Debate Over Canal Treaty Draws Sharp Line Between Neutrality and Defense
Editorial condemns a proposed canal treaty funded by the United States that promises neutral passage for all vessels and may require no fortifications. The piece argues such terms risk enemy access and coast attacks, warns against surrendering control, and questions the Suez comparison while linking the issue to Massachusetts single tax debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Great Britain
Suez Maritime Canal
Suez Canal
Isthmus Canal
Nicaragua
Panama
Gas Rebellion Looms Over Haverhill Monopoly
The editorial warns of a possible gas industry rebellion as Haverhill Gas Company resists the Board of Gas and Electric Light Commissioners recommendations. It suggests statewide corporate solidarity against state authority and urges public victory over watered stock practices and unjust dividends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haverhill Gas Company
Board of Gas and
E[lectric Light Commissioners
Haverhill
Massachusetts
Gas Commission
Newton Aldermen Favor Single Tax Request to Legislature
The Newton Board of Aldermen, with the city law department’s favorable view, considers asking the Mayor to petition the Legislature to authorize municipal experiments with the single tax. The move would authorize an experimental test, though success remains uncertain.
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Board of Aldermen of
Newton
Law Department
Reform of Boston school committee structure gains cross group backing
The plan unites the Women's Educational Association, the Society of Collegiate Alumnae, the Boston Municipal League and the Twentieth Century Club in support. It proposes shifting schoolhouse construction and maintenance to a dedicated city department while enlarging the committee’s role as a pure board of education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston School Board
Women’s Educational Association
Society of Collegiate Alumnae
Boston Municipal League
Twentieth Century Club
Board of Education
Why Dig City Hall Hole and Other Local Anecdotes
A jumble of Citizens notes questions a dug hole before City Hall and musing on local matters. The column mentions Congressman Boutelle's improved health, a marriage announcement, slang in New York, Harvard and New Jersey commuters schemes, and Representative Butler Ames of Lowell aiding a slippery street incident prompting a railroad bill.
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Butler Ames
Lowell
Guard Rails Proposed for Freight Cars Amid Fatal Falls
A report urges installing guard rails on freight cars by April 1 to reduce falls. It notes over 2000 accidents and more than 100 deaths last year from workers sliding from car tops. Rails would be short, not hindering bridge clearance, as seen in Lowell. Also notes three lawmakers recently wed: Charles Sullivan, John Hagberg, and Peter Tague.
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Lowell
Charles
Sullivan
Charlestown
John G. Hagberg
Worcester
Peter F. Tague
When You Stub Your Toe Aims For Gentle Help
A reflective note recalls helping a crying child by the roadside and the unpredictability of fortune. The speaker links small acts of kindness to personal missteps, urging compassion as life’s wheel turns from sunshine to snow and back. The piece closes with a Minnesota-bred warmth from the Bismarck Tribune.
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Bismarck Tribune
Laughing Lines Jump From Puzzles To Punch Lines
A collage of jokes and wry exchanges from various papers features playful quips about golf and vanity, flaky diplomacy, weather timing, and social fads. Players tease politicians, lovers, and neighbors in brisk one liners.
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Ib Bh & I
Lowell Shavers
Men of Many Callings and Notable World News
Josef Israels the Dutch painter is 70 and based in The Hague after studies in Amsterdam and Paris. Governor Brady urges tougher Pacific steamship rules as miners head to spring gold fields. Mahmoud Pasha exile from Turkey ends in Paris. Yale professor Wadd finishes India lecture tour for Bombay University. British peerage holders Roberts Kitchener and Wolseley have no sons.
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Josef Israels
Groningen
Amsterdam
Kruseman
Paris
Picot
Hague
Governor Brady
Alaska
Washington
Pacific
Mahmoud Pasha
George T. Wadd
Yale
India
Bombay University
Lord Roberts
Lord Kitchener
Lord Wolseley
Miner Lyn Roth Richard Burton and the Strike
In a coal town a young man Dick Burton faces accusations of aiding a strike. Edward Charlton confesses he attended the meeting and clears Dick in a dramatic turn. The foreman Grayson commends Charlton for honesty and warns that true friendship and honor define a man beyond romance.
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Bill
Dickx
Grayson
Cap’n
Richard
Burton
William Merret
Mr. Grayson
Edward Charlton
Edward
Lttle
Gertrude Marden
Gertrude Edward
Gertrude
Trousseau
William Merrel
Dick Burton
Stormy session as American Benefit Society elects new board
Informal meeting at William Parkman Hall ends with an elected board led by Charles A. Lee of Pawtucket. Debates touch on independence vs absorption by Boston Mutual Life and moves to oust Dr. Charles H. Burr amid claims of a one man rule and past governance disputes. New officers include vice president William H. Carberry and secretary N. P. Cormack, among others.
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American Benefit Society
William Parkman Hall
Boylston Place
Supreme Lodge
Charles A. Lee
Pawtucket
Lee
Boston Mutual Life Association
Milk Street
Massachusetts
Boston Life
Charles H. Burr
Treasury
Willimantic
Conn
Burr
Post
William H. Carberry
Roxbury
H. E. Foster
Winthrop
N. P. Cormack
Boston
J. D. H. Aauss
Salem
J. G. Miller
Edwin Stead
Lynn
G. F. Davies
Waterville
E. A. Burbank
Berlin
N. H
M. M. Pearson
W. M. Davenport
Marlboro
James J. Maher
Augusta
H. Moran
Lawrence
E. & Sherburne
Melrose
E. A. Cooke
Newport, Vt
A. L. Siskind
Odd Bits of News From Across the Empire
The excerpt notes that within weeks 5000 Canadians and Australians will fight in South Africa for Britain. It mentions weather indicators predicting rain, officers rising from the ranks, British prisoners at Waterfel near Pretoria, Queen Victoria’s boot sizes, a London bankrupt’s long debt repayment, Britain’s patent medicine tax revenue, Maine wood pulp drought impact, and no duty on sugar in the United Kingdom.
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South Africa
Waterfel
Pretoria
Victoria
London
Britain
Maine
United Kingdom
Man arrested in Hutchinson for sinful games claims quiet pious look
Through Editors' Spectacles a Hutchinson Kansas man is jailed for sinful games described as quiet and dignified and pious in appearance. It recalls a preacher-looking man who once won four ones in a kings history game with a veteran student. Carey of Haverhill seeks repeal of the Dubuque law citing shoemaker earnings and debt while Agent Eaton claims higher wages.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Bangor News
Carey
Haverhill
Dubuque
Eaton
Lynn News
Menu and dishes listed for Mrs. Fred Jackson
Daily meals show a six section menu including Breakfast Lunch and Supper with items such as Bananas and Cream Shredded Wheat Biscuits Scalloped Haddock Baked Potatoes Toast Doughnuts Coffee Lentil Soup Venison Leg of Lamb Sweet Potatoes Canned Peas Celery Chili Sauce Floating Island Crackers Cheese Tea Grapes Cold Lamb Cookies Marble Cake Potato Puff Rolls Cocoa and finishes with Mrs. Fred Jackson of Wellesley Massachusetts.
Quat Epithets for Louisville Man Danner
Local verse memorial notes Mr James Danner of Louisville laid by four wives. It hails him as an excellent husband who lived honorably and rose above troubles that burst like bubbles. He rests now with Mary Jane Susan and Hannah in peace.
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Louisville
James Danner
Danner
Mary
Jane
Susan
Hannah
Remarkable Belgian Built Dredge Impresses Europe
The Antwerp trial of a Belgian built dredge for the Russian government, designed by American engineer Bates of Chicago, exceeded specs by dredging 7800 cubic yards per hour against a 1600 capacity. Ambassadors, Belgium’s Cabinet and engineers from Australia India Germany France and Argentina witnessed trains running to view the operation. The trial sparked orders for similar dredges for India Australia and Russia as reported by Consul General Holloway in St. Petersburg.
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Washington
Europe
Antwerp
Belgium
Bates
Chicago
Aus
Tralia
India
Germany
France
Argentine Republic
Australia
Russia
State Department
Holloway
St. Petersburg
New England Fair May Move to Old Orchard Site
At a annual meeting of the New England Agricultural Society 15 Maine members urged Old Orchard as the fair site. The executive committee was advised to set the next New England Agricultural Fair at Old Orchard replacing Rigby Park. The gathering ended with a dinner at Quincy House.
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Old Orchard
New England Agricultural Society
New England
Rigby Park
Maine
Wesleyan Hall
Quincy House
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