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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1895
Page
8
Near Tremont Street our Court Street store advertises special bargains for Thursday and Friday including limited time offers and clearance pricing aimed at attracting shoppers.
Ladies' Department advertises Turkish slippers and white kid oxfords with new patent leather oxford styles. Also offers ladies patent vamp oxfords, russet oxfords, and special overgaiters at prices ranging from $0.49 to $2.60, with quantities noted.
Men’s Russia pairs Balmorals marked from six dollars to three fifty and two fifty in two qualities. The Komfort Shoe makers present Balmoral styles for men with sizing and price variations noted.
A fragmentary catalog listing prices and items for youths and boys footwear. Includes entries like YOUTHS' BUSSET LACED and YOUTHS! BArIE GALE with spring heel styles and varying prices, reflecting era fashion and retail terms.
A crowded Weavers Union meeting in Fall River votes unanimously to demand a 10 percent wage hike effective September 23, sending the proposal to the Manufacturers' Association and mill owner. If no reply by then, a strike decision may follow. some discuss 16 2 3 percent but settle on 10 percent due to high cotton costs. Spinners support linen mill strikers.
In a letter to the editor Mr J F Driscoll is rebutted by T Bagley who defends his eligibility in races and denies dictating or seeking to run beyond his entries. He notes relief race win and asserts only three races were attempted, contradicting Driscoll’s accusations.
Fire sweeps eight structures in under ninety minutes on a documented blaze that sent residents fleeing with household goods in haste. Two firefighters and a watchman were injured as property damage spread, though coverage indicates insured losses.
Alarm boxes reported multiple times from 5:32 a m to 7:49 a m with crews attending and all out by 7:27 to 7:49. Buildings burned include Weston and Albany sheds numbers four eight and the Boston and Albany pier extending 300 feet along the water front.
Flames raged along the Boston & Albany pier with water cannon from land and sea. Firefighters battled through thick smoke to save wool stocks and ships, including the Cunarder Cephalonia, as a tide of alarms and evacuations sent crowds away from the South Ferry.
East Boston firefighters battled a massive blaze at the Boston & Albany dock sheds igniting by sisal grass. Losses top $225,000 plus damages to nearby dwellings as engines from many towns battled flames and a fire boat fought from the water.
A Kansas man describes his escape from a house lifted by a cyclone and driven across fields until it lay in a buffalo wallow. He crawled free dazed and bleeding two counties from home, then abruptly cried out the line I withdrew my name to a convention audience.
San Francisco reports the six week delay ended with the murder trial of W H Theodore Durrant. District Attorney Barnes led the opening, arguing only the defendant could have killed Blanche Lamont. First witness Charles Noble testified Lamont lived with him and was last seen April 3. The autopsy, read by Dr J S Barrett, attributed death to suffocation from strangulation. A watch raffle case and thefts at a Bedford Avenue saloon are also noted.
Count Emich of Alt Leiningen-Westerburg and Olga Bauernfeind faced Bow Street Court on a warrant for extradition to Germany for abducting and detaining a 15 year old girl, Lisette Schweishofer. Olga testified she adopted the girl as a daughter and denied involvement, while officials noted the girl was brought to England for immoral purposes.
Henry Commerdiner a fruit dealer at Stanton and Willett streets wooed Miss Bloss a Brooklyn girl aged 21. He bought a gold watch that failed to keep time. The girl returned the watch after breaking off the engagement and he planned to raffle it to recover his money. He sought Julius Otterbeck a saloon keeper at 3% South Third Street for help.
A late 19th century notice announces an enormous fire sale at 91 Summer Street Boston offering $500,000 worth of men’s and boys’ clothing at drastic discounts. Highlights include Melton coats, trousers, suits, and overcoats priced well below value, with sales continuing over the next 20 days and hours until late night.
A man about 36 believed to be Lawrence Gavenay from Newark Avenue was arrested after preying on young girls at night near the elevated station. The Hudson City section reports several days of complaints about a mystery hugger nicknamed Jack the Hugger. Gavenay was discharged after the girl he hugged refused to testify in Police Justice Doug lass's court, with the judge warning of jail if the behavior continues.
County Judge Frank A. Bullock announces on Saturday he will appoint regular registration and election officers and name a list of prominent women to serve as officers of election. Laura Clay is preparing the list for guidance. Lawyers dispute his interpretation and the matter may reach the Court of Appeals.
In Novi Michigan the body of 112 year old Mrs Mary Bush received Masonic burial rites, a rare event as all her ancestors were Masons and her husband a Knight Templar. Knights Templars escorted the procession from home to church and guarded the body in state, then to the cemetery where a large Masonic delegation joined the final rites.
In Standish Michigan an Indian carp meeting closed with Mrs Sterling an Indian preacher delivering a fiery address that spurred an impulse to ghost dance among the Chippewa. The bucks cut themselves with knives and nearly caused a frenzy until 103 year old Kewash restrained them. Whites fled in alarm.
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