War’s Grim Toll Spurs Call for Humanity Across Nations
The piece laments the brutal cost of war between Japan and Russia, noting massive troop mobilization, modern killing tech, and the suffering of combatants and civilians. It condemns violence as a curse, highlights anti Jewish persecution in Russia, and contrasts imperial zeal with humanitarian concerns. It also recalls Dartmouth’s historic ties to Boston and the enduring civic influence of its alumni.
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Japan
Russia
Yalu
Alexieff
National Sista
St. Louis
The Glorious Fourth and the Noise Dilemma
A historical debate on celebrating Independence Day without explosive noise. Proposals include art exhibits and staged entertainments, but critics insist the core issue is the tradition of loud fireworks. Calls to curb dangerous crackers clash with the belief that patriotism centers on splendor, not reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legislative Committee On Mercantile Affairs
Christine Brown
George Willis Cooke
Charles Fletcher Dole
Cambridge
Daughters of the American Revolution
Young America
America
Burden of Boston: Unequal tax and court costs
The article argues Boston bears a large share of state taxes and also subsidizes other counties by housing out of town lawsuits in Suffolk County Courts. It calls for legislation to assign each county its own costs and reduce Boston’s burden. Mayor Collins testifies on the rising practice and its toll on Boston finances.
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Boston
Suffolk
Suffolk County
Pemberton Square
Collins
Judiciary Committee
State House
Notable Southerners Readings and Local Scenes Cited
The Observant Citizen covers Polk Miller's Chickering Hall appearance and Arthur Pickering's upcoming reading, lauds Gen eral H. B. Carrington as an agile 80 at heart, and notes a playful celebration of a Russian flag hoisted in a Tokio tea house. It also mentions Patrolman McGarr's illness, a March full moon, Head Master Tupper's popularity, and local signs of spring through marbles and early warmth.
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Tokio
Ohashi
Kumazo
West End
Old Dartmouth Roof Fire Spurs Alumni Restoration Plans
Alumni of Dartmouth College plan a Tremont Temple meeting tomorrow to discuss restoring the centuries old building that survived the fire. The structure dates back to the era around the Constitution adoption and has long served as a key academic survival symbol for New England higher education.
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Dartmouth College
Tremont Temple
New England
United States
Stealthy Steve Tries Cheer to Calm Captive Freeze
Stealthy Steve and his captive Freeze drift north at nearly 100 miles per hour in an ice bound pirate ship auto. Freeze sulks then loosens up after champagne. Freeze notices Steve’s ear appears reversed and the moment turns comic as Freeze jokes about it.
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Freeze
Steve
Freeza
Stealthy Steve Gaffs Aurora Borealis Prank Tale
In a frosty camp the detective Stealthy Steve loses and reattaches his ear with Dr Glumm’s Glue and fixes it wrong. After a long trip the pair eat moose steaks and find two cakes of soap missing. They joke about blowing out the aurora borealis before sleep and drift into slumber as the scene ends.
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Steve
Dr. Glumm
Freeze
Hal
Poultry Rearing Sayings: Invention And Clucking Advice
A quirky note references necessity driving invention and a centipede with a hundred legs. It humorously links motherhood and poultry care with a playful warning to a hen: watch things, cluck, set, and why delay getting set.
Predetermining sex with radium, a bold claim
A Russian lecturer Prince Tarkanov argues radium could preselect a child's sex, predicting more boys if the method were real. The piece dismisses the idea, noting Mother Nature's control and the impractical price of radium, while referencing Doc Schenck and reverberating with satirical tone.
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Prince Tarkanov
St. Petersburg
Teddy
Doc Schenck
Doc
Dame Nature
Russia
Limerick contest on Russo Japanese war names
A late 19th century plea invites readers to draft a wartime limerick featuring difficult to pronounce names from Russo Japanese despatches such as Weihaiwei and Hachinohe. The brightest entry earns a $5 gold piece to be awarded by the Post war poetry editor.
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Weihaiwei
Hachinohe
Causten Browne Named Master in Typothete Case
Causten Browne of this city has been named master by Judge Loring of the Supreme Judicial Court to sit in the case of the United Typothete of America and others against the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union and others. The hearing starts at once following a prior injunction restraining struck job compositors from urging strikes and baring the distribution of strike benefits to affected press workers. The Boston Typothete is the principal plaintiff.
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Causten Browne
Loring
Supreme Judicial Court
United Typothete of America
International Printing Pressmen and Assistants’ Union
Boston
Newport Naval College Gathers War Data
The naval war college at Newport Rhode Island is collecting data on the Japanese and Russian wars, focusing on naval port operations, for next summer’s instruction course starting in June. Officers now in the Far East are expected to return before the session ends to share experiences.
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Newport
R. I
Naval War College
Naval
Far East
War College
Alonzo Packard of Cambridge Dead at 77
Alonzo Packard of Cambridge died after a two weeks illness of pneumonia at his home 28 Walden Street. He celebrated his 77th birthday on February 4.
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Alonzo Packard
Cambridge
Walden Street
J Malcolm Forbes Improves After Illness in Milton
Milton February 18 at 9 o clock tonight officials announced that J Malcolm Forbes who is ill with an internal malady at his Milton home had a comfortable day and showed steady improvement with his condition, improving from the prior day.
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Milton
J. Malcolm Korbes
Paine's Celery Compound Credited With Saving Baby and Nurse
Mrs Horn a sick nurse from Lisbon North Dakota recounts saving the sheriff's daughter and many typhoid patients during an epidemic. She credits Paine's Celery Compound for keeping her and her baby well amid hardship and intense nursing work. The testimonial notes her husband’s poor health, their arduous relocation, and her regained strength plus weight gain after using the remedy. Separate: Mrs Parr of Albany New York also attests to improved nerves and weight gain after using Paine's Celery Compound for dyspepsia years earlier.
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Paine
Lisbon
F. M. Horn
North Dakota
That Good and Wonderful Medicine Paine's Celery Compound
Albany woman credits Paine's Celery Compound with curing chronic nervous headaches that had ruined her life. She spent hundreds on ineffective remedies, suffered insomnia, fatigue, and could not care for her children, until she began the medicine and after a dozen bottles was fully cured.
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Paine
Albany
N. Y
Notable Figures and Events Highlighted in South American and US Contexts
A Uruguayan minister and novelist Senor Eduardo Acevedo Diaz travels to Washington to open a legation while Frederick Harrison advocates rehabilitating the British stage. Hugo Gorlitz named general agent for English-speaking lands of the Society of Composers. Cardinal Gotti to discuss dividing Providence bishopric. Rev Henry E Byrons seeks Confederate and Federal veteran reunion. Judge William H West of Bellefontaine notes his 80th birthday. Professor James Ricalton sails East to witness Russo-Japanese tensions, once with the Japanese army. Miss Louisa Mary Dawes Driver, youngest English mayoress candidate, opens a fair in Chatham with a four-word speech. Miss Laura Talbott Galt of Louisville proposed as "daughter of the Confederacy" candidate at veterans meeting.
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James Ricalton
Blackmore
American Museum of Natural History
South Orange
N. J
Oriento
Russia
Japan
Ricalton
China
Louisa Mary Dawes Driver
Eng
Chatham
Laura Talbott Galt
Louisville
The
Veterans
Georgia
The Boat Ride in a Sunday Star Story
A couple named Randolph and Helen drift down a stream in a romantic tale. He hides his love due to a poised suitor, Percival Stanton, and nearly confesses before danger at falls brings them together. They later meet at a hotel veranda where he contemplates retracting his declaration for her sake.
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Randolph
Percival Stanton
Helen
Pete
Jack
Miss Roosevelt in Boston for Grandmother Visit
Miss Alice Roosevelt arrives in Boston to visit her grandmother Mrs. George C. Lee. This marks her first Boston visit since the Harvard football game, and several luncheons are expected to be given in her honor during the stay.
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Alice* Roosevelt
Boston
George C. Lee
Miss Roosevelt
Harvard
Doane Tug Captain Aaron Wall Weds Eva Brannan
Captain Aaron Wall of the tug Onward married Eva Brannan of East Boston yesterday. The ceremony drew numerous relatives and friends, and the couple departed for a wedding trip to New York and the South.
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Aaron Wall
Doane
Eva Brannan
Boston
New York
South
It Was Almost Like Magic Celery Compound Testimony
RS. NELLIE SANDERS of 701 So 16th St Omaha Neb says seven years of dyspepsia and stomach trouble vanished after six bottles of Paine's Celery Compound. Friends noticed rapid improvement and appetite returned. She has used little since and remains generally healthy. Date September 30 1903.
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Paine
Nellie Sanders
16Th St
Omaha, Neb
Paine's Celery Compound Credited With Cure in Newark Ad
Miss Matilda Erickson of 349 John Street Newark New Jersey reports nervous prostration faintness and sleeplessness over three years cured by Paine's Celery Compound. She states life is now worth living and endorses the remedy. Date listed December 26 1903 from Newark New Jersey.
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Paine
Newark, N. J
Matilda Erickson
John St
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