Senate to act on bill safeguarding public parks from billboards
The State Senate is set to consider a House backed bill to regulate billboard advertising in public pleasure grounds. It would empower authorities to impose reasonable display rules to curb nuisance, with Attorney General approval and public support from citizens, while opposed by a few billposters. The piece critiques the measure’s timing and broader fiscal opinions.
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State Senate
House
Senate
Roosevelt Renominates Crum Amid Senate Resistance
President Roosevelt again sends Dr. Crum's nomination to be collector of the port at Charleston, despite a Senate Commerce Committee report urging against confirmation. Critics argue color prejudice drives the conflict, noting a parallel with Byrne’s Delaware appointment and questioning the president's expediency versus principle.
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Senate
Dr. Crum
Charleston
Senate Committee On
Lommerce
Frye
Hanna
South Carolina
Addicks
Byrne
United States
Delaware
Congress
Roosevelt seeks ratification of canal and Cuban treaties in extra session
The president states the extra session aims to push through two treaties of great import the Panama Canal and Cuban reciprocity with urgent need for adoption. He implies patience with Newfoundland Canada and other trade pacts may end if Congress fails to act. Massachusetts Legislature could spearhead a state led push to back his objectives.
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Senate
United States
Newfoundland
Canada
New England
Europe
South America
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Congress
Frye
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Aldrich predicts a looming financial crisis
Senator Aldrich warned of a coming serious turn in financial affairs next fall and said the nation's business development would be arrested if his currency expansion bill failed. He awaited what he called a deluge, arguing passage of his bill could avert catastrophe.
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Cassandra
Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw
Senate
Aldrich
Maine House Rejects Prohibition Re submission
A Maine House vote of 94 to 46 refused to resubmit the constitutional amendment on prohibition. The editorial view laments the outcome, notes the likely public sentiment, endorses license with local option, and cites local enforcement failures in Cumberland and Penobscot counties as evidence of prohibition’s flaws.
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Maine
House of Representatives
New England
Cumberland County
Pearson
Penobscot
Bangor
Woman drives gasoline explosion auto through Boston streets
A Boston reader recalls a fearless female motorist guiding a heavy gasoline car through Washington Street traffic with a steady head and deft control. The piece also notes a collarette lost and recovered in Humboldt Avenue and remarks on electric cars and local opera. It ends with praise for St Leonard's Church and the North End's beauty and health.
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West Street
Rktr
Father Ubaldus
St. Leonard’s
North End
Gentleman
Boston
Milady's Martyrdom in Lent Reflections
A poem depicts a woman’s decline during Lent as festivities fade. It references ashes, white sins, limp gowns, withered roses, satined slippers, and a ballroom’s cold air. The verse centers on deprivation and loss amid season of penance.
Coldest Days on Record Letters Spur Hottest Day Questions
Readers submit vivid recollections of brutal cold from New England to Maine, sharing anecdotes from 1840 to 1893 including frozen milk, ice in boilers, cats frozen in midair, and men skating long distances. Names from Taunton to West Somerville report stark freezes and local tales, while writers joke about authors and publishers amid the cold spell.
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Carson City
Taunton
Mass
Chas. T. Allen
Trenton
Waltham
West Quincy
U. Bett
Hill Crossing
Middleboro
Chatham
B. I
NOTTY
West Somerville
New Hampshire
Boston Ice Trust
A. M. Mann
Roslindale
Boston Harbor
West Lynn
Michigan
Adam Lyre
Manchester
N. H
Long-married Ladd and Mason Celebrate 50 Years
Clark H. Ladd born 1823 in Danville Vermont and Susan C. Mason born 1824 in Danville Vermont married January 20 1816. They have 11 children eight daughters three sons all living two grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. A reception at Island Pond Opera House marked their Golden Anniversary with the whole family present for the first time.
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Clark H. Ladd
Danville
Susan C. Mason
Island Pond
Dorchester
Morton Street
Opera House
Oldest Married Couple Sought by Boston Post Across New England
The Boston Post seeks the oldest married couple in New England. Readers should submit photos and a 200 word sketch noting birth and marriage dates, address, number of children, and life details. The winners will receive a Morris Chair and Rocking Chair delivered prepaid. final submission date will be announced.
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Boston Post
New England
Post
Boston
Prom Night Harbinger of Sanskrit and Blue Stockings
Roger Sawin attends a junior prom at a women's college hoping to dance with Miss Lewis the blue dressed student. He learns she studies Sanskrit and philology, finds her witty and attractive, and despite initial social bumps he resolves to pursue a real connection with her, sensing she may outsmart him as he pursues her.
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Roger Sawin
Harvard
Sawin
Marion Sawin
Roger
Marion
Jove
Lewis
Fate
Sacin
Blue
Sawin, Jr
Sullivan misidentified as Cambridge assistant assessor candidate
A Cambridge alderman clarified that John J. Sullivan of Ward 3 was the candidate for assistant assessor, not Jeremiah J. Sullivan. Jeremiah J. Sullivan remains treasurer of the Democratic city committee and active in the produce business at 134 Tremont Street, Cambridgeport.
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Jeremiah J. Sullivan
Cambridge
John J. Sullivan
Alderman Davis
Democratic City Committee
Tremont Street
Cambridgeport
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