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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1894
Page
5
A discount sale offering ladies misses and children's garments with deep reductions. Jackets capes and cloaks priced from $3.97 to $9.98, fur trimmed styles included. One lot of children's cloaks sizes 4 to 14 years offered at half regular value.
The department advertises 10 000 pieces of gray enamelled steel ware with full warranty and no seconds. Dippers, boilers, and covered roast pans are offered at low prices alongside plants, bulbs, and Easter lilies. Bread boxes, clothes lines, and a range of garden items complete the week’s bargains with many items under one dollar.
Trade notes show deep discounts on linen goods with borders offered at prices like 1.25 for long, 1.00 napkins, and 2.75 blankets for 1.48. The shoe department touts 5000 pairs of school shoes and steep cuts on slippers and kid boots including 2.98 for 5.00 value and Goodyear West process items from New York makers.
The advertisement promotes unlaundered shirts at 29 cents, noting 40 dozen No 1 white shirts just arrived and offered at the same price. It also markets shirts and drawers at 29 cents and five cases of gray mixed merino shirts and drawers at the same price while supplies last.
In two remarkable values 18¢c Mattings for 10c One for Fancy China Mattings heavy and of excellent quality.
An item listing advertises extra heavy fancy joint china mattings and a large quantity of fancy twine warps for sale at low prices. The fragment notes a 25 cent base price for mattings and references a 35 cent rate for a similar item.
Imported Japanese rugs in sizes 3 by 6 feet and 6 by 9 feet. The 3x6 rug priced at 3.25, sale tag 1.95. The 6x9 rug priced at 9.00, sale tag 5.98. Limited stock available.
The passage notes Daniel Webster would be impressed by modern times and observes Houghton and Dutton as thriving by staying current. It then touts a bulletin that reinforces a reputation as the lowest priced house in New England.
A department presents tested values on damask towels in sizes 52 by 25 and 45 by 24 inches. Prices drop from 37 1 2c to 12 1 2c per towel with hemstitched borders and assorted designs. A crowded stock of Huck linen towels, washed and ready, is highlighted as an exceptional value.
The item named New Beacon is advertised at a price of 19 dollars, a significant discount from its stated value of 50 dollars. The notice emphasizes the sale price and implies a limited offer to attract buyers.
A door advertisement proclaims ladies' gores long boots offered at 98 cents per pair. It lists ten gasping goods as high quality noted for women, though the exact catalog items are partially unclear in the OCR.
Five cases of misses school boots in large sizes 2 1/2 to 5 offered at 1.25 per pair, a job lot originally priced at 2.50.
A seller advertises 100 pairs of gents black kid high cut tourist slippers priced at $1.50 per pair, representing a value twice the asking price. The notice emphasizes the bargain and quantity available.
Five cases contain infants button boots for babies and calves in sizes 1 to 6. Boots come in black red and tan colors.
The department promotes limited week prices on an Oak Chamber Set with beveled glass 18 by 24 inches offered at 13.98 down from 18.50, and soft top mattresses in all sizes at 1.98 each for four days. Japanese screens arrive with new pricing starting at 1.98.
Miss Rose Cleveland attends the Floral Emblem Society meeting at the fair where Mrs D A Lincoln spoke on Bread and a lecture by Mrs Rorer and Dr Dodds covered Diet and anti fat foods. Dodds urged avoiding white bread and yeast with fruit and cereal for breakfast and grape juice for supper.
Dr Keatinge urges that all agencies shaping women’s development be accessible including education and politics. She questions who government decisions affect and urges women to join in stamping out temperance evils while resisting limits on their sphere. She calls for targeted training and steady work as virtuous safeguards.
A Boston Post reader letters column offers advice on thwarted romance. From Quincy to West Lynn and Roxbury, young women seek guidance after failed dat es with men who chased summer pleasure, while responses urge choir singing, sleigh rides, or even bicycle exhibitions to rekindle affection and attract suitors.
Dr Harriette Keatinge addressed Sorosis in New York on womanhood and prenatal influence. She argued women shape both present and future men, influence health and character, and asserted women's endurance proves equal to or greater than men's. She also touched on suffrage and recalled women as the race’s mothers.
A telegram from the Prince of Wales conveys sincere sympathy for the death of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes. Governor Greenhalge replies with profound Commonwealth condolences and respect for the late poet and scholar.
Patrolman Edward Kirby of Division 12 wed Miss Elizabeth O Connor of South Boston in Sacred Heart chapel. The ceremony was for immediate families with a reception at 116 L Street and a wedding tour planned to New York Philadelphia and Washington.
Parisian sisters Radnitz introduce the flaring skirt a narrow steel band six inches above the hem with balloon plaits at the back. The bride, in white silk with a tulle veil and orange blossom spray, wore pearls and diamonds. After a quiet ceremony two hours of reception followed due to a bereavement, with the couple planning a New York residence at 21 West Fourth Street and weekly at home on Wednesdays in November.
Modistes warn of a bustle era while American women hesitate to adopt the radical style. The Radnitz skirt today may be worn with a front and side hoop omission and only the bustle-like plaits and the slope kept.
The text notes that ball gown skirts gain prominence while street skirts carry objectionable traits. It argues length is needed for proper drape and warns Americans do not want the revival of winter street-sweeping fashion seen three winters earlier with long skirts.
Rose Farm, the George H. O. Jacobs estate near Malden, hosted a quiet wedding as Rev. Thomas L. Fisher united George Wheelock of the Century Magazine Company New York and Miss Alice Smith of Boston. The ceremony occurred at noon with ushers George E. Sawyer of New York and Charles Vesper of Boston assisting.
Patrolman James E. OBrien of Station 6 married Miss Mary A Shaughnessy at Gate of Heaven Church in South Boston. Rev N J Merritt officiated with Miss Josephine Shaughnessy as maid of honor and Richard OBrien as best man. A reception followed at 86 I Street. the couple departed on a two week tour of New York and Philadelphia.
The firm at 697 599 601 Washington Street promotes a splendid clothing stock at low prices, drawing a crowd of customers from morning till night. The store stays open until 8 p.m. each day and until 10 p.m. Saturdays to accommodate buyers.
Lady Henry Somerset, secretary and maid, checked into the Hotel Vendome last evening. Miss Frances Willard arrived from Chicago and registered at the Vendome.
The Charles River avenue bridge, closed for repairs for six months, was reopened to the public yesterday morning.
Madame Varot announces new importations of French pattern bonnets and hats to be displayed at 296 Boylston Street. The event emphasizes fashionable headwear from Paris import lines and invites patrons to view the collection.
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