Referendum urged on Boston and Albany lease bill
Massachusetts faces a pivotal choice as the Legislature debates the Boston and Albany lease bill. Attorney General Knowlton argues the measure violates federal commerce power and jeopardizes the Commonwealth’s option to purchase the line, risking tens of millions in damages.
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Albany
Sunday Post Newsboys Sold Out Early on Sundays
Readers report that THE SUNDAY POST is often all sold out on Sunday mornings. The paper asks subscribers to insist on direct delivery and to object to any attempted substitutions.
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Sunday Post
Newsboys
Newsp Éalers
Ice firms urged to sell ice in five cent lots
The Post urges Boston ice companies to stop resisting five cent ice sales and to accommodate the public demand. It argues the small volume will not harm profits and supports offering cheaper ice to the poor, calling for a cheerful agreement at today’s public hearing.
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Boston Vetoes Trim City Debt Drive
Governor Crane reads Hart’s debt warning and vetoes a batch of loan bills passed by the Legislature. The Mayor faces $1,500,000 more in taxes and $6,000,000 in loans, with critics predicting tighter finances and cuts to the so called extras under the new regime.
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Hart
Boston
Joans
State House
The Mill Tax Bill At Boston City Hall Today
A 19th century editorial condemns a mill tax measure pushing a tax on all property values to fund schools in cities that do not tax residents adequately. It argues Boston would lose over half a million dollars while other towns dodge local funding duties, harming urban schools. It calls the bill a pauperizing scheme and questions its fairness and impact on education spending.
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Veto Message Not Issued After Deliberations
A brief note indicates there will be no veto message written in connection with the current proceedings. No further details or context are provided in the accessible text.
Mr Bryan's Sincerity Praised Despite Free Silver Stand
The piece admires William J. Bryan for his steadfastness on the silver issue, noting his courage and consistency even as expediency would favor softening his stance. It contrasts Bryan with McKinley in refusing to trim his principles, while acknowledging the Post's past and present views on free silver.
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Sunday Tobacco Bill Passed by Senate as Amended
The Massachusetts Senate, on reconsideration, adopts Saunders's amendment to allow tobacco and cigars to be sold on Sundays by newsdealers, aligning with House approval. The measure moves toward law as the public’s convenience is balanced with sumptuary restraint.
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Observant Citizen Prepares as Officials Brace for Fireworks
The Observant Citizen notes a boy’s planned mischief as police pre emptive orders ban fireworks before 4 a.m. Wednesday. Firemen and police face two demanding days with little rest ahead during the holiday period.
A Plaster Hero and a Clown Lead Glittering Stage
A lively revue style piece brims with glowing scenery and calcium light. It notes a romantic yet preachy plot, a leading juvenile paired with a gushy soubrette, costly gowns and a shrewd manager. Advertising, press agents, and paid newspapers loom, while crowd-pleasing spectacle shines amid staged scandal.
Hidden Attic Reunion Sparks Longing and Jealous Hearts
In a Somerville home, Gladys Bertwell and Jack Trenton reunite after a year apart as Jack returns to town. A party game in the attic leads to a quiet moment of reconciliation between the former lovers, while Tom Bertwell and Myrtle Dayton misread the scene. The evening ends with Gladys and Jack acknowledging their enduring feelings.
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Tom Bertw
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Tom
Sappo
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Gladys Bertwell
Myrtle Dayton
Myrtle
Bart
Glady
Scott
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Clark Relates Bryan Joke Turned on New York Leader
Champ Clark continues cloak room tales about Washington statesmen. His latest lampoons William Jennings Bryan who cleverly turned a joke on New York's Chauncey. The senator plans to retaliate in a humorous contest. details arrive in tomorrow's Post.
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Champ Clark
Washington
Wiliam Jennings Bryan
New York
Chauncey
Clark
Day
Daily Table Menu and Recipe Honeyed Beverages
The entry lists a luncheon and dinner menu including oatmeal, sliced oranges, cream toast, hot rolls, coffee, nut sandwiches, glazed wafers, iced milk, and Russian tea. It provides dessert lines with frozen pudding, macaroon blends, almond paste balls, and baked potato preparations attributed to Mrs Grace R Peabody of Peabody Massachusetts.
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Tempest to Star Nell Gwynne In London Stage
Marie Tempest will shortly appear as Nell Gwynne in London and turn from musical comedy to a straight comedy role. A theatre has been secured for her in autumn with Nell Gwynne plus adaptations from Vanity Fair and Ma Caule. The divine Sarah Bernhardt, amid Paris sensation in L Aiglon, reportedly says money is to be spent and accounts are detestable.
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Nell Gwynne
London
Miss Tempest
Vanity Fair
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Sarah
L’aiglon
Paris
Men of Many Callings from Exposition and Royal Visits
Louis Reed, sole American muralist for the United States building at the Paris Exposition, returns disheartened, claiming Paris cannot compare to the Columbian Exposition. Inverary grounds boast a Queen visited plantation with patrons like Gladstone, Shaftesbury, and Livingstone. Canada’s Mulock notes postal revenue from Canada to Britain at penny rate rose about 160 percent in the first year. Booker T. Washington will speak at the Whittier Home Association midsummer meeting on July 4 at Amespt, the Quaker poet’s old home.
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William Mulock
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Summer Resort Photos Contest Opens for Boston Post Prizes
The Boston Post offers three weekly cash prizes of 10, 5, and 8 for summer resort photographs. Entrants must title each photo and include name and address on the back. Submissions should be suitable for newspaper reproduction with clear light contrast.
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Waifs o' Fun Quips and Punchlines From Early 1900s Papers
A collage of brief comic exchanges from various papers features a silent scientist’s wife on eclipse talk, a candid remark on political candidacy, a joke about a boy and an apple, and quips about Dutch President Steyn and sinking the Spanish fleet.
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de Fonte
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Chicago Tribune
Odd Bits of News Highlight Various Global Oddities
Pekin is called the Forbidden City in the east. The U S pays about 1,000,000 dollars daily for tropical products. One million dollars for strawberries is the Charlotte N C record. A two seated courting carriage is invented by a Kansas wagonmaker. Over 330,000 bales of hemp arrived at Manila from Luzon between Feb 10 and Apr 29. Greater New York holds 50,000,000 dollars of U S government property. Hampton L I reports the season’s largest fish catch a finback whale 30 feet long. The dolls industry began about sixty years ago and little girls once played with rag babies.
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Officials of New York ice trust scoff at conspiracy claims
A New Haven Register comment says officials of the New York ice trust are not criminal conspirators despite being blameworthy. Other editorials urge U S action to protect interests in China and praise not backing down as other powers act. Meanwhile Croker predicts Bryan victory and Roosevelt allies warn Senate leadership could be strenuous.
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Boston Ice Comany
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Ice Trust
New Haven Register
China
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Providence Telegram
Noonan McGovern Wedding Rites Held at St Peter’s
A late night ceremony united Miss Noonan and Mr McGovern in St Peter’s vestry with Rev Father McGoldrick officiating. Bride wore blue silk, Kittie Fitzgerald was bridesmaid, Jose McCarthy best man. Reception followed at Greenwich Place home. couple to tour New York State before settling at 920 Albany Street.
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Cardini and Jennero Wed in Milford Household Ceremony
Edward Cardini of Boston wed Pascana Jennero of Milford in a morning ceremony at the bride’s home. Attendees included James Severone Stephen Broghoneli and wife Stardini Peter Tetunil and others.
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Pascana Jennero
James , Severone
Stephen Broghoneli
Stardini
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R. Bernaseconi
Eter Vacaro
J. Talibarto
J. Martin Charles Cruse
J. Maconi
L. Zanoli
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