Salaries of Our Judge Recommendation for Gov Wolcott
Governor Wolcott urges higher pay for Superior and Supreme Judicial Court justices to attract qualified judges. He notes lawyers with top ability earn large private incomes and argues the state should offer salaries that do not force judges to cut living expenses. The aim is to uphold dignity and faithful service of an able, upright judiciary.
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Wolcott
Supreme Judicial Courts
Commonwealth
Old Ironsides Should Stay Here as Naval Monument
The Portsmouth campaign to move the Constitution back there is ill advised. The frigate belongs in Boston where its history inspires the nation. Reconstruct and keep her here as a training ship and naval museum to honor America’s sea fighters.
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Dr. Holmes
Portsmouth
Boston
Senator Hoar Seeks McKinley Treaty Details In Senate
Senator Hoar questions the administration over the treaty process. He introduces resolutions demanding all instructions to treaty commissioners, all correspondence and reports, to expose the decision making behind the dinner table dialogue and the temple of secrecy surrounding President McKinley. He aims to pierce the veil and reveal what lies within.
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Hoar
Senate
Senator Hoar
McKinley
Temple of Secrecy
McKinley Era Claims Debate In Senate Inquiries
The passage calls for detailed reckoning of American citizen claims the commissioners took from Spain and shifted to Uncle Sam. It asks how many claims exist, what they are, their total value, and who pays. The author backs Senator Hoar in demanding full documentation before voting on the treaty.
Sovereignty over the Philippines criticized as imperial overreach
The piece denounces President McKinley for declaring United States sovereignty over the Philippines without a ratified treaty. It argues the proclamation mirrors monarchical rule, threatens forcible submission, and questions the legitimacy of claiming sovereignty before Paris accords are formalized. It compares to Weyler and warns of premature, coercive governance under a “free flag.”
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McKinley
Philippines
United States
Philippine Archipelago
Spain
Philippine Islands
Weyler
Paris
United States Senate
Governor Wolcott Addresses War Record and State Finance
Governor Wolcott’s inaugural address reviews Massachusetts role in the Spanish American War, noting the first regiment, total volunteers, and extensive service. He urges fiscal restraint, warns of rising state debt, and cautions on metropolitan expenditures and parks. He criticizes unnecessary special legislation for cities and calls for popular consent on major municipal laws. He also proposes clearer powers for cattle regulation and state control of certain authorities.
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Wolcott
Spain
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
United States
Volunteer Aid Association
Ile
Boston
Board of Cattle Commissioners
Observant Citizens note influenza fuss and Boston events
The digest highlights common illness greetings on the street, a drug store quip about quinine, a planned musical with Helen Brown Potter, and the city Art Commission potential statue changes. It also covers Twelfth Night celebrations at Beaconsfield Casino, Lafayette statue ceremonies in Paris, a beggar incident with Stuart Robson, a November storm salvage tale, and Boston social news about James Greely and J L Nash in the Seventh United States Regulars, plus local business success for John D. Berran.
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James Greely
Boston
Ft. Wayne
Detroit
Mich
Greely
Soudan
America
United States
Spain
United States Regulars
al Caney
Prohibition of assessment insurance and state house protections
The passage discusses penalties for insurance assessment bans, raises the issue of higher judges salaries, and calls for safeguarding the State House against skyscrapers. It presents an interesting, practical message with pointed observations.
Maine Republicans renominate Hale to continue national service
The Maine Legislature unanimously renominated United States Senator Hale, praising Maine’s policy of finding capable men for national leadership and keeping them in office to wield national influence. The piece lauds Maine’s Senators and Representatives for shaping federal legislation and notes the state's sparse population yet strong contribution to national governance.
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United States
Hale
Maine
Washington
Union
Dorothea and General Washington at Master Butterworth’s
A Wellesley student recalls Dorothea Royal a staunch Tory girl in colonial Cambridge elms era. On Washington’s dawn visit, her insistence and defiant stance clash with Puritan virtue as he grants her a flower and a softer view of loyalty. The scene ends with Washington praising her courage and foreseeing Puritan maidens’ resolve.
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Washington
Cambridge
King George
Dorothea
Dame Butterworth
General Washington
Master Butterworth
Boston
Master Butterworth’s
Norah
Isaac Royal
Captain Royal
George
Dorry
C<oyal
Minster Butterworth
Post Short Story Contest Rules and Prizes
The Post announces weekly prizes for Original Short Stories including ten dollars for first, five dollars for second, and two dollars for each of four others. Winners to be named in the Sunday Tour. Submissions must be 300 to 1000 words, on one side, with full name and address, prepaid return postage, and folded manuscripts. Only women readers may enter.
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Post
the Post
Wairs O' Fun and Broadside Jests From The Era
A collage of quips from various papers features Chicago progress talk and Lakeside optimism. It notes a man with four wives as a humorous anecdote and recalls editor salary humor. A Marian four year old delivers a Sunday school punchline about keeping your gas burnin.
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Marian
Mr. Vernon
Methodist
Matthew
Cuticura Resolvent Blood to Skin Cure
Purifies the blood and circulating fluids of humor germs to remove the cause. Warm baths with Cuticura Soap and gentle use of Cuticura Ointment cleanse crusts and scales, soothe itching burning and inflammation, and heal the skin scalp and hair loss.
Notable Figures and Curiosities Across the Era
A mix of notable figures and quirky claims spans from a librarian of Congress creating a children’s room to a Langley exhibit for youth. Bismarck’s autobiography shatters sales records with over 300,000 copies sold in Germany first ten days, while Henry Heitfeld is praised as a prime specimen of fitness in the Senate. Colonel Vifquin receives high honors from China for his Panama service, and Paris experts advocate bed rest as a cure for nervous disorders amid a wave of fashionable medical opinion.
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Germany
New York
London
Henry Heitfeld
Idaho
Senate
Congress
trans-Missouri Country
Manqui
St. Anne
Paris
Latur
Exquisite pale pink rose brocade evening gown
The gown features pale pink brocade with scattered roses, a simple skirt flowing to a demi train, a pointed corsage over the hips, and a low antique lace neck trimmed with a wreath of roses. Pink chiffon short sleeves, hair flowers, pink gloves and fan, and a jeweled neck chain complete the ensemble. THE LATEST.
Oil firm balks at court book demand in Columbus case
In Columbus on January 6 the Supreme Court heard arguments on Monnett’s motion to dismiss the master commissioner and continue the Standard Oil inquiry. Cleveland attorney Virgil P. Kline said the company will not produce any books beyond those already in evidence, citing rights of stockholders. He noted about 27 million dollars in Standard Oil trust certificates remain outstanding since the 1892 dissolution order, and claimed the company holds only minute books and pledgers for the requested period. The court set two weeks for answers to petitions against constituent companies.
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Columbus
Supreme Court
Monnett
Standard Oil Company
Virgil P. Kline
Cleveland
Oil Company
Standard Oil Trust
Standard Company
Standard
Kline
Minshall
Spear
Standard Oil Company of
Ohio
Send jail inmates to the Philippines as a solution
A letter from The Adjutant in Baltimore suggests sending prisoners, 76,000 to 85,000 in number, to the Philippines to join Anglo-Saxon efforts there. He argues many are educated and capable, and that this would reduce prison populations while aiding civilizing aims abroad. He invites readers to respond.
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Sir
Philippines
England
America
Cape Colony
Ingland
Sydney
Australia
Baltimore
Jan
Post Menu Rules Governing Constant Reader
The rules for composing Constant Reader items appear in the Post twice weekly in the morning edition, typically on Tuesday and Thursday and always in the Sunday Post. This note confirms publication cadence and general intent for menu items.
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Post
Morning Post
Sunday Post
Senate Adopts Inquiry on Paris Treaty and US Claims
Washington Jan 5 Little business occurred in the Senate today aside from adopting a Hoar resolution asking whether the Paris treaty covers United States claims against Spain existing before the war and their status after ratification. Caffery continued his Nicaragua canal bill opposition. Berry presented Confederate Veterans protest against Butler's proposed pension amendment as ungracious. Hoar announced plans to address the West-Missouri resolution on foreign territory next Monday.
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Washington
Senate
Hoar
Massachusetts
Committee On Foreign Relations
United States
Spain
Caffery
Louisiana
Berry
Dem
Arkansas
J. Ed Murray
United Confederate Veterans of Arkansas
Butler
Pop
North Carolina
West
Missouri
Platt
Connecticut
Alaska Codification Bill Dominates House Session
The House spent three hours on judiciary committee business then debated a Oregon statute section in the Alaska codification bill about penalties for blocking workers. The legislative appropriation bill was reported, totaling $23,229,237 with a $1,135,768 cut from prior estimates.
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Washington
Judiciary Committee
Alaska
Oregon
House
Diplomatic bill limits consular posts in Caribbean
The House received the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill, carrying about 1.7 million dollars, slightly less than last year. It omits several consulates in Cuba the Philippines and Porto Rico for the first time, sets 12 thousand dollars for a Spain minister, elevates Mexico to embassy status with a 17,500 dollar ambassador salary, and increases salaries for consuls in Nicaragua and Munich plus a salaried consular agent post in Berne.
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Washington
Cuba
Philippines
Porto Rico
Havana
Matanzas
Cienfuegos
Santiago
Baracoa
Manila
San Juan
Sagua la Grande
Cardenas
Nuevitas
Public Meeting for Tuskegee Institute Speaker Schedule
A public meeting in the New Old South Church next Sunday evening will feature Professor Booker T. Washington as principal speaker. Robert W. Taylor, Tuskegee graduate and faculty member, will also speak. Rev. Dr. Gordon will preside.
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Tuskegee Institute
New Old South Church
Booker T. Washington
Robert W. Taylor
Tuskegee
Dr. Gordon
New Old South
Wa verly Colony No 42 Installed in Charlestown
Deputy Supreme Governor James Burns with Moses P Brown staff installed Wa verly Colony No 42 in K of P Hall Charlestown Wednesday evening. After exercises the group held a banquet and heard speeches from supreme officers and others.
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James ?. Burns
Moses P. Brown
Waverly Colony
No. 42
K. of P. Hall
Charlestown
Insurgent Rhetoric in Cleveland Plain Dealer Verse
A fragment from the Cleveland Plain Dealer laments insurgent violence and revolts. It invokes figures like Yair Little and Nello, wishes for peace, and imagines Uncle Samuel in work garments amid a torrid air and a fighting mood.
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Nello
Don
Samuel
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