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Regulation Move Aims Telephones And Telegraphs In One Bill
A new measure mirroring the Post telephone bill seeks to bring telegraph companies under state supervision. Supporters argue regulation serves the public interest, noting free message pickup and delivery to residences, while charges for short messages remain modest though likely to fall. Opposition to prior bills is seen as pretext. The proposal would cover both telephone and telegraph within a single regulatory framework.
Gerrymandered Aldermen Hope in Boston Reform Plan
The Republican steering committee at the State House promotes a novel districting plan to secure seven of thirteen Aldermen for Republicans. Governor Wolcott warned against tinkering with city government, urging the defeat of the gerrymander. The piece questions the scheme’s viability and urges dropping the plan.
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Fovernor Wolcott
Boston
Republican
The Lesson of Samoa and US Imperial Ambitions
The article argues Samoa’s value to the United States is limited while imperial ambitions risk conflict with Britain and Germany. It notes Germany’s arrogance at Apia led Anglo-American powers to assume control, the U S response with a warship, and the danger of entanglement in European rivalries. The piece frames Samoa as an unintended entry into imperial competition and alliance dynamics.
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Great Britain
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Philippines sovereignty could draw nation into distant war
The writer warns that American control of the Philippines risks entangling the United States in a global conflict with Britain and Germany. Samoa is dismissed as minor, yet the Philippines bearing on empire matters weighs heavily, urging caution for the American people before accepting broader responsibilities.
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Philippines
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Agricultural journals unite against McKinley expansion policy
The piece notes that almost all U S agricultural journals oppose the annexation of the Philippines deeming it harmful to farmers. Opinions warn of higher taxes and fierce competition in sugar and tobacco, with calls for Mr Hanna to be alerted before next year’s presidential election.
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Keely Motor Fraud Revealed as Air Pressure Scam
The Keely motor case unmasked as a long running imposture. Keely used stored air and hidden pipes to power demonstrations in Boston showrooms. He defrauded believers for funding yet died quietly in Philadelphia, never enjoying riches. The Philadelphia Press disclosures ended the credulity.
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Royal Baking Powder Safety Claim Report
The passage warns that ground alum resembles baking powder and is dangerous, urging use of Royal Baking Powder as a pure grape cream of tartar product. Government chemists reportedly confirm Royal’s high leavening strength and wholesomeness, endorsing it as safe for baking.
Knights of Columbus Cuts Highlight This Month
Prominent figures Ton and John J of New York headline this month’s Columbiad with visible cuts. The article notes Massachusetts Congressman in Boston Council, and a Brooklyn Councils member sharing space. also shows Henry F. Naphen of Pere Marquette Boston council.
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Observant Citizen News and Local Events Recap
Shirley B Cunningham discharged from City Hospital after four months the longest sick stay among late war soldiers with praise for treatment and thanks to visitor Mrs Eben Dale Abby Lieutenant Governor W Murray Crane registered in New York City. South Boston calls for hospital or branch while Citizens Association weighs baths and bath houses options. Public School Association meets at 4 pm in Association Hall Boylston Street with Louis D Brandeis and John Jay Chapman to discuss school committees. New Park Square station plan eyed turning galleries to promenades with stores and an immense concert garden. plan seen as dreamlike. Kennedy appears in Lynn Police Court for drunkenness after being described as having died. The two Fitzgeralds, John.
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United States Signal Corps Volunteers
Eben Dale
Association Hall
Boylston Street
Public School Association
Louis D. Brandeis
John Jay Chapman
New York
How Can I Tell Her In A Neatness Poem
A compact verse hints at how to judge a woman by her orderly home. The speaker notes clean shelves whitened walls and well kept stairs and halls. The description extends to the dresser broom closet and hidden rooms, plus the kitchen’s air of neatness and overall order.
New Ribbon Tie Fashion Creates Sewless Butterfly Bow
A fashion note describes a novel neck ribbon tie worn under the chin with three pins and no sewing. The method forms a small butterfly bow fronting the neck and extending below the waist, with lavender and white ribbon offering a dressy touch to a somber outfit.
Birthday Gifts and Turquoise Rings Tie to Christmas Romance
Katherine Kennedy laments birthday near Christmas as letters and a turquoise ring spark a romance with Lord Carrington. Her father approves, linking a Anglo American union to a joyous Christmas vow as the couple wed and English peerage joins American kin.
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Wheeler Spurs Civil War Iron in Spain Field
Peace Commissioner Whitelaw Reid reports his France trip improved health and that Wheeler carried spurs from the Civil War in the field against Spain. Reid notes Wheeler returned feeling better than in years and implies continued vigor for duties ahead.
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Comic Quotations Across Papers Echo Humorous Bitterness
A mosaic of vintage witticisms and brief anecdotes from Life Cincinnati Enquirer Tit-Bits Philadelphia Bulletin and Washington Star, featuring exchanges on American power, public virtue, and social quips. Dialogues include Ipecac Bill a barrister and a workaday organ grinder, plus quips about conversation marriage and fate.
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Breakfast and Dinner Menu Platter from Historic Ledger
A colonial style meal list outlines breakfast items banana bread and coffee along with buckwheat cakes and syrup. Dinner features tomato soup roast lamb cranberry sauce mashed turnip and creamed potatoes followed by steamed berry pudding. Supper offers cream toast popovers and cold roast lamb with cocoa.
Apportionment Board to Cut Department Estimates the Board Eyes Big Reductions
The Apportionment Board faces cutting about $2,000,000 from department estimates for 1899 as heads of departments resist decreases. Major increases appear in the city debt and bath department while the Boston Public Library seeks $287,000 for current expenses amid a four year expansion including a new central library and West End branch. The board plans to tighten figures next week, with the bath department likely to bear heavy cuts.
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Hancock Tavern hosts Sons of the American Revolution meeting
Boston Chapter S A R marked its twenty seventh meeting on the 122nd anniversary of the Battle of Somerset Court House New Jersey Edward Jones Cox spoke on The Hancock Tavern and Its Neighboring Inns while members toured the 1634 tavern famed for Revolutionary planning gatherings The group honored Hawin S Barrett former president general and member of Boston Chapter with a death resolution
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Purim Charity Ball Plans Show at Music Hall Feb 9
Purim Association meets at Elysium Club on Monday Jan 23 at 8 pm to hear reports from committees and outline executive work for the Purim Charity Ball to be held at Music Hall on Feb 9. Reports cover music hall, printing, boxes, carriages, decorations and more. Tickets are selling well but none offered publicly yet. available from treasurer M M Morse at 23 Kingston Street.
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A. van Raalte
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Lee M. Friedman
Summit Il
M. M. Morse
Silas Peavy
B. M. Wolf
B. Hyneman
Louis Strauss
A. A. White
Julius Eisemann
I. E. Kirstein
George W. Spitz
Summit L. Hecht
Kingston Street
Irish Americans Meet Governor Roosevelt at Savoy
At 4 o clock forty members of the Irish Historical Society from across the country visited Governor Roosevelt at the Savoy hotel. He praised the society for promoting ideals and good citizenship and lauded Irish American soldiers in the recent war. He noted Revolutionary War generals in New York included Irish and Dutch ancestry and quipped that only an Irishman could whip Stonewall Jackson.
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Historical Society
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Roosevelt
Albany
Stonewall Jackson
Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup Promises Relief From Cold
An old advertisement touts Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup as cures for cold and nasal drip with a price of 25e. The claim highlights rapid relief and a remedy for nasal symptoms, typical of period medical ads.
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