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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1899
Page
7
Boston mill operators announce a major shift to woollen cloths including Cheviots Cassimeres and Cloakings as their primary product line. They report a large combined output and emphasize quality and uniformity across all mills.
The Commercial Bulletin reports a new woollen combine in Boston forming a National Woollen Company. It combines Worstead and woollen mills, names officers like E. D. Thayer Jr and R F Greeley, lists Worcester Woollen and Hillsboro mills among participants, and notes a near nationwide roster with capital and product focuses.
Boston wholesale fresh fish firms plan a combine to end fierce competition. About 23 of roughly 40 firms have pledged to join, creating a $3,000,000 capitalization with half common and half preferred stock. A purchasing committee will set uniform prices while suppliers serve their own customers. Promoter John R. Neal backs the move.
Comptroller Tracewell announced a decision affecting fourth class postmasters nationwide. The ruling continues the old law payment for canceling stamps on newspapers and periodicals, ensuring continued salaries based on that allowance.
Under the Pennsylvan ia Railroad tourist system plan a trip leaves Boston on March 2 April 3 10 and 24 with rate 23 dollars. Itinerary by D N Bell Tourist Agent 205 Washington street Boston.
The Vendome hosted a charity sale organized for the West End Day Nursery and Infants Hospital. Mrs. Eben D. Jordan donated a three story colonial dollhouse with matching furnishings, modeled after the John Hancock house, valued over $700. Mrs. Jordan, with Marsh & Co. support, led the exhibit and chairs included Miss M S Ames and Mrs. Cobb.
John P. Crosby of Lawrence arraigned in the second district court charged with attempting to set fire to Bryan T. Eaton's Salisbury Beach cottage on Feb 11. The court sent the case to a higher court, Crosby held in $800 bonds for the May term of the Superior Court.
The Industrial Aid Society on Hawkins Street reports it is very doubtful the potato patch system will be resumed this year. Land within a five cent car ride of the city center is scarce after the Morton farm in Dorchester was taken for park use. The office notes fewer applicants and more permanent positions than last year.
Fidel Breau a carpenter fell from a house roof in Watertown breaking his neck He lived on California street Newton and is survived by a widow and two children.
Ella J. Talcott aged 48 was arrested yesterday for larceny of silk totaling 44.50 in a department store. Inspector Joe Krox nabbed her after the afternoon theft. Talcott, who says she lives in Franklin Massachusetts, claims she was tempted after a life of virtue.
Richard A Tilghman, inventor of the sand blast, died in Philadelphia today of Brights disease at age seven. He hailed from an old Maryland family.
Washington reports United States Treasurer Roberts says the rise in per capita circulation from 23.83 to 25.51 dollars between March 1898 and March 1899 shows money remains abundant. Banks demand more notes due to active business keeping currency circulating, with much of it hidden in stockings and tills.
A Boston Post notice promotes a personally conducted Easter tour leaving March 31 by Royal Blue Line for four and three quarter days in Washington. The itinerary includes Philadelphia, a side trip to Alexandria and Mt. Vernon, a Caverns of Luray excursion, and optional add-ons. Contacts include Parker & Morse Boston and local educators from Cambridgeport Brockton Lowell Fitchburg and others. The piece also mentions March weather effects on health and offers Kutnow's Infervescent Powder free sample.
In Hampton New Hampshire discussions grow over appointing Rev. John Bradford as police chief after he pledged to curb illegal liquor sales. The March town meeting closed all saloons with $200 funded. current chief Abbot Young may not be reappointed and a nonresident candidate could take the post if Bradford fails. The Board of Selectmen, Brown Batchelder and Shaw, set a Saturday meeting to decide.
New Haven Conn March 24 It was learned today that the proceeds of the be quest to Yale University by the late Professor Othniel C Marsh will be reduced 20000 from the original figures A mortgage for 30000 recorded in favor of the university against the homestead of Professor Marsh subtracts that amount from the bequest.
Passover services to be held at Temple Adath Israel Sunday morning with Rabbi Fleischer delivering a sermon titled A Jewish Rennaisance. The Utopian Club plans a theater performance at its rooms next Thursday evening.
Gloucester reports nine weeks since the schooner A. M. Burnham and her twelve crew sailed for Georges codfishing from the port. The vessel was seen before the February gale near Brown's Bank but has since yielded no word. The ship, valued at 4000 with 3293 insured, was built in Essex and commanded by Captain Charles S. Peterson.
James W. Cole, a Black man, was hanged in Brunswick North Dakota for the December 12 killing of his sweetheart Sophronia Ford after a match of rage and jealousy.
An aged advertisement touts Dr Buall's Cough Syrup as a long standing cure for hacking coughs, presenting it as a trusted household remedy through generations.
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