Sugar and Beef Trusts Clash Over Countervailing Duties
The Sugar Trust demands countervailing duties on Dutch sugars while the Beef Trust opposes them. Treasury delays decision amid a Republican tariff legacy that favored both trusts. If duties pass the Beef Trust fears foreign markets for beef and pork shrink. if not, the Sugar Trust warns its monopoly weakens. Consumers ultimately shoulder the cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sugar Trust
Beef Trust
Treasury Department
New England
United States
Sugar
Turbulence at Democratic Aldermen Nomination Convention
The uproar and violence at the Democratic convention for Alderman nomination Tuesday evening drew regret from all who value the party and city. The incident reflects on the party and its representatives, and the turbulence and indecorum must be condemned as un Democratic and scandalous. The speaker notes current laws governing aldermanic selection may encourage combinations that provoke such results.
Five of each ticket to elect Aldermen reform needs
The piece argues that five members of the next Aldermen board should be elected under the current system. It urges caucus nominating by party or a twelve-candidate requirement to broaden voter choice. It recalls the Bumstead Hall fracas and criticizes Dingley tariff policy and Treasury gold reserves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bumstead Hall
Board of Aldermen
Democrats Urged to Unite Behind Mayor Quincy in Boston
The Boston Democratic call for unity follows a contentious aldermanic convention. Voters are urged to support Mayor Quincy, with a platform deemed broad enough to encompass all Democrats and shield national issues from local politics. The Post backs unified action to elect Quincy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Boston
Unbalanced Democratic Aldermanic Ticket Critiqued
The editorial condemns the Democratic slate for Aldermen as uneven with two South Boston and three Roxbury candidates while excluding Charlestown Back Bay and the city center. It calls for adjusting the make up to reflect broader representation and preserve party support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Boston
Roxbury
East Boston
North
The Tariff and the Deficit Prediction
The article recalls Dingley’s tariff forecast for revenue growth and deficit reduction, noting the deficit rising to over 46 million dollars by November and projecting about 100 million before year end unless conditions improve. It highlights the Home Market Club and lingering expectations tied to tariff effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dingley
Sam
Notable Boston Socials and Public Figures Pass In Parade
A busy column notes Marion Crawford hosted at Parker House by the Woman's Press Association and visits by Prince Brancaccio of Rome at the Vendome. It covers Col. Henry A. Thomas at a Scots banquet, lawyers Lincoln Dabney and Hemenway in Washington, and Henry Watterson in town. It mentions Canon Cheyne of Oxford, ship Charles Levi Woodbury bound for Klondike, and upcoming talks by Louis C. Elson on Shakspere in music at the University Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Crawford
Parker House
Woman's Press Association
Crawford
Brancaccio
Rome
Boston
Prince
Solomon Lincoln
Lewis 8. Dabney
Alfred Hemenway
Washington
McKinley
Frederic Dodge
United States District Court
Nelson
University Club
Beacon Street
Louis C. Elson
Breakfast cereal advertisement for Colonial Blended Flakes
The ad promotes Colonial Blended Flakes as easy to digest and palatable breakfast cereal made from oats wheat and rye. Distributed by John A Andrews & Co Boston as New England agents from Rockville Rochester NY?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Andrews & CO
Boston
New England
Random Anecdotes and Historic Post Office Lineages
A collage of short items notes county official Miller’s convict address in Wyandotte Kansas, London preacher Parker’s extempore style, a Tennyson misquote origin, Uncle Andrew Montgomery’s pension bid, Emily Miller on Indian women, Mme Duse and daughter in Switzerland, and Moriches Long Island postmasters from 1816 onward with a tree mailbox before the post office building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily F. Miller
Springfield
O— James Fanning
Moriches
L. I
James Matthew Fanning
Edmund Hallock
Sweet Hope and Ocean Tides of Love Poem
A lyrical dedication by Jean More pleads for enduring love and peaceful joy. The speaker asks the sea to roll with radiant glory and ease sorrow while affirming faith, renewal, and guidance toward certainty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean More
Return of Captain Atherton from the Civil War
In Milton, John Atherton, a Union captain, returns from the Atlanta campaign. He wins the trust of Miss Thornton at a plantation after escaping capture. Postwar, he marries her, and the town greets him as his unit arrives home with his mother reuniting with the couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Milton
Washington
John Atherton
Atlanta
John
Atherton
Miss Thornton
South
Colonel Thornton
Thornton
Thornton Plantation
Strong for the Democracy and Migration Talk in Boston Globe
The essay previews a Globe editorial backing Mayor Quincy and discusses current political issues. It also critiques tribal migration rumors from Antlers Indian Territory and critiques U S policy, while noting fashion notes and upcoming Globe installments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Globe
Quincy
Mexico
Wisdom
United States
Indian Territory
Wichita
Fur Garments Novelties in Russian Blouses and Boleros
Fur garments gain refined silhouettes with fitted seams. Russian blouses use sealskin and baby lamb, crafted like cloth gowns for snug appeal. Baby lamb remains costly, while sealskin pieces can be made from long worn fur with careful design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Astrachan
Dorchester Society Notes Highlight Engagements and Gatherings
Miss Mabel Kittredge announces her engagement to Charles Dunn and hosts Friday. Social calendars include tea by Mrs E L Wood on Dec 8 and a Dec 7 reception for Mrs Crocker’s daughter. Floral Emblem Society meets Dec 3 in Legion of Honor Hall. Grace Upham releases Queer Janet. The Bartons secure winter apartments. Mrs Barton aids Vermont Daughters event at Vendome. War ren and Prescott chapter D A R hosts Dec 4 at 11, with Rev Porter speaking. Legion of Honor Hall hosts Ladies Aid at 2:30 with Mrs Read Wales presiding. Maud Hoffman guests at Bond home. Patrick Levins to host in Dorchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Wood
Miss Wood
Cypress Street
Brookline
George G. Crocker
Commonwealth Avenue
Floral Emblem Society
Legion of Honor
Janet
Faith
William A. Barton
Bartel
H. N. Upham
Alexander Whiteside
Nathaniel Thayer
Charles G. Loring
Alexander Cochran
George Baty Blake
L. Shannon Davis
W. 8
Fitz
Thomas Motley
Legion of Honor Hall
Ladies’ Aid Association
B. Read Wales
Maud Hoffman
Willard’s
Charles H. Bond
Miss Hoffman
Boston
Erving Winslow
Ada Ingot
Agnes Palmer Yorke
Natick letter objects to nationality slur over highway robbery
A Natick Citizen op ed rebukes a Boston Post report calling the robbers Hungarians. It defends Thomas Daniher’s Irish ancestry and accuses the paper of ethnic stereotyping in describing the incident on the Sherborn road. It urges removal of nationality insinuations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natick
Boston Post
Sherborn Road
John Mike
Thomas Daniher
Daniher
Cleopatra
Noah
Ireland
America
Christo Columbo
Italy
Europe
Mayyar
Louis Kossuth
Kossuth
Natick Shoemakers
Quotes and quips from a lively social page
A mosaic of light humor and brief exchanges from papers like Free Press Chicago Post and Harper’s Bazaar. Jests about roses in the night, old age and opera choices, marriage talk, and witty banter illustrate early 20th century social banter and daily gaiety.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Representative Democratic Paper
THE
Sunday Post
Post Publishing Company
Washington Street
New York
Grozier
Diott'o
Dotate
Royal Baking Powder CO
Mr. Dingley
Treasury
Democratic Unity
Charlestown
Henry A. Thomas
Scots’ Charitable Society
Thomas
Henry Watterson
Louisville Courier-Journal
Kentucky
Charles F. Rice
Wesleyan University
Dr. Rice
Prescott F. Hall
Immigration Restriction League
England
Canon Cheyne
Oxford
Nottingham
Klondike
Charles Levi Woodbury
State Street
State House
P. A. Collins
J. P
T. Co
D. V
Mr. Collins
Count Collins
Anna Shaw
Fitchburg Railroad
Cambridge
Porter's Station
John Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Mr. Hutchinson
High Rock
Lynn
Massachusetts ‘Yacht Club
Rowe's Wharf
Bowdoin Club
Bowdoin College
Copley Square
Elm Hill
Young Men's Christian Union
Boylston Street
Colonial Cereal CO
Rockhester, N. Y
Miller
Wyandotte, Kan
Tennyson
Locksley Hall
London
Liverpool
Andrew Montgomery
Mme. Duse
Switzerland
the Post
H. L. Pratt
Hancock Street
Chelsea
Globe
Porter Dave
Alaska
Oak Hall Clothing Co
Washington St
Society
Mabel Kittredge
Charles F. Kittredge
Ashmont Street
Dorchester
Charles Dunn
Miss Kittredge
Popu
Larity
Natick Citizen
Jones
Mies Verbose
Naomi
Stella
Chicago Post
Brown
Young Women’s Debating Society
Silas
Atlantic Ocean
Harper’s Bazar
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