A Curious Local Option Measure for Boston Licenses
A legislative bill before the committee proposes two votes per person on licenses: one for the city overall and a second for the district of the voter's residence. It would allow districts to ban saloons while enabling them elsewhere, a system the piece calls impractical and illogical. The argument notes conflicts between district and city decisions and questions the proposal's practicality and sense.
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Boston
Legislative Committee
Cuban postal theft trio convicted in Havana court
Three men once tallied as Cuban postal revenue thieves were found guilty in Havana. Each received 10 years in prison and heavy fines totaling 6.70 for Neely 36324 for Rathbone and 35516 for Reeves. Doubled terms if fines are collected on Massachusetts basis.
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Havana
Neely
Rathbone
Reeves
Massachusetts
Bristow
Columbus
Marcus X. Hanna
United States Senate
J. G. Rathbone
C. F. W. Neely
Bureau of Finance
W. 3 Reeves
Cuba
Gas Poisoning Pushes for Life Saving Legislation
Representative McNary introduces a resolution to the State Board of Health seeking data to craft an effective water gas safety law. It cites last year's fatal poisonings from inhaling gas, urges rapid action, and notes factual support from prior investigations on carbon monoxide, water gas, and coal gas lethality.
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McNary
State Board of Health
Gas and Electric Light Commissioners
Board of Health
Grad Asi
Massachusetts Hypnotism Bill Reignites Old Witchcraft Debate
A modern Massachusetts proposed law bans hypnotic influence under heavy penalties, evoking three centuries of witchcraft fears. Critics urge common sense over statute, arguing hypnotists are harmless and that reviving witch-taker roles is inappropriate.
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Massachusetts
Mather
Monomoy Life Saving Station Heroes Highlighted
The passage vows generous support for families of fallen Mono moy life-saving crews and calls for action for all coast stations. It extols the courage of those who replace fallen heroes and urges comprehensive care for volunteers across ongoing life-saving service.
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Monomoy
Massachusetts
Pensions for life saving service heroes urged now
The piece argues that life saving service crews risk their lives daily to save others and receive meager pay. It questions why the government does not extend pensions to dependents, urging action comparable to military support. It stresses the heroic, patriotic nature of their work and the need for immediate pension provision.
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Republic
Washington
Public Grounds Bill Faces Boston Power Split
The debate centers on whether Boston City Council can consolidate the park system by placing Boston Common Public Garden and other grounds under park commissioners. If lawmakers lack authority the move risks a home rule veto from the Governor. Advocates urge City Hall action and careful legal framing.
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Boston Common
Park Commissioners
Boston
Beacon Hill
City Hall
Friends of
Pickering Harvard to head Carnegie astronomy department
The Observant Citizen notes Professor F E C Pickering of Harvard has accepted the directorship of the department of astronomy and astrophysics at the Carnegie Institution, with no need for him to leave Cambridge. Other items include Harvard professors Sargent and Isham traveling to Europe, Boston spring cleaning, and local social announcements.
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F E. C. Pickering
Harvard
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Carnegie Institution
Cambridge
University City
Sargent
Europe
Amateur gardening and bustling city life in one column
An eclectic column surveys amateur gardening zeal and quirky urban scenes. It mentions a Boston conductor’s misread sign, a Signet Commandery ceremony in Gilman Square, ping pong lore, canoe berths on the Charles, spring hoboes, and light verse about Jo Chamberlain and prize fighting.
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Signet Commandery
Knights of Malta
Somerville
Gilman Square
City
Order
Jolly Boy Toast and Toast Gravy Recipe
Post's Illustrated Menu presents a toast dip with milk flour butter and salt plus a cornmeal cake recipe. It advises cooking flour with milk for flavor, boiling water bath to prevent scorching, then serving hot with toast gravy. The note ends with the author Alice Be Whitaker.
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Jolly Boys
Alice BE
Whitaker
Karona Cameras Half Price Sale at IVER JOHNSON'S
A note advertising Karona Cameras left from a half price sale at Iver Johnson's store located at 163 Washington Street. The offer lists a price of 3.25 dollars and mentions a CNY context.
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Iver Johnson
Washington St
Westward civility and odd hints in old note
A humorous flight of phrases portrays implied danger and social quirks. The dialogue mockingly swaps fears of abduction for cheap melodrama as a office boy digs up family memories and Omaha students make mischief, while May Yohe drops a royal title.
A Reminiscence of Easter Dreams and Lost Love
A story set at Easter in Roxbury follows Jack Adair in a cold library where a dream vision of his lost love Kittie appears with his mother urging forgiveness. The spectral reunion ends as Jack awakens by the fire to find Kittie had been dead for years, leaving him to greet his waking wife with a tender, bittersweet smile.
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Boston
Jack Adair
Kittle
Kittie
Jack
Christ
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