Subscriptions and delivery details for The Boston Post
The notice lists subscription rates for Daley and The Boston Post with terms including one year for Daley, six months, and three months prices. It instructs subscribers to report address changes, notes second class matter status, and warns payments must be in advance. Contact numbers, office addresses, and payment details are provided.
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Daley
THE
Sunday Post
Boston
Washington Street
New York
Boston Post
Caucus Reform Should Preserve Voter Independence
The piece argues against plans that tie voters to party labels in caucus reform. It favors uniform caucus dates and official oversight to curb cross party manipulation, while warning against overcomplicating laws and endorsing enrollment only by choice.
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Howland
Political risk of a Congress extra session over Philippines plan
The editorial opposes an extra session to advance subsidy and policy goals tied to the Taft commission and Philippine civil government. It argues delaying action avoids dangerous political moves, noting President McKinley’s timing and Hanna’s subsidy ambitions, while warning against pushing the Cuban constitution and Nicaragua Canal issues in a special session.
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Congress
Republican Party
Hanna
McKinley
Philippines
Taft Commission
Shipping subsidy debate as Congress eyes extra session
The piece argues against reviving shipping subsidies, claiming the industry is reviving without aid. It accuses the subsidy of benefiting a single line and the Standard Oil Trust, and urges duties to be removed to let U S shipbuilding compete globally. It cites Crieat Northern Steamship Company and calls for rejecting the bill.
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Hianna
Standard Oil Trust
Crieat Northern Steamship Company
Committee of Congress
Shipyard Boom Sparks Revival as Hanna Bill Lags
The article notes shipyards rushing to build new plates and expand plants to meet orders, signaling a shipping revival. It contrasts this surge with Hanna's bill, which is described as languishing. The piece emphasizes the busy yards and growing demand in the maritime sector.
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Hanna
McKinley seeks power to govern Philippines civil system
President McKinley asks Congress to grant full civil and judicial powers to govern the Philippines. He cites Taft dispatches urging immediate civil government as U.S. troops await deployment amid a heated debate over war versus peace. Senators warn of conflicting accounts and the fate of a 10 to 12 million population.
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McKinley
Congress
Philippines
Taft
Sewell
New Jersey
Senate
United States
Senator Hoar
Mr Carnegie’s Gifts Highlight Vast Public Beneficence
A retrospective on Andrew Carnegie’s philanthropy details $13,454,000 in worldwide giving, funding 69 Carnegie libraries in U S cities, plus significant endowments to American education such as the Institute and Technical School at Pittsburgh. The piece notes gifts to England and Scotland and cites Carnegie’s remark that dying rich is to die disgraced.
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Andrew Carnegie
Great Britain
Carnegie
United States
Institute
Technical School
Pittsburg
England
Scotland
Observant Citizen notes on royal death rumor and city scenes
The columnist recalls Queen Victoria's dying words to Prince Albert and shares assorted city vignettes. A horse blocks Washington street cars near Adams House, express trains may arrive in Charlestown, and a Boston hotel clerk defends cash in advance. The piece also mentions a Harvard student’s rumored engagement and a planned $2,000,000 Episcopal school project by the Cowley Fathers in Boston.
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Adams House
Washington Street
Town plans seek street widening and new institutions
On Bowdoin street a major upgrade is planned with widening and reconstruction. A hospital for children will be erected, and a monastery for 30 to 40 priests and lay brothers will be added to the existing mission house. Trials delay noted for Eastman in the Grogan killing case. Henry Sandham leaves for the Azores but intends to return to Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin Street
Charles R. Eastman
Cambridge
Richard Grogan
Eastman
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Henry Sandham
Art Club
Boston
Azores
England Arises and the Crimson Seas of War
A stormy ode surveys Britain's imperial reach from Kandahar to Trafalgar, lamenting torn graves and the cost of empire. It laments England's chivalry lost, the wounded dead, and calls for endurance as a wandering nation seeks renewal through a future republic.
Baldwin locomotive works builds engines in year end tally
Year end counts show Baldwin locomotive works produced 1217 engines with an average 8208 workers. Britain reports public income rise of 14 million dollars and expenditures up 236000. Chinese mining labor grows in Zalatecas Mexico. Oldest American fort at St Augustine built by Spain. California tree rings may reach 2000 years. Missouri State Agricultural College to teach dairying. Philippine Commission to start an experiment farm near Manila with seeds from the U S University of California stations to supply plant material.
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Great Britain
Zalatecas
Mexico
America
St. Augustine
Fla
C. F E. Bessey
California
Missouri State Agricultural College
Dean Waters
Manila
United States Philippine Commission
University of California
A Sister’s Cherub and a Law Dream in Boston
In Grace I Laney’s short story a Boston woman chronicles nightly visits to her sister Marion and Marion’s baby Dorothy. She imitates Marion’s mothering, battles clumsy charm and fatigue, and unexpectedly meets Don, who may join her in studying law while they settle into a new home, cherub and all.
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Marion
Dorothy
Dottie
Dot
Don
Miss Dorothy
Dottie Dimple
Deazr
Land of Nod
Marton
Kodak Fiend Snapped by Victim During Highway Robbery
A lone highwayman halted a stagecoach on a canyon trail and ordered the travelers to surrender. As the desperado recovered from surprise, a nervous passenger secretly photographed him with a kodak, snapping the dangerous moment.
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Kodak Fiend
Desperado
Sonny
Indianapolis Sun
Fragmented Exchange Snippets From a Moralizing Page
A string of brief dialogue exchanges from a historical paper features a former convict asking about a diamond pin cost, a doctor and guests at home, and a nurse advertisement. The snippets illustrate social misfires, mistaken identities, and the punchy, moralistic tone of the era.
Why is it called pin money
A Philadelphia Times quip notes the origin of the term pin money with a playful jab at husbands always short of funds. The remark reflects humorous gendered finance in old fare.
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Philadelphia Times
Public virtue questioned as fortune tied to salvage
An earnest patriot asks if a public man should be proud to go to the front and aid the country. Senator Sorghum replies affirmatively, then faces a quip about his wealth, calling it salvage. The exchange appears in the Washington Star.
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Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
Tailor Doubts Slopay’s Demand for a New Suit
Slopay asks for another suit and offers to pay with a check. The tailor agrees reluctantly while warning of a possible reciprocal favor. The Philadelphia Press quotes the exchange as a brief anecdote on bargaining.
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Slopay
Philadelphia Press
Subscriptions and Janitor Take Paper in Exchange
A Philadelphia Record excerpt recalls a visitor asking about a paper and Mrs. Topflore replying they only subscribe. The janitor ends up taking the paper, illustrating a small daily circulation quirk.
Boylston Schulverein to Host Entertainment with Symphony
The Boylston Schulverein near Boylston Station on Danforth Street will meet Wednesday evening and present an entertainment with active participation by members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the programme.
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Boylston Schulverein
Boylston Station
Danforth Street
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Symphony
Daily Table Menus and Classic Dessert Recipe
The Sunday Post lists breakfast and luncheon items including oranges, cornmeal porridge, chipped beef with cream gravy, and crullers, followed by dinner of roast lamb with mashed potatoes and peas. A moulded snow dessert and custard sauce recipe accompany the menu, credited to Mrs Frank B. Cy, Bonair Street, Somerville, Mass.
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Frank B. Cy*1
Bonair Street
Somerville
Mass
Masquerade Ball Looms With Opulent Club Revue
The club famed for social aims hosts a Washington's Birthday eve masquerade on Feb 21 with an operatic performance by amateur actors. Officers listed include Curt Lahr president and Carl Biesenhach vice president along with treasurer William Krauth and secretary F F Ernst. The group promises a witty operetta reflecting loyal events and member mishaps, plus a February 16 children's pall.
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Messrs
Curt Lahr
Carl Biesenbach
William Krauth
F. F. Ernst
Washington
Matthews Engagement Party for Dora Matthews and Ellis Sadlin
Mr and Mrs Max Matthews of 75 Elm Street hosted an engagement celebration for Dora Matthews and Ellis Sadlin of Somerville last evening. About seventy five guests attended the event.
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Max Matthews
Elm Street
Mr. Matthews
Dora Matthews
Ellis Sadlin
Somerville
Fay House May Be Abandoned At Radcliffe College
Radcliffe authorities limit library access to seventy five chairs and move books to curb crowding in Fay House on Garden Street. The old building’s age prompts plans to preserve it until an endowment funds a new facility, with the botany lab and auditorium reassigned and 5000 books moved.
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Radcliffe College
Radcliffe
Harvard
Fay House
Livy
Horace
Cicero
Fay
Garden Street
Washington Elm
Radcliff RS Library
Protesting Library Policy Locks In Harvard Women
Young women say they are locked inside the Harvard reading room after entering via a special stairway and door reserved for them. They claim unequal egress rights compared with entry and must ring a bell to summon a janitor with a key to exit.
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Fay House
Harvard Library
Mrs Lockwood’s Reception and Westminster Musicales
Notices of social events in Boston include Mrs Lockwood and family hosting a large Westminster musicale at Whitney Hall with patronesses and ushers listed, Mme Sembrich’s farewell recital, and the Fisher Ames Club ladies’ night in Dedham featuring Mrs Curtis Moore’s reading from David Harum. Also mentions Harvard connections, wedding plans for Henry Sturgis Dennison and Miss Mary Tyler Thurber, and society visits by Vera Vanbrugh and others.
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Westminster Musicales
Mme Sembrich
Fisher Ames Club
Whitney Hall
Coolidge Corner
Robert A. Barnet
William M. Bullivant
Wallace D. Dexter
Edw. C. Fletcher
George R. Harris
Joseph Henderson
Frank Ie. James
Fitzroy Kelley
Charles W. Lewis
George H. Phelps
Gordon Plummer
George G. Quincy
George N. Talbot
Leonard Ware
Herbert H. White
William S. Whiting
R. C. Seaver
Fred B. Tyler
Herbert I. Foster
William Coffin
S. Henry Kilton, Jr
Carl B. Marshall
Frank Wright
Wilbur Quincy
Fred B. Rice
Benjamin C. Laney
Carroll L. Perkins
J. Winthrop Foster
Joseph MckKey, Jr
Otis B. Prescott
Hdgar Leonard
Nelson Manning
Harvard
Jas Foster
Craigie Hall
W. H. Lyon
D. D
Walnut Street
Brookline
Henry Sturgis Dennison
Mary Tyler Thurber
Plymouth
Vera Vanbrugh
Mr. Hare
Lenox
Alvin F. Sortwell
Miss Sortwell
Cambridge
Columbia
U S. C
Florida
Nassau
William Sumner Crosby
Gardner Road
Idolene Hooper
Alameda
Cal
James Winslow
New York
Touraine
Winslow
St. Mark's School
Europe
Waterland
Paris
Pau
Rhodes Lockwood
Beacon Street
Ranney
Tay State Road
James Tucker
Haddon Hall
Commonwealth Avenue
Marian Allen
Barteaux
Stephen Townsend
Annie Frank Libbey
Gardner
Thomas Talbot
M. R. Goodwin
A. F. Loring
Tudor Hart
Quex
Boston
William Langdon Dearborn
Ellen R Eustis
Cartwright Eustis
New Orleans
Curtis G. Moore
David Harum
Rodman
Paul Snelling
Puritan Club
de Treville
Baltimore
Dedham
Empire
Henry M. Whitney
Boylston Street
Miss Margaret Whitney
Paul Revere Hall
Madelaine Stuar
Carnegie Gifts 13 454 865 to Libraries and Colleges
New York Jan 26 1927 Andrew Carnegie donated 351 000 to a Syracuse public library 200 070 to Oberlin College and 60 000 to a Lewiston Maine library within a three day period. A summary lists Carnegie’s total gifts to educational institutions in America and libraries in Britain and the United States.
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New York
Andrew Carnegie
Syracuse
Oberlin College
Lewiston
Great Britain
Tees
Cambridge honors Gustaf E. Fernstrom at 25th birthday
A gathering at 715 Main Street Cambridge celebrated Gustaf E. Fernstrom with Swedish born residents of Boston and suburbs marking the twenty fifth anniversary of his birth on a Saturday night.
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Boston
Gustaf E. Fernstrom
Main Street
Cambridge
Mr. Fernstrom
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the Sunday Post
MR. Carnegie
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Adams
Josiah Quincy
City Hall
John Holliday
Miss Cramp
Philadelphia
Kandahar
Samarcand
Rokhara
Oxus
Ispahan
Cabul
Delhi Walls
Ganges
Trafalgar
Cromwell
House of Pain
Republic
Osea Wilde
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Victor
Shapleigch Coffee CO
the Bachelor
Bachelor Girl
Baby
Grace I
Laney
Commercial Street
Boston, Mass
Highwayman
Mr. Jenkins
Symphony Orchestra
Curt Sahr
Mrs. Lockwood
Gustaf Fernstrom
Ceorcian
San Domingo
Paine Furniture
Canal Street
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