28 Mar 1900
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Newspaper
Portsmouth Herald
Location
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1900
Page
1
Lamson & Hubbard's and other leading makers showcase new hat styles for spring. The enlarged and refitted Hat and Fur department invites inspection of all occasions with the latest shapes and neckwear options.
W G Meloon of the Ports mouth Kittery York street railway visits Kenocbkunk on ferryboat project business to replace the Newmarch. Boat construction progresses rapidly and will aid the road. Many local young men join the new dry dock crew replacing earlier workers. Striking teams resume work. The town’s new basketball team will be named the Whipples and start practice soon. A party plans to attend the York drama A Fisherman's Luck tonight.
South Eliot notes list visiting relatives and guests from Portland Newburyport and Portsmouth. Henry Hutchins and family visit, Miss Ethel Staples stays with Nelsons, Irving Davis visits family, Albert and wife from Portsmouth visit, Benjami Robinson moves to town, Queen City steamer adjusts trips for workers, Henry Kenniston family visit, Mrs Spinney visits Portsmouth, Clarence Cole welcomed a baby boy, Alta Huntress rents to Ports mouth Shoe, John Staples visits town with family.
The Hampton beach season will open on Memorial Day with a game between the amalgamated nine and a strong fast team. Management aims to fans by allowing only players near the baselines and building benches on the Casino verandas. The squad may include B Wilber as catcher and Holmes as pitcher with positions filled by Brackett Smith Woods Delancey Hatch Powers Godfrey. Strong opponents with experienced pitchers, including Gladding and Coburn, loom as tough challenges for the amateur club.
The town plans a March 6 town hall event with March 2 delays noted. Local sports see basketball games against Unity club and Wapanago practice this week. A drama Our Jim is set for Thursday evening in the gown hall with admission 20 cents and 10 cents for children. An infant girl born to Mr and Mrs Eliz G Walden. A baseball meeting will form officers and discuss joining the Portsmouth league. Frink’s building coat of print is underway.
Newington March 27 The funeral for Amos Dame a highly regarded resident who died Monday night from a stroke at sixty six will be at the Congregational church Thursday afternoon, with friends and relatives invited. Also notes F Neady returned from Lynn Mass, public schools closed for a week, Young Peoples Society Enajoyed Seaside union in Kittery, Mrs Krink visited Mattapoisett, Miss Minnie Witham visiting Acton Maine.
The Charity Whist Club held its final session of the season on Tuesday afternoon at Pierce Hall from three to six. Homemade candy cake and flowers were on sale, and the proceeds were divided among the College hospital the Home for Aged Women and the Chase Home for Children.
An old advertisement touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the best remedy for burns, scalds, bruises, cuts, old sores, fever sores, ulcers, boils, felons, corns and skin eruptions. It claims rapid pain relief and healing, with a 25 cent box price and a guarantee. Sold by Globe Grocery Co.
Saturday night clash pits Unity club against Wapana go s with Greenland and Kitterys Maplewoods also on the slate. Critique targets Blaisdell and Sam Sanford contrasts in Portsmouth league. Woods Brothers favored for title as Co B faces Rochester I in five game series with two games in town and two in Rochester, final at neutral site.
The Portsmouth water works monthly report for February records 24 pumping days of 24 hours, total gallons pumped, and average daily consumption by HANLON, plus coal consumption. It notes water pumped per pound of coal at 377, pump duty at 45,040,000 foot-pounds per 100 pounds, and 8 405-1000 evaporated. It lists days with precipitation, total rainfall, and temperatures.
On March 28 steamer William H Moody arrived at Rockport with stone, aided by tug Robert Lockhert from Wentworth and barge Benavides from Perth Amboy carrying coal. Tug Gettysburg delivered barge Coleraine from Philadelphia, with tug Cumberland, tug H A Mathes from Boston and barge Eliot moving to Eliot from Gloucester.
An early 20th century ad promises a one day cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with a money back guarantee. It features H W Grove’s signature on each box and notes relief for croup with Dr Thomas’ Eclectric Oil.
President W. D. Lovell of the Exeter and Amesbury electric railroad visited Taosday to confer with Civil Engineer Thompson of the Boston and Maine and Director A. F. Bow lard of the local line. The plan is to have the entire line in operation to Hampton by June.
The Great Success by Hoyt presents the musical comedy A Day and A Night at Music Bell this evening. A bright humorous show with topical songs and dances features Marble Hart, a pious New Jersey youth who moves to New York, joins a theatre world, and ends up with a wife among stage beauties. The cast includes leading farce performers long associated with Hoyt.
The Daily News of Dayton Ohio hails Myles McCarthy in Dear Hearts of Ireland as a standout performer. He earns praise as both vocalist and comedian with youth charm and dramatic skill. His songs Flower From the Irish Soil Nora Malone and When You Bid Your Mother Good-Bye draw strong applause. McCarthy and his company perform at Music hall next Friday evening.
Montreal papers praise the Robinson Opera company as they prepare to perform at Music Hall starting Monday with matinees on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons. The season opens with Said Tasha and audiences are reported as large and standing room scarce. The company is said to deliver creditable performances, with tuneful chorus and strong support. Popular prices will prevail and expect continued crowds.
Naval specialties interlude between acts noted. No police court this forenoon. Snow still fresh from recent fall. Self Denial Week under Salvation Army observed. Five Sundays in April July and December cited this year. If temps rise, spring deemed near. Junior League Methodist Church contributed thirty five dollars for building fund from mite boxes opened Monday. Dr Irving A Watson of the state board of health reports a new marriage license blank. Old format complaints prompted revision to merge forms. License and clerk certificate top, coupon to contracting parties below. The new blanks to be statewide.
The paper’s daily average circulation under Sheldon is about 362,681 copies, reflecting substantial public interest amid some weak criticism. The Young Men’s Christian Association has arranged for Rev. L Thayer to review the paper Thursday evening at the North End chapel on Middle street. admission is free.
Spring humor article touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a universal cure. It claims to treat eruptions, boils, pimples, scrofula, ash rheum, eczema, dyspepsia, and nervous debility by purifying blood and energizing nerves. The ad asserts modern science supports its effectiveness and labels it the best spring medicine and tonic.
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