09 Oct 1889
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1889
Page
1
R and J Gilchrist offers Perrin Freres et Cie surplus stock of 4 button embroidered Regence Grenoble Kid Gloves. The recipient brand earned Grand Medals at Paris 1878 Philadelphia 1876 Sydney 1879. Colors include Tan Red Tan Brown Green Blue Gray and Black at sale prices.
Retailer advertises Kid Gloves from Perrin Freres with several styles and color options. Highlights include 85¢c pair for 6-button options and 95c for select lengths, plus 75c and $1.00 pair deals and bulk discounts on leather and embroidered gloves. Mail orders welcomed for prompt service.
Npitz Bros and Mark Bulwer promote Fall Suits emphasizing simple neatness and high quality. The line features SEFTON SACK SUITS at 15 dollars and CLIVE SACK SUIT at 20 dollars in all wool black cheviot with tailored pockets and flaps.
A laborer hits a big payday at Lincoln Park New Jersey winning twenty thousand dollars from a shovels lottery style game. The lucky winner claims the prize amid local excitement and confirms the payout.
Indianapolis voters chose Sullivan Democrat as mayor by 1200 to 1400 over Coburn Republican in a quiet election. Swift Democrat won city clerk by about 1800 over Taffe Republican. City Council will be fifteen Democrats to ten Republicans. Aldermen five to five.
Ottawa reports reveal Canadian delegates were not invited to the Washington conference due to Britain’s control over Canada. Senator John Sherman noted the need for Great Britain’s consent for any formal political relations, a barrier to Canadian participation.
Mrs. Henrietta Snell plans a romanesque memorial in Union Park honoring her late husband. The structure, valued at 25000 dollars, will serve as a shelter drinking fountain clock tower and support for electric lights, reflecting the deceased millionaire’s memory.
In Boston and New York passages dated Oct 6 to Oct 8 report ships sailing from Liverpool London Moll Iloilo St Marie and more. Vessels City of Paris Alaska Circassia Gluckauf Wandrahm De Ruyter Obdam Muenchey Broomhaugh move between New York Boston Liverpool Hamburg Antwerp Rotterdam Glasgow Moville and Queenstown with times and routes noted.
New York reports the low comedian Charles B Bishop of the Sothern company in Lord Chumley died suddenly after leaving the stage at the Lyceum Theatre. Fatty degeneration of the heart was given as the cause. He had continued working despite illness.
Sail and steamer arrivals at Salem and New York listed with vessel names and origins. A Belfast brigantine Zuleika was wrecked off Velentia with loss of crew during yesterday’s storm.
The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston toured Albany on October 8. They paraded with the Burgesses Corps, were greeted by Mayor Maher, and marched to the Capitol. Governor Hill welcomed them before a Delavan House banquet and plans to return to Boston via a day boat to New York.
The City of Paris arrived at Queenstown reporting heavy seas yesterday. A steerage passenger and her child were swept overboard and drowned while ten other passengers were severely injured. The saloon flooded. Distances per day totaled 2788 miles over 5 days 23 hours 54 minutes.
Charles Edmond, 40, an employee of the Manhattan Electric Light Company, fell while repairing wires at 155 Grand Street and died from skull fracture and neck injury after a shock from a live line. Two coworkers refuse to speak. Mayor Grant will press the board of electrical control for preventive measures and invites company representatives to comment.
Judge A F Cleary of St Louis announces closure of a major mining deal valued at $2,000,000 in cash. The Mexico based property covers all Vegonia vein mines and a hundred thousand acre grant with numerous gold silver and copper ledges.
Kansas City October 8 Senator Ingalls writes a Topeka friend that he is straining every nerve to win another U S Senate term He argues he has done more for Kansas than any other and that the State stands higher in Washington and national regard because of his service and leadership
Great Value selects the Secretary Book Case as the premier furniture piece for 1890. For $55 buyers receive a deep five shelf Reference Book Case with guarded shelves bevelled glass cabinets two doors two racks pigeon holes wide shelves pen racks two outside drawers an inclined book rest a writing table and a large locked closet.
A brief note requests five two cent stamps for a new 1889 catalogue. The item indicates a postal purchase detail without additional context or dates. The tone is transactional and catalog-focused, lacking further names or organizations.
R T Army & Co outlines their aim to create a superior clothing store in Boston while acknowledging current shortcomings. The note emphasizes progress over perfection and a commitment to rapid development, inviting readers to point out faults and assist in improvement.
Pure spring or distilled waters should not be cooled by impure ice nor drunk below fifty degrees. Do not keep in a metallic receptacle. All points are being adopted in major places of business hotels and houses. Address.
A single eighteen mile Union Pacific spur, the Carbon cut off, saw a construction train drop two cars on the main line. Twenty minutes later a flat car loaded with navvies backed into them killing one grader and mortally injuring two others. The crew fled as workers threatened lynching. officers pursue them.
The British steamer Huntingdon bound from Liverpool to Norfolk was disabled October 6 about forty miles west of Fastnet. She was towed into Queenstown leaking with pumps choked and machinery out of order. Gale damage included deck flooding. The Mount Pleasant wreck and the North Star drowning are also reported in the same coastal run.
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