MOTO: With a Mission AMERICAN IRON ABROAD
The shipment of 6000 tons of Alabama pig iron from Pensacola to Japan signals a permanent trade in pig iron. Japan offers cheaper crude iron from Southern furnaces, freight similar, yet a protective tariff on raw material continues. The piece argues New England manufacturers seek free raw material while the US leads in iron and steel production and export surplus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Pensacola
Japan
England
United States
Republican Congress
New England
Free bicycle baggage on railroads expands nationwide
Bicycles are now carried free as baggage on many railroad lines, totaling over 68 000 miles. This near doubling from last year shows practicality and equity, with railroads adopting the policy voluntarily or by state law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Parallel Mayors of Boston Share the Quincy Name
The essay compares two Boston mayors named Quincy, tracing a lineage of municipal vision from the elder to the current. It lauds the elder for long term planning opposed at times, notes the present mayor mirrors his grandfather’s breadth of view, and argues progress requires liberal policy and support against conservative critics. It also discusses The Post’s editorials and its support for Quincy over Curtis.
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Boston
Josiah Quincy
Greater
Quincy
John B. Moran
Post
Moran
Mr. Curtis
Curtis
The Enormous Gas Burden
In 1889 six Boston gas companies paid 6 to 10 percent dividends on 4.59 million dollars. By nine years later absorbed entities held about 104.86 million in stocks bonds and debt. Inflation has raised market value vastly while public pays interest and possible legal limits are urged to curb such financial expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Bach
Call for Gas and Electric Board to curb inflation burden
The speaker urges the Gas and Electric Light Commission extend its jurisdiction to curb drastic gas price inflation. The public must be protected from this crushing burden and the board should act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gas and Electric Light Commission
Punish All Frauds in Registration Fraud Probes
The piece argues that fraudulent Boston registration must be punished if intentional deceit is proven, not just by removing names. It warns errors may occur in large lists and stresses nonpartisan accountability for fraud harming any party, urging honest action beyond removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Board of Eplection Commissioners
Observant Citizen and Boston Trade Notes in Local Life
The Observant Citizen interweaves invites for Rev. Dr. Hale and literary figures with praise for the Boston Associated Board of Trade. A street scene counts 190 doctors signs on arrow street cars while a dog in a hood draws laughter. Reminiscences recall the old St. James Hotel site and the Conservatory explosion with historic misfortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Conservatory of Music
St. James Hotel
Boston Notes On Public Life And Arts In A Busy Season
A bustling mix of city observations from religion and lectures to theatre manners and class elections. The piece notes Bishop Fowler's talk at Tremont Street M E Church, Harvard seniors voting by secret ballot, a divorce alimony case, and critiques theatre programme print times plus a remark on Mrs McKinley’s death timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tremont Street
M. E
Bishop Fowler
Buffalo
New York
Yesterias
Roses of June-tide Love Fragment
A sorrowful verse notes that wildflowers bloom in woodland memory of a summer romance. The speaker recalls youthful love as rosebuds opened, but foresees blood-stained pages and a fading harvest, ending with a plea to lay love to rest as years advance. Dec 13 4Qose Griffin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Love
Griffin
Up-to-Date Muffs Reflect Fashion's Grim Factor
A fashion column notes fur muffs and accessories evolving into elaborate displays with mink tails and velvet wraps. It describes large fur muffs, five inch wide handcuffs as accents, and velvet linings in contrasting silks, sharing tips for creating coordinated ensembles from gown to muff. It ends with a playful nod to The Cat Est.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae
Wealth and Pride End in a Father Son Tragedy
In a June dawn, John Forrest confronts his wayward son Arthur over gambling debts and a row with the law. After a tense argument, Forrest shoots Arthur and then declares the son has taken the law into his own hands as police arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Forrest
Heaven
Arthur
Forrest
Pather
John
Wedding Jokes and Political Pokes Across a Nation
Comic exchanges from multiple papers highlight marital nerves and political quirks. A bride jokes about quiet weddings while busybodies quarrel over money. A congressman wins respect for calm rhetoric as a chaplain jokes about influence. A new congressman reflects on future aims amid playful banter about success and failure.
Young People's Singing Club Concert at Roslindale Church
The Young People's Singing Club performs this evening at Roslindale Congregational Church with an attractive program of readings by Miss idihian Asge Thompson and songs, glees, and other vocal numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young People's Singing Club
Roslindale Congregational Church
Asge Thompson
Mail on the Fly Pneumatic Mail System Trial in Boston
A Post reporter test runs a pneumatic carrier between the Boston post office and Union Station at 40 miles per hour. The system, part of a Maine line under two underground tubes, carries mail both ways with 600 letters per carrier and a potential capacity of 3600 to 6600 letters per minute. Formal opening planned next Friday with officials in attendance and a ceremonial carrier run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Station
Post
Boson
Boston Pneumatic Transit Company
School
Beacon
Temple
Ost
Corliss
William 8. Shallenbarger
Quincy
Thomas
New York
Relief Corps fair in Music Hall features music and booths
Nearly every attendee wore brass badges as Frank Giles led a program in Music Hall. Miss Hermina Besserer and the Melba Quartet performed patriotic songs while Rev. Mark B. Taylor spoke after traveling 260 miles. Booths included Old North Church and Lincoln Corps displays. tonight the Daughters of Veterans present Greek tableaux with the Newland Conservatory quartet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Music Hall
Frank Giles
Hermina Besserer
Melba
Marshal Evans
Mark B. Taylor
Brooklyn
N. Y
Old Bay
May French Anonce
Grewind Gray
Old North Church
Abraham Lincoln Corps 39
Charlestown
Francis Gould Corps
Arlington
Post Department
L Ww. Hall
John M. Deane
John EB. Gilman
Peter D. Smith
Sarahb. Fuller
Daughters of Veterans
Es’ Quartet
Newland Conservatory
Ernest Astle
Must Be Relief
Senator McBride of Oregon received a dispatch from E P Ash who arrived in Portland from Dawson City. Ash warned that Dawson’s provisions will run out by mid March and no interior supplies can reach Dawson before next June, urging immediate government expedition authorization to overcome mid winter Duene obstacles and reach Dawson in 40 to 60 days from Skaguay and Dyea.
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Washington
McBride
Oregon
E. P. Ash
Portland
Dawson
Dawson City
Interior
United States
Skaguay
Dyea
Bookbinders Dance marks first anniversary event in Boston
The Boston Book Bindin Association celebrated its first anniversary with a Red Men's Hall gathering last evening. The program ran 8:15 to 9:15 for a concert followed by dancing until 2 AM with many officers and members attending alongside special guest Norman V. White of the Boston Book Binding Company.
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Ladies of the
Boston Book Bindin Association
Red Men’s Ha
M. Deasy
L. Baughan
L. Hierlihy
C. McEachern
R. Mahoney
M. N. McDevitt
A. Mahoney
G. Magrath
M. O’neale
Sadie Erving
Maggie Nihan
Lottie
Mamie McEachern
Conte
Phebe Graham
Katie Driscoll
Nellie Manning
May Mahoney
Lucy O’connor
Agnes Royston
Rose Garrity
Annie Murphy
Nellie Kiley
Lizzie McGrath
Nellie
Maggie Barrett
Annie Siverman
Grace Thompson
Kate Harrington
May
Lizzie McLoughlin
Annette Daly
John Connolly
Richard Cashan
Val Ryan
John Lane
Sumner Pendleton
Joseph Keeney
Joseph Sharkey
George Donovan
Ugene McCarthy
F. L. O'Neill
Edward Armstrong
Robert Tenney
Norman V. White
Boston Book Binding Company
B. Stiger
Ancing
Seventeenth Annual Old Eliot School Boys Reunion
The Association of Old Eliot's School Boys held its seventeenth annual supper and reunion at Youngs last evening. About forty members attended with an informal reception from 5:30 to 6:00, followed by a banquet. President Ripley acted as toastmaster and a dozen speakers gave brief addresses.
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Association of Old Eliot’s School
Youngs
Ripley
Honoring Their Deaths in Windsor Services
In Windsor England a December ceremony marked the anniversary of the prince consort and other royal figures. Attendees included the Duke and Duchess of Connaught, Prince and Princess Christian, and Princess Louise, reflecting royal mourning traditions.
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Windsor
Eng
Alice
Prince Wales
Duke
Duchess of
Reverend Eliot Resigns Brooklyn Pastorate for Unitarian Post
The Rev Samuel A Eliot resigns after five years at the First Unitarian Congregational Society of Brooklyn. He will become secretary of the American Unitarian Association, elected recently, with home now in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Dixon
New York
A. M. Palmer
Mariline Foster
Switzerland
Richard Mansfield
Samuel A. Eliot
First Unitarian Congregational Society
Church of the Say Pay
Brooklyn
Eliot
America Unitarian Association
Boston
Waterfront Conditions and Harbor Movements Near the Lighthouse
A windy foggy day keeps many towboats at berth while steamers depart to Liverpool Boston Yar mouth Baltimore and Charleston. Captains Eldridge Purcell and McDougall visit the marine division as others load Bristols. The Fort Warren artillery crew sails to Portland to mount 10 inch guns at Fort Preble.
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Kansas
Liverpool
Boston
Yarmouth
Alesia
Baltimore
Pawnee
Charleston
Bird Island
Stevedore
Booth
Rider-Dempster
Bristol
George H. Balderson
Charlestown
John J. Quigley
East Boston
Louis Osborn
Lockwood's
Devens
Marine Division
Custom House
Clarence F. Eldridge
Wellfleet
Anderson
John James
A. McDougall
Allan
Glasgow
T. A. Purcell
Fto- Ha
Las Palmas
Purcell
Captain McDougall
Montreal
Chamber of Commerce
Steward Robinson
Portland
Willis
Ramadalen
Dowgate
Hildawell
Millfield
Mass Meeting Supports Sedgwick Kehew For Boston School Board
The Woman's Educational Industrial Union held a noon mass meeting in Faneuil Hall to back Profess or William T. Sedgwick and Mrs. Mary Morton Kehew for the Boston School Board. Speakers included H L Bigginson Rev C F Dole Samuel Capen D Mead Rev Mr Allen and others. Resolutions endorsed Sedgwick and Kehew.
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Woman's Educational Industrial Union
Faneuil Hall
William T. Sedgwick
Mary Morton Kehew
Boston
H. L. Bigginson
C. F. Dole
Samuel B. Capen
D. Mead
Mr. Allen
Higginson
Gray’s Hall
Capen
Municipal League
Permaracter
Sedgwick
Kehew
Colonel Livermore
Edmund Billings
Wells Memorial Hall
Fred J. Kneeland
Bowditch
Gardeners Banquet Highlights Boston Market Association Assembly
The eleventh annual best set of the Boston Market Gardeners Association was held last evening at the Quincy House with over 100 members attending. Attendees included John Avery president of the Fruit and Produce Exchange A W Strauss of Cambridge FE N rises of Waltham J Howell Crosby of Arlington J C Stone of Watertown and others. Music and entertainment by an impersonator and humorist complemented the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Market Gardeners’ Association
Quincy House
John Avery
Fruit and Produce Change
A. W. Strauss
Cambridge
FE. N. Rises
Waltham
J. Howell Crosby
Arlington
J. C. Stone
Watertown
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Boston Post
Representative Democratic Paper
American Iron Abroad
Josiah Quincys
MR. Moran and
the Post
Edward Everett Hale
Aldine Club
Jhisrop Potter
W. D. Howells
Leicester Ford
Billings Colonel Waring
Richa Watson Gilder
Hale
Boston Art Club
Boston Associated Board of Trade
Board of Trade
Arrow Street
Grove Hall
Carri
Harvard
Graham Martins
W. H. Rogers
Chathamport
Mass
People's Institute
Ard
Brett Hale
E. Karr
Frank O'Toole
Charlies E . Mcalen
Board of Park Commissioners
Castoria
Suggee
Gail Borden
Eagle Brand
Protec
York
F. 8. Lamb
Hewlett Street, Rossinale, Mass
Chicago
Maria
Tompkins
Free Press
Chicago News
Annie
Congress
Washington Star
Capitol
Bertram
Roslindale
Union Depot
Delft
Dresden
R. Hollings 8 Co
Washington Street
W. R. C. Fair
OLD Eliot School
OR. Eliot
President McKinley
Canton
ALC
DR. Manchester
Nancy Allison McKinley
West Lawn Cemetery
Methodist Church
McKinley
BE. P. Berbruck
Trinity Reformed Church
Jesus
Twenty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry
M. EB
McAfee
Broad Street Methodist Church
Columbus
Ohio
Boues Corchnet
MicAfee
Alger
Interior Bliss
McKenna
Gary
Agriculture Wilson
Porter
Professor Sedgwick
Porrzn Cave
Sare Camm Coar
Props
Wilson Bros
Tremont Row
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