Rise in U S spending under Republican era fuels worry
The piece compares federal outlays across Congresses, noting a surge since McKinley era. It cites a billion plus, then a billion and a half for Spanish War era and the current session, arguing no nation matches U S scale. It warns of future pinch during possible hard times.
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McNkinley
House of Representatives
Congress
Great Britain
Germany
United States
Russia
Legislature Considers Telephone Regulation Bills
Three measures before the Legislature aim to regulate telephone business. One caps direct rates, another places phone and telegraph firms under Gas and Electric Light Commissioners, and a shorter Senate version covers similar ground. Lawmakers see this as essential quasi public control.
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Hunt
Weymouth
Representative Callender
Boston
Board of Gas and Electric Light Commissioners
Senate
David Manning
Commonwealth
American Bell Telephone Company
New York
Time limit on new business at State House urged tightened
An editor argues for strict enforcement of the one month limit on introducing new business at the State House. The writer warns that lax enforcement invites delays and private interests, and calls for exceptions only for urgent public matters while shutting the door on private legislation.
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State House
Beacon Hill
Filipino sentiment at Senate on Manila petition and Federal party message
The Senate opened with a cable from Manila signed by seven calling themselves the directory of the Federal party. Senator Hawley blocked printing of a 2006 signer petition from Manila professionals and businessmen. The issue contrasts a suppression of Filipino petitioners with Frye's order to print the Manila cable.
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United States
Senate
Frye
Manila
Teller
Hawley
Philippine Islands
Congress
McKinley
Spooner
Pet
Insurgents Label Themselves as Peaceable In Philippines
The passage notes insurgents call themselves peaceable inhabitants while seven signers of a cable message include one American, two Spaniards, and three of four Filipinos tied to the United States. It accuses imperialists of misrepresentation and concealing the Philippine situation.
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United States
Philippines
Massachusetts Legislature urged to speak on tea tax relief
The piece urges Massachusetts lawmakers to address Congress on the tea tax, noting Representative Dean's resolution has a favorable committee report. It argues removal of the 10 cent tea tariff affects most residents and reflects domestic economy, not principle, prompting a strong legislative response.
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Massachusetts
Congress
Representative Dean
Committee On Federal Relations
Observant Citizen Highlights Local Events And Memory
The column notes ten more grip fatalities in a week and jokes about the topic. It mentions February talks by George H. Martin on public education history and Edward Mullen’s death, linking him to Mayor Quineey’s secretary. It covers plans for a Boston college settlement with Verdi and De Fabric clubs and community charity notes, plus a spoof about a 177 year lifespan.
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George H. Martin
Boston
Edward Mullen
Thomas A. Mullen
Quineey
Mullen
Dobbles the Odd Genius Medical Student Heroic Sacrifice
Ellen T Birge recalls Dobbles a third year medical student from the University of New York. He aided a sick child and donated blood for ailing woman a selfless act that culminates in his death saving a child struck by a runaway wagon, a noble sacrifice remembered by peers.
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Dobbles
University of New York
Jerry Thompson
Jerry
Harry Merton
Third Avenue
Grand Street
St. Paul
Mrs Nation Crusade Sparks National Mock News
A compilation from cities reports Mrs Carrie Nation's temperance drive with hammer blows on saloons and a chase of bartenders in Wichita. Jokes about Pat Crowe planning abduction and Tesla measuring Nation’s energy also appear, plus playful notes from New York Chicago Pittsburgh and Nome City about dramatic rights and public safety.
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Wichita
Kan
Carrie Nation
New York
Scribbler’s Magazine
Pekin
Omaha
Neb
Kansas
Pat Crowe
Nicola Tesla
Glass Trust
Mirror Trust
Barrel Trust
Hatchet Trust
Must Have License to Sell Home Made Salve
A reader asks if a license is required to sell homemade salve. The police department answers that a license must be secured.
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Police Department
Social Gatherings Highlight Mrs Pratt Abroad and Readings
Mrs Edward E Pratt sails for Europe with her accompaniment while social events continue in Boston. Mrs Lucia Dale Barber presents a second reading at Mrs Cabots home, with patrons including Mrs George Tyson and Mrs Francis Watson. Other entertainments feature Mrs Robert Potter at the Berkeley and Mrs Arthur Ball hosting a large reception at Arlington Heights.
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Edward E. Pratt
Lucia Dale Barber
Samuel Cabot
Charles H. Bond
Commonwealth Avenue
Tuileries
Paul Revere
E. C. Harris
Bond
W.R. Russ
M. A. Simmons
Gertrude Miller
Louise E. Waitt
Carolyn Belcher
Charlotte White
Lida Low
Miss Ruggles
Holbrook
Howes
Howard
Russ
Gladys Russ
E. E. Holbrook
Sprague
Goodwin
Thomas Rogers
A. V. Peabody
Eliot
Frank W. Gaskill
Riverbank Court
Arthur J. Ball
Arlington Heights
Robert B. Potter
Berkeley
Vendome
F. I. Ikknight
Beacon Street
Captain Jackson
Chestnut Street
Lucia Dale K Barber
George Tyson
Francis S. Watson
Bayard Thayer
John Thayer
Francis I. Amory
John L. Batchelder, Jr
Arthur T. Cabot
Lucius W. Sargent
Simpkins
Simpkins, Mrs. Wirt Dexter
Winchester Donald
Arthur Foote
Hunt Slater
Henry H. Sprague
John C. Fairchild
George P. Gardner
Elizabeth N. Gay
Frances C. Houston
Henry P. King
E. Rollins Morse
Dudley N. Pickman
Horatio N. Slater
Burr
Twomb
Detroit
Europe
Acorn Club
Philadelphia
W. Dean Hamilton
Tomrrow
Copley Hall
Kneisel
Alice Freemen Palmer
Ladd
Shannon Davis
Brookline
Coggswell
Charles Hale Coggswell
Marlboro Street
University Club
Miss Wambaugh
Professor Wambaugh
Harvard College
Browne & Nichols Hall
Cambridge
Madelaine Stuart
Mrs Nation's Hatchet Statement in Minute of Controversy
In a brisk public clash a question rings about who cut a cherry tree and who made bold assaults. Mrs Nation asserts she did not commit the acts, claiming she used only her small axe.
Not So Southwardly Skating in Chicago Gossip
A fragment from Chicago papers shows a child defending a father while a professor praises a daughter’s voice. Mrs Rocksley notes Adeline resembles her lumber businessman husband, and a park skating scene prompts a sharp retort from a boy.
Daily Table Hints and Meal Menus from Roxbury
Breakfast notes list oranges, shredded wheat and cream, chipped beef in cream, baked potatoes, egg rolls and coffee. Dinner includes tomato soup, roast beef, mashed potatoes, fried egg plant, baked tapioca pudding and black coffee. Supper offers cold ham, pickles, hashed brown potatoes, preserved plain cake and tea. A recipe for egg rolls describes a biscuit like batter with milk butter baking powder and flour. Mrs Hva W White of Roxbury writes.
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Hva W. White
Roxbury Street
Roxbury
Egleston Square Club Banquet Highlights Local Residence Appeal
Fifty members and friends of the Egleston Club gathered at the United States Hotel for a banquet last night. Informal speeches followed coffee, praising Egleston Square as a desirable place to live and noting the club’s social and benevolent aims.
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Egleston Club
United States
Egleston Square
Sign of McKinley’s Recovery Dinner Plan Restored
Washington January 30 The President resumes official dinners as health improves. It is believed the first event will be the annual dinner to the diplomatic body on February 1.
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Washiington
Virginia McLaughlin Takes Final Vows as Sister Alberta
In Roxbury at the Carmelite Convent Miss Virginia McLaughlin daughter of J Fairfax McLaughlin Fordham NY took the black veil yesterday morning becoming Sister Alberta. Relatives and friends witnessed the ceremony at Mt Pleasant avenue.
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Mt. Pleasant Avenue
Roxbury
Virginia McLaughlin
J. Fairfax McLaughlin
Fordham
N. Y
McLaughlin
Alberta
Egleston Square District Improvement Club Dinner
The district improvement association held its first dinner with Le P For rest A. Hall re elected president. Hall chaired and spoke as toastmaster as dignitaries including Edward J. Flynn and others attended and discussed the district’s needs and charm.
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District Improvement Association
le P Forrest A. Hall
Hall
Egleston Square District
Edward J. Flynn
R. J. MacCormack
George N. Drew
F. Cc. Pea
Delaware Legislature Moves to Adjourn March 8
Wilmington Delaware January 30 There was no change in the vote at Dover for United States Senator today except that Representative Hitchen votes for Higgins The Legislature will adjourn March 8 at Dover inching toward final decisions in the senate and house.
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Wilmington
Del
Dover
United States
Hitchen
Higins
Rch
Cuticura Soap and Ointment For Skin Relief
The advertisement urges mothers to treat infant skin ailments with Cuticura Soap to cleanse crusts and scales and Cuticura Ointment to ease itching and inflammation. It claims safety and economy and notes widespread use by millions for baby skin care, scalp cleansing, and general toilet needs, all sold at 25 cents.
Wolcott Memorial Fund hits nineteen thousand five hundred
Treasurer Henry L. Higginson of the Wolcott Memorial Fund reports receipts totaling 19 575 48 after a new 2 102 donation from listed Boston supporters. He appeals for patience as contributions arrive rapidly from numerous donors, with names including Annie M. OC Williams and many others across Massachusetts and beyond.
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Henry L. Higginson
Milk Street
Boston
Annie M. OC
Williams
Charles L. Burrill
John W. Crooks
Harrietta A. Skinner
George S. Hale
Richard W. Hale
C. A. Billings
D. Medeiros
Stephen M. Bond
Timothy Remick
Eugene A. Reed
Charles F. Dolan
Andrew Nickerson
Edward Sherwin
Robert S. Hale
Wroggomty L. Towle
John L. Aye
Duncan McFarlane, Jr
Leonard B. Nichols
William A. Carlisle, Jr
J. C. Littlefield
J. H. Chellman
Mary FE. Hall
John H. Lesh
W. W. Berg
Benjamin H. Dorr
Jacob H. Hecht
M. BK. Green
J. Howard Nichols
Granton Hall Dowse
Battery L
First Regiment, Heavy Artillery
Mr. V. M
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Richard Moore
Edward W. Hooper
Samuel M. Barton
David W. Noyes
Gordon A. Noyes
Julia Lawrence
Ralph I. Swan
Rose Lee
Alice Wooster Hastings
Larry J. Fallon
J. M. Crafts
Bertha H. Vaughan
John W. Storer
J. F. Spaulding
James M. Barnard
Charles
Cotting
F. D. Bates
J. Q. A. Jrackett
Emma
Petheridge
Edward McLellan
James RB. Holden
Charles Thorndike
Grace Nichols
George F. Doherty
M. Clough
Michael Mooney
Sidney A. Stetson
Julia M. Tomlinson
B. Holman
Frederick H. Taylor
Edgar O. Achorn
OH. Curley
Irving Swan
Florence Jarrett
Warren G. Hills
Charies C. Parsons
Emma L. Faton
Harriet A. Woods
Oliver RB. Coe
Francis J. Ward
W. F. Mayo
Henry C. Wainwright
C. W. Kingsley
Clinton White
M. A. Tuttle
Marion H. Brazier
Annie L. Wilbur
Edward P. Sand
Edna D. Cheeney
James I. Bliss
John J. Taylor
Mary
Reed
Kate E. Salter
James McArthur
Ethel May Stuart
Addie L. Goodspeed
C. VD. Colwell
Abington
George A. Keal
Adams
J. ©. Anthony
Allston
Edwin 8. Crindon
Heen M. Wales
Amherst
George KE. Fisher
Arlington
Edward
Fessenden
Auburndale
Gladys Chandler
J. L. Pickard Eldwin R. Frost
Bedford
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Parker
William A. Parker
Belmont
Caroline L. Brown
Philip L. Brown
Robert ©. Brown
Marjorie Brown
J. Murray Brown
Murray Brown
Alice M. Brown
Arthur P. Brown
Brockton
Fred A. Marston
Brookline
Charles Storrow
James Geddes
Cambridge
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Albert
Eustis
Willian A. Bassett
W. W. Goodwin
L. M. Harman
Albert T. Gutherin
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P. Mason
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George I. Cashman
G. 8. Bennett
Chelsea
Harold F. Collins
Fall River
James T. Mike
Fitchburg
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Henry G. Green
H. F. Coggshall
Framingham
John H. Temple
Franklin
Pradley M. Rockwood
Grafton
Alden M. Bigelow
Mary E. Bigelow
Groton
James R. Hooper, Jr
New Brewster
Thomas D. Seras
Neponset
H. P. Oakman
Nahant
Henry Cabot Lodge
Natick
A. HB. Underwood
North Andover
Newton
Holliston
Zephanniah Talbot
Melrose
Karl A. Sidelinger
Jesse A. TH
Milton
Roderick Stebbins
Rachael A. Shapleigh
Marlboro
Charles Bb. Eager
Walter B. Morse
Methuen
Sarah A. Kimball
Malden
Frederick A. Robinson
Willard E. Robinson
I. KR. Robinson
Not Serious Says Captain Irish On Hebrew District Safety
Captain Irish of Station 7 dismisses claims of heavy Hebrew harassment in East Bos, saying incidents are no worse than other districts. He notes minor provocations toward rag and junk peddlers but argues he and his team protect all residents. Hebrew community members praise him while warning of a small bad element.
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Irish
Station 7
Fast 1
Fast Bos
S.ize
Captain Irish
East
Son of Former Governor Davis Improves After Illness
In Pawtucket Rhode Island the son of former Governor John W. Davis shows considerable improvement tonight, with signs of possible full recovery.
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Pawtucket
R. L
John W. Davis
Fall River Soldier Sonia Shen Arrives Home
The body of Sonia Shen, Fall River’s first soldier to die in China, has arrived at her home in Fall River, bringing sorrow to her family. The report notes the somber homecoming and community reactions to the loss.
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Fall River
Sonia Shen
China
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