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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1900
Page
6
An advertisement touts Ivory Soap as within reach due to its low price and universal usefulness. It claims the soap is 99 percent pure and capable of performing the work of several specialized soaps.
Andrew Fiske, victim of a Friday attack by a dog pack on the Seagrove estate, remains in precarious condition with torn flesh and risk of blood poisoning. Dogs, including bulldogs and collies, were led away after the assault. Weston selectmen consider confinement measures.
Sunday’s heat kept crowds at beaches and nearby resorts, with a high of 92 degrees. The city saw strong patronage at venues offering clear space and relief from the heat.
The Tremont Theatre will open August 27 with The Dairy Farm in its first Boston production. J Frank Perley, Alice Nielsen’s manager, abroad in her interest, has secured a new English contralto for next season. Christine Blessing joins Frank McKee with the Agoust family. ada Rehan to open in Cleveland November 6. Marcia Van Dusser rumored to be engaged to H V Keep. Franklin McLeay’s death noted with past roles in Pharaoh and Drury Lane tribute.
Local boat houses buzz over Jeffries Point prospects at the upcoming national regatta on the Harlem river New York. Greer brothers and East Boston residents back Frank Greer for the senior single sculls while Fred Greer and Ed Brown team in doubles and Millstreams pursue a boat from Harvard. Larry Brignoll trains with Joe Maguire who is staying home, Bradford club hopefuls see Maguire as second-best to Paris berth.
Epworthians at Lynn gathered for the biennial convention in the First Methodist Church and nearby venues. Bishop J. W. Hamilton delivered a love feast sermon, delegates preached at local pulpits, and Bishop Mallalieu spoke at a 2 PM communion service.
Division 29 A. D. f. Elects and Division 20 A. O. HE held its regular monthly meeting in Friendship Hall Roxbury yesterday. Fitzgerald of the county board installed officers including President James Dempsey and Vice-President John ONeil. Patrick Broderick became recording secretary with D Reynolds as financial secretary and Thomas Fahey as treasurer. Dan O Meara served as sergeant at arms. Literary exercises followed led by Michael T Athridge with songs and remarks, joined by Brothers Devansy and Frank Woods.
Police at a card party in Malden arrest John W. McBeveny Jacob Street Maplewood Charles H Green 21 Waitte Street Maplewood John C Beaton Penny Road Melrose Carl V Peterson 22 Rockingham Avenue Maplewood and Fred M Reed 87 Valley Street Maplewood for being present at a board game on the Sabbath. They posted bail and face arraignment in Malden Police Court tomorrow before Jorge Pettengill. Dark Pines grove off Granite Street had been quietly monitored by police for weeks.
Mrs George Reed of Bustchester fell from a chair while reaching for an object on a high shelf and died seven days later from the injuries.
Robert Callahan, president of the Bar tenders' Union, offered to resign yesterday afternoon but the motion failed. Members asked him to serve his term and he will remain in office. The meeting initiated forty eight members and received sixty three applications.
The fourth annual lecturer at Harvard's Cercle Francais will be Gaston Deschamps, noted Paris Temps critic. He sails to America in February and will deliver eight lectures on The Theatre Contemporain under the Cercle Francais auspices.
The Chute grounds host Pinafore on the Lake with Blanche West as Josephine. Pink Dominoes stars J H Gilmour and Florence Rockwell at Tremont while Very Little Faust begins its second week at the Columbia. Cast changes improve the lineup and Lockhart’s elephants stay at Keith’s with new tricks promised. The man with second sight headlines Austin & Stone's. Crowds flock to Point of Pines as Combination Park showcases top vaudeville acts Fields and Ward Farnum and Nelson Weber and the Doerge sisters. Cres cent Gardens at Revere Beach promises novelties and a spacious dance hall. Gorman’s minstrels perform at Norumbega Park and Gentry’s dog and pony show ends its run on Huntington avenue grounds then heads to Lynn.
The Sunday Post story paper amused readers with a joke about New York figure Chauncey Depew. Expect more humor in next Sunday's paper as hinted by the author Mr. Bryan.
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