Senate urged to concur in Boston tax bill referendum
Editorial argues the Senate should accept the House amendment attaching a referendum to the Boston tax bill. It says the call for a public vote on a tax-rate increase reflects broad civic support and changed conditions since the bill's earlier passage. The piece cautions against insinuations of corruption and urges action on merits for Boston citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Boston
Massachusetts
Stephen O'Meara to Deliver Fourth of July Oration in Boston
The Boston Journal editor Stephen O'Meara is chosen to give the Fourth of July speech at Faneuil Hall, joining a storied line of Boston orators from John Hancock to Edward Everett Hale. The appointment is hailed as admirable and marks O'Meara’s entry into a distinguished roster of statesmen, literati, and patriots who have spoken on Independence Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen O'Meara
Faneuil Hall
The
Boston Journal
O’meara
Boston
John Hancock
Joseph Warren
John Warren
Harrison Gray Otis
John Quincy Adams
Lemuel Shaw
Franklin Dexter
Josiah Quincy
George G. Hillard
George Ticknor Curtis
Charles Sumner
Charles Francis Adams
Edward Everett
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Robert C. Winthrop
John D. Long
Edward Everett Hale
Mr. O'Meara
Fugitive Candidate in Kentucky Goebel Murder Case
The article describes W. 8. Taylor as a fugitive in Indiana while Goebel was assassinated in Kentucky. It notes indictments including Taylor for complicity and mentions his flight from the state amid party efforts to vindicate him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
Kentucky
South America
Indiana
Goebel
Kentucky Governor Bid Prompts Awkward Fallout
The piece discusses the alleged Goebel murder and Governor candidate Taylor. Republican leaders refuse to nominate him unless he returns to Kentucky. From his Indianapolis retreat he faces potential extradition and wary sheriff action across the state line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
Goebel
Kentucky
Indianapolis
Conditions for Boston and Albany Lease to New York Central
The article argues for apublic referendum on leasing the Boston and Albany line to the New York Central, noting the bill's provisions to preserve Massachusetts rights, require equal freight rates, and invest 250000 annually for ten years in East Boston facilities, while urging voter approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Albany
New York Central
Legislative Committee On Railroads
Commonwealth
New York Company
Hudson River
New York
Boston
East Boston
Massachusetts
End of Fifty sixth Congress marked by partisan record
The first session closed with a bare quorum as campaigns heated and partisanship tainted work. Notable failures include the ship subsidy bill and Nicaragua Canal bill with heavy McKinley ties, plus a dangerous Porto Rico move. Appropriations reached $709.7 million while war taxes remained intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Porto Rico
McCall
Massachusetts
Littlefield
Maine
Curious uses of bicycle and horse on city streets
A man rode a bicycle while leading a horse home from a blacksmith shop, pedaling furiously when the horse balked. A Maltese cat carried a white rat, shaking it as onlookers watched. Wellesley’s beauty and college grounds draw praise, with forthcoming elaborate graduation exercises and a Tempest outdoor performance. The Warren Street estate in Roxbury will become a club house with a club license, Dr. P O M Edson attends Gettysburg army reunion, and Samuel McKee of the Boston Museum was in town showing progress.
Boston Notes and Notices of Public Life and Society
A collage of city items includes busier street seating repair plans on Beacon Street, friendly tributes to fire and forester officials, a report on misplaced fashion papers, and reflections on Senator Hoar’s speeches. The piece also covers a Cambridge Knights of Malta observance, a horse accident involving Robert Goelet, a wedding correction, and social events at Lasell Seminary and Young’s Hotel.
Income Doubles But Finances Still Fly Off Course
A Chicago News quirk notes that earning a thousand almost leads to yearly happiness at two thousand, yet higher income brings higher outgo and ongoing financial strain as expenses rise faster than income.
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Chicago News
Quotations Run Through Press Humor and Politics
A compilation of fragmented newspaper lines reveals jokes about watches fortunes publicity lemons and populist politics. The snippets include quips from Philadelphia Press Yonkers Statesman Chicago Evening Post Puck Indianapolis Press and others.
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Philadelphia Press
the Statesman
Yonkers
Indianapolis Press
Clusicrats Democrat
Quiet October Truth Reveals Marital Strain at Bascom Farm
Mildred Bascomb, a 35 year old Charlestown woman, overhears her husband Mark confessing he deceives her for business reasons while maintaining a moral front. She realizes his honesty masks his actions and contemplates revealing the truth to him as emotions shift from anger to sorrow.
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Mildred Bascomb
Mrs. Bascomb
Mark
Bascomb Farm
Owen
Paul
Mildred
Dream Land
Gasper Davis
Bascombs
Gasper
Betrayed trust shadows Mildred as Mark faces choice
In a quiet autumn scene at Oak Hall, Mildred confronts Mark after a betrayal. She grapples with duty, love, and deceit while facing a life of silence and bearing pain for the sake of their family. The familiar details of home and a clock ticking at4 punctuate a moment of emotional crisis.
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Mark
Mildred
Paul
Blue Serge Ready to Wear and Made to Order Suits
A fashion notice advertises blue serge suits for morning, afternoon, and evening wear. Ready to wear options priced from eight to fifteen dollars and serge suits made to order start at fifteen dollars.
Chicago Graduates Female Pharmacists Spark Sardonic Comment
The Milford Journal notes a sarcastic remark about pay and skinning while a female pharmacist works behind the counter. Other items discuss Mr Clark's Senate seat claim as a contemptible trick, Roosevelt stepping aside and Long as McKinley’s running mate, and the Paris exposition’s midway popularity with no impact on New England cattle show attendance.
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Chicago
Milford Journal
Clark
Senate
Montana
Philadelphia Ledger
Roosevelt
Long
McKinley
Secretary of the Navy
Newport Herald
New England
Lynn
Daily Table Hints and Breakfast to Supper Menu
A dated kitchen note lists meals for breakfast dinner and supper including oatmeal with sugar and cream fried halibut fins baked potatoes and more. It provides a chili sauce recipe with tomatoes onions green peppers and spices and a Graham's muffins recipe with graham meal flour molasses soda milk. The notice mentions Qarrie Samuels at No 14 Hammond Street Roxbury.
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Graham
Qarrie Samuels
Hammond Street
Roxbury
Odd Bits of News Brief Fragment
Fragmentary text describes a dictionary entry and a stray line about communication and caring, with scattered letters and partial phrases. No clear event or names to confirm a full news item.
Know the Men's Entrance at Jordan Marsh Summer Street
The Men's Store on the Summer Street door opens to Furnishings Hats Clothing Shoes Underwear Hosiery with wide selection and value. Shirts at 1.50 made of English madras with new laundry finish. shoes praised as best for price. Oxfords in multiple styles. Street Floor Summer Street.
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Summer Street
Russia
Half Price Men’s Fancy Hose Offer
Spring stock on sale features cotton and risle thread patterns in stripes and prints with tan and black grounds. Mercerized silk pairs with fast colors sell at 19c each or six for $1.00. Duck and crash fabrics include white and rim colors sold at 39c.
Bargains in Boys and Girls Accessories and Clothing
A local ad row highlights trimmed sailor hats for children and misses at marked prices 3.00 to 5.00, boys and girls boots Oxfords and hose at low bundles, washable trousers and sailor suits, white shirts and drawers, and white duck trousers with sturdy pricing, all on second floor sales.
Girls Navy Sailor Suits and Dresses Offerings
A retailer features washable girls’ sailor suits in percale with fine collars in sizes 4 to 11 years and a range of colors at 1.49. Also listed are cotton dresses in sizes 4 to 14 years priced at 0.98 and wool reefers for ages 6 to 14 with braid trim and capes marked down to 2.98.
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Boston Post
Sunday Post
Fotal
Post
Boston & Albany Lease
Observant Citizen
Wellesley
Wadsworth Harris
Calais
Warren Street
P. O'M. Edson
Gettysburg
Samuel McKee
Boston Museum
Arkansas
Scollay Square
Park Street
Foxboro
Ryan
Huntress
City Forester Doogue
Beacon Street
Washington Street
Hoar
Erving Winslow
Robert Goelet
Ike Weir
Mr. Goelet
Weir
Bhew
Red Cross Commandery
Ancient and Illustrious Order Knights of Malta of
Cambridge
College City
St. John’s Day
Cambridge City
Methodist Church
Austin Street
Chicago Tribune
Richard Gorman Badger
Edith Tomlinson
Gorman
Badger
Gorman—Tomlinson
Badger—Tomlinson
Lasell Seminary
Auburndale
Henry D. Andrews
Paris
National Lancers
Young's Hotel
Frank ‘Neal
Captain Neal
the Lancers
George Proctor
Hitchcock
Hawlin
Stewart
Morgan
H. Ryder
Andrews
N. C. Macionald
Pleasant Street
Charlestown, Mass
OAK Hall Clothing CO
Corner Elm Street
Spectacles
the New
Oxford Dictionar
Jordan, Marsh & CO
Duck Hats
Milan
Oxfords
E Street
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