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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1900
Page
5
A nursery lesson imagines Orophy weighing time labor and materials to price Ivory Soap per cake. It argues true value comes from longer life of fabric and soap, lower effort, and better results, concluding Ivory is the cheapest soap since it floats.
Senator William A. Clark travels from Washington for the marriage of daughter Katherine Clark to Dr. Lewis Rutherford Morris. The ceremony at St. Thomas Church will be followed by a Lisbon reception. Attendants include Miss Clark’s sisters and best man William M. Harriman. The couple’s two-week-til-long honeymoon begins with a yachting cruise to Southampton, Norway, the Baltic, and the Gulf of Finland, then a French Loire automobile tour.
At Albany and Dover streets a carriage owned by Kenny and Clark was struck by electric car 2671. Occupants J Moore and Henry A Moore escaped serious injury, while Henry W Comstock suffered severe facial and shoulder cuts. The horse was shaken and the carryall demolished.
The May 27 dispatch reports Lydia McLeod a 17 year old girl from a cottage near a dell in Braintree who disappeared Monday after saying she would meet a friend in Boston. Police and her Boston contact deny seeing her and clues point to a local theatre usher possibly connected to her. Lydia had told a friend she planned to run away to Lowell with a “best young man” and carried only 70 cents. Her mother fears foul play. the family remains hopeful she will be found safe.
A flurry of watch thefts notes crooks making a specialty of stealing timepieces. Reports cite several missing watches including a silver open-face and gold Elgin with initials A L B. Police urge owners to list stolen items and beware of unreturned wheels and other pilfered goods.
The Fitchburg railroad announces a summer schedule effective Monday June 4 featuring significant train service changes. Details will be provided to all agents by June, with emphasis on updated routes and timetables.
President Wildt and Professor Eliot back a plan to raise funds for Cuban school teachers through entertainment at Charles River Park. Dexter, manager, proposes the park company give a percentage of five weeks gross receipts to the fund, with no expenses to the city.
Boston readers get updates on charity fund contributions for Cuban teachers, theatre plans at Tremont Hollis Bowdoin and Museum, and cast changes. Mentions Charles River Park opening, Rogers brothers burlesque, Why Smith Left Home success, and East Lynne final week at Grand Theatre.
A Cambridge officer extends an invite to Cuban school teachers arriving in Cambridge to visit and experience American outdoor amusements, describing flexibility for individuals or groups and noting it would benefit all parties. The offer is signed by A H Dexter.
President Eliot regrets he cannot attend the opening entertainment due to pressing duties and suggests hosting the Cuban teachers after their Cambridge arrival to experience American outdoor amusements. He favors moderate groups of about 240 for excursions and notes interest in their attendance. Cambridge Mayor and Board of Aldermen also accept the invitation for the tonight event at Charles River Park.
William A. Clancey of 2 Chadwick Street Roxbury and Boston Press Club employee was severely bitten in the right calf by a dog while riding a bicycle on Dorset Street yesterday. He received treatment at the Urgency Hospital before being returned home.
Boston shoppers can view new reed chairs from China at Paine Furniture warerooms as part of the summer furniture exhibit. Priced at 4.60, the chairs offer long service and reflect the era's market for imported goods.
A Decoration Day outing via Fitchburg and West Shore lines offers a $10 round trip to Niagara Falls. Tickets are valid on any afternoon May 28 and any train May 29, with return to Boston by June 1. Passengers will have ample time to view the sights and attractions of the region.
The company including Sheehan and Kennedy and the Jenny Eddy trio, Mazuz and Mazett, the Rackett brothers, Bennett and Rich, Eine and Gotthold and about twenty lovely girls will furnish the travesty portion of the Howard show for the week starting this afternoon. This marks the final week of Lafayette’s engagement at Keith's. Scottish songs and games will be featured this week at Austin and Stone's. Combination Park opens for the season this evening with horse racing by electric light, vaudeville acts from Morris's pony circus O'Brien and Havel, Charles Kenna and Sallie Stembler, a dancing band concert. Norumbega Park opens its season on Wednesday.
The Elks Fair runs last week in July at Combination Park with a major match race between Joe Patchen and John R Gentry. Frank Boubert named starting judge. Trotting events every afternoon and evening plus vaudeville acrobats and bicycle races for general audiences.
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