Canadian Reprisals Loom If Fordney Tariff Passes
A serious matter is raised as Canada may retaliate against the Fordney tariff by canceling privileges for American fishing vessels in Canadian ports. New England fishermen rely on Canadian harbors for bait and fishing grounds off Canadian and Newfoundland coasts. Abrogating these privileges could threaten the Yankee fishing industry and warrants careful tariff deliberation in Washington.
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Lipton’s Undying Pursuit of the America’s Cup
Sir Thomas Lipton remains undaunted by defeat and vows to challenge again for the America’s Cup. American yachtsmen hope his forthcoming boat will be a first rate craft, and the sport would gain if Americans regain the challenger role. Best wishes extend to Lipton whether he wins or loses.
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Rent Usurers Steer Boston Rent Increases
Boston landlords push fourth rent hike amid a home shortage and rising costs. Banks limit lending, but Metro Life Insurance steps in, offering loans up to 50 percent of a home amounting to at most $5000 to support construction and affordability.
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Metro- Life Insurance Company
Springfield Adopts Profitable Plan Inspiring Boston Try
A remark praises Springfield’s 80 profitable outcome and suggests Boston should attempt the same approach. The speaker urges local officials to consider replicating the plan in their own state capital.
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Critics ignore facts in Sacco and Vanzetti case
Dr. Charles F. Dole argues for Sacco and Vanzetti, claiming the state spent little on their defense, while the writer notes the defense incurred over $60,000 and that Judge Webster Thayer offered unlimited funds, with police costs folded in. The piece defends the trial as fair and urges accurate reporting.
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Peace With Germany Lease Lawsuit Signals War End Dispute
In Washington Frederic C Walcott once a dollar a year aid to Hoover rented Robert B Roosevelts house He gave three months notice to quit at end of war Roosevelts suit seeks 1750 dollars for three months rent claiming peace proclamation will end war Walcott argues end of hostilities was the parties intent This legal clash foreshadows broader postwar disputes likely to reach the Supreme Court
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Gold Behind Every Federal Reserve Note Signals Stronger Economy
The United States now holds about 101 cents in gold for every paper dollar in reserve banks, a recovery from the wartime peak. Since December 1920 the elastic currency contracted by retiring 868 million dollars while gold reserves rose by about 500 million, lifting the reserve ratio from 42 to 63 percent and hinting at renewed business expansion once frozen loans thaw.
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Federal Reserve
Truckman Cleared in Wall Street Explosion Case
Giuseppe Te Filipis, a Bayonne New Jersey truckman, was freed after a US commissioner dismissed the complaint. He proved he was loading freight cars in Bayonne when the Wall Street blast occurred, ending the DOJ investigation.
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Hitchcock
Patience and Nature Teach a Quiet Lesson
A folksy monologue credits patience with personal growth and calm, slow action. It contrasts irritability with steadiness, praising restraint, simple tasks, and enjoying small garden chores while a folk narrator reflects on enduring friendship and the quiet rhythms of rural life.
What the Sphinx Says on Roses and Dalliance
Fragmentary line reads There are prim roses as the rot of dalliance at thistles border the road to Stuc cess. The odd spelling and spacing hint at a poem or verse note in the page’s lore.
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Saugus Navy Yard job plea sparks humor and concern
A Bath Maine resident, Raymond B Greenleaf of 175 Oak Street seeks a electrical welder post at the Saugus Navy Yard. The letter, sent to the yard director, is treated as a possible stringing. Commandant New Kirk notes the yard’s brick battleship era and disarmament era context while urging action to clarify whether the yard exists as claimed and needs skilled welders.
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Pomme in Household Hints and Craft Tips
A household note explains preserving meat in hot weather by wrapping in a vinegar-wrung cloth and rewring daily. Also mentions restoring dull leather with white of egg and improving baskets with cretonne lining for Boston mends and storage.
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Hannibal and Rome in Italy a tale of war and glory
This article recounts Rome’s long struggle with Etruscans Greeks and Italic tribes ending in 204 B C with Rome’s conquest of Italy. It highlights Hannibal’s march from Spain through the Alps into Italy detailing battles at Cannae and Zama and Rome’s rise to imperial power.
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Tiny Creature Converts to Kindness Across Seas
A short verse reflects on small fish of life representing hate and greed. It urges catching them daily but returning them to grow. The speaker imagines Sofhdumhes as a wriggling evil thing that could transform into human love to aid the world.
Worth the Price of a Job
A tall pale man seeks work at a self-serve restaurant in a conservative neighborhood. The narrator helps observe the applicant who shows resolve despite awkwardness and a troubling start. The owner recalls a past incident, and a letter reveals the man’s prankish initiation and a potential clerical job in the fall.
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Grove
Boston Weather Record For August Sixth
Official figures show Boston’s warmest on August 6 reaching 93 degrees in 1876 and 90 in 1906. The coldest for this date was 52 degrees in 1883. No rain recorded on August 6 in the past decade except 1915 and 1919.
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Proper Address and Pronunciation Questions Raise Notice
Readers ask if addressing an unmarried woman as Dear Madam is proper and whether the syllable am implies marriage. They also seek guidance on pronouncing Aida Celeste and P Artagnan in familiar contexts including Casimiro.
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Ibrrers Manor
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Celeste Aidal
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Greeks and Turks in Asia Minor clash over historic claims
Editor A Th Polyzoides explains from the Greek viewpoint in Current History that Asia Minor remains a Greek cultural and territorial focus. He argues Western exposure to occupation dates only from the fall of Constantinople and stresses Greeks long for liberation.
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Current History Magazine
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Troy
Darwin's View on Human Ancestry in Common Progenitor
The speaker clarifies Darwin did not say two humans descended from a single female. He argued that humans and other mammals share a common ancestor from a remote age, with man as a co descendant of that progenitor.
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Serbia in a Changing Balkan Monarchy Name
The text notes Serbia as an independent kingdom then part of Jugoslavia and details the June renaming to the Monarchy of Serbia, Croats and Slovenes, abbreviated as SHS, criticizing the German-derived Yugoslavia label.
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Havatska
First Amendment query to editor on early constitutional limits
A reader asks what the first amendment entailed, noting the text prohibits Congress from establishing religion and protects free exercise, speech, press, assembly, and petition. The letter contrasts early versus later amendments and seeks clarification of the original scope.
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Raisins from Concord Grapes Question
A reader asks the editor about raisins used in pies. Raisins are dried grapes, but the reader notes a special variety rich in sugar not common in New England. The writer suggests drying Concord grapes and invites readers to report the results.
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