Matthews Proposes US Protectorate Plan for Cuba Porto Rico and Philippines
Ex-laver Matthews argues in a Young Men’s Democratic Club discussion that the United States should extend constitutional guarantees and civil rights to newly acquired territories. He envisions independent republics under US protection with tariffs and laws but not colonies, warning such action could threaten American liberties.
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Young Men's Democratic Club
Exlaver Matthews
Matthews
United States
Cuba
Suba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Ted Petes
Ion
Republic
Issal
Fragmented treaty notes on coastwise duties and Philippines
A fragmented excerpt discusses treaty details about coasting trade and port dues for foreign vessels. It mentions the term United States and rights to similar treatment of its own ships, with other treaty specifics not fully open for review. The passage references the Philippines and suggests remaining sections are not yet available.
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Matthews
Ted
Philippines
Medal for Bravery Awarded to Patrolman Horton
Patrolman Walter G. Horton of Station 11 received a bravery medal from the police commissioners in a ceremony attended by fellow officers and civic leaders. An incident about a year earlier left him with a bullet in his body after exchanging shots with two thieves, yet he stood his ground. A separate report warns against poisonous substances after a street bottle containing corrosive sublimate was found and misused by a child. Other items note the Charlestown bridge draw nearing opening and ongoing pickpocket activity in subway crowds.
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Walter G. Horton
Station
Horton
West Newton
Dickey Club initiations amuse City crowd on Tre mont street
Grotesque outfits raise curiosity as two applicants join the Dickey Club on Tre mont street. In City Hall yard the dead plants were removed, improving the scene. The Christmas rush boosts government post office jobs. sixteen men sworn in to handle expected workload before New Year. Publisher D P Toomey celebrates securing rights to publish Tissot Christ life paintings from New York.
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Dickey Club
Tremont Street
Federal
D. P. Toomey
Donahoe’s Magazine
Washington Street
Tissot
Christ
New York
Toomey
Fie Tissot
Aftermath of War Echoes in Peaceful Roles
The Cleveland Leader notes soldiers and officers trading combat roles for civilian duties. Battle flags lowered as crews return to desks and counters, ships idle, and war heroes appear in magazines. The piece contrasts former frontline ranks with peaceful, noncombat careers.
Memorial stone honoring Woldemar Bargiel in Berlin church
A memorial stone for Professor Woldemar Bargiel, composer and pedagogue of Berlin and half-brother of Mme Clara Schumann, was dedicated at the Church of the Trinity in Berlin. The article notes Munkacsy in a Berlin asylum painting his portrait and sending it to his wife.
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Woldemar, Bargiel
Berlin
Mme
Clara Schumann
Church of the Trinity
Munkacsy
Bohn
Malady Panic and Pivoting Jests Across City Gossip
A Detroit society man jokes about disease transmission from kissing while another quips about belief in the old axiom that the good die young. A Life item zings a wedding budget with a sharp reply from a father. An Indianapolis item notes a man asking for change for a twenty and a cashier’s confusion.
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Detroit
Detroit Free Press
Hix
Dix
Chicago News
Papa
Madge
H’m
Indianapolis Journal
Return of Harold Ends Long Road to Mary
After years of loneliness on a neglected Berkshire farm, Mary awaits a mortgage sale and lost love. Harold Gray reappears with a long lost letter promising reunion, ending her decade of doubt as he returns to her side at last.
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Berkshire
Valle
Othe
Harold Gray
Harold
Mary
Iowa
Wice
Messag
Des Motes
Cie
Hearst Buys Maple Bust of Jeanne d Arc for Washington
Mrs. Phoebe Hearst of California purchased Prosper d Epinay s Maple bust of Jeanne d Arc and plans to present it to the Washington Museum after a New York exhibit. Paris elites praised the piece as a blend of mysticism and martial zeal amid talk of a future equestrian statue at Domremy and charity efforts for its casting.
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Phoebe Hearst
Caliguia
Prosper d’Epinay
Jeanne d’Arc
Washington Museum
New York
Mos
Aris Hte
MM. a’Epinay
Maid of ‘Jeans
Theo
Vladimir
Alexis
M. d’Epinay
Domremy
Jeanne D'A
Duchesse de Cheyreuse
Sevane
Woing
Uace
Mitiee
The Telephone Monopoly Debate in Boston
A Springfield Republican opines that introducing a rival telephone service would waste public funds and worsen monopoly. It argues for state regulation over Bell and warns competition harms service. It cites unclean wiring, duplicative plants, and the natural monopoly nature of phone networks.
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Springfield Republican
Boston
Bell
Bell Telephone Company
General Court
Fashions Feature Stylish Blue Velvet Toque
One of this year’s stylish toques has a brim covered with royal blue velvet and a crown of blue silk lace over a wire frame. The right side boasts two large violet wings and a dark-blue velvet puff with rhinestone ornaments. It is worn tilted toward the back of the head.
Record cargo week stalls as eleven liners depart Boston
Boston shipping observers note the week’s cargoes may not meet a supposed record as four large liners delay. Nine to eleven ships carried grain totals near one million bushels across weeks, with specific figures for wheat corn and oats. individual ships Cambroman Norseman Lancastrian Canada Catalonia and Hispania are listed with ports and schedules amid weather delays and overdue vessels.
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Boston
Europe
Addiiton
Warren
Cambroman
Moore
Charlestown
Liverpool
Norseman
Leyland
Lancastrian
Dominion
Canada
Cunard Line
Manitoban
Glasgow
Furness
Columbian
London
Christmas Mail Surge Forecast at Boston Post Office
Officials report December mail likely to exceed all prior years with an estimated 46 million pieces to process, up 29 percent from last December. Foreign mail to Ireland and other destinations climbs as stamps rise 20 percent and staff prepare for heavy overtime.
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Boston Post Office
Boston
Reed
Ireland
Philippines
Cuba
Porto Rico
New York
Post Office
Emerald Isle
Moeh of
Salah
Stevensonia for Library Gift to Boston Public Library
The Boston Public Library will acquire Stevensonia rare woodcuts from Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson via Lloyd Osbourne. The blocks illustrate early Stevenson chap books printed in Davos-Platz and include titles like Moral Emblems and The Blue Scalper. The sole complete set belongs to Mrs Charles Fairchild. Constable & Co print limited copies and will donate the blocks to a public institution.
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Boston Public Library
Robert Louis Stevenson
Lloyd Osbourne
Mr. Stevenson
Mr. Osbourne
Stevenson
Lord Osbourne
Davos-Platz
Black Canyon
British Museum
Charles Fairchild
Boston
Edinburgh
Constable & Co
Edinbur
Osbou
State Board of Trade Delays Telephone Bill and Rail Policy
Massachusetts State Board of Trade executive council referred the telephone bill to the next meeting and deferred state supervision questions. A plan to own railroads was deemed premature with a call to oppose rate-excess deals. A request from H H Hanna urged Congress to convene soon after March 4 on monetary legislation.
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Post Telephone
Massachusetts State Board of Trade
Hadward Atkinson
State Board
United States
Philippine Islands
Committee On Transportation
H. H. Hanna
Indianapolis
Congress
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Cleveland Leader
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University of
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Paine Furniture CO
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M. Hearst
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Mily Wine
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Library
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