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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1898
Page
8
Suit Sale creates buzz among buyers of Good Clothing. Lot valued at 15 and 18 dollars per suit features Scotch mixtures home spuns cheviots and serges. Each suit described as well trimmed, well tailored and up to date.
An item listing boys footwear with two Balmoral styles. Prices show 2.50 for each pair. Includes horse hide and calf leather options labeled No 1 and Old Brick Balmorals.
Frank Ehret, heir of George Ehret’s New York brewing fortune, wed Ada Dare in Chicago at the Lexington Hotel. Justice Charles Martin conducted the ceremony in August, then left after a discreet admonition and fee. The couple seeks secrecy to avoid family disinheritance and has kept a small circle of friends unaware of the marriage.
New York report says George Ehret plans to cut off his eldest son from the family estate after rumors of an affair with an actress surfaced months ago. Frank Ehret has private means but relies on the brewing business with his father. The story hints at ties to English royalty and possible marriage paths.
A performer describes an upcoming debut in tights, noting the surprise of the moment and that the change in attire will be the first time they wear such garments. The speaker expresses no objection to the new look.
New York report states Mrs Duncan Elliot once Sallie Hargous may lose the Manchester by the Sea piano after a $529 judgment. Despite a large fortune from her father Louis Hargous, the firm’s attorneys threaten seizure if the amount is not paid promptly.
In Macon Missouri county offices a former stock man M B Ayers returns from the Klondike with 20000 in gold dust after a March divorce for abandonment. His ex wife, convinced she would never see him again, sought divorce but now they are issued a license to remarry.
The Hon. Sherman Hoar remains ill with typhoid fever at his Concord home. A brief report tonight says his condition is not as strong as in recent days and the crisis is anxiously awaited.
England invites Rev. Smith Baker D D to conduct a union Sunday school lesson starting Saturday at 3 15 PM in the Park Street Congregational Church vestry. All are invited to attend this meeting. Kasayi nai invites Association of New
A fire at 201 West Erie Street in Chicago trapped residents in a four story building when chemicals ignited in a basement store. A clothesline rescue saved many. seventeen were saved by firefighters. five injured from jumping and burns. Fire caused by basement drugstore chemicals. officials expect small financial loss.
A Wednesday night fire destroyed the Bradley fertilizer works in North Weymouth, the largest loss in two years for the state with expected costs above 500000. Insurance coverage is limited to about 260000, while stock for shipment to the South raises the value beyond that. Field and Cowles convened an early morning meeting of interested insurers and appointed adjusters to settle the claim, with breakdowns of losses totaling 107000 on stock 55000 on the building and 53000 on machinery.
The text notes Ada Dare as a favorite of burlesque stages and recalls her last local appearance at the Casino two years ago. It mentions a prior sketch with Eugene O Rourke and details a sensational divorce suit that separated her from her husband em Dare, a circus clown and acrobat.
Miss Marie Churchill, famed at the Bradley Martin ball, will wed Harold Baring of a banking family on Monday October 24 in New York. The match marks a notable alliance between American belles and European aristocracy.
Lord Revelstoke and Princess Victoria of Wales approach marriage as whispers swirl around Harold Baring cousin to the match. The ceremony is set at St Thomas's Fifth Avenue famed for international alliances with Miss Churchill and Mr Baring engaged in England. Harold Baring, heir to a restructured banking house, stands to inherit much of his mother's fortune, herself an American.
Miss Lola Small daughter of evangelist Sam Small makes her stage debut Monday in Hoyt’s A Stranger in New York at Schenectady She appears as Virginia Pride and reveals plans to wear tights in the role Her father’s reaction is uncertain as she portrays a supposedly innocent Richmond girl visiting a New York family
Bartlett A. Tappan of 8 Palmer Place was struck on the head by a board while piling lumber at Keyes's wharf on Medford street Charlestown yesterday afternoon. He was taken to the Massachusetts General Hospital.
Paris September 29 The American and Spanish peace commissions met informally at M Delcasses private rooms. General Porter Senor Castillo and M Brisson greeted each other as Delcasse presided at a long breakfast. The session lasted eighty minutes and aimed to ease introductions while French officials praised tact and discretion. The Gil Blas published US and Spanish proposed terms on the Philippines including Luzon sovereignty, archipelago governance, church separation, and trade privileges.
The text records President Mc Kinley directing precise instructions to commissioners before departure. It warns that negotiations starting on October 1 may fail to satisfy unhappy Spain, implying limited room for concessions and potential deadlock.
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