Lexington Selectmen Seek Legislature Action On Town Meeting Vote
The Lexington Selectmen urge the Legislature to ratify a contested town meeting action. The Letters emphasize that a town meeting cannot override Commonwealth law and urge a corrective amendment to the liquor law text to reflect longstanding intent. The piece likens the situation to a correction of punctuation and seeks a clear statutory fix.
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State House
Lexington
Commonwealth
Board of Selectmen
Boston Notes From Florida and Local Happenings
The Observant Citizen reports Boston figures visiting Florida with a pool of guests including George H. Billings Walter Nash Mr Jacobs and the Bond couple. Along Palm Beach Colonel Frank P Stone and Colonel Bogie play golf while Justav Luders and Grace Barret marry and plan Europe trip. A hospital organ grinder episode, Sergeant Arthur Jones sword presentation and a Governor Russell photo scene are described with local reactions.
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Boston
Florida
Ormonde
George Herrie Billings
Walter Nash
Mr. Jacobs
C. H. Bond
Palm Beach
Frank P. Stone
Bogie
Bermudas
Gage Tariff Debate Signals Shift Away From Protection
The article argues the Dingley tariff damages U S exporters to Russia and warns the protective policy may be abandoned. It claims Russia’s response shows the need to balance tariffs with foreign access and predicts Republicans move away from high protection as export markets grow.
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Gage
Russia
Germany
Republican Party
Taxes and Votes on Woman Suffrage
The piece argues against giving tax paying women municipal voting rights while supporting universal suffrage for all citizens. It notes past removals of property qualifications and cautions that extending votes by taxation would undermine the broader goal. Dr Lyman Abbott supports the ethical case, contrasting English and American voting principles and urging equal eligibility for all alike.
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Commonwealth
Lyman Abbott
England
Callahan in Omaha may be Cudahy kidnapping cap ture
The column argues public interest in the Cudahy kidnapping remains high and praises possible Nebraska arrests. It weighs parental duty versus ransom, insisting exemplary punishment is needed for the crime and its perpetrators if authorities have indeed captured some suspects.
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Callahan
Omaha
Cudahy
Nebraska
License Law Question Hinges on Clerical Blunder
The legislature faces a single issue in the license law case whether a clerical error shall be corrected, leaving the substance of the measure intact. The debate centers on technical corrections without altering the law’s intent or impact.
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Legislative Committee
General Court
Haunted House Ghost? Love and a Fatal Shot
A Boston woman describes a tale set in Ambroy Illinois where a traveling salesman wins his love with a risky ghost hunt. He shoots at two glowing eyes in a haunted house, killing a mother cat. the haunting was misinterpreted by lights and fireflies. The couple then moves into a hilltop house she calls beautiful.
Aunt Susan's Cash and a Purring Discovery Tale
A Montreal visitor Aunt Susan arrives with Cesar the Maltese as Bertie a teen skeptic pursues a bizarre claim that the vermiform appendix is the cat’s purring organ. The scene turns humorous with family tensions and quips from a sensational column.
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Susan
Montreal
Cesar
Aurora
Bertie
Mary
Society Dances and Dinners Across Cambridge Arlington Brookline
A flurry of social events fills the week from Arlington Golf Club to Colonial Hall Quincy and Cambridge. Washington birthday dinners, masquerade at Colonial Hall, Parker House musicale, and Floral Emblem Society banquet headline with other receptions at Westminster and Malden. Residents including the Churchill and Agassiz families travel and host, while clubs in Brookline and Dorchester stage dances and whist parties as winter warmth returns.
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Arlington Golf Club
Henry Hornblower
N. P. Stickney
G. Arthur Swan
H. A. Kinney
Colonial Hall
Quincy
Jordan Lt. Mott
C. Allen Howland, Jr
Herbert W. Barker
Harry Elliott Russell
J. Hallett Gilberte
Parker House
George Converse
Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge
Edwin H. Dyer
Ellen A. Richardson
William H. Alline
George H. Wood
A. Shuman
George B. Bigelow
Charles J. McIntire
Irving Wood
C. H. Sprague
J. Q. Pinkham
Floral Emblem Society
Colonial Club
Unity Art Club
Oxford
Henry W. Chapin
Newbury Street
B. F. Lawson
Newton Centre
Westminster
Harvard Lampoon
W. B. Wheelwright
Holyoke Hall
Richard Hall Stearns, Jr
Somerset
Florida
Royal Ponciana
Alvin F. Sortwell
Jacksonville
Channing Wells
Technology
Ormond
John W. Belches
Windsor Road
Brookline
Belches
West
California
Jeremiah Williams
Marlboro Street
David Noyes
Bermuda
Henry W. Hayes
Arlington
Quebec
Rudolph Agassiz
Myopia Club
Etta Edwards
Indgar Achorn
U. S. S. Minnesota
North End Park
Colonial Club of
Dorchester
W. L. Terhune
E. M. Davenport
A. Ww.raair
Www
Herbert Boynton
William G. Waitt
Joseph J. Horton
Charles F. Dexter
Henry M. Hutchings
Harvey King
Edward FP. Jackson
Thomas C. Batchelder
William B. Everett
Harry E. Converse
Tred Low Cressy
William C. Keen
Frederic Beebe
G. Mortimer Chase
Malden
Fred W. Ives
Harry PB. Towle
Frank F. Chase
Texas hailed as future petroleum power in early writeups
A collection of brief notes mentions Texas as an emerging force in the oil industry. Other items note Oregon salmon feeding practices, rising German beer consumption, a Swiss census showing 3,312,551 inhabitants, and Wisconsin Keshena Indians holding an annual dog feast with a shift toward pork and whiskey.
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Texas
Oregon
Germany
Switzerland
Keshena
Oconto
Wis
Bank for the Employees Opens Cooperative Savings Bank
Holtzer Cabot Electric Company offers workers a chance to save part of their weekly wages in a cooperative savings bank. President Charles W. Holtzer arranged a 4 to 6 percent loan interest with security. Mr Tollard serves as first president as the bank opens Saturday in Holtzer’s prepared room.
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Holtzer- Cabot Electric Company
Charles W. Holtzer
Co-Operative Savings Banks
Tollard
Holtzer
Daily Table Hints From The Sunday Post
A reader shares a list of breakfast lunch and supper items with recipes for Cocoanut cookies Date cake and Peach shortcakes. The note closes with the name Mrs George H Tarr of 19 Chestnut Street Gloucester Mass.
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Sunday Post
Parker House
George H. Tarr
Chestnut Street
Gloucester
Mass
Question of love and friendship hinted in verse
The speaker recalls a kiss and debates whether their bond is friendship or romance. The poem alludes to Edith Bigelow in Smart Set, raising questions about devotion and emotional distance between two people.
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Edith Bigelow
Kropotkin Lectures Set by Lowell Institute in Boston
Reader asks for details on Prince Peter Kropotkin lectures to be held at Huntington Hall under the Lowell Institute. The eight session course begins Tuesday Feb 26 at 7 45 p m on Russian Literature in the Nineteenth Century. Free tickets available to adults at the armory Feb 25 at 4 30 p m.
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Prince Peter Kropotkin
Lowell Institute
Huntington Hall
Armory
Chelsea Couple Wed in Town Hall Celebration
Miss Jeanette Goldband and Mr. Simon Theisa married at Town Hall Revere with Rev. Wolfe Barron officiating. About 200 couples attended a reception with speeches by Judge Bosson Alderman Young and Senator Williard before the couple depart for Chelsea and a wedding tour.
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Town Hall
Revere
Jeanette Goldband
Rebecca Goldband
Simon Theisa
Chelsea
Wolfe Barron
Jennie Goldband
Edward Nyerhan
Harry Goldband
David A. Laurie
Jacob Beerman
Moses Youngerman
Charles Cobe
Charles Goldband
Simon Goldband
Charles River
Judge Bosson
Alderman Young
Senator Williard
Theise
Pope argues road quality should gate rural free delivery
Colonel Albert A. Pope sends a letter to Postmaster General Smith proposing that the expansion of free rural mail delivery be tied to road conditions. He praises highway commissions, urges towns to improve highways to gain delivery benefits, and notes motor vehicles in service.
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Albert A. Pope
Smith
Post Office Department
Massachusetts Highway Commissions
Albert A, Pope
A Warned Public Faces Deadly Consumption
The article notes tuberculosis remains highly dangerous though curable in early stages. It stresses that people underestimate the threat and fail to act despite medical advice. It cites Scott's Emulsion as a common cure along with other aids like fresh air sunshine frequent rest and proper clothing.
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Scott
Population of the Dominion of Canada Question
To the Editor the writer asks for the population of the Dominion of Canada providing no further data. The brief note appears as a reader inquiry in the Post.
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Canada
Post
Dominion of Canada
Tom L. Johnson Unable to Attend Single Tax Demonstration
The Hon. Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland, Ohio, wires that he will be unable to take part in the single tax demonstration on Friday.
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Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland, O
Ash Wednesday services held in Catholic and Episcopal churches
Archbishop Williams blessed ashes at the Cathedral as Ash Wednesday services were held yesterday in Roman Catholic and some Episcopal parishes.
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Williams
French Ambassador Cambon to Dine with Joseph Peabody Tonight
M Jules Cambon the French ambassador to the United States will be the guest of Joseph Peabody at a Somerset Club dinner tonight. Cambon arrives from Washington today for a small function with Mr Peabody’s intimate friends. He has had pleasant relations with Boston, notably after Harvard awarded him an LL D in 1899.
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M. Jules Cambon
United States
Joseph Peabody
Somerset Club
M. Cambon
Washington
Mr. Peabody
Boston
Harvard
Admiral Sampson Reports Improve at Navy Yard
At the navy yard last evening it was stated that Admiral Sampson had a comfortable day and was improving slowly.
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Navy Yard
Sampson
Chelsea singer Harriet Goddard to sing in Italy
Out of Chelsea comes a noted song bird whose marvellous singing delights Italian audiences. Harriet Goddard, born in Chelsea, left Boston two years ago to study abroad and now returns with the prestige of a grand opera prospect. She trained under Arthur J. Hubbard and sang in several church choirs and amateur operas.
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Chelsea
Italy
Boston
Harriet Goddard
America
First Congregational
Randolph
Eliot
Newton
Union Church
Worcester
Europe
Miss Goddard
Arthur J. Hubbard
Miss Goddard Hhus
Gounod
Normandy
Hubbard
Dorchester
Ament Denies Despatch on Church Losses
The Rev Judson Smith says a February despatch to Dr Ament claimed thirteen times losses were collected for gospel work. Ament replies the statement is false noting one third was for church expenses and funds now aid widows and orphans. Officials approved all collections and seek further settlements.
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Judson Smith
The
American Board
Williams
Ament
D. D
Pekin
Amient
Dr. Smith
Georgetown, Rowley & Ipswich Street Railway Car Shed Fire
The Byfield car sheds and all rolling stock including cars plows and motors were burned this morning causing an estimated loss of 75000 dollars for the Georgetown Rowley and Ipswich Street Railway Company.
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Newburyport
Georgetown
Wolcott Memorial Fund Receives Additional Donations
Henry Higginson treasurer at 19 Milk Street Boston reports receipts for the Governor Wolcott memorial fund totaling 85 981 38 after a recent add on of 449 90. Earlier acknowledgments confirm 36 531 48 received.
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Henry &. Higginson
Governor Wolcott
Milk Street
Boston
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Ada H. Feldman
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David Mann
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