Ex Gov Long backs income tax in push for amendment
Ex governor John D. Long joins high profile backers Eugene N. Foss Samuel J. Elder and others in urging a constitutional amendment to establish a net income tax. He argues fairness prohibition of class distinctions and broad citizen participation to curb government costs. Opposition within Massachusetts Republican ranks and party machine resistance loom as votes approach.
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John D. Long
Long
Eugene N. Foss
Samuel J. Elder
Brackett
A. G. Weeks
Fall River
Republican Party
Edward A. Thurston
Republican City Committee
Massachusetts
Theodore Roosevelt
Protone weight gain claims and political income tax views
A reader touts Protone claiming 30 pounds gained in 30 days and free samples from Detroit company, while other items quote numerous politicians and officials debating a constitutional income tax amendment, with opinions from Shaw Frothingham Hardy Worden Lombard Weeks Thurston Holt Atwood Cox and James. The mix shows sensational health claims beside policy debate in Massachusetts.
Protests Against Uniform Color on L Streetcars
An indignant reader argues the Boston elevated line should not repaint all surface cars a single color. The writer says varied colors helped riders identify cars and navigate transfers, and cites inconvenience from abolishing free transfer stations.
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Greater Boston
Fear Mrs. MacBride Not Survive
The condition of Mrs. Marion A. MacBride confined to her Arlington Heights home for a year and a half has worsened. She is in constant pain without opiates and her doctor believes she has only weeks to live. She has suffered several shocks affecting her right side and speech, attended by her son and his family.
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Marion A. MacBride
France Forms New Cabinet After Conference
Aristide Briand forms a new French ministry announcing key appointments to the President and outlining plans to complete the Clemenceau cabinet’s work. Briand resists radical pressure and plans future war and navy appointments while reshaping finance and undersecretaries to support Republican policies.
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Paris
Aristide Briand
Fallieres
M. Briand
M. Barthou
M. Pichon
Georges Coch
General Brun
Boue de la Payere
Posts and Telegraphs
M. Simyan
Finance
Rene Renault
M. Dujardin Beaumetz
Public Instruction
Beaux Arts
Clemenceau
M. Caillaux
Log of John Paul Jones Ranger Found in Ships Effects
In Laconia New Hampshire on July 23 executors report discovery of the Ranger log once owned by Erastus P. Jewell. The document valued at several thousand dollars records engagements and a Boston Harbor entry showing waterfront place names in use long ago including distance bearings and the prize ship Halder ness at Long wharf.
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Laconia
N. H
John Paul Jones
Ranger
Erastus P. Jewell
Jewell
Cornhill
Boston
Boston Harbor
Continental
Ship of War Ranger
Long Wharf
Bunker Hill N. N
Castle Island
Noddle Island
Drowning of Daisy Brace in St. Clair River Tragic Rescue Attempt
Daisy Brace, a Salvation Army lassie from Boston Corps No. 2, died trying to save her sister Ensign Bertha Brace in the St. Clair River at Sarnia Ontario. Mrs. Brace has received word that Daisy's body is recovered. Funeral services will be held at Boston Corps No. 2 and the People's Palace.
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R. K. Brace
Daisy Brace
Salvation Army
St. Clair River
Canada
Ensign Bertha
Boston
Ontario
Sarnia
Boston Corps No. 2
Washington Street
People’s Palace
How to Bake Beans and Achieve Digestible Perfection
A detailed guide extols selecting Michigan beans by hand for uniform size and quality. It claims home methods fail due to lack of live steam and superheated 245 degree heat, advocating canning to ensure even heat, plus making tomato sauce from vine-ripened tomatoes for full flavor.
Van Camp's Beans Promote Value and Nutrition
An advertisement urges readers to choose Van Camp's beans over meat, touting 84 percent nutriment and greater food value at about a third the cost. It emphasizes serving beans at least three times weekly and positions the product as Nature's choicest food from a company established in 1861.
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Protone Company
Protone Bldg
Detroit
Mich
van Camp
Keliher Weighs Mayoral Bid Amid Ninth District Support
Washington July 23 Congressman John A. Keliher considers a Boston mayoralty run. Known as a strong stump speaker, he has four terms in Congress and friendly ties to Boss Donovan. He may trade continued Ninth District influence for the mayor’s chair if the move gains solid support.
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Washington
John A. Keliher
Pennsylvania Avenue
Keliher
Ninth
Jim Donovan
Donovan
Boston
Martin Lomasney
Congress
Frohman Plans New Repertoire Theatres In Key Cities
Charles Frohman returns to New York after months abroad with a trunk of new plays and plans a chain of repertoire theatres in five or six major cities each with its own company. He will tour London Paris Vienna and Berlin in November to supervise productions and expects Rostand Shaw Bernstein to join American season. He will stage Rostand's Chanticleer in New York in February with Paris manager Henry Hertz and actor Jean Coquelin, translated by Rostand's son. Charles B. Dillingham also sails back aboard the Lusitania.
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New York
Charles Frohman
Atlantic
London
Paris
Vienna
Berlin
Mr. Frohman
Augustus Thomas
Tarkington and Wilson
Paul Armstrong
George Ade
William Gillette
Winchell Smith
Paul Potter
Ramsay Morris
Ride Johnson Young
Thomas Buchanan
William Collier
George Hobart
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Bernard Shaw
Henry Bernstein
America
Rostand
Henry Hertz
Porte St. Martin Theatre
Jean Coquelin
Edmond Rostand
Chanticleer
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Equitable Plan
George
James F. Shaw
Essex
Louis A. Frothingham
Frank O. Hardy
Fitchburg
Springfield
Frederick G. Worden
Paul I. Lombard
Republican City Comittee
Harry R. Holt
Taunton
Frederick M. Atwood
Louis 8. Cox
Lawrence
J. Frank James
The
Protone Co
Detroit, Mich
Neme
L” Color
France
Briand
Ery
M. Doumer
WAR and Navy
Paul Jones
Lassie
Michigan
van Camp Packing Company
Indianapolis, Indiana
Kelcher
E. J. Donovan
Lomasney
Frohman
Repertoire Theatres
Washburn
Crosby's
Shepard
Lenox
Elliot F. Shepard
William H. Vanderbilt
Elm Court
William DB. Sloane
Newport
Hamilton McK. Twombley
Parkman
Suffolk County
Young Men's Christian Union
George F. Parkman
Senal
Philip Verrill Mighels
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