City Election In Boston Reflects Weather Impact On Voter Turnout
The Boston municipal election saw low turnout due to cold and wind. Despite subdued participation, results favored Democrats with Board of Aldermen and Common Council in their control. License measures and subway act won solid majorities. several Public School Association candidates were endorsed for school committee. Alderman Slattery and Henry A. Frothingham's seats noted as gratifying, as was Duane’s return to the Street Commissioners.
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Board of Aldermen
Boston
Brighton
Cavil
Democratic Party
Public School Association
Shorter Hours and Morals Debate at Civic Federation
At a New York Civic Federation meeting A F Weber of the New York bureau of labor testified that a shorter workday makes workers more effective and improves family life. Vice-President Harburg of the American Economic Association said localities with shorter hours show moral improvement. Scientists and philosophers support labor reform, noting progress toward shorter hours benefits society, with a limit only for manual labor.
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Civic Federation
New York
New York Bureau of Labor
A. F. Weber
Harburg
American Economic Association
Embalmed Beef Experiment at U S Department of Agriculture
Generals Alger returns to Washington by Governor of Michigan appointment to fill McMillan’s term. Dr. Wiley heads an experimental preserved food study with government volunteers. A dozen young men are fed alternately on fresh and preserved foods to observe health effects.
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Alger
Washington
Michigan
McMillan
Wiley
Department of Agriculture
Embalmed Beer and New England Style Provisions Debate
A discussion in a Washington boarding house compares New England style provisions to ordinary fare. Next week prepared meats will be served to test digestion and challenge German exclusion policies on American packing house products. A possible trial of embalmed beer for General Alger is mentioned.
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Washington
Alger
Compulsory Inquiry Plan Debated at Civic Federation
Mr Charles Francis Adams advocates compulsory inquiry and publication to settle labor disputes. He cites the 1877 Boston and Maine strike and urges a public tribunal to inform and guide community action. Massachusetts already enforces a related process via the Board of Conciliation and Arbitration.
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Charles Francis Adams
Industrial Committee
The
Civic Federation
Boston & Maine
State Railroad Commission
Adams
Congress
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Board of Arbitration
The Blast of Winter Delivers Severe Cold Across East
A sudden hard winter grips Boston and the Eastern United States after an unusually mild November. The cold, with 24 hours of subzero temps, threatens the poor who lack fuel while health and sanitation improve for the well housed. Charity and private aid are urged as Christmas nears.
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Boston
Weather Bureau
Observant Citizen Notes Extreme Cold and Civic Efforts
A column recalls a bitterly cold night near Tremont Street with gale like wind and a ruptured thermometer, praises coal relief workers aiding the needy, and mentions Hon. Bordman Hall traveling to New York for legal work while Keet Gus and Max Rogers prepare as floor directors at Symphony Hall.
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t+rth
Bordman Hall
New York
Keet _ Gus
Max Rogers
Symphony Hall
Million dollar All Sorts contest closes at noon
The Boston Post announces the million dollar All Sorts contest ends today at noon with no further published answers after the hour. Some responses were omitted for length or unkind content or seriousness, while others mirrored previous prints. The editors note many contributors would use the money more nobly, but the contest remains playful and concludes with the final question.
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Boston Post
What If One Million Dollars Came Your Way
A parade of readers from Cambridge to Nashua share fanciful uses for a million dollars. Answers include funding city improvements, buying gifts, erecting monuments, hiring guardians, and boosting municipal services while reflecting local voices and humor.
Stealthy Steve Captains Soapsudsia In Shipwreck Tale
Chapter XXXIII unfolds aboard the Soapsudsia as Stealthy Steve seizes control, battles Captain Jiggers, and binds him. The ship strikes a rock, flooding the hull, while the detective declares himself captain and orders obedience. A few lines shift to a domestic scene with Jennie, Rose, Maurice, and Gus as they navigate flirtation and role play aboard.
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Steve
Soapsudsia
Jiggers
New York
Ansoner
Practice Makes Perfect Engagement Mock Plan Between Gus and Jennie
A 若 playful scene shows Gus debating courage to propose. Jennie suggests a rehearsal engagement to build his dating finesse. He agrees to practice, preferring secrecy as he prepares to visit his beloved under the name Maurice.
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Gus
Jennie
Maurice
Roberts declines U S banquet invitation in 1902 letter
War Office note from Field Marshal Lord Roberts thanks Lt Col A Graham and the Boston Naval and Military Veterans Association for the invitation to a banquet in his honor. He has no definite plans to visit the United States but would consider accepting if a visit is arranged.
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Lord Roberts
Ancient and Honourable Artillery Company
Boston
Boston Naval and Military Veterans’ Association
Stokes
War Office
London
A. Graham
Naval and Military Veterans’ Association of
Massachusetts
United States of America
Arseal
United States
H. Stientfield
Swedes Send Large Sums of Money Home
Swedish brokers report a Christmas remittance peak with Worcester residents sending varied sums to Sweden. Amounts range from $2 to hundreds, averaging around $10, and the largest recent transfer was 10,000 crowns about $2,500 deposited at a Main Street Swedish broker.
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Sweden
Worcester
Main Street
New Cabot Street Baths Planned by Boston Officials
Boston plans for a three story public bath house on Cabot Street Roxbury advance after revision of the project. Architect Herbert Hale designed a 156 by 65 foot building using brick and terra cotta with substantial steel and iron work for exterior construction.
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City of
Boston
Cabot Street
Roxbury
Herbert Hale
Keel Laid at Fore River for the William L. Douglas six-masted schooner
The Fore River shipyard in Quincy Point laid the keel of the William L. Douglas the first steel six-master and second largest sailing vessel planned by the Crowley syndicate. Designed by Bowdoin Crowninshield the 339 foot long ship will carry 700 tons coal with four steam engines and 22 sails.
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Fore River
W. L. Douglas
Quincy Point
Thomas W. Lawson
John G. Crowley
Lawson
William L. Douglas
Brockton
Douglas
Bowdoin B. Crowninshield
Oregon
Christmas Rocker with High Back and Curved Rockers
An advertising description extols a Christmas rocker as an unusually crafted chair. It emphasizes body-conforming shaping, high back with forward wings for head support, tall arms to relieve shoulders, and deeply drawn rockers for a smooth continuous motion, offered at a stated price.
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Boston Post the Representative Democratic Pager
New England
the Sunday Post
Post Publishing Company
Boston Boston
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BE. A. Grozier
C. W. Lawin
Post Publishing Co
Treet
A. A. van Buren
Merion
Dickey
Harvard
Harvard Square
Dean Swift
Fuller
Master Nay
Fens
Faddock
Tremont Street
Hag
Newton Newkirk
Cambridge
Maude Bjimson
Effingham Falls
Ammshan
City Hall
Forest Hills Square
Forest Hills
Mudd
F. A. Dorchester
Ashburnham
Julius Parker
Bjorn Brimson
Fred Fra
E. D. B Malden
Mary Maclane
Harry Tracy
Lynn
East Milton
Dolly Dimples
East Boston
South Boston
Sunday Post
Grove Hall
Turkey
Chelsea
NATE
Air
C. N. M. Everett
Dr. Jelly
Haverhill
Herbertt
R. B. W. Dorchester
Nashua
N. H
Charles
Town High School
Cottleted
CBACK
Rose
Casey
POST
Eunice Weston
Chestnut Street
Wakefield, Mass
Army and Naval Veterans’ Association
T. T. Stokes
Jordan Marsh CO
Eiderdown
Collar
Dresden
Eiderdown Bath
Saxony
Safa
Summer St
Bailey
Birdseye
Men's Store
Oxford
Castor
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