Czar’s assurances in Manchuria spark debate on sincerity
The piece weighs Russian notes through Count Cassini and the State Department. It questions whether Russia intends to leave Manchuria and whether recent moves reflect earnest disinterested aims or a strategic ploy. It notes prior promises and a possible secret Chinese treaty and urges cautious credit to Russia’s original declarations.
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Cassini
Washington
China
State Department
Manchuria
United States
Russia
St. Petersburg
Election officers and the push for voting machines
The Board of Election Commissioners reports inefficiency among precinct officers and clerks, urges reforms, and suggests using voting machines to ensure accurate vote counting. They note current clerks often lack required capacity and propose broader candidate pools or juror-like selection, with Boston seeking authority to procure machines.
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Board of Election Commissioners
Boston
Trusts In The Saddle Knox Appointment Angers Critics
The article argues that President McKinley’s appointment of Philander C. Knox as Attorney General, following J Pierpont Morgan’s meeting, ties the cabinet to big corporate trusts. It criticizes Knox as a trusted lawyer for monopolies and claims the choice harms the administration’s credibility.
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Mr. Knox
Knox
Trusts
McKinley
McKinley Confessed on Civil Service Opponent Rodenberg
President McKinley said he did not know Rodenberg had voted against Civil Service reform when appointing him to the Civil Service Commission. Rodenberg claimed he warned the President and that the President knew of his hostility. The piece questions whether the appointment would have mattered if fully understood.
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McKinley
Rodenberg
Civil Service Commission
Secord
President and McKinley clash over civil service merit
The passage notes a Congress member and commissioner aligned with McKinley who supported breaking the civil service merit system, implying the President’s awareness and endorsement of antipathy toward reform.
Imperial policy opens gates to Hawaiian born Chinese
The Treasury in Washington ruled that Chinese born or naturalized in Hawaii on or before August 12 1898 are Hawaiian citizens and thus eligible for United States citizenship through annexation. The decision, not Supreme Court law, allows them equal rights at the polls, highlighting contradictions with Porto Ricans denied similar rights.
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Hawaii
Treasury
Washington
Hawaiian Islands
San Francisco
United States
Congress
Department
Supreme Court
Observant Citizen Seeks Witness Travel Aid and Local Memoir
A busy man faced a subpoena to New York and contemplated appeal while the U S marshal offered possible aid. The piece also honors violinist C C Gibson who died at 76, recounts his journey from Henniker to Boston to hear Ole Bull, and notes ecclesiastical observances and local yacht club news amid Passion Week reflections.
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C .C. Gibson
New Hampshire
Ole Bull
Boston
Gibson
Henniker
North
Music
Twenty one ounce Covert Cloth Spring Overcoats Shine
The new twenty one ounce Covert Cloth for young men’s spring overcoats is designed to hold shape better than lighter fabrics. Coats come in tan and olive, short boxy cut with narrow seams and strong body and satin linings. Also offered are Chesterfield Spring Overcoats in sizes 40 to 48 inches with Oxford and Cambridge styles and velvet collars.
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Oxford
Cambridge
Exhibition garments by four tailors appeal to gentry
The sale page touts twenty dollar overcoats and a line of high grade Spring Overcoats. Many feature silk lining, dyed colors, hand padded collars, reinforced seams, and careful finish. Produced and finished by four skilled tailors for exhibition quality.
Garment Etiquette Note From Galt Juli Label
A fragment notes pricing and labeling on garments by Galt Juli. The etiquette carries a price range mentioned as twenty five to thirty five dollars and a claim that all garments bear the designer name and designation.
New York Arrival Highlights Cuban Trade Talks
Dr. Cutler has returned from six weeks in Cuba in the service of the Cuban Commercial Company and speaks with enthusiasm about Cuban commercial opportunities. He arrived this week in New York aboard the transport Rawlins, courtesy of Major Baker, quartermaster-general of Cuba.
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Cuba
Dr. Cutler
New York
Rawlins
Major Baker
The South Wind Poem Excerpt from Woman's Home Companion
Poem extols the South Wind as the healer of spring and bringer of light, bloom, and gentle refreshment. Images of blossoms bee song wheat fields and lilac plumes describe its breeze as nurturing nature. The piece closes with a lyric invitation to savor its joy in springtime.
Governors Named by Correspondent for Several States
A correspondent requests the names of state governors including Wyoming De Forrest Richards Indiana Winfield T. Durbin Iowa Leslie M. Shaw Idaho Frank W. Hunt Connecticut George F. McLean California panty T. Gage Georgia Allen D. Chandler.
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Wyoming
de Forrest Richards
Indiana
Winfield T. Durbin
Iowa
Leslie M. Shaw
Idaho
Frank W. Hunt
Connecticut
George F. McLean
California
Panty T. Gage
Georgia
Allen D. Chander
The Post's Original Short Story by Mrs Brown
In a fireside scene at Tom's library, Captain Charlie Blake faces an old lover's past and a dangerous accusation. A narrator hints at a heroine's sacrifice and a plot to separate lovers, as Eleanor overhears a life changing tale and Charlie confronts the truth. Madge intervenes, guiding Charlie to Eleanor for answers.
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Tom
Charlie Blake
Philippines
Little Rivers
Eleanor Payson
Madge Ches
Eleanor
Charlie
Brother Billy
Margaret
Rudyard
Carson
Navy
Luzon
Billy
Bartlett
Madge
Blake
Ophir Arrives at Aden With Duke and Duchess of Cornwall
The Ophir steamship arrived at Aden on April 5 carrying the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall. They received the usual salutes and engaged in official visits. The royal party are reported in excellent health.
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Aden
Ophir
Duke and Duchess of Cornwall
Holmes Foretells Father of Child by Collar Marks
A Chicago Record Herald excerpt shows Sherlock Holmes, Jr. deducing a man’s paternity from collar marks, while companions marvel at his method. The piece sits beside brief gabs about eggs, trimming a bonnet, wind on a yacht, and a reader letter from Mrs Gertrude Zenora Lambert defending a race discussion.
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Mr. Holmes
Sherlock
Holmes
Chicago Record- Herald
Thomas
Gertrude Zenora Lambert
Lindall Place
Boston
Mass
Sunday Post Coupon Contest Winners Omitted This Week
Advertising pressure postpones printing of this week’s winners list. Finalists will be published in the Sunday Post along with the coupon for next week’s contest, the last in the series.
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Sunday Post
Dinner menu and dessert suggestions from Mrs B P Burn
A recipe list notes dinner items and desserts including picked fish popovers tomato soup banana fritters maple mousse and cake with tea. It gives measurements for a maple mousse sauce and whipped cream mixture and mentions Mrs B P Burn of 680 California Street Newtonville.
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B. P. Burn
California Street
Newtonville
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