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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1898
Page
2
Prof. Munyon announces all physicians at their posts with fully equipped departments. He cites cured patients across the land and claims reduced lists of incurable diseases due to past success. Specialists offer free consultation and guidance, inviting mothers and soldiers to seek care at his office for throat and lung remedies and direct medication.
In Brockton Massachusetts a major shoe strike began at 2 PM after a new price list was issued. 508 men from 26 shops walked out, with many firms accepting or resisting the scale. Mass meetings and union actions push toward a quick settlement or broader walkout.
Messrs Splaine and Fitzpatrick, at 110 Court Street corner of Stoddard, present a fall display of woollens with exclusive designs. The firm offers popular price suits or overcoats at 25 dollars, guaranteed perfect in every detail, and will not raise prices despite higher imported fabric costs.
Henry Cabot Lodge addressed a Massachusetts gathering praising the President's war leadership and peace efforts. Attendees included Governor Wolcott’s proxy Attorney General Knowlton and Boston officials, honoring the state’s merchants and charity history amid Antietam remembrances.
B Bentley Young chaired the banquet for the Massachusetts New England Odd Fellows delegates in Boston. Alfred E Pinkerton of Worcester acted as toastmaster and cited unity with the Union, praising McKinley with a full pledge to the President. The crowd rose to applaud as the Star Spangled Banner loomed large.
A historical ode praises the commander in chief for bearing vast powers with equal responsibility and lauds the American people for uniting to support the President during wartime. It cites Agincourt, civic duty, and national pride as it reflects on leadership and unity beyond party lines.
The cottagers of Newport report William K. Vanderbilt Jr and Virginia Fair are engaged or near engagement. Observers note his summer presence at Newport and vast future wealth, with attention focused on Fairlawn, Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs’ Newport home, while Vanderbilt remains in college.
NEW YORK Sept 19 Kid McCoy refuses to hold further conference with Corbett and his manager about changing the date and place of their bout Yesterday he missed the agreed meeting only to send a letter Corbett was present with Tom Sharkey and other boxing figures as sheriff action makes Buffalo unsuitable for contests The letter begins I did not think it necessary
The piece notes three years’ junior status of the young man and his yachting and horseman credentials. It predicts a wealthy inheritance and suggests a marriage would please both families, though denominational differences between Miss Fair, Roman Catholic, and Mr. Vanderbilt, Episcopalian, could hinder. Rumors of repeated engagements persist.
William K. Vanderbilt Jr moves from Beck to Westmorland dorm, taking three rooms facing Bow Street. The carpeted study and bed rooms imitate English feudal halls with oak panelling, friezes, and a grand mantel. The interior costs run to over a hundred pounds before furnishings.
The Fitchburg rail road offers a popular excursion to the Deerfield Valley and Hoosac Tunnel on September 2 with a fare of only two dollars.
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