Tariff folly pits three cent coffee tax against Brazil
The piece condemns President McKinley’s plan to levy a three cent tariff on Brazilian coffee as retaliation. It argues the tax burdens U S consumers, not importers, raises about 18 million dollars yearly, and notes the broader cost to the breakfast table and national budget. It also criticizes expansion of American power post Spain.
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McKinley
Brazil
Republic of Brazil
United States
The
Post Team Dominates Newspaper League Standings
The undefeated Post team reaches its third victory, boosting its winning percentage to a perfect score and casting a gloom over rival offices. Despite the one sided lead, readers note the Post’s hard hitting pitching fielding and speed while hoping rivals rally in upcoming contests.
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Post
Trusts and the Higher Education at Brown University
The article praises Rev. Dr. George C. Lorimer for addressing trusts and monopolies in his Brown University sermon, arguing such talks reveal financial influence on higher education. It asserts the need for university funding without outside vetoes on ethics and free speech, cautioning against plutocratic interference.
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George C. Lorimer
Brown University
Lorimer
Brown
Tremont Temple
Boston Honors Admiral Sampson Fleet Visit and Victory Vessels
Admiral Sampson and his fleet leave Boston after a popular naval visit. The public enjoyed the ships and officers, learning about battleships firsthand and witnessing the ships that defeated Spain. Children toured the decks, creating patriotic memories for the city.
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Sampson
Boston
Admiral Sampson
Spain
McQuestion Warns Luzon Health Cripples Troop Plans
Dr. Charles A. McQuestion, Manila health officer, returns ill and asserts the army in Luzon faces climate sickness and heavy casualties. He backs a rapid buildup of 100,000 to 150,000 troops to seize and hold Luzon, warning Manila could fall under siege if action delays.
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Philippines
Charles A. McQuestion
Manila
Luzon
Washington
Alger
McQuestion
McKinley
Lawton
Otis
Nord
Observant Citizene notes and local society updates
Judge D IL V Moffett honors Odd Fellowship at Putnam Lodge while praised as a rising orator. Professor Frank Goodwin famed for real property law impresses Boston University students. Colonel Frank Stone and Rangeley Lakes party return home after sport. Lighting dept adopts aluminum lamp hangers improving efficiency. Augustin Daly’s will seen as union of church and stage. Yachting season begins with Harvard Yale race preparations. Ida Kock visits Cohasset summer home. William P Hickey joins Boston bath department. Arthur W Crane rescues horses in Ashmont fire.
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Odd Fellowship
D. IL. V. Moffett
Putnam Lodge
Moffett
Frank Goodwin
Pemberton Square
Aoodwin
The Diploma Of Domestic Arts Lauded In Verse
A playful Chicago Record verse praises a graduating girl for mastering domestic arts. It mocks a solemn Latin document that supposedly declares she can bake brisket, cookies and pies and keep a tidy home. The spoof honors her as cultured and wise in household skills.
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Chicago
Humorous Exchanges Highlight Snappy Era Dialog
Bits from papers in Paris and the United States showcase wry humor. Jests about birth rates, arbitration, and social mores appear alongside quips from readers and stylized cartoons.
Honors conferred at Oxford on notable figures
General Lord Kitchensr Cecil Rhodes and the Earl of Elgin received honorary Doctor of Civil Law degrees at Oxford. Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn denied discussion of Major-General Miles commanding troops in the Philippines. Deputy Comptroller Murray plans to resign to become trust officer for the Trust Company of America. Chauncey M. Depew rushed to Brussels as his son fell ill. George Edmunds Morrie 20 De inaugurated as Colgate University president.
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Oxford
England
Lord Kitchensr
Cecil Rhodes
Earl of Elgin
India
Meiklejohn
Miles
Philippines
Manila
Currency
Lawrencss
Murray
Trust Company of America
New York
Treasury Department
Cleveland
George Edmunds “Morrie 20 de
Colgate University
A Daily Charade from Boston Charades
A playful charade puzzle in verse. My First clues a cozy hearth utterance, My Second hints at a question from a Parisian lover, and My Whole signals a quest for ardent desire, possibly not admirable. Yesterday’s answer was SPAR ROW. today’s prompts await solvers.
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Boston
Lee & Shepard
Paris
Gratitude for Northen Speech on The Negro at the South
J William Jones of Richmond VA writes to the Post praising Governor Northen of Georgia and the newspaper for printing his full Boston speech. He asserts Southern leaders oppose lynching and favor suppressing mob violence, noting educational religious and political circles oppose mob actions nationwide.
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Northen
Georgia
Boston
South
J. William Jones
The
United Confederate Veterans
Richmond
Northen speech on The Negro at the South praised by Georgia reader
A Georgian, F M Longley of Warm Springs, writes June 19 praising the Post for publishing Governor Northen’s speech in full. He says garbled Boston-published extracts were unfair and that clearer exposure will help Southerners know each other better.
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The
Post
Governor Northen
Boston
Northen
F. M. Longley
Warm Springs
Original Hort Tories The Pos The Post
Mildred Whitney travels from Princeton to Boston where illness leads to a hospital stay and a romance with Harvard student Aubrey Marshall. After a two month separation they reconnect at dinner with Uncle Fred and marry the following June, returning home to Princeton.
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St. Margaret’s
City
Mildred
Ruth
Harvard
Miss Whitney
Fred
Mr. Marshall
Aubrey Marshall
Uncle Fred
Millie
Hallo
Uncle Red
Princeton
Radcliffe Class Day Dances in Novel Gym Setting
Radcliffe seniors celebrate class day with a lantern lit campus and outdoors refreshments. The new Hemenway Gym hosts the main attraction with waxed floor, band music, and green and red lights. Harvard friends and mothers tour the college buildings while Fay House hosts the class day reception with Agassiz and Irwin among the host ladies.
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Radcliffe
Sanders Theatre
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Radcliffe Hemenway
Fay House
Agassiz
Miss Inwin
Coes
Horsford
Henry
Prominent Men at Tufts Commencement Attend Ceremony
Tufts College Medford graduation drew notable guests led by Boston Mayor Quincy and ex Governor Seldon Connor of Maine. Speakers included Grace Coutley Frank Knowlton Shelby Vincent Arthur Whitney and Charles Petty. Honorary degrees were awarded to Elbert Hubbard Minton Warren and others. Graduation ended with a gymnasium address and a alumni reception at President Capen's home.
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Tufts College
Medford
Quincy
Boston
Seldon Connor
Maine
Hosea M. Knowlton
New Bedford
French
Saratoga
Minton Warren
Harvard
A. B. Hervey
Bath
Stephen Minot Pitman
Elmer H. Capen
Grace Evelyn Coutley
Everett
Frank Warren Knowlton
Johann Gottleib Fichte
Shelby Davis Vincent
Andrew Jackson
Arthur Bryant Whitney
Milford
Charles Ellsworth Petty
Akron
President Capen
A. M
Elbert Hubbard
John Ridlon
William C. Johnson
Arthur W. Pierce
Harrison
Whitman
D. D
Frederick W. Hamilton
Sullivan L. McCollester
Charles James White
William R. Shipman
Austen B. Fletcher
Knowlton
President-Elect Faunce Sworn In At Brown University
President-elect Faunce was sworn into office after Brown University’s 131st commencement in Providence. Orations were delivered by five graduates, with Chancellors and officers present. The oath was administered by Dr. Hovey amid cheers, followed by the alumni dinner in Sayles Hall.
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Faunce
Brown University
First Baptist Meeting House
Reeves
Main Street
William Goddard
B. F. Clark
Providence Plantations
Clark
George Dudley Church
Antonio Mangano
Hempstead
S. I
Joseph Warren Pigelow
New York
Andrew Jackson McConnico
Vaiden
Miss
John Arthur Clough
Worcester
Eeming
Alvah Hovey
Newton Centre
Mass
Thomas D. Anderson
Corporation
Goddard
Physicians and Surgeons Class of 1899 Commencement
The class of 1899 of the College of Physicians and Surgeons held their annual commencement at Rose Hall Worcester Street yesterday afternoon. Dr A P Clark presided and the graduates include G A Bailey J I Benton Co FB Berry Genevieve Clarke H H Dickey Elizabeth Dort Lenius H Harper J B Leonard C C Rowley E P Teague and A H Thomasson. The programme featured prayer by Rev Charles L Page and songs by Miss Inez Clarke with the class presentation by A P Clarke.
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College of Physicians and Surgeons
Rose Hall
Worcester Street
A. P. Clark
G.&. Bailey
J. I. Benton
FB. Berry
Genevieve Clarke
Dickey
Elizabeth Dort
Lenius H. Harper
J. B. Leonard
C. C. Rowley
E. P. Teague
A. H. Thomasson
Charles L. Page
Inez Clarke
A. P. Clarke
A. M
M. D
Ninety Six Girls Receive Diplomas at Conservatory
Ninety six graduates were honored at the New England Conservatory commencement in Tremont Temple. The program featured soloists and ensembles, with diplomas awarded by director George W. Chadwick. Honors went to Lena J. Bartlett, Wilhelm Traupe, Delbert Matson, Mary E. Williams, Jennie M. Weller, Albert H. Martin, Henry E. Morealous, George S. Dunham, and Agnes G. Eyre.
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New England Conservatory
Tremont Temple
Conservatory
Jennie May Weller
Wilhelm August Carl Traupe
Philip S. Moxom
Mendelssohn
George Sawyer Dunham
Mary Ella Williams
Haendel
Affani del Pensier
Schumann
Chadwick
Meyerbeer
Mary Carson Kidd
Liszt
Delbert Lorenzo Webster
George W. Chadwick
Charles P. Gardiner
Board of Trustees
Lena J. Bartlett
Wilhelm Traupe
Delbert Matson
Mary E. Williams
Jennie M. Weller
Albert H. Martin
Henry E. Morealous
George S. Dunham
Agnes G. Eyre
Commencement Exercises at Massachusetts Agricultural College
Amherst June 21 General Francis A. Appleton presented the diplomas at the twenty ninth commencement of the Massachusetts Agricultural College. Graduates include W H Armstrong Cambridge A Beaman Leverett W E Chapin Chicopee Herbert W Dana South Amherst W E Hinds Townsend W A Hooker Amherst G C Hubbard Sunderland H B E Maynard Amherst M H Pingree Denmark Me B H Smith E Smith Middlefield F H Turner Nousatonie C M Walker Amherst.
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Amherst
Francis A. Appleton
Degree of B. D. Conferred at Episcopal Theological School
The Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge held morning commencement at St John s Memorial Chapel. Bishop Lawrence and Dean Hodges led the service and Rev E Winchester Donald preached the sermon. Bishop Lawrence awarded the B D to Frank Hoffnagel Bigelow Bristol Vermont William Phillip Downes Cambridge Clifford Fyffe Gregg Chattanooga Tennessee Richard Tuttle Loring Boston and Malcolm Taylor Brooklyn New York. Luncheon followed in the refectory and on the lawn.
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Cambridge
St. John’s Memorial Chapel
Lawrence
Dean Hodges
E. Winchester Donald
D. D
Lawrette
Frank Hoffnagel Bigelow
Bristol
William Phillip Downes
Clifford Fyffe Gregg
Chattanooga
Tenn
Richard Tuttle Loring
Boston
Malcolm Taylor
Brooklyn
N. Y
Graduation Exercises Mark 85th State Normal Class
The eighty fifth class at the State Normal School in Salem held graduation today with diplomas presented by George S. Aldrich and addressed by Miss Sarah L. Arnold. Professor Beckwith led the graduates in the event and Miss Josephine H. Carr of Amesbury led the class march. Nearly sixty graduates participated in the ceremony followed by a reunion in Normal Hall.
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State Normal School
Normal Hall
George S. Aldrich
A. M
Board of Visitors
Beckwith
Robert M.martin
Josephine H. Carr
Amesbury
Sarah L. Arnold
Jane
Stage Talk Reveals Daly Estate Wealth and Theatre Moves
Augustin Daly's estate is expected to net over 200000 dollars not counting play rights. James K Hackett and Mary Mannering sail for England with plans to visit Narragansett Pier and Adirondack camps. Hackett's wife will continue as Lyceum leading lady next season. Willie Collier to star in Mr Smooth at Herald Square in August. Grace Rials joins James K Hackett's company next year for Rupert and The Pride of Jennico. Texas touring attrition due to rail rates prompts tariff pressure on New York managers. Tremont Theatre undergoes internal renovations. July 4 free shows planned in Boston by John Graham. Various theatre figures pass through town and board the Columbia stock company. Local resorts note Alabama Troubadours at Norumbega Park.
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Augustin Daly
James K. Hackett
Mary Mannering
England
Narragansett Pier
Adirondacks
Hackett
Lyceum Company
Willie Collier
Mr. Smooth
Herald Square
New New York
Grace Rials
Kelcey-Shannon
James KK. Hackett
the Garrick
Rupert
Ater
Jennico
Texas
Board of Trade
Boston
New York
Tremont Theatre
John Graham
Tom'’ Henry
Columbia Theatre
T. H. Davis
Hustler
Louis Aldrich
Actors’ Fund
J. H. Gilmour
Columbia Stock Company
Washington, D. C
Madeine Lucette Riley
London
Nat Godwin
Castle Square Theatre
Caron
Herbert
Keith
Ching Ling Foo
Jeffries- Fitzsimmons
Palace Theatre
Lafricain
Naval Brigade
Bass Point
Donnybrook
Austin & Stone
Tremont Row
Sambo
Simian
London Zoo
Museum
Music Hall
Strube
North
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