A GOOD STREET TO WIDEN NEAR UNION STATION
Following Union station opening, Portland street traffic capacity is strained for pedestrians and teams. The street hosts old stable and low structures, making widening feasible and inexpensive. Overcrowding, blockades, and impeded traffic are evident, with economy and practicality guiding the improvement.
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Union Station
Portland Street
Old Orchard
Washington Street
Boston
D. J. Flanders
G. P
TT. A
The Matter of Wages in Massachusetts Mills
The State Bureau of Labor report from five years earlier shows 22,000 male cotton mill workers and about 26,000 female workers in Massachusetts. Most men earned under $10 weekly and most women under $7, with nearly none over $10 for females. wages reportedly fell at least 10 percent under McKinleyism, despite tariff arguments.
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State Bureau of Statistics of Labor
Massachusetts
Let in the Light Governor calls for open government reforms
Governor Greenhalge condemns secrecy in executive business and police board actions and urges full public access to procedures and investigations. He argues openness builds trust and rejects inside only reports, insisting the Star Chamber must be abolished with the doors widened for scrutiny.
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Greenhalge
Board of Police
Executive Council
Sheehan
Star Chamber
Tender Hearts and the Mrs Robbins Sympathy Scam
A Yale linked swindle case unfolds showing how Mrs Robbins faked distress to elicit funds from lawyers, businessmen, newspaper staff, and humanitarians. The piece praises her tenderness, notes the broad victim list, and questions motive versus outcome while hinting at a wider social critique of trust and charity.
Yale Alumni of Boston and Vicinity Active in Events
Yale alumni in Boston and nearby communities remain engaged in regional gatherings and service projects. Members organize networking luncheons, fundraisers, and mentoring initiatives, strengthening ties among graduates while supporting local institutions.
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Yale
Boston and Vicinity
Distress in Pullman exposes model town’s grim reality
The Pullman strike crisis reveals widespread hunger and eviction risks among 1600 residents living in the town’s so called model houses. Testimonies from local pastors to the strike commission highlight severe deprivation, while reports note 500 starving families and Governor Altgeld’s findings of minimal food. George M. Pullman faces scrutiny over a marriage agreement involving a relative of the Austrian Emperor, underscoring the stark contrast between charity claims and hardship.
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Pullman
Cook County
Pullman Corporation
Relief Committee
Altgeld
George M. Pullman
Austria
Certainty of tariff policy spurs steady business revival
The three year guarantee of tariff stability boosts trade and industry as confidence returns. Enterprises long held in abeyance push forward, stock markets react, and key sectors producing daily necessities increase output. The policy’s permanence is seen as a durable foundation for sustained growth.
The Lyttel Boy by Eugene Field
A lyric meditation on a boy who would not run or play, clinging to his mother and delaying life. The poem recalls a mother’s love as the child lingers in the croft, until the day brings change and the boy is no longer in the way.
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Lyttel
Ben Allwais
Godde
Earth
Lytter
Eugene Field
Roxbury
Everett D. Burr
Ruggles Street Baptist Church
Peterboro
N. H
Downer Landing
Edmonds
Hull
Pemberton Landing
Breturn
Y. C. Vier
Downer
Returan
Nantashe
Pemberton
Melville Garden
G. P. Cushing
Gen’l
Observant Bunco Steerer and Local News Bites
The Observant Citizen notes a bunco scheme on a verdant rustic, a gullible target being led to a corner to be robbed, plus reports of Harvey N. Collison and Walter Donovan returning from Nova Scotia. Prison foundation work proceeds with thirteen Italian laborers, and a Gloucester schooner beer incident ends with all bottles intact.
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Harvey N. Collison
Walter Donovan
Metropolitan Sewerage Commission
Nova Scotia
Bar Harbor couple plans January wedding change
Mr James P Scott and his fiancée Miss Taft left Bar Harbor Maine yesterday morning. The wedding is now planned for next month and not on Saturday as previously reported.
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James P. Scott
Miss Taft
Bar Harbor
Amusing quips and jests from old newspapers
A compilation of witty quotes and jokes from 19th and early 20th century papers. The items poke fun at manners, travel tolls, fashion, and public figures with period humor and local voice.
Is Bicycling Immodest for Women in Boston
Letters to the Post discuss whether ladies riding bicycles are modest or not. Contributors from Boston and nearby share views supporting bicycles with proper costume, criticizing bloomers, knickerbockers, and immodesty labels, while judging modesty by dress and carriage.
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Boston
Post
the Post
H. M. Hutchinson
Dorchester
The
Frank Crossley
Dres
Ugene Dana
Bicycle Scheme Approved by Wheelmen at Grand Opera House
The Grand Opera House management under Mansfield and Magee wins wheelmen support for a bicycle check policy. The season features In the Name of the Czar, Camille D Arville may receive slippers, and Madelein e topical verses are added. Lothrop returns from Europe, festa at Tremont Theater, Turkish Theatre debuts at Austin Stone Museum, and Castle Square Theatre electric lighting advances.
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Grand Opera House
Messrs
Mansfield and
Magee
Boston
Tremont
Camille D’arville
Madeleine
Austin & Stone’s Museum
Rosa
Mansfield & Magee
Matinee
Editor challenges Macaulay history by Boston Journal
A letter writer from The Westerner criticizes the Boston Journal for fabricating history to extend Lord Macaulay’s work. He accuses the editor of misquoting Junius and suggests the piece reflects bad politics. He urges refuting Adam Smith instead of continuing Macaulay.
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The
Boston Journal
Lord Macaulay
Macaulay
Junius
Duke of Trafton
Adam Smith
Boston
Southern Railway buys Western North Carolina line for 500000
A Statesville dispatch reports the Southern Railroad Company purchased the Western North Carolina railway at noontime today for five hundred thousand dollars. The deal secures rail service continuity and expands the carrier's regional network.
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Asheville
N. C
Statesville
Southern Railroad Company
Western North Carolina Railway
Doubts on Nomination Mark Letter from Hayes Opponents
A Massachusetts committee led by A. J. Hoitt challenges William E Barrett over misstatements claiming Hayes sought renomination despite denial. The letter appraises Barrett’s loyalty to Lodge, prior district actions, caucus claims, and alleged public stance versus private assurances, arguing Barrett’s credibility and potential candidacy.
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Elihu B. Hayes
William E. Barrett
Lodge
Seventh
Massachusetts
Bishop
Brackett
Allen
Haile
Converse
Timothy G. Spaulding
Northampton
Fox
Cambridge
Sherman Hoar
Pitlance
Meall
Senator Hoar
Hoar
Everett
Stoneham
House
Charlestown
Swampscott
Medford
Reading
Winchester
Washington
Hayes
Mr. Hayes
Senator Lodge
Congress
Post Office Uniforms Change Delights Boston Workers
Boston post office staff welcomed a shift in uniform procurement rules after a new order from the Postmaster General, via Assistant Postmaster General Jones, allowing choice beyond a single contractor. While orders for new suits have been sent to Baltimore, officials caution about potential complications.
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Boston Post Office Department
Jones
Boston
Baltimore
Washington
Coveney
Barker
Mr. Jones
Fire Extinguisher Test Shuts Flames in Seconds
An East Cambridge demonstration by Emerg ency Frand Fire Extinguisher Company at Portland and Bristol streets burned two mock fires. A kerosene-soaked fifteen foot structure doused in five seconds, while a hard pine blaze with two minutes head start was quenched in eleven seconds. Prominent local businessmen observed.
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East Cambridge
Portland
Bristol Streets
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