Tippling Women and the North End Morals Debate
The North End Improvement Association urges restraint on liquor sales to women in public places, urging discretion to avoid pandering to nonstandard customs and urging decorum. The Board of Police would enforce any limits, amid broader questions about propriety and access for socalled well to do patrons, while asserting law and politics intersect.
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North End Improvement Association
Emmons
Board of Police
North End
Boston
King Killing at Belgrade Described as Medieval Opera Bouffe
The Belgrade massacre of King Alexander of Servia his wife and several court members is dismissed as medieval yet provokes little moral shock. The piece notes autocratic folly and destructiveness of the Obrenovitch regime and laments the absurdity of dynastic struggles in a modern age.
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Alexander of
Servia
Belgrade
Bessarabia
Milan
Daudet
Publication of Bristow Report on postal scandal urged
The piece argues President Roosevelt should publish the Bristow report now held by Postmaster General Payne. It contends secrecy fuels public suspicion and that Bristow’s findings contradict Payne’s defense of Tulloch and challenge inspector conclusions. The editors urge timely disclosure to avoid obscuring officials’ mismanagement.
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Bristow
Perry S. Heath
Roosevelt
Payne
Tulloch
Post Office
Heath
The Flurry in Parliament Over Irish Land Bill
In Parliament the Irish land bill advances, passing a second reading with solid support. Chamberlain’s proposals threaten the unity of the government and may delay enactment if a cabinet crisis or general election arises. Balfour’s Wednesday speech could sustain the government, but uncertainty remains amid high stakes for the land reform.
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Joseph Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Balfour
Stealthy Steve Faces Half-fed Bedammit in Odd Tale
In a humorous All Sorts column, Stealthy Steve seeks to meet Half-fed Bedammit after a hotel tale of a ruler with 97 wives and brutal proscriptions. The hotel man warns the sleuth to beware, as the story hints at wild court intrigue and a camel ride exit. The piece includes reader questions and humorous answers about beds, stripes, and tiger encounters.
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Steve
Gin Fitz
Persia
Bedammit
Halfred Bedammit
H. P
Wood Nile
Carl Stainer Crikson
New Dorchester
Sam Hill
I. Gotyer
West Newton
Mass
N. I
Judge Emmons
Boston
Teetotaler
Miss Alice Roosevelt To Visit Massachusetts Stay Here
Miss Alice Roosevelt daughter of the President will stop in the Hub during her forthcoming visit to Massachusetts. The visit underscores official social duties and local hospitality as she travels through Boston and surrounding communities.
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Alice Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Unitarian Church
Lee Estate
Chestnut Hill
Slavery under the Flag in Philippine governance
Five years after U S authority over the Philippines and a treaty recognizing slavery, Judge Taft’s Moro province plan extends Philippine court jurisdiction to Mohammedan areas, codifies tribal laws, creates Moro courts, and authorizes abolition of slavery by local councils, raising questions about constitutional reach and who will end slavery.
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United States
Philippines
Taft
Very Unpatriotic Move Defeats July Celebration Funds
Cambridge officials clash over a $1000 4th of July budget. Alderman Barrett’s order for funds is referred to finance, then defeated by a non-partisan Common Council majority despite business leaders favoring the move. Critics call it unpatriotic and childish. one councilman suggests $75 for bells and flags.
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Cambridge
Common Council
Board of Aldermen
Barrett
Rhodes
Downey
Post
Have Meyer Denies Sugar Trust Links. Labor Leaders Challenged
John C Havemeyer, founder of a sugar business now in the sugar trust, says he is not a millionaire, owner of stock, or a labor foe. He vows to hire a hall and answer 16 questions about the trust, while labor leader Windell persists in pressing the challenge amid tensions at Yonkers. The piece also follows a theater episode in Brookville where a stage prank during Julius Caesar unleashes a chaotic, humorous incident.
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New York
John C. Havemeyer
Sugar Trust
Yonkers
Mr. Havemeyer
The
Federation of Labor
John B. Searles
Jesus Christ
John T. Windell
Mr. Heavemeyer
Havemeyer
Julius Cesar
Sanders
Cesar
Richard Barclay
Thomas Barclay
California
Smith & Bacon
Pete Sanders
Imperial Dramatic Company
Brookville
Frank
Pompey
Casca
Senators
Capitol
Antony
Brutus
Cesar Rot
Rome
Golden Star Convention in Allston Hall reports gains and no debts
United Order of the Golden Star met at Allston Hall Allston with 48 commanderies and over 300 members. Charles Steere was re elected grand commander as reports show a net gain of 529 members and 80 deaths with $33,250 in insured claims paid promptly. Grand treasurer reports all death claims paid in full and no debt owed.
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United Order of the Golden Star
Allston Hall
Allston
Charles Steere
Hingham
Boston youths press for Common paper sales rights
Newsboys sought permits to sell papers on Boston Common and Mayor Collins granted 23. The item reflects ongoing 1776 spirit and local civic life amid other notes on golf popularity, a Vineyard Haven summer residence fire, marriages, political candidacy talk, and a Forest Hills transit update.
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Boston
General Gage
Boston Common
Collins
Total Abstinence Reunion Planned by Suffolk Delegates
Suffolk county delegates of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union met at St. Joseph Society rooms last night to plan an early fall reunion and to appeal to other societies nationwide for support. The meeting was chaired by L. E. Murphy, with E. A. Frazier as secretary. Edwin Mulready and Maurice Dineen addressed the group as president and vice-president respectively.
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Suffolk
Catholic Total Abstinence Union
St. Joseph Society
Suffolk County
L. E. Murphy
E. A. Frazier
Edwin Mulready
Maurice Dineen
A New Disease Among Rich Men Aid to Wealth
An editorial sketches a fictitious disease called benevolence affecting Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and Russell Sage. It jokes that Carnegie fears dying rich while Rockefeller clings to wealth, noting no epidemic risk and suggesting only isolated cases among other millionaires.
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Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
John
Mr. Carnegie
Russell Sage
Public appeal for midweek half holiday for clerks
A reader from Dudley Street appeals to the public to back grocery and provisions clerks in securing a half holiday on Wednesday afternoons. He notes many stores stay open, urges customers to avoid those open shops at 1 pm, and believes sustained pressure will force compliance.
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Union Carpenter
Dudley Street
Oil lamps illuminate Quincy square after city acts
On June 11 in Quincy the mayor ordered four large park lamps to be installed in Quincy square after a 19 night dispute with the Quincy Light and Power Company. The oil fed lamps, kept at low monthly cost, brighten the business district as the city plans more lighting spending. Residents enjoy the carnival glow and children resume shadow tag, while elm trees sway in the gentle evening.
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Quincy
Quincy Light and Power Company
Bryant
Public Works
Knowlton
Quincy Square
Electric
Luna
Steamer Priscilla Narrowly Avoids Collision in Fog
The Fall River line steamer Priscilla bound for Newport, Rhode Island, skirted Bren ton's Reef lightship in dense fog. Both ships blew whistles but sound carried poorly. The lookout spotted the lightship masthead less than a quarter mile away and the Priscilla swerved just in time to prevent a crash.
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Newport
R. I
Priscilla
Fall River
Brenton
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