Regulation of Telephone Firms Faces Legislature Directly
The Boston Post argues against delaying public service regulation via a stock watering committee. It stresses that public utilities must be supervised by the legislature, not left to a later panel. Senator Manning’s bill for telephone regulation is set to be debated Thursday. The piece warns the public against the committee’s supposed authority and notes the mercantile affairs panel nearly approved the bill.
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State House
Manning
Committee On Mercantile Affairs
Roosevelt Arrives in Boston in Hearty Welcome
The Vice-President Col onel Roosevelt drew a popular reception in Boston with a grand Lancers parade and formal ceremony. Citizens praised his personality as the crowd cheered him as cowboy, rough rider, and official figure, predicting a strong welcome for McKinley in July.
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Roosevelt
Boston
Providence
Lancers
Teddy
McKinley
Washington
New Comet Charms Skies With Two Tails Ahead
A bright orange two tailed comet is visible near the sun, promising a notable celestial season. Observers note its vivid display outshines dawn and speculate on its omen status amid historic precedents of comets signaling civil upheaval.
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Perseus
Health in Our Schools Demands Sanitary Upgrades
The Boston school system faces a health concern as many aging schoolhouses fail to meet sanitary standards. While new buildings show modern facilities, most structures are old and ill suited for children’s health. With about three million dollars spent yearly on schools, neglect is inexcusable.
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Alice Freeman Palmer
Boston
Spring Returns as City Awakens to Sunlit Streets
After cold drizzle and east wind, the city enjoys brighter days and rising temperatures. People shed overcoats, hats appear, and open cars run with full loads, signaling a refreshed urban life and budding nature. Flowers scent the air.
Mrs Nation’s Collapse and Reformers’ Sanity Question
The article contemplates Carrie Nation’s apparent mental breakdown as a result of her crusade and public turmoil in Wichita. It argues her insanity may be temporary or real, urges sequestration to restore balance, and warns reform supporters not to encourage dangerous zeal. It suggests reformers can be cranks without being insane.
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Carrie Nation
Wichita
Open car era brings fear and change to city transit
The Observant Citizen notes rising dangers with open cars as urchins cling to inner running boards and officials push for safety bars. It reports on new training for motormen and staff, then covers local scenes from Roosevelt escorts to stray April fools, with updates on residents' health and curfew enforcement in Somerville.
Two Newspaper Women Recall a Frightful Funeral Tale
In a crowded room two editors spin a tale of a sensational funeral they covered. The story follows Sordelia and Cordelia as they recall the Baxter street service with tuberoses, incense, and a striking red haired priest.
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Casey
Sordelia
Baxter Street
Ursuline
Cordelia
Boston
Ayers Avenue
Ian
Manuel Bonugn
Thaxter Street
Ninth Ward
Grey
Billy
The
Standard
Breakfast and Dinner Menu for Winthrop Beach, Mass
Daily Table Hints includes breakfast dishes like baked items and beefera with onions, lunch oyster salad with celery and mayonnaise, and dinner featuring roast beef with vegetables. The page gives oyster salad recipe and orange pudding, credited to Miss Ella Andrew of 7 Ocean Avenue, Winthrop Beach mass.
REMEMBERED VOICES IN MAY SMITH ERAEDED?
Fragmentary verse speaks of dead, triumph, and solemn echoes in ancient corridors. It mentions zealots, priests, sages, and an imprisoned queen gazing at the stars, all framed by May themes and mournful reminiscence.
First Day of President’s Pacific Tour Delights Virginia Crowds
The presidential party travels from Washington through Virginia hitting Charlottesville Lynchburg and Roanoke as crowds cheer at each stop. The President greets supporters from the rear platform and Mrs. McKinley waves from the observation car.
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Herd
Charles Emory Smith
John Hay
Flora Wilson
John D. Long
William McKinley
Ethan Allen Hitchcock
Bristol
Tenn
Pacific Coast
Norfolk & Western
Uthern Road
Washington
Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Lynchburg
Daniel
Virginia
Roanoke
Moving Day for Boston Voters and Tax Dodger Class
Voters hurry to Boston tonight to meet the May 1 residency rule as hotels expect a rush from suburbs. Assessors will require proof of Boston sleeping nights with witnesses to qualify for local franchise, while others flee to avoid taxation and voting duties.
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Boston
Cambridge
Lexington
Concord
Winthrop
Chelsea
Revere
Somerville
Board of Assessors
Golden Wedding Celebration in Chelsea
Mr and Mrs Joseph M Somes marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary in Chelsea with friends and family presenting gifts. The couple both 69 and 73, long prominent in local business, with four children and two grandchildren among the attendees.
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Joap Woomes
Bloomingdale Street
Chelsea
Somes
Maine
le Roy Currier
Hdward H. Werren
Daisy EB. Somes
Clinton E. St
Ralph
Kenneth © Granderen
Raanenne Currier
Mr. Littlefield
Frank B
Mr. Lamont
Henry Dunham
George H. Dunham
ER. A. Drowne
Hardy
Joseph Somes
Thieves Disrupt Boston Express Trade and Horses
A letter to the Post editor laments thieves targeting loaded express wagons in Boston. The writer urges stronger action to protect horses and improve express service for honest merchants and the public.
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Boston
Parlor Dialogue Bits and Newspaper Quips
A collage of short humorous exchanges and satirical asides from various papers. Snippets include a reader’s response to a literary scene with Washington revealed as a capuchin, reflections on advice and policy, quips about love and wealth, and a legislature joke about Paris footpads. The items read like light entertainment columns.
Weather Bureau Seat For Shanghai Reporter
A prominent statesman suggests a former Shanghai newspaper correspondent deserves a position in the weather bureau. The exchange frames a career shift from journalism to government service as a test of fitness for public work.
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Shanghai
Weather Bureau
Baltimore
America
Hub bub over rain checks and snow checks in baseball
Amid hissed gossip a magnate laments fans balking at rain checks. The scene shifts to a wry exchange about snow checks and memory fades as a famed writer and others discuss love letters, aging, and a magazine that rebrands every few weeks.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Odds and Ends From The World In Brief
A roundup notes Copenhagen’s Oval Park deer enclosure at 4200 acres. Locusts in Italy termed little horses and hay horses in German. Australia’s wool clip rose from 20000 tons in 1821 to 2700000 tons. Abyssinia volumes given to Emperor Menelik. Banana farming grows in Southern California though less than tropical success. Golodaevka Russia treasure of 217 ancient silver coins found. Small schooners head to the Bahamas to load pipes for Philadelphia and Baltimore. China beheads criminals. executioners can complete beheadings in 18 seconds. Mexico sold the U S sisal grass for 100000 dollars in September. nine months rise over 60 percent from 1899. Kokomo badge No 3 abolished after every officer dies within a year since adoption. New York club buys 1700 acres in western Massachusetts as a game preserve with a stocking lake, private stables, and cottages.
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Copenhagen
Australia
Abyssinia
Menelik
California
Golodaevka
Tehembar
Russia
Bahamas
Philadelphia
Baltimore
China
Mexico
United States
Kokomo
Ind
New York
Massachusetts
Bancroft Gunboat Arrives for Decommissioning
The United States gunboat Bancroft under Lieutenant W L Howard arrived at the navy yard from Norfolk to be decommissioned as it is deemed too small for Mississip River service and other waters. Machias will take her place and repairs at the yards continue. Paxter reports return to duty yesterday after several days of repairs.
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United States
Bancroft
W. L., Howard
Navy Yard
Norfolk
Navy Department
Mississip River
Boston schools judged as barely clean and underfunded
Mrs Alice Freeman Pamer raised concerns on school conditions while Dr James A McDonald condemned outsiders for judging Boston schools without direct knowledge. He cited outdated buildings and funding battles between the City Council and state authorities, noting frequent infections and poor sanitation reported by Health Department doctors.
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Alice Freeman Pamer
Boston
Massachusetts
Paris
Sctho
Board of Health
Opi
Hosea * Knowlton
A.’ J. Batley
Anna Barrows
Committee On Hygiene
Tren
Letter to the Editor on Christian Science and Methodist conflict
Alfred Farlow of First Church of Christ Scientist writes to repeat reverence for Christ, defend Christian Science against suspicions, and note sin remains while urging moral conduct. He questions Mr Buckley and argues judgment by fruits, not creeds, in response to a Brooklyn conference resolution.
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New York Easto
Methodist Episcopal Church
Brooklyn
S. E. Simonson
J. M. Buckley
Earth
Alfred Farlow
First Church of Christ
the Westminster
Young Women for Suffrage Reception in Dorchester
Alice Stone Blackwell reports on three fourths of suffrage objections being democracy related. A joint reception by the Young Women’s Political Club and College Equal Suffrage League, featuring Russian tea and speakers Maud Wood Park, etc., brings together working and college women amid the suffrage movement.
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John Graham Brooks
Faneui
Young
College
Your Women’s Political Club
Thy
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R. Liewellyn
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Joseph M. Somes
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