SQUEEZING BOSTON CONSUMERS IN COAL STRIKE FALLOUT
A Boston coal trust hikes prices ahead of a nationwide anthracite strike, squeezing consumers while miners face pressure. The piece accuses operators led by President Baer of provoking a strike to raise profits and weaken unions, urging Congress to drop import duties and push public ownership of coal fields.
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Boston
Boston Coal Combine
Metropolitan Coal Company
Boston Coal Trust
Coal Trust
Pennsylvania
Miners’ Committee
John Mitchell
Baer
Trust
Congress
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Stock Watering Measure Aimed at Utilities
The State Board of Trade proposes legislation to curb stock and debt watering by gas and electric companies by applying rules used for street railway consolidations. Consolidations would not allow capital stock or debt to exceed the sum of liabilities of preexisting firms. The aim is prudent restraint on capitalization of franchises and rights in the utility sector.
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State Board of Trade
State House
Safeguards for Real Property and Labor Payments Proposed
A proposed statute seeks strict precautions in mortgage transfers and in paying for labor, ensuring good faith by both the holder and the payer. It argues that whenever protection exists for real property transfers, similar safeguards are warranted for the price of a man’s personal labor.
The Poor Man's Money Bill Aims to Reform Wage Assignments
The legislature considers a judiciary committee backed bill to regulate wage assignments protecting borrowers. It notes abuse in small loan practices with wage liens and deceptive schemes, while acknowledging necessity for wage earners in emergencies. The measure seeks strong safeguards for vulnerable workers.
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Committee On the Judiciary
Cruelty Trial of Derbyshire Sisters Over Starving Livestock
Two unmarried sisters and farmers Rose of White Rake Farm in Derbyshire faced Bakewell Petty Sessions for starving seven cows two steers five calves one horse two pigs 22 fowls 23 sheep and two geese. Police found no food despite hay, animals in skeletal condition. some sheep dead and hens in a barn. A pigsty incident with a broomstick led to self defence. Both defendants were absent but represented. each jailed two months. Other items note a Nebraska woman suing a railroad and a Chicago schools policy shift favoring women principals.
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Rose
White Rake Farm
Derbyshire
Tideswell Moor
London Daily News
Women right to vote vs wear rubber boots proposed
In a letter to the Post Alice Stone Blackwell cites Miss Alice Henry of Australia urging women to gain the ballot. She argues suffrage would save boots and travel for petitions and notes reforms in Australia include child protection laws and pay equality for government female workers.
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Boston Equal Suffrage Association
Alice Henry
Australia
Rose Society thanks for reports on Boston meet 1906
The Boston Post reports the American Rose Society extends sincere thanks for the complete and correct reports of the society meet and exhibition in Boston on March 28, 1906. Secretary William J. Stewart signs the message.
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Boston Post
Boston
American Rose Society
William J. Stewart
Major-General Would and the Inkless Message
Humorous tale follows Major-General Would as he improvises a penless wireless to report Captain Punk's cavalry victory over a Moro force. The commander awards Punk a leather medal and a week’s furlough, while a mock Sphinx quip and phonetic spelling joke close the piece.
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Commissary Department
Would
Skiddoo
Captain Punk
Punk
2Nd Skiddoo Cavalry
Health of Bingville Residents Cited by Oskaloosa Globe
In a cheeky note the Oskaloosa Globe remarks that if Bingville health does not improve by the next issue it will only mention those who are well, calling it easier than listing all who are sick. The piece captures local humor about community health.
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Oskaloosa
Globe
John D Bids Time With Grandson Bonding Chance
John D will now have a chance to call on his new grandson and get acquainted with him. A reliable report says the baby bears a strong resemblance to his grand-dad and both are bald.
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John D
James P. Ramsay
East Cambridge
Ai. Ramsay
Beacon Hill
North End
George A. Scigliano
George A., Jr
Beacon Boulevard Solution Suggestion to End Basin Dispute
Edward Seaver proposes a plan to resolve the Beacon Street and Bay State Road boulevard bill. The state or city would fill the basin and build a boulevard with house lots, sold at construction cost to property owners who release all claims for damages. The approach would end litigation, improve the basin, and add taxable property for the city.
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Sir
Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Beacon Street
Bay State Road
Edward Seaver
Hobo and Madam Exchange A Vague Warning
A terse street scene shows a hobo and a woman exchanging sharp words with a man overhearing. The exchange hints at a domestic conflict and a threat to await the husband’s return. Dialogue captures a tense urban moment with implied social struggle.
Treaty Between United States and Japan Signed
March 31 1854 marks the signing of a treaty between the United States and Japan. A year earlier The Rev Frederick W Hamilton was chosen acting president at Tufts College.
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United States
Japan
Frederick W. Hamilton
Tufts
Marston Wedding Twist Reveals Sister In Law Connection
Stanley Rowe rides to Wakefield for a wedding and confronts his former love, only to learn the bride is his sister in law, Miss Marston, and her sister reveals the truth just as emotions peak. The revelation changes the romantic ruin into a guarded reconciliation.
Charles F. Hilly Named Eligible Bachelor of Winthrop
Charles F. Willy of Winthrop a Boston lawyer and Boston University graduate is listed among the eligible bachelors of Greater Boston Winthrop for local mat ters He is known to be active in Suffolk bar circles and multiple social groups with strong ties to the town.
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Frank E. McMillan
George E. Hibbard
Tallahassee
Fla
Boston
Greater Boston
Charles F. Willy
Winthrop
Boston University
Hilly
Ance
Suffolk
Charles F. Hilly
Social Season Notes Highlight Boston Society Events
Brookline and Boston families host dinners and weddings in April and May. Harvard student Louis de Mores marks his 21st birthday at Delmonico's while Duke de Vallambrosa title is noted. Prominent locals attend receptions, funerals, and forthcoming nuptials, with prominent marriages planned for Virginia Ives Gammell Cross and Cornelius Bliss Jr. in April and late April respectively.
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Langdon Shannon Davis
Sumner and
Clinton Roads
Brookline
Tuileries Ballroom
Louis de Mores
Harvard
Delmonico’s
de Mores
Duke de
Alfred Jerome Weston
Washington
St. Augustine
J. de Forest Danielson
Virginia Ives Gammell
America
Harry Parsons Cross
Cornelius N. Bliss, Jr
Zaidee Cobb
Edmund RB. Cobb
Bliss
Delmonico
Charles L. Baker
Butler
Magnolia
Gloucester Road
Edward B. Hill
Beacon Street
Manchester Cove
Robert W. Atkinson
Edward Atkinson
Heath Hill
Talks on Love and Sentiment by Mildred Champagne
Dear Miss Champagne advises a 20 year old to wait two or three years before marriage to weigh parental objections and prove a suitor's responsibility. She urges that the man show saving and a change from poker to win the girl's trust, suggesting patience and self-control as essential. A second letter asks about reclaiming gifts, photos, and money. the columnist says gifts are generally not owed back, noting sentiment and owner’s mood affect return.
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Louis J. Howard
Roxbury
Tabby
Howard
Miss Champagne
Elis
Nellie A
Nas
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