is a total loss. Built in Glasgow in 1898, 4910 tons net register, 485 feet long, 57 feet beam, 34 feet 4 inches deep.
Meyer J Sturm of Chicago and Dr A J Ochsner won the first prize gold medal for hospital plans at the St Louis World's Fair. Their exhibit displayed complete plans for four hospitals. Sturm, MIT graduate, assistant architect for Augustana Hospital, has focused years on hospital construction.
Police report a burglary at Sarah Stanley home on Blue Hill Avenue yesterday afternoon with $45 in jewelry stolen. A witness described the suspect as about 28, 5 feet 9, slim build, light complexion, hollow cheeks, wearing a striped golf cap a three button coat and light pants. Authorities follow a developing clue toward an arrest.
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