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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1905
Page
2
We cater to young men from 16 to 20 with stylish single and double breasted sack suits. These outfits match adult standards in tailoring and workmanship and cost 6.75 to 12.50 dollars each.
A catalog of men s wear including silk cravats 25c to 60 dozen with pure silk quality, flannelette night shirts 35c, negligee shirts 39c to 59c, and shirts 95c with soft stiff bosom. Sweaters offered at 1 50 with pure wool and varied colors, marketed as exceptional values.
New York October 6 The Mutual Life insurance inquiry exposes officer salaries since 1877 with President McCurdy earning 150000 in 1904 and other executives receiving 60000 60000 17500 10000 30000 and 60000 while revelations of commissions and family ties surface among executives and agents.
At Pawlet Vermont the slate quarry collapse buried at least 10 to 16 Hungarian workers. J B Williams of Fairhaven president of the quarry company died from internal injuries. Rescue crews worked to recover bodies, estimating two weeks to uncover all.
Temperatures fell across New England yesterday with frost reported in several counties. Weather officials warned farmers to protect crops as early morning lows dipped near freezing in rural areas and urban centers saw light frost patches.
Frost warnings issued for cranberry districts in Massachusetts and New Jersey. Winds along the New England coast will be light to fresh north to northeast, with the Middle Atlantic coast also seeing northerly flow. Winds may increase Saturday night as conditions evolve.
Acting Mayor Whelton vetoed two orders authorizing trustees to spend funds charged to the Reserve Fund. One cap set at 1000 dollars for Elmwood Street Gymnasium upkeep this season. the other cap set at 200 dollars for Fellows Street Playground maintenance.
The Middlesex county treasurer paid $6194 to Vahey and Innes, lawyers for Tucker murder case. The sum covers $5000 for services and $1194 for expenses, marking the largest murder trial payment by the county.
A telephone message from Musquash New Brunswick reports Lizzie McGuire aged 25 who had recently married Robert McGuire quartermaster of the Eastern Steamship Company steamer Calvin Austin was drowned today in Little Musquash Harbor near their home.
Mrs. George EB Daly of 79 1 2 Beach Street was severely injured last evening when struck by a coupe on Washington Street. She was taken to the Emergency Hospital with severe head wounds.
Miss Gertrude Devine a Dorchester telephone girl quietly married Edward Kehoe of Ashmont yesterday afternoon at her parents Neponsett avenue Neponset home. Ceremony by Rev Father McCombs St Anne's Neponset. They will reside at 4 Woodward Park Dorchester after December 1.
An old style label promotes a laxative and bromide quinine tablet as a one day cold cure with a money back guarantee if it fails. The box lists Brugge and other marks along with a price of 26 cents.
In Germania Hall Roxbury last evening about 1500 German residents of Wards 22 and 23 celebrated the 2224 anniversary of Franz Pastorius landing on the Hudson with music dancing and a collation. Prior, 500 German society members from Greater Boston paraded through Roxbury led by Curt Sahr who spoke on the colonists arrival and William Penn’s welcome. Robert Sturn and Professor Frank Vogel were among speakers. 300 German Maennecher Society singers directed by Alfred Rietschel performed.
Mrs. John J. Hall woke to flames in the cellar of 157 Winthrop Street and alerted her husband. Firemen found the blaze in a wood bin with burned paper at the edge. Mrs Hall suspects burglars due to an unlocked bulkhead door. Chief Bacon termed the fire incendiary and sought a state fire marshal investigation.
The block bounded by the East River and streets 107th to 108th is on fire, burning the stables and lumber yards of J Reeber & Sons. Across 108th street the gas tanks of Consolidated Gas Co threaten explosion as flames jump the street. Five firemen were overcome while rescuing 250 horses, all saved.
An important meeting of Engineers' Union 16 is set for next Friday night at 614 Tremont Street to decide interpretations of the union contracts with Boston breweries. The session will also determine affiliating with the People's Legal Security League. Last night Joseph McCarthy was elected delegate to the State AFL convention opening in Pittsfield Monday.
Arthur Livermore former American consul at London Gerry Ireland died in Manchester last Wednesday. His father was chief justice of the Superior Court of New Hampshire.
F. L. Bellows, a Willow Club manager from Peddock's Island, shot himself in his hotel room at 4 30 witnessed by his wife at the United States Hotel. He died from a gunshot wound to the left temple.
The Star Company will present a Yiddish musical melange at the Bijou Theatre Monday evening directed by Bernard Bernady a leading Hebrew American comedian. The program features four different Yiddish comedies with the first act of each performed in Yiddish by the Bernady star company.
George E. Fisher of Manchester New Hampshire was struck by a train in the East Cambridge yards of the Boston and Maine railroad while at work yesterday afternoon. He died an hour after reaching Massachusetts General Hospital from multiple fractures and internal injuries.
An advertisement by a self-styled physician proclaims 25 years of treating chronic diseases with original methods. Claims cure of cancers and tumors with oils and herbs, no surgery or poisons, and free consultations and mail orders. Calls for patients to send for a booklet and symptom blank.
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