Miles as Democratic nominee option cited by Boutwell
The Hon. George S. Boutwell urges General Nelson A. Miles as a plausible Democratic presidential candidate. He notes Miles’s frontier fighting record and Civil War leadership. Massachusetts delegates to St. Louis are pledged to Olney but Boutwell argues Miles could carry New York and western states, appealing to veterans and reformers alike.
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Georges. Boutwell
Nelson A. Miles
Boutwell
Massachusetts
St. Louis
Olney
Miles
Roosevelt
Grand Army of the Republic
Spain
Wireless Weather Reports Modernize Seacoast Stations
The weather bureau will install wireless telegraph equipment at seacoast signal stations to greatly improve meteorology. It will replace guesswork with certainty by gathering ocean data previously unavailable, extending reports from land to the Atlantic and enhancing storm tracking and prediction.
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Seacoast
Weather Bureau
Sunday Post
Atlantic Ocean
An Object Lesson on Liberty or Aristocracy
The piece notes Filipino commissioners will hear the Declaration of Independence in the United States during their visit and view July 4 as an object lesson. It contrasts celebrations in Porto Rico with subjugated peoples denied citizenship, asking whether the lesson is true liberty or aristocracy.
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United States
Boston
Porto Rico
U Sn
First Gun of the Republican Campaign Proclaimed
Elijah III. the Restorer at Carnegie Hall declares Theodore Roosevelt the choice of heavenly powers as the first gun of the Republican campaign. Dowie proclaims a good man in office should be kept as long as he can serve.
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Chicago
John Alexander Dowie
Elijah III
Christian Catholic Church In
Zion
Theodore Roosevelt
Heavenly Powers
Elijah Ill
Carnegie Hall
Elijah III Endorses Roosevelt For Theocracy Rule
The speaker asserts a theocratic view, praising Roosevelt and Elijah III as closest to ruling for God. He claims no party affiliation and declares commitment to using power for divine governance, calling Dowie’s epitome of the Republican platform.
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America
Roosevelt
White House
Elijah III
Dowie
Lodge
Elijah
Fourth of July Noise Limit Debate Sparks Compromise
Alder man Bresnahan proposed an early morning celebration to unleash patriotic fervor at dawn. The board kept the 4am limit to preserve sleepers, amid a push by conservatives to curb noise and substitute patriotic songs. A compromise suggests starting at 4am and labeling dissenters as Tories.
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Bresnahan
Wright Lorimer's The Shepherd King at Majestic Theatre
Observant Citizen notes Wright Lorimer's biblical play The Shepherd King as an early Majestic Theatre attraction despite mixed critical talk. Also mentions political trip of Mayor Collins and W T A Fitzgerald to Saratoga then St Louis, and local summer events in Harwich, Malden post office praised, Jamaica Plain Fourth of July plans, and a humorous anecdote from City Hall while Boston theatre folk Laura Burt and Harry B. Stanford tour England.
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Wright Lorimer
Shepherd King
Majestic Theatre
New York
Collins
W. T. A. Fitzgerald
Saratoga
St. Louis
Boston
Laura Burt
Harry B. Stanford
England
Henry Irving
William
Early arrivals at Winthrop meet Worcester figure Murphy
William J. Murphy known in Worcester musical circles was among early arrivals at Winthrop. I met him along the Crest and learned he stays with a Worcester contingent at Walter L. Caulfield’s cottage.
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Winthrop
William J. Murphy
Worcester
Mr. Murphy
Walter L. Caulfield
Burrage Denies Liability In Wardner Gas Suit
In Boston the report of Burrage dodging sheriffs is false. For two months Burrage has lived at 314 Commonwealth Avenue and worked at his Ames Building office. He maintains no liability and fights the Wardner suit, with Rogers testimony in New York cited as alleged evidence.
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The
Sunday Post
A. C. Burrage
Torrey EF. Wardner
Burrage
Boston
Commonwealth Avenue
Ames
Wardner
Wardnner
Henry H. Rogers
Standard Oil
New York
Rogers
All Sorts by Newton Newkirk
Me Maggie has a turn up nose and freckles on her red hair. The speaker brags of Mag as the best girl, claims they will wed someday, and playfully mocks rivals while asserting Mag is superior in charm and looks.
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Maggie
Animal Party Prize Winners in Sunday Post
The Sunday Post reports growing interest in its Animal Parties with masks of Wolf Pig and Bulldog to feature next. Prizes total ten dollars for first, five for second, and five two dollar prizes with honors for others. Winners include Lawrence Peak Roxbury and Percy Bartlett Brookline among others from Roxbury Charlestown Brockton Auburndale and more. Readers’ letters describe homemade animal mask events across Massachusetts with bears tigers goats and wolves in backyards and fields.
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Post
Sunday Post
New England
The
Lawrence Peak
Blue Hill Avenue
Roxbury
Percy Bartlett
Searle Avenue
Brookline
Ruth Daly
Auburn Street
Thomas Donoghue
Homestead Place
Charlestown
Frances Hayes
Grove Street
Brockton
Grace E. Roeder
Newall
Road
Auburndale
Rose Blumenthal
Elmore Street
Manuel Margot
Broadway
Chelsea
Eva McLatchy
Mountain Street
North Woburn
W. S. Spofford
Winthrop
Cedric Haskell
Cutler Street
Winthrop Beach
Charles Potter
Randolph
Marjorie Campbell
Green Street
Animal Mask
Great
Johnnie McCarthy
George Gillis
Joe
John
Edgar
Charles Colwell
East Canton Street
Gladys Gray
Linwood Gray
Edna Ruhle
Edldie Packard
Kenneth Packard
Miss Bear
Mr. Goat
Mr. Tiger
Miss Tiger
Nettie Gray
North Pearl St
Mass
Melvin Getchel
Arthur Hall
Olive Harris
May Harris
Ruth Kenney
Howard Albee
Ruth Benjamin
Fred Harris
Grantly Hall
Elmer Getchel
Mortimer Gill
Richard Healey
Medford Fells
Observatory
Fells
Fred J. Harris
Monument Street
West Medford
Sam Little
Bill
Jack Spencer
Will Smith
Joan Rich
Henry Dodge
Helen Geary
Mary Smith
Courtney Sisters
Boston Sunday Post
John M’carthy
Hardy Street
Salem
Isabel Brockton
Joseph Jones
Clara Casie
Cathaleene
James Cole
Sadie Pickering
Mary Hale
Long Live
Hilma Hobbs
Cheever Street
Danvers
Brainy Bowers Bloodhounds on the Trail
A terse thief taunts a dog, planning to capture two fish poles and a dog named Jem. He offers a deal to trade the dog for money, claiming the dogs are needed and the scheme will satisfy the cunning pair.
A Quiet Way of Observing The Fourth
In the Glass Department and Dinner Set room on the third floor the store offers china in sizes 1 to 8 gal, with designs from German, English, French, and Canton sources. Prices range from one dollar to eighty five dollars, including tableware, crystal, and dining sets from Minton to Wedgwood and Copeland. Inspection invited.
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Fayence
Canton
Minton
Doulton
Copeland
Wedgwood
England
France
Germany
Quarrels Over Church Supper Stir Up Jones Firm Tale
The scene centers on Jones Jones and Stratton as they discuss postponing a church supper due to committee quarrels and short notice. A boy named Bobby interrupts with a ball request while family dynamics surface, including a playful inquiry about Tom and Kate and a shy approach to making amends.
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Bobby
Synopsis of Previous Chapters Referenced Today
The note explains that today’s synopsis mirrors yesterday’s Past section and remains unchanged. No new developments are presented. The reader is directed to the prior synopsis for continuity.
Kiss on Newport Beach Ends With Lingering Admiration
Helen Travers and Duke Ardleigh walk along Newport Beach where he draws her close and kisses her nose amid humorous remarks about his glass eye. He imagines her status and possible future as Duchess while she remains coy and amused, their mood veiled in romantic reverie.
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Helen Travers
Duke Ardleigh
Newport
Helen
Sir Richard
Bradstreet
WRESTLE WITH AGE PROBLEM
Readers respond with solutions to a classic age puzzle about a marriage. One entrant says the groom was 45 and the bride 15 at wedlock, another proposes ages of 60 and 30 now with 15 and 14 at the time of marriage.
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Milford
Edward H. Tate
F. Cc. Y
Miss Champagne to Answer Love Letters in Daily Post
For five years she has guided readers on Love and Sentiment in the Sunday Post. Miss Champagne will now answer all letters on those topics in the Daily Post in order of receipt, letters to be written clearly in ink on one side of the paper.
The Duchess and the Duke in a Merchant of Hearts Tale
The scene portrays Helen Travers eyeing Sir Richard with disdain for his glass eye and cork leg while seeking his wealth and title. He admires her beauty and aims for a marriage into wealth, while Helen plots to become Duchess. The dialogue shifts to a critique of Mr Carnegie’s hero fund, arguing heroism cannot be bought and suggesting the fund commercializes virtue.
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Helen
Helen Travers
Richard
Tom Returns to Hopedale for Quiet Talk with Father
In Hopedale Massachusetts Bobby eyes a visitor, Tom, arriving after a prior row with Kate. Bobby plots mischief as Tom asks to see the father, while Bobby’s sister Kate becomes involved and the scene shifts to the parlor amid shifting interest and awkward pauses.
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Bobby
Tom
Kate
Miss Brown
Brown
Dear Miss Champagne on Love Advice from BLUE EYES
A young woman asks if declining a theatre outing was right and how to win a man's affection. The columnist suggests misreading motives, urges openness, and advises not to refuse the next invitation to avoid misinterpretation.
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Miss Champagne
End of Romance Advice on Lovers Becoming Friends
A fragmentary excerpt counsels a man to erase the past romance with a woman and pursue a renewed friendship only. It notes her bad disposition and her people’s refusal to support the courtship, concluding that it is best to forget they were ever lovers.
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Ress
Dear Miss Champagne Love Advice Column Fragment
A reader asks if he should pursue a rekindled romance with a fiancée who quarrels and then asks to be friends. The adviser notes continued love, bad disposition, and parental opposition, warning that love is unlikely to be smooth and urging caution.
A LONESOME WIFE SEEKS ADVICE ON LOVE OFF HOME
A reader asks how to value a husband who writes lovingly but stays away for work. The columnist notes absence can heighten longing and urges the wife to mirror his affectionate tone, acknowledge his sacrifices, and appreciate his virtues. A good spouse is a priceless gift to both.
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Miss Champagne
Vere
Exlain
Andrew Carnegie and the myth of heroic philanthropy
The piece argues Carnegie lacks the right to preach self sacrifice as a national ideal and questions his motives in wealthier life. It portrays him as a postmaster of commercialism weighing heroism for profit while fearing dying rich, suggesting sympathy for his decline but condemning his fund-raising rofund proposal as a pretext.
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Garnegie
Andrew
Heroam
Coltire
Vice President Nominee Discusses Whiskey Discreetly
In a frank interview Senator Fairbanks, known for temperance views, says he never drinks and questions the taste of whiskey. He recalls a single past drink, noting it was not an endorsement and cites temperance constituents in his district.
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Senator Fairbanks
Washington
Indianapolis
Fairbanks
Chicago
End Seat Hogs to Elect New Members at Kickers Hall
Lodge 13 End Seat Hogs meet Wednesday in Kickers Hall to elect new members and confer the third degree. Previous session saw 260 attain the second degree. Thomas Bruste serves as President and Fanny Crosspatch as Secretary.
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Sir
Kickers’ Hall
Thomas Bruste
Fanny Crosspatch
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Harwich
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Inspector White
Malden
Jamaica Plain Carnival Association
West Roxbury
William Dallou
City Hall
Mr. Mapa
Supreme Court
Manila
Newton Newkirk
Romance OF the Curb
Miss Mehitabel Mugg
Animal Party Prize
Canton Street Animal Party
Lively Times
Jem
de Opry House
Franklin, Cor. Federal Sts
Rascal
Papa
Mildred Champagne
Andy’s
Mr. A. Carnegie
Andy
Mr. Carnegie
Carnegie
the Post
Martha A. Henry
Hopedale, Mass
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