Evacuation Day Dedication Featured by Notables in Boston
The Boston Post highlights the Dorchester Heights monument dedication with anticipated fine weather. Governor Crane attends, Senator Lodge delivers the historical oration, and Rear Admiral Schley will be among guests for a red-letter day commemorating New England independence.
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Dorchester Heights
Boston
Bunker Hill
Concord
Lexington
New England
Peninsular
Governor Crane
Commonwealth
Senator Lodge
Schley
Dr McElveen Stays To Lead Boston Congregation
The Rev William T McElveen declined the Chicago call to Union Park Congregational Church and will remain in Boston. The editorial urges his continued leadership at Shawmut Church, praising his character and stressing the need for active churches to serve urban communities and influence national life this century.
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William T. McElveen
Union Park Congregational Church
Chicago
Boston
Dr. McElveen
Tremont
Brookline
McElveen
Shawmut
Cambridge
Shawmut Congregational Church
Union Park Church of
Penrose proposal attacks Hoar on Senate election method
The column mocks Senator Hoar for opposing direct popular election of U S Senators and notes Senator Penrose's plan to amend the Constitution to base state apportionment on population. It argues no public demand exists and urges passage of the House resolution to let states decide their method.
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Penrose
Pennsylvania
Hoar
Senate
United States
Congress
House
Massachusetts
Kitchener Dealt a Prisoner Rebel Boers Face to Face
The article notes Lord Kitchener has executed a captured Boer general and threatens another rebel, General Krintzinger, while one Boer general releases Lord Methuen wounded back to British lines. It argues for peace talks and criticizes ongoing harsh policy, mentioning Wolseley’s South Africa mission.
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Lord Kitchener
Scheepers
Krintzinger
Lord Methuen
Ham
Kitchener
Wolseley
South Africa
War Ends as Brave People Triumph
The remark declares victory and expresses hope that the end of the fighting will bring rejoicing to a gallant nation and a civilized world.
End of the Boston and Massachusetts strike solution
A Massachusetts governor helped end the large strike by urging the New Haven Railroad to modify loading rules at freight houses to align with Boston and Maine practices. The move avoided further disruption, with support from business leaders and legislators urged to back industrial harmony and consider state action if needed.
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Boston
Massachusetts
San Francisco
California
Pacific Coast
Crane
Consolidated Road
Railroad Corporation
New Haven
Pacific
Boston & Maine Railroad
Lucius Tuttle
Messrs
Lawrence
Little
Boston & Maine Railroad Company
Boston & Maine
New Haven Road
New England
Mill Workers Win Ten Percent Wage Increase
Operatives in Fall River cotton mills begin work today under a ten percent raise in wages as the textile industry adjusts pay scales.
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Fall River
Mills Workers Demand Wage Increase Echoed in Lowell and Fall River
The Lowell mills workers requested a raise mirroring Fall River’s move, arguing wages lag living costs and leave operatives near starvation wages. Unions pressed for action, and despite internal disagreements among manufacturers, the rise was granted to avert a strike, with officials noting the gain ensures a decent living without luxury.
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Lowell
Fall River
Unusual golf chatter among Bostonians at Ormond
The Observant Citizen notes a lively social scene in Ormond Florida where Boston visitors favor golf. A recent 18 hole match between George Merritt and George H Billings ended Billings one hole up for an Ormond silver ball. Other items mention Mrs Billings health improving and Mrs Mackay’s Tangier trip as well as town observations on spring greenery.
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Ormond
Fla
George Merritt
George H. Billings
Billings
Clark
Links
Merritt
B. ‘Wy Currier
Lrnn
Oremond
New England
Ping Pong Balls and Im Ported Balls Price List
Ping pong balls offered at 25 cents each. Bussey imported balls priced at 6 for 50 cents. Advertisement for Iver Johnson’s located at 163 Washington St.
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Bussey’s
Iver Johnson
Washington St
St Patrick Jokes and a Chelsea Police Chief Tale
A garbled wartime style piece blends a Boston call for Ella with Chelsea policing under Captain FitzRoy Grover, detailing labor leader strain and a comic Irish snake tale about St Patrick. The text references St Patrick’s death around 493 A.D. and Newton Newkirk as a byline or marker.
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Mrr
FitzRoy Grover
Chelsea
Drury
Lives of Famous Men: St Patrick bio by neighbors
A humorous biographical sketch recounts St Patrick s life from childhood to missions in Ireland. It exaggeratedly notes escaping pirates, founding 965 churches, baptizing 12 000 people, and inventing the shamrock, presented in a satirical newspaper voice.
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St. Patrick
Ireland
St Patrick
Newton Newkirk
Bannavem Tibernise
Milcha
France
Wicklow
Milchu
Ball Meeting Leads To Love Across an Ocean
May Wall and George Stanton, both Americans, meet at a ball in honor of Prince Henry of Prussia. They fall in love, despite poverty and rumors of trouble with May’s uncle’s finances. A Boston visit, a dramatic fall on a Summer Street sidewalk, and a reunion with a diamond ring seal their engagement as the prince glides past unnoticed.
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Horace B. Hammond
Hammond
Willard
Chelsea
Boston
Malden
H. R. WM. Henry
Prussia
May Wall
George Stanton
George
May
Walls
al Wall
Diamond
Henry
Summer Street
Prince Henry
National Federation of Catholic Societies grows in America
Anthony Matre secretary of the National Federation of Catholic Societies says movement is expanding rapidly and may reach 350000 members before midsummer. New leaders include Archbishops Chapelle Christie and several bishops from Cleveland Los Angeles Portland Natchez Covington and Columbus with Bishop Messmer linked to the effort since its start.
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Trenton
Anthony Matre
National Federation of Catholic Societies
Cincinnati
McFaul
Federation
America
Chapelle
New Orleans
Christie
Portland
Ore
Hiartsmann
Cleveland
Martgonne
Los Angeles
Surprising Orange Course From Post's Illustrated Menu
Post's Illustrated Menu outlines a spring luncheon dessert plan using orange halves filled with jelly and charlotte russe. It details gelatine preparations, folding in lemon juice, vanilla, whipped cream, and whipped egg whites, then pairing halves with ribbons for presentation credited to ALICE E. WHITAKER.
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Alice E. Whitaker
Unclear sale catalog items for kitchen goods and hardware
A fragmented old catalog lists blue and white spice jars carpet sweepers Bissell trousers hangers sewing machines and teacoffee canisters. It mentions 1 lb Japanese canisters 5c items and various prices but many phrases are garbled and unclear.
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Avon
DRICG
Bargain Counter Specials on Street Floor Dress Goods
Bargain counter items include all wool homespun and cashmere fabrics in various widths and colors. Prices range from 19¢ to $1.25 with many 38 to 46 inch weaves, including English and French fabrics, etamine, mohair, and taffeta.
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Boston
London
Corrections on Dinners for Eighth Regiment at Americus
A reader corrects the Post on who funded the Eighth Regiment’s dinners during the Spanish War period in Americus Georgia. George Von L Meyer and Captain Gardner are named as presenting Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners, not Mr Gardner, with dates tied to Americus.
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Americus
Post
The
Moody
Eighth Regiment
von L. Meyer
Gardner
George von L
Shanis War
Marblehead
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