Non-Partisan Seating Debate Highlights House Decision
The House refuses to seat Republican contender Yost over incumbent Democrat Tucker of Virginia, praising nonpartisanship. Chairman McCall led the panel, resisting party pressures. the outcome favors an honestly elected Democrat despite partisan divides.
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National
House of Representatives
Tucker
Virginia
Yost
McCall
House
National Committee
Death of Sir Isaac Pitman Promotes Phonetic Writing
England mourns the inventor of phonetic writing, Sir Isaac Pitman, who transformed shorthand and the spread of thought. Sixty years after publishing his first treatise, Pitman, knighted three years ago at over 80, leaves a lasting imprint on communication and learning.
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England
Pitman
Massachusetts moves to curb trusts and combines
Representative Charles J. Quirk introduced a bill in the State House to suppress trusts pools and combines. The measure aims to shield Massachusetts from restraint of trade and aligns with a broader anti trust movement already underway in Georgia Indiana and South Carolina as winter legislative action looms.
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Charles J. Quirk
Ward 17
House of Representatives
Post
Massachusetts
Georgia
Indiana
South Carolina
Governor Long to Join McKinley Cabinet
The Post on January 13 announced ex Governor Long may join President McKinley’s cabinet. Other papers waver between certainty and denial, but the article asserts Long will serve unless he declines the position. The source notes the rumor has spread across Boston papers.
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Long
Boston
Post
Governor Long
McKinley
Post Announces Facts Prompting Reader Acceptance
Readers. when the Post makes an announcement of this sort, they simply accept it as fact. The terse note underscores how publication can shape public belief and trust in official statements.
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McKinley
Hobart
Senator Hoar Defends Privacy of Senate Deliberations
The article notes Senator Hoar’s irritability and humor as he criticized public petitions urging ratification of the arbitration treaty. It argues the right of petition is ancient and venerable, defends the Senate’s need for private deliberations, and suggests his anger reflects a broader commendation of his stature in public life.
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Senator Hoar
Senate
United States Senate
Hoar
United States
Cautionary notes on gas safety and public conduct
The Observant Citizen warns readers to inspect gas fixtures and tighten shutoff screws to prevent leaks and poisoning. The piece recalls a girl who died from glue poisoning and notes quirks of memory, politics, and local incidents including Chicago’s street cleanliness and a contested charity fund embezzlement case involving Mrs. Charlotte Smith and T. E. Lawton.
Royal Baking Powder Company Ad Claims Purity
An advertisement asserts the product is absolutely pure free from alum and lime. The copy credits Royal Baking Powder Co of New York as the producer.
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Royal Baking Powder CO
New York
Notable Social and Theater News From The Era
Rumors swirl around Annie Russell seeking a divorce from Eugene W. Presbrey. President and Mrs. Cleveland host a diplomatic corps dinner at the executive mansion. London chess expert Sir George Newnes offers prize money for a London tournament. Newport plans Edward King Park funded by land gifts. Lord Salisbury joked upon by a barber placard offering two prices for the same haircut.
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Cleveland
England
France
Germany
Harriet ‘Worrell
Brooklyn
London
British Ladies’ Chess Club
George Newnes
The Two Foscari Slack Wire Wonder on a Balloon
A dramatic memoir recounts the Two Foscari act featuring Kerr and Rawlings, a balloon suspended slack rope routine that ends with a fatal moment and a deadly confrontation. Kerr narrowly escapes and later aids Rawlings's wife, while the Boston Post seeks public aid for the couple.
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Foscari
Foscari Brothers
Rawlings
Evelina
Missus
Kerr
Glasgow
Garters and Supporters Practical Fashion Advice
The piece argues that bright adornments cost money and that simple, inexpensive garters and homemade supporters can look dainty. It describes how to craft a garter from elastic and ribbon and recounts a maid who improvised improved supporters from satin belt remnants and blue elastic for a three cent upgrade. It warns against flashy jewels and unsafe fasteners like safety pins.
Urgent Appeal for Funds to Aid Ill Young Woman
A letter to the Post asks readers to contribute beyond the $200 already received to transfer the ailing young woman to a milder climate. The plea emphasizes her brave work for others and her need for immediate support to save her life.
Witty Exchanges Across Periodical Humors
A collection of brief quips and light dialogue from Harper's Bazar Moonshine Puck Chicago Record London Figaro and Yonkers Statesman. It features a dining room panel joke a nobility joke a straw vote proposition a railroad pass gag a baby’s babble a wife joke and a dating misadventure.
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Harper’s Bazar
Puck
Simon
Chicago
John
London
Figaro
Benedict
Batcheller
Yonkers Statesman
Moody Holds Large Boston Meeting on New Birth and Ark
Mr Moody urged the need for being born again to see the Prince of Peace. He recounted a London conversion eight years earlier and warned listeners that without rebirth one cannot enter salvation. The afternoon crowd overflowed the hall as ministers and singers joined Moody in a period of prayer and exhortation.
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Mr. Moody
Law
Moody
Lorimer
William Patterson
Toronto
Peter Randolph
J. B. Bixby
Revere Lay College
William G. Ha
Dr. Lorimer
Temple
H. M. Smith
Professor Towner
Paul
Silas
Christ
Satan
God
England
London
Prince of Peace
Nicodemus
Moses
Israel
Edwin Hitchcock
A. J. Gordon
Dr. Gordon
Murphy
Dr. Bates
Mr. Murphy
Edward R. Carrick
Lowell
Grunkard
Heaven
Noah
Ark
Associated Press
Boston
Boston University Notes Spotlight Football Talks and Relay Plans
Bert Waters ex captain of Harvard football now head coach and BU Law student will lecture BU football on football science and personal coaching for next season. Tom Burke leads BU relay selections for February 6 against Boston College at Mechanics Hall with Murley Hall Mortley Burke Carroll as substitutes. Freshmen were hosted by Trustees of the Public Library under Professor Frank R Butler. Senior reception for BU Liberal Arts held with George Warren professors present and Jacob Sleeper Hall entertainment by Esther Dodge and Sadie Chadbourne.
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Bert Waters
Harvard
Boston University Law School
Boston University
The
Athletic Association
Thomas J. Gargan
Tom Burke
Frank R. Butler
Public Library
College of Liberal Arts
James W. Bailey, Jr
Braintree
Annie C. Hatch
Winchester
May B. McLane
Concord
Warren
Geddes
Jacob Sleeper Hall
Esther Stanley Dodge
Cambridge
Sadie Marion Chadbourne
Wakefield
The Post at His Station
The Boston Post, once out of the leading trio in Boston circulation, now challenges the Herald and Globe combined to prove it does not sell more papers in Boston proper than either. The author notes a long observation that the Post dominates his station.
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Haymarket
Joseph M. Wade
Boston Post
Herald and Globe
Boston
Post
Boston Post mostly wins chal lenge for $1000 prize
The Boston Post appears near certain to keep its $1000 challenge prize and maintain its large morning circulation as Boston dailies resist accepting the wager.
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William C. Richardson
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Frances Gale
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Leroy King
George Gordon King
Newport
Edward King
Lord Salisbury
Portsmouth
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Adelaide L. Mulloy
Marshall Street
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Senor Tornados
James Rawlings
Syria
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J. J. O’callaghan
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G. Walden Smith
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