Cornell Seeks Wider Ivy Rowing Race Prospects
An analysis argues Cornell’s recent victory warrants future inclusion in intercollegiate rowing plans. It suggests Harvard and Yale should invite Cornell and possibly Columbia Pennsylvania and Wisconsin to broaden competition, challenging the view that only Harvard and Yale belong among first class rowing universities.
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Congress
Cornell
Harvard
Yale
Columbia
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Poughkeepsie
Trusts Back McKinley Tariff As People Brace
The piece denounces the McKinley tariff as favoring trusts and campaign contributors from 1888 and 186 era aligned with the Republican party. It argues the new bill continues a protrust agenda with increases in rates and calls for overthrow of the tariff foundation when opportunity arises in about a year.
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Republi
Prosperity Ahead Not a Boom Says Post
The Post argues for a steady revival of honest prosperity rather than a stock market boom. It foresees rising demand for staples, more factories, and revived transportation, predicting steady, durable growth that will stay.
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the Post
Banquo's Ghost in Insurance Critique of Massachusetts Benefit Life
A legislative commission is condemned for weak inquiry into the Massachusetts Benefit Life Association. It allegedly whitewashes past fraud by the ironclad ring and neglects victims, with critics arguing the inquiry fails to confront proven abuse and may shield current policy holders. The piece likens the issue to Banquo's ghost, insisting truth must prevail for Massachusetts to settle the matter properly.
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Commission
Massachusetts Benefit Life Association
Legislatias
Massachusetts
Litchflela
Evening Traveler
Litchfield
Banquo
Mark Twain Declines Public Subscriptions for Debt
The article notes Mark Twain asked the public to subscribe to a fund to pay his indebtedness, then he declines after consulting his family. It argues such appeals often degrade charitable respect and praises Twain for choosing to shoulder the burden himself, earning sympathy for his situation.
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Mark Twain
Seven Years Ago Blaine Warning Echoes in McKinley Bill Debate
The piece reflects on Blaine’s 1891 warning that removing hides from the free list would hasten a Republican retirement. It argues the current compromise preserves hides and risks public confidence, noting Massachusetts leaders plan a decorous test while urging voters to stay true to their beliefs.
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James G. Blaine
United States
McKinley
Blaine
Massanesetts
Boston Notes on Society and Local Happenings
The Observant Citizen reflects on a Boston harbor year, Beacon Street fashion, and Helen Gould’s Boston visit for Mrs. Northrup’s funeral. It notes a Cambridge clergyman’s European trip, an August return of Suffolk lawyers, and planned Newport outings by Bordman Hall students and Judge Riley. It also covers clergy sermons on urban restlessness, sailors shaving with “cards,” a tragic ear-severing railway anecdote, postmaster Thomas’s Fourth of July speech, and a call for more shade trees near the Common Soldiers’ monument.
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City
Suffolk County Courts
Bordman Hall
Thomas Riley
Newport
Charles Street
Soldiers’ Monument
Humorous Fragments From Classic Quips And Jests
A collage of brief quips from Tit-Bits Brooklyn Life Yonkers Statesman and Indianapolis Journal features jokes about doctors prices pride coal barbershop haircuts cranky thinking and omnibus humor. The snippets showcase light wit and social quick takes from early 20th century humor columns.
Banquet tale questioned by Dorchester official
Dorchester Representative Ed B Callender denies attendance at a Deer Island banquet claimed by a city press report. He states he has never been to Deer Island or at the event, calling the tale untrue and damaging to his reputation among Dorchester residents.
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Eda B. Callender
Dorchester
Pat G
Deer
Callender
Vincy
Post
Deer Island
John Hay
United States
Court of St. James
Elisha Dyer
Rhode Island
Brown University
Johnny Flanigan Hero Of Fire Saving Alice At Smith Co
Johnny Flanigan travels to America seeks fortune and work in New York. Alice Bates, daughter of a firm partner, helps him secure a job. During a blaze he enters the burning building and saves Alice, but inhales smoke and dies in ether of gratitude and love.
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Johnny
America
New World
New York
Smith, Bates & Co
Alice
Johnny Flanigan
Mr. Smith
Smith Mansion
Mrs Sarah Tyson Rorer Named Director at Philadelphia Cooking School
Personal profile notes Mrs Sarah Tyson Rorer, cooking authority, identified as director of the Philadelphia Cooking School after a typographical error in the Post. She has authored numerous cookery works and serves on the Ladies' Home Journal staff, daughter of Dr Charles Rover.
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Sarah Tyson Rorer
Cooking Authority
Philadelphia Cooking School
Rorer
Ladies’ Home Journal
Rover
Charles
Notable Figures and Oddities Highlight Early 1900s Society
A roundup of prominent people and anecdotes including Mrs. Sarah Tyson Rorer praised as a famed American cook and her interest in chemistry, Harvard student son, Darwin statue plans, Sir Julian Pauncefote in Washington travel habits, and Mrs. Booker T. Washington teaching at Tuskegee. Also notes honorary Brown University degrees, royal prophecies, and Julia Ward Howe mistaking her bonnet.
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Tyson Heston
Talcott Williams
Rorer
America
Julia Ward Howe
Daily Table Hints and Recipe Fragments
The page lists breakfast dinner and supper items including Baker Oats cream and sugar boiled eggs lamb chops baked potatoes strawberries coffee tomato soup boiled salmon peas new potatoes butter beans beets lettuce cucumbers white bread tapioca pudding cheese ham Parker House rolls pineapple and cake plus a grocer's note. It also gives two recipe fragments for white sauce and tapioca pudding with ingredient amounts and a closing signature SIMPSON June 28 DT 85 avin sleet t.
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Parker House
Summer Clothes for Boys and Practical Wardrobe
The article advises simple clothing for boys amid summer mess, noting washing and care are constant concerns. It recommends gauze undergarments, plenty of black cotton ribbed stockings, and two pairs of stout corduroy trousers as essential items for a boy’s wardrobe.
Senate Advances Tariff Bill On Hides And Trusts Debate
The Senate finished the hides paragraph in the tariff bill setting a 20 percent ad valorem duty replacing 112 cents per pound. Leaders sparred over trusts, with Caffery and Eelsay attacking the Sugar Trust and Hoar urging state action. Lindsay urged barring further tariff benefits to monopoly refinements. A new leather schedule adds duties on various skins and leather goods up to 35 percent ad valorem with per dozen rates and weight-based charges.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
Messrs
Caffery
Eelsay
Hoar
Sugar Trust
Standard Oil Trust
Republic
Lindsay
United States
Allen
Congress
Judiciary
Morocco
Piano Forte
Salt Lake deputy sheriff appoints Miss Clair Ferguson
Miss Clair Ferguson of Salt Lake county becomes deputy sheriff after starting as a stenographer last January and earning promotion on June 22. Daughter of Dr. Ellen B. Ferguson, she is described as youthful yet capable with duties largely issuing papers and juror notices. Ferguson was born in Provo and has long resided in Salt Lake City.
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Miss Clair Ferguson
Salt Lake
Utah
Salt Lake County
Lewis
Ellen B. Ferguson
Miss Ferguson
Sible
W. J. Bryan
Provo
University of the State
City of the Saints
Populists Seek Separate Recognition in House Committees
Washington June 28 Speaker Reed said he would prepare and submit committee appointments before adjournment unless unforeseen events arise. The day’s focus is how to handle the twenty one Populists who have demanded recognition as a separate party, a status not previously granted by Reed or Crisp.
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Washington
Reed
Crisp
Speaker Reed Maintains Policy on Populist Committees
The text notes that reforms are unlikely, with Speaker Reed sticking to limited reforms for committees. Bailey of Texas is expected to be consulted in list formation, reflecting the ongoing control of chairmanship by key Democrats. No change in major committee leadership is anticipated.
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Reed
Bailey
Texas
Washington Notes on tariff bill and annexation debates
Speaker Reed skips Detroit address as tariff bill nears Senate return. Rep King introduces Hawaii annexation bill mirroring Morgan. Rep Crumpacker seeks constitutional amendment curbing annexations to treaties with two thirds concurrence. Rep Shafroth proposes monthly salary tax to fund economical government. Rep Grosvenor asks Republican members to be seated July 65 amid tariff expectations.
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Reed
Senate
Detroit
King
Utah
House
Morgan
Hawaii
Crumpacker
Indiana
United States
Congress
House of Representatives
Shafroth
Colorado
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Grosvenor
Ohio
Final Jubilee Ceremony in London Eyes Queen Victoria’s Reign
The Queen returns to London for what appears to be her final jubilee appearance. She plans to limit public duties to Windsor Balmoral or Osborne, with future state functions led by the Prince and Princess of Wales. Her Kensington visit recalls childhood memories as she faced the prospect of retirement from active public life.
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London
Aldershot
Victoria
Windsor
Balmoral
Osborne
Prince and Princess of Wales
Kensington
Jubilee Ends at St John’s Coronation Salute
The St John s Jubilee ends as warships in port decorate for Queen Victoria's coronation. At noon a twenty one gun salute is fired by Massachusetts Cordelia Buzzard and La Choch eterie. The Massachusetts then departs closing the celebration.
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ST. John's
N. F
United States
Massachusetts
Cordelia and
Buzzard
la Chocheterie
St. John’s
Endeavorers Leave for California for Convention
Delegates to the Christian Endeavor convention depart from Boston for San Francisco. The first train moves at 2 10 PM with hundreds of flags and cheers. a second section follows an hour later. Over 500 people travel in the two trains. The gathering opens July 7 in eight San Francisco churches and one in Oakland on Alameda.
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Chrisian Eendeavor
San Francisco
Boster & Albany
Oakland
Alameda
Ex Mayor Perry Leaves Medford for Maine Sanatorium
Medford residents learn ex mayor Perry is at Androscoggin Sanatorium in Norridgewock Maine after two years of illness. Family denies rumors of flight to avoid arrest and says he was taken by carriage to Boston to board a train due to weakness.
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Medford
Androsis Sanitarium
Norridgewock
Perry
Boston
Erry
Opening at Charlestown Navy Yard Sees New Construction Chief
The Charlestown Navy Yard begins a new phase as Constructor Joseph Feaster of the U S Navy takes charge of the construction department. The Yantic will be dismantled and repurposed, signaling more work for the yard after years of idleness.
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Charlestown Navy Yard
Joseph Feaster
Navy Department
Feaster
Howison
Bee Long
Wiscon
Widow's Will Leaves 2000 For Infant Asylum Trust
The will of the late widow of the late attef of Newton directs a bequest of 2000 dollars to the Infant Asylum. The provision names the charity and specifies the amount, creating a lasting fund for the institution.
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Attef of
Newton
T Setts Infant Asylum
FELS NAPTHA SOAP Promises Easy Laundry Work
Advertisement touts Fels Naptha soap as a solution to washing drudgery, claiming to remove hard work from laundry. Product marketed by Fels & Co with emphasis on ease for households in Philadelphia.
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