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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1900
Page
6
An advertisement extols Ivory Soap as offering more value for dollars with purity and low price in a vegetable oil soap. It emphasizes affordability across laundry and general use, highlighting that the soap floats and has no costly packaging.
Eighteen bodies recovered with many missing from steamships Saale Bremen and Main after fierce blaze. Rescue efforts reveal survivors hidden in coal bunkers for hours, some badly burned or traumatized. Officials list missing crew as relatives await word. plans to charter steamers for memorial services and departures for Christian Endeavor tours from New York and Boston.
Captain John Fawcett of Everett, pilot for the North German Lloyd Steamship Co, returned to Boston and described the Saale fire that cost many lives and much property. He witnessed drownings from ferry crossings and noted the ship likely sank with all aboard, flames reaching high, a foremast flag half burned.
Christian Endeavor delegates bound for a London convention planned to sail from Boston on July 3 aboard the Mehi. A North German Lloyd ship was destroyed in a New York fire on Saturday, promptingshifts to arrange alternate accommodations and preserve travel plans.
Massachusetts Social Democratic party plans its state convention at Paine Memorial Hall on July 8 with 400 delegates. A major debate over alignment with the Socialist Labor party and a contest for the State committee is anticipated. Debs and Harriman likely to be endorsed. a split faction from the De Leon group also meets in the same building.
Bloomington Indiana show brings 150 ponies 100 dogs 60 monkeys two baby elephants and a zebra to Huntington avenue. Monkeys handle a miniature fire department scene while a street parade precedes the event and Cuban teacher arrivals and Harvard Memorial Hall decorations are described.
Savino Luongo alleges his brother Geros Luongo stabbed him in the left neck in Keith's alley. Savino was taken by Station 1 ambulance to Massachusetts General Hospital and is expected to recover.
Nahant on the North Shore enjoyed pleasant wind and healthful recreation as Nahant line boats ran every ninety minutes from Lincoln wharf. Eastranger Farm attracted visitors with plucking scenes while Larricain's Naval Brigade Band performed. Bass Point House served famed shore dinners and free pavilion dancing added to the season’s appeal.
Hundreds of newly arrived Cuban school teachers explored Harvard University under campus access, guided tours, and special privileges. Father Fidelis Stone, a Harvard alumnus and Passionist preacher, led mass and arranged religious discussions with university officials to accommodate the group.
London dispatch reports General Botha's increased activity as patrols sweep wide areas and engage British outposts. Skirmishes occurred Friday at Pinnar's Poorton and Springs as Botha and Dewet push to press pressure while avoiding counterblows.
Three hundred more sea masters arrived in a thin city aboard the transport Creek. They landed at the navy yard dock near Cambridge as sunset settled, with Captain Morgan Walcott praising the smooth voyage and noting no sea sickness. The Crook departed Matangas June 26, reached quarantine late yesterday, and heads to Newark at 8:30 this morning. The Sedgwick is expected to be the next transport.
Aeronaut C6 Phelps escaped drowning after his balloon failed to release a parachute and plunged into Narragansett Bay near Rocky Point. Rescuers pulled him from the water after a difficult effort following the ascent to perform a parachute drop.
Lena Lirman age 313 and resident of 78 Salem Street fell from a window at her dwelling yesterday. She was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital where she died yesterday afternoon.
Miscellaneous market report from Wilson W Fay & Co lists stock quotes and company entries. It includes Copper King of Imone and Crescent Mining with quantities, and entries for Fortunadapuy Liquid Air Refrig Power and Val Verde Copper among others.
At a meeting of the Directors of Amalgamated Copper Company of New York on June 21 1900 a dividend action was recorded and an extra dividend approved with details to be announced. The notice lists times and dates for record and meeting procedures and mentions officers and place in vague terms.
A major Cambridge fire yesterday consumed the hay and grain shop of H F Sanborn on Main Street and spread to Oscar G Petterson’s three story brick bakery, a loss near 90000 dollars. Five horses perished in the grain stable while the bakery owner, insured, anticipates rebuilding soon. The blaze also damaged the Colonial Laundry and nearby machinery.
A visitor from New York spends the night in Lincoln at Bryan's house. The party includes several aides and a senator as talks with local figures continue into the evening.
Christie MacDonald visits Lexington then heads to Buzzard's Bay to join Joseph Jefferson at Crow's Nest for weeks before rehearsals with Peter Dailey in New York. Frank Todd to stage manage Foxy Sealers with Jerome Sykes. Ben Hur planned as Broadway opener with major reductions. Wadsworth Harris to give a recital in Calais July 8 at the Congregational Church.
Very Little Faust, Tremont Theater, and Keith's feature acts tonight with a lineup including Richard Carroll Helen Roydon Minnie Ashley Kate Condon Hele Dunbar Hugh Chilvers J H Gilmour Belinda and the Scotch lassie. Other attractions include Lockhart's elephants at Keith's, Kate Dark at Ausin & Stones, Bosco the headliner at Nickelodeon, and a strong summer vaudeville bill at the Combination Park.
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