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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1899
Page
5
A clipped 1868 notice credits Spyright to the Procter and Gamble Company in Cincinnati. The short item records ownership or use of a brand or term and lists the publisher location. The OCR fragment confirms the company and city.
President McKinley will visit Thomasville Georgia as Mark Hanna’s guest. The town’s winter residence of Hanna is linked to his rise as the Republican power broker. The article highlights hunting fishing and rural scenery surrounding the home.
The report notes Hanna’s political network aiding McKinley at the St. Louis convention and details Southern delegates, while describing Thomasville Georgia 200 miles from Savannah with 6000 residents. It mentions local leisure and hunting around Hanna’s residence and a prominent theatre scene.
Letter from Major Theodore Sternberg to War Department argues at least 10 percent of U S volunteers wish to remain in the islands to farm, mine, and lumber, preferring discharge with travel pay to return home. He praises tropical life, cites beef from the Orient, and urges Americanizing the islands through pioneer settlement despite homesickness.
Two freight trains collided near Bradley's station in Naugatuck Connecticut killing Engineer George Dean and Fireman Daniel Kennedy and injuring several crew members. Thirteen cars derailed with ten tumbling down a steep embankment as fog hindered visibility and orders were allegedly misread.
London reported actress Mrs. Robert Keeley died of pneumonia in her eighties. Born Ipswich 1806, she starred as Miss Goward and gained renown for Dickens adaptations. Her 10th birthday celebration occurred November 22, 1895, at the Lyceum with a charity matinee.
The Edward Bellamy Club will hold a meeting on Wednesday evening to complete its organization at 724 Washington Street, Room L.
Tomorrow the Salvation Army dedicates Hotel Benedict a five story building at 20 Common Street for working girls with low wages. Dedication at 3 p m includes Consul Mrs Booth Tucker and Lt Cols Lewis Holt Cozens. Rates start at 2 50 weekly with meals and lodging, plus a ground floor lunch counter and a basement laundry.
In Jewe tt City Conn two youths Charles Whalen fourteen and Alfred Hoering thirteen died after breaking through ice on Ashland Pond. Hoering perished attempting to rescue Whalen. both bodies were recovered.
Patrick Cook a 15 year old of 3 Clayton place Dorchester was arrested by Dorchester police for larceny of a pocketbook from Miss Florence Adams 86 Minot street containing a $5 check and change. Adams identified him at Station 11 and he will be arraigned this morning. Investigators plan to link him to other similar robberies in the district and ask victims to view him before court.
An itinerary detailing a seven day tour including side trips to Mt. Vernon and Alexandria under the Pennsylvania railroad system. The plan is personally conducted by D N Bell, a tourist agent based at 26 Washington Street, Boston. The total cost is 23 dollars.
Chief Exterminator William J. Kennedy and five men start a planned campaign at the deer park to remove sparrow nests with ladders and hooks. He targets a Baltimore oriole nest first, pledging no poison, no traps this season, and aims to clear parks citywide while sparing young birds where possible.
A public demonstration challenges troops to a simulated clash testing tactics and equipment. Commanders report improved coordination under pressure and confirm lessons will shape future drills.
Advance agents often improvise when shipments fail. George Bowles recalls an Indiana town incident where lithographs were blocked for non-payment, so labels with the play’s name were painted on trunks to direct delivery, helping the troupe perform to good crowds at the Boston Theatre this week.
Alice Nielsen makes her first city appearance at the Boston Theatre in The Fortune Teller, joined by Eugene Cowles and Joseph Cawthorne among a favorite cast. Tremont hosts The Circus Girl with the same company, plus new comedians, while Julia Marlowe appears at Hollis in Col inette for a week.
A signed notice offers refunds on a 50 cent bottle if it fails to cure cough or cold and a 25 cent bottle with a money back guarantee. Names of druggists and firms across Boston listed, ending with "And Two Hundred Others."
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