Suffrage Debate in Massachusetts Focuses on Local Voting Rights
At a State House hearing the suffrage question is narrowed to town meeting votes for Selectmen and fence viewers, with both suffragists and anti-suffrage groups presenting strong cases. The piece argues women should have a voice in municipal governance to address streets, housing safety, sanitation, and local concerns, while national elections remain a separate issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State House
Suffrage Association
Anti-Suffrage Association
Beacon Hill
Julia Ward Howe
John D. Long
Massachusetts
Lucia Almes Mead
Boston
Bryan Defends Kansas City Platform And Free Coinage Debate
The Madison Square address says the 1900 platform was sound in its truths, not its errors. It criticizes reviving the 16 to 1 free coinage stance, noting the 1900 convention only endorsed it under Bryan’s insistence to focus on anti imperial policy. The piece argues a good platform must avoid repeating once rejected ideas and predicts no party will rally behind Bryan’s free silver push.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Mr. Bryan
Madison Square
Bryan
Tremont Theatre Cadets Dress Rehearsal Attracts Society
The observant citizen notes the Cadets dress rehearsal at Tremont Theatre this afternoon as a premier social event of the week with audiences watching husbands brothers and fiances perform. Banter surrounds Mr Barnet’s careful production and high expectations for the show.
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Tremont Theatre
Barnet
Rescue at Harwich mine ends with lone survivor
In the Harwich mine near Pittsburg Pennsylvania nearly 200 men labored 220 feet below the surface when a explosion and crash killed most. One survivor was brought to the surface still alive with injuries as rescuers cleared the headings amid blood, burns, and shattered remains. Selwyn M. Taylor, the engineer, led the rescue effort and saved the man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harwich
Pittsburg
Penn
Selwyn M. Taylor
Pritchett Reforms City Governance with Administration Focus
President Pritchett of MIT argues city government is an administration problem and calls for a reorganized organization. He proposes high salaries for councilmen to attract capable public servants, a point that has drawn practical criticism while noting few novel ideas beyond restructuring to handle municipal business.
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Pritchett
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Reform Club
Boston
Veiled Woman Plans Stealthy Steve's Surprise Party
In a dramatic scene at a New York setting, Madame Gotrockski accuses Stealthy Steve of dodging debts while plotting to abduct Mrs. Miskell’s $15,000,000. Pete the Pinch is unmasked as the veiled conspirator, a staged murder is claimed, and Steve foils the plot with a knockout plan as the gag continues in a cliffhanger ending.
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Steve
Baron Hizzizzan
Madame Gotrockski
Isten
New York
North
Waldorf Astoria
Paris
Pauline Darlington
America
Darlington
Stealthy Steve
Stealthy
Pete
Pinch
Baron
Chelsea
What the Sphinx Says and ANN Files a Kick
A collection of letters and notices railing against a trust in anti toxin medicine. ANN defends privacy while addressing editorial inquiry about last names and ages. A tirade condemns the anti toxin trust for high prices and imagines social backlash against monopolies and all trusts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann
Nancy
Hannah
Hennessey Triplets May Be Named for Roosevelts
In Wallingford Connecticut on January 27 a set of triplet boys was born to Mr and Mrs James Hennessey. Their photographs will be sent to President Roosevelt and they are likely to be named Archie, Kermit and Teddy. The Hennessey family includes six other children including a set of twins.
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Hennessey
Freak Headlines for Boston Post
A humorous compilation of brief, punchy headlines titled Freak Headline Editor. The note invites readers to submit short, pointed phrases to fill space in the Boston Post.
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Boston Post
The Haunting Crime
A fragment shows a child muttering bully remarks and a family moment as a dad intervenes. The exchange hints at a troubling scene with implied wrongdoing and protective parental response.
Hubby challenges wife on musical ear remark
A domestic exchange features a husband retorting to his wife that she keeps pressing the issue of his supposed lack of musical ear, insisting she stop harping on it. The dialogue captures a moment of kitchen-table tension and personality.
Notable Mentions From A Odd Scrapbook Of Famous Figures
People You Know highlights Mme Skidowska Curibe a famed radium discoverer at 36 described as striking but with firm lips. Emperor William ordered 30 uniform changes costing officers 223.27 each. Arthur Burrows at Lincoln Inn aged 91 is UK’s oldest practising barrister. Monaco’s prince funds a new ocean map by Thoulet and Sauerwein for science and shipping. William D Myers from Joplin climbs from 17 stenographer to Monterrey freight chief under Mexican Central. WwW. P. Gannett preserves a tall tale of a tiny silver candlestick once linked to Daniel Webster and a library table.
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Mme. Skidowska-Curibe
Radium
Emperor William
Arthur Burrows
Lincoln Inn
London
United Kingdom
Lincoln’s Inn
Prince OF
Monaco
Academy of Sciences
Thoulet and
Sauerwein
William D. Myers
Joplin
Mexican Central Railway
Mexico City
Goulds
Mexican Central
Monterey
P. Gannett of
Providence
Land Little Journeys by the Post to Homes of the Mayors of Bay State Cities
Mrs Collins wife of Boston mayor Collins, born Mary Carey, married July 1 1878. She is famed as a gracious hostess, showing culture and refinement to guests, and takes pride in her husband and his public career.
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Bay State
Collins
Boston
Mary Carey
Beautiful gowns worn by prominent society women
Miss Katherine Thayer, noted for splendid evening dress, is praised for her taste at a large private dance this month. Her pale pink satin party dress featured a minimal trim, chiffon panels, narrow waistline flare, and long silk bows with tulle and streamers enhancing the ensemble. The debutante status is noted.
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Katherine Thayer
Miss Thayer
Eugene V. R. Thayer
Raleigh Street
Leap Year Love in Alderbridge
In a fogbound village, a wealthy woman and a poverty-stricken man confront fate on a leap year eve. She reveals her longing, urging him to stay and choose happiness, and he declares his love as their embrace ends the week’s strain.
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Alderbridge
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Democratic Paper
New England
Mr. Taylor
Asia
Sandy Hook
Taylor
Florida
Susquean
Monongahela
New York Yacht Club
George Lockhart
Walthanstow
Lockhart
Keith’s
Frank E. Hammond
Dorchester
California
Louis F. Gottschalk
Francis Wilson
New Koren Opera
Philadelphia
William H. Gardner
Berlin
Daly
Cambridge
University City
Merrimac Street
John Egan
Bloomfield Associates
Roxbury
John J. Mogarty
Neil Scanlon
James H. Brady
Thaddeus Anderson
Bloomfield Hall
Galen L. Stone
Hayden, Stone & Co
Pinehurst
Stone
Newton Newkirk
Ebenezer Miskell
Stubneck
Detective Department
Mr. Stubneck
Biff
Sphinx
Anti-Toxin Trust
Bates
Emmons
R. L. Bucknan
Shawmut Ave
Jacob W. Tushinsky
Margaret Street
J. B. Goodwin
Pearl Street
Arthur Ey Nelson
Kingston Street
Bobbie
Mrs. Jack
Venetian Palace
W. H. Fogarty
Beacon Street
Chas. Todd
C. Stansfield
Washington St
John L. Sullivan
Daniel B. McInnes
New Street
East
Boston School
F. A. Putnam
Wollaston
Poser
Thermomete
Palm Beach
N. C. Brown
Tremont Row
Edward Everett
Daniel Webster
Marangala
Webster
Mr. Gannett
Andrew Carnegie
Mary E. Schenley
First Ladies OF
P. A. Collins
Tony Bays
Eissie
We the Sunday Post
May L. Lamont
Mansfield Street
Alliston, Mass
Brandon
N. E
Standard Oil
Busin
Nutriola CO
Milk St
Madison St
Chicago
Comer’s College
Wellington St
Cor. Beach
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