Bribery Charges Weigh Court Refusal on Warrant Request
The court refused President Collins of the Central Labor Union's request for a warrant to arrest a person he says tried to buy labor influence. The Board of Aldermen case involves alleged bribery of votes, needing district attorney investigation to determine truth or falsity. If accusations are unfounded, a strong retraction is due.
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Collins
Central Labor Union
Board of Aldermen
Post
Roosevelt Aborts Plan For Extraordinary Session
Washington reports indicate no extraordinary session of the 59th Congress. President Roosevelt delays calling Congress, awaiting regular assembly to push railroad reform. Knox’s opposition and corporate interests block early actions, though good intentions are praised.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senator Knox
Knox
Wilkesbarre
Publicity at Portsmouth and the Far East Conference
The article notes rapid progress at Portsmouth in delicate talks between Far Eastern and Western nations. Secrecy surrounds proceedings while daily summaries appear, prompting reliance on ground reports by special correspondents whose details lack full authenticity. The piece praises Russian involvement.
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Portsmouth
Sato
World affair raises questions on publicity and secrecy
M Witte pledges full publicity for conference proceedings while noting the Japanese secrecy in diplomacy and on land and sea. The author questions whether such secrecy suits a global matter demanding open judgment.
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M. Witte
Panama Canal Commission Faces Housing and Feed Crisis
Chairman Shonts reports 20 000 workers need housing and food as canal work expands. Pay delays and rising living costs forced creation of commissary stations and railcar refrigeration. He advocates modern railroad methods amid stalled progress and big Congress funding questions. Is the canal a gold brick?
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Shonts
Panama Canal Commission
United States
Canal
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Panama Canal
Water Supply Fears In City Bring Call For Pure Source
In Greater New York area a typhoid scare prompts calls for absolute purity in the water supply. Health officials urge boiling or filtering drinking water and pasteurizing milk, while warning against bathing near sewers and guarding foods against flies as cities prepare for seasonal risks. The piece notes Boston’s metro water system remains tightly guarded and suggests returning travelers may carry germs from country wells.
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Greater
New York
Brooklyn
Boston
Maud Muller Poem Unearths Bumblebee Nest
A light verse by Newton Newkirk depicts Maud Muller raking on a hot August day. A near thunder shower arrives as she works and, unknowingly, disturbs a bumblebee nest, causing a risky, comic moment.
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Maud Muller
Tremont Street Car Conductor Warns Woman Off Track
An observant passenger scolded a woman about to alight on the Tremont street car track. She ignored the warning, leaped toward an oncoming car, and narrowly escaped contact by the hem of her skirt in a narrow escape described as typical of such risk takers.
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Tremont
Washington Street
Dalton
Summer Street
We Have to Do It or Starve Vaudeville Sketch
A humorous vaudeville sketch features Rapp and Slapp delivering patter about relationships and misadventures. The routine includes audience interactions at a cigar store, a streetcar whim, and a punchline about a wife, wages, and a pie joke, ending with the two exiting as the curtain falls.
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Rapp & Slapp
Slapp
Rapp
Resaurant
A Legend of Gold by Charles Musgrove in The Reader
A Legends line from The Reader Magazine August issue depicts Lucifer tempting humanity with gold. The poem traces the allure of wealth, the boasting of rulers, and the ultimate cost in blood and tears, as souls exchange their freedoms for earthly riches.
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Charles Hamilton Musgrove
Reader
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God
Lucifer
Hell
War talk and prices in a verse from the New York Mail
A New York Mail spoofed royal discourse linking peace and rising costs. The piece parodies Czarist whispers to a child about war and diplomacy, mocking telegraph rates and political pressures with a playful count and modern price tag references.
Three Young Musicians Revive Despairing Violinist in Alley
In a foggy December evening a frail Alsatian violinist begs alms after a failed street performance. Three young men, Charles Adolph and Gustave, transform the scene with a charity concert, drawing cheers and coins, and reveal the violinist as Lapenn er, former Strasbourg orchestra leader.
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Conservatory
Charles
Econfrere
Venice
Gustave
Gentile Tady
Adolph
Old song book baffles farmer and melodeon
Farmer Hawbuck cannot play the new melodeon sent by Hiram and laments the lack of music from the city device. The excerpt presents a rural character puzzled by modern music technology.
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Farmer Hawbuck
Hiram
Her natural fate Madge
A woman recalls a man who cornered the wheat market and pulled her into the squeeze. She describes pressure, risk, and the consequences of his bold financial gambit.
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Madge
Society notes on summer residents and gatherings
Rejoicing over Mrs Augustus P Gardner's improved health. the Gardners at Hamilton near Myopia Club and their Thanksgiving hunt breakfasts. Miss Mason at Beverly Farms. Mrs Frank W Gaskill and daughters visiting Stamford Fishkill Tenafly. Miss Cornelia Wolcott successful at Bar Harbor. Various families summer along Cape Cod and at Nar Ragansett Pier, Newport, Saratoga, and abroad, with social events at the Casino and Calumet Club.
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Constance Lodge
Aiken
Frank W. Gaskill
Cambridge
Tunis
Frances
Stamford
William J. Long
Fishkill-on-Hudson
Brandegees
Tenafly
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Cornelia Wolcott
Bar Harbor
Miss Wolcott
Stephen S. Bartlett
Circuit Road
Chestnut Hill
Englewood
West Yarmouth
Cape Cod
Robert F. Herrick
Milton
Buzzard’s Bay
Commonwealth Avenue
Edward Gray
Somerset Club
Lfe
Narragansett Pier
Gray
Daniel Bacon
Calumet Club
Casino
Mr. Gray
Walter W. Keith
Eben Wright
Holgehill
Nahant
Walden Pell
Southampton
L. L
Gertrude Pell
Newport
Saratoga
J. Brooks Fenno
Somerset, Union
Fenno
Cymric
Fairfield Street
Switzerland
Women should stay at home says Elevator Boy letter
The letter to the Post argues women belong at home and should not enter jobs like elevator operation. It claims men would be driven out of work if women flood the labor market, and asserts work is for men while happiness remains for women.
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the Post
Max Henry Newman
Dover Street Baths Need Expansion in Boston
The Dover Street bath house in Boston has outgrown its infancy and should be enlarged to serve more people. Since its opening it has been a success and the public must currently wait about two hours for a bath. The community urges expanding the present structure to relieve the long delays and extend its good work. August 13, Boston.
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Sir
Dover Street
Max Henry Newman
Boston
Suitor Seeks Counsel On Clubgoing Fiancée
A man seeks guidance on his 18 month romance with a fiancée who joins a young women's social club. He asks if she should spend all holidays with the club and travel with its members. He wonders if she can miss Sundays and calling nights for trips and whether their shared happiness should override her own desires. The letter urges fairness and mutual consideration in love.
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Champagne
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