Taft opens Roosevelt campaign with defense of policy
Secretary Taft delivers a Montpelier speech defending the Roosevelt administration and its Philippine policy. He argues against independence signals and critiques the Declaration of Independence, saying the phrase consent of the governed did not apply to women and children. His rhetoric targets critics in the Roosevelt faction.
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Roosevelt
Montpelier
Judge Taft
Taft
John Root
Philander C. Knox
Pennsylvania
United States
Philippines
Mr. Tait
Tait
Thomas Jefferson
John Hancock
Roosevelt Schoool
Lodge and Massachusetts Merchants Debate Canada Trade
Senator Lodge defends non reciprocal trade with Canada in Nantasket speech while about 50,000 Republican merchants and business leaders in Massachusetts push for reciprocal relations. The clash pits exported and imported figures against ledger costs and living expenses, urging reciprocity as essential to commercial welfare.
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Canada
Senator Lodge
Newfoundland
United States
Massachusetts
Lodge
Japanese Push Northerly In Manchuria Front
Reports from Manchuria describe heavy fighting along the Russian line last week as Japanese forces under General Inuzaki press the front, crumpling Russian positions and driving Kuropatkin's troops backward. The Japanese appear to hold a numerical advantage and aim to extend control further north.
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Manchuria
Inuzaki
Kuropat
Russia and Japan War Progress and Port Arthur Siege
The text notes Japanese forces capable of advancing, with a likely decisive general engagement in the theater. It reports a slow but ongoing reduction of Port Arthur, contrasting hopes for a quick end with repeated false announcements. It also cites St. Petersburg reports that the Czar will not accept mediation before a victory, implying ongoing slaughter.
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Port Arthur
Sebastopol
St. Petersburg
Debacle of Tariff Policy Hits Massachusetts Industries
Speaker at Charles River Park cites crippling tariff effects on New England Glass Works East Cambridge Union Glass Co South Boston and Sandwich plants and mass layoffs. Names several metal and furniture firms
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Charles River Park
John A. Sullivan
United States
New England Glass Works
East Cambridge
Union Glass Company
Somerville
South Boston
Sandwich
Massachusetts
Norway Iron Works
South Boston Iron Works
Bay State Metal Works
Standard Brass Company
Damon Safe Company
Cambridge
Hard Times in New York and Fall River Bread Lines
The article notes a New York bakery giving free loaves to the very poor, with hundreds queuing along Broadway each night. A Massachusetts Fall River scene is described as thousands of workers struggling to support life, prompting questions if these are good times or hard times with empty dinner pails.
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New York City
Broadway
Massachusetts
Fall River
Post Letter Box Defends Smokers and Pipes
A Roxbury letter defends pipe smoking amid criticism, arguing man’s rights to enjoyment and citing history and public health as support. Thomas F. Phelan claims pipes calm nerves, deter murders, and promote peaceful dialogue, urging readers to resist anti smoking sentiment.
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Adam
Pennsylvania
William Penn
North Pole
Equator
Diadean
Thomas F. Phelan
Roxbury
Mass
Another House Flea Remedy To the Editor
G We Putnam of South Framingham Massachusetts explains a flea control method using a light and a shallow dish with soapy water. The flea trap attracts fleas at night and they jump into the soapy solution, clearing a badly infested home.
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Flea Post
G. We. Putnam
South Framingham
Mass
Woman Hurt While Stepping From Car
Mlle Selby, 27, of 5 Haines Park, is at City Hospital with a bad scalp wound after she fell into the roadway while alighting from a car on Dover Street yesterday afternoon.
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Mlla Selby
Haines Park
Dover Street
All Sorts by Newton Newkirk: a goat, cars, and debt
A goat near Mt. Pleasant Delaware swallowed dynamite sticks and was treated with deference as residents feared an explosion. Andrew S Kendall of Bluffton Indiana bought a $600 auto, filed bankruptcy, and faced heavy repair costs, illustrating common financial stress from car ownership. The piece warns moderates against auto ownership and the lifestyle it promotes, urging prudent debt and finances.
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Mt. Pleasant
Del
Potter Cocktail Named After Bishop Potter Causes Stir
A New York saloon named the Potter cocktail in honor of Bishop Potter sparks chatter. The piece satirizes delays in the Russo Japanese war and mocks authors awaiting peace to write. It notes the bishop’s fame and jokes about domestic scenes sparked by the drink.
What can you do what the old world asks of you
Poem-like verse urges action over pedigree, urging the reader to roll up sleeves and answer with deeds. It critiques social pretensions and color lines, emphasizing personal responsibility and practical effort over status. The speaker challenges the audience to demonstrate capability rather than boast.
Observant Citizen notes from a summer in Massachusetts
The column surveys a bustling Boston summer travel scene with train disruptions from G A R encampments and rising autumn fruit shipments. It recalls a Harwich baby party, a $3000 rainbow coat given to a U S minister, veterans reuniting after 40 years, and light local antics from Malden to Cambridge.
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Harwich
Malden
China
United States
Mrs Slater Forewarned By Red Sock Signals Danger
Mrs Slater knits a red sock in a spotless kitchen while rocking nervously signaling trouble ahead for an unlucky mortal. The description emphasizes the sock’s bobbing motion and its warning aura.
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Mrs. Slater
Johnny and the kitten rescues a stray from danger
A boy named Johnny, urged by his mother to abandon a stray cat, pleads to keep it. The kitten's pleas move him to take it home, but a wagon siren and a near accident threaten. Mother comforts him, and the rescued kitten becomes a bedtime bundle.
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Johnny
John
Kitty
John-n-i-e
Boston Odd Fellows to Attend the Fair
Grand Canton Shawmut No. 1 I O O F have arranged to attend the St. Louis fair departing Boston September 12 for ten days They will also be given a reception in Montreal by the Odd Fellows.
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Frank Evans
Cambridge
Canada
Niagara Falls
St. Louis
Grand Canton Shawmut No. 1
St. Louis Fair
Boston
Canton
Montreal
Odd Fellows
What for christening of new tunnel connecting Boston
A Boston Post survey asks what wine should christen the East Boston tunnel linking Boston and East Boston. Opinions favor native drinks such as elderberry wine from Worcester, Berkshire Hills cider, or even beer, while others doubt the need for any christening.
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Post
East Boston Tunnel
Are Men Getting More Dis courteous in Boston?
A Madelaine Stuart letter recounts two days of public male behavior in Boston. She describes Republican men at Nantasket Point jeering at passing women and stealing food, then on a North Beacon Street car a man smoked foully while others mocked the protestors and women. She questions if such conduct would occur around their own wives.
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Malden
Boston & Northern
Ferry Street
Beacon Street
Madelaine Stuart
Unspoken ring dilemma in engagement row
Dear Miss Champagne I am 28 and engaged to a man who has given me no ring or tokens though I have given him many gifts. He earns well and can afford small attentions, yet rarely spends on me. I fear selfishness or thoughtlessness and wonder if he truly loves me as we prepare to marry.
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Miss Champagne
Dear Miss Champagne Jealousy and Relationship Advice
A 29 year old young woman writes about loving a man five years older, dating three years, and struggling with misunderstandings and jealousy. She seeks Miss Champagne's guidance on how to handle frequent quarrels over small issues.
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Miss Champagne
Loam
A Guide to Courtship Etiquette and Reserved Affection
The passage advises inviting a bashful suitor to your home if you have reason to believe he wishes to call. After gentle encouragement, he may reveal his feelings. Do not appear overzealous or disclose your love until he declares his own.
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