Cambridge Boy George A Smith Helps X rays Prove Helpful
The Cambridge boy George A Smith who was shot Tuesday evening marks a notable triumph for X rays and local scientists. Early attempts to locate the bullet failed but yesterday further efforts succeeded. Dr. Roentgen’s discovery now plays an increasingly important role in surgery, improving accuracy and easing operations, saving life and reducing pain in hospitals. The Smith case fascinates due to its difficulties and the significance of the final success.
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George A. Smith
Cambridge
Roentgen
Young Smith
Great Britain Pleads Crete Transfer to Turkey Provokes Outrage
Lord Salisbury condemns the British decision handing Crete to Turkey calling it contemptible and notes the plan’s implied autonomy as unworthy. He argues Crete’s Christians favor union with Greece and denounces European interference despite gunboat power.
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Great Britain
Crete
Turkey
Lord Salisbury
England
Remarkable William Jennings Bryan Returns to Washington
The Hon. William J. Bryan visited the House of Representatives in Washington on Wednesday. His health, vigor, and vitality drew remark after a grueling campaign, yet he has shown no rest. He engaged in literary work and lectures while organizing his faction in national politics, remaining ready for future political involvement.
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William J. Bryan
House of Representatives
Washington
Bryan
William Jennings Bryan
Resolutions Mirror Public Sentiment on Cuban Struggle
The commentary argues that Senate supporters reflect broad American sentiment. It notes conservatives along the Atlantic coast versus the nation’s heart supporting Cubans against Spain. Congress action is portrayed as representing the people’s purpose and temper.
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Lieve
Atlantic Coast
Congress
Tariff Debate Highlights Broad Fairness for Nation
At a Trade Club banquet Colonel Albert Clarke argued for a tariff level that benefits all sectors equally rather than favoring manufacturers. W B Rice urged independence of business from tariff politics, warning against narrow, sectional protection.
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Albert Clarke
W. B. Rice
Mr. Rice
Colonel Clarke
Massachusetts
New England
Ohio
Beacon Hill memorial to stand on State House grounds
The Observant Citizen notes Boston plans to reproduce the old beacon that gave the Beacon Hill district its name and place it on the State House grounds facing Bowdoin Street. The column will stand for years, a reminder among evolving landmarks in a city rich with history.
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Boston
London
Beacon Hill
State House
Bowdoin Street
White Posts and Mud Reveal City Transit Woes
A Clyde shipbuilder recalls hailing a car on Huntington avenue in muddy conditions. He notes needing five to six yards to board the car and, on another night at the same post, ten yards through mud and slush. He ends by questioning the purpose of white posts.
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Summer Street
Huntington Avenue
Churches and Charities Seek Closer Union in Huntington Hall
About 400 people attended a Huntington Hall meeting on uniting churches with the Associated Charities. Speakers urged organized efforts to place the unemployed, gather worthy cases, and set church offices for aid while emphasizing self help and coordinated relief.
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Huntington Hall
Associated Charities
Mr. Parks
Emanuel Church
Phillips Brooks
Brooks
Parks
Miss Burtwell
Cambridge
Byrne
Mr. Burr
Ruggles Street Baptist Church
Walter Calley
The
Baptist Tabernacle
George M. Perin
Shawmut Avenue
Dorothea Klumpke Heads Paris Observatory Star Bureau
Dorothea Klumpke, a young American woman, has charge of the bureau of star measurements in the Paris Observatory.
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Dorothea Klumpke
Bureau of Star Measurements
Paris Observatory
Women Win Observatory Access and Other 1900s Notes
A brief roundup noting a woman’s win over many male competitors opening observatory access to women, corrections on Olney’s Harvard tying, Zola’s insult toward Nordau, Sir Samuel Strong joining Britain’s Privy Council panel, Spo kane society women forming a $2 million mining company, Francis Joseph’s portrait by Eduard Horowitz, Frances Willard’s memorial tablet for Simon Willard, Muller’s wife noted for social prominence in Oxford.
State should regulate Bell Telephone charges and access
The piece argues for state regulation of Bell Telephone rates and methods, condemning monopoly pricing and demanding mandatory interconnection for other firms. It emphasizes public franchises, use of public streets, and fair service as obligations owed by the company to the people.
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Bell Telephone Company
Stoughton Company
Bell Company
Refer It to the People on Boston City Charter Reform
The author urges referendums on changes to Boston's City Council and charter. He argues the people should decide radical reforms, including abolition of the Common Council, and stresses local self government and public competence to judge proposed municipal changes.
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Quincy
Legislative Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
City Council of
Boston
Common Council
Demonstrations Continue in Congress Over Curban Question
The East witnesses criticism of yesterday's congress demonstrations, with forecasts of similar action today. The tone suggests debate will persist with varying intensity as the Cur ban issue dominates discussion.
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Congress
Daily Menu and Home Recipes From Mrs Norton
The excerpt lists breakfast lunch and supper courses with items like rolled oats milk and sugar fried ham eggs and potatoes. It includes a detailed baked apple dumplings recipe and a cream cake recipe, credited to Mrs Margaret Norton of 48 Clarence Street Roxbury.
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Parker House
Margaret Norton
Clarence Street
Roxbury
Melba Cancelled Chicago Opera Visit
Mme Melba cannot travel to Chicago for the opera season due to illness. Doctors report a recurrence of influenza and a malarial fever making the journey impossible. The telegram to Mr Grau from Paris confirms the decision.
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Chicago
Mme. Melba
Stage Gossip Moves and Stars on Boston Circuit
The column notes strong word from Boston theaters with Under the Polar Star extending two weeks and touring the New England circuit. Mansfield, Sothern, and Hare bring busy schedules, while Merri Osborne and Grace Atwell debut new roles. Celebrity illnesses, recitals, and zoo antics color the season.
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Polar Star
Boston
New England
Richard Mansfield
Tremont
Merri Osborne
Little Miss Muffet
Museum
E. H. Sothern
Cleveland
New York
the Park
Gotham
John Hare
Worcester
Mr. Hare
Katherine Grey
Eugene Tompkins
Heart” Company
Academy of Music
Bostock
Zoo
Washington
Quigley Brothers
Keith
Mary Mannering
New York Lyceum Company
India
Hoyt’s Theatre
Howard Atheneum
Stewart Sisters
Florrie West
Mile
Ottilie
Kamochi
New Grand
Bonnie Jean Gordon
Austin & Stone’s
Clarence Dale
Nickleodeon
Edna Mends Hearts Across a European Love Triangle
Boston's Edna writes from Paris and London about aunt Patty’s marriage to Frenchman M Berthelot and Edna's hope to marry Jack Holmes back home. A typhus crisis in Scotland prompts a swift voyage home as Edna and her father race to reunite with loved ones.
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Boston
Bessie
Patty
Europe
Jack
Papa
Aunt P
Washington
Edna
Papa Williams
Cambridge
Beacon Street
Jack Holmes
Hina
Paris
Rue du Dauphin
Bess
Leontine
St. Roch
Leo
M. Berthelot
Killarney
Will Brooks
Will
America
Margaret Forsyth Williams
Jean Baptiste Berthelot
Proprietaire
Pauillac
France
London
Scotland
New Appointees for Holyoke City Posts
Holyoke on February 25 appoints ex Senator M. H. Whitcomb as city marshal with Patrick Herbert as assistant marshal, F. Hastings as captain, and Richard Peters as lieutenant, per Mayor G. H. Smith.
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Holyoke
G. H. Smith
M. H. Whitcomb
Patrick Herbert
F. Hastings
Richard Peters
Two Young Women Take Black Veil at Carmelite Convent
Archbishop Williams blessed two novices at the Carmelite Convent Roxbury as they received the black veil. Miss Margaret Mary McCluskey becomes Sister Margaret of St John and Miss M O McGeough becomes Sister Xavia of the Angels. Relatives from Philadelphia attended with local clergy assisting at the ceremony.
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Archbishop Williams
Roxbury
Margaret Mary McCluskey
John J. McCluskey
Miss McCluskey
Margaret
St. John’s
M. O. McGeough
Philadelphia
Xavia
the Angels
Miss McGeough
Ignatius
Working Boys’ Home
Nathaniel Merritt
Brookline
eRev
Dennis O’callaghan
St. Augustine’s
South Boston
Royal Scots Denied Visit From Montreal Regiment
Colonel Henry Walker rejects a Montreal despatch claiming the Fifth Royal Scots will visit Boston this summer as guests of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company.
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Henry Walker
Montreal
Royal Scots
Boston
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Olney
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R. I
Zola
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Judicial Committee
Privy Council of Great Britain
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Historical Art Museum
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Horsmonden
Kent
Eng
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Concord
Mass
Max Muller
Oxford
Melba
Castoria
Sunday Post
McKinley
Lady Henry Somerset
Herbert Holley
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Cone
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Tremont Theatre
Abbey, Schoeffel & Grau Co. (Ltd
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Castel
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Isaac B. Rich
WM. Fr. Crane
Eve
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Ah Bi
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Reagan
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Howard
Ickel
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Tom Thumb
Coast Magii
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Tremont Street
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MATS
Onizett
Sue Lucia DL
Lammermoor
Renonst
Yency Cavalleria Rusticana
Mignon
Stock Co
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Pinaud
Silver King
OPERA
Columbia Theatre
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Dixie
Hogan’s Alle
Ustin & Stone
Inverness
West Newton St
Portland
State OF Land
India Wharf
Interios Pinta
Williama
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