Removal of Garbage Plant Urged After Spectacle Island Move
The New England Sanitary Product Company must remove its odor from Spectacle Island without delay. The nuisance has long plagued Dorchester and Cow Pasture, and skeptics fear the new site will fail to improve conditions. The editorial urges enforcing the removal contract, noting past subsidies and incomplete relocation, and warns the nuisance may persist anywhere the plant operates. The piece questions the financial and strategic value of the Philippines venture, highlighting high costs and limited exports, and asks where the profit lies.
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New England Sanitary Product Company
Dorchester
Spectacle Island
A Fire-Eater Cassius Clay Remembered as Striking Figure
The death of Cassius Marcellus Clay recalls a lifetime of fiery politics and action. Once a Southern abolitionist editor in Lexington, Kentucky he fought duels, helped found the Republican party and served as U S minister to Russia until 1869. He later backed Greeley Tilden and Hancock before briefly returning to the Republicans. His later years showed distraction but his fire-eating zeal remained a defining trait of America's strenuous life.
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Cassius Marcellus Clay
Republic
General Clay
Lexington
Clay
Republican Party
United States
Russia
Greeley
Tilden
Hancock
Blaine
America
Revere Beach Sunday Entertainment Query Urges Court Ruling
Attorney General Parker urges the state police to leave Sunday entertainment disputes at Revere Beach to the courts for a decisive, impartial ruling. The piece highlights concern over possible local dereliction or corruption and calls for formal declaration of the statutes scope while preserving the recreation area from contamination.
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Parker
Revere Beach
Revere
Bankers and barbers in Boston blue for summer
The Observant Citizen notes Moore Bros practical control of Rock Island stock amid a weak market. It cites Judge Moore at Pride's Crossing and other Boston financiers delaying trips as stock volatility alters travel plans. It mentions copper magnates Bigelow and Smith, the barber trade slowdown, a chance meeting with ex-Representative Hurley, and a lighthearted anecdote about a lunchroom incident with a bottle mix-up.
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Moore Bros
Rock Island
Judge Moore
Pride's Crossing
Mr. Morgan
Europe
Globe
Boston
Mr. A.S. Bigelow
Mr. Bigelow
Where Is The Profit In Our Philippine Trade
The Treasury figures show that in the first eleven months of the fiscal year US Philippine trade reached 14,688,507 in value. Six years earlier, 1897, trade was 4,478,387 before annexation. The gain is about 16,210,170 annually, offset by the 20,000,000 cash price paid to Spain in 1898 to acquire the Philippines.
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Spain
United States
Philippines
Treasury Department
Washington
Paris
The Moral Force of Leo XIII In International Affairs
The article reflects on Leo XIII as a figure whose true power lay in moral sovereignty rather than physical might. It notes his influence in shaping international affairs over a quarter century, achieved without fleets, armies, or national territory, contrasting his resolve with armed rulers.
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Leo XIII
Vatican
Papal
End Seat Hog in Boston Cars Provokes Legal Rationale
A northern newspaper column rails at Boston Elevated conduct and proposes a simple fix for end seat hogs. It contrasts weather quirks at Atlantic Highlands and Newport with calls for a company rule to require passengers to slide along open seats and allow refunds for noncompliant hogs, noting the firm’s streetcar monopoly and mercy.
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General Bancroft
The
Boston Elevated
Post
Boston Elevated Company
Boston
Miles Ride Tops Historic Feat As Generals Shine
A 90 mile ride by General Nelson A Miles in nine hours and 10 minutes astonishes readers. The feat, praised as unmatched in Army history, sees Miles fatigue proof and riding nine horses, while critics question the reliability of the account. James Corbett trains for a Jeffries bout with a bold pose and confident rhetoric.
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Nelson A. Miles
Paul Revere
Phil Sheridan
Banbury Cross
General Miles
United States Army
Miles
Summer Homes of Well Known Bostonians Dreamwold
Tom Lawson calls his Scituate summer home Dreamwold a self contained colony on 300 acres reached by a private road from the station. The Lawson farm complex includes a mansion, multiple outbuildings, and stockbreeding operations. The estate employs nearly 1000 people and supports a bank on site with deposits surpassing twelve thousand dollars in the first week. A library for employees houses light fiction and standard works.
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Dreamwold
Tom Lawson
Scituate
Mr. Lawson
Lawson
Lars
Corner Stone of Allston Baptist Church to Be Laid Sunday
The Hill Memorial Baptist Church on North Harvard street Allston will lay its corner stone at 8 o clock Sunday afternoon. Rev. O P Gifford D D of Buffalo will preach the sermon. The original chapel was moved here six years ago by the Baptist Sunday School Society and became a church named for Frank Hill who donated the land. The new edifice should be ready in October with services held in a large tent opposite the old site in the interim.
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Wiliam A. McDevitt
Billy
New England
Warrens
Dorchester
Brighton
St. Matthew’s Church
Roslindale
McDevitt
Lou Criger
St. Anthony’s Parish
Barry’s Corner
Allstons
Brightons
Jim Corbett
Alameda
Cal
James Corbett
Jim
Jeffries
Corbett
Daily Press
Co. P
Hill Memorial Baptist Church
Harvard Street
Allston
O. P. Gifford
D. D
Buffalo
Baptist Sunday School Society
H. Gratton Dockrell
Frank Hill
35 Mile Ride of Roosevelt at Sayville Estate
President Roosevelt, guest of uncle Robert B. Roosevelt at Lotos Lake Sayville, enjoyed a quiet day after a strenuous ride. He joined a mobile tour with relatives, lunched at Meadowcroft, and slept at Lotos Lake after a dawn departure from Sagamore Hill. Theodore Jr rode Wyoming, a gift from Douglas, Wyoming.
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Sayville
N. Y
Roosevelt
Robert B. Roosevelt
Lotos Lake
Robert B. Roosevelt, Jr
John E. Roosevelt
Meadowcroft
Sagamore Hill
Theodore, Jr
Wyoming
Douglas, Wy
Georgianna Norton Sells Ice Cream From Street Wagon
Georgianna Norton a 16 year old girl from Somerville earns pin money by selling ice cream daily in the city. She operates a horse and wagon with four bay horses and bells to attract customers. Despite criticism for her youth she is a diligent saleslady often making up to three dollars a day. The wagon is open to weather but she enjoys her venture and keeps the reins in her left hand. A horse has long been her hobby.
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Georgianna Norton
Somerville
Miss Norton
Vanderbilts in Prussia Berlin Visit Arranged
July 23, Mr and Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt arrived at Dantzig Prussia aboard the North Star Y acht accompanied by Commercial Councillor Guillaume of Cologne on the invitation of Emperor William. They met provincial officials and toured the Marienberg castle, historic seat of the Knights of St John.
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Berlin
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Dantzig
Prussia
Guillaume
Cologne
North Star
Emperor William
Vanderbilt
Marienberg
Knights of St. John
Boston Women Golfers Don’t Swear or Smoke, Say Their Caddies
Reporters visit Boston golf courses to test caddies claims that women golfers curse or smoke on the links. Caddies largely deny such behavior, noting only mild exclamations like dang or holy Moses after flubs. They insist Boston women rarely swear or smoke while playing.
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Boston
W. J. Ancient
Halifax
St. Luke's Cathedral
Halifax Golf Club
Fair
Brook
Wollaston Golf Club
Grand Lodge of Elks Concludes Historic Meeting
Baltimore Md July 23 A grand lodge meeting billed as the largest in Elks history closes with charter restoration for Macon Ga lodge after thorough charges review. Ritual changes report carried over and confetti ban adopted for future sessions.
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Baltimore
Grand Lodge of Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Macon
Child 16 Month Old Falls From Window in Charlestown
Robert Donavan, 16 months old, fell from a window at 72 Ferrin Street Charlestown at 5 45 last night. A passer-by brought the child to the house with a bad head wound. It was taken to City Hospital and is listed in dangerous condition.
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Robert Donavan
Ferrin Street
Charlestown
City Hospital
Emerson and his writings in Concord lecture
Charles F. Richardson of Dartmouth College lectured in Concord on Emerson’s impact in American and English literature. He praised Emerson for optimism, idealism, and individualism, noting his role in shaping views of God, Man, Nature and defining the place of humanity in literature. He called Emerson our preacher in literature.
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Concord
Charles F. Richardson
Dartmouth College
Emerson
Wordsworth
Poe
Libby Seeks Malden Superior Court Bench Vacancy
Malden July 23 Judge John D Libby associate justice of the District Court seeks one of the vacancies on the Superior Court bench He has the endorsement of nearly all lawyers in Malden and Medford
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Malden
John D. Libby
The
District Court
Superior Court
Medford
President of Loan Building Association in Philadelphia 1904
The source notes the Association of Philadelphia naming the president for 1904 of the Local Building and Loan Associations league. It records leadership within the building society circle and the affiliated groups for that year.
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Association
Philadelphia
It Was Not a Blackbird It Was a Thrush
Blanche and Henry quarrel over a bird on a country path. He insists it is a blackbird, she claims a thrush. A week later they meet again, reconcile, and Blanche admits the bird was a thrush.
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Henry
Blanche
Henry Burbank
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New York
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John C. Hurley
Commonwealth Avenue
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Edward Brennan
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Skeeter
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Thomas W. Lawson
Allston Baptist Church
Miss Georgianna Norton
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Sunday Post
Lexy Knox
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