Quincy Driven to Reelection as Boston Campaign Intensifies
The Boston Post reports Democratic momentum for Mayor Quincy in a city campaign where opposition in the party fades and Republican charges fade into generalities. A plan to widen the subway from Pleasant to Boylston would add four tracks and improve transit, with a leasing plan that keeps rents manageable.
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Quincy
Riley
Pleasant Street
Boylston Street
Park Street Church
Census bill debated in Senate amid calls for delay
Senators expect quick action on the 1900 census bill but urged postponement for amendments to prevent it from becoming a spoils measure. Colonel Carroll D Wright criticizes past costs and patronage, arguing for a scientific census over partisan placement.
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Senate
Carroll D. Wright
Money from the soil drives 1897 export boom
The eleven month export total for breadstuffs reaches 213.6 million dollars, the highest for any prior period. Wheat and corn exports rise sharply with higher prices, boosting farmers’ wallets by about 40 million dollars year over year. Rye and oatmeal exports also grow. the growth is attributed to natural bounty, not tariffs or politics.
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United States
New Covenant Proposed Over West End Subway Lease
The railroad commissioners hear a new objection to the West End lease. Prominent backers of subway use urge a covenant that when subways are extended the Elevated company leases and operates them on same terms, preventing surface car congestion on Tremont Street. The aim is to ensure surface and elevated lines share the subway system without pushing surface cars out.
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West End
Tremont Street
Elevated
Commonwealth
Bram case gains new life after Supreme Court ruling
The Supreme Court finds a portion of a witness's Halifax testimony was wrongly admitted. The Bram case must be retried from the start, giving Bram a renewed chance at acquittal. District Attorney Jones faces an arduous path, with less certainty of conviction. The challenged testimony was not clearly damaging to Bram.
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United States Supreme Court
Bram
Halifax
Jones
Hoar
The Tariff and the Gut Down
The article argues that a proposed 11 percent wage cut for Fall River operatives will deepen hardship as living costs rise under tariffs. It contrasts the impact on mill workers with high paid officials, noting wage reductions do not offset price increases and that protected industry theory fails for non protected sectors.
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Fall River
Curious Boston Notes From West End Cars to Old Toll-House
A midmorning delay on the West End car line unfolds as a stubborn rider tries to quiz the conductor about a fare rule and chases a newsstand. Other items include the Harvard eight hopefuls and the old 150 year toll-house on the Boston post-road, plus a likely “running drunk” described by an observer.
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Boston Post-Road
R. J. Walsh
Bridggeport
Boston
Christmas Morning Heartbreak in a Small Town
Helen Franklin awaits her fiancé Willard Armstrong on Christmas morning. She sings a hopeful solo at church while watching him enter with his bride, Mrs. Armstrong. The scene shifts as Helen tries to hide her pain, yet faces social courtesy and a renewed chance at love.
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Helen Franklin
Willard Armstrong
Helen
Willard
Armstrong
Mr. Armstrong
Armstrongs
Mrs. Armstrong
Frank
A Few Jokes From Old Newspapers
A collection of light humor lines from periodicals. Jokes about gifts during Christmas, marital balance of power, honeymoon expenses, and a classroom joke about the word average appear in jokes pulled from Washington Star Household Words Puck and London Figaro.
Daily Table Dinner Menu and Rice Fritters Recipe
The item lists baked beans beef and poultry dishes for dinner and cold roast beef for supper with gravy bread and desserts. It includes a lemon pie recipe with meringue and a rice fritters recipe using rice and milk. Miss M J Sullivan of Ashmont Massachusetts is named at the end.
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M. J. Sullivan
Fuller Street
Ashmont
Mass
The Poet's Quandary at the Table
A fragmentary verse sketch shows a speaker at a table composing lines while wrestling with a muse. The mused moment hints at a playful yet perplexing creative dilemma and a cryptic signature style.
Curtis Printers Club Draws Apathy In Boston
In a late interview a Josiah Quincy Union Printing Club officer said the Edwin U Curtis Club formed to back Edwin Curtis has attracted little support from city printers. The promoter W J Melvin, a Dorchester Republican ward politician, is seen as a likely candidate for city printing superintendent if Curtis is elected mayor.
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Post
Josiah Quincy Union Printing Club
Edwin A. Curtis Club
W. J. Melvin
Dorchester
Curtis
Boston
Edwin U. Curtis
Medallion Presented to Brandywine Church and Notable Quotes
The article notes Minister Bayard presenting a John Wesley medallion by Josiah Wedgwood to Brandywine Methodist Episcopal Church in Wilmington Delaware. It also cites John Temple Graves of Georgia declaring women a problem not a sentiment in a lecture on The New Woman and the Old.
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England
Bayard
John Wesley
Josiah Wedgewood
Brandywine Methodist Episcopal Church
Wilmington
Del
John Temple Graves
Georgia
Fur Capes and Styling Trends in Capes Fashion
The piece describes updating fur capes with velvet trims or silk lining for evening wear. It notes long stolls down the front on many new capes and suggests methods to extend shorter capes with matching fabrics to create a contemporary look.
Fashions Describe Evening and Day Capes with Lace and Flowers
Fashion notes describe capes gathered near the bust, large steel buckles, and fur lined collars. Fur capes feature high cellars with contrasting fur and fasten at the neck under a bow or lace, often with artificial or natural blossoms for daytime or evening wear. The Latest.
Banker Loses in Cipher Says Post Letter
Editor receives a letter arguing the banker, as final holder of a $10 counterfeit bill, is the loser in the debtor chain. The writer contends the washerwoman cannot be pursued, since the chain ends with the banker. The note implies others profit while the banker bears the loss. December 9. E A Bell.
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A. Bell
Chief Ryan Praised For Deer Island Fire Response
A reader defends Chief Ryan against critics of his Deer Island fire action. The writer notes the Deer Island alarm was relayed by phone and that Ryan used Steamer 11 via Winthrop, saving time and gaining attack advantage. The letter urges giving the new district chief due credit.
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Ryan
Deer Island
East Boston
South Ferry
Winthrop
Island
McKinley's Mother Laid In State With Floral Tribute
In Canton Ohio the casket of Nancy Allison McKinley lies amid a mass of flowers as mourners send condolences worldwide to Mrs McKinley's family. The funeral service includes a Kolian Quartet performance and prayers by multiple pastors followed by a viewing of the remains.
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Canton
Nancy Allison McKinley
Helen McKinley
Faure
France
United States
Washington
Kolian
RE. P. Herbuck
John Hall
Trinity Lutheran Church
Manchester
McAfee
Broad Street
Cabinet members depart for Mrs McKinley funeral in Canton
The cabinet group leaving Washington at 7 20 tonight on the Pennsylvania railroad includes Secretary and Mrs Alger Attorney General and Mrs McKenna Postmaster General Gary Secretary Wilson Secretary Bess Mr Porter and Mrs Porter. They will reach Canton about 10 o clock Tuesday morning and return to Washington tomorrow night. The White House will be closed to visitors tomorrow and public buildings will fly flags at half mast. Floral tributes arrive on the train from cabinet members Vice President Hobart and Secretary and Mrs Porter.
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Washington
McKinley
Canton
Pennsylvania Railroad
Alger
McKenna
Gary
Wilson
Bess
Porter
White House
Hobart
Boston Seaport Plans Drive For Dockage And Trade
Eighty-one members of the Boston Associated Board of Trade met at Young's Hotel for their annual meeting. Officers elected include Rufus A. Flanders as president and George H. Davenport as treasurer. A key report urged united action to attract buyers and expand Boston’s markets, with a plan for a permanent trade agency. The dock and terminal program progressed, land purchases at South Boston aided, and a dock construction contract advanced. The group also pressed for standardized salt water herring classifications and protections against scalpers in rail travel.
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Boston Associated Board of Trade
Young’s Hotel
Rufus A. Flanders
Robert A.bolt
Clinton White
George H., Davenport
William H. Hayward
Edward H. Haskell
Albert F. Hayward
Boston Harbor
Boston
Atlantic Coast
New England
Committee On Transportation
New York
Southern Railroad
Committee On
South
Dock and Terminal Committee
Boston Fish Bureau
Secretary of the Treasury
Committee On Customs
Hersey B. Goodwin
President Roads
Bay
Executive Committee
Washington
River and Harbor Committee
Charlestown
Congress
Master Car Builders’ Association
Reception for Miss Maud Gonne at Columbia Theatre
Executive committee sessions at Puritan Hall discussed next Sundays reception for Miss Maud Gonne at the Columbia Theatre. General Patrick A. Collins will preside and introduce her with cheers expected. Speakers include Mayor Quincy Edwin A. Curtis Thomas Riley and Timothy W. Coakley. John J. O Connor Boston University Law School will deliver the welcome address and feature an original poem by Dr James T. Gallagher Charlestown.
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Maud Gonne
Columbia Theatre
Puritan Hall
Patrick A. Collins
Miss Gonne
Quincy
Edwin A. Curtis
Thomas Riley
Timothy W. Coakley
John J. O’connor
Boston University Law School
James T. Gallagher
Charlestown
Will Not Resign At Presbytery Meeting
At the New York Presbytery meeting on December 13Dr. Charles S Robinson refused to resign as pastor of New York Presbyterian Church The dispute centers on Dr John R Paxton preaching there against Robinsons wishes and alleged church debt Robinson claims Paxton sought to supplant him and declares the congregation owes him a heavy debt
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New York
Charles S. Robinson
New York Presbyterian Church
John R. Paxton
Robinson
Paxton
Somerset Associates Plan Eighth Annual Ball at Bethesda Hall
A 25 member committee was appointed at a meeting last Sunday to organize the eighth annual ball for the Somerset Associates, set for Friday evening Feb 18 at Bethesda Hall. A brotherhood bazaar at Tremont Temple Gilbert Hall on Dec 15 16 and 17 will aid the International League, formed in New York in April 1897 with branches across the U S and Europe. Featured exhibits include dainty useful and curious articles from many countries and readings by phrenologists and palmists.
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Somerset Associates
Bethesda Hall
Tremont Temple
Gilbert Hall
International League
New York
Europe
Hiram Lodge Centennial Celebrated in Arlington
In Arlington the Hiram Lodge A F and A M marked its 100th anniversary with a banquet and reception. Rev W H Rider of Gloucester delivered an oration on Masonry as a force for liberty and national unity. The history by Rev O A Roberts traced founders and early leaders including William Monroe and Joseph Bridge.
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Arlington
Hiram Lodge
A. F
A. M
Charles C. Hutchinson
Massachusetts Grand Lodge
Masonic Hall
O. A. Roberts
Melrose
W. H. Rider
Gloucester
Masonry
Republic
Boston
Monroe Tavern
Lexington
William Monroe
Darius Shaw
James Brown
Levi Mead
David Fiska
Abijah Harrington
Jonathan Harrington
Jonas Bridge
Jonathan Bridge
Joseph Smith
Parson Clark
Hancock
Adams
David Fiske
Lodge
Jonathan Harrington, Jr
Lexington Company
Joseph Bridge
Lower Rates Argued Before Boston Fire Underwriters
The Boston Board of Fire Underwriters executive committee met merchants and delegates from the Boston Merchants Association to argue for reduced city fire insurance rates. President Robert A. Boit chaired a two hour session where merchants presented strong city-favorable points and Mitton of Jordan Marsh & Co spoke from a prepared paper outlining sound views on rate reductions.
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Boston Board of Fire Underwriters
Boston Merchants’ Association
Robert A. Boit
Mitton
Jordan Marsh & Co
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Harvard
John Daly
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Susie Brooks Craighead
Hancock Street, Malden
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Bride
George
Puck
London
T. B
Illmore
Spyeris
Wilson Bros
Tremont Row
Royal Baking Powder CO
Curtis Printers’ Club
Evatima Tardo
James H. Fairchild
Oberlin
The
New England Historic Genealogical Society of
Great Britain
Northen
FUR Capes
BAST
M’kinley
Telegraph
Infans
Lag Feich
Boston’s
Associated Board of Trade
Navy Yard
South Boston
Castoria
Collins
Preacher Robinson
Dr. Paxton
Porras Dave
Sole Props
D. A. Roberts
Gloucester—Grand Lodge
Wilson BI
ST. Mary’s Society
the Legion St. Mary
Everett Avenue
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