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Sunday Post
Post Publishing Company
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Boston Post
Postal Atenee
Grozier
Assassination of Premier Canovas Sparks Global Indignation
A moral indictment compares the Canovas assassination to Spanish government crimes and Barcelona torture, arguing both sides share brutal inhumanities. The piece condemns political violence and notes similar cruelties tied to colonial actions in Cuba and Russia.
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Canoves
Golli
Barcelona
Corpus Christi
Canovas
Elain
Fall Trade Moving Merchants to New York and Boston
The article notes over a thousand merchants have arrived in New York with more en route before month’s end. It states these retailers come from the South and West, bringing confidence in trade and expected liberal buying. It urges Boston to adopt similar advertising, lower transport costs, and hospitality to lure eastern buyers to its own thriving field.
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New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Rates Trial Plea to Commissioners for Public Benefit
The speaker argues a lower rate could cover maintenance costs and benefit the public, urging commissioners to set lower rates as a practical, popular success and an instructive experiment.
Two Desperadors at Charlestown Prison Alarm Community
The Charlestown State Prison riot last night involved two brothers in a daring, senseless assault. Observers call it outside intelligent crime and remark it leaves the community relieved to be rid of the pair.
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Charlestown State Prison
Willis Brothers
Charlestown
Willis
New England Faces Tariff Clash Over Bonded Freight
A law department ruling may stop transporting goods in bond through U S territory via Canadian rail lines under the new tariff act. If upheld, this could halt New England trade on these routes, seen as a McKinley era setback. Merchants have long protested prior attempts to sever this regional trade link.
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Law Department
General Government
United States
New England
New
Statuary Gifts and Local Civic Jottings
The Brook line home of B. F. Keith receives several fine statues from his European tour while he plans more art acquisitions. Cambridge’s Brattle street digs up for new water pipes. Mine street residents bear the disruption. Copper broker Fitzgérald enjoys a summer home in Epping Fale NH and notes market swings during outings. A Klondike dressmaking tale prompts a sharper quip about airy garments. Navy yard experiments aim to locate Vesuvius center of gravity and recovery. A Tremont building broker’s office hosts a tense phone call with a rival firm. The Tycoon Club’s annual fish excursion ends with Wesley A. Gove as vehicle. crew promises a peach. Sunday crowds at Crescent Beach spur preference for Quiet Fens nature.
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Brookline
B. F. Keith
Keith
Fitzgérald
Epping Fale
N. H
Park Commissioners Propose 2 Cent Bathing Charge
The metropolitan park commissioners defend a 2 cent fee for Beach 16 bathing facilities as an experiment to cover operating costs. They argue a higher rate would burden the poor and that testing 10 or 15 cents could reveal true expenses.
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Metropolitan Park Commissioners
16 Beach
Revere Beach
Hold-ups and policing woes in Boston area prompt harsh desires and public debate
A column notes calls for returning to whipping as a crime deterrent amid rising robberies in Boston and nearby areas. It also recounts a glimpse of steam fire engine horses, disputes over a motorman’s dismissal tied to beer at a retirement party, and local concerns about safety, seating on Tremont mall, and police protection in Forest Hills Hyde Park areas. It mentions Dorchester card production and critique of new public library signs.
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Boston
Quincy Street
Roxbury
Hyde Park Avenue
Washington
South Streets
Forest Hills
Unclear fragmentary text on security and station notice
Fragmentary OCR notes describe securing items and returning them to a district supervisor. The text references a station, a fee, and notification of results, but details are incomplete and no clear event or entities are established.
Beach tolls spark dispute over 10 cent charge
A fragment reports a local beach toll policy allowing a 10 cent fee for walkers and riders opposite the grove. It notes a beachside incident where a person objected to the charge and a property or road name appears amid unclear details, with minutes or dates partially obscured.
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Charae
Royces Love Triangle Ends in Rustic Wedding
In a sultry August tale by Elsie D McWain Royces love binds to Ednah but he loves Bernice. A river outing leads to rescues and confessions. Ednah frees him to marry Bernice and a double wedding follows in a country church as happiness replaces heartbreak.
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Royce Young
Royce
Ednah
Cere Hewland
Hanah
Bernice
Edinah
Ronald
Ronald Howland
Oth
Edngah
Curious Anecdotes and Royal Encounters From History
A collage of short notes covers a dressing hag owned by Mrs Langtry costing 7500 dollars, a Michigan governor unable to buy a vest, the Queen comforting a widowed peasant after Prince Albert’s death, and Lt. Col. Huntington sailing to attend the Moscow congress. Also includes droll exchanges between Dumas Beecher and a stenographer about errors in sermons.
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Prince Albert
Autumn Jacket Trends in Parisian Tailoring
Fashion notes describe a likely shorter autumn jacket with a blouse style and belt, strap seams in contrasting materials, and reverses either cut away or showing cutwork. Materials include satin, pique, duck with braid trims in military tones and colored bindings.
Contagious Sickness and Humorous Quips Across Silly Essays
A collage of light wits and social asides from various periodical quips. Jests about contagion, ugliness and marriages mix with gossip on balloon adventures, fashion, and weather, featuring lines from Puck Household Words and the Detroit Journal.
Dinner and supper menu and recipe notes from Mrs Ward
The notice lists a daily table menu including dinner and supper items such as tomato soup broiled fish and chicken salad with baked potatoes and rolls. It includes a recipe section for creamed potatoes tomato soup and coffee jelly circulates from Mrs. B. D. Ward of 799 Fourth Street South Boston.
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P R . Ter
MRA. B.D. Ward
Fourth Street
South
Boston
Mag
No Action Taken as Directors Delay Meeting
Wass and directors await a scheduled meeting on April 31 to consider the offer of a New York company. The group will have to wait for further guidance before proceeding.
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Wass
Aig
Effort to Save Massachusetts Benefit Site Association
Directors met at 60 State Street to discuss whether to seek a receiver and to plan for current members. President Rolker proposed New York Life Insurance Company takeover of many members after medical exams, with existing officers kept and renewals owned by the reinsurer. The group split on action. a decisive move was deferred to August 31. Rolker backed by some, others opposed.
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State Street
Rolker
New York Life Insurance ‘Company
Massachusetts
Willam ‘Bullivant
A. W. Pope
Charles Adams
John Henry Rolker
New York
Tthem
Chicago Sound Money Committee Forms National Commission Plan
The sound money committee, formed in Indianapolis last January, met in Chicago to push a national commission for a new financial system. Fifteen nonpartisan business leaders headlined by Hugh Hanna gathered, with plans to pursue the Chicago plan and present a reform to Congress.
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Sound Money
Indianapolis
McKinley
United States
Hugh H. Hanna
M. L. ‘Cramford
Dallas
Tex
W. B. Dean
John J. Mitchell
New York
George Foster Peabody
F. C. Power
Helena
Mont
B. O. Stanard
St. Louis
A. E. Wilson
Louisville
Congress
Delaware Iron Works resumes after six week shutdown
Wilmington Del Aug 10 after a six week shutdown the Delaware Iron works at New Castle resumed operations employing between 400 and 500 workers. A large wallpaper factory at Newark is expected to begin operations soon and talk of a shoe factory start is noted. Edgemoor Iron Company mills have increased their force of workers.
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Del
Delaware Iron Works
New Castle
Big Wall
Newark
Edgemoor Iron Company
Voters back Seth Low for Greater New York a rally
The Citizens' Union executive committee reports over 70,000 ballots favoring Seth Low for mayor of Greater New York. Secretary Clark also notes daily union enrollment runs between two and three thousand new members.
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New York
Citizens’ Union
Clark
Seth Low
Gyar
Greater
Death of Fitchburg Railroad President Henry S Marcy
Henry S Marcy longtime Fitchburg railroad president died suddenly at his Belmont home after worry over recent disclosures about Anthony. Born 1838 in Vermont, he joined railroads in the 1860s and rose to chief of Fitchburg in 1889. He leaves a widow and four sons. Funeral Thursday at Belmont residence with trains to Bayaton for interment.
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le J
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Delaware & Hudson Railroad
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London
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William
Worcester
Robert
Dartmouth College
Richard ‘H
Harvard University
Union Depot
Charles H. Leland Dies Aged 68 In Dedham Home
Charles H. Leland age 68 and a twenty year member of the Baker Hunnewell Coal Co of Cambridgeport died tonight at his Dedham home.
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Charles H. Leland
Baker-Hunnewell Coal Com
Cambridgeport
Wei
Bishop Walsham How of Wakefield Dead
The Right Rev William Walsham How D D Protestant bishop of Wakefield is dead in London in August. He served as bishop and was noted for his church work. The obituary states his death occurred in the capital city.
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London
William “Walsham How
Brown Plan Indorsed At New Bedford Meeting
At an adjourned creditors meeting the Brown plan for rehabilitating Bennett and Columbia was endorsed. A vote on three trustees, one from each city New Bedford Providence and Boston, showed strong support for the amendment. Total votes recorded 2 393 1290 40 with 652 400 19 in favor and 140 710 41 against. committee recommendation upheld.
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New Bedford
Columbia
New Bet- Yfera
Providence
Boston
Edward G. Brown
Loum Snow
Federal Street Closure Ahead for Union Station Work
Construction on the new South Union Station advances with a plan to close Federal street near the terminal by the trustees. By last evening 11 660 of the 40 000 piles for the house and trainshed had been driven, with about 200 piles set daily.
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Federal Street
Terminal
Old Boylston School Alumni Form Association
Former Boylston School members plan to form an alumni association to reunite former students. Initiator P F McDonald of 11 Pear Street seeks responses from scholars nationwide with a meeting proposed for September.
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Boylston School
Old Fort Hill
Gonten
P.F. McDonald
Pear Street
McDonald
Fitzgerald Is Marshal At Old Orchard Carnival Parade
The annual Old Orchard carnival coaching parade will be held August 26 and 27 with the Redberry Club of Boston taking a key role. Featured events include a swimming exhibition by Peter McNally. Howard H. Den Bryck, winner of the diamond sculls, was invited. Congressman Fitzgerald, a prime mover, was elected grand marshal.
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Redberry Club
Boston
Peter McNally
Howard H. den Bryck
Congresamean Fitzgerald
Outdoor Minstrel Show Delights Forest Grove Outing
The Utopian Club and friends enjoyed their annual Forest Grove outing in Waltham yesterday featuring an outdoor minstrel show directed by M A H Levey with G J Wyman as inter locutor. Amateurs included Joseph Spektorsky Mark Abrams Harry Walper Abe Todtman Nat Lowver G H Wolf and Lewis Goldman.
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Forest Grove
Waltham
M.A. H. Levey
G. J. Wyman
Mesars
Joseph Spektorsky
Mark Abrams
Harry Walper
Abe Todtman
Nat Loovere
G. H. Wolf
Lewis Goldman
Ports mouth and Kittery railway to start service Wednesday
The Portsmouth and Kittery railway will begin operations Wednesday with ceremonial car starts at Portsmouth. The fifteen mile route to York Beach is to be completed in about a week with the full trip priced at 26 cents.
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Libby
Portsmouth & Kittery
Portsmouth
York Beach
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