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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1896
Page
8
R T Almy and Co offers 200 all wool suits in plaids and mixtures once 10 to 12 dollars now 7 dollars today. The selection features new styles and patterns with broad appeal to shoppers seeking value.
A local ad lists 10, 500 suits and fabrics including ceviots and tweeds, worsteds, and Clay diagonals with prices around 10 to 18 dollars, highlighting selections for 15 and 18 dollar ranges.
The battleship Texas flooded her engine rooms after a seacock blew from a broken yoke in the main injective valve. Engineer Higgins narrowly escaped as water rushed in and a court of inquiry was ordered to determine responsibility. Mayor Quincy encountered an amusing door incident at City Hall.
Gilchrist and Co notes the man who believes he is the assistant Mayor has haunted City Hall for years. The harmless crank, rich and well-dressed, signs papers for the Mayor and even handles the cigars as he looms in and out of the private office.
The ad offers 200 all wool kersey overcoats in black or blue at $10, matching rival prices in Boston. It also markets 300 tailor made overcoats in black blue or brown kersey with kersey-lap seam options at $15, feature stated as the handsomest coats in the city.
Retail ad offers kersey melton and chinchilla overcoats at 20 dollars down from 25 and 28 dollars. Garments are lined with Clay diagonal or lasting, described as magnificent. Encourages readers to visit this week as it will pay.
Baltimore increases wages at Gibbs canning plant by a percent and predicts broader prosperity. Merchants and Miners’ Transportation awards a $830,000 steamer contract to Harlan Hollingsworth for the Boston line. West freight and export volumes rise. McKinley election cited as future business catalyst. Port of Portland and New England Railroad officials report higher freight post election. Iron works restart operations. Glasgow, Pottstown iron mills resume full output.
Boston transportation agents report rising demand for car and vessel space. F L Sampson notes overall business growth, Spinney expects five weekly trips next year, Austin sees strong Maine outlook, Stephens calls current freight level good with brighter times ahead, and Lane cites a clear increase in Clyde line activity.
Lyons New York November 9 demand for silver plate rises as Manhattan Silver Plate Company returns to full time work and telegraphic orders flood branch agencies in New York Chicago St Louis New Orleans and San Francisco New Haven plant resumes full time with orders through January and A H Toward Co and Fisher Pottery report new orders and brighter prospects for recovery.
Winsted Connecticut November 9 business has improved in all thirty local factories since the election. Some departments of the Winsted Shoe Factory and Gilbert Clock Factory are running nights. The New England Knitting Company has started a large dye house and C F B Berdig of New York has begun building a silk cords and tassels factory.
Middletown Conn Nov 9 W and B Douglass pump makers expect to start their foundry on full time soon after four years of short and half time operation. They report many orders received since the election and anticipate increased production to meet demand.
NEWBURG New York November ninth The Fifth Carpet Mills at Cornwall resumed full time production and all workers laid off during cutbacks are expected to be recalled.
The Dudley Association celebrated its nineteenth anniversary with a reception and banquet at the Quincy House. Plans were announced for the Dudley Street Opera House minstrel show on December 16 to 18. A. L. Bacon presided as president with guests E. W. Emerson, George M. Spaulding, H. J. Ballou, H. C. Pratt, Louis Dean, and Senator-elect W. W. Davis among speakers. Ex Mayor Edwin A. Curtis arrived late and spoke briefly.
William G. Mays murdered his wife at their Ridge Avenue residence and then killed himself after a quarrel. The incident occurred at No 2120 Ridge Avenue, Nov 9. Police report the grim double tragedy as a domestic dispute turn fatal.
Frederick A. Grant traveled from Veasie Maine to Boston to hire a housekeeper Maggie Sedgwick agreed to work in Veasie. At Union Station they bought tickets to Bangor with 52 dollars on Grant. Sedgwick vanished with the money and tickets. she was jailed for larceny while Grant aided police and recovered the tickets.
Lewis ton interview with Congressman Dingley forecasts no passage of an exigency tariff bill this session. He notes Senate opposition remains strong and that Democratic sound money senators unlikely to support. He cites need for revenue and potential early tariff action after March 4 without bonds.
Miss Sarah Bigelow Howe daughter of Rev Reginald H Howe married George Stanley Parker of Washington D C at the Church of Our Saviour Brookline in a noon ceremony performed by the bride’s father. A reception followed at the parsonage and the couple will live in Longwood after a planned tour. Many society figures from Brookline Boston Cambridge New York Bristol Philadelphia and Washington attended.
Report says Joseph W. Kelley of Wilmington died after being struck by an electric car on Bow Street in Woburn last Thursday night. Public speculation alleges robbery and concealment, but police see no evidence of foul play after careful investigation.
Delegates of the Sabbath Protective League of Massachusetts met in Pilgrim Hall with eleven attendees. They plan to push a bill to ban seven consecutive days of labor in the Commonwealth, with penalties for violations, and adjourned without fixing a date, citing secrecy to ensure public knowledge remains limited.
The Universalist Club held its monthly meeting and banquet at Hotel Thorndike. President A. E. Wiles presided as resolutions were adopted on the death of Rev. Lucius R. Page, founder of Cambridge. Olney Arnold of Pawtucket spoke on Standard Money and Rev. Frederic W. Hamilton discussed Social Function of Wealth.
In a brisk exchange, a chair suggests Mullen is a rare, highly capable aide. The dialogue touches on political fear of losing staff after the next election and ends with a playful bow as the scene shifts to a mayoral routine.
John McLoud leaped from a second story window in Charlestown district court yesterday morning escaping after arraignment on disturbing the peace. Officers pursued through Harvard Place. he vanished over a fence and as of moon had not been recaptured.
Ellen Sheehan of Roxbury died at 119 Cabot Street after a brief illness. She was an longtime Roxbury resident and aunt of Rev. Father Sheehan of the Mission Church. Funeral mass at St Francis de Sales Church Vernon Street Tuesday 9 AM.
New York on November 9 reported good bidding for the postponed sale of 3 1/2 percent gold bonds. The city offered 16,046,590 in bonds, after September’s withdrawal of 34,000,000 due to weak demand. Nearly 200 bids were received, with prices up to 116 and par to bid range noted at 3 PM.
The Newton Common Council convened last evening to discuss the 1897 city expenses appropriation as proposed by the finance committee. The recommended total appropriation for next year is $904,561.02.
Thomas J. Feeley faced Judge Bolster in Roxbury district court charged with the murder of hotel keeper George P. Fuller. Fuller, found dying at the hotel on Oct 31, identified Feeley as the stabber before dying. Grand jury held Feeley without bail. witness McCarthy fined for drunkenness and held as a witness.
Michael A. Flaherty was arraigned in South Boston Court before Judge Fallon on the murder of his sister Bridget Fallon. He was held without bail. Testimony described a murder scene on the roof and conflicting family statements about the victim and events prior to discovery.
At a New England Anti vivisection Society meeting a new aggressive campaign plan was proposed including public talks and workingmen’s meetings in parks and other venues. The group invited Arthur Westcott of London to visit and help launch the broader propaganda effort in America.
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