Governor Douglas and Peace Clamp Duty of Massachusetts Voters
The piece argues Governor Douglas should be re elected to carry forward freer trade and reciprocal relations, citing Massachusetts business support and GOP backing. It also lauds the Portsmouth armistice ending the war, praising Russia and Japan and highlighting President Roosevelt's role in brokered peace without entangling alliances.
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Eclipse Seen By Boston Readers This Morning
The Post notes a total solar eclipse this morning with readers urged to view the sky before the shadow passes. Observers report the event begins shortly after sunrise and ends around eight o'clock, though the total spectacle is not visible in this longitude.
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Eclipse Across the Sun 1905 Chronicle of Observation
The passage describes how observers note the moment of contact and shadow limits during the solar eclipse. Laymen notice crescent light patterns while scientists prepare instruments along the totality line in Labra dor and worldwide. Clear skies are essential for measurements, with results expected about a year later.
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Population Counts Show Massachusetts Growth Slows
The state census nears completion with 2 405 558 inhabitants outside Boston and a projected 3 million with Boston added. Growth since 1895 totals 402 295, while 1900 federal figures show 2 244 454 outside Boston and 2 805 346 including Boston. Chief Pidgin cites slower industrial development as a factor, a finding likely to inflame political debate.
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Notable Movements and Local Curiosities This Week
Observant Citizen Major General Leonard Wood and Mrs Wood sail from New York on the Teutonic for England then the Philippines arriving around Oct 1. Ex Ambassador Choate visits Salem, and a poker night in a New England city draws lawmen and a soldier into a near-robbery tale.
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Nifty Nat Seeks Revenge After Tragic Indian Massacre
Nat discovers wife and child killed and scalped and vows to kill all Indians. He traps a band in a ravine but they escape and capture him. Nat escapes again and, pursued by the Indians, seizes their chief to use as a shield.
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Nifty Nat Encounters a Grizzly in Lone Run Tale
A tall yarn follows Nifty Nat escaping a war leader’s threat by running eighteen miles at night. He camps in a holler tree and flees a grizzly bear, only to realize his rifle is left behind. The tale ends with a cliffhanger and a joke about a cockroach in Newt’s desk.
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Notis To The Force From George McDermott
A humorous and ribald office memo from George McDermott listing rules for Newts absents. The items mock bureaucratic demands and include lines about calling on ladies and tipping.
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Hyde Park Bank names new cashier Arthur B Smith
Arthur B Smith of West Newton chosen cashier of the Hyde Park National Bank and to begin duties immediately. A Natick native, he spent eight years at West Newton National Bank and since 190% with the First National Bank of Boston. His home is Crescent street West Newton.
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The Curious Laundry Lessons of Wu Foo
Wu Foo a progressive Chinaman reads scriptures in a laundry and pursues love with Faith Hope, aided by Charley. A comic sequence ends with chaos as a cat, a terrier, Mary the housemaid and a parsley of misadventures derail Wu’s courtship before Charley intervenes. Faith never learns why Wu returns to China or who is rival, while Chatty and Charley laugh off the chinoiserie scene.
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Society Highlights Leave and Deaths Across New England
The playboy set returns from yachting along the New England coast with stops in New London Newport and Bar Harbor while relatives arrive in Saratoga for racing. Funeral services for Harriette Appleton Smith are held in Ipswich. news notes the Paris death of Benjamin Robbins Curtis and a Lenox golf Cup opening among Boston social circles.
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Vermont Governor to Attend Vermont Battleship Launch
Governor Charles A. Bell of Vermont will be in Boston late Wednesday afternoon and meet Governor Douglas on Thursday morning. The two leaders will attend the launching of the battleship Vermont from the Fore River yards at Quincy Point.
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Love Advice From Mildred Champagne
A reader asks how to win a coworker’s love when meetings are limited to brief weekly encounters. The response urges persistent wooing and repeated appointments until she accepts.
The Proper Age Dear Miss Champagne
A reader asks when to marry and the columnist notes the proper age varies by maturity. The answer: men may marry after reaching majority and able to support a wife. women may marry anytime after 18 if they find a suitable partner and can contribute as a helpmeet.
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