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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1899
Page
5
A local retailer touts a spectacular Fall and Winter underwear display in window sections on Washington Street and Beach Street. The ad promises a massive line from 35c to 5.00 per garment, claiming brisk sales and sizes up to sixty-inch chest, plus hats shirts and other furnishings.
Charles T Main of Boston outlined methods to assess mill values for taxation at the New England Cotton Manufacturers Association in Montreal. He urged comparing water power value to steam costs and rail access, and offered a ten step method to determine present building and machinery values including depreciation and consumables.
Six year old Hyman Abelovitz, famed for Hebrew mastery, clashed with guardian Tavie Agoos who refuses to send him to a secular school. Authorities warn Agoos to appear in court if the boy does not attend Monday, while Hyman translates to shield his grandfather’s views.
Albert Bowden aged 26 of 20 Gay Head Street died at Massachusetts General Hospital from injuries after falling down an elevator shaft at Tremont Temple. He had stepped from the seventh floor to answer a duty call, left the power on, and the car reversed sinking to the basement where he lost footing in darkness.
A westbound Maine Central train split on the Messalonskee line near Newport on October 22. The forward section collided with the rear, damaging cars and disrupt ing the track. Conductor Micha Tally sustained injuries.
A Marion Ohio woman described as a cousin tells how her bedridden Civil War veteran husband regained sanity and health after six months of cottage living and exclusive use of Postum Cereal Coffee. Early trials with ordinary coffee caused backsliding. returning to Postum yielded marked improvement and even healthier children. The wife asked for anonymity. inquiries may request the Postum Co. for the name.
New York Oct 6 The large Marsh orchid collection from Yale University executor led sale at American Art Galleries Madison Square valued by some at high sums. Only four plants now bloom though many specimens in mossy pots and on bark. The Cattleya labiata white form valued at $200 stands out among the mostly leaf growth.
Pittsburg Oct 6 The Carnegie Steel Company will build two additional blast furnaces each 700 tons of pig iron daily. The $7.5 million addition makes them the largest in the world and aims to fortify against Industrial Trust attacks. Several thousand workers will be hired.
Prominent Philadelphia club man Herbert Radnor Lewis will wed Caroline Trowbridge Brown of Roxbury at the First Parish Church of Brookline next Wednesday. The event features lavish invitations, a Vendome breakfast, and a large guest list including Bryn Mawr graduates and notable Boston New York Philadelphia families.
A quip from Life contrasts a speaker with no friends to another who has lucky friends, reflecting a brief, witty exchange on social connections and companionship.
Haverhill October 6 The One Hand Tub Company of Bank é won the first prize of 300 dollars in the play out contest in Pits city today with a stream reaching 187 feet 5 inches. Fountain Exeter N H took second prize 150 dollars, Butler Veterans Lowell third 100 dollars, White Angel Salem fourth 50 dollars.
Work started yesterday in the engineers department at the federal building to install a new light heat and power plant. The old plant, installed about six years ago, is in practically perfect condition and some owners say the government should have spent 50000 dollars to replace it.
Commander Rodgers of the Nashville ostensibly sailed for Manila but diverted to San Juan and then headed toward San Domingo to replenish coal. The ship is expected to reach Manila via Suez in about seven weeks.
Eugene T. McCarthy sues Mayor William Shepard for libel seeking $5000 damages. Wells claims Shepard’s statements accusing falsifying and unfitness harmed his means of support. Shepard says he did not libel, notes the Board of Health acted on Wells’s removal and that the mayor’s report was to the City Council.
The Hon. William Shepard mayor of Lynn will defend a libel suit connected to Board of Health troubles. Equity writs to restore Wells will be sought Tuesday in Supreme Court. The board, nominal defendant, faces Wells’s removal as A S Wright takes office Monday.
Senator Hanna acknowledged McLean forces are crowding the Republican machine into a corner and predicted a handsome, but hard-won, Republican majority. Senator Thurston of Nebraska argued Bryan’s citizenship elsewhere would tilt his state to Republicans, as the party forges a hot contest for supremacy.
In Municipal Criminal Court yesterday Joseph Beck was held in 3000 bail after being charged with throwing a lighted lamp at his landlady on 38 Right On Street Thursday night. The case is set for October 12 to determine injuries to the woman. Grace Perry of Green Avery was sentenced to one year in the House of Correction for larceny from a countryman.
A young man calling himself George F Franklin Jr claimed to be an Amherst student and passed several checks totaling $8 on local merchants in Northampton on October 6. The checks drew on the First National Bank and funded a $25 watch a revolver and a $17 camera. no student named George F Franklin Jr is found at Amherst.
The senior class picks Jennie Freeman as president Franklin Adams as vice president Lillian Hopkins as secretary James Davies as treasurer J Purman Shook Wilbur Colt Jennie Freeman Annie Carnes Grace Heartz form class photo committee The freshman class organizes with Lovell as president LeRoy Tucker as vice president Colby as secretary Merritt as treasurer and an executive committee including Nutter Rice and George
A Park Square Board of Trade committee told the Common Council market panel that the old Park Square railroad station should become a public market. Attorney Thomas Gargan argued the project would benefit the city, with supporters citing central location and potential site improvements. A rainstorm forced postponement and another hearing was set for October 18.
Roxbury district voters will again see Alderman Frank J. OToole on the ballot as he announces his candidacy for renomination. The two year board veteran and former legislator has built a record as a hard working, active young Democrat known for independence and leadership on public improvements.
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