Subway referendum plan shapes a simple ballot choice
The editorial argues no veto override is possible and endorses a referendum on the subway bill. It discusses Gardner Sullivan Shaw Currier Chamberlain plans, favoring a single ballot point to choose between two systems, noting initial delays due to new operations and public curiosity as first day friction fades.
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Senate
Thien
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Sullivan
Shaw
Currier
Chamberlain
Generous Committee Criticizes Governor Over Subway Bill
Representative Arthur P. Russell, clerk of the metropolitan affairs committee, says Governor Crane acted shabbily on the subway bill. He argues the committee bore the veto burden to spare the chief executive, and now feels slighted as the Governor signals he will use veto power himself. The row centers on accountability and party harmony in a representative system.
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Committee For Metropolitan Affairs
Crane
Russell
Parry
Spon
Esset
Rone
Colorado
Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Board of Police
Great log roll by city aldermen on massive loan bill
The Board of Aldermen spent seven hours shaping a loan package totaling 4 494 800 with about a quarter million added. The piece draws rebuke for wasteful extravagances and embedded scandals, prompting hopes the Common Council will block it as in past clashes with debt limits.
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Board of Aldermen
Boston
Common Council
Prolonged Subway Referendum Debate and City Affairs
Boston officials clash over Governor Crane's stance on a subway referendum while defending informal interbranch contact as routine. The piece contrasts Crane with Wolcott and argues the issue is a political stunt by Elevated Railway supporters seeking to block Home Rule and the referendum.
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Crane
Jubilee of YMCA Opens in Boston at Mechanics Hall
The jubilee convention of the Young Men's Christian Association begins at 11 o'clock in Mechanics Hall for a week of events. Delegates from around the world gather to celebrate the organization’s fifty year history and its influence on good citizenship, morals, education, and social progress as Boston welcomes all participants.
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England
Canada
United States
Globe
Russia
South Africa
Christian N
Boston
Opening of new Eleva road marks public travel start
A fragment notes the opening of Eleva road yesterday enabling public travel. Details are incomplete with unclear wording and missing names or places.
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Boston
Eleva Road
Safety and charm mix at city events and transit trials
An article discusses subway power safety with a switch controlled by the motorman and notes delays from extra precautions. It then reports on a flower show, observing American family scenes including a mother and four sons, a girl longing for azaleas, and a palm-filled display, as public defenders are noted.
Three Drawers Decline and a Rose-Pink Yes
In a dramatic scene Gertrude Angelina Ponsonby offers Augustus a choice among three drawers each holding a rose-pink sheet marked Yes. He finds Yes in the first, but she reveals all three conceal Yes as the answer, explains the chance theme, and ends the scene with a coy exchange.
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Gertrude Angelina Ponsonby
Augustus
Gertrude Angelina
The Village Wife and the Clerk's Sudden Rescue
Mary Partridge, bored by her plain husband Jim Partridge, contemplates leaving but is saved when a train danger brings her to his side. After Jim carries injuries, she faces her own longing for freedom and vows to value the loyalty of marriage.
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Mary Partridge
Mary
Jim Partridge
Arthur Blake
Partridge
Wireless telegraph and comic exchanges in gossip fragments
A collage of humorous quotes and dialogue from various papers. A nation of witty lines ranges from wireless telegraph jokes to domestic quips about children and pets, with snippets about philosophy and a lost dog. The tone imitates late 19th or early 20th century humor pages.
Golden Wedding and Ordination Anniversary Observed
Rev. L. B. Bates and his wife celebrate their golden wedding and the fifty-third ordination anniversary in East Boston. A reception with city state and religious leaders, including Lieutenant Governor Bates, will occur at the East Boston Bethel Church at 2 o clock tomorrow.
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Boston
L. B. Bates
Girl protests long hours amid wage law notice
A reader from Boston dated June 10 complains that a baker’s shop keeps 13 hour daily shifts and 16 hours on Saturdays despite a law restricting weekly work to 68 hours. The writer asks the editor to address enforcement and warnings to the employer.
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BirsIn
Rkte Law Khag
East Boston Ferry Delays From Repairs And Dredging
East Boston residents face long delays as the South ferry route runs single slip due to repairs and dredging. The sidewheeler Revere is out of service and derelict at the city yard while General O M Poe works outside the slip. D D Kelly and General Hancock operate the reduced service during construction.
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East Boston
Revere
East
Boston
O. M. Poe
D. D. Kelly
General Hancock
Kaiser Reportedly Converts to Christian Science
Berlin June 9 Emperor William and his consort are said to have joined Christian Science. Court chaplains face reprimand from the sergeant for attempting to curb the spread of the cult among the court. The Empress is described as devout and evangelical, contributing to religious revivals across Asia.
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Berlin
William
Lutheran Synod
Frederick William IV
Sid William
Asia
Governor Cranes Gall for the Referendum
Opinion dissects Governor Cranes call for a referendum on the subway bill. It defends local self government and argues the public should decide lease terms and city fiscal exposure, citing Brookline as example and stressing citizen control over private interests.
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East Boston
Portica
Brookline
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Calcondithe
Ontario wheat, cables, and curious bits of news
Ontario produced 30,186,000 bushels of wheat last year. A cable linking Ascension and Sierra Leone is completed. Miscellany covers Syria silk exports, a Haydn drum in Hamburg, Ontario farming lands, Orange specials to Chicago, California fruit shipments via northern routes, ship Celtic loading limits, and Mme Spider’s thread fibers.
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Ascension
Sierra Leone
Minnesota Inc
Syria
Haydn
Hamburg
Quebec
Thunder Bay
Lake Superior
Chicago
Great Northern Railway
California
Celtic
New York Harbor
Mme
Spider
Daily Table Hints and Breakfast Dinner Menu
A newspaper item outlines a daily table with meals and recipes including breakfast items such as shredded whole wheat, halibut timbales, and graham muffins. Dinner lists chicken soup, roast veal with sides, and potato coconut pie, followed by supper with ham mousse and desserts. It includes recipe notes and a signature M. Y. X. Mackat.
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