12 Nov 1898
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1898
Page
1
A catalog-style ad lists children’s overcoats in blue black olive brown kerseys meltons beavers and coverts with lining options of plain plaid serge satin or corduroy. Many jackets feature trims or plain designs with sizes 3 to 16 and collar styles. Prices range from 1.48 to 4.98 alongside higher cost options.
Advertises men's suits with prices from 7.50 to 15.00 and 9.97, 10, 12. Describes up-to-date styles in neat mixtures, plaids, checks, blues, blacks, and 18 worsteds. States sizes 38 to 44 and roomy in stout ranges 36 to 46.
Juvenile clothing ad lists knee trousers in eight to eight years, sizes 8 to 16 years. Prices range from $1.08 to $4.98 with blue black brown gray plaid options. Also offers reefer style suits and novelty vests, in assorted colors and sizes.
A Boston store advertises heavy Ulster coats wool lined at 10 and 12 dollars, Reefer jackets at 8 dollars 50 cents and up, all wool trousers from 2 to 3 dollars, and Worsted Stripe fabrics at 3 dollars 50 cents. Shirts are promoted with doubled sales push, including Star Shirts cut from 1 dollar 50 cents to a lower price.
Hat dealer proclaims their stock matches any $5 hat sold in town and urges customers to recognize the value, claiming hats are equally good in every respect. The message emphasizes price fairness and comparable quality to rival offerings.
A bold sales pitch touts a $3 hat as equal in style color and weight to any hat outside the store. The dealer guarantees hats will not fade and offers a new hat if any color changes occur. The ad urges immediate purchase to secure a permanent customer relationship.
In Trumbull, five miles north of Bridgeport, Dr. B W White found a man's skeleton while hunting. He believes the man had been dead about a year, with a brown winter overcoat, intact trousers, a cap near the skull, and rubber arctics on the feet.
A grand Waldorf Astoria banquet honored Major General Nelson A Miles with 750 guests including leading professionals military and business figures. The event featured blue National colors draped galleries, chrysanthemums and vivid naval and military uniforms with vellum menu cards bearing Miles portrait. Continued on Page 2.
A fatal blaze trapped victims in upper rooms of a three story mill district house in New Bedford. Flames raged for about an hour while occupants slept. The fire’s cause remains undetermined as investigators inspect the scene.
A November night fire at 9 Beetle Street in the North End mill district killed Delia Decheau and Georgianna Gokey’s baby, with Eugene Pothier and Delia Decheau badly burned. Mrs. Bradley survived. the building owner Adelard Gondroau was away. Fire gutted the three story carriage house and two upper tenements. cause unknown.
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