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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1893
Page
6
Specimens from the GibSCH Ris T stock offer deep discounts starting Thursday July 20 at 7 Winter Street. Shirt waists and silk waists priced far below former tags, with linen and suit items at half price. Also featuring jackets and capes at notable markdowns.
A readable price list shows discounts on fabrics and garments. Items include India Silks 39c, Gros Grains 69c, Wool Dress Goods 49c, Kid Gloves, Ladies Hosiery and Underwear, Damasks, Table Linens, Blankets, Ginghams, Dress Trimmings and Buttons with marked down to one half or less of original prices. Numerous comparisons highlight bargains across fabrics and apparel.
In 1893 advertisements urge lactated food as the best substitute when breast milk is unavailable. Letters from mothers and fathers across Providence, Woonsocket, Pawtucket, and other Rhode Island towns claim their infants thrived, grew, and stayed healthy on lactated food, calling it inexpensive, pure, and incomparable during summer heat.
A cyclone storm with hail swept East Hartford injuring the largest Connecticut Valley tobacco district. About two hundred acres were damaged beyond recovery with yields collapsing from 150 to 180 dollars per acre to mere fertilizer. Losses exceed 100000 dollars as late crops and replanting prospects vanish. Farmers face mortgage and rent pressures as frost looms and no replants are feasible.
Emperor Wilhelm I writes to Chancellor Caprivi praising the army reorganization as ensuring empire safety and internal stability. He commends Caprivi for technical skill and devotion, expressing gratitude and hope for continued support to the fatherland and allies.
Paris July 19 Cipriani notorious Italian anarchist leader linked to the May Day riots in 1890 has been ordered to leave France today as part of ongoing security measures.
The Treasury Department reclassifies wool grades 149 15 Flamatine skin 179 Kassap hatchia skin and renames them 396 397 Servian skin and 389 Kassaphatchia skin as second class, lowering duties by nearly 100 percent for some high grade wools. New classifications affect first class 11 cents per pound and third class ad valorem rates up to 60 percent, with specific notes on 145 Turkey improved fleece washed and unwashed affecting the schedule.
On Nantucket July 19 four young women Misses Alice Corse Edna Corse Stella Loring and Ruth Loring kept cool as high seas filled their boat. They pulled drowning Winchell Dunham aboard with a rope and held him back from a watery grave. He was nearly dead and black in the face.
Queenstown reports the British bark Pinmore, among four contestants in the long race from San Francisco, first to arrive. Bowden Lord Templemore and Lochee were the other three vessels that departed on March 22. Pinmore alone has reached the port.
Guthrie Oklahoma July 19 a special War Department order directs changes to city defense and mobilization measures affecting local military units and civilian volunteers. The directive outlines revised duties and potential reassignments to ensure readiness during escalating national tensions.
At South Framingham camp on July 19 the Brigade chief notes a cooler breeze, improved drills, and 2421 men present. Heat wounded two in the Eighth and Battery A. Hurley arrest rumors stir camp as officers dismiss much of the gossip. Signal corps works eight bicycles for rapid station reach while ambulance units shine. visitors include senators and Peach family members as band concerts enchant the camp.
The passage promotes home made ice cream as healthier and tastier than shop offerings. It endorses Metcalf's water-white vanilla extract as superior and economical, claiming readers should try it. Full directions will appear in Saturday's Post advertisement on July 22.
Paine's at 48 Canal street introduces a new hall stand this season. The piece replaces the old settle with an acetal table, offering a compact, versatile entryway furnishing for modern homes.
Cambridge authorities and Hon A P Morse reached a halt in the land dispute. The city will step back for a few days and Morse may proceed with his building to test the case. Police withdraw from the guarded premises ending the siege.
A Sunday school excursion train wreck near East Aurora, caused by an open switch at a turntable, crushed the baggage car and first two coaches. Fire department saved lives as surgeons treated the injured. fireman John Morris died. The seriously injured include Harry Sauer, Arthur Sauer, Fannie Whitmer, Willie Whitmer, George Ferguson, Mrs Murphy and two children, Nellie Stessel, and Mrs Robert Hood.
New York July 19 reports claimed the Northern Pacific was near receivership. President Oakes rejected the rumor and said no trouble with the Guarantee syndicate financing a 12 million dollar collateral loan. Treasurer Baxter and Henry Clews supported the denial amid a timber land dispute decision favorable to the railroad at Tacoma.
A new society named American Institute of Christian Sociology was formed at Chautauqua New York with backing from leading educators including Bishop Wiaggat. Committees appointed will report tomorrow when officers are elected. Dr Richard T Ely is expected to be chosen president and the group aims to apply Christian law to social and economic issues.
News brief items report name changes for Mr. Lewis’s 83 foot steam launch from Winthrop to Leo to avoid confusion with a sister steamboat. Elise Johanson, a Norwegian immigrant, is deemed a public burden and to be kept at Strangers’ Home East Boston after pneumonia at quarantine.
Washington July 19 inquiry at the pension office shows 245 pensioners dropped from the rolls since March 4 1898 and 6090 pensioners suspended since March 4 pending further investigation of their cases.
The wedding of Congressman SB Breckinridge and Mrs Louise Wing occurred in Louisville last night, moved up from Aug 2. The couple, after a 10 day stay in Harrogate Tennessee, will proceed to Chicago.
A long gray haired market man fooled about two hundred on Commercial Street by placing a trap door in a orange box. He mocked excitement, collecting hay and greens from nearby boys to feign a reveal, finally releasing a large red beer keg to roaring laughter. The ruse earned him respect as a leading market man.
Bridgeport Bridgeport Railway Company and allied lines consolidate as the Bridgeport Traction Company with 2,000,000 capital. Elected officers include Colonel N H Heft of Standard Oil as president, Elias Ward of Newark as vice president, General T L Watson as secretary, William Scheerer as treasurer. Directors hail from Bridgeport and Newark. operation to switch to electric traction soon.
The Rev. John Gordon, D. D., of Chicago is attracting record crowds to his revival meetings as he preaches to growing numbers across cities and substantial attendance rises.
A Nantasket resident and Bos ton daily correspondent reports escalating vandalism and threats amid town unrest. Windows shattered, a store fire, and a dynamite fragment indicate attempts to blow up a house, prompting calls for a town meeting and police action as officials blame sensational reporting.
It proclaims agriculture as the foundation of commercial prosperity and notes crops are very large in the U S while Europe’s are small. The piece urges solidarity against pessimism with a call to onward progress.
Anthony J. Drexel was buried in the family mausoleum at Woodland Cemetery after a Protestant Episcopal service at his Drexel mansion. The funeral draw included George W. Childs J Pierpont Morgan J Harjes Jr John Lowther Welsh and John C Bullitt with Governor Pattison and staff attending the residence services.
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