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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1899
Page
12
R T Almy & Co advertises a great sale of Watertown stock at 40 cents on the dollar with elegant spring suits and overcoats at two thirds regular price. Hundreds invited to shop Friday and Saturday starting 9 AM at 590 Washington Street corner Hayward Place.
Mothers Uprising offers boys spring suits at two thirds regular price at 50 Washington street corner Hayward place. Friday and Saturday sale opens 9 A.M. with prices from 1.05 to 7, featuring tweed serge and satin fabrics, imported and American, in 2 to 8 year sizes.
Pr wear at HE. WT. Almay & Co. promote neckwear and undergarments with a sale opener for the trade. Special envelopes on sale for two days with latest linen collars neckwear stock and discounted prices. Spring underwear and suspenders offered, laundered shirts and fancy percales at reduced rates. Hundreds of values at Aly & Co. 590 Washington Street.
Five line items on sale at 6500 Washington street corner Hayward place with hats priced at half regular dealers costs. Cuff hats $1.50 to $2.50, Alpine hats $1.40 to $3.40, new shades and very handsome models offered. Golf and bike caps included with guarantee money back.
The House committee on harbors and public lands reported a canal bill petitioned by Alexander Dow and others. It plans a Buzzards Bay route with amendments, $6,000,000 capital, $25,000 forfeiture for early location failure, $21,000 deposit with the treasurer, and a five year operation deadline. Senator Lusecomb and Representative Nickerson oppose. a lively fight is anticipated in the House and Senate.
An ad listing various meat cuts and groceries including corn fed steers sirloin tips and steak, veal loins and chops, lamb loins, fresh fish and shellfish, produce like potatoes spinach and turnips, canned goods, jams, tea, coffee, butter, cream, and eggs with prices and specials for Friday and Saturday.
The passage highlights a renowned novelist known for works set in cathedral towns of southwest England. Among her best known titles are Under Salisbury Spire Penhurst Castle and her latest Better Late Than Never.
A syndicate of eight noncitizens excluded from the Atlin gold diggings sues the Canadian government for 15 million six hundred dollars. The men held Canadian licenses issued before the exclusion act.
The Civil Service Commission ends regular semiannual tests for classified postal and customs posts. Post office exams occur on the first Wednesday after November 14 each year. Customs exams occur on the first Wednesday after June 15 each year. The next customs test in this city is set for June 21 1899 with applications due May 22 1899 to N E Stebbins secretary, Room 1411 Post Office Building Boston Mass. Blank forms and information available from the secretary at the same address.
A man at Massachusetts General Hospital is recovering after an X-ray located a suspender buckle lodged halfway down his throat. Doctors removed the buckle with difficulty and expect him to be well in a few days.
The article notes the vessel is in good condition and is expected to be floated with the assistance of a tug, indicating a salvage or launching operation pending.
The schooners Robert Byron and Helena went ashore in fog off Provincetown. The Robert Byron burned in cargo lime and is a total loss. The Helena, a three master from Bangor bound to the South with fish scraps, is slowly breaking up. The Alice B. Phillips sprang a leak but remains afloat.
At Union Square Presbyterian Church Somerville a Wednesday evening charity concert drew about 100 hymns contributed by women to fund hymnary renewal. Miss Ida Stetson led the committee with Miss Woodworth Miss Cooke and Mr Morse delivering notable performances on organ violin and vocals amid a decorative floral setting.
The Telegraph Minstrels showcase will occur this evening at Union Hall on Boylston Street. A 23 tambourine group with three bones and Charley Lavis as interlocutor perform alongside Dick Irwin Lou Flynn and Jack McDonough. Jim Irwin Harry Stedman Dick Foley handle bones while J Fred O Connor and T W McLean provide musical support with professionals from Keith's and other Boston theatres.
The Superior Court vacancy line names The Hon. George S. Lawton of Lowell as a candidate for the judgeship. He currently serves as judge of probate and insolvency for Middlesex County, appointed by the late Governor Frederic T. Greenhalge. He is well known among lawyers statewide and favored by leading bar representatives.
London May 4 The betrothal of Princess Margaret of Connaught to Prince Frederick William son of Prince Albert of Prussia is announced. The princess is the eldest daughter and second child of the Duke of Connaught the third son of Queen Victoria.
The young princess known as "The Little Princess" at Bagshot is christened Margaret Victoria Augusta Charlotte Norah. Born March 11, 1882, she is praised for a childlike beauty and is admired as a royal figure. Prince Frederick William, born July 12, 1880 in Silesia, is a lieutenant in the First Regiment of Foot Guards and a Chevalier of the Order of the Black Eagle, and is the German Emperor’s second cousin.
Major Cephas Brackett, a lifelong Littleton resident and prominent White Mountain stage operator, dies at age 78. Born January 20, 1816, he began driving mountains stages at 17 and expanded lines to amass a fortune. He served in the militia, aided General Gilman in 1839, and later held the rank of first lieutenant in the Governor's Horse Guards in 1860. He remained unmarried.
The city special gas committee met yesterday with Aldermen Doyle Dixon Codman Colby McDonald and Councilmen Watson Hib bard McInerney Atwood Gibbons Feneton Simpson and Moore present. Alderman McDonald and Councilmen Watson and Melmerney were appointed a subcommittee to gather facts and report next Thursday.
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