Mayor Collins Wins Strong Boston Victory
The new Boston mayor enters office with broad citizen backing and a larger majority than prior years, promising an independent and progressive administration. The strongly Democratic City Council supports the regime, reducing potential executive legislative clashes as Collins begins. Mayor Hart, retiring after two active years, expresses satisfaction with his tenure and bids farewell with respect from the public.
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Panama Canal Offer Pushes Canal Question to Congress
The Panama Canal Company proposes to sell all its holdings to the United States for 40 million dollars. Paris directors sent the informal offer by cable as Secretary General arrives in New York. Admiral Walker’s commission may add a report urging acceptance, arguing Panama’s route advantages over Nicaragua. The Nicaragua plan faces longer transit, less favorable harbors, higher maintenance costs, and more earthquakes. Congress, especially the Senate, must weigh the offer against the Hepburn bill and prior commission findings.
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Sugar Tariff Debate Letter in The Post
A reader argues sugar tariffs are misrepresented and that duties on raw versus refined sugar mislead. The letter cites specific rates, defends the Sugar Trust, and claims the tariff costs Americans about two cents per pound overall. It advocates freeing Cuban sugar and placing all sugar on the free list.
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Legislature to speed up with early committee announcements
The Senate and House will announce committees today as the legislature aims to have machinery in full operation within a week from last Wednesday. Delays arise from January’s open filing rules, with members waiting to push bills and petitions to the last moment.
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Airship Regatta Hints at World Flying Showdown
The St Louis Exposition offers 200000 for a successful airship demo next year sparking talk of a global regatta. Santos Dumont’s dirigible draws attention as others, including Maxim and Langley, push different flight systems toward competition at the fair.
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Bell witnesses long distance air flight plan for St Louis fair
A description notes Professor Bell’s observation of aeroplanes for long flights over the Potomac and the prospect of a world gathering at the 1908 St Louis fair. A full year remains to prepare as the fair opens in spring 1908.
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Westminster Tonight a Pleasant Monthly Meeting
The Observant Citizen notes the first monthly gathering of General Mathews and staff at Westminster tonight. A brother officer from another unit may attend, with food for thought including a dissertation on Military Law by Hon. Hierdman Hall. The piece also mentions church music, civic events, and local incidents.
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Boston and Cambridge social notes brief for Feb week
The article notes changes in theater and club leadership at the Tremont during February, with Frank I. Philney Parker Bremer and Brooks Frothingham taking the helm for a production. It mentions a University Club smoker, a simulated Zanoni demonstration, and a London recital by Wilford Russell. Cambridge society covers a rumored petition for cold weather, a Harvard doctor’s marriage to Anna Winnifred Fearns, and local librarian Sam Walter Foss expanding Somerville library services. It closes with comments on city school leadership changes and a humorous observation about a Salem mayor’s inaugural speech.
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Bingville Bugle Bits and Local Ruffles
A jumble from the Bingville Bugle column parodies poems and church misadventures, with notes on editor disputes, New Year resolutions, and small town gossip. It mentions Constable Hawkins and a press accident, a dog fight in church, and residents owing back subscriptions while joking about payups and parlor curios.
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Love and Honor in a Weston Academy Prize Tale
In a Weston Academy classroom Helen Moulton endures a harsh grading moment as Mr. Graham reveals a personal confession. His admission of love upends her resentment, explaining his strict marks as a safeguard for fairness and prompting her to realize the depth of his feelings and the true reason behind his judgments.
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McKinley Memorial Arch Bill Set to Go to Congress
The William McKinley National Memorial Arch Association drafted a bill to be introduced in Congress this week. A commission chaired by the joint library committee, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of War would select a site in the District of Columbia not including Capitol grounds. It authorizes up to 25,000 for plans and models from artists, with the commission free to choose any plans or parts thereof.
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Psychology of Utopia lecture mocks college laxity
John Graham Brooks of Cambridge lectured at the Berkeley Lyceum on the psychology of utopia, denouncing college boys at late balls and the frivolous culture that keeps earnest men from real work, condemning youths for yielding to convention and squandered mornings.
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Quickest Neuralgia Relief Claim For Orangeine
Mrs. DD Crawford of Ridgeland Mississippi asserts Orangeine provides the best relief for neuralgia. The brief excerpt notes her endorsement as a personal testimonial for the remedy.
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Kipling for Conscription in The Times Poem
The Times prints a Kipling poem urging compulsory military service as a remedy for Britain’s South African War failures. It condemns indolence and excess at home and calls for every island-born man to endure military training for national salvation. The piece portrays a stark warning against continued sedentary comfort.
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the Times
Rudyard Kipling
Kipling
South Africa
Massachusetts suffrage group adopts school voting reform call
The Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association held its executive meeting at 3 Park Street with Mrs Charles Park presiding. A resolution noted that in Boston's recent mayoral election 41,000 men did not vote for the school committee, urging greater public school interest from both genders.
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Park Street
Charles Park
Boston
Creamed Chicken in Paper Cases for Little Folks
The Post's Illustrated Menu suggests creamed chicken served in paper cases for a children’s party, offering recipe steps and tips. It describes steaming a plump fowl, chopping light and dark meat, preparing a sauce with butter milk and seasoning, and notes cream use affects flour quantity. Alice E. Whitaker.
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