Mass rejection of inflated gas deals sparks MA debate
The article argues Massachusetts should resist a 100 percent stock inflation by Boston Consolidated Gas Co and warns against municipal and state shifts toward costly gas pricing and control. It contrasts New York and Boston approaches and cites rising municipal ownership debates. It also contrasts Japan's disciplined caution in war with Western manufacturing pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Massachusetts
Bay State
New Jersey
West Virginia
Boston Consolidated Gas Company
New York
Government limits prevented predatory exploitation, says legislature
The article asserts that the entity did not seek to prey on the community’s vital interests and notes that even if it had wished to, the Legislature would have blocked such efforts. The piece emphasizes legislative restraint and public interest protections.
Senate Eyes Cautious Path on San Domingo Treaty
The piece notes Senate aims to shape the San Domingo treaty within its constitutional powers and favors safeguards against future Dominican debts. It argues against annexation and supports waiting for creditor action before debt adjustments, urging gradual international role rather than swift intervention.
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Senate
San Domingo
Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
A BLEMISH OF SCIENCE AND VIVISECTION DEBATE
Ex Governor Brackett pressed a key question at a legislative hearing on vivisection. He noted that insurers, banks, railroads and provisions dealers face regulation while vivisectors resist limits. If claims by Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward are true, vivisection warrants strict safeguards by law.
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Brackett
Legislative Committee
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
Extravagant Congress Receives Record Funding for 1906
The article notes Congress appropriated 818,478,914 for the year ending June 30, 1906, up from 781,172,375 the prior year, suggesting either faith or audacity in the Fifty-eighth Congress. It contrasts sinking fund usage under Cleveland with Republican eight years, accusing Harrison of near wrecking national credit and leaving Cleveland with an empty treasury.
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Congress
Uncle Sam
Hemenway
House Committee On Appropriations
Cleveland
Harrison
All Sorts by Newton Newkirk in Little Old New York
Newton Newkirk writes from New York on the new subway's first days. He praises John B. McDonald for digging the tunnels and notes the subway fare, art at stations, and crowded cars. He compares experiences at Brooklyn Bridge to Park Street and comments on third-rail safety and the eccentricities of surface cars.
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Posta
R. A. Grozier
Russia
New York
John B. McDonald
McDonald
John
Rapid Transit Commission of
Belmont
John McDonald
Brooklyn Bridge
Park Street
Boston
Peterson
One Hundred
Seeenth Street
Newton Newkirk
P. S
N. N
Observant Citizen and Local Happenings Across Town
The piece surveys Lent observances amid muddy streets and a benefit concert by Reginald Bolles and Joseph Seabury Jr. It notes Mrs. Potter Palmer’s Monet paintings arriving in Boston for an exhibition, upcoming Father Mathew musical fete, and steamboat inspection routines after the General Slocum disaster. It also covers church resignations, Melrose Malden park gifts, police visits, Wakefield’s centennial push, and local license debates in Scituate.
Nolan Restored by Roosevelt for Brookline Letter Carrier Service
Editorial notes that John Nolan, removed from Brookline Massachusetts letter carrier service in 1899, has been restored to office by Theodore Roosevelt. A sponsor group of photographs including 15 younger Nolans supported him. The piece argues Nolan’s services to infant industry merit recognition from the Home Market Club.
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New York Sun
John Nolan
Brookline
Mass
Roosevelt
Nolan
Nolans
Home Market Club
Potato flour in Maine advised as alternative bread
In Aroostook last year flour cost six dollars or less per barrel and potatoes three dollars, allowing two barrels of potatoes per barrel of flour. This year flour costs seven dollars and seventy five cents while potatoes are fifty cents, requiring fifteen barrels of potatoes per barrel of flour. Farmers are advised to slice, dry, grate, and use potato flour to bake bread instead of wheat flour.
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Bangor
Aroostook
Four Rabbit's Feet Draw Brer Wolf's Bold Grab
Logic boasts of born luck as Brer Wolf schemes to seize four rabbit's feet in a tense moment. The exchange hints at a caper or trick in a village cartoonish burlesque.
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Jack Rab
Brer Wolf
Coffee Dialogue Sparks A Second Cup Debate
In a friendly exchange Mr. Hasherly suggests a second cup of coffee, while Mrs. Slimdiet counters with a note about a third cup, noting a planned record in her notebook. The lighthearted back and forth reflects a cozy, domestic banter pattern.
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Mr. Hasherly
Mrs. Slimdiet
Pleasant Valley Romance Aboard The Barnstormers
Marcia Grey, a schoolmarm bound for the wild West, receives a flirtatious card in class. Johnny Barnes, a cheeky rival, ignites a snowball tiff and a village prank. Years later she recalls the note as she heads to Nebraska, joining Barnes at his ranch.
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Pleasant Valley
Marcia Grey
Marcia
Johnny Barhes
Dr. Simmong City
Johnny Barnes
Johnny
Nebraska
Wild West
Suited Him Whinger Enjoys Music That Carries Away
A comic dialogue captures Whinger at a concert preferring music that saves him from sitting through the performance. Whanger agrees an escape from dull moments is welcome.
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Whinger
Society Quietly Welcomes Boston Engagement of Miss Mary Coolidge
A Boston society note announces the engagement of Miss Mary Coolidge of Beacon Street to John F. Perkins of Harvard 99. The Coolidge family and Perkins relatives are highlighted, with details on social circles, weddings not yet set, and accompanying social events including dances, dinners, and society travel.
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Mary Coolidge
Beacon Street
Molly
John Templeman Coolidge
John F. Perkins
Harvard
Edward C. Perkins
Milton
Vincent Club
Mr. Perkins
Nelson Perkins
Miss Coolidge
Jane Watson
Francis Sedgwick Watson
Katharine L. Roosevelt
Washington
Miss Roosevelt
Copley Hall
Mabel Walker
Vendome
C. H. Greenleaf
Miss Walker
Mrs. Greenleaf
Fairbanks
Henry Parsons King
Commonwealth Avenue
Cherbourg
Bremen
New York
King
Europe
Martha D. Spaulding
William Stuart Spaulding
John Taylor Spaulding
R. H. McCutcheon
Plainfield
Miss Coffin
Miss Wertheim
Miss van Dyke
Princeton
McCutcheon
W. H. McCutcheon
Hamilton Gibson
R. H. Clarke
Maurice Wertheim
Boston
Edward Gray
Somerset Club
Andrew C. Sage
Royal Poinciana
Palm Beach
Mr. Gray
J. Lorimer Worden
Royal Pailnciana Grill
Love and Money in a Morning Advice Column
Dear Pauline seeks guidance as a 23 year old working girl considers two marriage prospects a modest wage earner and a wealthy older man. The columnist rejects marriage solely for money, urging a match with a younger partner sharing values and life goals.
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Miss Champagne
Pauline
Dear Miss Champagne Weighing a Swedish-Inspired Breakup
A 32 year old suitor asks how to win back a Swedish descent partner who has cooled since her trip home. Advice suggests asserting pride and dignity, reducing attentions, and showing hurt without petitioning her presence. If she truly loves him she will not cast him aside.
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Miss Champagne
Sweden
Ww. J
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Post Publishing Co
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Maia
Post Publishing Company
the Post
Little Old New York
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Joseph Seabury, Jr
Miss Going
Emmons
Clicquot
Hollis Hunnewell
Newport
Florida
Potter Palmer
Father Mathew Total Abstinence Society of
Hast Cambridge
Emerald Isle
Lt Bb
North Brother Island
Andrew J. Savage
William A. Carleton
Charles Owens
William N. Gilman
Priscilla
Fall River
Frank I. Poage
Chester Avenue Chapel
Chelsea
First Methodist Church of
South McAlester
I. T
Grinnell
Iowa
Mr. Poage
Boston University
Melrose Methodist Church
Melrose
Malden
Pine Banks Park
McLaughlin
Coeur de Lion
Charlestown
Sir Knights of
John Whalen
Department of Supplies and Accounts
Navy Yard
G. A. Greenleaf
W. P. Powers
Harvey Johnson
M. Emerton
Everett
Florence Street
Wakefield
Charles F. Hartshorne
Scituate
Napoleon
St. Helena
Pemberton Square
Maine
Sunday Post
Annie Lewis
Pinfold
Milton Mills
N. H
John Barnes
Barnes Ranch
Mildred Champagne
Ruskin
Prine Furniture Co
North Station
Haymarket Square
Canal ST
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