Statehood conference eyed compromise on two new states
Senate and House debated a conference committee on the statehood bill. The House backed two new states Oklahoma and Indian Territory joined, while the Senate favored a single state of Oklahoma and Indian Territory, excluding Arizona and New Mexico. Foraker’s amendment proposes a separate referendum in New Mexico and Arizona to accept joint statehood, a fair method amid strong local opposition to union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Arizona
New Mexico
Congress
Foraker
New Voters Festival Set At Faneuil Hall Tomorrow
The fourth annual New Voters Festival in Boston convenes at 3 PM in Faneuil Hall with President Huntington of Boston University presiding. Speakers include Ransom on Boston's Inheritance Fitzpatrick on The Business Man's Civic Duty Wadlin on Some Helps to Citizenship and Ames on Patriotism. A Boston Singing Club chorus and English High School Orchestra will lead the music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Gordon Ames
Faneuil Hall
Boston
Huntington
Boston University
R. C. Ransom
T. B. Fitzpatrick
Horace G. Wadlin
Charles G. Ames
Boston Singing Club
New York Judge Faults DA Conduct in Life Insurance Scandal
Justice O'Sullivan tells the New York grand jury that District Attorney Jerome mishandled funds from life insurance trustees who diverted policyholders' money to political campaign managers, signaling indictments may follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome
Justice O'Sullivan
Court of General Sessions
New York
Court Discourse on Larceny and New York Penal Law
Judge O Sullivan cites New York Penal Code defining larceny as possession and misappropriation of money or property by an agent or officer. Jerome proposes warrants for Perkins Cortelyou and Bliss as receivers of stolen goods to test the theory. The judge rejects the idea but notes its potential practical interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
O'Sullivan
State of
Jerome
George W. Perkins
Cortelyou
Cornelius N. Bliss
Danger of mileage rate bill threatens New England industries
The article warns that passage of an interstate mileage rate bill could force uniform transport charges nationwide, risking the destruction of New England manufacturing. Senator Lodge argues such a system would turn the region into an industrial desert, harming workers and the broader economy if adopted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Congress
Mississippi Valley
Senator Lodge
Senate
McCail
Senator Lodge Iow
New Zingland
Washington
Chilean Woman to Speak at B Y M C U
Senorita Carolina Huido Bro of Chili will present an illustrated talk on the Wonders of Peru with stereopticon views this evening at the Young Men's Christian Union. Antoinette E Morris will read Esther on Sunday evening with a special musical program promised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Young Men’s Christian Union
Carolina Huidobro
Chili
Peru
Antoinette E. Morris
Esther
Antoinette ’. Morris
Young Men's Christian Union
Composite photo graph schemes and quirky hat tale
A Philadelphia college girl plans a composite photograph of ex-beaux to find an ideal man with features from Wen Tom Jim and Fred. Philadelphia Record notes the artistic project as a cautious novelty. A Denver Post item recounts a millinery store incident where a ranch woman inspects a brown veil hat and pays with bills hidden in her hair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Plasticlab
Wen
Tom
Jim
Fred
Manu
Philadelphia Record
Denver Post
Rhode Island Buys Land For Beads In 1638
In 1638 Rhode Island purchased land from Indigenous people for 40 fathoms of beads. An inquest was ordered into a fatal boiler explosion at Brockton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockton
Maple sugar camp tale of art versus reality
A writer recalls planning an illustrated maple sap piece for the Post. He critiques a Buffalo artist’s maple camp drawing and laments the clash between artistic vision and accurate detail, ending with a self-deprecating note on fragile plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sugar Camp
the Post
Buffalo
N. Y
Boston
Helena
Mont
Bud Hinckley
Bingville
Thither
Boston society notes at the Ormond and city events
A Boston entertainment roundup at the Ormond features a playlet A Tonsorial Incident with Billings and McCarthy. John Shepard and Miss Marion Spinney appear in other acts. Updates cover yacht work, weather forecasting, police strength, and civic greetings at local gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Ormond, Ormond, Fia
G. H. Billings
B. W. Currier
Lynn
Messrs. Billings
McCarthy
Darktown
John Shepard
Willikins
Dinah
Fanny Crosby Celebrates 86th Birthday Today
Fanny J. Crosby marked her 86th birthday today amid friends. The famed hymn writer, who has penned over 6000 hymns, became blind in childhood but retains a remarkable memory and sings her beloved hymn Safe in the Arms of Jesus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fanny J. Crosby
Crosby
Jesus
Gilory
Jasper Sea
Jury Disagrees With Bill Trial Verdict
A juror dispute emerges after the Bill trial as jurors report disagreement with the verdict. Lawyers note a split view on conviction and plan to review the case details and potential next steps.
Jug Sizes Determine the Number of Jags
Statement notes that jag count in a jug varies with jug size, implying a direct proportional relationship between container capacity and jag quantity. The principle suggests larger jugs hold more jags while smaller ones contain fewer.
Night-caps and head dresses in a Dawn of fashion
A verse excerpt from Wallace Irwin in the New York Globe describes night-caps and bonnet styles as a rising fad. The speaker whimsically imagines a beloved wearing dainty, embroidered caps and curling ribbons, seeking Morpheus’s judgment on their charm and allure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morpheus
Wallace Irwin
New York Globe
Ruth and John D. Astorville Jr. in Love on the Vermont Hills
Ruth, a country girl from Rawson's, meets John D. Astorville Jr. at Hillslope Farm and they fall in love. He plans to marry and whisk her to New York, but she worries about leaving home yet loves him deeply. John departs for Vermont hills as news mentions his insurance committee work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter McLean
Salem Street
Doughty Freman
North Street
Captain McLean
Columbia Road
Ruth
Stella
Deacon Bradford
Calico
Red House
Rawson’s
Hillslope Farm
John D. Astorville, Jr
Rawson
John
New York
John D,. Astorville, Jr
Descon
Vermont Hills
Insurance
Public reduces hours for school chief Stratton Brooks
Superintendent Stratton Brooks announced he will be available daily in his office from 4 to 5 p m except Saturdays, guiding public access to district administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratton
Db. Brooks
Eligi ble Bachelors of Greater Boston Feature Frank Seiberlich
The Jamaica Plain based senator Frank Seiberlich born October 29 1874 is profiled as a leading local bachelor. He served in the legislatures of 1908 1909 and 1910 chaired the elections committee in 1904 and the taxation committee in 1907 and is active in numerous clubs and associations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica Plain
Frank Seiberlich
Seiberlich
Eliot Lodge
New York Visitors Entertained by Boston Society Leaders
A New York visitor Mrs Nathalie S Ray known as Mrs N Baylies enjoys numerous courtesies in Boston with connections to the Baylies family. Miss Nora Iselin won a tennis cup at Aiken while locals Amory Gardner and others competed. Notables include Mrs John Jacob Astor Anita Sands and Doroty Whitney among contestants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
N. Baylies
Nathalie S. Ray
Francis
Abot Lowell
Beacon Street
Aiken
S. C
Dolan
Nora Iselin
John Jacob Astor
Anita Sands
Dorothy Whitney
Osgood Pell
Gladys Deacon
Herbert Harriman
Isabella Hunnewell
Palmetto Club
Fay Ingalls
Harvard
Palm Beach
Boston
Thomas G. Stevenson
Patrick Grant
Somerset Club
Reginald Brooks
England
Nannie Langhorne Shaw
Harry Payne Whitney
Whitneys
Alleyne Leland
Eliot Hospital
George Draper
Corey Hill Hospital
Eleanor Ames
Isabel Thacher Gourlie
Noel Lispenard Carpender
Calvary Church
Jeannie Carpender
Edith Gourlie
Sadie Barrett
Nathalie Gourkie
Also Mentioned on This Page
Boston Post the
Representative Democratic Paper of
Post Publishing Co
Washington al
Masa
the Sunday Post
Poet Office
Mace
Poet Publishing Company
Postal
A. Grozifpr
Daily Post
Sunday Post
Orsiay Averace
the New Voters? Festival
London Truth
Newton Newkirk
John D. Rockefeller
Rhode Island
George E. Parmalee
Swordfish
Borden's
Dorchester
Lucy
Billy Fay
Smith
Fay
Pete McLean
Malden
Willam W. Sewall
Maine
Roosevelt
Chelsea
Ll. Raymond Talbot
Talbot
Sewall
Maine Woods
Martin Conley
Lowell
Stratton D. Brooks
Boston Art Club
School of the Museum of Fine Arts
Huntington Chambers
Purdon Clarke
Miles
Houdini
Boston Postoffice
Norman Cameron
Cameron
Keene
N. H
Mr. Cameron
Rkrkit
James M. Codman
Brookline Board of Selectmen
Codman
t+ bt bt & T am
Daniel J. Daley
Brookline Board of Assessors
Boston Young Men’s Christian Association Law School
Fanny Crosby
Bill
Miss Pointer
Pathe
Uncles
Anna
Grandmother
Vain
Bessie G. Rich
Carrington Avenue, Woonsocket, R. I
Brooks
Greater Boston
Beacon Studio
Edith Andrew
Jessie Johnston
Italy
Gibraltar
Anacrew
J. Dudley Clark
Alexander Agassiz
Maximilian Agassiz
Europe
Agassiz
Newport
Castle Hill
Vendome
Joseph Lindon Smith
St. Botolph and Tavern
Osborne Howes
Brookline
Holland Flouse
Thomas Eb, Proctor
Commonwealth Avenue
St. Regis
UNION
Hargedon & Lynch
Washington Cup
Gibbs Theatre
Hanover Ear Blackstone St
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!