Cunard Luck and the Pavonia’s Narrow Escape
The Pavonia faced severe peril near the Azores yet arrived safely, attributed not to luck but to Cunard management. It credits Captain Atkin and crew for skilled seamanship in steering through crippling, storming conditions, reinforcing Cunard’s claim of safety through careful practice and capable officers.
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Pavonia
Azores
Cunard
Cunard Steamship Company
Cunard Line
Atkin
Movement to cut telephone rates gains nationwide
The drive to reduce telephone charges through state action grows across the country with New York and Massachusetts as key centers. In Albany, lobby efforts have blocked bills in committee, while Boston faces sharper rate discrimination against subscribers. Citizens and business groups are urged to attend the hearing at the State House on Thursday and press for relief.
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New York
Massachusetts
Albany
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Board of Trade of
City
Boston
Bell
State House
Massachusets must speak on Hoar and imperialism
The legislative committee on federal relations plans a hearing tomorrow on resolutions about Senator Hoar and imperialism. The piece urges the Massachusetts Legislature to vote and declare the people’s will, criticizing delay and urging a clear, manly expression of rights and self government.
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Legislative Committee On Federal Relations
Senator Hoar
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
Old Commonwealth
American Ice Company Seeks Maine Incorporation Powers
A Universal Trust. The American Ice Company seeks incorporation by an act of the Maine Legislature. The bill would authorize the company to engage in the ice business and broaden its monopoly as part of the era of great industrial combinations.
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American Ice Company
Maine
Ice Trust Charter Draft Expands Beyond Ice Business
The draft charter proposes core ice business plus steamers freight transportation electric railways lighting heating and power gas works telephone and telegraph lines and even general trading and banking. It seeks a $60 million capitalization with liberty to increase while Maine caps at $10 million and current law bars trusts. the fee may lure statutory change.
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Atlantic
Maine
Ice Trust
General Corporation
Observant Citizen recounts funny travel tales and city notes
A columnist shares wry observations about Azores voyages, mountain trips, and hotel life. anecdotes touch on Cunard luck, coal wagons, White Face Mountain exploits, and a Boston elevator accident aftermath. The column weaves social quirks, local gossip, and light humor.
Miles on Trial as Beef Scandal Unfolds at Inquiry
The Washington panel begins testimony on General Miles over the beef scandal. Witnesses include army officers, Algerized beef critics, Governor Roosevelt, and civilian analysts. The board aims to base judgments on facts, contrasting earlier White House favored inquiries. General Miles faces War Department allies of Hanna and McKinley supporters but presents substantial evidence.
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Washington
General Miles
Board of Inquiry
War Department
Administration
Chicago Beef Trust
Alger and
Eagan
Roosevelt
Santiago
McKinley
War Investigating Committee
Miles
Alger
War Investigating Commission
Hanna
Copper Market Pulse Shifts Toward Standard Oil Control
Copper prices rise from 14 to 18 cents amid strong domestic and foreign demand while exports increase. The piece notes limited U.S. production growth, heavy spot demand, and predicts Standard Oil’s growing influence over leading copper mines, potentially shaping prices and output. Cockpit of power may shift to the Standard Oil interests as a major determinant in copper valuation.
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England
United States
John Stanton
New York
Standard Oil Interests
American Copper Company
Standard Oil
Messrs. Lawson
Rogers
Rockefeller
Burrage
Nibham
Calumet & Hecla
Brave Dewey and Otis Join Rail Line Skirmish Fame
In a rough clash on the rails the figures Dewey and Otis gain notoriety as fighters. Their camaraderie and battlefield deeds are noted alongside rising fame, while questions linger about Hobson and his role in the unfolding incident.
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Dewey
Otis
Hobson
Ashore yarn and a brother’s tragic wartime tale
A Lewiston reader recounts a sailor’s wild sea story told in a bar and a later war fragment. The second thread follows two brothers at camp, one haunted by Edith and fear of death, culminating in a bedside discovery that the murdered brother died hours before the survivor reached camp, leaving a hidden letter and a wife’s embrace.
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Jack
Edith
George
Philip
Post offers weekly prizes for original short stories
The Post announces weekly prizes for original short stories with $10 for the best, $5 for second, and $2 each for four others. Submissions must be 700 to 1000 words, on one side of paper, include full name and address, prepaid postage, and a return envelope. Only men readers may enter. do not resend manuscripts. mail folded to Short Story Editor.
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Post
Boston Post
the Post
Boston
Auditing Committee Report 1899 on John Hancock Mutual Life
The committee elected by policy holders examined the annual statement for year ending December 31 1898. They counted stocks and bonds, examined mortgages and real estate holdings, verified cash balance and premium notes, checked loans, and reviewed the Secretary’s books. They commend officers for courtesy and conservatism in asset valuation and deem the statement true and accurate on the date named.
Post Menu Competition and Short Papal Reigns
A historical note compares reign lengths in the papacy, noting that ten popes died within a month of election and Stephen II held the shortest papal reign at three days. The passage emphasizes the brevity of early papal tenure and the swift turnover in those years.
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Stephen II
Royal gifts and papal longevity noted in period piece
For fifteen years the royal Christmas gift to the Prince and Princess of Wales has been uniform two links and a plain gold brooch. Subjects’ gifts go by post, but royals receive via special messenger. Leo XIII turns ninety on March 2 and marks twenty-two years as pope on Feb 20, one of only seven popes to serve over two decades.
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Beacon Hill
McKinley
Boston
Home Market Club
Princess of Wales
Leo XIII
Bill
Jill
Yonkers Statesman
Philadelphia
Uncle Jim
Detroit Free Press
Jumkins
Chicago
Brooklyn
Chicago Post
Dispatch
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