Unfortunate Parallel on Subsidies Across Transport Bonds
Testimony before the Industrial Commission by Charles H. Cramp links Hanna ship subsidy plans to historic land grants for transcontinental railroads. He argues subsidies mimic tariffs aiding a few, and warns against repeating past corporate entanglements amid naval and steamship interests.
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Industrial Commission
Charles H. Cramp
Hanna
Pacific
Cramp
High Seas
Pacific Coast
United States
Stanford
Ceu
Wolcott Will Distributes Generous Public Bequests
The late ex Governor Wolcott left a modest fortune but generous bequests to Harvard College, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, local public libraries, and memorials in Litchfield. Hampton and Tuskegee receive support for industrial education, with a full tithe allocated to these beneficiaries.
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Wolcott
Harvard College
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Litchfield
Conn
Hampton
Tuskegee
Mr. Wolcott
Worcester Case Raises Big Question on Ballot Counting
The Worcester election dispute should go to the full Supreme Court to decide if election boards may look beyond strict ballot forms to determine voter intent. The case centers on defective ballots and the power of boards to count them or consider ballots marked for another candidate. It argues against returning boards and favors voting machines to record voter intent automatically.
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Worcester
Supreme Court
Repubean
Board of Elections
O’connell
The Oriental Way and Indirect Indemnity Deals
A column argues the United States will be repaid for missionary property losses by the Sultan of Turkey through civilian payments via shipbuilding contracts with the Cramp firm. It suggests Washington favors indirect compensation over direct Ottoman treasury payments and links this to a broader pattern of Western guarantees and treaties, including McKinley’s pact with the Sultan of Sulu.
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Turkey
United States
Harpool
Washington
McKinley Faces Hard Barrier Over Sovereignty Enforcement
The text warns that Mr Mc Kinley would encounter an insurmountable obstacle akin to the barrier preventing direct payment of the Herpoot indemnity, and suggests he may struggle to discover an easy workaround.
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McKinley
Good Roads and the New Highway Commission
Governor Crane dismisses the old Highway Commission and appoints a new body created by the 1900 act. Members must devote full time with salaries set, though seen as inadequate. Public support, born from bicycle riders, backs the reform as automobiles increasingly demand quality routes nationwide.
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Crane
Highway Commission
Commonwealth
Watch meeting after Ben Hur show at Colonial Theatre
The Observant Citizen notes the Ben Hur company plans a watch meeting after the Colonial Theatre performance next Monday evening with a supper on the stage. Horses and camels will be featured and not forgotten. Harvard University receives a $20,000 benefaction from the late Roger Wolcott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Hur’ Company
Colonial Theatre
Harvard University
Roger Wolcott
Four Page Fashion Section Praised By Sunday Post
A friendly note urges readers to consider a four page fashion section in the Sunday Post. It touts half tone illustrations and coverage as the best feature of its kind ever produced by a Boston paper.
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The
Sunday Post
Boston
Why She Turned Him Down
She looked at him with horror and turned away while watchers shivered. The youth is tall and manly with an active brain, yet social prestige bars him from advancement. When asked why, the social leader explains he is wearing a horrid made up tie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Daily Table Hints Include Cereal, Dinner Menus in Sunday Post
Daily table hints list luncheon and dinner items such as hot bouillon German fried potatoes corn meal muffins tea pea soup roast beef mashed potatoes canned corn tapioca pudding with a corn meal muffin recipe. Miss Wentworth of Trinity Court Boston signs the note.
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Sunday Post
Miss Wentworth
Trinity Court
Boston
American women honored by Legion of Honor bid
Paris reports M Delcasse, directing the candidate list for Legion of Honor exposition awards, recommends two American women Mrs D Manning and Mrs Potter Palmer for the honor. The chancellery must decide and many French officials oppose medals for women, making favorable action unlikely. few French women have received the decoration and it is noted that two American women were unusually recommended.
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Paris
M. Delcasse
D. Manning
Potter Palmer
Legion of Honor
Beatrice Brent Wins Ernest Atherton’s Renewed Love
On a European liner returning to New England a lonely man, Ernest Atherton, journeys with grief over wife and child. He falls for Beatrice Brent, a village schoolteacher, though she is pledged to another, Winfred Winter. After a test of friendship aided by Atherton, Beatrice’s former lover dies, and Atherton vows a faithful future as they sail toward their Swiss wedding voyage.
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Ernest Atherton
New England
Alice
Brent
Beatrice Brent
Winfred Winter
Mr. Atherton
Switzerland
Blair Fight on Chandler in Rockingham Club Address
Former Senator Henry W Blair accused New Hampshire newspapers of biased coverage favoring a single candidate and opposing others as better qualified for the national Senate. His remarks sparked a heated club discussion among Rockingham County Republicans in Exetor New Hampshire.
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N. H
Rockingham County
Republican Club
Henry W. Blair
Manchester
Blair
National Senate
Brother of Arctic explorer opens will in Copenhagen
The brother of Professor Andree, who disappeared during a polar balloon attempt, has finally opened his deceased sibling's will in Copenhagen. Despair over the failure to return from polar regions followed news two weeks prior.
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Copenhagen
Andree
North Pole
Profussor Andrue
Balloon voyage of Professor Andree ends in uncertain fate
Professor Salomon August Andree and two companions began a 1897 balloon expedition from Danes Island Spitzbergen with thirty carrier pigeons. Reports of sightings and messages found under pigeons’ wings circulated but remained unverified as the opening of Andree's will was deferred for twelve months and his brother lost hope.
Busy Collegi ancent Greek party at Pierce Hall ball
Delegates of a Greek letter society congress in Boston attended a ball at Pierce Hall Copley Square hosted by Alpha Tau Omega. The evening featured elaborate costumes floral decor and bright illumination with patrons matrons and many attendees listed. Maor talks welcomed the scholars urging public service and leadership for college men.
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Marie Ware Lawton
Charles J. Cottrell
Larkin W. Glazebrook
N. Wiley Thomas
Louis Co. Ehle
N. Lincoln Green
Lillian Waterhouse
Maud Houghton
Bertha Marston
M. M. Patterson
May Jones
Florence L. Chittenden
Evellyn Stark
Ethel Treadway
Blanche E. Lyon
Ethel Burton
Mildred Hawes
Helen Ramsey
Jessie Sloan
Elizabeth Flanagan
Louise Chase
Lotta L. Colton
Maud Clayton
Forrests. Lunt
Clyde B. Kenty
Fred M. Randlett
William C. West
Stanley
Bertram O. Young
Congress
Pierce Hall
Mares Hart
Otis G. Glazebrook
Order
L. C. Ehle
Chicago
Edward Lisle
Roanoke
Love on the Stairs and a Staged Confession
Comic dialogue excerpts show a stairway dance scene where a youth plans to declare love to Miss Idolmine Mabel but is interrupted by flirtations and comic mishaps. The piece features banter about dancing, secrecy, and an accidental engagement hint, concluding with playful career of romance and a tease about Chappie’s devotion.
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Jones
Miss Idolmine
Mabel
One on the Teacher at Oyster Bay School
A playful exchange unfolds as a schoolboy teases about an elephant calf fed on elephant milk and gaining twenty pounds daily. The Oyster Bay schoolmaster reacts with indignation asking whose baby he is, threatening to thrash the boy if not answered.
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Oyster Bay
Swell set snub of self-made men debated
Towne and Browne discuss snubbing Jorkins and Snorkins, both self-made men. Towne notes Snorkins was admitted, while Browne recalls Snorkins was made in England, reflecting class bias in recognition.
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Towne
Snuboe Jorkins
Browne
Snorkins
England
Philadelphia Press
Readem and Tellem Clash Over Ambition in Baltimore Talk
The Baltimore American quotes Readem valuing a great American novel and Tellem countering that his aim is the great American dollar, highlighting a debate on artistic vs. financial success and ambition.
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Readem
Ritem
Tellem
Baltimore
Christmas Smart Set Quote Sparks Domestic Note
The brief item records a witty exchange as a wife claims to have shaped her husband John, who retorts he was a woman hater before marriage. The line highlights a sharp, humorous clash in a Christmas Smart Set column style.
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Belle
Chappie
Grace
John
Not Adepts in Dressmaking Doll Folly
A quirky dialogue fragment shows children puzzled by a doll with clothes reversed. The exchange hints at playful mischief and simple curiosity among youngsters, reflecting a domestic or schoolyard scene in a small community.
Alpha Kappa Kappa Holds Convention at Revere House
At the Revere House the Alpha Fapps Reappe formed from medical fraternity members held a convention. Reports read on officers and special committees. Action on these papers was deferred until today. An informal reception was held in the evening by grand officers at the Revere House.
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Revere House
Alpha Fapps Reappe
Revere Ouse
Panet Uranus Echoes In Witty Exchange
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip ponders life on the planet Panet Uranus and the charm of four moons. The lighthearted exchange highlights space curiosity and playful bragging about celestial views.
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Panet
Uranus
Cleveland Plain Ealer
Dreyfus Asks Inquiry Over Rochefort Letter Charge
Dreyfus writes to Premier Waldeck-Rousseau calling Rochefort's claim that he sent a letter to Kaiser William from Paris a falsehood. He insists on his innocence and requests a formal inquiry to vindicate his honor, stating he will seek legal recognition and pursue the truth to his last breath.
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Paris
Secretary Long urges christening battleship California
Secretary John D. Long has recommended that one of the new battleships be christened California. The notice comes from the San Francisco area with expected ceremonial naming in the near term.
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California
Angeles
Cal
John D. Long
Raphael's Canvases to Exhibit Tapestries Inherit by Russian Countess
New York dispatch reports seven colored Raphael cartoons once sold to Cardinal Grimani and Gonzaga, later linked to Mantua tapestries. The Loukmanoff set, inherited by Countess O. de Dobrychine of Odessa, is said to be Raphael's work and parallels Vatican pieces in size and color, tied to Vegas of the Mantuan weavers and Flemish tapestries.
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Vatican
Tage
Stry Phael
Cardinal Grimani
Sigismonde de Gonzaga
Grimani
St. Paul
Sanek
Mantua
Karcher
St. Barbara
Schonbrunn
Vienna
Loukmanoff
Raphael
the Gonzaga
Venice
Leo X
Sistine Chapel
Rome
New York
O. de Dobrychine
Odessa
Russia
South Kensington Museum
London
Flanders
St. Paul and
Barnabas
Lystra
Athens
Austria
Count of Jagozinsky
Mmee Dobrychise
Count Jagozinsky
Moscow
D. Loukmanoff
Mme. de Dobrychine
Senevgreff
Kensington
Bologna
Leo
Henry IiI
Papal purchase linked to Raphael cartoons tapestries
The article discusses Raphael cartoons The Miraculous Draught of Fishes The Death of Ananias The Blinding of the Sorcerer and The Healing of the Lame Man. It notes their masterful brushwork and partial restoration, the pope paying 100 ducats each, Vasari as authority, 1660 transport to Flanders for tapestry production, and Bernard von Orley and Michael von Oxee supervising the process.
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Ananias
Giorgio Vasari
Raphael
Flanders
Rome
Bernard von Orley
Michael von Oxee
Catholic Church Census in Boston Archdiocese
The Boston Archdiocese census shows 413 secular priests serving as pastors or assistants under Archbishop Williams. It lists 49 missions, three boys colleges with 710 students, eight academies with 90 pupils, parochial schools averaging 40 330 attendees, four industrial reform schools with 6 inmates, and a total Catholic- care population of 44 9 only.
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Archdiocese of
Boston
M. J.doody
Williams
Jesuits
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Green Mountain
Willett Crocker
Boston Hat Company
Crocker
Richard T. Laffin
Boston Elevated’ Railroad
Boston & Worcester Street Railway
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George R. Tripp
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Tripp
Frank W. Canon
George B. Perry
C. W. Reed
H. F. W. Lyonns
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Manning
Palmer
French Legion of Honor
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Farmington
Chandler
Lover
Bey Ranel' le
de Vere
Miss Winter
Ponsonby
Alpha Kappa Kappa
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Hotel Vendome
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Tufts
Hoff
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Coburn Sta. CO
Cornhill
Dreyfus
Rochefort
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Saviour
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