Taming the Fiery Auto and Asiatic Vassals
A editorial splits focus on regulating speed trials for automobiles on public highways citing a Staten Island accident and praising strict limits while urging tracks for fast machines. It argues for cautious policy and heavy penalties for reckless drives. The second piece criticizes the Philippines bill as a path to permanent vassalage, detailing favored American exploitation, a nonindependent government installed from Washington, and a $100 million annual cost.
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Automobile Club of America
New York
Staten Island
Massachusetts
House of Representatives
Senate
Spain
Philippine Islands
Stand by the Army over Philippine Atrocities Sparks Public Backlash
The public rejects President Roosevelt’s harsh Philippine rhetoric as unjust. A Free Religious meeting urged abandoning administration policy causing army brutality. Rabbis Fleischer and others argue responsibility lies with Washington leaders, not frontline troops or lower ranks.
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Roosevelt
Lawrence
Philippines
United States Army
Fleischer
Philippine Islands
United States
Smith
Washington
McAn
Army
Isthmian Canal Debate Shifts to Panama Route
The Senate grapples with the canal question after completing action on the Philippine bill. volcanic activity near Nicaragua raises safety concerns, while the Panama route appears safer and more certain for construction. Over $1,000,000 has funded surveys supporting Panama, shaping the Senate’s verdict.
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Senate
Nicaragua
Antilles
Panama
Isthmus
Beef Trust Prices Defy Injunctions In Boston Era
Federal and state courts have restraining orders against the beef trust in Illinois and New York. The New York injunction bars price fixing and supply limiting practices and protects labor and credit rules, yet beef prices remain extortionate, challenging immediate relief.
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United States
Illinois
Federal Department of Justice
Boston
New York
Chicago
Congress Urged to End Beef Tariff Entrenchment Now
The article argues that the Dingley tariff protects the beef trust and calls for immediate congressional action. It contends that current injunctions delay relief and that only a decisive, single act by Congress can settle the issue within a year or two, delivering relief to the people now.
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Congress
Observations and society notes from Tremont Street
The writer recalls a deserted yellow cat in a Tremont street shop window near the Museum and reflects on past cats that drew patrons. Nearby Revere faces police-fire department leadership questions. News covers choir master at Trinity Church, changes at the Church of the Messiah, and James F. Jackson’s six week Europe trip. A planned Lexington park opening on July 4 is noted alongside local transportation chatter and parade plans.
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Tremont Street
All Sorts Gone Home To Mother
A nostalgic verse laments the absence of a wife, describing a torn home, hunger, and emotional bitterness as a grieving husband beckons her return. The piece contrasts domestic loss with storm lore and a playful misremembered history of Benjamin Franklin and lightning.
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Mother
Fragments Speak On Lightning Myths And Oddities Of Public Notice
A garbled column surveys lightning myths, chimney bolts, and odd social asides. It quips about lightning remnants after strikes, lightning rods, and public figures while mixing humor with clipped anecdotes and stray dialogue.
Gondola Merger Hint Rumors From Venice In A J P Morgan Note
The brief chatter notes J P Morgan in Venice and suggests a gondola merger as the talk turns toward South Africa. Quips about summer boarders and local opinions reflect a tongue in cheek broader vignette of contemporary figures and places with a hint of Madam Nerves in the crowd.
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J. P. Morgan
Venice
Handel and Haydn Society corrected piano attribution
The Post corrects a misprint from the May 27 report of the Handel and Haydn Society annual meeting. Chickering & Sons was honored for generosity, and a framed portrait gifted to the society came from Chickering family members, clarifying that a different piano maker was wrongly named in error.
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Handel and Haydn Society
Messrs. Chickering & Sons
Boston
George Feels
Chickering & Sons
George H. Nichols
Chickering
The Gift of the Robin and a Fatal Heart
In a family tale from Roxbury, Miss Florence Corbett recounts a vanished romance surrounding Kathryn Russell and two suitors Jack Phillips and Ernest May. A silver girdle and a robin are linked to Jack’s death and Kathryn’s tragic end when a thunderstorm and a falling elm crown a fatal accident.
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Tom
Tor
Aunt Kate
Kate
Kathryn
Miss Russell
Jack Phillips
Ernest May
Java
Jack
Hendon
Ernest
Mrs. Lemoyne
BeRrine
Little Jack
Praises Post Franklin site editorial in Boston Post
An old reader of the Post praises its Franklin site editorial from Boston on June 3. He condemns the Franklin fund managers for an outrageous sale at nearly triple assessed value and calls on Mayor Collins to show courage and leadership.
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POST
Franklin Site
The
Franklin Fund
Boston
Ayor Collins
the Post
Advice to Mayor Collins in Democratic fall prospects
The piece warns Mayor Collins to change policy to avoid Democratic defeat. It argues his large December support stemmed from personal appeal, not party work, and compares Hart’s past mistakes. It condemns neglect of party workers, the six oclock men, and predicts late repentance at the mayoral convention will not quell widespread discontent.
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T. C. McGoldrick
St. Leo's Catholic
Dorthe
Mek
Kharst Sun
Oie
Geeta
L “Peter
Geer Onan
Peter
Sir
Collins
Hart
Oy Hall
Boston
Criticism of Franklin site and land proposed for fund
A letter argues against the Franklin site for a public fund project. The author objects to the location and price, proposing Fort Avenue land as a better site for the institution. The critique emphasizes suitability and public interest concerns.
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Franklin Fund
Fort Avenue
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Ruggles Street
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