Japan Buys Argentine Cruisers Boosts Yellow Sea Power
The two Italian built light cruisers purchased by Japan arrived at Yokosuka near Yokohama after being built in Genoa for Argentina. They displace 7700 tons, speed about 20 knots, carry multiple 6 8 and 10 inch guns and torpedoes. Their arrival strengthens Japan's control of nearby seas, facilitating troop movements to Korea and elevating the strategic balance in the Pacific.
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Yokosuka
Yokohama
Japan
Yellow Sea
Sea of Japan
Genoa
Russia
Naples
Singapore
Port Arthur
Chemulpo
Corea
Alexieff
Harbin
Demand for Woman Suffrage Falls Short in Legislature
The Massachusetts Legislature rejects expanding suffrage for women to vote in city and town offices beyond school committee elections by a vote of 216 to 24. The piece urges practical actions: register and vote for school committees, show women’s interest in voting for other officials, and press the case with concrete data.
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Massachusetts
Inheritance Tax Debate Highlights Lawmaker Views
A legislative committee hearing on the proposed inheritance tax reveals broad agreement that the principle is sound, with only opposition to exempting small estates. Supporters frame the tax as the community’s share of wealth generated by public privileges, beyond ongoing lifetime levies.
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Gargan
Legislative Committee On Taxation
Saunders
Observant Citizen Notes Bay Ridge Winter Weather and Local News
The writer reports Mrs Charles Mackay wintering at Bay Ridge S I with two dogs braving intensely cold weather. Other items mention Sandol Milliken the actress marrying a New York millionaire, Mme de Angelis's death, and a bulldog Glen Monarch’s death after a trip to Dreamworld. Washington's Birthday events planned by John R Morse and Frank J Walsh's matinee bill in Roxbury. Councilman Foley saves an elderly pedestrian from a fleeing horse, plus long-serving postal official John Adams, and local political and social notes.
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Charles Mackay
Bay Ridge S. I
New York Bay
Washington
John R. Morse
Hugh O’brien
Roxbury
Morse
Harvard Degrees Move to Cutting College Time
Harvard plans to let arts and sciences students earn degrees after passing required subjects, skipping formal commencement. The change would shorten the course, letting bright students finish in about three and a half years and enter the workforce earlier, though it risks sacrificing some liberal education benefits.
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Harvard College
The Sleuth Escapes: Stealthy Steve Freezes in Ice Cage
A famed detective named Stealthy Steve is trapped in a solid block of ice by Eskimos in Mone Grinnel Land. He endures extreme cold and pressure while observers debate the fate of his rescue. A nearby untampered auto sits within reach as a sudden idea sparks his escape.
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Eskimos
Steve
United States
Stealthy Steve Seizes Eskimo Village Escape
In a brisk sequence Stealthy Steve overpowers Big Sam and hurls him across an ice house as a sleuth drives a powered auto northward. The Eskimo village fills the street as the red devil speeds away with a captive toward Baron Hizsizzan and Mrs. Miskell, in a cliffhanger ending.
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Steve
Sam
Big Sam
Baron Hizsizzan
Mrs. Miskell
The Patent Pant Creaser and a Wry Complaint
A reader recounts buying a wire pant creaser advertised as automatic and Europe endorsed. The device creases trousers overnight but misorientation left legs creased along the seams, prompting a plea for a painless remedy.
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Edward
Europe
Snow removal as eye opener to City Hall staff
The piece critiques City Hall snow removal, contrasts costly efforts with limited impact, and notes Hon John D Long calling Kansas City platform principles an unsubstantial dream. It also reports Mayor Dean of Malden recovering from a leg injury and expected to walk again without setbacks, aided by good general health.
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John D. Long
Kansas City
Dean of
Malden
Notable Figures: Curtis to Alexis to Irish and a Supreme Court Sauce Story
The piece sketches Curtis of Kansas City as the Indian member, notes Grand Duke Alexis as navy head but landbound, and mentions Grand Duke Vladimir. Sultan of Johore tours Europe. John P. Irish, ex-Iowa man, serving in San Francisco port, facing a Republican push. It concludes with Judge Somerville recounting a duty dispute over fish mistaken for sauce and Mrs Gray’s decisive verdict that the article was fish.
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Representative Curtis
Kansas
Alexis
Vladimir
Czar Liberator
Johore
Europe
England
John P. Irish
Iowa
San Francisco
California
Washington
Somervill
Board of
United States General Supervisors
Gray
Familiar Phrases as a Jap Would Say Them
A compact list of translated phrases and terms showing Japanese and Romanized forms for greetings health questions and everyday items. Includes phrases for hello goodbye and common social exchanges with references to figures like the Mikado and organizations such as the Red Cross.
Beautiful gowns worn by prominent society women
Mrs. Philip Higginson Sears, formerly Miss Mary Hizgingen, ranks among the smartest young matrons. She wears an exceptionally handsome white satin brocade gown with a plain skirt, a deep square decollete neckline, real lace corsage garniture, diamond ornaments, and a wide silk fringe, completed by a white ribbon sash.
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Philip
Sears
Mary Hizgingen
Juliet
Barbara Higginson
Ethel Barrymore
Not So Barbarous In A Garden Of Roses
Lillian Moore, newly in charge as cook, sings to steady her mood while the ill maid and incomplete shelves frustrate her. A tall, athletic carpenter arrives in the rain, promising to finish the work by noon, as she greets him with curiosity and wary charm.
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Lillian Moore
Turn About Deacon Smith and the Desert Island Cookies
Figures argue and flirt as a kitchen scene blends into a social gathering. A woman cooks butter sugar cookies while a man admires her, hints of romance, music, and banquet plans unfold at the Streeter residence with a celebrated West architect in attendance.
Miss Peck Talks On Mountain Climbing At Tremont Temple
Miss Annie 8. Peck, a renowned woman climber, gave an illustrated lecture titled Mountain Climbing in South America at Tremont Temple last evening to raise funds for the New England Hospital.
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Annie
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Paarl
Sunday Post
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Roosevelt
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