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Open Wheeling Season Grips City and Suburbs
Crowds of cyclists pour onto city streets and suburban roads under a bright April sun. The piece notes a rapid rise in wheeling as a popular sport and a broad community campaign for good roads and health, with both young and old participating.
McKinley tariff would raise clothing costs for average workers
The piece argues the McKinley tariff combines specific and ad valorem duties to inflate woollen goods costs. It calculates a $10 suit rising from $14 under the old 40 percent ad valorem rate to $22 or $26 under the new structure, noting the burden falls on the poor and middle class. The author critiques the framers for concealing the tax via complex rates.
Boston Augers Against McCarthy Bill in Charter Fight
The text argues Boston should vote on all charter changes and condemns the McCarthy bill for attempting to force a city government overhaul without a referendum. It warns such moves undermine citizen rights and demand public approval on any charter amendment.
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Floods Sweep Missouri Valley As Waves Pour South
The Mississippi floods surge toward the gulf with record volumes washing over the delta and lowlands. Cities along the river face growing destruction as multiple waves advance from St Paul to St Louis, threatening more damage and property loss.
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Flood Devastation Across Mississippi Valley Seeks Relief
Describes massive flood destruction spanning miles of railroad and vast areas, leaving tens of thousands homeless and hundreds drowned. Criticizes levee and channel deepening, urges upstream prevention and immediate federal relief for valley sufferers, calling on Congress to act.
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Mississippi
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Congress
The Speculative Situation Repeats Market Bear Run
The week’s stock market moved toward bears with generally lower prices. Tariff legislation, the trans Missouri freight ruling, and coal property declines weigh on sentiment. Broad uncertainty and selling pressure persist while major buyers stay on the sidelines. The public’s bearish stance signals a potential buying opportunity if a rebound occurs.
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Supreme Court
Wall Street
Russell Sage
World wide oiling device for ships praised by mariners
An Observant Citizen report describes a simple cable attached oil-distribution device for ships that senses cable tension to regulate flow, usable on sea anchors and drag gear. Inventor sold invention to a leading wire company. analysts predict strong bicycle sales amid busy orders and high demand for luxury bikes. The piece also notes satire on cadets and Harvard Pi Eta, Governor pressures, and a baton gift to violin teacher Eugene Gruenberg plus local political jabs about nurses’ home funding and Charley Innes’s remarks at the State House.
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Hatteras
Sea Captain Recalls Island Passion and Fatal End
A sea captain recounts a storm tale then recalls a tropical romance that ends in tragedy. He describes a brown island girl, their idyllic life, and his return to the sea followed by the lover’s suicide and his lover’s murder with his knife on the shore.
Mrs A J Marchant Wins Post Menu Prize
Mrs A J Marchant of 102 Jacques Street Winter Hill wins the Post Menu prize of five dollars for the previous week. Her menu appeared in the Post on Tuesday morning March 30.
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Post Letter Box Readers Defend Rector Amidlocal Unity Efforts
A note to the editor from members of the Men’s Club of St Matthew’s Church in South Boston defends Rev A E George for promoting Christian unity. They accuse critics of misunderstanding the district’s spiritual needs and affirm unwavering loyalty to their rector.
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South Boston
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Daily Table Menu and Recipes from Milltown Me
Breakfast and dinner menus with specific dishes and a set of recipe instructions for potato soup macaroni bake potato puff and cabbage salad. The note credits Miss Lida Blanchard of Milltown Maine as author or contributor.
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Lida Blanchard
Milltown
Seventh Regiment to visit Boston Cadets for Memorial Day junket
The Seventh Regiment plans a two day trip from New York to Providence and Boston at end of May. Organizers expect about 1000 men in gray uniforms with knapsacks and white crossbelts. They will parade on Boston Common, attend band concerts, and join a dedication for Colonel Robert Shaw. The trip costs about 15000 dollars, funded by the regiments members contributing 15 dollars each.
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Mayflower Log Returns From London Aid U S History
The Mayflower log returned from London sparks goodwill toward the United States. Governor William Bradford’s 270 page history covers the voyage, early Plymouth colony, and nearly forty years after landing. It chronicles letters and documents and marks a cornerstone of New England history and the Boston Public Library. Bradford, born 1588 in Austerfield, outlines his life, travels, and the Pilgrims with vivid detail.
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Laugh With Us and Quick Quips From Dailies
A collage of humorous quotes from Chicago Record and Tribune humor pages. Jests about watches, pups, camels, and former husbands mix with wry remarks on politics and travel. The snippets showcase light satire and social banter from early 20th century newspapers.
New Skirt Materials For The Season
The average reader wants material suggestions for a separate skirt. Wool canvas is predicted as the most popular fabric this season and new skirts should be made from it.
Latest Fashion Notes on Fabrics for Full Dress
Fine alpaca returns as a popular fabric in white and soft pinks and heliotrope. Barege remains scarce as crepons are cut. Lace skirts regain favor for full dress, black or white, with black silk or satin for all occasions. Gross grain silk leads in popularity. Separate skirts persist, skirt material used in waist ensembles. A green striped canvas gown uses skirt fabric for blouse sleeves and heliotrope yoke epaulets and belt.
Murphy Mass Meeting in Bromfield Street Church
Francis Murphy speaks at a grand gospel temperance mass meeting in Bromfield Street Church today at noon under the Evangelistic Association of New England. There is no admission fee. The Moody choir leads singing and gospel singers perform solos.
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Gladys Van derbilt edits Spring Blossoms paper
Miss Gladys Van derbilt 10, daughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt, edits Spring Blossoms for Episcopal Mission House in New York. Her piece My Japanese Bracelet describes five charms a Japanese bracelet. a boat, a fish, a pipe, a bird in a cage, and a kimono-shaped charm, noting meanings may be revealed later.
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New York
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Princess Sophia blamed for German hostility toward Greece
Princess Sophia, wife of the Crown Prince of Greece, is said to be the cause of much of the hostility shown by Germany toward the Greek nation. She is described as influencing German sentiment against Greece.
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Greece
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Various World Notes and Appointments Span Europe and America
Reports recount a sister of the Kaiser abandoning the Greek faith angering him, Thurber preserving a presidential chair in Detroit, Dr. Nansen seeking to name a Siberian peninsula after King Oscar with consent from royalty and Russians, Bishop Joosten dying of leprosy after ministering to leprosy patients, a nitroglycerin blast in Ohio leaving a marked silver dollar, John W. Gowdy nominated consul general at Paris noted for boots and blunt manners, and the aristocratic Spanish Count Don Fernando Diaz De Mendoza among notable figures.
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Indiana
Paris
Amateur actor denied by council of state
Count Balazote brother of the Countess San Luis and brother in law of the Duchess de la Torre showed promise as an amateur actor but chose professional life. The council of state refused to permit him to use his name and titles in his adopted profession. The diary of Sir Charles Murray in Cornhill Magazine offers a vivid Windsor 1844 scene with a seven by four foot straw bed for Czar Nicholas. Professor Low of Cornell optimistic about tuberculosis victory, noting long path but eventual eradication.
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Cornell University
Rhode Island Governor Nominee from Fishermen Family
Daniel T. Church, Rhode Island Democrats nominee for governor, is the eldest of six brothers in the menhaden fisheries. Their steamer Seven Brothers leads a large fleet. The Providence Journal praises Church as the U S fisheries expert. Willis Van Devanter, new Interior Department assistant attorney general, is 38, Indiana born, DePauw graduate, former Cheyenne chief justice, and two time state Republican committee chair.
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Tribute to Dr. Edward Everett Hale on his 75th birthday
A Boston letter-worne tribute dated April 3 1897 honors Dr Edward Everett Hale on his seventy fifth birthday. Samuel Dunlop writes of his spiritual influence and literary genius praising the preacher as a teacher of God and champion of reform while praising his life and home.
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