Free transfers urged in Boston street rail debate
A legislative committee advocates a uniform system of free transfers in Boston after hearings with West End Railway Company counsel. The article notes the company no longer argues impracticability and urges the Legislature to pass a bill guaranteeing five cent transfers for continuous rides, dismissing fraud concerns as unfounded.
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Legislative Committee On
West End Railway Company
Boston
West End Company
West End
Retrospective McKinley bill folly sparks April fool label
The column denounces Mr Dingley and allies for a retrospective tariff amendment. It argues the Supreme Court already blocked similar measures and warns a retroactive tax would cripple business, urging Senate not to endorse the plan and calling it an April fool joke of McKinleyism.
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Dingley
Supreme Court
Senate
Custom House
Dingleyites
Congress
Bicycles as Baggage Legislation Passes in New Jersey
The New Jersey Legislature approved a law allowing passengers to transport one bicycle as baggage with their railroad ticket at no extra charge. After a ten week contest, the measure passed by a large House majority and nearly unanimously in the Senate. The piece argues Massachusetts could adopt a similar provision, noting railroads opposed the idea in New Jersey but the plan proved feasible there.
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New Jersey
Senate
Massachusetts
Railroads Face Local Wheelmen Rules in Massachusetts
In New Jersey the wheeling ground for New York and Philadelphia, the plan could extend to Massachusetts where railroads would be required to provide for local wheelmen only.
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New Jersey
New York
Philadelphia
Massachusetts
Nurses Home Site Fund Approved by City Council
The Common Council passed a 101000 appropriation for a nurses home site at City Hospital by a 51 to 18 vote. The action allows the $100,000 bequest for the nurses home to be used immediately, with Post editorials praising the decision and trustees’ integrity.
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Post
Common Council
City Hospital
Who Owns the Streets in Boston
A Massachusetts Senate rejection of a bill authorizing Boston to run a short street side electric line raises questions about public rights. The piece argues streets belong to the people, not private corporations, and calls for a remedy or a general law to secure public access.
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State Senate
Boston
Senate
Massachusetts
Draper to Succeed as U S Ambassador to Italy
The Post notes General William Franklin Draper will become ambassador to Italy, a choice credited to Massachusetts and to President McKinley. Draper rose from Massachusetts regiment to brigade command, served two Congress terms, and is praised for his public and business career.
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William Franklin Draper
United States
Italy
Massachusetts
McKin
Ley
Draper
Congress
Long
London
Osborne
Ohio
Clan McKinley
The Observant Citizen Notes From A Civic Notebook
The writer recounts small city vignettes including a cat rescued from a tree with a ladder, two women smoking tobacco on a Jamaica Plain lawn, a costly buttonhole watch fad, and a bicycle rider aided by a dog amid street commotion plus brief remarks on watering carts and street life.
Unclear excerpts from Boston letter reveal social jests and travel tales
The writer shares thoughts on New Hampshire ice inspection laws and a chain of anecdotes about Boston society. A New York director visits Boston for a historical festival, jokes about Boston women, and a London bar tale about a captain’s punishment ends with a two year sentence.
Social whirl in Boston as Anderson Perkins wedding stalled
The Town Topics column notes the postponement of Miss Isabel Perkins and Larz Anderson’s Easter tide wedding due to Anderson’s forced wait for posting in Rome. It details Mrs Wolcott’s return to society life in Massachusetts, the governor’s social prominence, and snippets about Boston debutantes and engagements.
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Anderson-Perkins
Boston
Canada
Isabel Perkins
Larz Anderson
Washington
Anderson
Rome
Miss Perkins
George R. Fearing, Jr
New York
Hester Cochrane
Mary Thorndike
General Draper
George von Meyer
McKinley
Chandler Hale
Senator Hale
Cincinnati
April Fool's Day Leads to Lost Boy Reunited
Willy the paper boy, nicknamed Softy Willy, is sent on an April Fool joke that turns toward charity when Mrs. Burnham of Canada visits the Ladies Provident Clothing Society. She recognizes the boy’s initials as her long-lost child, adopted after a shipwreck, and takes him home.
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Boston
Canada
Mary
Benedict
Back Bay
Willy
Ed Brown
Softy
Pie Alley
Beacon Street
Burnham
Provident Society
Atlantic
Halifax
Peneceese
Ea Een
Hore
Aa Brown
Mrs J E Shopfer in Paris American colony spotlight
Mrs J E Shopfer niece of the late Mr Darling and widow of a noted New York Fifth Avenue hotel figure is popular in Paris among the American colony. Her husband is prominent in literary and scientific circles, and she plans a New York home next fall entertaining lavishly in her Parisian fashion.
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J. E. Shopfer
Paris
Miss Weathersbee
Suits for the Little Lad: Union designs described
The article reviews union suits for young boys, replacing two piece kilt suits. It notes fabrics such as pique, duck, denim and galatea and highlights a blue galatea model with araraged front and back, box pleats to the yoke, and belt fastening with steel.
Breakfast and dinner menu notes with recipes from Somerville
Daily table hints describe breakfast items such as Grape fruit Crullers and coffee, followed by a dinner of Mock bisque soup roast beef with Yorkshire pudding and vegetables, and supper with Ohio omelet and fruit cake. Recipe notes detail potted oatmeal mock bisque and whisked potatoes with steps and ingredients. T. Barber of Somerville signs off with stray lines.
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Ohio
T. Barber
School Street
Somerville
Mass
Little Man’s Garment Combines Comfort and Easy Care
A healthful children’s suit with shoulder‑carried weight and washable fabric. Designs include plain white pique waist with side‑pleated skirts, jackets with white embroidery, and blue duck options. Embroidered Irish point drapes over shoulders, driving home practicality and neat appearance. The latest styles emphasize durability and ease of washing.
Unclear Medical Advertisement From 19th Century Page
A fragment advertising John H. Woodbury with two decades of wart and disease cure experience. It mentions an address in Boston and offers a Beauty Book and sample facial soap for ten cents, urging self-treatment alternatives.
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John H. Woodbury
Winter St
Boston
Stage Talk at Boston Theatre Delights Crowded Audience
A large Boston Theatre audience enjoyed a varied program by the Boston Elks, featuring The Silent System by Goodwin and Elliott, scenes from In Old Kentucky and Colleen Bawn, songs by the Lynn Cadet Band and Florrie West, and appearances by Josie Harvey and Chiquita from the Zoo. Stage management by Lawrence McCarty kept the show smooth as Odette Tyler departs for London and Olive May steps into her role.
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Boston Elks
Boston Theatre
Mr. Goodwin
Miss Elliott
Blanche Walsh
Old
Kentucky
Colleen Bawn
New York
Il Trovatore
Castle Square Company
Lynn Cadet Band
Florrie West
California
Sam Collins
Foreman and West
Fadette Ladies’ Orchestra
Clarice Vance
Pp. Co. Shortis
Josie Harvey
Chiquita
the Zoo
Helen St. Clair
Ohn Carroll
Flynn
Walker
Warren B. Monroe
St. Andrew’s Church
Miss Shattuck
Monroe
Denman Thompson
Laura Burt
Old Kentucky
Miss Burt
Boston
Jessie Busley
Two Vagrafits
Halifax
Agnes Miller
Secret Service
London
Museum
Academy of Music
Alice Fischer
Tom Grogan
J. C. Miron
Tremont Theatre
Brockton
New England
J. K. Murray
Bey Gaspard
Miser
Ormandy
Castle Rouare
Julia Marlowe
Robert Tabor
Hollis
Miss Marlowe
Cuba
Columbia
Little Island
Marco “Twins
Keith
Alps
Austin & Stone’s Museum
Grand Opera House
Seymour Trio
Fred Ryder
Moulin Rouge Company
Palace Theatre
Niagara Falls
Falls
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Harrison Avenue
New Hampshire
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Stars OF the Tea Table
Cavid Perkins
Wolcott
Carlo Perkins
Bessie Ward
Sally Fairchild
Commonwealth Avenue
Martina Riker
James H. Proctor
Still Waters
St. Nicholas
Miss Riker
John L. Riker
James Remsen Strong
Miss May
the Post
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Kilton Sercer
Dorchester
Porter D.&c. Corr
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Lowndes
Maryland
Misa Grace McKinley
Haverhill
Caroline E&. Wilson
Mt. Holyoke Seminary
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Cecil Rhodes
Lancet
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General Ruggles
West Point
George S. Greene
Mr. Gladstone
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Isaac B
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Nat. C. Goodwin
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Robert Taber
Boston Museum
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William Gillette
Castle Theatre
Tremont St
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Normandy
Chas.e P. Atkinson
Adah Richmon Scollern
Lendeon
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Brooke
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Abbey, Schopffel & Grau, Ltd
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Metropolitan Orchestra
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Faust
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Otow
Martha
Grand Opera
Abbey, Schoeffel & Grau, Ltd
Grand Opera Dept
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Wwe
Goday
Keith’s
Playhouse of the Country
Marco Twins
Robert Hilliard
Salace
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Moulin Rouge
Taian
Nickelodeon
Hanover St
Mack Johnson
Parmena
Needle
Punch
Mabel Chester
Cole & Bryant
May Sisters
Mlle
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Howard
Rltire
City Sports Burlesque CO
Ryan
Washington and
Dover Sts
Forster and Evans
O’brien
Jennings
R. Lang
Axe
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Ernie Paur
Afriday
Mir
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Leo Schulz
Oberon
Weber
Handel
Overture
Tannhauser
Kent
Peterson
Litchfield
Stafford
Urquhart
West Newton Street
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Poverty Party
Albany
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State Street
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