Ex President Harrison Defends Free Commerce Against Porto Rico Tariff
Ex President Harrison dismisses the Porto Rico tariff bill as a grave shift from right principles. He argues government above parties, asserts constitutional free commerce with the United States, and warns the measure sets a dangerous imperial precedent. Harrison, labeled a traitor by some, believed in limited expansion and fidelity to the Constitution. His views reflect broad Republican concern over McKinleyism and imperialism.
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Harrison
Porto Rico
United States
White House
Gas price inquiry urged to probe root of gas scandal
Year after year the gas inquiry at the State House has yielded no results. The Gas Commission action reducing Boston gas to 80 cents per thousand cubic feet prompts renewed public interest and calls on the Legislature’s committee to probe fully. Citizens demand complete, uncolored truth and accountability without shielding witnesses. Let the investigators investigate.
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State House
Gas Commission
Haverhill
Boston
Difference in Philippine policy and Cuban oversight
The piece contrasts Senator Lodge's imperialist stance on the Philippines with U S policy in Cuba. It argues Congress restrained the Cuba operation two years ago and asserts similar limits should apply to the Philippines to end conflict. It praises Cuba’s occupation as wise and urges a freedom aim rather than conquest.
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Lodge
McKinley
Philippines
United States
Congress
Cuba
Lodge backs amend to ensure safety and civility
Senator Lodge argues for a small amendment to secure safety and effectiveness. He says passage would bring peace and civilization while rejection would lead to more fighting and land devastation and plant eternal hatred between an otherwise friendly race.
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Senator Lodge
Pension bill sets $250000 bounty for Queen Liliuokalani
The diplomatic and consular bill amendment fixes a $250,000 lump sum for the late Queen Liliuokalani, seen as a commutation of President Harrison's proposed pension. The piece contrasts her payout with small annual stipends for other overseas pensioners and questions the justification for such allowances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaiian Islands
Harrison
Toyal
Islands
United States
Liliuokalani
Jolo
Dato Rajah Nuda
Dato Attik
Habib Marda
Serif
McKinley
Canal Treaty Critique Pushes Senate Rejection
An editorial denounces the Hay Pauncefote treaty as un American surrender of the Monroe doctrine and European influence. It argues for scrapping the treaty now and pursuing the canal independently, with time to seek a proper agreement later after further study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Senate
Hay
Borrowed clothes lead to six month sentence
A judge sentenced a man to six months in the House of Correction for borrowing a suit and not returning it. The Observant Citizen relates similar theft anecdotes from hotels and streets, plus local notes on civic matters, entertainments, and figures like Mayor Hart and Colonel Stone enjoying Florida hunts.
Ink stained janitor aid prompts school rule quip
A Somerville Pope School incident shows teachers forcing boys to scrub ink stains from the floor after hours, in a plan to ease the janitor’s burden. An old clipping recalls aging signs about godsparents, long letters, razors, and talking about young men.
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North Eee
City Hall
D. N. Payson
Somerville
Pope
The Bay State's Apology Uttered In Gentle Verse
A historical poem to Cabot Lodge reflects on colonial misdeeds such as the tea party in Boston Harbor and the Longfellow era. The speaker asks England to forgive past wrongs while tracing pride and repentance across generations. The piece links mother England to the early American experience and references Bunker Hill and Yorktown.
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Bay State
Jumbled humorous quips from papers and a Manx hydraulic plant
A collage of comic exchanges from Detroit Free Press Chicago Post Washington Star and others with wry lines about hotel life social disputes and a joke about a wife and husband. The last item notes a new hydraulic plant at Laxey Isle of Man powering an electrical railway reducing steam usage for seven winter months.
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Abner
Detroit Free Press
Harold
Chicago Post
Washington Star
Silas
Hiram
Horace
Chicago News
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Laxey
Isle of Man
Douglas
Ramsey
Cauliflower au Gratin Recipe From Florence Stevenson
A home dinner plan lists shirred breakfast items, lemon pie, and veal roast with cauliflower au gratin. The method describes cooking cauliflower in salted water, making a white sauce with butter flour milk, pouring over flowerets, topping with cracker crumbs, and browning in the oven. Florence Stevenson of Roxbury Massachusetts is named with her address.
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Florence Stevenson
Millmont Street
Roxbury
Mass
Boston Post Post Menu Contest Accepts Weekly Bills
The Boston Post offers a $5 weekly prize for the best three meal bill of fare submitted by women readers. Entries must be brief and include preparation directions for named dishes. Meals may be breakfast dinner and supper or breakfast luncheon and dinner, for a family of five with weekly food cost not to exceed $10. Submissions due each Saturday, with winners printed Sundays.
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Boston Post
Post
Frditor
the Post
Boston
Kingsbury Meets Miss Peabody in Paris Studio Romance
In Paris during Easter, artist Kingsbury encounters Miss Priscilla Peabody at Mrs. Gregory's tea. She critiques his work and seeks honest truth about her own art, leading to a deep connection. Six months later they marry, as his candid guidance revives her career and life.
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Kingsbury
Paris
London
America
Gregory
Hotel Continental
Tuileries
Mayfair
Priscilla Peabody
the Bois
Miss Peabody
Wron
Atlantic
Adirondacks
Short Story Contest Calls for Women Writers
The Post invites original short stories with a $10 top prize, $5 for second, and $2 rewards for four others. Submissions must be at least 700 words, single-sided, with full name and address, prepaid return postage, and folded manuscripts. Entry is open only to women readers. mail to Short mary HAitor by postal mail.
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Tintil
The
Post
Mary Haitor
Memorial for Ben Bolt author Nelson Kneass
The Kansas City Star notes Kneass lies in a Missouri grave and a Nelson Kneass Monument Association plans a handsome memorial to the author of Ben Bolt. Thomas Dunn English, born in Philadelphia and living in New Jersey, esteems the tribute unusual.
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Kansas City Star
Nelson Kneass
Missouri
Ben Bolt
Thomas Dunn English
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Newport Herald
Rhode Island
Buffalo Express
Request for Mrs Hetty Green’s Address by a Boston Sailor
A 1900 letter to the Post asks the editor for Mrs Hetty Green’s address. The writer, a former sailor on her father’s ships I Howland and William Hamilton, seeks to correspond and reminisce about past life. He recalls service on the I Howland from 188... to 1351 and on the Hamilton when wrecked off Takahana Chill, now 68 years old.
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Hetty Green
Isaac. Howland
New Bedfore
William Hamilton
I. Howland
Hamilton
Takahana
B. Almonts
Boston
Public transit fare dispute prompts conductors to collect at offices
A Boston reader laments subway fare collection delay at Park Street station. He recalls losing coins when paying and notes repeated refusals to accept fare by conductor versus station office check, accusing staff of insolence and delaying riders. He questions if fare should be collected by conductor or office.
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Post
Park Street
Jamaica Plain
M. Li
Stanwood
Tremont Street
Boston
Calling for medical examiner oversight of Christian Scientist practice
A reader urges laws to require Christian Science practitioners to be examined by medical examiners and to submit bacteriological cultures, arguing that mind healing endangers public health and that physicians should certify fitness to practice. The letter supports prayer but condemns practices that ignore known disease signs.
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Alice Daggett
Somerville
Board of Health
Odd Bits of News from Around the World
The clip reports a 1899 peanut crop nearly one million bushels heavier than 1898, seeds distributed by Congressmen and Senators, Paris proposes an underground tunnel network to rival its sewers, and dandelion farming grows in Paris markets. It notes Potomac memorial bridge cost estimates from 1 to 2 million, a water purification patent, Berlin’s many monuments, women’s hiring preferences in Germany and Holland, Prussia’s rule on the title doctor, a massive nine foot seven inch steer horn span owned by J M Doble of Ramiree Texas bound for Paris, and a Munich meeting debating American style public libraries.
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Paris
Potomac
Washington
Berlin
Germany
Holland
Prussia
J. M. Doble
Ramiree
Live Oak County
Tex
Society For Ethical Culture
Munich
Men of Many Callings in an Era of Change
A collage of figures including General d Exen Conmerce noted for long service across monarchs and republics, Charles G Bennett of Brooklyn as Senate secretary and NY politics figure, and Florence Fensham as first lady student at Chicago Theological Seminary. Antonio de Navarro, Mary Anderson’s husband, writes Italian set short stories and awaits Bordighera spring. Ex President Harrisons speech excerpt and editor Ben Sherman discuss a manuscript.
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d’Exen Conmerce
Charles G. Bennett
Brooklyn
United States Senate
Empire State
New York
Chicago Theological Seminary
Florence Fensham
American College For Girls
Arrison
Manusessey
Benster Sherman
Sherman
Notable Women and Their Notable Pursuits
Mrs Hammond of Swaffham Manor Norfolk England recently died at a young age, daughter Mary Charworth linked to Byron, and Miss Charworth wed Mr Musart who adopted her surname. Mrs Patterson, daughter of Andrew Johnson, plans to donate land for a Greenville park surrounding his grave and urges government control. Miss Fannie Davis questions long practice hours for pianists and values idle months. Miss Annie Peck climbs mountains in a duck canvas suit and sturdy boots. The Empress of China favors diamonds despite laws against gem wear.
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Patterson
Andrew Johnson
Greenville
Tenn
Fannie Davis
Annie Peck
China
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Palm Beach Daily News
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Yorktown
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Christian Science
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