Common Controversy Over Used Common and Freight Yards
The author urges the Rapid Transit Commission to secure the disused Columbus avenue freight yards near Park Square to host the subway contractor instead of the Common. The public approves the Mayor’s order to remove unsightly materials, expecting the issue to be resolved upon the Mayor’s return and the Commission’s compliance.
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Rapid Transit Commission
Columbus Avenue
Commission
Park Square
Boston
Roosevelt addresses motherhood as a national duty and family focus
The president’s address on motherhood is praised as timely and flawless. It stresses that strong family life underpins national strength, warning that without healthy homes, a nation cannot rise to greatness. It likens American virtue to Roman family values and calls for steady, principled leadership.
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Roosevelt
Republic
Mothers in Israel and the duty of a nation
The author argues the term mothers in Israel reflects a nation's responsibility. Nature will exact a price for neglecting duties and pursuing luxury. Despite lingering higher divorce rates and rich excess, Americans remain hardworking, but future material growth raises risk unless family life becomes a duty-driven priority.
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Israel
Will the Goods Be Delivered The Gas Law Battle
The New York Senate backs a legislative probe into New York City gas and electric affairs. Massachusetts 1903 gas law kept prices high through $9.3 million capitalization and a pipeline contract. The 1905 Legislature faces pressure to curb inflated costs and uphold public interests.
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New York Senate
New York City
Massachusetts
Boston
Standard Oil
Obsequies for Senator Bate Draw Roosevelt and Notables
Washington dispatch recalls the Capitol obsequies for Senator Bate of Tennessee with President Roosevelt in attendance. The writer describes the Washington Capitol, a notable George Washington statue, and statues in Statuary Hall including Frances E. Willard, noting humor and satire about historic figures and political rhetoric.
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Capitol Steps
George Washington
George
Washingon
Capitol
Washington
Statuary Hall
Frances E. Willard
G. Washington
Jno
J. Ingall
Tom Jefferson
Clay
Dan Webster
Sam Houston
Boston Senators Lodge and Crane Catch White House Attention
Newton Newkirk notes Boston figures Senator Lodge and Senator Crane enjoy strong ties with President Roosevelt in Washington. Lodge and Roosevelt share friendly nicknames, Crane visits the White House and interacts with the Roosevelts. Congress slants Republican, causing some Republican Senators to sit with Democrats, including Crane in the Cherokee Strip seat.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Lodge
Crane
Washington
White House
Senator Lodge
President Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Cabot
Mr. Roosevelt
Theodore
Senator Crane
Senate
Congress
Cherokee Strip
Newton Newkirk
Senate debate on Santo Domingo treaty sparks expansion debate
Morales and Castro figures frame the Santo Domingo treaty discussion as a test of U S expansion policy. They question President’s latitude and urge restraint or firm action to avoid costly intervention and entangling entitlements in the Caribbean.
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Senate
Santo Domingo
United States
Spanish America
Venezuela
Morales
Castro
Risks to Life in Cities Highlight Urban Dangers
A New York tenement fire killed nineteen and a Boston gas leak endangered many as the article urges strict housing, street care, and health laws. It argues cities demand rigorous, well enforced rules to prevent tragedies and stresses that neglect is the culprit behind many urban calamities.
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New York
Boston
Reading Tourer Leland Powers Returns to Boston
Observant Citizen reports Leland Powers has completed his 12th annual West tour returning to Boston. March 9 in Canton Ohio he read to about 3800 attendees in the Coliseum. Delia Moran of Somerville is recovering at Carney Hospital. St Catherine Alumni Society plans An Irish Evening at Guild Hall Somerville with a guard detail from the Ninth Regiment M V M. Dorchester gym use questioned after mayoral communications about closure.
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Leland Powers
Boston
Canton
Delia Agnes Moran
Somerville
Carney Hospital
St. Catherine Alumni Society of
St. Patrick’s
Guild Hall
Central Street
Patrick Quill
Dorchester Attendants Troubled By Unused Swimming Tank
A local column notes gym attendants worry over the near idle swimming tank despite full natatorial facilities. It also mentions plans for Melrose to host the New England conference with 300 ministers and lay attendees, and a humorous tunnel toll anecdote involving Judge Emmons and Officer 737.
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Dorchester
John Henry Jr. Loses Back Seat Glory At School
A humorous tale follows John Henry Jr as a new teacher arrives and he wins the coveted back seat only to face rival pupils, ink spills, a desk mishap, and a dramatic seat change that ends his day of glory. The narrative portrays classroom rivalries and a boy's grand but brief ascent.
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John Henry, Jr
John Henry
John
Aya
Thomas
Boston Society Notes On Hosts Guests And Travel
Mrs. John L. Gardner returns from Washington as Boston society keeps a busy wave of entertainments. Lunched and dined by Mrs. Nicholas Fish and Mrs. Hunt Slater plus an Easter wardrobe plans for Mrs. Gardner. Mrs. Carl G. Flach of Stockholm sails on the Saxonia after a Paris Newport season with Miss Polly Flach and Bancroft family in England. Palmette Bluff hosts Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. while Mr. and Mrs. Thayer head to Pinehurst for golf. In New York Mrs. Cabot hosts a reception for Miss Amy Cabot of Brookline as Ernest Sharpe presents another Chestnut Hall recital and Anna Caulfield lectures on mural art.
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John L. Gardner
Washington
Nicholas Fish
Hunt Slater
Horatio N. Slater
Nicholas Longworth
North Shore
Reginald de Koven
Carl G. Flach
Stockholm
Sweden
Abbotsford
Commonwealth Avenue
Newport
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
William H. Thayer
Stearns Road
Brookline
Thayer
Pinehurst
Carolina
America
Henry Hurlbut Abbott
Florence Call
Oxford
Camden
S. C
Abbott
South
Miss Wright
Georgianna Wright
Philadelphia
Bellevue
Amy Cabot
Heath Street
New York
Ernest Sharpe
Chestnut Hall
Anna Caulfield
Miss Caulfield
National Arts’ Club
28 Directors to Be Elected at Equitable Society
New York March 14 The special committee of the Equitable Life Assurance Society's board resolved to urge the charter amendment giving policy holders the right to elect 28 of 52 directors. The board meeting is set for next Tuesday when the amended charter will be presented.
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New York
The
Equitable Life Assurance Society
James W. Alexander
Cornelius N. Bliss
T. DeWitt Cuyler
Chauncey M. Depew
James H. Hyde
Valentine P. Snyder
Gage E. Tarbell
Board of Directors
Location Fight Over Boylston Street Subway Entrance
A large lawyer contingent pressed the railroad commissioners to reverse the Transit Commission and move the Boylston street Washington street subway entrance from the Continental building to the opposite across the street site. The Boston Elevated Railway argued the Gaston or Continental building’s location should be changed. The hearing, amid extensive representation from building owners lessees and trustees, was closed after statements favoring the Shuman estate site. The commission took the matter under advisement.
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Transit Commission
Boylston Street
Washington Street
Gaston Or
Continental
Boston Elevated
William A. Bancroft
The
Elevated
C. G. Sergeant
Kimball
William A. Gaston
Boylston Market Corporation
Boylston and
Washington Streets
Nathan Matthews
Boston
Sherman Whipple
Charles R. Talbot
Freeland-Loomis Company
Jesse Gove
Mr. Francis
Boylston Cafe
A. Shuman
W. A. Simmons
Henry E. Hagan
Edward A. Filene
Bancroft
Shuman Building
Wisconsin Assembly approves mutual life policy bill
Mamison Wisconsin March 14 A bill to compel every life insurance company doing business in Wisconsin to adopt the mutual plan in the future passed the Assembly today and will go to the Senate The measure applies to companies both operating in the state and Wisconsin firms
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Mamison
Wis
Wisconsin
Assembly
Senate
Bishop Hall Recovering After Surgery
Burlington Vermont March 14 Bishop Arthur C A Hall who had appendicitis operation last Saturday passed the critical day today and is believed to be on the road to recovery after successful progress through the third day.
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Burlington, Vt
Arthur C. A. Hall
Oak Hall Custom Department Spring Suit Offer
Oak Hall promotes its Custom Department with new fabrics and a wide woolen selection. Customers can design a suit, take time to ensure a perfect fit, and choose a delivery schedule to have the finished suit sent home.
Stage life caution from Miss Champagne to two hopefuls
Miss Champagne advises two 21 year old factory workers to stay in their jobs. She warns that joining a dramatic company risks losing identity, low pay, and hard work. She stresses stage success requires talent patience and long years of effort.
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Miss Champagne
Boston Post
Dear Miss Champagne Letter on courting a store acquaintance
A reader asks if she should signal interest to a young man who waits after hours. Advice suggests being friendly without being forward and inviting him to call on her one evening if she likes him and finds him worthy.
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Miss Champagne
Dear Miss Champagne Advice on a Love Affair and Religion
A man seeks guidance on marrying a woman of a different faith amid parental opposition. The columnist urges ignoring religious differences and external interference, stressing enduring love as the foundation and planning matters to ensure mutual happiness.
Planning for the Girl and Present Spurs Future Talk
The speaker praises planning and expects the girl to respond positively. They suggest presenting a gift and outlining future plans to gain agreement, anticipating her favorable response.
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Washington, D. C
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Tennessee
Edward Everett Hale
Dr. Hale
N.N
Morales, Castro ET AL
Columbia Road
Eddie
T‘rt
C. H. Stackpole
Melrose
New England
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Sunday Post
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Raymond
New Hampshire
Equitable Committee
New Shuman Block
Shuman
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Oak Hall
Custom Department
Mildred Champagne
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