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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1909
Page
14
RH Stearns & Co presents a Boston sale offering Mary Lee and Mrs Noyes items with substantial reductions. Details include trims, laces, nets, voiles, velvets, ribbons, and embroidered gowns with marked price cuts and assorted odds and ends, highlighting imported fine goods at bold discounts.
All guaranteed fresh and perfect offer targets private individuals and hotels or boarding houses seeking optimal returns. The deal promises solid opportunity across lodging sectors for strategic acquisitions or partnerships.
An advertisement column offers bargains on fabric types with both their price and our price. Plain Mercerized Moire in orange and mahogany sells at 1.00, Figured Jute red with yellow at 1.25, French Crepe green with multicolor detached figures at 2.00, Cretonnes from 0.87 to 1.75 per yard, and light-weight drapery cloth green with red threads at 2.00. Damask and other cottons are listed with reduced prices.
The ad lists various silk and Madras fabrics with 70 inch and 50 inch widths. Patterns include green silk faced drapery cloth and printed taffeta in floral designs. Prices show “their price” and “our price” items with discounts.
A local sale starts Monday morning featuring 4150 women’s fur coats including black pony coats in multiple lengths priced from 36 to 185 dollars. Numerous furs such as French seal, raccoon, marmot and sable squire coats are offered with guaranteed quality and savings of 15 to 25 dollars per coat.
A Roxbury crowd of about 1000 watched a heated debate on charter plans at St. Alphonsus Hall. John R. Murphy produced letters denouncing the convention system, prompting a brief clash before Chairman Dowd intervened and the speakers resumed without further incident.
Merchant touts own imports and key New York supplier to offer 70 marabout pieces at reduced rates. Items include stoles sets and collars in fauve, navy, and white with regular prices cited and sale prices as low as 2.25. Pieces feature ostrich mix and varied colors with several formats available.
The store plans to introduce a new department for patterns after years of customer requests. Management consulted comparable trades in other cities to ensure a suitable selection and space within the new store.
J Frank Chase claimed a spotter network knows 292 houses of ill fame in Boston and that 4963 women solicited in one January night. He criticized Police Commissioner O'Meara as complacent while speakers urged greater police activity at the Tre mont Temple dedicatory for the Florence Crittenton League of Compassion. The Lotus quartet performed.
The steel case trial is postponed to Wednesday after Judge Harris announced the delay. Jurors protested for compensation for time lost, and the judge pledged that they would be properly paid.
Paris, Oct. 31. Jean Commandon, a young scientist, has succeeded in making cinematograph records of active microbes. He credits the ultra microscope with lateral lighting enabling observation of infinitely small organisms. The method records 32 photographs per second with magnification 10 000 to 20 000 diameters, revealing microbes invisible in ordinary microscopes.
In a staged exchange the speakers Mr. Murphy and Mr. Keliher debated letters’ publication. Murphy identified the paper involved and contrasted the contemporary Mr. Keliher with the one from 1897, prompting a tense pause and a calm reply from Murphy.
The Harvard Non Partisan Political Club canvassed 287 legislative candidates on the income tax amendment. Of those, 203 pledged support, 12 favored but were not pledged, 8 opposed, and 9 undecided. Three Western House Democrats shifted from undecided to favorable.
Secretary of the Navy George von L Meyer announced a plan to establish a uniform central pay accounting system in all navy yards. The Boston yard has tested the system with satisfactory results, emphasizing independent responsibility for expenditures and the separation of accounting from manufacture.
A fire and explosion on the gasoline boat John Filardo off T Wharf caused one death and injuries to several crew members. Two men were burned, four saved from drowning, and eleven others faced peril as the craft burned to the waterline and debris struck nearby vessels. Rescue efforts by patrolmen and nearby crews saved multiple men as the river ordeal continued through the night.
One man drowned and eight others narrowly escaped when a motor boat overturned in the Piscataqua River near Portsmouth New Hampshire late tonight. The party consisted of mill workers and was out for recreation when the accident occurred.
In Providence on October 31 voters face three proposed constitutional amendments tied to the gubernatorial race. The Republicans led by Governor Pothier support redistricting to 100 House members, expanded veto power for the governor, and making the Lieutenant Governor president of the Senate. Democrats nominate Olney Arnold in opposition.
New York Oct 31 Dr William J Terwilliger and Robert Welch both of Brooklyn were instantly killed when their automobile was struck by a Long Island passenger train at Lynbrook L I The third occupant Gilbert Rhodes a law student at Milton N Y was severely injured in the crash.
In Lynn on October 31 Eugene V. Debs of Davenport Iowa presidential candidate for the Socialist party spoke at a rally for the State Socialist ticket. The Marsellaise sang by over 1000 in the audience gave him a keynote for his remarks. About 1000 more were turned away with police interference and threats of arrest to keep order during the overflow gathering.
Newton October 31. Charles Ward Post No. 62 G. A. R. sought permission to use the old Claflin school as headquarters. The city supported the plan but City Solicitor Slocum ruled it cannot be legally possible.
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