Barry Chosen Chairman of the Board of Aldermen
The Board of Aldermen elected David F. Barry as chairman signaling harmony and effective action for the coming year. Barry’s long service and deep knowledge of municipal government, precedents, and parliamentary practice position him to guide the board and represent Boston public interests through the Board of Estimate and Apportionment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Aldermen
David F. Barry
Barry
Board of Estimate and Apportionment
Boston
Open Session urged for peace treaty discussion in Senate
The peace treaty sent by President McKinley to the Senate was referred to the foreign relations committee with no expected amendments. Authors argue for open Senate deliberations, noting the treaty affects domestic government foundations and warrants public accountability. They urge reporting back and open discussion to inform the people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Senate
Committee On Foreign Relations
Spain
Legislature of 1899 organizes by returning to last year's path
The new Legislature completed its organization smoothly by directing the course of last year, ensuring efficient service through continuity. The session began with method and pace, adopting familiar procedures to fast track work.
Massachusetts Legislature Ends Year With Long Session
The presiding officers urged shorter sessions while acknowledging Massachusetts lawmakers must balance length with quality. Despite calls for brevity, the public favors robust laws over rapid adjournment, approving extended sessions into July if needed to block fraud and protect public interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Smith
Bates
Knowlton on Expansion Faces Republican Scrutiny
The Boston Globe reports General Knowlton’s Massachusetts address favored imperial expansion but questions its constitutional basis. While admiring legal framing, the piece cautions against creating citizens without rights, and notes Dorchester braces with new mounted police amid local concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knowlton
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Boston Merchants’ Association
Commonwealth
Republic
United States
St. Paul
Quay Nomination Highlights Pennsylvania Republican Decline
A Harrisburg scene shows the Pennsylvania Legislature endorsing a criminal indicted candidate for U.S. Senate in a Republican caucus. The piece condemns the party as corrupt, alleging decades of self serving tariffs and campaign funding that undermine public interests and morals. It argues the nomination of Quay marks a moral nadir in state politics.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
United States
Quay
Republican Party
Washington
Republican Party of
Rupert of Hentzau ends and the audience begs for more
The Observant Citizen reviews Rupert of Hentzau and argues an alternate ending was possible. It notes how Hope expanded Zenda’s tale after its success, with Rudolf Rassendyll choosing duty over desire, yet the published finale remains the tragic backshot ending.
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Rupert of
Kiddie Sothern
Rudolf Rassendyll
Hope
Rupert of Trentzau
Rudolf
Flavia
Rupert
Original HORT STORIES Tale of a New Orleans meeting and a photo
Harry Stanwood meets Miss May Gordon after finding a lost photo in a New Orleans park. He travels to Baltimore, learns May is the owner, and marries her after she confirms the photo is hers and agrees to give it to him. Will Curtis serves as best man in the wedding.
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Harry Stanwood
New Orleans
Will Curtis
Harry
L. A. Norton
Maude
Will
Miss Gordon
Baltimore
Mother’s
Chad
Miss May
May
Post Short Story Contest Rules and Prizes
The Post invites women readers to submit original short stories for weekly prizes. Awards are ten dollars for first, five dollars for second, and two dollars for the remaining four entries. Manuscripts must be 700 to 1000 words, single-sided, with full name and address, prepaid return postage, and folded. Entries go to the Short Story Editor by mail. personal application is not desired. winners announced in the Sunday Post.
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Post
Sunday Post
the Post
Notable Personal Clippings From a Busy Era
Cecil Rhodes awards a fifty guinea cup to color clubs in Cape Colony. A. A. Fitzgerald, Mount Aconcagua climber, seeks health in Egypt. Joseph Jefferson plans drama lectures for New York schools. Ninon De VEnclos’s tomb and house linger in Paris. Lee Lindley Murray, birthplace and station named after him in Pennsylvania. Frederick Schreiner clarifies family ancestry denying Dutch roots. father German, mother English with Scandinavian lineage.
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Cecil Rhodes
Cape Colony
Lee Lindley Murray
East Hanover Township
Lancaster
Dauphin) County
Pennsylvania
Murray Station
Lebanon & Tremont
Frederick Schreiner
Daily Table Menu and Recipe Fragments
A 19th century style meal plan lists Breakfast Dinner Supper items with instructions for radish roses chestnut dressing and marbled cake. Included are quantities and steps for chestnut dressing marbled cake and a note signature Mrs Van A L C Morgan 94 Meeting Street Providence WR.
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van A L. C. Morgan
Meeting Street
Providence
WR. I
Boston Post Prize for Weekly Bills of Fare
The Boston Post offers a $5 weekly prize for the best three meal bill of fare for a day submitted by women readers. Bills may use breakfast lunch and dinner or breakfast dinner and supper for a family of five, with a weekly food budget not exceeding $10. Submissions end Saturday. winners printed Monday with prize sent. Send to Cooking Editor, the Post, Boston.
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Boston Post
Post
the Post
Boston
Fashions dainty blouse in cate au lait mousseline
The dainty blouse features cate au lait colored mousseline with violet square figures. A violet velvet collar complements a left side corsage cut in squares with an embroidered border and lace jabot. Embroidered bands trim the sleeves to match the corsage and belt.
New Year Verses by Wheeler Wilcox Reflect Hope and Faith
A passage of verse declaring that a New Year brings reciprocal goodwill and inner strength. It speaks of the promise that trouble will turn to good when faced with courage and trust in a higher source, urging mutual compassion between giver and recipient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isa Wheeler Wilcox
Brice Estate Values Move Beyond New York Jurisdiction
New York reports that Calvin S. Brice left personal property fixed at 606000 in the New York petition for letters of administration, while the entire estate may reach about 7 million. Most property lies outside the county or state, with Ohio real estate valued near 3000000 belonging to the estate.
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New York
Calvin S. Brice
Ohio
Next of Kin sought for many long lost heirs and estates
London reports a surge of ads seeking missing heirs, legatees, and relatives for estates. Names span from UK colonies to Jamaica, with hundreds of individuals linked to unclaimed balances, chancery funds, and foreign deaths, while multiple wills and certificates are promised rewards.
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London
Sidney H. Preston
Chancery
Jane
W. C
John Eley
Ely
Vellecore
Rogers
Java
Alexander Hicks
Australia
Brighton
Rachel Hill
Chorlton-Upon-Medlock
George Carter
Earlsdon
Warwick
F. J. Fernandes
J. H. Cock
England
America
Mary Cooper
Ipswich
Ezekiel Taylor
T. F. Evans
Dora Henwood
Mary A. Henwood
Cornwall
Scotland
Miss Harvey
Harrow Road
Eleanor Casemore
William Moore
Horsemonger Lane
JT. F. Whistler
Mary Bryan
Yorkshire
W. R. Clayton
Lincolnshire
Alicia Dunne
Richard Parker
Natal
Melbourne
Thomas Milne
Long Acre
H. W. Bainbridge
Arizona
George Bullen
Tottenham
William Pickering
Saltisford
Elizabeth Bicknell
Henry D. Osborn
R. A. Slater
Anthony Slater
Liverpool
Philadelphia
Richard Fern
Fearn
New South Wales
Elizabeth Alexander
Ireland
Thomas Ashby
Seamer
Walter Seamer
William Seamer
Elizabeth Richardson
Courts of Chancery
Jonathan Haskins
Hong Kong
Mary A. Rowcamp
Roecamp
W. H. Markwick
India
A. E. Markwick
Michael Shiers
Richard Sholl
Newton Ferrers
Devonshire
Emily C. Prictor
Wiltshire
Sophia R. Eliiss
New Zealand
Charles Strong
Exeter
William Purchase
Arthur Such
G. A. Moxon
Canada
Edwin Fife
Queensland
Robert
Walter Hartley
Manchester
Charlotte
Elizabeth
James Williams
Stephen Spring
Pembroke Dock
Henry Barton
Frank Nicholls
Bristol
Jane Johnston
John McGeoch
John Chadwick
George Levick
Ann Turner
Nathaniel Kilminster
Naples
Joseph Jackson
Bermuda
William Farry
John Queen
Quin
Marion Smith
Paisley
Conrade H. A. Reid
Singapore
Mary Robinson
Glasgow
New York
John Freeth
Birmingham
Hannah Pitkin
Josiah Joyce
Tasmania
Ellen A. Harrison
Kentish Town
Henry Lodge
Bexley
Kent
Jane Oliver
King’s Lynn
Del
John Co. Jamieson
John Reid
Reed
George T. Ivey
Richard W. Platt
Jamaica
Waterloo Bridge
Treasury
Will of Mrs Weld filed in Suffolk probate court
The will of the late Mrs. Mary Ann P. Weld of Boston lists public bequests including 10000 to the American Unitarian Association and 10000 to the Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital for two free beds. Harvard College receives 10000 for the Christopher Weld scholarship. Other bequests total 30000 to Boston charities and institutions. Executors named are William Minot of Boston and Felix Jackemann of Milton.
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Mary Ann P. Weld
Boston
Suffolk County
American Unitarian Association
Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital
Christopher Minor Weld
Harvard College
Christopher Weld
Warren Street Chapel
Home
Women’s Educational and Industrial Union
Tome
Perkins Institute For the Blind
Industrial School For
Massachusetts Humane Society
District Nursing Association
William Minot
Felix Jackemann
Milton
Stevens Forbes Wedding in Brighton House Ceremony
Miss Maud T Forbes of Huntsville Alabama wed Henry Houghton Stevens at Flon Forbes Brighton home last evening. Bride wore white satin with chiffon and lace, carried bridal roses, and wore a pearl pin given by the groom. Rev H A Stevens officiated, with ushers Elon F Tandy G W Ogden C B Wormwell and M H Wheeler. Reception drew many guests from Brighton Brookline and Boston.
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Maud T. Forbes
Huntsville
Ala
Henry Houghton Stevens
Flon FE
Forbes
Hardwick Street
Brighton
Martha E. Swift
Allan P. Stevens
H. A. Stevens
Elon F. Tandy
G. W. Ogden
C. B. Wormwell
M. H. Wheeler
Brookline
Boston
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THE
General Knowlton
D. Freiman
Dorchester
Jamaica Plain
Fanchon Thompson
Chicago
Carmen
Paris
Hilda Clark
Cincinnati
Washington Street
Boylston
Boylston Street
Jack” Corbett
Harvard
Crimson
Springfield
Philippines
Corbett
Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment Heavy Artillery
Jack
Cuba
Porto Rico
Ladrones
Leverett Pond
Riverdale Parkway
Josephi McMurray
University Club
Beacon Street
Max Heinrich
Schuber
Warren Council of the
Royal Arcanum
Norfolk Hall
Amherst College
Albert A. Pope
Roosevelt
Battle of
San Juan
Alger
Zenda
Wiavia
Bey
Sar Pest
Miss May RB. Stevens
Freeport, Me
Fliegende Blachter
Chicago Record
Detroit Free Press
Puck
Brooklyn Life
Cincinnati Enquirer
Frankstown
Rn A. A. Fitzgerald
Mount Aconcagua
Egypt
Joseph Jefferson
Ninon de Venclos
Rue de Tournelles
Forain
Wailers
Miffert
Miller
Tooker
Brooklyn Life Farmer
Fashions
Lexandria
Mt, Vernon and
D. N. Bell
Renna
Waston
Plrect
Dboslun
J. R. Wood
Gen'l
GEO. W. Dh
Stevens — Forbes
Brice
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