Petty annoyances disrupt tense situation in group
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1900
Page
4
Badges for Lobbyists Mark Distinction at State House
Representative Carey proposes a bill requiring all legislative counsel and agents to wear a badge supplied by the sergeant at arms while on State House premises. The measure aims to distinguish lobbyists from visitors and office seekers, though registration systems have struggled with evasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carey
State House
East Boston Grade Crossings Hearings Demand Action
Hearings before city commissioners over abolishing grade crossings in East Boston reveal widespread disruption to traffic pedestrians students and commerce. The Boston and Maine Railway may threaten withdrawal but the Legislature has funded the cost share and the public must bear its portion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Boston & Maine
United States Needs To Act Alone In International Affairs
The editorial rails against proposals for joint representations with Germany over contraband and British seizures. It warns such alliances threaten American principles and imperialism, insisting the United States should act independently and maintain traditional policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Germany
Great Britain
Daily Press
Uncle Sam
the Kaiser
John Bull
Debates on the Philippine Question Prompt mixed Reviews
Senator Hoar and Senator Beveridge receive sharp critique for their approaches to the Philippine issue. Hoar’s arguments lack supporting evidence while Beveridge advocates a dollar driven policy that unsettles national ideals. A blend of local notes follows, including civic leadership shifts and social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Hoar
Quigg
Boston
Beveridge
Indiana
Britain Declares Foodstuffs Not War Contraband
The British government rules that flour seized destined for Lorenzo Marquez is not contraband of war and will pay indemnity. The decision argues food could not be contraband unless shown destined for belligerents of the Transvaal, prompting criticism of policy amid fears for Britain’s food security in future conflicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorenzo Marquez
Transvaal
Great Britain
France
Germany
Russia
United Kingdom
Observant Citizen notes Boston culture and local events
A city diary item recounts a dead horse on Joy Street and a witty coal wagon driver. It also reports Elizabeth M. Taylor joining Boston's legal staff, Hagop Bogigian’s Europe trip, Cambridge plans for July, Washington’s elm, Harvard steam launch news, and a crab Mussel threat observed by local watchers.
Quick Wit And Crooked Sayings In A Clip Mugging
A collection of sharp quips and jokes from early 20th century papers. Snappy exchanges cover romance doubts, business satire, and social life with humor. Notable lines poke fun at engagements, work hassles, and political talk with playful banter.
The Filipinos and the Woman's Vote
Edward Payson Jackson reads a poem on current events arguing about voting rights. The piece highlights hypocrisy in granting suffrage to violent or degraded groups while denying women including Mary Livermore and the Goddess of Liberty the vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Jackson
Edward Payson Jackson
Livermore
Men of Many Callings and Quick-Witted Exchanges
A collection of humorous quips from various papers spotlighting social manners. The snippets feature debates about bazaars and revivals, umbrella etiquette, bandboxes, gate-money talk, press censorship, and gender related secrets.
Notable Benevolence by Wagner and Wealthy Benefactions
Siegfried Wagner in Vienna with his mother Frau Cosima donated nearly 2500 dollars from opera royalties for the orchestra pension fund. Countess of Ravaschitere gave most of her wealth to an Italian hygiene society. Agnes Sorma's Paris reception pleased Berlin as Kaiser attendance bids. Blanche Walsh received a wreath from Montreal mayor from a silver tree said to grow only on Table Mountain, Cape of Good Hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siegfried Wagner
Vienna
Frau Cosima
of Ravaschitere
Paris
Agnes Sorma
Berlin
Blanche Walsh
Montreal
Table Mountain
Cape of Good Hope
South Africa
Old Maid in Winter Fire Sights Lost Love in Past
An aged Boston aunt, nicknamed old maid, sits by a grate recalling a fateful holiday romance with Harry Pierson in New Hampshire. Across town a married man recalls a youthful portrait of Sally and wonders about lost opportunities and the paths not taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sallie
Auntie
Harry Pierson
Harry
Mr. Pierson
Barnsville
Miss Hibbert
Old
New Hampshire
Boston
Nellie
Kitty
Kodak
Normansville
N. H
Sally
Stock Market Bulletin
Breakfast and dinner menu with Louise Darling recipe note
The fragment lists daily table hints and meals including fruit malt breakfast food cream egg omelet clam chowder dinner items and baked goods. A detailed orange filled flour bake is given and ends with a signature line naming LOUISES DARLING of Melrose Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Street
Melrose
Mass
Anglo Saxon alliance debate over trade rights and war risk
Editorials from New York World Traverse City Eagle Philadelphia Record and Washington Star discuss Britain’s right to meddle in commerce, potential war precedents, Boer sympathy, Puerto Rico famine relief, and England’s possible control of Portuguese east Africa with a transvaal route, plus Berlin treaty hints of joint British German colonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
New York World
Puerto Rico
Philadelphia
England
Boston Post Prizes For Best Three-Meal Bill Of Fare
The Boston Post offers a weekly five dollar prize for the best three meal bill of fare submitted by women readers. Bills must state meals and include directions for preparing the dishes, limited to a ten dollar weekly food budget for a family of five. Submissions end each Saturday. winners print Sunday. Mail to the Coding Editor, The Post, Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Post
Post
Sun
Codi'ng
the Post
Boston
Felops Fables Tortoise and Hare Tale
A hare mocks a dull tortoise then wagers a race judged by a fox. The tortoise steadily advances while the hare naps midcourse and loses. The moral urges action over idle thoughts of finishing.
Post Short Story Contest Rules and Prizes
The Post announces weekly prizes for original short stories: $10 for first, $5 for second, $2 each for four others. Entries must be single sided, 700 to 1000 words, full name and address, prepaid return postage, and only women may enter. Manuscripts are to be sent to the Short Story Editor and not as personal applications. Annie H. Quill of Newburyport won the best menu prize printed Jan 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post
The
Annie H. Quill
Merrimac Street
Newburyport
Mass
Mixed bathing to be allowed in Brighton next summer
Brighton plans to permit mixed bathing under restrictions, challenging local prudery. The Paris salon prize of 100 dollars funded by Rosa Bonheur awaits artists worldwide, while the only Washington embassy to fly a foreign flag is China. Senator Wolcott’s Denver law library, worth 10 000 volumes, declined a 59 000 dollar offer. Panama Canal Company reports 65 million francs capital, with about half spent in four years, and a medical paper notes no epidemic typhus cases in tropical Asia or Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
England
Rosa Bonheur
Washington
China
Wolcott
Denver
Colorado
Panama Canal Company
Asia
Africa
Eulogies in House for Nebraska Representative Green
The House session was devoted to eulogies for the late Representative Green of Nebraska. At 2 15 p m the House adjourned until Friday as a mark of respect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Representative Green
Nebraska
Roberts Investigating Committee
Entertaining Benefit Show Impresses Boston Bank Officers
The Boston Bank Officers' Association staged a musical comedy at Grand Opera House to raise funds. George Richardson wrote the book, George Lowell Tracy the music, William H Gardner the lyrics. Cast members displayed varying stage experience with several standout performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Bank Officers’ Association
Grand Opera House
George T. Richardson
George Lowell Tracy
William H. Gardner
Tracey
Secretary Gage replies to Congress on National City Bank relations
Secretary Gage's answer to congressional inquiries on Treasury relations with the National City Bank of New York is sent to the Capitol. He argues the bank was kept in the lurch to protect government deposits, outlines the Treasury's depository policy, and cites a need to balance receipts and expenditures to avoid money-supply disruption. He notes December receipts would exceed expenditures by seven to eight million and details equilibrium maintained since 1898.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gage
House
Senate
Treasury
National City Bank of New York
Capitol
National City Bank
Custom House
United States
the Treasury
Department
New York
Internal Revenue
Fitzgerald Bill Seeks Fair Chaplain Distribution for Forces
Congressman Fitzgerald of Massachusetts proposes a bill to balance chaplaincies in the army and navy. He argues Catholics provide a larger share of communicants yet have a smaller percentage of chaplains than other churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
Washington
Congressman Fitzgerald
Massachusetts
Fitzgerald
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Hartis Pane Tertoxet
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Dyer
Hart
Mr. Quincy
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Quincy
Matthews
John Lee
George Fred Williams
Bryan
Charles Macfarlane
Maplewood Congregational
Malden
Observant Citizen
Joy
Mt. Vernon Streets
Elizabeth M. Taylor
Boston University Law School
Hagop Bogigian
Beacon Hill
Europe
Cambridge
George Washington
Harvard Square
Harvard
Frank Thompson
Bebe
Empress Coffee
Tea and Coffee Dept
Eugene Rosedale & CO
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Front St
Kruger
Puck
Maude
Jack
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Horace
Indianapolis Journal
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Record
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Mary Livermore
Imnpina
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Brooklyn Life
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Emerson Shoe Store
Washington Street
Ada L. Seamans
Stats Street
Bos
Billy Mason
Traverse City
Felop’s Fables
Wational Woman Suffrage
Shafroth
Prince OF Bohemia
W. C. Lovele
J. H. Cullen
Genevieve O’rafferty
Shamus O’shaughnessey
W. C. Mason
Peter Porcine Hogge
J. H.' @allen
Shamus
W. O. Lovell
C. W. Cole
William S. Osborne
Daisy Demure
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James Gilbert
Congress
MR. Fitzgerald
Roberts
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