Trolley Express Reports Net Income on Massachusetts Branch
The trolley express system of the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad releases its first report showing a net income of 49329 dollars over the last six months on the Massachusetts branch. Market gardeners near the trolley lines within 40 miles of Boston Worcester and Springfield take peculiar interest in this development as express service is urged to improve rail access to the city with better terminal facilities spur tracks and night trains demanded by producers and consumers alike.
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New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Massachusetts
Boston
Worcester
Springfield
Ohio Republican Clubs Back Direct Primary Law
The State League of Ohio Republican Clubs adopts a resolution in favor of direct primary reform. Authors note Ohio has long been dominated by machine politics and the decline of Senator Foraker signals public demand for changes in how candidates are chosen. Massachusetts may follow this awakening.
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State League of Ohio Republican Clubs
Ohio
Senator Foraker
Massachusetts
Lame ducks and pork barrel commissions criticized
A critique argues the Republican majority funds former election losers by placing them on payrolls. It warns that creating commissions for lame ducks is poor policy and cites the proposed Alcoholic Liquor Traffic Commission as a dubious measure even if staffed by qualified men.
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Congress
Washington
Doctor William T. Bull Dies After Cancer Fight
Dr William T Bull a leading specialist on cancer died after a self chosen serum from animal thyroids failed to save him He gained early fame with laparotomy proving safety for appendicitis He was renowned for surgical skill and kindness and his death is a national loss
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William T. Bull
Bull
Dr. Bull
Carter Bill Recasts Postal Savings Debate with New Commission
Senator Carter unveils a revised postal savings bill aimed at countering two months of congressional criticism. The plan creates a two member civilian commission earning 10000 dollars annually each, a feature critics call unnecessary. Opponents warn of state law driven investments and government lending to its own investors, including farm real estate mortgages.
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Carter
Congress
Calling for Efficient Postal Savings Bill Nationwide
The speaker urges a highly efficient postal savings bill to serve states with small populations and large opportunities. It emphasizes maximum benefit for the people with minimal government cost and risk.
Let the People Decide on Boston Charter Referendum
A Boston legislative hearing urges that any charter amendment be submitted to the voters. The piece argues the city’s citizens have demonstrated competence in local governance and warns against imposing a charter without public consent, noting Mayor Hibbard’s referendum ties and the Finance Commission draft’s mixed quality.
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Legislative Committee On
Metropolitan Affairs
City of
Boston
Kneeland
Tremont Street
Hibbard
Finance Commission
Suffrage Demonstration At The State House Condemned
An editorial condemns the crowding and obstruction at the Massachusetts State House during a large women suffrage demonstration. It criticizes inadequate accommodations and the denial of entry to the steps, urging open doors and decorous representation, while endorsing suffrage for women if supported by voters.
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State House
Commonwealth
Parliament
London
Capitol
Massachusetts
All Sorts by Newton Newkirk
A brief column item notes a hold up game bargain sale of suspenders. The quirky page tease mentions humor and fashion items in a retail roundup by Newton Newkirk.
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Newton Newkirk
Grippe and a Doctor's Odd Cure in a Comic Tale
A humorous recounting of grippe illness from a narrator who teases doctors and pills. The piece details a feverish, confounding sickness, a comically overbearing medical routine, and the narrator's exaggerated misadventures with pills and symptoms, ending with the claim that grippe is catching.
Picture of the fleet sails from Gibraltar by Prudential
The Prudential Insurance Company issues a color picture of the American battleship fleet leaving Gibraltar led by the Connecticut under Rear Admiral Sperry. A free booklet with each ship’s tonnage speed armament and crew is offered, with requests to Newark New Jersey for copies.
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Prudential Insurance Company
Gibraltar
Connecticut
C. 8. Sperry
Rock of Gibraltar
Prudential
Eiher
Prudential Insurance Company of America
Newark
N. J
Meridian Street church thanks Post for Revival Edition
The congregation at Meridian Street Methodist Episcopal Church in East Boston voted to thank the editor of the Post for the Revival Edition of the paper and praised the Boston Post for its generous treatment. Pastor I B Bates of Bethel Church adds his personal appreciation for the edition and its potential good.
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Post
Meridian Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Boston Post
I. B. Bates
M. EB
Bethel Church
East
Boston
The Observant Citizen Notes Local Happenings
A column of anecdotes from Boston area readers covers the Groundhog Day forecast, stage plans by an Englishwoman in New York, Liberty Bell controversy, baseball transfer talk, theater casting, auto liability fears, parade efforts, and local charity work. It also mentions Miss Gertie Hattery and Miss Ruth Wiseman preparing for France, Miss Agnes Cummings’s recovery, a Watertown fountain drive, a Chelsea mayoral sighting, and Osbourne McCoty invited to lead a Chelsea summer school music department at Harvard.
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Gertie Hattery
Ruth Wiseman
South Boston
Washington
France
Issy
Paris
Misses Hattery
Wiseman
Music
Chelsea
Boston
Thomas N. Hart
Hart
Rufus S. Frost
BE. C. Fitz
Mystre
Osbourne McCoty
Chelsjea
Harvard University
McConarty
Chelsea Music Commission
Senate passes Aldrich bill to re-enlist discharged Black soldiers
The Aldrich bill to allow re-enlistment of Black soldiers dishonorably discharged for participating in the Brownsville incident was approved by the Senate late this afternoon in Washington.
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Washington
Aldrich
Brownsville
Senate
Two New Rear Admirals Nominated by President
The President named two captains to become rear admirals on February 23 in Washington. The officers are Giles B. Harber and Uriah R. Harris, reflecting a rise in flag rank within the Navy.
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Washington
Giles B. Harber
Uriah R. Harris
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