Boston Harbor Improvements Urged by Commerce Interests
The Boston port, second largest in the nation, needs expanded harbor channels to handle modern steamships. Only about 10 percent of exports are local, with national markets relying on Boston facilities. Advocates urge Congress to fund a broad harbor project through persistent effort.
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Washington
Boston
House Committee
Congress
Emery
Massachusetts Harbor and Land Commission
West
Senate Debate Over Popular Election Of Senators
The article discusses opposition to a constitutional amendment for electing U S senators by popular vote. It cites Senator Hoar’s views on the potential loss of state equality, the current flaws of legislative selection, and arguments that popular elections could prevent scandals and restore equality in representation.
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United States Senate
House
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Hoar
Gcomen
Senate
Conway
Moor
Clark
Quay
aAdricks
Republican anti trust plank hinted by House subcommittee
The House judiciary committee subcommittee signals a two step plan for antitrust policy. It seeks a constitutional amendment giving Congress broad power and extensions of the Sherman act to enhance enforcement. The note raises questions about interstate versus state jurisdiction and federal reach over trusts.
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House Judiciary Committee
Congress
New Jersey
Delaware
New York
Massachusetts
Campaign Service Statements Declared Ineligible For Session
A fragment notes that certain campaign service statements were announced but cannot be acted upon at the current session. The text emphasizes impossibility of action and confines the matter to a political context without further details.
Porto Rico to Get Roads and Rail Privileges Under New Rule
A week from next Tuesday Governor Allen will take office over Porto Rico with promises of rapid railroad franchise access. The Executive Council will grant or deny public rights, while Congress can annul railroad and telegraph concessions, leaving locals with little power under McKinley era policies.
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Allen
Porto Rico
McKinley
United Rates
Executive Council
Congress
William McKinley
Wiliam McKinley
The June Convention and the Philadelphia Fund Saga
The Philadelphia bid of 100000 for the national convention unfolds into a farce as only 84000 of the guarantee fund is accounted for and a third 26000 instalment is unacknowledged. The city government bought a building for the meeting but tax funds may cover fitting it up, while Mayor reads the balance to cover this expense. McKinley’s renomination remains expected despite the comic financing.
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Philadelphia
Hanna
McKinley
Observant Citizen reports crowding and cheerful scenes around Boston
The Observant Citizen notes crowded car runs by the Boston Elevated Company and lively Lexington Concord celebrations with police crowd control. Walter Gilman Page plans an Australia tour and Governor Crane endures sunlit reviewing from the Old Belfry balcony. A social event at Winthrop Hall draws Boston society and cautions on crowd etiquette and storm skirts.
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Walter Gilman Page
Boston
Australia
Westland Avenue
Governor Crane
Lexington
VOX MILITANTIS Poem On War and Duty
A poem reflecting on soldiers in battle in the dawn of a grim war. It asks if the fighters were weary of combat and recalls the pull of duty and honor as life and death reshape the field of vision.
Porto Rico and Cable Plans Dominate Editorials
Editorials from multiple papers react to Porto Rican citizenship, the Pacific telegraph cable project under Navy direction with a 3 million dollar appropriation, and tariff debates. They call the Porto Rican incident closed, praise the cable initiative, and criticize the compromise tariff and war taxes affecting taxpayers.
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Republic
Baltimore Herald
Chicago Tribune
Senate
San Francisco
Honolulu
Navy Department
Japan
Philippine Islands
Brooklyn
Tiree York
Whimsical Prose Snippets Across Papers
A jumble of quips and cartoons from various papers mocks politics gender and society. Snatches reference water famines, poster girls, aging, real estate slumps, and colonial conflicts via brief, humorous exchanges.
A Count’s Turkish-Harem Rescue Romance
A traveler recounts aiding the rescue of Sylvia, a betrothed Italian woman trapped in Constantinople. After her father’s death and mysterious disappearance, an English friend helps locate her at a harem. Diplomats pressure the Porte, and Sylvia is freed and later marries the narrator’s companion. The tale ends with a wedding feast.
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Europe
T. Chanance
Rome
Sighore
Signor
Titian
East
Sylvia
Constantinople
Emilio
Norrow
Ahmad Bey
Fatima
Via
Abdurrahmar Pasha
Porte
Signora
Italy
Odd Bits of News from Far and Wide
A collection of brief items notes Spitzbergen illness rarity, Spanish South American union dreams, submarine cable costs and investments, England's Garden City concept, London's gold shipments to the Cape during the Boer War, Miss Lillian Blakeslee’s recovery after coughing up a collar button, a Russian paper in China, Sierra Leone education prize, Holland's national suffrage effort, and a Paris air navigator prize for circling the Eiffel Tower in thirty minutes.
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Spitzbergen
South America
England
London
Cape
Lillian Blakeslee
Corry
Penn
China
Russia
Board of Education of
Sierra Leone
Holland
Woman's Suffrage Association
Paris
Longchamps
Eiffel Tower
About Some Women And Racing Nobility
The widowed Duchess of Westminster plans to race under the name Mr Norman using Flying Fox and other fine horses from her late husband’s stud and colors. The Duchess of Montrose was the last high ranking woman to race under a noble title. The Baroness de Rothschild donated 20000 francs to Paris hospitals this month. A man reportedly went over Niagara Falls leaving his estate to Lillian Russell, though the press agent remains unidentified. William Dean Howells gave 100 dollars to a widow relief fund for killed soldiers in the Philippines.
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Duchess of Westminster
Mr. Norman
Flying Fox
Duchess of Montrose
Baroness de Rothchild
Niagara Falls
Lillian Ruussell
William Dean Howells
Philippines
Breakfast and Dinner Items Listed in Daily Table Menu
A fragment lists breakfast and dinner items including buckwheat doughnuts wheat sugar tea and suet. It mentions potatoes chicken soup and frothingham avenue with scattered words like bones and cartoonish notes. The readable text reads as a menu draft from an old calendar.
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Owl
Mont. Pole
Frothingham Avenue
Seventeen Year Old Girl Flees Adopted Mother
Fannie May Young, seventeen, escaped from 66 Massachusetts Avenue after a quarrel and sought refuge at police headquarters. An escort claimed mistreatment and referenced a $30,000 potential inheritance, as Mrs. Young contested guardianship and awaited a proper claim at the Chardon Street Home.
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Fannie May Young
Massachusetts Avenue
Chardon Street
Charlestown
Allen Street
Police
Station 2
Miss Young
Julia Young
Post
James Lennon Cheese
State Street
Horn
Ernest Hiler
Tower & North
Mrs. Young
South End
Men of Many Callings Highlight Notables Across Spheres
The piece surveys figures from religion to labor, academia to the arts. It notes the Duke of Norfolk’s sword blessing in a cardinal’s chapel, Beveridge’s fraternity ties, England’s labor hours tribute to Lord Avebury, Belmont funding a Mt Morris Park monument, sculptor Bissell’s plan to raise 50000, and Vezin’s fiftieth anniversary in Stratford. It also mentions Cushman Davis’ lecture invite and Dr Gordon’s mission work in Hawaii. Brown University president Faunce reports on endowment progress.
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Duke of Norfolk
London
Africa
Cardinal Vaughan
Beveridge
du Pau University
England
Lord Avebury
Sir John Lubbock
August Belmont
Mt. Morris Park
New York City
Baron
Baroness de Hirsch
George E. Bissell
Herman Vezin
Stratford-on-Avon
Cushman K. Davis
University of Chicago
M. Lafayette Gordon
American Board
Kioto
Japan
Hawaiian Evangelies Desociation
Honolulu
Islands
Faunce
Brown Universit
Unce
New American Bishops Preconized in Secret Consistory
In Rome on April 19 the Pope held a secret consistory and preconized bishops for the Americas. Names include Mar Donato Sbarretti for Havana Mgr Kiely for Savannah and Mgr Bertran dorth for Vancouver.
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Rome
Mar. Donato Sbarretti
Havana
Mgr. Kiely
Savannah
Mgr
Bertrandorth
Vancouver
Coakley Addresses The Philippines At Bnai Zion Event
Mr. Tinemiu Coakley speaks on the Philippines at a Bnai Zion gathering titled The Flag over the Philippines. The address outlines national ties and the meaning of the flag in the colonial context.
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T. W. Coakley
Philippines
Bnai Zion Eecesee 8
Tinemiu Coakley
Whitney Dead. Boston Transcript Official Dies After Illness
Frederick B. Whitney longtime business manager and assistant treasurer of the Boston Transcript died yesterday at his residence, 1845 Worcester Street. He fell ill with the grip two weeks ago, developed pneumonia, and was unconscious for two days. Whitney had been prominently identified with the paper for about 25 years.
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Frederick B. Whitney
The
Boston Transcript
Worcester Street
Mr. Whitney
M. Whitney
Beach crowds thicken as holiday draws visitors to the ocean
An ideal beach day drew crowds by car, bicycle and steamboat, with early doubts fading as noon sun encouraged trips to the shore. Nantasket steamboat operators reported heavy passenger usage and lively crowds along the coast.
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Nantasket
Memorial for Boston Transcript executive Whitney
The Boston Transcript mourns the loss of a longtime executive who joined in the early 60s and rose to assistant treasurer guiding the paper’s business. He represented the paper with the Associated Press and the Newspaper Publishers’ Association and helped install many organizational branches. He is survived by two daughters. funeral services are set for Sunday at Union Congregational Church at 2 PM with private burial.
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The
Boston Transcript
William Durant
Transcript
Whitney
Associated Press
Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Severa Mutual Benefit Associations
Union Congregational Church
Henry Demas Dies in New Orleans
Henry Demas a prominent Black politician in the South is dead in New Orleans. He was once nominated by the president to collect duties but his integrity was challenged and the nomination was rejected by the customs service.
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New Orleans
Henry Demas
South
C Mioy
Oe Utes
J R Clark Dies, Noted 60s Golf Pioneer
James R Clark, one of the era's earliest professional golfers, died at age 1? The text recalls his fame with clubs in the 1960s and marks him as a pioneer in the sport.
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James Ne
Nantasket Park Rebuild Aims For A Bustling Summer Season
Residents and officials discuss Nantasket redevelopment plans as park facilities from the Chutes to the Tivoli are slated for demolition or renovation. Plans include a new clam bake pavilion, revived band concerts, and expanded beach access, with Wade’s Ocean View and Rockland House among properties affected.
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Myles
J. O. Burdett
Nan
Burdett
Atlantic Hill
Nantusket
Nantasket
Rockland
Wade
Ocean View
Fairhaven House
D. O. Wade
Clam Bake Place
Rockland House
Prectisally
Ce Mer
Flo
Oockland Cafe
Ocean Side
de Peazetyoerereeg
Kenberma
Lerton
Stony Beach
Revere Reservati
Revere
Winthrop
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Earl Percy
Lexington Public Library
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Roxbury
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Ludwig Fulda
Germany
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Observant Citizen
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Boston Elevated Company
Christ Church
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Paul Revere
Old Town
Boston & Maine
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Upham’s Corner
Dorchester Society
Frank W. Hollis
Porcine
VOX Militantis
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Kentucky Court of Appeals
Taylor
Beckham
United States
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Baltimore Sun
Patience
Patrice
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Detroit Journal
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May E. Baylies
Longfellow Street
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