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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1899
Page
5
In Pie Alley this week reform talk centers on glazed bricks. Local resident Skinney Pete, longtime craps champion, mourns the change and recalls predicting the move when the bricks began appearing a month ago.
A Boston resident with no stake in the product praises Doan's Kidney Pills after suffering kidney pain and back soreness. He says a course of the pills at Woodbury's drug store relieved his symptoms with no recurrence. Doan's Kidney Pills are sold by all dealers for 50 cents, Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sole agents.
A compact look at Pie Alley, outlining conditions before and after a notable change. Describes the street’s atmosphere, shops, and daily routines, highlighting community impacts, business shifts, and notable local figures observed during the transition.
A garbled remembrance describes a police copper in plain clothes patrolling the Alley enforcing new rules. The text rails at prohibition of craps, scrapping, peanut swiping, cussing at losses, loitering, and similar misdeeds while noting a sweeping, confusing change.
A resident notes that Pie Alley is facing a signage crackdown with rules like no spitting and keeping off the paving. The query asks how long the reform has been underway, recalling events from Friday night and future plans.
A fragment from a public eye view of street vendors and games in Pie Alley. The speaker notes the peanut sellers and other stall keepers have earned a fair living, while mentioning cops and a gambling game in passing. Susie th’ Peach is introduced but unfinished.
In Court Square memories, Chimmie Bones and Gander-neck Mickey play odds and evens for cents beside Suzie the Peach when a citizen officer orders Pie Alley cleaned up. Vendors recall thirty years of street trade as the alley faces reform and the boys drift toward better prospects.
A narrator vents at Pie Alley about police persecution and reform efforts. He recalls Curley Wolf, defends big gamblers, and taunts Commissioner Adams to reform his cops before challenging Pie Alley. The scene closes with the Peach departing and Reform lingering amid the Paradise Lost crowd.
The United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York issued a preliminary injunction against the use of the trademark Iwanta and against imitations of Uneeda Biscuit. Judge Lacombe found Uneeda a protected trade mark in biscuit use, noting strong resembled packaging and a risk of consumer confusion. The ruling bans the name Twanta and the current package design, plus all similar imitations aiming to imitate Uneeda's branding.
The Vaudeville Red Attractions at door Resorts present The Big Bonanza as this week's novelty with a strong cast. Manager Dat aud tion by the late Manager Day, and J. R. Pitman's revision add interest. Eugenia, Abe the banker Cavaller, and Fanny Adie as Caroling er and Mary Sanders provide lively turns. William Courtleigh Jr. as Bob, Seeley as the banker, Ober as the professor, Mackay as Alphonsus DeHaas, Cummings as Jack Lymer, and Morison as Uncle Rumple deliver solid performances. The program runs this week only, with The Princess and the Butterfly following next.
Ethel Cor ele non fart Jos Josie and Brat Evans Sear mt wow spectators with daring aerial feats at Kiger yg, hailed as the finest display of its kind. The event runs daily with afternoon and evening performances. Professor Maddogs dog Jack adds intrigue by climbing and performing. The First Regiment Band, a miniature railroad, and the electric fountain draw heavy attention from large crowds.
Katherine Osterman returns to Keith's in What Happened last season’s cast, with Dickson in a sly one act about two artists sharing a model. Ching Ling Ho dazzles, Mrs Ching and Chee Tai elicit fond memories, while the Symphony Orchestra impresses. A veteran cast including Robyns and Fitzgerald delivers strong performances, aided by a diverse bill of acts and the usual slate of films.
The Palace Theatre thrives under Charles Waldron with a new burlesque week headlined by The Birthday curtain raiser and a witty musical absurdity. Henry Frey and Fannie De Costa headline acts along with Hart and Williams, Alice Leslie, and The Broadway Trio as a large company delivers laughs, songs, and lively specialty numbers. The venue remains comfortable and smoking is allowed.
Congressman Moody met General Henderson at the Touraine in Boston with Massachusetts delegation present. Moody and Henderson plan a conservative Republican course, consider war inquiry, and split committee assignments with Fitzgerald Weymouth and Moody gaining prominence. Moody would not discuss Bates Guild race or 1900 campaign.
Jack from Worcester Hospital returns after a severe bite to perform a rattlesnake dance with over fifty snakes. The Georgia Troubadours present life on the old fantation with song and dance. The Trilby contest draws entrants from Chicago to Boston with quirky shoe sizes. Mille Ola the magician wowed audiences with new feats. Hourly Casey Theatre shows feature Swift and Zola Extravaganza with living pictures by LeClair and Lese.
Back Bay intruders entered the Whipple mansion at 266 Commonwealth Avenue while the family was away. They explored rooms, searched trunks, and left without stealing valuables. Police will increase patrols in the Back Bay after the incident, with officers in plain clothes and mounted patrols aiding investigations.
Children under 12 enter the Pines to receive a ticket redeemable for ice cream peanuts popcorn candy fruit or a ride on the flying horses or Ferris wheel. Each child gains a reserved seat ticket for the rustic theatre and daily balloon ascensions parachute jumps and Kilpatrick’s ride. Lynn Cadet Band performs daily concerts.
Nantasket Music Hall at the Nantasket Beach auditorium formerly Hotel Nantasket presented a new afternoon and evening vaudeville program. Cushman and Holcomb sang and acted in A Trip to the Klondike, the Charman sisters performed, Bessie Taylor sang When a Coon Sits in the Presidential Chair, Edwina danced, Hafford and Mantell sang, DeWitt and Kirwin performed, and Annie Whitney impressed as a leading soubrette of the New York roof garden season.
Norumbega Park showcased a new rustic theatre program headlined by the New York Vaudeville Club with Carr and McLeod, the Clayton sisters, Arvello, Herald Square Quartet, and Master Wille Harvey. Austin and Stone’s Tremont Row Museum featured Helene Englehart and a lineup of athletic act from Europe, including the Leopold sisters and the DeCourcy sisters, delivering a high energy display of boxing, fencing, high jumping, and wrestling.
The North Shore resorts Bass Point and Nahant proved prosperous this season with thousands visiting. Jacksonville and Frederick De Bary of the Nahant line drew large crowds on every trip, plus many visitors from Lynn and nearby towns. Highlights included Lafricain's Naval Brigade Band concerts and free dancing in the pavilion.
A small black cat named Blanco deserts with Rear Admiral Sampson's North Atlantic squadron after Boston Harbor visit. The New York crew mourns the loss, a visitor allegedly smuggled the cat away, but Blanco later reappears aboard the City of Iney steaming to Salem where sailors buy him a collar.
Catherine Coleman formerly reported missing from 128 Green Street Jamaica Plain has been located at Deer Island. She had been admitted there as an observation patient after being taken.
Physicians back Kutnow's Improved Effervescent Powder as a pure natural remedy for indigestion and liver disorders. The London Lancet endorses its efficacy, with samples available free by mail from Kutnow Bros. in New York to readers mentioning the Boston Post.
London reports the British government will not accept President Kruger's franchise law proposals and will keep pressure on the Transvaal. It is a test of whether Kruger will yield. Dutch support in the Orange Free State and Cape could tilt toward the Transvaal if war breaks out.
The B'nai Zion Educational Society plans a large outing at Oak Avenue in Revere. Elaborate preparations have been made by members, and a sizable crowd is expected to attend.
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