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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1899
Page
2
Our new styles offer a $3.50 line in shoes for ladies. Shoes are produced in New York City and Philadelphia under close supervision, praised for their fit and style. The firm emphasizes quality over cheap production.
An ad describing children’s shoes built from twenty years of experience. These shoes resist rough use, remain stylish, and are designed to fit growing feet for school and outdoor wear.
The note indicates a 2 percent to 5 percent change applying to sizes 1144 through 2. Details on scope or affected items are not provided.
Men and women footwear including box calf bal rests and satin bal marked down to two dollars or less. Women's dong boots and Juliet styles reduced to the mid dollar range. Kids and infants boots also heavily discounted from 75 cents to 10 cents per pair.
The Columbia and Shamrock raced thirty miles off Sandy Hook in light NW winds. After a long buildup the two vessels battled for position with the Columbia briefly ahead before a late maneuver allowed the Shamrock to cross, then both finished near the windward line and were towed in.
Sir Thomas Lipton and guests aboard the steam yacht Erin chatted with distinguished foreigners while Richard Croker and Thomas A. Edison mingled with the party. They passed the Columbia and Shamrock and hailed with cheers as Sir Thomas signaled a toast before the voyage continued.
A passenger admits he knows nothing about yachting and has never seen a yacht race before. He says he greatly enjoyed the experience aboard a yacht, expressing surprise at the unfamiliar sport.
On October 5 in New York a fleet race featured Corsair Kanawha and Richard Peck. Kanawha overtook Corsair near the Battery and led to the Statue of Liberty. Amphitrite and Josephine also raced with Amphitrite winning by about a mile. Josephine hindered by water in hull. Colonel Oliver H. Payne and Harry Payne Whitney wagered $3000 on Amphitrite.
Robert Hegney of 84 Plympton Street drove a drunken four wheel cab along Causeway Street last evening causing pedestrians to dive and three patrolmen to chase. The horse veered wildly and the cab barely avoided collisions before officers halted the vehicle and jailed the driver at Station 3.
Patrolman Hartnell of Division 16 arrested Frank McCluskey, 20, after a trunk of stolen jewelry surfaced linking him to numerous burglaries in Dorchester Maiden Jamaica Plain Roxbury Revere Beach and Quincy. The haul includes watches rings bracelets and antique pieces with names and addresses identified by victims and Malden police.
The Shamrock and Columbia duel near the start with Columbia gaining early windward lead. At 3:39 both boats sailed east-southeast. Columbia stood about an eighth of a mile on Shamrock's lee bow as the wind shifted to south-southeast.
Lowell residents plan a post race challenge to Sir Thomas Lipton if the Shamrock wins. Alfred B. Rose, yachtsman and Navarch owner, says seven Lowell men could marshal half a million dollars to urge Lipton’s challenger, honoring the America and its allies.
Report notes uncertain race progress between Columbia and Shamrock with wind delays. Edison aboard the Erin draws praise from Sir Thomas while a crowd gathers as he collapses after a stumble and is taken to a station house for treatment.
The record lists racing dates and yachts including America on Aug 8 1870 and Columbia with Livonia Sappho and others in 1871 72. The events show courses near Sandy Hook Lightship with a 20 mile windward and return course off New York.
Orders issued to relocate the Forty sixth Volunteer Regiment from South Framingham to San Francisco. The unit will embark soon for Manila. MARRIAGES Bartlett Smith in Schuyler Hills on Oct 4 by Rev E J Hoang. DEATHS Josiah Batcheller died Oct 4 at his Revere Street residence aged 64 years 11 months.
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