No More Night Work for Children Emancipation Move
The Massachusetts Senate unanimously adopted Cox of Lawrence’s amendment to the minors bill making night work illegal for children in textile factories. The measure, aimed at closing evasions of child labor laws, is expected to pass the House and become law within days, with a future step toward women workers.
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State Senate
Cox
Lawrence
Guild
House
Massachusetts
George S. Taft
Worcester County
South
Legislature urged to seek coal relief from Congress
Representative Burnett of Melrose has introduced a resolve in the House asking Congress to suspend the import duty on coal during strike troubles. The measure is with the rules committee as new business. The public seeks permanent relief and calls for coal to be placed on the free list.
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New York
Baer
Coal Trust
Mitchell
Burnett of
Melrose
Congress
Committee On
House
Massachusetts
Coal Policy Debate Reflects Free List Demands
The text argues coal should be freed from tariff taxation permanently, citing coal consumers’ past reluctance after a similar three year episode. It notes Representative Burnett’s stance as a prudent, strong stand for government-wide regulation, echoing a 1903 precedent urging Congress to regulate the entire anthracite mining industry.
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Burnett
Congress
Hides and Other Things Citizens Favoring Change in Tariffs
The piece criticizes Massachusetts Republicans in Congress for failing to secure tariff revisions including restoring hides to the free list. It notes they urged a hearing with Chairman Payne and held caucuses but will take no action harmful to Republican interests. Massachusetts benefits only with a Democratic House.
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Washington
Payne
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Massachusetts
Harvard votes to accept new football rules for season
The Harvard athletic committee adopts the intercollegiate rules with football on probation at Harvard. Overseers are not expected to block the decision and compliance is anticipated. If the rules fail to improve character and appeal, hostility may grow, and Harvard may need broader changes at Cambridge to regain leadership.
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Harvard Athletic Committee
Intercollegiate
Harvard
Cambridge
All Sorts Dear Josephine Pen Recalls Ink and Crisis
A humorous letter from EDITOR ALL sorts to Josephine recounts a fountain pen gift that fills itself with a twist of a thumbscrew. The writer muses on leaving writing for a minstrel act, notes clean hands, and jokes about a fire in Rome and a debutante reporter.
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Josephine Dooley
Bromfield Street
Boston
Mass
Josephine
President Harrison dies. Bridgeport cartridge factory blast
In Bridgeport Connecticut a cartridge factory explosion kills three workers. The same day April 4 1841 marks the death of President William Henry Harrison, prompting national mourning.
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Harrison
Bridgeport, Conn
Boston Figures in Washington and Malden Social Roundup
Still missing in action reports mark Rev Edward Hale’s 84th birthday celebrations in Washington and Boston friends. Boston notables including Arthur Beebe and C W Bowditch are among winter visitors at Santa Barbara.
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Washington
Edward Everett Hale
D. D
Boston
United States Senate
Santa Barbara
Cal
Arthur Beebe
C. W. Bowditch
N. W. Rice
Anna Rice
Shaw
Jerome Jones
Robert H. Stevenson
William T. Eustis
H. D. Eustis
Walter Stevenson
Helen Stevenson
Mary
S. B. Eustis
Paittee
Bachelors and Burglar Fears From Haverhill to Boston
In a Haverhill background profile, Attorney General William H. Moody is noted as a prominent bachelor with a Washington career and local ties. The piece shifts to a Boston household tale of Miss Eliza and Miss Jane Hunter who confront a burglar warning in a Patrick Henry era mirror, only to discover a large tortoise-shell cat under the bed.
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William H. Moody
United States
Haverhill
Newbury
Phillips Academy
Harvard
Massachusetts
Moody
Navy
Washington
Hoe
Boston
Capitol City
Hunter
White House
Hunter's Hill
Eliza
Miss Jane
Miss Eliza
Zion’s Herald
L’abbe Constantin
Jane
Bill gives federal control of quarantine stations
Washington April 3 After a lengthy fight in the House representatives from many Southern states argued for state sovereignty a bill passed 202 to 26 placing control of all quarantine stations grounds and anchorages under the Secretary of the Treasury He shall establish necessary stations on seacoast or inland to cope with yellow fever.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
The Gentler Sex on Threads and Fashion
A collection of satirical quotes on female fashion and sewing habits from several papers. The entries joke about thread biting by women, dress necklines in stores, lazy husbands, and back-buttoned waists claimed to improve posture and appearance.
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Atchison
Kan
Punny Confidences and Biblical Blunders
A quirky slice shows snippets from jokes and parlor quips. The piece blends lines about pipe dreams horse temps and double vision with a biblical riff on Lot and his wife ending in a saltstone quip and a bashful retort.
Champagne Advice on Engagement Delay
Dear Miss Champagne, a 22 year old woman asks if she should press a marriage proposal after a two year courtship. The answer suggests gentle talk to confirm the fiance's intent, noting he may be shy and that she should not worry unless he falters.
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Miss Champagne
The Coming of the Daffodils by Alfred Austin
A poetic meditation on spring’s arrival as displaying imagery of daffodils larks celandine and gorse. The verse traces streams birds lambs and lovers awakening nature and romance as April dawns with Mayday awaited. From the Independent.
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Alfred Austin
England
Gorse
Mavis
Merle
Reader Seeks Advice On Theatre Plans And Promised Date
A reader writes Miss Champagne seeking guidance after she bought tickets for herself and her mother when a steady gentleman had offered to pay and take her. The writer notes his disappointment that she kept a promised night for her mother and questions whether his demand to be included is fair. The columnist defends her right to change plans but warns against breaking agreed arrangements.
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Miss Champagne
Post
Iie
European society letters reveal long oceanic exodus to sunny shores
A Boston society note lists many prominent residents and their travel plans sailing from East Boston on the Saxonia Campania Slavonia and Admiral Farragut. Notables like Miss Natica Inches Frederick O Briggs and Mary Bigelow prepare extended summers abroad and return plans vary from weeks to months.
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John Chester Inches
Marlboro Street
Natica Inches
Boston
Saxonia
Alanson Bigelow
Ivernia
Bigelows
Cohasset
Charles H. W. Foster
E. M. Shepherd
Florence D. Shepherd
Naples
Trieste
J. A. Lowell Blake
Beacon Street
Bradford Norman
New York
Coamo
Porto Rico
John Bryant
Somerset Club
Tropics
Norman
Holland House
Albert S. Bigelow
Gloucester Street
Francis Rogers
Bruno Huhn
Allen M. Sumner
Commonwealth Avenue
Egypt
Europe
Herman F. Vickery
Boston Nurses’ Club
William E. Chenery
Augustus Thorndike
Charles P. Curtis
William T. Sedgwick
Francis B. Harrington
Elbridge G. Cutle
Maurice Richardson
George W. Gay
J. Foster Bush
Charles F. Folsom
George M. Garland
Frank M. Seamans
Alton Place
Brookline
Atlantic City
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Pittsburg Nationals
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Taunton
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William H. Garland
London
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Washington, D.C
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Fast Express
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Lot
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Independent
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