Elevated Railway bill advances after big house vote
The Elevated Railway Company's bill passed the House on a 159 to 45 vote into third reading amid deep division over amendments. Debates centered on referendum and municipal ownership with proponents highlighting the city’s costs and control. The Post backs the referendum principle despite the House result and calls on Governor Crane to approve or reject with the people’s say in mind.
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Representative Saunders
Dean
Nickerson
Board of Trade
Schofield
Boston
Suffolk
House
Senate
Crane
House of Representatives
Washington Street
Associated Board of Trade
Itselt
Imperial Limitations and Cabinet Views on Philippine Powers
The Cabinet considered not fearing an extra session but the risk of the Supreme Court reversing on the Philippines cases. Knox and Root doubt the President can collect customs duties in the Philippines or at US ports under Spooner. Senators Spooner and Platt agree the act grants local Philippine taxes only. The piece criticizes imperial power and the use of military authority to govern Filipinos.
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Washington
Congress
Supreme Court
Philippines
de Lima
Downes
McKinley
Knox
Root
United States
Spooner
Platt
Conquered Winds of War Still Roil South Africa In 1900
Despatches from the Transvaal capital describe ongoing battles near Johannesburg and Cape Colony as Boer forces push beyond British lines. One year after Roberts claimed victory the British army remains in the field facing losses, with thousands of recruits needed monthly and costs rising for taxpayers.
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Roberts
Transvaal Republic
Lord Roberts
Cape Colony
Natal
Irene
Observant Citizen Dr Cilley Aids Patient After Cross-Country Trip
Dr O G Cilley of Cambridge street returns to Boston from a San Francisco voyage aiding Lyman of Somerville who suffered dropsy and heart trouble. Harvard crew trains in Cambridge then goes to New London for six days before facing Yale on June 28. Board of Railroad Commissioners to tour the L line and consider a service upgrade next Monday. A Dominion liner Commonwealth voyage to Liverpool drew 3000 spectators with notable actors James K. Hackett and Henrietta Crosman among passengers. a memorial to 1850 ship loss planned with an inscribed tablet.
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O. G. Cille
Cambridge Street
Boston
San Francisco
Lyman &, Ace
Somerville
Cilley
Harvard
Charles River
Cambrinds
Ing
New London
Yale
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Liverpool
William H. Crane
David Harum
Jamce K. Hackett
Jennico
Ary Mannering
Janice Meredith
Henrietta. Crosman
Nell
Tremont
Desperate Warning on Subduing Brave Free Republics
Amnesty remarks on men of the free republics who have lost property and liberty. The speaker notes they are brave and desperate. He questions any hope of subjugation and suggests that only compromise can end the conflict. The tone is critical of British statesmen’s approach.
Aldermen Delay Loan Bill Amid Spending Criticism
Aldermen push the loan bill to next Monday to allow public opinion while criticizing a 4.2 million dollar addition to city bonded debt. The measure, prepared in secrecy, would exhaust borrowing capacity and appears to push wasteful projects across districts, reintroducing rejected schemes with few safeguards.
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Hart
Civic views on subway entrances and a literary fishing author
A reader laments uneven subway entrances at Pleasant street and North station while praising the Boylston Street entrance. James B. Connolly, famed for his fishing stories, sails for Europe to gather material for a fisheries monograph on an extensive continent tour.
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Boylston Street
Pleasant Street
Pear
James B. Connolly
Europe
Give Me Back My Boyhood Days Poem Fragment
A nostalgic fragment recalls boyhood joys and nature through lines about birds bees breeze and rivers. The speaker asks for lost days of health rest and simple content in exchange for wealth.
Beauty Column Advice From Pilkins Freckle Folly
In a lighthearted note the Beauty Column is run by Pilkins in the editor's absence. Pilkins jokes that lotions sell freckle removers but cheekily recommends sandpaper No 2, then declares freckles are now fashionable marks of beauty among cultured people. He claims personal freckling since youth.
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Pilkins
Phyllis
Phyllis Dear
Left-Handed Compliment on Boston Vice
Josiah Fightt, noted authority on the American underworld, writes in a current magazine that Boston hides vice more cleverly than New York and Seong. He offers a cautious left-handed compliment to the city and its urban shadows.
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Josiah Fightt
Current
Boston
New York
Seong
Josiah
Lodging House Search Amid Boarding House Fire
Dashleigh demands lodging with a board-bill escape as he arrives at a boarding house fire scene. Adbete dismisses the offer, reiterating his search for a lodging house. The exchange highlights tension between the two figures during the incident.
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Dashleigh
Cup Defender Quip Sparks Dining Table Fuss
A star boarder mocks a departing guest over a dispute about ownership of a cup of coffee. The end man leaves in a passion, while another boarder jokes that he would call him a cup defender.
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Ape Ae
Offence Sparks Quiet Dispute Over Lawns and Doors
Fragments show a humorous quarrel about speaking to a neighbor and borrowing a lawn or a door. The dialogue hints at a domestic dispute or petty feud with no clear resolution.
Bankley Promises Private Yet Public Wedding News
Publicity debate frames Bankley as he jokes about announcing his wedding. He asks how to maximize attention while joking he will share the news as a secret with his wife. The exchange highlights media attention and personal privacy.
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Bankley
Encouraging Signs at Reception Quip by Jester
Report notes a social reception last night where Jester comments that Mr. Gorrichkwick is rapidly learning polite society. Jimson questions the claim with a humorous reply.
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Jester
Gorrichkwick
Yacht Race Craze Triggers Wives Read Scorned Words
In Newton Newkirk a couple discusses a husband obsessed with yacht racing after a note reveals odd jargon. The exchange shows fear and irony as the wives compare phrases to yacht terms and a recent wreck report.
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Newton Newkirk
Four Leaf Clover Echoes Love in Somerville Tale
Doris Cameron mocks a rhyme promising a lover after finding a four leaf clover. Virgil Kent confesses love but is rejected. He is injured in a woods accident, near death, as Doris learns truth and returns to confess her love at his bedside, promising to be his wife if he recovers.
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Doris Cameron
Parson Jones
Virgil Kent
Doris
Virgil
Codse
Virgil—Virgi
Daily Table Hints From a Boston Kitchen Ledger
A fragment lists items and cooking steps for meals with potatoes and fish. Mentions cream tea cake crackers and fruit desserts with specific methods like broiling haddie and browning potatoes. Includes a street address in Boston and scattered recipe notes.
No Change by Senate on Redistricting Bill Debate
In the Senate yesterday the redistricting bill drew votes on referrals and amendments. Senator Howland favored sending it to the next General Court and a fourteenth district. Sprague and Post also backed referrals while Chamberlain opposed Codman’s amendment. The Codman plan faced mixed support and was rejected 12 to 19. referral defeated 8 to 26. The bill moved to a third reading.
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Senate
Howland
Suffolk
Enator Sprague
Norfolk
Nator Post
Berkshire
Enator Chamberlain
Plymouth
Codman
Boston
Shaw
Sullivan
Possible Defeat for Stock Watering Bill in Senate
The stock watering revision, approved by the joint judiciary committee and passed by the House, faces possible defeat in the Senate due to two Democratic defections. A test vote on a substitute order showed mixed support, with most Democrats backing the substitute except the two defectors. Proponents cited commission reports backing tighter stock-watering laws while opponents urged expert commissions rather than a legislature committee.
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Joint Judiciary Committee
House
Senate
Attwill
Judiciary Committee
Sullivan
Shaw
Jones
Manning
Kind Reception by Kaiser Berlin for Baroness von Ketteler
Emperor William and the Empress hosted Baroness Von Ketteler and her mother in law with kindness. The widow recounted Pekin siege sorrow and Baron Von Ketteler’s death while nursing the sick and wounded. The Empress praised her courage and pinned the Louise order insignia. The ladies dined with the royal couple. the widow is Miss Maud Ledyard of Detroit.
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Berlin
William
Baroness von Ketteler
Pekin
Baron von Ketteler
Maud Ledyard
Detroit
Mich
Sophie Lyons Returns to Detroit from Europe Tour
Sophie Lyons claims a renewed life after an eighteen month European tour. The famed crook arrives at 61 Twenty-third Street with seven trunks of Paris gowns and a jewel collection. Her son Victor is an ensign, daughter Lotta a Naples concert singer, and she plans to greet Governor Pingree on his return from South Africa.
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Detroit
Mich
Sophie Lyons
Lice
Europe
Twenty-third Street
Victor
United States Navy
Lotta
Naples
Italy
Pingree
South Africa
Windsor
Ontario
Paris
Rome
St. Peter’s
Pinto
Southfrica
Roy
Saxonia Gets In Today at Hull Wharf
The CoparS Miner Saxonia commanded by John Pritchard anchored off Hull and is due at Past Boston wharf early this morning. The ship Queenstown departs at 9 o clock on May 2 with 65 saloon passengers on board plus 800 steerage. Passengers include Mrs J Alfred Bowaiten and several Bowditch relatives, Dr C Clarke and son John vies, Miss Charlotte Dee, and others.
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Copars
Saxonia
John Pritchard
Hull
Comany’s
Boston
Queenstown
Gsengers
J. Alfred Bowaiten
Bowditch
John Young
Young
Ah Vatson
H. Young
New President Named for Lasell Seminary
Professor Jewett of this city who has been acting as principal of Lasell Seminary for Young Women in Newton has accepted the presidency there. The appointment comes as the institution seeks new leadership and aims to continue its Boston-area ties.
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OWI. O
Jewett
Lasell Seminary
Boston
Dam Corner Stone Laid Clinton June 5
Dam corner stone laid in Clinton on June 5 at 4.80 o clock p. m. for the first stage age.
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Clinton
P. Sens
Temper tester and the temper of a seaside town
A seaside group tries every penny-in-the-slot machine on the pier until one that reacts to nothing is revealed as a temper tester. The pier attendant explains it is meant to gauge temper, while other snippets joke about celebrated authors and a hunter’s self-reliance in trouble.
Pastry inspired hats spark playful fashion critique
A humorous exchange highlights how spring hats resemble desserts with references to strawberry shortcakes and rhubarb pie while witticisms on fashion and theft add a light newsroom tone. The dialogue mirrors clipped newspaper brevity and period voice.
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Jones
Chicago Record-Herald
Indications and Penalty from a 19th Century Exchange
The fragment recalls a line about Willie's future commission in a branch of the service and a humorous take on his rocking horse. A separate note ruminates on how to punish someone for flirting, suggesting a fine for contempt of court.
Unknown man found dead after fall in Newton stairwell
Police identified the deceased as William C. Hooper formerly released from Estboro Insane Hospital. Hooper, son of Nathaniel R., claimed a brother Augustus Hooper of 88 Brighton Street Charlestown. Authorities investigated the circumstances and disposition of the body.
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Newton
William C. Hooper
Estboro Insane Hospital
Ents Hooper
Pad “Institution
Nathaniel R. An
Augustus Hooper
Brighton Street
Charlestown
Nk New
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Lonelaoe Wentworth
Yongan
Cuba
Ludlow
Sunday Post
W. C. van Buskirk
Medford Street
Somerville, Mass
Cole
Sepenigtina
Laxakola
Saar Rarenicee N. T
Shawmut
Avenue
Roston
Mass
Eona
John m. Lord
Frankie
New York Post
Fiice
Kaiser
Lasell
Houston & Henderson
Detroit Journal
Tenderfoot
Two-Tooth Thompson
Mr. Thompson
Baltimore American
Philadelphia Bulletin
Willie
Service—Insane
Arlem Life
William. C. Hooper
Canal St
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