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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1900
Page
8
A vintage ad lists Crash Suits priced at 93. 4 and 5 dollars, ge Suits at 5 6.50 8 dollars, Duck Trousers 1.00 to 32.00. Wash Vests 0.50 to 2.50. Alpaca Coats for tall men up to 50 inches priced 1.50 to 3.50.
The 119th annual Massachusetts Medical Society meeting convened at Paul Revere Hall Mechanics Building with papers on joint diseases and chronic rheumatism. Speakers included Dr Homer Gage Dr Charles Porter Dr Ernest Jack Dr Gidney Lord Dr Joel Goldthwait and Dr William Porter. Arthur Cabot spoke on Realism in Medicine and an estimated 1200 tickets were sold for the after noon dinner.
Mabel E. Brown of Dorchester, a 13 year old girl, was sentenced as a professional thief to the industrial school for an indefinite period by Judge Bishop in the Superior Criminal Court on Wednesday afternoon. She acted with another girl about her own age.
Box 98 report records a fire at 690 Massachusetts avenue last night at 7 06 in a four story brick house owned by Michael Lloyd and occupied by Nellie Whitmey. The blaze started when a lace curtain touched a gas jet. Loss estimated at $1000.
Mrs Nellie Brazer a 35 year old inmate of McLean Insane Asylum Waverley Mass jumped overboard at Pleasure Bay City Point South Boston during an outing with her nurse. John Farrell a park boat attaché rescued her. She was taken to Station 10 and later returned to Waverley after medical care.
Boston lawmakers prepare for a tense session on Mayor Hart's taxation bill. Supporters claim enough votes to pass without the referendum despite a prior Senate failure to concur. Labor unions from city departments press to influence votes, citing bread and butter stakes for workers.
Rear Admiral William T. Sampson, commander at Charlestown Navy Yard, learns from the Court of Claims that he led the squadron that defeated the Spanish near Santiago in 1898. He declines comment, saying he does not know what bounty the morning telegram refers to and that the sum is not as large as expected.
Louisa Denzie and Tillie Braiber, 15 and 14, were seized by about thirty tramps at a Passaic River camp near Paterson. A posse armed with guns confronted the gang, forcing a retreat and freeing the girls, while the youths fled.
Isabel Turner moved letters to Andrew Carter Gilligan were read in Isle of Wight county court as part of the murder trial of CG Beverley Turner. About twenty five letters exist many signed Pig Your Piggy or Your sweetest Pig and express longing and affection from Hollins Institute to Gilligan including references to being together and sharing troubles. The sentences shown hint at emotional intensity and a request for shared confidences.
The New England Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists begins a 30th annual camp meeting in Arlington Massachusetts with a 2000 seat tent on Massachusetts Avenue near Marathon Street. The event runs through June 25 and hosts about 600 attendees plus tents, dining and book sale tents, groceries, and lodging in 100 small tents or nearby houses. Daily program includes bell at 6 am Ever praise at 5 30 am breakfast at 7 district prayer meetings and multiple services through 9 30 pm.
The Rev Dr Lorimer departs town for vacation next week and will deliver a Sunday evening sermon at Tremont Temple titled Aesthetic Union Between America and England. He plans to discuss cultural ties between the two nations and their shared values.
New York June 13 Miss Josephine Mulford aimed to weave the largest American flag for the nation and to save her Madison New Jersey homestead from sale. The project exhausted her health. the flag is complete and the sheriff prepares to auction the property as Madison and Orange donors seek to fund the mortgage.
Inspector John Lynch at North union station heard a young man named William H. Quinn of 158 East Brookline street confess he stole a bicycle from John Roy of Waltham last month. Quinn said he took the wheel from the street and rode away, troubled by guilt.
In Brookline District Court Judge Drew heard a tale of loss and neglect. Patrick McNamara died five years ago leaving a wife and four children with little means. The mother Bridget McNamara was sentenced to three months in the House of Correction as a common drunkard and the children aged 9, 6, 14, and 11 were placed in the Home for Destitute Catholic Children.
The Columbian Mystic Circle, a Masons association, held its annual dinner and meeting at the United States Hotel with about forty members present. W. Clifton Jones presided, and William A. Moffitt was chosen president for the coming year.
Fred H. Claflin, former Boston newspaper man and Providence paper proprietor, was arrested in Lowell by Boston detective John R. Wood for slipping bail. He was returned to Providence and jailed after a debt dispute of about $400. James Smith of Smith Bros. had posted bail. Claflin disappeared three weeks later until May 12 when Smith sought aid from Wood.
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