The Pest's OHORT STORIES Will Gordon and Nellie Lane in a cruel marriage
Nellie Lane meets Will Gordon at Hillside Academy and marries him as his second wife. He is mean and fixated on his first wife Alice, provoking Nellie’s devotion and quiet oppression. A village confrontation reveals Gordon’s past, prompting Nellie to expose his deceit and set her own terms.
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Will Gordon
Hillside Academy
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Chicago
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Representative Democratic Paper of New England
The Boston Post presents the Representative Democratic Paper of New England as its descriptive banner, signaling its role as a regional party voice and community news source for readers in the early 20th century era.
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Boston Post
New England
Massachusetts House rejects proposed female suffrage expansion
The Massachusetts House yesterday voted against extending suffrage to women, a setback praised by many as courteous yet disappointing to supporters. The article notes past public support for keeping suffrage unchanged and hints that future legislative progress remains possible as attitudes shift.
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Massachusetts
House of Representatives
Legislative delays threaten payoff as wage boom grows
Final committee reports are due by next Wednesday amid delays from blizzards and distractions. Wages are rising across Fall River mills and broader industry as employers voluntarily lift pay, fueling spending and a hoped for nationwide prosperity boost.
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Fall River
The Old Familiar Issue on State Supervision
A historic debate on state supervision of telephone companies. The piece argues for regulating monopolies to curb extortionate charges, citing Massachusetts as fair to corporations and noting lower rates and good service in other cities. It urges Boston to adopt such supervision for better public welfare.
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Massachusetts
Boston
Massachusetts Democrats urged to back state supervision
The piece argues that Massachusetts Democrats should not avoid the issue or side with the monopoly. Instead they should vote for state supervision and actively work to implement it, signaling a call for firm policy stance at the State House.
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Cratic
Massachusetts
Inspector Ferguson reassigned after Shaw burglar case
Inspector Ferguson of the Quincy police who helped solve the Shaw burglar case and earned praise from Superintendent Eldredge is moved to ordinary patrol duty under the new chief. Patrolman McKay is named to replace Ferguson in the window of a Hanover street store.
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Ferguson
Quincy
Shaw
Eldredge
Boston
Hayden
McKay
Reader questions Redmonds loyalty and Tory ties in Irish press
In a letter to the Post the writer challenges Mr Redmond over alleged sellouts of his Independent paper to a Tory English company. He cites Healey and O Callahan and predicts forthcoming explanations and a court challenge by Redmond.
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Healey
Redmond
The
Independent
Ireland
Mr. Redmond
Dr. Timmins
O’callanan
Dublin
The Weather Man
Poem critiques a forecaster predicted cold spell by Theo. M. Hammond. In Milwaukee Wisconsin the speaker appeals to the prophet to ease the coming harsher weather and save shivering zones from deadly cold. The verse mocks doom saying thaw is needed before a grim fate.
Telephone bill backed for all parties on Beacon Hill
The measure seeks State supervision of telephone rates benefiting Republicans Democrats Prohibitionists Socialists and workers alike. Last year Republicans largely backed the bill with party leaders prominent in its advocacy. The Democratic State convention endorsed State supervision, making it a policy accepted across the Commonwealth.
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Beacon Hill
Commonwealth
Unclear Quotes Spotted in Witty Newspaper Snippets
A collage of humorous sayings from various papers includes Marie Corelli on marriage markets, a dramatist predicting a hit American play, a Chicago critic’s quip, Li Hung Chang on arms and legs, and a lawyerly exchange over a noisy neighbor cat and a shared fence.
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Philadelphia
Chicago
Chicago News
Russia
Great Britain
Li Hung Chang
Washington Star
Editor Letter on Roxbury Labor and Telephone Bill
Thomas F Dolan of Roxbury Boston argues the House should scrutinize a proposed telephone bill. He says telephone firms have betrayed labor and urges representatives to oppose an inflated corporation condemned by labor allies. He questions whether any NE Telephone Company unit includes a labor organization.
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Sir
House of Representatives
Roxbury
Boston
Friend of Labor
Friends of Labor
Roxby
Kipling as Storyteller and Soldier in His Early Career
The article surveys Rudyard Kipling’s private life and journalism in India and England, noting his duties at the Civil and Military Gazette, his verse and prose craft, and how Mulvaney and other soldier figures shaped his fiction. It cites his Preface to Life’s Handicap and the enduring appeal of his ballads and tales, including The Incarnation of Krishna Mulvaney and Lungtungpen. It mentions his high earnings from English serial rights and global payments for his work.
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Rudyard Kipling
Civil and Military Gazette
Kipling
McClure
Rukn- Din
Omer
Krishna Mulvaney
Mulvaney
Ulysses
Falstaff
D’artagnan
Zogloba
Lungtungpen
Lord the Eltephant
Dinah Shadd
St. Petherrsburg
France
England
Kitchener
Empire
Rudyard Kiping
America
India
Colonies
Daily Table Menu and Creamy Layered Dessert
The notice lists a full day menu from breakfast to dinner including broiled steak corn muffins egg salad currant jelly fancy crackers fruit rolled oats baked potatoes doughnuts coffee lunch white bread butter lemon pie olives tea cocoa dinner tomato soup roast stuffed lamb riced potatoes creamed parsnip peas barbary jelly squash pile cream pudding and tea. A dessert recipe follows for a vanilla or rose flavored cream pudding layered with soda crackers and Hampton cream. Mrs H A Spear Everett Massachusetts January 21, 1899.
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H. A. Spear
Bradford Street
Everett
Mass
Marconi Says France Okays Coast Experiment Station
Signor Guglielmo Marconi announced in London that the French government has agreed to establish a coastal wireless telegraphy station for experiments. The statement came during a lecture and marks a key step in early wireless research.
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London
Signor Guglielmo Marconi
Boston Circle Secures U S Navy Chaplain for May Lecture
The John Boyle O'Reilly Reading Circle of Boston has secured Rev. John P. Chidwick U S N of Washington late chaplain of the Maine to lecture under their patronage in May. On behalf of St Marys Infant Asylum Dorchester the circle relinquishes the distinction and advantage of the lecture in favor of the charity.
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John Boyle O’reill
Boston
John P. Chidwick
Washington
U. Ss. S. Maine
St. Mary’s Infant Asylum
Dorchester
Father Chidwick
New England Watch and Ward Society Public Meeting
A public meeting of the New England Watch and Ward Society is set for Sunday at 7 30 p m in Park Street Church Speakers include Rev J L Withrow Dr Rev Edward A Horton Rev Frederick B Allen Clarence J Blake MD and Mrs Alice Freeman Palmer
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Watch and Ward
New England Watch and Ward Society
Park Street
J. L. Withrow
Edward A. Horton
Frederick B. Allen
Clarence J. Blake
Alice Freeman Palmer
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