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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1900
Page
8
Always shapely can you imagine a shoe that fits like a glove and stays that way. The Resilia Shoe uses a Rebounding Cushion Centre-Sole that stretches and expands interiorly with every step while the leather does not. Leather once stretched never returns to normal and other shoes can crack and wear poorly.
R G Duns weekly trade review notes seasonable weather aiding activity across the country while the coal strike remains a restraining factor. Iron prices ease little, print cloth demand firm, and lumber prices strong. Gold movements from Europe ease tension in New York as cotton optimism fades after a gloomy crop report.
Through sleeping cars offered on two daily fast trains via the Wabash. Office at 176 Washington Street.
A conservative mining proposition promises a 7 percent bond return plus a stock bonus. An $150,000 issue is partially tendered by shareholders with the rest taken. The notice stresses cautious investment, naming well known eastern figures and offering full details at P.O. Box 1451 in Boston.
The company declares a dividend of 1.5 dollars per share to stockholders of record at the close of business September 29, 1900. Transfer books will close from October 1 to October 14, 1900, both days included. William R. Driver, Treasurer, Boston, September 19, 1900.
Market activity showed modest gains amid strong gold imports and favorable political news. Copper shares rose with Montana and Old Dominion movements, while consolidation talks and new capacity plans at Boston & Montana and Mexican Central drew attention.
Boston stock sales report lists the day’s highest and lowest prices, along with the closing bid and asked figures. Details cover the market activity in Boston on October 12.
William H Hamilton and James E Lee, choir association leaders, defend their stance in the Charles Street A M E Church dispute over a chorister appointment and salary. They recount past salary issues, choir selection, trustee inaction, and claim one or two board members caused the conflict, not the church overall.
Testimonial from Hon. George James of Scranton, Pa., claiming twenty years of catarrh suffering with hawking throat and head pain, ended after using Dr Agnew's Catarrhal Powder. He reports instant relief after first dose and complete symptom disappearance after several bottles.
A sensational college mystery unfolds at Barvard College where Professors Thurston Browne and Whitney drift toward a fateful midnight vigil. Thurston, urged by unseen forces, crosses paths with the statue circle and a vanished companion, ending in a shocking murder that shocks the campus.
An advertisement touts Pyramid Pile Cure as the safest way to treat piles without surgery. It claims painless, lasting relief via a suppository, with no Cocaine or opiates, and notes a 50 cent price and free booklet from Pyramid Drug Co., Marshall, Michigan.
Fall bargains drive shoppers to Gilchrist & Co as warm and wet weather hits dry goods sales. The department store restocks daylight sections with ladies suits, outer garments, cloaks, furs, millinery, and Paris mode displays. Special prices apply across fall goods including silks, velvets, taffetas, and dress fabrics, with expanded showrooms and new fixtures to highlight fabrics, trimmings, and house wear.
The Providence line steamers will be discontinued after the west-bound trip Oct. 12 and the east-bound trip Oct. 13. The Boston to Providence schedule changes as the trains depart from Boston and Providence on specified evenings, with discontinuations planned after Oct. 12 for the Boston to Providence trip and after Oct. 14 for the return. Beginning Oct. 14 the Fall River line steamers will depart New York at 6 p.m. instead of 6 p.m., with Newport stops in both directions.
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