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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1900
Page
6
A playful feature ad describes a "Shoe Mood" caused by uncomfortable footwear. It promotes Resilia Shoes with breathable centresole technology, claims of comfort, and a uniform $5 price, asserting relief for tired feet and a healthier walking experience.
Had Circus Nerve. Young Colonel Sells of the Forepaugh Bellis Bros. show risked life to work eight elephants after elephant keeper Star Chambers disappeared. Sells, wealthy and long with the circus, made the beasts dance and perform. Crowds filled tents as management feared capacity.
A 1900 guide by the Yarmouth Steamship Company extols Nova Scotia as a summer vacation land. It features seventy half tone illustrations and vivid text praising Acadia’s resorts and historical sites. Free copies available at Yarmouth offices or mailed by H F Hammond in Boston for five cents postage.
Milwaukee, May 23. Grand Chief Engineer P. M. Arthur of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers was re-elected today by a four fifths vote at the convention session.
The London market opened irregular with Sugar leading gains while Coppers showed uneven strength. Tamarack rose to 200 amid bullish chatter on future dividends and shaft construction, as brokers note copper demand and bear activity.
Boston May 23. Following are the highest and lowest sales and the closing bid and asked prices today.
Proxy urged to count for preventing reorganization and maintain stockholder rights. Encourages sending a proxy revoking prior ones by May 26 to Josefn M. Cox at 46 Congress St. Boston for conservative, businesslike action.
Chicago markets report May quotients for wheat with opening and closing figures. The record shows daily highs and lows for the commodity in a concise market snapshot.
Wheat held firmer than expected as Northwest showers and active September demand offset bearish weather. Paris gains and English market firmness supported, while Russian and French crops remain unfavorable. Corn followed wheat up after an initial dip. Chicago open eased then firm. Dakotas Minnesota Manitoba and Iowa showers appeared, hinting at relief. Northwest receipts totaled 270 cars today versus 191 last week and 445 last year.
Newspapers report that papers are today en route from Washington to New York in a routine transit update reflecting ongoing federal documents movement.
Police interview Miss Hunley’s friend and search for Bertrand Drew continue after Hunley’s arrival at her aunt’s Forest Hills home. Drew and a companion are linked to the Warwick street flat, where David Oransky and William Hyman aided Hunley’s transfer. Authorities probe light Drew may shed.
The case against Charles F. W. Neely, jailed at Ludlow Street, expands to a third charge for allegedly converting 400,000 dollars of surcharged Cuban stamps into cash. Prosecution cites sales to stamp collectors and early thefts after his Cuba appointment. Police report a Warwick Street suite search found no occupants. Drew and companions are believed to have fled.
The House passed the extradition bill framed by the judiciary committee after a rancorous debate. Democrats objected to broad language covering any foreign country or territory occupied by the United States and urged Cuba specificity. A motion to recommit with instructions to narrow the language was defeated on a strict party vote.
The anti can teen bill attracted wide attention and was favorably reported by the House committee on military affairs with an amendment excluding liquor from the Capitol and other public buildings.
At a Maritime Provincial Club meeting held last evening at 26 Union Park Street a sum was appropriated for Hull and Itawa fire sufferers. A committee was appointed to arrange the annual picnic on the Fourth of July at Apollo Garden.
An old advertisement promises relief for various ailments with a cure that may prolong life if directions are followed. It touts banishing pain and inducing sleep and urges buyers to obtain the genuine Kipans Chemical Co. remedy, with ten samples and testimonials offered for five cents and mail to New York.
Gloucester residents focus on a local business man linked to Miss Maude Hunley case. The man has not yet returned to town, fueling public discussion and suspicions despite lacking proof of involvement.
The Post reports the attempted suicide of Catherine Farnsworth at 208 West Newton Street. Dr. Burnham of 4 Columbus Square treated her after she ingested laudanum, finding her stomach cleaned and stating she replied that she lived on a money inheritance since her father’s death and did not work.
Yesterday the thirteenth annual meeting of the Evangelistic Association of New England ended after a morning session with devotional lead by A. P. Downs and brief talks by field workers. Afternoon sessions featured Rev. Ralph Gillam Rev. G C Needham and Rev. G S Avery as speakers. Sankey wrapped the event with a 8 pm lecture titled Singing Through Egypt and Palestine.
The season finale was held at Parker Hall Aran in the afternoon followed by high tea and exercises. Mr. E H Clement editor of the Transcript was the essayist on the topic forbid journalism. Alice Stone Blackwell and Sally Joy White joined in the discussion.
Vineyard Haven reports the fishing sloop Nancy was raised today by the Boston Tow Boat Company.
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