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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1899
Page
5
A reader from Macon Col., Jan 13 1899 praises Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral for curing a deep seated lung cough in his wife after doctors gave up. He states two bottles cured his wife and one bottle cured his sister, with three bottles costing one dollar each. He sends thanks.
New York report says Florence Crosby rejected a $10,000 offer from D. P. Cheney and Julia Arthur via Arthur Lewis to drop her $50,000 damages suit for being barred from the Broadway Theatre. She vows to fight, plans to file Thursday, and says she seeks no revenge.
Mr Myron W Whitney Jr gave a song recital in Steinert Hall assisted by Felix Winternitz violin and H M Goodrich piano. The program featured songs by Meyerbeer Gounod and others with Bach adagio and fugue by Winternitz and his romanza and scherzo. The audience showed appreciation with applause and encores.
The Employees' Club of the Woman's Educational and Industrial Union enjoyed a turkey supper at the club house on Boylston Street. After the meal a business meeting was held with Miss Mary Dustin presiding. An impromptu entertainment followed the session.
President Orcutt of Newport News Ship Building & Dry Dock Co says the Kentucky meets contract specs and surpasses them, with a high confidence Friday will show speed on the New York to Boston run. He notes Friday will be tested Friday with no private trial and mentions the Illinois, Missouri, and coast defender Kansas in development or under way.
Kentucky will rest after arrival off Boston Light as officials postpone the speed trial to Friday morning. Admiral Rodgers and the naval board prepare as Captain C. M. Chester leads the ship’s command team for the test. The crew, numbering about 260, awaits favorable weather at the South Shoal and Newport News Company retains ownership during the test.
The route 66 miles round trip from off Cape Ann to Boon Island requires 16 knots average. Tides affect speed but wind does not. head winds may aid boiler draft while hindering external resistance. Builders may choose date and location for a second trial if 16 knots is not met. Kentucky will carry 13 and 8 inch rifles and be ready as if for action. 65 inch guns incomplete but weight added to compensate.
The Kentucky tested its steam and hull on a rough run from New York to Boston. Captain Nason led the voyage describing windy seas and fatigue but praising the ship's seakeeping and potential to exceed contract expectations. The trip began Monday night near Sandy Hook and faced heavy seas off Nantucket. the crew remained admiring of the steel leviathan.
The Kentucky’s naval trial proceeds with observers preparing at 6:30 AM. Admiral Rodgers and Admiral Sampson attend, with Captain Bigsbee of the Maine and Captain Texas aboard. Stake boats include the Texas and others as crews clear pipes and test joints to ensure the ship meets the seventeen-knot goal.
The battleship Kentucky is set for its trial trip on Friday amid lingering superstitions about sailing on that day. Sailors and officials discuss fate, past Friday misfortunes, and whether the new ship will meet or defy the omen as it attempts to break into the U.S. Navy.
The new theatre on the Public Library site will open with Klaw and Erlanger’s Ben Hur at the Broadway Theatre in New York next Wednesday. Clyde Titoh’s Sapho shows strong profits prompting a No 2 company to cover Olga Nether sole territory. Mrs Leslie Carter’s illness hurts West dates, with large advance sale refunds. Joseph Jefferson ends his eight week autumn tour in St Louis and resumes in April at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, Newark. George W Watson, star at Bowdoin Square, Boston, praised as versatile and popular. Saturday seat sales begin for The Brownies in Fairyland at Music Hall with 200 Boston children for Morgan Chapel Day Nursery benefiting. Three matinee performances scheduled for Wednesday Thursday and Saturday. Brownies feature a Brownie cake walk with varied characters.
The Helping Hand Temporary Home in Roxbury prepared for dedication on Sunday. Representative-elect Borofsky leads as president with officers Lipsky Moss Ginsburg Gordon Mendelsohn. The 3 story 17 room house sits on 44 720 feet of land valued at 12 500 with $5 000 raised and $6 000 more needed for expenses. The ceremony will feature Major city officials and Hebrew leaders including Mayor Quincy and Rabbis Fleischer Shoher Labker Margolies.
Calve stars in Bizet’s Carmen as the opening bill by the Metropolitan Opera House company at the Boston Theatre. The engagement runs two weeks with sixteen performances including twelve nights and four matinees. Season tickets for the entire opera series sold out, with single-seat sales to start next week after two days of ticket events.
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