Boston Legal Aid Society Expands Charity Work
The Boston Legal Aid Society led by President Charles P. Greenough and attorneys Hill and Homans offers free legal aid to the poor. The Post notes the plan fills a vital philanthropic need, improving access to counsel and protecting the rights of the needy as a charitable act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Legal Aid Society
Charles P. Greenough
Messrs
Hill & Homans
State Street
Legal Aid Society
Senate votes to abolish the army canteen surprise
The Senate, voting yesterday under walls of the gallery, abolished the army canteen after the House had supported it in the army bill. Temperance reformers had protested aloud as soldiers could seek liquor from private dealers if canteens were removed. Army officers say the canteen's influence favors temperance and the practice will prove which policy works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
United States
The Way to Peace and a Filipino Independence Plea
A Washington debate questions a Manila Bar Association petition by noncombatant Filipinos seeking assurance of eventual independence. The proposal would end armed resistance by recognizing U S sovereignty and treating Filipinos like Cubans, offering a path to peace without a prolonged war.
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Washington
The
Bar Association of Manila
United States
Congress
Islands
Philippines
Remarkable Old Man Hart Seeks Two More Boston Mayoral Terms
The piece lauds Mayor Thomas N. Hart's endurance as he nears 72, handling Boston's chief executive duties for another year while asking for a two year continuation. It praises his grit calm philosophy and tireless vitality amid political rivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas N. Hart
New England
Boston
Mayor Hart
Grip Contagion Worries Nation Over McKinley Illness
The article notes President McKinley suffers a severe grip converted from a cold, warning of serious risk and possible sequelae. It reflects national anxiety about Roosevelt’s succession while reporting grip prevalence in Chicago New York Boston and local conditions amid epidemic misperceptions.
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McKinley
Treddy
Roosevelt
Chicago
New York
Boston
President McKinley Stricken with Grippe In Bedrest
The article notes President McKinley has contracted grippe and remains in bed. He has refused to attend a Cabinet meeting, taking steps to recover and care for himself during the illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Grip
The Proposed Electric Trust Opposed By Boston Citizens
The Boston Electric Light Company faces a Morgan led plan to absorb surplus profits through a new trust offering 1112 percent dividends to Edison stockholders while Boston would get 19 percent. Citizens urge rejection and appeal to the Gas and Electric Light Commission or Legislature to prevent watering of stock and preserve lower rates and better service.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
Boston
Edison Company
Boston Electric Light Company
J. Edward Addicks
Delaware
New York
Commonwealth
Gas and Electric Light Commission
Morgan Syndicate
Eddison Company
Legislature
Clock Replaced at Mechanics Bank Corner
The clock in front of Mechanics' National Bank at Franklin and Washington streets is back after a period of absence, its gilt hands and figures visible like a beacon. The Observant Citizen notes the revival of this city landmark and its prominent position in the street scene.
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Mechanics’ National Bank
Franklin and
Washington Streets
Naval movements and yacht racing notes mingle in a busy issue
The piece notes Mr Long’s plan to appoint someone to the labor board and Commander Patch’s Boston assignment. It details the New York ship detached from the North Atlantic squadron heading to the Brooklyn Navy Yard to fit out, with an armored cruiser expected to reinforce the Asiatic fleet. It also highlights Captain James Turner’s advocacy for the centreboard and his Hanley yacht contest entry, plus news of the Leyland line steamer Bohemian carrying the troupe of The Belle of Bohemia and a sendoff with floral tributes and melancholic young patrons.
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David H. Tribou
Boston Navy Yard
Washington
New York
Tribou
Long
James Turner
Hanley
Turner
Ibh
Leyland Line
Bohemian
Belle of Bohemia
Jessie Banks
Irene Bentley
Agnes Clark
Marion Dainton
Grace Hempstead’s Miracle Through Faith and Wealth
Grace Hempstead, once called the most unfortunate and an invalid, travels for health with wealth and friends. In Florence an old church carving speaks of faith, and Grace receives a healing message “Whatsoever ye shall ask in my name” and later dedicates her life to Christian service with a physician’s care and a five year wedding tour renewal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Hempstead
Melton
Grace
Switzerland
Florence
Italy
Christ
Trace
Graces
Desperate Proposal On a Fifteenth Street Car
In a Holmes Street car a young man Fred confesses to Marion that he has a raise and wants her to ride a bicycle built for two. He explains he could not speak of love at home and begs for a chance alone, as a white-haired observer and a conductor react to the moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tere
Marion
Fred
Holmes Street
Harry-son Street
Tramp with Black Tie and Tramp with Black Eye Exchange Coin
A terse dialogue features a tramp in black tie asking for anything from the widow Casey. The response is a punny line about obtaining the widow’s might as payment. The exchange carries hard edged wit in a brief street vignette.
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Casey
Elaborate Dinner and Society Notices From Boston Page
Social column outlines elaborate dinners at the homes of Mrs. David P. Kimball and others in Boston during a week of at homes and receptions. Names include Mrs. Curtin, Miss Adele Thayer, Dr. C. A. Porter, Miss Susan Hale, and the Dyer family sailing for Europe. engagements, marriages, and upcoming events are detailed with venue and host information.
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John A. Curtin
Winthrop Road
Brookline
Georg Henschel
Dohnanyi
Commonwealth Avenue
David P. Kimball
Adele Thayer
C. A. Porter
Beacon Street
Elizabeth Cabot
George N. Culver
Richmond
Brunswick
Susan Hale
Ellen Hale
Edward Everett Hale
Mexico
Holker Abbott
Somerset and
St. Botolph
William P. Fay
Katharine Fay
Berkeley
Fays
Mr. Abbott
Wellesley Hills
Fairbanks
Mabel Fairbanks
Percy Musgrave
the Royal
Sara W. Daggett
Erving Winslow
L’ Aiglon
Association Hall
Whitney Hall
William H. Biungs
Isaiah C. Young
Gilbert C. Brown, Jr
Mme. Carreno
Sembrich Opera Company
Don Pasquale
Elisha Dyer, Jr
New York
Europe
Eli. A. Strong
William B. Clark
Baltimore
Albert Morris Bagley
Waltors- Astoria
Smart
J. Franklin Faxon
Adams Street
Quincy
Charles Atkinson Price
Miss Faxon
Westminister
Miss Barteaux
Gertrude Going
Fairbanktreet
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
James M. Morrison
Crawford Street
Theodore Lyman
Heath Street
Ryder
Mason Terrace
Nathaniel Francis
Gorton Cummings
Washington
Fanny Fuller
Jeanette P.thompson
Winchester
Wiliam Howe
Boston
Gardiner Lane
Parlor Door Stop Sparks Alarm in Early Kiss Claim
Kitty recalls telling Jack she would scream if he kissed her. He supposedly warned off by shutting the parlor door, and Kitty says she screamed. Detroit Free Press report frames the exchange as a notable encounter quoted from the victims.
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Kitty
Jack
Jane
Detroit Free Press
Vignettes and Snatches of Dialog From Papers
A collage of quick quotes and mock dialogue from Chicago Tribune Yonkers Statesman Exchange Indianapolis Press and Philadelphia Press. Witty exchanges cover neighborly strife a nuisance brother and a shopkeeper’s simple answer about sugar and the money market.
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Patience
Belle
Patrice
Yonkers Statesman
Ear Training Emphasized At Faelten School In Steinert Hall
About a hundred music students in the teachers training class at Steinert Hall listened to Mrs. Reinhold Faelten discuss the necessity of ear training. Carl Iaelsten assisted as the institute director. A follow up lecture is scheduled next Wednesday at noon, with an evening recital at 8 to benefit the scholarship fund for talented students with limited means.
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Faelten
Steinert Hall
Faelten Academy
Monte Cristo at $12 per week and six weeks' salary due
Barnestorm quips about Banter going crazy while Buskin asks about the role. The exchange notes Monte Cristo earnings at twelve dollars per week for six weeks, with due salary mentioned, in a Philadelphia Press item.
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Barnestorm
Greeting Duel Over A Dollar in Chicago Record
A brief exchange in the Chicago Record shows Perkins asking for a twentieth century greeting and the other party replying with a request for a dollar. The snippet captures a humorous or ironic social moment without broader context.
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Chicago
Boston Socials Attract New York Guests For Hastings Hervey Rites
A quartet of Boston men Tom Lane F W Sawyer B D Hyce and B G Waters travel to New York to serve as ushers for Miss Alice Galbreath Hastings and Mr Everett Pray Hervey at St Thomas Episcopal Church this afternoon with Allan M Hersey as best man.
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Boston
Daniel W. Lane
F. W. Sawyer
B. D., Hyce
B. G. Waters
New York
Alice Galbreath Hastings
Everett Pray Hervey
St. Thomas's Episcopal Church
Allan M. Hersey
E. C. Fitch
E. C. Fitch, Jr
Touraine
Lenox
F. M. Johnson
Beacon Street
L. W. Howes
Charles Stevens
Roxbury
A. H. Clarke
Westminster
Frederick W. Smith
Athletic Club
Smith
F. A. Boyer
Springfield
Boylston Street
Alice [Tilton
IX. Ide
Lake
Versatile Hash from Leftovers in Chicago Record
A verse describes leftovers chopped into a hash for the evening meal. Beefsteak turkey crusts crackers cold potatoes scraps of ham onions barley meal and rice are mixed with pepper salt and water. The cook proclaims hash ready.
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Chicago
Boston Legal Aid Society formed to provide free legal help
A new charity in Boston named the Boston Legal Aid Society offers gratuitous legal aid and advice to worthy poor residents unable to obtain it. Officers include Charles Pelham Greenough president J Montgomery Sears vice president and others. Attorneys Hill & Homan at 53 State Street handle aid applications. The group aims to protect the poor from injustice and joins the city’s helpful organizations.
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Boston
Boston Legal Aid Society
Charles Pelham Greenough
J. Montgomery Sears
Charles H. Dalton
George A. Goddard
Charles L. de Normandie
Lewis S. Dabney
James R. Dunbar
Charles T. Gallagher
Charles B. Southard
Frederick Cunningham
Edward W. Hutchins
Hill & Homans
State Street
New Society
Father John F Mundy Dies After Long Illness
The Rev. John F. Mundy of Cambridgeport died at Carney Hospital after a year-long battle with throat cancer. Born February 11 186 in Donegal Ireland he came to the United States in 1847 and was educated in Quincy Holy Cross College and Le Grand Seminary Montreal where he was ordained in 1872. He served St. Marys parish Cambridgeport under Rev. Thomas Scully.
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John F. Mundy
Cambridgeport
Carney Hospital
Father Mundy
David W. Cheever
Donegal
Ireland
Quincy
Quincy High School
Holy Cross College
le Grande Seminary
Montreal
St. Mary’s Parish
Thomas Scully
Odd Bits of News from An Ocean of Facts
A collection of curiosities notes ice from Norway ships and 16 000 islands between Madagascar and India with only about 600 inhabited. It mentions battleship wood use, palms on the Philippines, air weight, bullfighting deaths, Galveston real estate post-storm, salmon skin waterproofing, Eskimo clothing, and a proposed President's Message Club in North St Joseph Missouri with a writers’ job prospect.
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London
Norway
Madagascar
India
Blanco
Philippines
Galveston
Arctic
North St. Joseph
Daily Table Hints and Menu from Chelsea Lodge
The notice details lodge meal offerings including breakfast items, oranges, cereals, meats, vegetables, desserts, and beverages. It lists a full menu for breakfast and dinner with specific dishes and courses. A recipe for rice custard is included and ends with a personal signature and address for Mrs Arthur E Ward of 2012 Jefferson Avenue Chelsea Massachusetts.
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Arthur E. Ward
Jefferson Avenue
Chelsea
Mass
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Portland
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Charles D. Bartholomew
Leonora Bradley
Concord
N. Hi
Burnham
Granite State
Buthby
Charles H. Hunt
Faneuil Hall
Hanover
Ilm
Leverett Street
United States Court House
R. H. Stearns
Salem
Bryan Club
Cambridge
Josiah Quincy
Odd Fellows’ Hall
George H. Lyman
John R. Thayer
Worcester
Charles Q. Tirrell
Mr. Lyman
Mr. Tirrell
Mr. Thayer
Sunday Post
M. L. Moulton
Lynnfield Mass
Pennsylvania Railroad
Coote
Philadelphia
Arenes Red
D. N. Bell
Washington St
KR. Wood
Pas
Assi
WTO
W. Boyd
Mass, Agt
WORLD
Elisha Dyers
Fido
Philadelphia Press
Vonies
J. F. Mundy
Albrecht & Koellner
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