Senator Foraker Defends Porto Rico Tariff Factual Critique
Senator Foraker replies to ex President Harrison by arguing that Porto Rico tariff policy rests with the U S Congress and the Porto Rican Legislature. He notes the island’s revenue needs, the administration’s veto power, and the lack of real legislative independence under Washington control.
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Foraker
Harrison
Porto Rico
Congress
United States
Legislative Assembly of
Washington
Council
House of Delegates
Ring
Orphans of Provincetown Fund Appeals for Aid
A 54 orphan case emerges after the Cora McKay schooner disappeared in a Texas gale on Sept 12 while fishing near the Banks. Provincetown, a town of under 5000, seeks donations to support widows and children. funds may be sent to Rev Father Terra or Angus McKay in Provincetown.
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Cora
McKay
North Atlantic
Galveston
Provincetown
Cara
Texas
Cora S. McKay
Father Terra
Angus McKay
Hanna's Ship Subsidy Sparks Political Debate
The article criticizes Senator Hanna's holiday Congress presentation advocating a shipping subsidy of 9 million dollars annually for twenty years. It labels the claims as extravagant and urges the public to see the bill as robbing the American people while arguing the measure lacks equity and honesty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanna
Congress
National Magazine
Republic
Old Beef Scandal Revisited by Alger in North American Review
The piece revisits the 1890s beef scandal and Alger’s role as War Secretary. It argues Alger has not added new facts and condemns Miles while praising Bagam. It notes Army abuses under Alger, including transports, fever camps, Montauk neglect, subsistence failures, and 1898 War Department incompetence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinney
Fagan
Alger
North American Review
General Miles
Bagan
War Department
McKinley
Miles
Commissary Department
Montauk
Washington
Cuba
Algeria
Scrutiny of Rathbone and Neely graft case in Cuba
The piece questions the guilt of BE. a. Rathbone and C. F. W. Neely in a large theft scandal tied to Hanna. It notes a government inquiry, seven months since discovery, and reports Rathbone's close political ties. The Havana rumor claims Rathbone's escape from punishment is arranged, challenging McKinley’s stance on Hanna-era corruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ture
A. Rathbone
Posts
Cuba
C. F. W. Neely
Bureau of Finance
Hanna
Rathbone
United States
Havana
McKinley
Boston News Notes and Local Happenings
The Observant Citizen reviews a January Boston scene with icy streets, Tremont and Beacon Hill treks, and local social life. It highlights art, a San Juan Hill film, readings by Mrs Winslow, birthdays in Randolph, a Tivoli hotel christening, Cambridge sealer woes, Wall Street bets, and Harvard deaf mutes scholars Homer and Melvin Wheeler.
Delicatessen Prices Offer Low, Quality Stands Fast
Boston prices at the delicatessen counter show pork feet at four pounds per icals, Finnan Haddie by the pound, chicken salad by the quart, and home made piccalilli by the quart. Poultry and delicatessen items are promoted as the lowest in town with quality emphasized.
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Boston
Finnan Haddie
The Window Lady and the Man of Evergreen Street
In Gloucester a pale invalid woman Jean watches children from her window. A dignified stranger loves the kids, kisses their faces, and brings joy to her life as spring blooms. Their bond grows through shared affection for the children in the square.
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Jean
Kith
Kinless
Evergreen Street
Pulree
Si Jean
Little One
Pedr E
Missing marriage license causes anxious delay in town
A young groom to be ordered a marriage license sent home in a package from a furnishing goods store. The bundle was misplaced causing weeks of anxiety and jokes from coworkers. A prank caller claimed a brindle colored license had appeared, but the package eventually arrived with license intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Fairyland performance draws throngs at Mechanics Hall
Last evening's showing of Fairyland at Mechanics Hall delighted a large audience with artistic costumes and graceful dancing. The third and final matinee is scheduled for this afternoon. Notable attendees included J Lindfield Damon and family, Major Hussey, Mrs Edmands, Joshua Holden, and others. The Country Club plans an ice carnival on Clyde Park Pond with curling competition if the ice holds. John Adams Chapter D A R met in Washington, dressed in white liberty silk gauze and pearls, with Lily of the valley veil. Miss Alice Lothrop is mentioned among the attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanics’ Hall
J. Lindfield Damon
E. A. Hussey
T. F. Edmands
Joshua Holden
Harry H. Gay
8. B. Bremer
Oliver Mink
Charles J. Rich
Charles H. Johnson
Clyde Park
John Adams Chapter
Washington, D. C
Liberty
Alice Lothrop
Bound to Keep Up Exchange Tidbit
A brief exchange notes Phil Furnas asking about Rhodeburn in an end seat and Lon Moore remarking he is saaring his cycleometer. The roads are so bad he cannot ride to the city on his wheel, but he is bound to keep up on his milage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil. Furnas
Rhodeburn
Lon ‘Moore
Sky High Knockout Question Stuns Chicago Record
In a Chicago Record snippet a reader asks about a boxing scene with slang. The reply confirms a dramatic knockout, saying the opponent was floored and knocked sky high. The exchange captures boxing bravado and the paper's lively tone.
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Chicago
Pancake Hats Stir Chicago Tribune Banter
A storm cellar scene features two girls debating making pancake hats. One asks if another hat will be ready and the response notes raising the dough. The snippet captures playful dialogue from the Chicago Tribune.
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Chicago Tribune
Daily Table Hints from the Sunday Poet
Daily table hints outline breakfast and supper lists with recipes and ingredients. It notes muffin, buckwheat cakes, roast sirloin, potato souffle, and custard plus a buttered puffed dish. Includes Miss Emma Hilstrum of Campello Massachusetts as a contact.
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Emma Hilstrum
Market Street
Campello
Mass
Odd Bits of News Snapshot
Paris National Library holds 60 000 volumes of French poetry. The Legion of Honor is the largest merit order with 65 000 members. Swiss village builders at the Paris Exposition lost 600 000 dollars. Alaska near Juneau reports a large gypsum deposit. Denmark leads in thrift with average savings of 50 dollars per person. France’s parliament is the costliest in Europe at 1 500 000 dollars yearly.
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Paris
Alaska
Juneau
Denmark
Euro
France
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
The Guilty Escape In Cuban Revenue Scandal
A May discovery showed postal service favorites in Cuba stole from Cuban revenues. Zeal to punish them sparked a scandal, but today these men go unpunished and the affair has been suppressed.
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Ssapraegeni
Cuba
We Guarantee Lens Lock Screw Eyeglasses
We guarantee eyeglasses made with Lens Lock Screws will not have loose stud screws nose clips or springs. Lens Lock Screw Eyeglasses are the best we know how to make and are wholly free from the cited defects. Can be attached to old rimless glasses nickel sec. On new eyewear no extra charge. Letter 19 on all Lens Lock Eyeglasses.
Three Pretty Brides and Local Social Notes
The article details society happenings in Washington and local Boston area circles. Highlights include Miss Floretta Vining presiding at a meeting, delegates named for a general society congress in Washington on February 22, and the treasurer's resignation accepted with Mrs. Charles T. Small appointed. Mae Frazar speaks on the Pan American Exposition. It also notes weddings and attire, with Miss Mary A Rand and Allan Abbott among brides, and other social entries such as the Table Club hosted by Mrs. Thomas Mack and visitors like Mr. Walter Deland Came.
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Parker House
Floretta Vining
Congress of the General Society
Washington, D. C
Harriet P. Simpson
G. H. W. Bates
Lillian Rich Gilligan
Brice
Chick
Charles T. Small
Malden
Mae Frazar
Mary A. Rand
Edward A. Rand
Watertown
Allan Abbott
Debutante season shows Boston society lists
Mrs C. X Wadham of Somerset road West Newton Senator Chandler with Hon C A Sulloway lately elected to the House of Representatives at Parker House for a few days Mr James H Kidder of the Puritan club who has returned from Alaska has gone to North Carolina for the winter with a shooting box and hounds Others include Mr and Mrs J F Linzee guests on Marlboro street Miss Marion North entertaining Miss Ruth Gentry of Vassar College Str Wolfman Richardson to winter in Egypt Mrs Harry Bemis of Chestnut Hill held an At Home Mr and Mrs Cyrus H Bates of Jerusalem Road Cohasset in Newbury water wintering in Miami rate dance at Kernwood club Malden New Year s Eve Miss Marjorie Thayer visiting New York Mrs Shepard Brooks cards for a Tuileries dance in honor of her debutant daughter Mr and Mrs William Sumner Crosby Brookline invite guests for a reception for Miss Idalene Snow Hooper of San Francisco the fiancée of their son Sumner Crosby The Debutante.
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C. XK. Wadham
Somerset Road
Westewton
Chandler
New Hipshire
C. A. Sulloway
Anchester
House of Representatives
Parker House
James H. Kidder
Puritan Club
Alaska
North Carolina
Aiken
Hollis
H. Hunnewells
Field
Massachusetts
Marion
Beacon Street
Ruth Gentry
Vassar College
Wolfman Richardson
Egypt
Harry Bemis
Chestnut Hill
Cyrus H. Bates
Jerusalem Road
Cohasset
Newbury
William Suinner Crosby
Gardiner Road
Brookline
Idalene Snow Hooper
San Francisco
Sumner Crosby
Vanderbilt wedding plans with special trains announced
Miss Histe French to wed Alfred G. Vanderbilt on January 14 in Newport. Special trains will run from New York at 1:20 p m Saturday and Sunday, and from Boston at 10 a m Monday. Rev George Bimley of New Haven will read the exhortation and betrothal. Amos Tuck French to give the bride away. Pauline French maid of honor Reginald Vanderbilt best man. Rev Charles Beattie to officiate.
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Newport
BR. I
Histe French
Alfred'g
Vanderbilt
New York
Boston
City
George Bimley
New Haven
Pauline French
Reginald Vanderbilt
Charles Beattie
Chelsea
Zabriskie Memorial Church
New Dorchester Athletic Club Forms Dorchester Athlete Association
A Dorchester meeting at the Codman Club house organized the Dorchester Athlete Association. President B Parks led a committee of Parks, Robert Nicholls and Harry Tileston to draft a constitution and by laws. A Sunday afternoon meeting is planned.
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Athletic Association
Codman Club
Dorchester
Dorchester Athlete Association
B Parks
Parks
Robert Nicholls
Harry Tileston
Somerville Officials Dine At Formal Banquet
Somerville officials hosted a formal banquet for the outgoing Mayor George Proctor and Mayor-elect Edward Glines. Forty eight plates were set and the event centered on the passing of the cup of comfort from the retiring to the incoming mayor.
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Somerville
Young
George Proctor
Edward Glines
Boston Letter Warns of Dramatic Urban Feats and Change
A letter to the editor recalls a 1811 record of an extraordinary one night feat in Newburyport, describing sheep shearing, spinning, weaving, and a coat worn by a noted tailor before 5000 spectators in 13 hours. The writer imagines night construction across the Common and subway plans, urging caution about rapid city changes.
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Sam A. Way
Bowdoin Street
Beacon Hill
Bowdoin Square
Next Best Thing to Knowing Them Feature
The Sunday Post offers readers access to writings by great leaders, thinkers, workers, and writers of the day. It showcases contributions from prominent figures who have joined forces with the New York Sunday Journal, marking a notable feature in Boston journalism history.
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Ston Sunday Post
Sunda Post
New
Yor Sunday Journal
Arena
Boston
Poem Fragment Reflects on Inkstand and Pen Image
A fragmentary verse describes a cut-glass inkstand and a pearl-handled pen with jewel tones. The speaker muses on writing about deep questions and compares the work to the Rubaiyat, noting a price of about thirty cents, and mentions a crystal font and a jewel-dipped pen amid a garbled line about exchange.
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Boston Post
Democratic
New England
the Orphans OF
Observant Citizen
Tremont Street
Park Street
Tremont
Nat C. Goodwin
Maxine Elliott
Goodwin
East Milton
Walter Gilman Page
Battle of
San Juan Hill
Washington Street
Erving Winslow
Rostand
Caroline Abbott
Randolph
Abbott
Caroline Gooch
William Curran
Beverly
Thomas J. Powers
Tivoli
Tom
West Fourth Street
South
M. T. Callahan
P. J. Daly
George Nolan
Representative Donovan
P. J. Mullaney
George Whalen
Frank Murphy
Thomas McCarthy
James Powers
Jennie DeHahn
Joe Lannan
James Lannan
Doc’’ Collins
Mike Lowry
Frank Costello
Roberts
Cambridge
Eeork
Wall Street
Thomas W. Lawson
Mr. Lawson
Hetty Green
H. H. Rogers
A. C. Burrage
Helen Keller
Lawrence Scientific School
Harvard
Homer
Melvin Wheeler
Melvin
Middlesex Club
Elihu B. Hayes
Willard Howland
Houghton & Dutton
Meat Department
hBy Abbie F. Rust
Chestnut Street
Gloucester, Mass
Cleveland
Emily Stokes
Edith Gordon Walker
Arlington Society
Baker
Wili
Andrew J. Lloyd & Co
Baer Tey
Sio Bouton Trent
Fred B. Babb
Lynn
Thomas W. Lace
Portsmouth
N. H
Nettle M. “Eighton
C. Hortense Toppan
Naples Road
Thomas Mack
Commonwealth Avenue
Walter Deland
Greenville Street
Roxbury
Fray Wadham
Dartmouth
Lucy Flanagan
Art Museum
Edgar Saltus
J. 20
Herron
Cholly Knickerbock
James L. Ford
Julius Chambers
Max O’ Rell
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Margaret Horton Potter
Gus Dirk
Bugs
Swinnerton
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