Lesson from Globe Bank collapse urges ban on assessable stock
The Globe Bank failure cost Massachusetts savings banks over 600000 dollars as more than 32000 shares of Globe National Bank stock were wiped out. The loss stems from assessable stock and Congress style investment rules, prompting a call to bar savings banks from investing in any stock that may be assessed to meet bank obligations.
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Globe Bank
Globe National Bank
Savings Banks of
Massachusetts
Savings
Ship Subsidy Bill Favours Fast Ocean Liners
Congressional debate exposes a subsidy flaw that benefits high speed ocean liners over freight carriers. The plan would pay 5 cents per ton per 100 miles for speeds under 14 knots and 3.8 cents for 21 knots or more, largely profiting owners of fast passenger ships while taxing the broader American shipping trade.
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Congress
Turn of the Tide in South African War Shifts Front
The British advance into the Orange Free State and Cronje's retreat toward Bloemfontein signal a new war phase. Roberts and Kitchener bring a larger, better directed force, while Ladysmith may be counted out. Cronje falls back to Bloemfontein as hard fighting looms with changed conditions.
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Orange Free State
Cronje
Bloemfontein
Ladysmith
Natal
Roberts
Kitchener
Methuen
Constitutional Issue and McKinley’s View on Rights
A condensed portrait cites President McKinley’s belief that the Constitution’s scope is contracted in foreign affairs. The Porto Rican tariff dispute underscores a clash with Congress over rights beyond the states, with executive action framed as military necessity and Congress as supreme beyond constitutional limits.
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McKinley
Henry Loomis Nelson
White House
Congress
Gates
Shape One of the Great Issues in This Fall Campaign
Organization discusses shaping one of the major themes for the fall campaign. Officials and strategists consider how public attention will be directed toward key policy questions and voter concerns.
McKinley and Hay Face Critique Over Nicaragua Canal Report
A Republican committee's report on the Hepburn bill urges strong U S control of a Nicaragua Canal and questions the Hay treaty. It argues for American neutrality in peace and warns McKinley to resist subservience to Britain to avoid GOP and personal political trouble.
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McKinley
Hay
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Nicaragua Canal
United States
New York
San Francisco
Mexico
Tehuantepec
Nicaragua
Caribbean Sea
Pacific Ocean
State Department
Great Britain
Suez Canal
Ireland
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Red Sea
White House
Senate
Observant Citizen Reports Snow Storm and City Oddities
A Boston column recalls a snappy snow storm with light blizzards and busy streets. It notes a stalled auto on Mt. Vernon Street near the State House, discusses electric interior lights in cars, theater incidents, and gossip about hotel prowess and subsurface transit changes. It mentions families of actors and a curious death claim tied to teeth.
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Mt. Vernon Street
State House
Boston
Galveston
Muzzel
Legislature Flocks to Chickering for Photos
Members of the Legislature gather at Chickering to have their portraits taken amid a rush of visitors. The scene highlights Chickering’s reputation for a premier collection of state house celebrities and politicians.
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Chickering’s
Chickering
Hello and How Dyer Do A Ballad of Greetings and Sail
A reflective verse urges direct friendly greetings from strangers. It contrasts poverty and dignity with ships at sea and distant ports, urging people to raise their voices with a simple hello. The poem invites human connection amid lonely journeys and weathered vessels.
Humorous Public Notices in Quips and Quirks
A collage of satirical quotes highlights daily life and politics. Jests about golf with Boers, suffrage politics, coffee prices, and a variety of humorous exchanges appear from reader letters and newspaper cartoon captions across Philadelphia Chicago Washington.
Men of Many Callings and Notable Careers
Attar Singh remains the sole Indian artist in Europe with a distinguished career in India where his fine voice and humor win social support. Edmund Morris Hyde, Ursinus College dean of Latin and literature, resigns to study at the University of Chicago and oversee Latin textbooks. Senator West, near-sighted, writes many letters daily and stays attentive in debates despite long sessions.
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Attar Singh
Europe
Edmund Morris Hyde
Ursinus College
Collegeville
Penn
University of Chicago
West
Senate
Woman Seeks Opening as Architect in Austria Hungary
Erika Paulasz applies to the Budapest Board of Examiners for an architect certificate following existing draughtsman and master mason credentials. A public trial will test her ability to lead and work with men, risking her place as the first woman architect in Austria Hungary if she passes. The Ohio House passes a wage equality bill for women in absence of contracts. The mother of ex Senator Ingalls of Kansas, aged in her tenth year, is described as bright and healthy with a Boston home.
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Erika Paulasz
Budapest
Ingalls
Kansas
Boston
Public Monuments and Banks Across Regions
The report lists Berlin with sixty three public monuments and Illinois hosting two hundred nineteen national banks in operation. It notes a century-long Irish lawsuit ending, US gold and silver sent to Hawaii in 1839, and 100 penniless individuals in Chicago stations. Dairying grows in Georgia with a state dairyman group formed. US banks hold over one million in nickels and cents. Haarlem hyacinth farming earns one hundred sixty thousand dollars from about 1⅓ acres. Two hundred post offices opened in China in two years. Registry fees for letters are two and a half cents.
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Berlin
Illinois
Ireland
United States
Hawaiian Islands
Chicago
Georgia
Haarlem
Holland
China
Daily Table Menu and Recipe Notes from Mrs Bates
A dated household menu lists BREAKFAST LUNCH and DINNER items including rice cakes maple syrup lamb chops cream potatoes and coffee. A recipe fragment for Cream potatoes and a two cup cold potatoes dish ends with serving instructions attributed to Mrs T A Bates of North Scituate Massachusetts.
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T. A. Bates
North Scituate
Mass
Open Carriage Rescue Leads to Boston Romance
Gertrude Marshall thanks a brave young clerk, Gerald Allen, after a runaway horse nearly endangers them. He accepts a secretarial post at Blank & Co. and later learns he is heir to almost half a million. Gertrude admits a strong love as he proposes.
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Gertrude Marshall
Gertrude
Mr. Marshall
Gerald Allen
Blank & Co
Gerald
Blank
Boston
Mr. Mar
Marshall
Oscar Allen
Plymouth
Taxing the Baptist Temple for Promiscuous Entertainments
Philadelphia tax assessors move to tax the Baptist Temple by treating it as a venue for public entertainments sold to patrons like secular theatres. The measure compares church activities to dormitory versus private boarding house dynamics and mirrors college taxation debates.
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Philadelphia
Baptist Temple
Russell A. Conwell
Northampton Herald
Lewis Couple Marks 15th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Joseph E Lewis of H Street South Boston celebrated their fifteenth wedding anniversary with a large circle of friends. Five children from the union are musicians. Mr Lewis is a rectifier with Adams Taylor Co on State Street. Vocal and instrumental music highlighted the event with guests including Captain Frank Allen and several Bergins Bosworth Heffworth Heffernan and Cochrane.
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Joseph E. Lewis
H Street
Boston
Lewis
Adams, Taylor & Co
State Street
Frank Allen
P. J Bergin
Niel Bergin
Charles F. Bosworth
Michael Heffernan
Henry H. Cochrane
Boston Sunday Post earns praise for its huge three cent issue
The Boston Sunday Post impresses with its largest three cent value yet featuring a complete Sporting Dramatic and Women's Post plus four pages of serials and stories. Exclusive news items include coverage of Clover Club events Hettie Green forgery trials and English draft desertions.
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Boston Sunday Post
Boston
John R. Murphy
Clover Club
Charlestown
Swallow
Republican City Committee
Hart
Hettie Green
Sunday Post
England
George Fred Williams
West
Elder Sandford
Bates
Post
Boston Annexation Bill Advances to Legislature
Letter to the editor outlines a proposed general annexation law allowing towns within ten miles of the State House to vote on joining Boston without a special act. It notes eligibility is limited to initial joiners and lists towns and 1895 populations, including Somerville with 18,576 residents and Revere with 425 listed due to OCR issues.
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Boston
Marblehead
Swampscott
Nahant
Lynn
Saugus
Wakefield
Melrose
Malden
Stoneham
Winchester
Medford
Arlington
Lexington
Belmont
Waltham
Wellesley
Needham
Randolph
Braintree
Weymouth
Hingham
Hull
Greater Boston
Rcus C. Cook
Ashburton Place
Sir
State House
Mvinchvod D
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Boston Post
New England
Savings Bank Investments
Observant Citizen
Granite State
Charley Hoyt
N. J
Hastings
State Senate
Columbia
Agnes Booth Schoeffel
Sydney Booth
Harbor
Junius Booth
Tek
Mason Street
Rtt
Bunker
Hazard
Philadelphia Press
Chicago Record
Philadelphia Record
Corntessel
Josh
Cuttin
Hisself
Washington Star
Chicago Post
Henrietta
Mr. Meekton
Buddy Kipling
Chicago Evening Post
Willie Wishington
Miss Cheyenne
Tugela
Richmond
Luray
Gettysburg
A.J. Simmons
N. FE
Royal Blue Eine
Washington Street
Jordan, Marsh & Co
Jordan, Marsh &Co
Madras
Dumfries
Scotland
Summer Street
New
York
Mary Collins
Tremont Street
Shall
Jordan, Marshé3Co
Spectacles
Greenback
Carrie Chapman Catt
Susan B. Anthony
National American Woman's Suffrage Association
Worcester Telegram
John Quebecca
King
George 8. Merrill
Post Saturday Morning
Elmer Chickering
Remarkable Sunday Post
Cambridge Watertown Newton
Brookline Dedham
Hyde Park
Milton
Quincy
Greater Boston Plans
Paine Furniture Co
RUCS
Canal Street
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