McCall Opposes Esch Townsend Bill Yet Urges Reform Now
The piece argues Congress should begin railroad rate reform despite defects citing President Roosevelt and Grover Cleveland as contrast. It compares railroad regulation to national banks, warns against delay, and notes public pressure for action with monopoly concerns. It also discusses Laurier’s commission plan and Canada-US trade reciprocity affecting American industry.
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McCall
Esch-Townsend
Roosevelt
Grover Cleveland
Uncle Sam
Wilfrid Laurier
United States
Dominion
Canada
Statehood bill stalls as Senate halts two new states plan
The Senate nearly loses its balance over a statehood bill but ends with the House plan for two new states rejected. New Mexico and Arizona would have formed one, and Oklahoma and Indian Territory another, but the proposal failed to win final approval.
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Senate
House
New Mexico
Arizona
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Oklahoma Statehood Issue Faces Conference Action
The article discusses New Mexico joining as a state while Arizona is omitted and Oklahoma's twenty one year prohibition as a barrier to self government. Advocates argue high motives while opponents fear ant i self rule but warn time is short as the bill goes to conference.
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New Mexico
Arizona
Oklahoma
What the Philippines Need
The President urges Congress to fund a scientific survey of the Philippine Islands. He favors an economic study highlighting ethnology fauna flora geology and mineral resources. Americans fear profit motives favoring ship owners sugar magnates and tobacco growers while Filipinos grow suspicious of perceived colonial gains.
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Congress
Philippine Islands
Reforming Russia and the strike crisis in 191?
A report from Russia outlines Socialist appeals in St. Petersburg factories and government moves to ease labor tensions. The finance minister, with the Czar's approval, calls strikes breaches of social order, urging economic framing of strikes not involving excesses. Meanwhile in Lodz Poland, strikers terrorize workers seeking to return. manufacturers offer concessions, but the governor vows to treat mill closures as strikes, a stance described as outdated.
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Russia
St. Petersburg
Lodz
Poland
Adam Smith
Bat Masterson Appointed Deputy Marshal in New York
A humorous recounting of Bat Masterson becoming deputy marshal in New York on Roosevelt’s recommendation. The piece blends tall tales of his exploits in Arizona, Wyoming, and Denver with a playful footnote about his fondness for pop and a boastful claim he once killed 19 Apaches in six shots.
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Bat Masterson
West
New York
Roosevelt
Bat
Arizona Desert
Wyoming
Denver
Mustang Mike
Tombstone
Mike
Steve
Court Denies Injunction Against Boston Dentist Roby
Equity Judge Hardy yesterday dismissed the bill by Lewis T. Foss seeking to restrain Fred F. Roby from practicing dentistry in Boston. The suit claimed Roby’s practice was transferred to the plaintiff in 1902 for 2000 dollars.
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Hardy
Equity Court
Lewis T. Foss
Fred F. Roby
Boston
Verdict for $500 in suit against Boston Elevated Railway
Sarah Burke recovered $500 in a Superior Court jury verdict against the Boston Elevated Railway for injuries from a January 9, 1903 slip and fall at the Elmore street crossing. She sued for $10,000, claiming a sprained arm and injured side.
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Sarah Burke
Boston Elevated Railway
Superior Court
Sheldon
Elmore Street
What the Sphinx Says Fun Cold Weather Telegrams
Brief humor column notes worldwide cold snaps and oddities. Tiny items report fake telegrams from Nantucket Portland New York Jacksonville Yuma Los Angeles and Baltimore with quips about icy crossings frostbitten crops and a $20000 hug joke.
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Bart
Teddy
Portland
John Wriggs
Sam Snyder
New York
Goddess of Liberty
Jacksonville
Fla
Yuma
Ariz
Los Angeles
Cal
Observant Citizen Plans New 90 Foot Yacht Launch
Observant Citizen John B Schoeffel expects to unveil his 90 foot yacht in May at Neponset yards. The event promises attention as a beauty christened Prosset and signals a notable maritime addition to the area.
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John B. Schoeffel
Neponset Yards
Worth Considering Charity Ball Idea For Youth Benefit
Binks urges a genuine charity ball to aid young men burdened by expenses for flowers carriages and fine clothes at upscale charity events. Jinks questions the beneficiary scope and feasibility.
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Binks
Farmer Cornsilk Questions Fire Risk in Rooms
A terse exchange shows farmer Cornsilk denying heat use in rooms, with Buttons insisting there is no heat risk. The dialogue hints at concerns about potential fire hazards in an unmanaged space.
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Cornsilk
Rank in the United States Army Questioned
A letter to the editor asks who ranks highest in the army the general lieutenant general or major general, raising a query about military hierarchy. The inquiry appears in Boston dated February 7.
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Army of the
Judge Reproves Lad’s Mother in Assault Case
In Cambridge District Court Judge Almy discharged John F. Marston after his mother Mary A. Marston testified her intoxicated son struck furniture but not her. The judge criticized her story as not believable and said her conduct sets a bad example for her son.
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Mary A. Marston
John F
Cambridge
Plan home for sick shopgirls in Ozark retreat
Chicago, Feb 8. Mrs Cornelia Claflin says the National Promotion of Health Club has been offered 106 acres in the Ozark Mountains as a recreation site for sick shopgirls. The condition is the club increase membership to 1000 and provide a summer tent living program to restore health depleted by store work.
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Chicago
Ill
National Promotion of Health Club
New Firm Ends With Fight Over Bank Book
Jerry Rowse and his wife marry after a two week courtship. He threatens to boss her as in six previous marriages. In a burst of rage he smashes a mahogany table to reach the bank book, declaring himself boss of the new firm, while Mrs. Rowse calmly gathers the pieces.
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Jerry Rowse
Jerry
Air Bank
Garret
Suller
B’elzebub
Urges Increase in Street Car Fares and Freight
President F. Sullivan of the Boston and Northern Old Colony street railway systems urged higher fares to cover costs. He compared U S and European lines, argued for limited transfers, and said light freight and express traffic could raise income, while Massachusetts small lines face long hauls and high fixed charges.
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Boston & Northern
Old Colony Street Railways
Young
F. Sullivan
Old Colony Street Railway
Young's
Massachusetts Street Railway
Sullivan
United States
Europe
Glasgow
New England
Massachusetts
Love and Sentiment in a Shared House
A reader asks how to reconcile with a former close friend now quarrelling. The adviser suggests using everyday manners at table to bridge the rift. pass the salt, extend courtesy, and allow forgiveness to restore the friendship.
Dear Miss Champagne Advice on a vanished suitor
A reader asks why a young man stopped visiting after a gift in October. The advisor suggests he may have found another, or lost interest, and advises approaching him calmly to ask why he no longer calls and to express missing his company.
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Champagne
Lorna
Engagements and weddings frame Boston society notes
Beacon street memories and Cambridge ties fill the social page. Miss Julia Hutchins, daughter of Constantine F. Hutchins, announced engagement to George Crocker Jr with multiple Crocker siblings noted. Mrs Wigglesworth, Andre Reggio depart for the South and Cuba respectively. Gordon Littles and Rogers Barstow Jr excel in leisure events while a Pittsfield wedding to Winthrop Murray Crane Jr. attracts gifts and 2000 invitations. Matinee Artistique by the Preston sisters garners top patronage at Waldorf Astoria.
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Avis
George G
Julia Hu
Constantine F. Hutchins
D Crocker, Jr
George Glover Crocker
Commonwealth Avenue
Hutchins
Mr. Crocker
Harvard
Muriel Crocker
Margaret Crocker
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Henrietta Wigglesworth
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Edward Wigglesworth
Andre C. Reggio
Empire
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Reggio
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Arthur Little
Blythswood
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Littles
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Rogers L. Barstow, Jr
Marlboro Street
Camden
S. C
Barstow
Pittsfield
Ethel G. Eaton
Winthrop Murray Crane
Boston
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John Jacob Astor
George J. Gould
Joseph Pulitzer
Richard Morris Hunt
Austin Flint
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