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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1900
Page
1
A department store advertises sweeping reductions across departments including ladies street suits priced down from twelve and fifteen dollars to twenty five and thirty for fine silk lined stock. The sale highlights one third to one half off regular prices on remaining seasonal goods and bicycle and storm skirts in gray blue and black.
The ad lists deep markdowns on ladies waists and skirts with prices cut from eight dollars to under two dollars. Children's sailor suits and a range of suits in various fabrics are featured, with many lines reduced to low prices.
Heavy reductions across child and youth apparel with line by line discounts. Includes Eton and Russian blouse suits, washables, knickerbockers, crehttps:// etc. Ends with straw hats and unlined homespun suits marked down.
The advertisement lists heavy discounts on men and boys apparel including night shirts neckwear shirts and hosiery with prices cut by substantial margins. London dispatch reports Japan seeking to save Pekin with Russian permission for military action in China and plans to deploy more troops amid shifting European positions.
The Democratic National Convention in Kansas City nominated Adlai E. Stevenson for Vice President on the first ballot after Hill withdrew amid protests. California yielded to Arkansas and Illinois, Stevenson received strong support, and Tennessee shifted to Stevenson triggering a dramatic push to nominate him amid chaotic floor scenes.
Five people were injured in a crash at Harvard and Washington streets near 9 45 last night. Two horses will be shot. Spectators credit the engine driver for averting a worse disaster. Injured include Miss Gertrude Carpenter and her mother Mrs Carpenter of Hopkins Street, Carrie Ingalls, and Annie.
A Boston streetcar and steam engine clash on Harvard street injures several firemen, destroys equipment, and mortally wounds two horses. McIntosh and others are shaken but walk away, while the car’s motorman stops the vehicle after reversing power.
The advertisement lists discounts on men’s Russia calf boots and Oxford ties to 2.95, ladies’ lace boots to 4, boys’ lace boots to 2.50, and children’s tan boots to 0.95. It notes the term Half Season as a trade name indicating unusually low prices.
Baron Hayashi in London said Japan would need ten days to move troops to China and that all powers agree on stopping the rebels, though not on methods. The report notes the Fifth Column continues as the piece discusses local forecasts and a political convention with Senator Hill receiving an ovation and resisting nomination before finally being nominated.
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