Hard Hat Department Upscale Hop Gins Visit Appeal
A promotional line invites shoppers to the Hat Department highlighting high end hats. It promises style and perfect fit for discerning buyers and mentions the Hop gins as part of the selection.
18 Oct 1892
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1892
Page
1
A promotional line invites shoppers to the Hat Department highlighting high end hats. It promises style and perfect fit for discerning buyers and mentions the Hop gins as part of the selection.
The posting notes that the offer remains available for a little over two weeks more. It emphasizes a short window to accept and act on the deal before it expires.
The advertisement touts Austin’s Dog Bread as a staple diet to keep hunting dogs calm and secure during shoots. It claims the food reduces annoyance from exercise and excitement, and notes its convenience for military-style field use and for owners of fine-bred sporting dogs. The piece urges orders through groceries, druggists, or sporting outfitters.
A local shop invites customers to a shirt trial order with a skilled shirt cutter. Visitors are directed to the Washington street entrance and elevator to the ninth floor custome shirt department for measurement.
A Columbus Day card notes the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus and the civilization it brought to the nation. It announces a free distribution of One Hundred Thousand copies in the Children’s Department on the ground floor.
A notice announces a daily souvenir distribution to the girls and boys of New England, except Friday, during a week marking four hundred years since a defining event. Distribution runs from 8 to 10 a.m. and 4 to 6 p.m. with entry on Washington Street and exit on Summer Street.
In Waltham on October 17 the Health Board refused to disclose details about scarlet fever reports. A Pest reporter found a rented pest house at 255 South Street with five patients under Catharine F. Mullen and noted nearby homes, schools, and a poor farm with children at risk. Doctors said the scare was exaggeration, while civic leaders pondered a contagious hospital with two firms offering funds.
An advertisement asserts Salvation Oil can heal a burnt arm without a scar and claims a price of 205 cts. The brief promo markets a miracle cure with bold assurances of scarless recovery.
Fragmentary historical notice references the Children of Israel in the wilderness for forty years and a company’s forty-two year development effort. Mentions AZI' LIFE INS and T. Phelps as state agent associated with 159 Dev., Boston in a faded archival snippet.
James Keating a 26 year old lineman for Malden Electric Light Company died this afternoon at 4 45 when power restarted while he repaired main wires on a pole at Summer and Clifton streets. His body dangled across live lines, firemen lowered him. He lived on Columbus Avenue Boston with a wife and family. This was Malden’s first fatal electric accident since lights were installed.
The article presents a contested discovery claim about Columbus with talk of the discoverer North End workmen and a debate over who deserves credit. It hints at historical mystery and the fading visibility of past feats as modern views emerge.
Washington forecast for Tuesday calls for New England to be generally fair with variable winds and rising interior temperatures. Eastern New York should see fair skies with southeasterly winds, slightly warmer interiors, and steady coastal temperatures.
Statement from MASS. BOOT & SHOE CO. notes no successful imitations of Kumfurt Shoe due to small profits and production costs.
Patrick Gavan, a noted football player, is held on $2000 bonds for a dangerous assault on James Horricks. Horricks lay unconscious in critical condition at his Mason street home after a barrel in a saloon on County street caused a fatal skull fracture on Saturday night.
A brief classified note touts a $300 investment in Kumfurt Shoes and promises payoff options. The item appears under a Massachusetts boot and shoe advertisement header.
A South Boston meeting of the Washington Village Democratic Club endorsed Enoch J. Shaw for the General Court. James F. Walsh presided as chairman with John Walsh serving as secretary.
An expedition by the Post seeks Columbus kin in Boston's North End, tracing two Columbus men after the Boston Directory showed Louis G. Columbus of Union Street and Albert Columbus of Dock Square. The search reveals 52 Union Street as a stove foundry, not a home, complicating the dig for a direct Columbus connection.
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