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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1899
Page
2
A local retailer advertises a large line of unusual bargains in the Basement Department featuring children’s shoes at reduced prices. The note highlights discounted footwear and clearance options for back-to-school or everyday wear.
The Boston Common Council convened briefly with a major item the creation of a special committee to investigate the Rising Sun Street Lighting contract. Ward 18’s Councilman Watson led a push noting ignored Ward 18 alley layouts and criticizing the Mayor as the session adjourned.
William Grewer shot and killed Mrs. Jennie Legrow at her Portland home on October 19 before taking his own life. Neighbors reported Grewer had threatened to kill her after she resisted his ardent advances.
The permanent committee of the anti-imperialist conference announced the creation of the American Anti Imperialist League with George S. Routwell as president and a slate of officers including George F. Edmunds J Stering Morton Carl Schurz Richard T. Crane Donelson Caffery Rufus B. Smith and John J Valentine. Chicago will serve as the league headquarters with an Eastern office in Boston and additional offices to follow.
The annual dinner of Company D Ninth Regiment MVM was held at the United States Hotel with fifty three members present. Several former members now serving as volunteers are among those heading to the Philippines and toasts were given to them.
Miss Cora May Mansfield wed Charles Henry Lincoln in Waltham at 7 PM with relatives present. The ceremony at the bride’s home was followed by a reception and a Boston departure, then a tour before settling at 1 1/2 East Brown street.
George F. Wood of Natick and Martha E. Curtis of Boston married last evening at 70 South avenue. The ceremony featured an arch of flowers and flags, with ushers William Curtiss of Boston and George Wood of Natick. Rev. F B Sturgis officiated at 7 45. The bride wore white ottoman silk and carried roses. bridesmaids were Linge Wood and Jenni Parsons. A reception followed with tokens of esteem from friends in Natick Boston Providence Medway and Cambridge. They will be at home after November 1.
Miss Katherine J. Powers daughter of Mr and Mrs Martin Powers wed Mr Patrick J Hussey of Roxbury at the Church of the Most Precious Blood. Rev George A Lyona officiated with Miss Katherine V Merrick as maid of honor and Edward J Merrick as best man. The couple will live at 16 Taber Street Roxbury.
A Cincinnati firm offers a free trial of its Altenheim Medical Dispensary remedy to restore hair and cure dandruff. Testimonials include John Bruner, Victor A. Faigaux, Mrs. C. W. Castleman, and Prof. B. F. Turner, plus Mrs. Libbie Barnum who reports five inches of new hair. Send name and address to 240 Butterfield Building, Cincinnati, Ohio for prepaid trial.
Lord Mayor Daniel Tallon and MP John Redmond reached New York aboard the Majestic to urge stopping the sale of Avondale estate due to mortgages from Parnell's political battles. They aim to fund a monument to Charles Stewart Parnell and prevent eviction of the Parnell family. Redmond voices regret over US involvement in the Philippines and looks forward to visiting Boston again.
The Commonwealth v Clarence Murphy ruling upholds the second sentence as legal, requiring Murphy the former Salem Savings Bank teller to serve a long term at State Prison. He was originally convicted in 1892 of embezzlement, with an indeterminate sentence later challenged as unconstitutional. The full bench remanded, leading to a 9 year 10 month 29 day definite term with solitary confinement on day one.
The Social Democratic party held a mass meeting and entertainment at Wells Memorial Hall where Socialist principles were enunciated by leading members. John D. Sherman presided and urged workingmen to unite with Socialists as champions of industrial emancipation. Winfield P. Porter pressed for socialism and cooperative commonwealth. Rev. F. O. MacCartney, former minister, delivered a long address on current questions.
Experts note Fife yachts favor speed with a rearward centre of effort. In the Erie Basin dry dock Shamrock shows a aft fin keel and wedge-shaped waterline, dragging bow leeward and hindering upwind progress. Columbia, with longer keel and forward centre, beats Shamrock going to windward, with similar run-home performance.
Immense crowds flood 73 Fyethington St Boston for a clothing sale. Citizens urged to shop, claiming unbeatable value and hundreds of bargains. Store touts selective stock with overflowing aisles and eager shoppers flocking for overcoats and more.
The Universalist Club held a reunion at Hotel Vendome from 5:30 p m to 11 p m with about 110 guests. Massachusetts Attorney General Hosea M Knowlton and Boston Mayor Quincy addressed the gathering and speakers discussed church extension, women in ministry, and related topics ahead of the biennial Universalist general convention.
President McKinley and party reach Washington at 12 25 PM today after a long trip. The party includes the President and Mrs McKinley Secretary Long and Mrs Hitchcock Attorney General Griggs with other Cabinet members departing en route.
New York financier Mr. Church received a gold medal from the Massachusetts Humane Society for gallantry in saving a laborer from drowning at Fort Point Channel on August 7, 1899. The ceremony honored his courageous act and included the medal inscription detailing the event.
An old advertisement touts a two day cure for la grippe using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It promises refund of money if it fails to cure and bears the signature of B. W. Grove on each box.
Norman J. Perry, a well known Winthrop grocer, was instantly killed in his 15 Shirley street shop while cleaning a rifle. The weapon discharged unexpectedly, striking him in the heart. Perry, a Nova Scotian who moved to Winthrop three years ago, leaves a wife and three children. He previously operated businesses in Dorchester and Haverhill.
George Fred Williams is sued in equity by The Schlicht Heat Light and Power Company and Paul J. Schlicht of New York in the U S Circuit Court. They seek an injunction to stop him from pursuing two actions at law in New York. One suit seeks 749 dollars against both plaintiffs and 1633 dollars against the company alone. They claim equitable defenses and ask an accounting to determine sums due as attorney and alleged agent of Schlicht Conustion Company of New England, tied to loans involved in the suits.
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