Common Sense in Finance Urges City Loan for City Needs
The Mayor advocates a practical loan order to replace log rolled appropriations totaling 777000. It includes 12000 for Cabot street bathhouse 105000 to cover court executions 30000 to bury the dead at Mt Hope Cemetery and 175000 for school land and buildings. Aldermen expected to approve. special council meeting set. aim is sane municipal finance.
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A Case for the Great Court
A German resident in Boston criticizes Britain and Germany for bullying Venezuela over debt and urges recourse to the Hague Supreme Court for arbitration. The writer urges use of international law over force, praising Roosevelt's possible arbitration while urging The Hague tribunal as the proper arbiter.
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Marconi’s Triumph Across Oceans Sparks Modern Dream
From Cape Breton to Cornwall, Marconi’s wireless signals carry intelligible messages without wires. The announcement marks a milestone in communication, surpassing the first Atlantic cable laid forty years ago, and rising to a claimed pinnacle of human ingenuity.
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Marconi’s Wireless Telegraphy and Its Vast Promise
The article extols Marconi’s wireless telegraphy as a universal, unlimited method. It frames cable telegraphy as limited by earlier lines and asserts that wireless tech now uses the atmosphere and ether as carriers, transforming the transfer of intelligence with boundless potential.
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The Price of Oil and Kerosene Heating Costs
An editorial in Boston notes kerosene now costs 15 cents a gallon amid a fuel famine, blaming Standard Oil’s monopoly for price rises despite cheap crude. It cites 1902 dividends and calls the monopoly’s greed harmful to the poor, with reflections on hotels and Christmas in the North End. It also reports a faulty clock near Beach and Washington, a bartender stopping a runaway horse, and Captain Pritchard’s temporary left Cunard service move and anticipated return to command.
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Christmas Shopping Prosperity Beams Through Boston Streets
Christmas tide brings crowded sidewalks and bustling shops in Boston as shoppers hunt gifts. The scene radiates holiday cheer, with abundant inventive products and generous charitable spirit shaping a wider festive mood. Those who give freely will have a merrier Christmas, observers say.
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Winter solstice musings and Roxbury charity party noted
The Observant Citizen marks the solstice and brief daylight gain amid reflections on Pilgrims and Mayflower. A $37,000 verdict against New Haven railroad tops local news, with cash to be awarded to Frank J. Cashin for Avon injuries. Roxbury society figures plan a Dec 29 Jubilee Hall dance for charity, amid urban curiosities from Tremont street to curbside toy animals.
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Boston Social Roundup and Winter Arrivals
Mrs. Philip A. Sears opened her Mt. Vernon town house delayed by stormy weather. Notables like Mrs. Rudolph L. Agassiz and Mrs. Bryce Allan host hunt ball patrons while Christine Lincoln plans a California residence after Europe. Officers elected for the George J. Whitten Camp auxiliary. Governor Crane staff details. Captain Frothingham earns long service medal. burglaries target Captain Hall’s Dorchester home. Christmas Mass at Immaculate Conception Church. Mary H. Hunt hosts experts on temperance at dinner.
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Engagements and Announcements in Greater Boston
Miss Eleanor Gertrude Costello of Dorchester announces engagement to Harry Maxmilian Sartoris of Boston. Nellie Lenore Marble of Lewiston to Arthur Seward Bryant of Allston. Gladys Williams to Albert Bigelow near end of January. Edith Tyler to Herbert King on January 31. Miss Helen Alma Wick to Captain Charles T. Dukelow of Boston in Cleveland. Catherine Burns of Clifton to Thomas F Heffernan of Charles Street. Mary Gertrude Welch to Malachi Lea Jennings of Dorchester.
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Arthur Seward Bryant
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Albert Bigelow
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Herbert King
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Dorchester
Bank of Spain to establish branches abroad
Bank of Spain proposes to set up branches in Havana Mexico City New York and Buenos Ayres, extending its network beyond Madrid as reported on December 21.
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Porto Rico Education Report Finds Strong Public Schools
The 2L annual report by Samuel McCune Lindsay shows Porto Rico’s poorest schools compare favorably with many U S areas. Every municipality now hosts a free public school. Last June 874 schools were open with 40 993 pupils and 923 teachers, increases of 19 percent in schools 21 percent in enrollment and 20 percent in staff.
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