Paris declares sympathy for Kruger and Transvaal in face of British rule
The French Chamber of Deputies and Senate unanimously expressed sympathy for Kruger and the Transvaal on his arrival in France, acknowledging his official state leadership and opposing British imperialism. The stance casts doubt on U S republican support if Kruger visited, contrasting Paris’s clear endorsement with American politics.
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South Africa
Chamber of Deputies
Paris
Transvaal
France
Senate
Kruger
Great Britain
Anomaly of Porto Rico in tariff debate
The article attacks Washington guided control over Porto Rico's tariff, noting the lower house can only act with McKinley’s approval and local taxes needed for governance. It cites the colonial act, lavish governor’s yacht, and alien contract labor law, urging immediate Supreme Court scrutiny.
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Legislative Assembly of
Porto Rico
Ton
Bureau of Statistics
Treasury Department
San Juan
United States
Legislative Assembly
McKinley
Washington
Alien
Massachusetts
Hawaii
New Orleans
Supreme Court
The Popular Vote Analysis Presages Election Outcome
Compiled state figures suggest McKinley leads the national popular vote by over 875000, with gains over 1896. The East favored McKinley while Bryan carried other regions. Maine and New Hampshire show shifts toward Bryan as McKinley’s margins narrow.
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McKinley
Bryan
South
Sittin
Maine
New Hampshire
The Loan and the Mayor Strain Boston Council Debt
A Boston Common Council session faces a push for a log rolled loan bill. Critics call it treacherous, saying it lets the Mayor authorize bonds up to about six million dollars without council oversight and urge the council to kill the measure next Thursday.
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Common Council
Boston
Board of Aldermen
City of
The Observant Citizen and Boston Society News
A column notes a passenger smoking in a crowded electric car and reflects on etiquette. Eugene Temple Hargrave plans a talk on the Boer War for the Twentieth Century Club. J Thomas Baldwin’s sudden death shocks Boston’s musical circles. A Maine show incident reports four escaped coons in Cop ley square. An Andrews Square platform scene ends with a hypnotism joke. A Mass General Hospital benefit concert for the hospital music fund aids fourteen wards, with Dr. John Dixwell directing and grateful patients gifting flowers and cards.
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Hospital Music Fund
Massachusetts General Hospital
Julia Thornton Pearl
Mendelssohn and
Krokyn
Western gains and Eastern backlash shift in 1900 election
The article analyzes state by state vote shifts from 1896 to 1900, noting McKinley gains in California Colorado and the West while Bryan gains shrink elsewhere. It explains Western populists reuniting with Republicans and Eastern Democrats deserting Bryan on imperial policy, yet the overall popular vote against the Democratic candidate widened compared with four years earlier.
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Vermont
McKinley
Bryan
Massachusetts
Atlantic Coast
Middle States
California
Colorado
McKkinley
Utah
Boston School Superintendent Authorized to Accept Donations
Edwin P. Seaver, superintendent of schools in Boston, is empowered to receive contributions of money in aid of the public school system. The authorization authorizes him to handle funds, designate use, and ensure proper administration of donated resources to support educational programs and facilities.
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Edwin P. Seaver
Boston
Galveston School Rebuild Appeal Receives Boston Aid
Boston residents respond to renewed appeal from Galveston officials after September disaster. All Galveston school buildings were destroyed by the gale, with $48,000,000 required to repair damages. Superintendent Hopkins notes lack of habitable school space for the year and urges prompt relief, while Boston officials refuse to collect subscriptions in schools and channel funds via Superintendent Seaver.
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Galveston
Boston
Hopkins
Seaver
Boston fashion pictures draw widespread praise in Post
The Post highlights striking half tone fashion images from Boston drawing wide praise from ladies who call the pictures the best fashion pointers seen in many days.
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Boston
Oyster omelet supper and breakfast menu from Boston notice
Daily Table breakfast and dinner and supper items listed for a Sunday Post edition. The oyster omelet recipe appears with step by step directions and a serving suggestion, credited to Miss B. F. Robson of 7 Cazenove Street, Boston.
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B. F. Robson
Cazenove Street
Boston
Abbe Faria Inspires a Boston Post Reader’s Rise
In a memoir tone, a Newton Mass writer recalls childhood loss and a self taught path to success aided by the Abbe Faria character from Edmond Dantes. Through labor, study, and a daily paper, he credits the Boston Post with shaping ambition and guiding his ascent from apprentice to trusted partner.
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Isle of Monte Cristo
Mabel
Faria
Boston Post
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