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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1893
Page
8
The firm reports a major sales rise and customer growth prompting a full lease of the building. They will merge two stores into one and convert the second story to the first to create a vast sales room. Plans include four departments Men s Boys Ladies and Misses Clothing with a wide stock across styles and prices. The renovations currently do not disrupt business.
The annual testimonial for Henry B. Harris, assistant manager at Columbia Theatre, will be held Sunday night March 19. Harris is praised for upright methods and clearheadedness, with a guest list of Maurice Barrymore, Julia Arthur, Harry Conor, Queenie Vassar, and many others under permission from notable managers and orchestras.
The South End Social and Benevolent Club held its annual entertain ment and social in Odd Fellows Hall with over a thousand attendees. The program featured a four piece concert, a literary segment, and a dance under J. J. Murphy with Ganty and Kelley assisting. The club, in its ninth year, promotes social ties and provides aid in sickness or distress. current officers include Cornelius Coakley as president and Dennis Kelley as vice-president.
A small blaze at 11 18 Summer Street tested the private fire department of A Shuman & Co. Employees quickly responded as lines of hose were primed before the city department arrived. The drill showed well drilled staff on every floor under captains, with sprinklers, a central stand pipe, night patrols, and guarded fire prevention measures.
A city edition of the Post drew crowds as 191,336 copies were sold. Newsboys mobbed the streets in a frenzy to buy, with traffic halted and police barely moving through the sea of youngsters. An extra edition announcing John H. McDonough’s death beat the town.
An elderly man recalls the twelve-page Post as the public’s daily news source. The mammoth new press produced 121,336 copies, a high water mark with advertising unmatched by rivals. The Post issued an extra on John H. McDonough’s death and boasted fine illustrations and witty cartoons, especially a patriotic front-page cartoon.
The Boston Post invites readers to submit measurements for the biggest hat in New England. Citizens are asked to mail head circumferences in inches and fractions to Hat Competition, The Post, Boston, noting the hat size worn. The notice suggests Daniel Webster as a benchmark and invites participation for Easter bonnet season.
A Brockton post card reports a Old Colony railroad employee Timothy Bradley wearing a 77 percent hat as the largest in town, with Grover Cleveland as a reference. A 12 year old girl Florence Newton proposes the prize for the man with the largest hat, noting her father’s hats are custom made and he wears a size 7 and a half.
In a clipped comic strip exchange, a father protests losing his daughter and being asked for money. The reply suggests a curt view of reciprocity as a “good turn” is cited, underscoring a humorous but pointed dispute over obligation.
In a dialogue from a comic strip, Tipson asks what anyone thinks of a man lying on his back for twenty years. Wage retorts that he would likely try something different for a change, implying humor about inactivity and a possible marriage joke.
A professor asks students to define velocity while a sharp youth replies that velocity is what his father uses to dip a hot potato. The light exchange captures a playful classroom moment.
A garbled quotation asks why he favors lady stenographers and includes jumbled phrases about Weenban's Wraidda and Detroes Tetuae, yielding unclear context and no identifiable event. The readable parts suggest a misread interview or overheard remark with no concrete facts or names to verify.
The Boston committee on cities debated charging corporations for street use with Mayor Matthews and City Solicitor Bailey urging bills to license and price street openings. They cited annual 8000 to 9000 permits and about 500000 dollars yearly repair costs to restore streets after digging, arguing the city must be compensated for easements and damages.
The Durell Opera Company closes with Marguerite in Faust at the Boston Theatre this afternoon, supported by Payne Clarke W H Clark and Campanari. A Bohemian Girl encore features Mme Nordica and others. Music Hall hosts final appearances by Nordica and friends. A concert for the Working Boys Home at Boston Theatre tomorrow includes Tevary Nitaiie MacNichol Vetta and several notable performers.
The B Y M Christian Union holds Sunday vesper service at Union Hall 48 Boylston St led by Rev Luther Boutelle Plumer with music by Mabel Hastings Anna Sawyer and George Mendall Taylor. Doors at 7 pm for 7 30 pm start admission free. An afternoon talk at 2 30 pm features Mrs I Trask Hill on The School Agitation in Michigan and New Plans of the Enemy with Nellie Brown Mitchell singing. Evening at Shawmut Congregational Church Tre Mont St includes sermons by Rev William E Burton and a music program with organ violin and choral works.
The Young Men's Republican Club of Roxbury examined the Boston Brookline Gas Light contract last night with A C Burrage defending the deal. He outlined the five gas firms' stock and bond structure, the city’s price protections, and territory coverage including North End and Roxbury. Resolutions endorsed Mayor Matthews efforts to lower consumer gas prices and approved the 70 cent per thousand feet city rate with 1 per thousand for Roxbury, plus profit sharing above 8 percent.
The Story of Ireland recounts speeches by Governor Russell ex President Cotter Judge Burke and Thomas Mullen among others. Thomas Fay Jr and A W Beard respond to toasts as Patrick Keating paints Ireland’s struggles and Massachusetts sympathy for home rule.
About 150 members and guests of Division 10 gathered in Chelsea Banquet Hall for a St Patrick’s Day celebration. Revs, Fathers, brothers, and local club presidents attended, with D C Finlay hosting and toastmaster P. Green guiding toasts and songs.
A clipped exchange notes the phrase Why do you call Thinly a man of full habit and answers It is a habit after thirty years. The line reflects a satirical view of lasting force or behavior in a humorous old text.
Members and friends of the East Boston Cricket and Football Club gathered last evening at George King’s 42 Cottage street home for a smoke talk. Two bats were presented by Randall and Firland to Rowland and Bilton for high batting and bowling averages, with speeches songs and strong interest shown in cricket.
John Flanagan an 18 year old of 102 Old Heath street was arrested by the tenth police yesterday morning charged with breaking and entering the Roxbury depot at Roxbury crossing and the station at Old Heath street. Proceeds reported at £250 in money and papers of little value to him but of value to railroad officials.
Peter Dyer withdrew his bid of 900000 dollars to buy the Jerome Park race track property. The Villa Improvement Company owns the property and stockholders announced the withdrawal at their meeting this morning in New York.
A special meeting of the Savin Hill Yacht Club will be held in the clubhouse on Thursday evening, March 28, at 7:45 o clock. The business will be the consideration of an amendment to the sailing rules.
Boston Carriage Makers Union members meeting at Templar Hall last evening adopted a demand for a nine hour workday and higher compensation for piece makers. Delegation discussed terms and plans to press the claim.
Members present voiced unanimous intent to press manufacturers for demands at the spring session. The committee plans to decide on the course, but a strike is very probable if firms refuse the demands and the committee is instructed to wait upon the firms for response.
The Local Union of Painters and Decorators marked its sixth anniversary with a Wells Memorial Hall gathering. A public meeting to promote organization succeeded in every detail, featuring speeches by Joseph G. Clinkard, J. N. Este, H. Burke, and others.
The article notes the fifth illustration in a Post labor department series features W. Carney, vice president of the federation. It credits the federation’s work in Massachusetts to the State federation and says the effort is reliable and well known among local unionists.
The Boston Granite Cutters Union received a delegation from striking mintosh workers of East Braintree at 16 Howard Street. The Boston Wood Carvers Union enrolled several new members at Dexter Hall. The Tron Mounders met at 616 Washington Street and heard from employees of a firm in South Boston about alleged crowding and denied privileges, with the issue referred to a special committee.
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