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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1902
Page
6
Advertises women’s undergarments in cotton and cambric with lace or embroidery trims. Lists full sizes and deep hem stitched ruffle, worth 25 cents to 62 cents and 69 cents to 85 cents on sale. Mentions best quality fabrics and multiple styles available.
Good quality cambric corset covers with V and square necks, lace and embroidery trims priced at 25 cents each. Cambric and nainsook pieces offered in assorted styles with lace or embroidery trims, priced around 19 to 49 cents each. Variety includes simple and elaborate styles, all under-priced for quick sale.
Women's underskirts in cambric and fine cotton offered at special sale prices. One style features an umbrella ruffle with Wallace trim and tucks, the other has hamburg ruffles and tucks. Firm cotton tucked umbrella ruffle trimmed with embroidery, valued at $1.00, now 69 cents.
The article urges welcoming South African Boer men who oppose British rule, praising their pluck and liberty pursuit while condemning Cape colony Dutch as perpetual disfranchised. It advocates organized support to help them immigrate and become citizens, portraying them as valuable additions to American character.
The article argues the Senate bill is weak and favors corporate interests. It urges the House to amend it with a declaration of eventual Filipino independence, suggesting Roosevelt's Memorial Day address as a model, and warns that passage could lead to scandals if not reformed.
The piece salutes Boer herdsmen and farmers for bold resistance against the British Empire, calling their two year and eight month struggle a sublime moral act and historic display of patriotism amid inevitable defeat. It lauds Modder River and Tugela campaigns and notes no British general earned lasting victor’s wreath.
Observations on summer uniforms for fire brigades and police, horse owners with straw bonnets, and social scenes. Reports include Mrs J Stearns of Norton hosting Ida Mulle, a Charlestown native. retirement news of Marie Celeste the diva. Rev John Sheridan Zeile’s literary work. General Curtis Guild and a French reception. and a lively Ancients parade with drum major Jimmy Clark plus street incidents and colorful banter among bystanders.
Men and guns drive a struggle where half a million troops are used to defeat 50,000. The brave people fought for independence and history will place the glory with them. The final surrender yields concessions won by the Boers.
A historic review notes simultaneous eruptions from Colima in Mexico to Mt Redoubt in Alaska and unrest in Guatemala Martinique and St Vincent. It cites lava and ash in Alaska affecting villages and settlements while Mexican activity disrupts rail work and destroys structures, prompting wider questions about continental stability.
The Boston area feels the coal strike from Pennsylvania with a 60 cent per ton price hike. Coal grades now cost about $1 more per ton than two months ago, blamed on efforts to curb demand and conserve supply. The root cause is the refusal of the railroad coal combine to arbitration. mine owners could resolve the dispute by agreeing to a fair adjustment, which miners have supported from the start.
The text presents a jumble ofLocal color snippets with rustic dialogue about daily life. A neighbor named Kildee and a vacationing man are mentioned amid blurred lines about weather and courtship in a rural setting.
Nantucket tale follows Lucie Randall weighing three suitors Ralph Baird and Philip Reade. A chance act of kindness to an old woman sways her decision, revealing Ralph as the true gentleman and uniting the pair in happiness.
Basement items include natural color screen doors with wire cloth priced at 75 cents, other doors in light or green at 1.25 to 1.50 each, plus special prices on 2-burner and 3-burner stoves. Ice cream salt sold in bags for our trade.
The ad promotes waist sale pricing with Suk and Fisnel color waists marked 1.98 and 2.98, silk and lace styles originally 3.98 to 5.50. Peau de Soleil and taffeta garments show reductions from 7.50 8.50 and 10.00 15.00 to 3.98 5.00.
The 37th edition of the J. M. Co book of instrumental music is published. It targets pianists and residents, priced at 16 cents extra by mail.
Our assortment is always up to date with new desirable designs shown quickly and with advantages in display. We guarantee satisfaction with loser and perfect workmanship in wallpaper aging at a low price.
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