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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1907
Page
7
Friday specials feature silk shirtwaist suits in plain colors and hairline stripes, many small sizes at 15 each. White dawn shirtwaist dresses, white linen coat suits, and panama suits in gray checks are offered at clearance prices with limited quantities and some items slightly soiled.
Clearance sale highlights sweeping price cuts on one and two piece dresses for girls ages 6 to 14. Numerous shopworn pieces mark reduced prices across a range of styles including lawn and Point d Esprit fabrics with discounts from two to more than ten dollars off original tag prices.
Frugal deal alert for girls ages 4 to 14 with additional price reductions on Friday. Four styles priced at 1.50 and 1.75 options in gingham and madras. More styles available at 2.00, 2.50, 3.00, and 4.00 dollars. Limited stock on gingham, madras, and prints.
One lot of boys bloomers and plain knee pants in light-weight worsteds for ages 3 to 16 offered at special Friday prices.Khaki bloomers for boys sized 4 to 8 offered at a lower Friday price.
A large lot of writing paper and envelopes offered for sale Friday. Parisian Lawn Box Papers include 60 sheets and 50 envelopes with cloth finish paper in the latest size. Price 35 cents per box.
Women’s colored canvas shoes offered in two styles, pumps and 3 hole Gibson Ties, priced 2.50 and 3.00 per pair. Colors include tan pink lavender blue gray. Also odd lot of beaded patent leather and kid slippers, sizes broken but some fit. values up to 4.50. Sale Friday at Lou Hoymane store.
Charles E. Palmer sues Patrolman Michael J. Fitzgerald for 2000 in Municipal Court over an assault on June 17. Palmer alleges excessive force with a club. Alfred T. Shrigley represents Palmer. John F. Duffey says if an assault occurred it was self defense and cites a release signed July 11 after a $25 payment.
Nantasket hosts the annual clambake of the Massachusetts Police Chiefs Association. About fifty chiefs with wives and daughters attend a shore dinner then visit beach attractions. Chief F L Reynolds of Hull presides with Chiefs Corey Brookline McKenna Waltham and Pierce Milton assisting.
Washington July 25. A sensational claim by pension commissioner Vespasian Warner that his step mother does not share equally in his father's estate because of negro descent threatens his official position and retirement. Warner's marriage web shows he is brother in law to his own son and his wife is sister in law and stepmother to his son. Warner has been married twice and fathered several children by his first wife. The second marriage links him to a fortune the first wife’s father left behind to Warner and his grandchildren.
In Baggs Wyoming on July 25 a remarkable fossil discovery of a Hazard type creature is reported. The skeleton measures 314 feet in length and is excavated from shale in a hillside. It stands as the largest prehistoric animal yet found.
In New York on July 25 a boy and two girls were born to Mrs. Christopher Larsen while being rushed by ambulance to Harlem Hospital. All three newborns and the mother are reported doing well.
George A Spaulding longtime advertising manager of the Boston Post died at his Winchester home after a three week illness. Born 1856 in Dracut he built a national reputation in Boston newspaper circles and led the Post advertising department. He leaves a wife daughter sister and brother and the funeral is set for 2 30 p m Saturday at his Prospect Street home.
Miss Ma belle Watson of Berkeley Cal 18-year-old heroine who supported a drowning woman for two hours after the wreck of the steamship Columbia arrived in Portland with three companions She entered a lifeboat but it sank as they lowered Miss Watson recalled hearing hymns and said she had never swum before yet had confidence and helped the other woman as they floated for more than two hours until rescue.
Cambridge street trade papers misreported plans for a new 15 room school. Commissioner Logue told the Post there is no intention to seize the old West Church site now used as a branch library. The site will be chosen on Beacon Hill later, with preservation valued for its architecture.
Little Italy hosts a grand colonial festival for St Anthony of Padua starting Saturday with a torch parade at 7 30 pm and a Barone Band concert in North Square. Sunday features a mass meeting at 9 30 am, high mass at 11, parades at 3 pm led by Italian Catholic societies, concerts by Roma and Marina bands, and Monday fireworks at North End Park. Committee HQ is 84 Endicott Street with D Campana as president.
The railroad commissioners received notice that Springfield city government granted a franchise to the Springfield Street Railway Company to build a new Broadway line. The action followed legal rules allowing 50 local voters to petition for a franchise.
Bare footed gatherings sweep Islesboro Maine as Boston's fashionable set hosts guests for moonlit romps on dewy lawns. One young woman claims the idea as her own, though friends doubt the boast. Invitations urge guests to bare feet and stockings for grassy theatricals at summer homes.
In Karlsruhe on July 25 the father of Karl Hau, condemned to death for killing his wife’s mother, Frau Molitor, was struck by apoplexy and lies in critical condition.
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