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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1900
Page
5
A persuasive ad extols Ivory Soap as pure and cheap, highlighting its vegetable oil base, lack of fancy packaging, and the fact that it floats. The message argues value: dollar for dollar, Ivory Soap offers purity and economy for laundry and other uses.
Mrs. Mattie T. Mc Mahon of Griggsville Illinois stands as the sole woman delegate to the upcoming Methodist general conference. Factions oppose admitting women delegates and fear any motion to include her could derail the laymen’s proposal.
Lowell and Lawrence politicians settle the fifth district scene with Congressman Knox aiming at a fourth term while ex Mayor Pickman secures the nomination two years ahead. Young Butler Ames faces a fierce bid to upend the LowellLawrence pact in 1903 amid questions of age lineage and opposition from Lawrence supporters.
Law firm arguments before the Massachusetts gas inquiry accuse the Pipeline and Coke interests of masking a stock deal with gas prices. R. M. Morse argues the 7.5 cent gas order breaches the fourteenth amendment and notes the Coke and Pipe Line companies are tightly interwoven. George W. Anderson counters, urging the Gas Commission as proper forum, while Parker Chandler lampoons the enterprises as a three ring circus.
Gossip notes Mary Young and Mabel Dixey consider Mrs. E. P. Sutherland's sketch Deceived Deceivers for vaudeville after a try at Keith's. Wadsworth Harris joins Modjeska's company. Langtry sails June 5. Ringling Bros circus parade features 600 horses and diverse acts. Harvard Pudding Club plan public performances May 9–12 at Park Theatre. Langtry stars in The Degenerates at Hors Street Theatre for one week. Other items include A Trip to Chinatown farewell, The Danites at Grand, Aimee the transformation dancer at Howard, Fougere at Boston Theatre, Weston sisters at Austin Stone's, and Dixon-McGovern fight film at Nickelodeon.
Five boys Leo Fish Joseph Fish Joseph Driscoll George Baird and George Patterson were tried in Dorchester court for wilfully injuring the new Dorchester High School by missiles but were discharged as their arrests were not tied to the incident.
Mrs. Roger Wolcott is appointed by Mayor Hart to represent Boston at an international congress of charities during the exposition. The selection signals civic support for philanthropy and cross national welfare discussions.
Viola Allen opens a one week engagement at the Halls followed by Mrs Langtry in The nerates for another week. Francis Wilson closes at Tremont next Saturday then Broadway to Tokio comes for three weeks. The Telephone Girl revisits Grand Opera House this week before Julia Morrison in A Day of Reckoning starts Monday. The Brand of Cain plays Bowdoin Square for one week ahead of Sapho. Why Smith Left Home draws laughs at the Museum this and next weeks. Fanny Rice stars at Keiths next week with Rosina Vokes piece My Milliner s Bill aided by Charles Cherry and Frank Blair. Dan Daly and Marie Dressler in The
New York on May 1 reports George M. Pullman, son of the late car magnate, is accused of bigamy by Fred V. Bowers of Broadway. Bowers says Pullman married Lynne Fernald in August 1998 and left her in October, while Bowers himself married Barrett, once Pullman’s fiancée.
At the Hotel Girard Sanger Pullman hosts Mr and Mrs Pullman. George M Pullman refuses to discuss his divorce saying it is none of the public's business. He would not confirm where or when the marriage ended.
The National Association of Physicians and Surgeons at 18 Boylston St offers free ear and eye treatments open to eligible applicants during the month. Explanatory circulars with references are sent free on request. Inquiries and free examinations occur on weekdays 10 to 4 and evenings at select offices in New York and Washington.
Mrs. French testified about the will matter and a separate suit by Doyle against Benjamin French. She recalled Mr. Dickinson, acting as Mr. French’s counsel for about fifteen years, who described the testator as once deliberate and cautious but later frail and diminished mentally. He advised a settlement in a tort action, then withdrew after Mrs. French’s reply and new counsel took over.
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