Question of Consistency in Republican Expansion Debate
A debate notes anti expansion sentiment among Republicans and in the public in general. Speaker Bates nods to Lodge as a strong expansionist, while anti expansionists in the Legislature face a dilemma about voting for a staunch advocate. The piece warns the choice could signal the republics decline and questions whether anti expansion Republicans can vote for Lodge given the stakes and timing. Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bates
Lodge
Senator Lodge
Senate
Massachusetts
Hoar
Open Senate session on treaty to restore public confidence
The Foreign Relations Committee reports the peace treaty without amendment and authorizes open publication of the American text. If the injunction of secrecy is lifted, the people can see the treaty, debates, votes, and related despatches, restoring trust in government and clarifying what the nation is working on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Spain
Senate
Hoar
Pennsylvanian Senate Drama Echoes National Debate
A Harrisburg Boston election reflection notes Pennsylvania Governor and Legislature grappling with Senatorial trials. It contrasts Massachusetts figures with Quay's court case affecting his fate and possible successor. The piece questions ethics and party splits, imagining public trust amid political maneuvering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Harrisburg
Boston
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Hoar
Mr. Lodge
Collins
Mr. Bruce
Quay
Integrity and Decency Noted in Massachusetts Politics
A reflection on Massachusetts politics notes that integrity and decency still matter amid fierce partisan battles, suggesting pride in the state’s character and standards despite contentious campaigns. The remark underlines a high regard for ethical behavior among public figures in a heated political climate.
Foraker Addresses Philippine Independence Question
The Senate hears Senator Foraker claim the United States seeks only Philippine independence, challenging McKinley’s stance. The piece urges a clear Congressional resolution to declare official U.S. aims in the Philippines, contrasting with private assurances and calling Congress to set a definitive policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Foraker
United States Senate
Philippines
Ohio
McKinley
Foraker
United States
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Mr. McKinley
Congress
Bacon
Georgia
Cuba
Tariff Blight Hits Wool Manufacturers At Annual Meet
The National Association of Wool Manufacturers reports a bleak year as tariffs cut wool imports and raise prices, causing widespread hardship and higher failures. Cotton mills fill the gap, supplying more clothing than ever, showing an economic law tariffs cannot alter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Wool Manufacturers
North
A Voice From the Farms Opposes Territorial Expansion
The article notes strong support from agricultural representatives for Senator Hoar in opposing territorial expansion. Farmers warn imperialism brings higher taxes, lower income, and lost markets with no foreign gains. Labor groups echo the stance, aligning agriculture with manufacturing against McKinley’s plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoar
McKinley
Old Franklin School Reunion Planned at United States Hotel
The Observant Citizen notes a forthcoming reunion of the old Franklin School Association next Wednesday evening at the United States Hotel, promising reminiscences of Alma Mater days and a lively gathering. The piece also mentions potential church leadership moves and Harvard timing for Willie Vanderbilt Jr. with casual comments on Cambridge weather and city crises in 1888.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Franklin School Association
United States
Boston Notes on Religion Fame and Personal Loss
The column reflects on Rev. Dr. Lindsay weighing a secretaryship offer while praising his Boston ministry, notes the sudden death of Mrs. Lucy Smith of Hotel Tudor and her husband Charles F. Smith, and mentions local concerns about bread weight and theater praise. Readers meet sportsman Fred Tenney, legal figure John F. Cusick, and memorials for Private Paul Thomas French and the late Captain Timothy Kelliher, with family tributes and hospital news threaded through public life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindsay
St. Paul’s Church
Foreign and Domestic Missionary Society of
New York
Boston
Lucy Smith
Hotel Tudor
Charles F. Smith
Timothy A. Kelliher
Dorchester
Worcester
When Roberts Reaches Washington and His Three Wives
Verse satirizes President Cleveland era politics by imagining Roberts arriving in Washington with three wives who sew his buttons, nurse his babies, and perform household tasks. It hints at intrigue with foreign envoys and rumors about domestic life while joking about marital chaos and public interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberts
Washington
Mr. Roberts
Dir
Bokar
Cleveland
New England Branch Women’s Foreign Missionary Society Meets
The quarterly meeting at St. Mark’s MKE Church in Brookline drew about 175 ladies. Mrs. Jesse Wagner of Brighton presided at 10:15 AM. the public session featured addresses by Ruth Sites of China, Miss Cushman, Miss Atkinson, and other returned missionaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Women's Foreign Missionary Society
St. Mark's M. KE
Rookline
Jesse Wagner
Brighton
Ruth Sites
China
Cushman
Orpheus Musical Society selects officers at annual meeting
At the annual meeting held at 652 Massachusetts avenue on Tuesday Jan 10 the Orpheus Musical Society elected officers including President Leopold Schlegelmilch first vice president James Il Sweeney second vice president Otto mar Wallburg third vice president Henry W Daniell corresponding secretary Conrada recording secretary C F Filing treasurer Werner Kehrhahn assistant librarian William Bramm and trustee Max Cramer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orpheus Musical Society
Massachusetts Avenue
Leopold Schlegelmilch
James Il. Sweeney
Ottomar Wallburg
Henry W. Daniell
Conrada
Suet Ary
C. F. Filing
Werner Kehrhahn
Bearings Aces Fiedler
William Bramm
Max Cramer
Dorothy Allen's Ghostly Visit Leads to Real Romance
In a seaside Bellevue tale a Radcliffe student Dorothy Allen dreams of her love Frederick Lawrence and travels by astral memory to the Rough Riders on Cuba's Siboney road. The vision confirms their bond, and weeks later a wounded soldier, Frederick, and Dorothy confess true love before a quiet seaside wedding.
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Bellevue
Massachusetts Bay
Boston
Santiago de Cuba
Harvard
Colonel Wood
Dorothy Allen
Cuba
Frederick Lawrence
Dorothy
Radcliffe
Santiago
Siboney
Rough Riders
John Allen
Joann Allen
Fred
Old Man
John
Rules for Post Short Story Contest for Women Readers
The Post announces weekly prizes for Original Short Stories with ten dollars to the best, five dollars to the second, and two dollars each for four others. Submissions must be 700 to 1000 words, on one side only, with full name and address, prepaid postage, and a return envelope. Entries go to the Short Story Editor by mail. personal application is not wanted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post
the Post
Miss Mary Broderick Lectures On Ancient Egypt In London
Miss Mary Broderick Ph D lecturing series on Ancient Egypt at the British Museum. Her deep familiarity with Egypt traces to 1888 and she has spent years studying its history religion and architecture for Mr Murray of Handbook fame who commissioned her to write his latest work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Broderick
British Museum
Murray
Polar trek plans and Boston whist lore
The Duke of Abruzzi winters in Irkutsk preparing a spring polar expedition and orders material from scientists and travelers for the journey. Senator Lodge is praised as a top whist player in Boston, though he favors chess. The late Charles D. Jacob of Louisville served as mayor four times and used his fortune to expand the city park system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Unity
Worcester
Stopford Wentworth Brooke
John F. Cusick
Democratic State Central Committee
Norfolk
Cusick
Duke of
Abruzzi
Irkutsk
Siberia
Senator Lodge
Boston
Charles D. Jacob
Louisville, Ky
Wailers and Wisecracks in a Weekend Gossip Feast
A collage of quips and quirk quotes from Life Cleveland Plain Dealer and other papers. Jokes range from home cooking cost savings to biblical furrows and playful banter about names and manners.
Fashions: Tailor Made Frocks For Fall Wear
The piece notes that tailor made frocks in fall fashion feature a glove fitting skirt widening to a bell shape with five rows of machine stitching. Broadcloth and camel's hair fabrics are favored in dark blues, blacks, and deep gray, with lavender taffeta linings and a basque style jacket. The look emphasizes a tailored silhouette and winter comfort.
Pullman Marriage Ends in Separation and Divorce Bid
Chicago reports confirm the marriage of George M. Pullman and Miss Fernald has collapsed after less than five months. George M. Pullman may be recuperating in the South while Mrs. Pullman stays with her parents in Chicago. Rumors say reconciliation failed and she plans a divorce. Fernald, father of the bride, has reportedly opposed any attempt at reconciliation. The Pullman twins faced disinheritance in their father’s will, each receiving an annuity. Fernald is president of the J W Fernald Pressed Hay Co.
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Chicago
George M. Pullman
Palace
Pullmans
Pullman
Fernald
Mrs. Pullman
George M
Walter Sanger
George
Felicite Oglesby
Walter
Miss Fernald
White Mountains
Holland House
Mr. Fernald
Car
J. W. Fernald Pressed Hay Company
Merchants' Association Honors President Carter at Final Board Meeting
The Boston Merchants Association held its last board meeting at Young's Hotel with President James Richard Carter presiding. Plans for the 1900 Paris Exposition were discussed. urging liberal federal funding and space for the U.S. exhibition was endorsed. Banquet receipts nearly matched expenses at 1554 vs 1559.60, and nominees for two vacancies were announced with new members unanimously elected, including Hayden Stone Co. and Frank A. Russell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Richard Carter
Boston Merchants’ Association
Young’s Hotel
United States
Congress
Carver
Charles S. Hamlin
Arthur C. Farley
Messrs
Hayden, Stone & Co
Thayer, McNeil & Hodgkins
Frank A. Russell
New Dock Not Assured At Charlestown Navy Yard
E D Codman president of Fitchburg Railroad declines to discuss in detail the proposed coal dock at the Charlestown Navy Yard. He says the project is embryonic and may not be carried through. No agreement with the government has been reached.
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Boston Museum
Catherine
E. D. Codman
Fitchburg Railroad Company
Charlestown Navy Yard
Codman
Annual meeting of the New England Historic Genealogical Society elects officers
The annual meeting elected officers led by President Edwin Griffin Porter with a list of vice presidents including John Elbridge Hudson and James Phinney Baxter. Other appointments included recording secretary George Augustus Gordon, corresponding secretary Albert Harrison Hoyt, treasurer Benjamin Barstow Torrey, librarian John Ward Dean, and councillors Nathaniel Johnsonist and Benjamin Franklin Stevens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
New England Historic-Genealogical Society
Edwin Griffin Porter
A. M
Boston
John Elbridge Hudson
Li. B
James Phinney Baxter
Portland
Ezra Scollay Stearns
Concord
N. H
James Berrett
Lil. D
Rutland
Olney Arnold
Pawtucket
Kidward Elbridge Salisbury
Uh.d
New Haven
Conn
George Augustus Gordon
Somerville
Albert Harrison Hoyt
Benjamin Barstow Torrey
Vanover
John Ward Dean
Medford
Nathaniel Johnsonist
Benjamin Franklin Stevens
Waldo Lincoln
A. B
Worcester
Daily Table Hints Breakfast and Dinner Menu
Breakfast Grapes Quaker Oats and Cream and Broiled Steak Fried Potatoes Breakfast Cakes Bread and Lutter Coffee Dinner Vegetable Soup Roast Loin of Work Green Peas Sweet Potatoes White Potatoes Rice Pudding Supper Scalloped Oysters Apple Sauce Plain Buns Bread and Butter Apple Snow Tea Cocoa Plain buns Warm six ounces of butter beat with a wooden spoon mix one pound flour gradually with one quarter of sugar one quarter pint warm milk yolk of one egg a few drops essence of lemon stir into flour add two teaspoonfuls baking powder beat dough ten minutes divide into twelve pieces bake in buttered tins in brisk oven. Fannie M Holding West Medford Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie M. Holding
West Medford
Mass
Boston Post Menu Competition for a Family of Five
The Boston Post offers a weekly prize of five dollars for the best three meal bills of fare from women readers. Each entry should read like a menu with breakfast dinner and supper or breakfast luncheon and dinner for four or five, aiming for practical meals under ten dollars weekly. Submissions to Cooking Editor, The West, Boston.
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Boston Post
Post
Prine
Appser
the West
Boston
Women’s Foreign Missions Third Conference Opens in New York
The third conference of the Woman's Board of Foreign Missions in the United States and Canada convened in New York. Hosted by the Congregational Woman's Board of Missions, Mrs. Judson Smith was elected president with Miss K L Gilman as treasurer and Miss Theodora Crosby and Miss Mabel Brown as secretaries. The opening session began with a prayer led by Miss J L Gilman of Norwich Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Woman's Board of Foreign Missions
United States
Canada
Congregational Woman’s Board of Missions
Judson Smith
J&. L. Gilman
Norwich
Conn
Boston
Kk. L. Gilman
Theodora Crosby
Mabel Brown
News Byisy
National League of Commission Merchants Opens Seventeenth Annual Session
The seventeenth annual convention of the National League of Commission Merchants of the United States convened in New Orleans with over 400 delegates. Mayor Viower gave the welcome, H. S. Bean of Boston delivered the response, and E. H. Bowen presided as reports and delegate enrollments occupied the morning. Twenty six cities are represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
National League of Commission Merchants of the United States
E. H. Bowen
Viower
H. S. Bean
Boston
Senator Hoar and McKinley compared in odious charges CALCUTTA
A letter questions Senator Hoar’s charge that William McKinley is inconsistent in handling Spain Cuba and the Philippines. It argues McKinley’s policy varied by context and cites memory of declarations, Hawaiian treaty talks, and Napolean III comparisons to challenge Hoar’s logic. The writer urges scrutiny of the senator in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Hoar
Williiam McKinley
William Medichinley
Spain
Cuba
Hoar
Poutwell
Philippines
United States
Conda
McKinley
Germany
New Mexico
Arizona
Oklahoma
Boutwell
William McKinley
Napoleon the Little
George S. Hoar
Napoleon III
Napoleon Iti
Calcutta
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the Sunday Post
Sunday Post
Harvard University
Willie K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Vanderbilt
Cambridge
Fred Tenney
Boston Baseball Club
Frank French
Hopedale
Paul Thomas French
Company M
Bay State
Porto Rico
French
Wilson
Paecasie
Trick
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
Chort
WAR, Love and Theosophy
Mabel G. Emerson
Millmont Street
Roxbury
Ersonals
MT. Vernon and Alexandria
Philadelphia
Bell
Jenna
K. R
Washington Street
Methyl Dental CO
Hayward
Plover Army’s Clothing Store
Pitts- Kimball Co
Egypt
Wailers
Mr. Slimson
Willie Slimson
Pop
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Murphy
Cholly Champleigh
Yonkers Statesman
Mr. Barrows
Merchants’ Association
N. E. Historians
Women’s Foreign Missions
M’kinley
Fis Sa & Co
Exchanse St
Dock Sq
State St
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