Japan Gains Sympathy Over Russia In Eastern Dispute
The piece argues American sympathy leans toward Japan in the Russia versus Japan quarrel, citing Japan’s modernization, bravery, and sincere diplomacy, contrasted with Russia’s territorial aims and broken promises. It notes US readers’ preference for national self government and mentions Rockefeller gift debates at a university amid political intrigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Japan
Manchuria
Corea
Corean Empire
East
Postal Frauds Conviction Highlights Public Service Graft
The Post Office graft case ends with the conviction of Machen Lorenz and a Groff brother in a conspiracy to defraud the government. They secured a vendor patent fastener with a 40 percent takeoff, as government purchases neared 150000 dollars over a decade. Roosevelt supported the inquiry despite cabinet pushback, and appeals await higher court review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Machen
Lorenz
Groff Brothers
Postoffice Department
Bristow
Augustus W. Machen
Post Office Department
George E. Lorenz
Toledo
Payne
Roosevelt
Snow In The City Drives Wages To Laborers In Boston
A harsh winter storm season in Boston has pushed up wages for laborers as shovellers and transport workers clear snow. The Telegraph Railway Company reports expenditures surpassing 250000 dollars, with over 1000 shovellers employed at times and 737 teams active during the January 8 storm. City street departments and private efforts add to the total cost, supporting hundreds of families through ongoing snow removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Rockefeller Gift Sparks Nebraska Debate in 1920s
Pr B M Andrews, chancellor of the University of Nebraska, becomes a political flashpoint over accepting a large donation from John D Rockefeller for a new college building. Churches, societies, and politicians rally against the gift on moral grounds, while Andrews defends the funding as necessary for education and rejects any implication of compromising views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pr. B. Benjamin Andrews
University of Nebraska
John D. ‘Rockefeller
Rockefeller
The Balfour Cabinet Faces Inevitable Collapse
London political observers say the Unionist government has lost control of the House of Commons with Premier Balfour likely to retire within weeks. Lord Spencer is tipped as Liberal successor after an anticipated Opposition victory, while defections from Morley’s censuring amendment and naval funding votes shrink the government majority. The Irish university bill row alienates Nationalists, making early dissolution likely and hinting John Redmond may hold balance of power in the next Parliament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Balfour
London
Lord Spencer
Joseph Chamberlain
Morley
Observant Citizen Billings enjoys perfect Coronado Beach golf
George Herric Billings records 65 degree weather at Coronado Beach Cal for golf and notes a pleasant trip including Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Other items mention John Craig and Mary Young in Pittsburg vaudeville with possible season in the Smoky City, Kellar the magician’s illness, and theater staff news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Herric Billings
Commonwealth Avenue
Coronado Beach
Cal
Mr. Billings
New Orleans
John Craig
Mary Young
Pittsburg
Smoky City
Mr. Craig
Viola Allen
Harlem
All Sorts By Newton Newkirk Hen or rooster question
A playful verse explores whether a hen that roosts on a roost becomes a rooster. The piece treats gendered poultry humor with a light rhythmic twist.
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Newton Newkirk
Politeness Rule Cited By Manager Overlateness
A manager questions William about recurring lateness and explains a grandmother’s rule to wait for older entrants first. The exchange reveals a workplace etiquette expectation and William’s adherence to a family guideline.
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William
Dey
Noted figures write and perform with dual hands across era
A friend in Boston cites a witty line about cup hunting. Justice Phillimore writes with both hands in court, while Chandos Leigh can write with both hands simultaneously. Lyveden has varied life experience as actor, gardener, and purser. Watts paints with no model, Noyes heads Wisconsin Bar, Zeller turns 90, Smith coordinates Tammany Hall housing, Davout’s lineage and feats recalled including Magenta and Paris siege.
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Justice Phillimore
Sir Walter
RE. Chandos Leigh
K. C
Nottingham
Lord Lyveden
House of Lords
Mercantile Marine
G. F. Watts
George H. Noyes
Milwaukee
Wisconsin State Bar Association
Thos F. Smith
Tammany Hall
St. Louis
Tammany
Davout
French Legion of Honor
Napoleon
Magenta
Metz
Orseville
Paris
Buttes Chaumont
Stealthy Steve Sentenced to Siberia Mind and Guilt
Exiled detective Stealthy Steve learns he is sentenced to life hard labor in Siberia. He contemplates fate on the prison floor as the warden departs, seeking a way to appeal and rebuke the czar's absolute orders.
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Steve
Siberia
Baron Taunt Over Siberian Mines Claim
A narrator mocks a defiant baron who quips about heading to the Siberian mines, implying a grim consequence or fate. The line conveys sarcasm and scorn within a broader scene of political or literary satire.
Stealthy Steve Sent to Siberian Mines by Convict Train
Stealthy Steve is bound and forced onto a sled with other exiles as a convict train departs St. Petersburg for Siberia under armed guards. Baron Hizzizzan taunts him from the roadside while the doomed group heads east, toward a life of hard labor in Siberia and inevitable separation from Mrs. Miskell.
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Siberian
Steve
Siberia
St. Petersburg
Baron Hizzizzan
Sledge
America
Chicago Botanist to Study Mexican Flora on Grant
Dr Charles J Chamberlain of the University of Chicago Botany Department has won a Botanical Society of America grant to cover travel expenses for a Jalapa Mexico expedition to study local flora. Professor Edwin Sparks comments on new school histories arguing that a year of American history teaching could undo years of peace efforts.
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Charles J. Chamberlain
Department of Botany
University of Chicago
Botanical Society of America
Jalapa
Mex
Edwin Sparks
Lichtenfels Steamer Arrives in Boston with $1,000,000 Cargo
The German steamer Lichtenfels, captained by H. Freirichs, docked at the Boston & Maine pier East Boston after a voyage from Calcutta via Colombo. The cargo, valued at $1,000,000, includes hides jute goat skins tea shellac and more. The crew of 65 includes 41 Lascars and Europeans.
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Lichtenfels
H. Freirichs
Boston & Maine
Boston
Calcutta
Colombo
Port Said
Algiers
New York
War Poets Still Busy with Limericks in Post Contest
War poets turn to limericks in the Post competition as many entries pour in. Notable verses reference Manchuria and Port Arthur, with multiple authors named from Charlestown, Allston, Cambridge, and East Boston. Vivian Rouke signs a closing note from Arlington street Brighton.
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Post
Aftar
Nick
Prince Alex
Kag
Vivian Rouke
Arlington Street
Brighton
Poet and Friend Discuss Finishing His Verse
A poet asks a friend if his style has finished while the friend replies that anyone can finish such verse, implying a casual, understated critique in a light exchange.
Hon. C. S. Hamlin to Speak Before Jackson Club
The Hon. Charles S. Hamlin, former assistant secretary of the treasury, will address the Jackson Club of Charlestown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles S. Hamlin
the Treasury
Jackson Club
Charlestown
Notman
Charles 8S
Hamlin
He knocks best who knocks last
A brief aphorism on perseverance and timing quoting the Sphinx. Reads as a line of wisdom about delivering final impact.
Despatch From War Zone Mangled By Censor in Far East
A garbled war dispatch from Jeremiah Pennwhizzki, All Sortski correspondent, claims Russian censorship warped the report from Vladivostok dated February 28. It mentions interviews with Rear Admiral Bum ski and a sensational sinking of the Czarinski in 80 fathomski, with further details promised.
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Pingyang
Seoul
J. H. Daggett
Linden Street
Allston
Jeremiah Pennwhizz
Far East
Vladivostok
Allsortski
Kevarovitch
Buziinsk
General Buttinski
Czarinski
Jeremiah Pennwhizzski
Which country owns the greatest amount of territory
A reader asks the Post to inform through the newspaper which country holds the largest amount of territory globally. The inquiry is addressed to the editor by S. R. and seeks factual clarification.
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Post
S. R
Proud rider and little Dot share a bittersweet ride
A young man on a horse encounters Dot and her sister on the village outskirts. He consoles the crying child, recalls his lost love, and reveals plans to visit their home. Later, two gift boxes arrive: one for the sister with roses and the other for Dot with chocolate moons. The gifts vanish by night.
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Ned
Nea
Dot
Nev
Dottie Crawford
Nat
Travel of the Pacific Ocean Subject Inspires Talk by Hamlin
Tomorrow evening Mr. Hamlin speaks on Travel og the Pacific Ocean. His Cleveland administration work tied him to Alaska affairs and later the Behring seal fisheries commission. His talk on trade relations with the Orient amid the Russia Japan war promises to be very interesting.
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Pacific Ocean
Hamlin
Cleveland
Alaska
Behring Seal Fisheries Commission
Orient
Russia
Japan
Retired Officer Seeks Lecture Admission Ticket
An Anex convict from Boston dated February 27 appeals for information on where to procure an admission ticket to a forthcoming lecture by Chairman Emmons. He notes a return to his former profession after years away and aims to brush up skills amid police methods and clandestine activity.
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Emmons
Boston
Songsheet Extravaganza Aids Cambridge Social Union
In Brattle Hall Cambridge a fashionable Saturday night audience attended the Songsheet extravaganza by Esther Burnett and Gertrude Peabody with F Lowell Kennedy. Proceeds benefit the Cambridge Social Union led by Alice Longfellow, with patronesses including Mrs Charles W Ziot Mrs Joseph G Thorp and others.
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Cambridge
Brattle Hall
Esther Burnett
Gertrude Peabody
F. Lowell Kennedy
Social Union of Cambridge
Alice Longfellow
University City
Charles W. Ziot
Joseph G. Thorp
William T. Piper
Edward Pickering
Crawford B. Fay
William Richardson
Alvin Sortwell
Alice Morse
Roland Thaxter
Samuel E. Turner
Sumner
L. Brooks
Francis G. Peabody
Charles Peabody
Joseph B. Russell
Benjamin Vaughan
Charles Almy
Thomas P. Curtis
Charl T. Wolcott
Henry N. Whee
Beautiful gowns gracing Brookline society at dog show
Mrs Henry D Bennett of Davis Avenue Brookline and her young husband attended the Mechanics Building event among the fashionable crowd. Her brown gown featured rich broadcloth, a long ground-sweeping skirt, bias velvet trim, and silk stitching with a brown turban hat adorned by ostrich feathers.
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Henry D. Bennett
Davis Avenue
Brookline
Stephen H. Bennett
Beacon Street
Mr. Bennett
Mechanics’ Building
Bennett
Bishop Lawrence Sermon At Church Of The Messiah
Bishop Lawrence preached the morning sermon at the Church of the Messiah on St Stephen and Gainsboro streets, using John 1:6 quote God Sent a Man. He urged improving church walls for a clean Massachusetts presence at next year’s Boston convention and confirmed about 20 persons.
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Lawrence
St. Stephen and
Gainsboro Streets
St. John
Massachusetts
Boston
Fulton Associates Officers Elected
Fulton Associates held an officer election at 213A Hanover street. Elected were President Louis Conti Vice President Fred Cuneo Treasurer re elected Antonio Mortali Corresponding Secretary John Zernani Financial Secretary Alphonsus Fopiano Recording Secretary Angelo Busi Board of Directors Frank Lagoria John Repetto Fred Gabarino Sergeant at Arms Ernest Colosari
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Fulton Associates
Hanover Street
Louis Conti
Fred Cuneo
Antonio C. Mortali
John Zernani
Alphonsus, Fopiano
Angelo Busi
Frank Lagoria
John Repetto
Fred Gabarino
Ernest Colsolari
Freak Headline Contest Draws New England Submissions
Post readers flood in with creative freak headlines for the $10 prize. Contest entries showcase bold wit from across New England, reflecting lively engagement and a playful newspaper tradition.
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Post
New England
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Kellar
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Keith
Utopian Club
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William Sheehy
Dorchester
Africa
John J. Flynn
Dix Street
Trinity Church
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Unitarian Hall
Roland W. Dunham
Warren B. Farnum
Maurice Blair
J. Albert Wilson
Gardner W. Stacey
J. Bradward Frost
Arthur H. Duhig
Clarence Woodworth
Gerard C. Bean
Poward J. Fallon
Lawrence Mitchell
William EB. Barton
Harry 8. Chandier
Ralph A. Hight
Neal E. McPeek
Eduard Zeller
University of Berlin
Thomas Lipton
Rae
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Yalu
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Port Arthur
Mukden
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Cherry Street
Starski
Nippon
A. I. Smart
Saunder Street
Admiral Stark
Tokio
E. H. Coolidge
Mt. Vernon Street
Fitchburg
Chemulpo
Gordon K. Creighton
Upland Road
Herbert Gardner
Saratoga Street
the Czar
Sphinx
the Post
Sunday Post
Edna H. Bullen
West Main Street
Westboro, Mass
Bishop Lawrence
Church OF the Messiah
Castoria
Marie
Miss Marie
Mr. Swallow
Cafe Mirror
Washington ST
Gardiner Wilson
Westcott Street
Carrie Nation
Dorothy E. Ryley
Prescott Street
Harry L. Willard
Main Street
Milford
C. R. Ross
Columbus Avenue
Tom Sharkey
Jack Munroe
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High Street
Sanford
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