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State Board pressures Boston on Northern avenue and bridge
The State Board of Trade votes to seek legislative action to compel Boston to proceed with Northern avenue and a Fort Point Channel bridge. Officials warn of heavy city debt, noting Boston bears a large share of state taxes and already owes substantial sums. Mayor Collins cautions against further street projects until finances improve.
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Northern Avenue
Fort Point Channel
Old Colony Railroad Company
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Collins
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Bagatelle In Comparison With Some of the Jobs That Go Through City Hall
Beacon Hill
Obstruction in the Senate blocks territorial statehood push
Washington column argues that leading Republicans and Democrats push to stall on statehood for Arizona New Mexico and Oklahoma to leverage 1904 election prospects. It warns obstruction harms public business and highlights ongoing matters like the Cuban treaty and the Philippines monetary system.
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Philippines
Arizona
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Oklahoma
Fish Treaty Debate Prompts Chamber Backing for Newfoundland Pact
The Boston Chamber of Commerce heard support for ratifying the Newfoundland convention amid calls for a broader reciprocal trade with Canada. Advocates say the Newfoundland deal would aid Massachusetts fishermen by easing bait access and lowering food fish prices, countering Gloucester fish trust opposition.
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New England
Newfoundland
Senate
Washington
Massachusetts
Fish Trust of
Gloucester
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Mass voices clash over treaty aligned with Hay plan
The Chamber of Commerce voices a strong stance that the Senate must decide between Gloucester interests and wider Massachusetts, New England, and national benefits. It endorses Secretary Hay’s treaty, largely following Blaine’s earlier draft, as the path desired by national business interests.
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Chamber of Commerce
Senate of the
United States
Gloucester
Massachusetts
New England
Hay
James G. Blaine
Congress
Decay in Civic Virtue and Boston Government Reply
The piece rebuts President Lincoln's critique of Boston’s city government as sweeping and unfounded. It argues most council members are honest, cites waste and land deals as issues, and urges civic pride as the remedy rather than broad denunciation.
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Boston Chamber of Commerce
Lincoln
Boston
Fisher Hill
Holbrook
Sir Arthur Fourth Encounters a Motor Cake
A verse narrative portrays Sir ArthurFourth riding with a brindle mule. He meets an auto motor cake on the road and exclaims in astonishment. He vows to tackle it, then the exultant l'Envoi bids readers note the knight sleeps beneath the grassy wolde.
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Farre
Notable Social and Political Events Across Cities
Mrs. Margaret Deland of Boston will read before the Pennsylvania Society of the Colonial Dames at the Acorn Club Philadelphia this afternoon. Brigadier General Thomas R. Mathews to be toasted at the Algonquin Club dinner marking 25 years in state militia service. Governor Bates and officials expected to attend. Professor A. H. Kirkland spoke on shade trees to Medford Women’s Club. Hon. Joseph Devlin to address United Irish League in Brookline for ten nights supporting the Irish defence fund. Ex-Governor Crane sworn in as justice of the peace before Governor Bates using his left hand due to a sprain. A church concert at the Church of the Disciples featured Mr. Frank Lynes’s own composition.
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Almost a Corpse by Helen Hifly in All Sorts Magazine
Beatrice Ellington rejects Reggie Softleigh as a suitor and a suicide attempt begins when he vows to end his life by the river. He survives the frozen river, paradoxically deciding to wait until next season before retrying. The melodrama unfolds in a satirical tone characteristic of the magazine’s fiction section.
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Beatrice Welington
Reggie
Taenald Softleigh
Wellington
Beatrice
Reginald
First man questions cave-dwellers descent in dialogue
In a brief exchange two men discuss origins with one asking if they descend from prehistoric cave-dwellers. The other responds with a witty retort about not dwelling in a flat.
Wireless Photographed King Edward Replies to Roosevelt Message
A photographed wireless message shows King Edward replying to President Roosevelt. Marconi sent the night before, reaching Buckingham Palace at 11 p m. The King, awakened from sleep, sat up in bed and dictated a greeting to the President.
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Roosevelt
Marconi
Buckingham
Bridge across Fort Point Channel urged by State Board of Trade
The Massachusetts State Board of Trade, in a Boston executive council meeting at the Vendome, urged city action to construct Northern avenue and build a bridge across Fort Point Channel. It backed tariff revisions and reciprocity with Canada, and reaffirmed support for the Nelson-Corlies and Elkins bills to curb railways and preserve competition. The board also urged immediate legislation and requested the legislative committee advocate for the bridge project.
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Fitte
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Department of Commerce and Industries
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Almosc Eean
Acond
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Committee On Manufactures
Edwin Tatham
New York
Sidney L. Burr
Massachusetts State Board of Trade
Inter Commission
Senate
Marconi Messages From Wellfleet Spark Public Debate On Wireless
The story reviews Marconi’s latest transmissions from Wellfleet to Cornwall, noting continued success and plans to modernize the Cornwall plant by February. It covers expected wireless links to major routes, potential telephone line interference rumors, and local reactions from Wellfleet, Truro, and Provincetown as operators reported sporadic disturbances.
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