Bill to regulate billboard ads near parks gains Senate support
The State Senate should concur with the House to authorize city and town officials to regulate billboard advertising near parks and parkways. The piece argues such signs mar views, undermine public expense and recreation areas, and warns against renewed subsidy pressures and political influence shaping the outcome. The piece notes divisions among Republicans and Democrats over the measure and alludes to prior failed attempts.
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House
Boston
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Ireland's land reform opens with unlikely unity and support
A Dublin conference unites landlords led by the Duke of Abercorn and John Redmond with tenants in a plan for Irish land reform. The government would back tenant purchases, enabling a landlord to sell to tenants, and tying land settlement to home rule amid Boer War strain.
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Ireland
Duke of Abercorn
Landlords’ Association
John Redmond
Dublin
Tumbling tax tale in New York’s rich circle
The city permits J. P. Morgan, William Rockefeller and Vanderbilts to swear they reside elsewhere to dodge personal property tax. They then offer a token payment equal to a tax on 300 000 dollars, which officials accept. The piece denounces the arrangement as insolent for outsiders and mendicant charity for the city.
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New York
J. P. Morgan
William Rockefeller
City of
Ship Subsidy Bill Blocked By House Committee
The committee on merchant marine and fisheries in Washington yesterday refused to report the ship subsidy bill. By a 10 to 6 vote, the panel ended efforts for this Congress and said there is nothing further to be done before the House adjourns.
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New England
Greene
Fall River
Littlefield
Maine
House
Lanna
Committee On Merchant Marine and Fisheries
House of Representatives
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Congress
Coal price pressure urged for timely inquiry conclusions
An editorial urges the coal committee to press findings promptly to secure further price reductions. It notes abundant supply and current reasonable dealer costs, warns delays will let prices fall to their natural level, and stresses public relief from extortion by the local coal trust as summer approaches.
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Legislative Coal Committee
The Observant Citizen: A Boston Theater Day and Reunion Tale
The Observant Citizen describes a Boston day of theater with 18 venues drawing about 40,000 patrons across two shows and hefty spending, plus outside amusements like a safe-erection on Washington Street. It notes the Parker House flag at half mast for Washington and recounts a Civil War veterans’ gathering at Mr. George A. Curtis’s Emer son Street home with a gold ring gift.
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Washington Street
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School Street
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George Washington
George A. Curtis
Massachusetts Amateur Press Association
Emerson Street
South
Curtis
Baylies buys Mrs Abbott Lawrence house on Common wealth avenue
Walter C Baylies who married Charlotte Upham bought the late Mrs Abbott Lawrence's house on Common wealth avenue. He plans to renovate and enlarge to create one of the finest residences in the locality. Lucia Gale Barber begins four Lenten talks on March 12 at Lucius M Sargents. Massachusetts Audubon Society provided four traveling libraries to the Woman's Educational and Industrial Union for free state wide circulation and published a 211 species bird list with slots for rare sightings. Observations must occur in Massachusetts between Jan 1 1908 and Jan 1 1904 for record keeping. List limited to society members.
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Walter C. Baylies
Commonwealth Avenue
Charlotte Upham
Abbott Lawrence
Baylies
Lucius M. Sargent
Lucia Gale
Barber
Massachusetts Audubon Society
Woman’s Educational and Industrial Union
Carnegie Gives $100000 to Train Librarians
Andrew Carnegie donates 100000 to Western Reserve University in Cleveland to establish a school for librarian training. The gift funds the creation of a dedicated library science program at the university.
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Carnegie
Cleveland, CO
Andrew Carnegie
Western Reserve University
Farmer's Reverie and Spring Allusions
A rural reminiscence notes the shortening night and lengthening days signaling spring with robin song and thawing sap. The piece imagines plowing soon and comparing seasons while a light humor column offers satirical health tips and quips, dated Boston February 23 1908.
Fashion notes and witticisms from an old issue
A collage of light humor and fashion chatter includes silk stockings pricing notes due to a silk worm strike, veils for blustery weather, and low spring shoes with trailing laces. It also jokes about waistlines, long neck furs, steel head purses, and armor plate corsets, closing with satirical quips about the Philippines and a mock patent breakfast product.
The Hang Strap's Rise in Street Cars
A 1908 feature notes the street car hang-strap inventor Gotlorb Albersohmn and his device's spread in Europe and America. It describes how hang-straps boosted capacity and revenue, with managers joking about cramming 200 passengers by shared breath, while riders fear becoming sardines.
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Gotlorb Albersohmn
United States
Sunday Post Rises as Top Paper in New England
The Marlboro News notes the Sunday Post becomes the second Sunday paper in New England by margin and leads in many cities including Lowell Lawrence Fall River and New Bedford. In Boston it outsells all but one competitor by about 20 000 copies.
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Sunday Post
New England
Lowell
Lawrence
Fall River
New Bedford
Boston
Phillips-Exeter Academy Receives $5000 Donation
Exeter New Hampshire February 23 Philips Exeter Academy accepts a $5000 gift from Professor Sylvester Waterhouse of St Louis Missouri dated 1850 The donation enlarges the institution's endowment and supports its academic programs.
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N. K
Philips-Exeter Academy
Sylvester Waterhouse
St. Louis
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