Senate to reconsider amendment to corrupt practices act
The State Senate debates a proposed amendment to strengthen the corrupt practices act. The measure, aimed at closing the $20 exemption loophole, would require treasurers to oathfully certify committee receipts and expenditures after each election. Supporters argue the current law is a dead letter and should not be repealed.
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State Senate
House
Senate
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Higher Taxes in Boston Senate backs tax hike bill
The Senate approved by 27 to 4 a measure lifting Boston tax rate to 10.5 per thousand and debt cap to 214 percent of five year value. Critics say it burdens residents and businesses, denying a public referendum and ignoring Mayor and business groups. The bill now heads to a third reading with a likely passage.
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State Senate
Boston
Senate
Commonwealth
Miller of the Franklin Syndicate Sentenced to Ten Years
The Post exposed Miller's audacious fraud in which he promised 10 percent weekly profits claiming 620 percent yearly. He preyed on gullible investors and amassed large sums before authorities acted and removed him from public view, ending his scheme with a decade in prison.
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Miller
Franklin Syndicate
The
Post
New York Justice Sees Miller Case as Framing of Fraud
The passage details a successful arrest and trial related to the Franklin Syndicate and Miller, noting prior Massachusetts cases and cautioning investors against deceit. It emphasizes the stock exchange environment and the courts' role in protecting vulnerable victims from fraud.
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Boston
New York
Massachusetts
Miller
The
Stock Exchange
Millers
Mrs. Howes
Legislature Opens Haverhill Gas Case Against Securities Move
The committee on manufactures begins hearings on the gas and electric commissioners challenge to a citywide pact to curb gas price rises. The Legislature will decide on the fate of Haverhill Gas Securities Company and may revoke its charter as a vehicle to conceal profits from extortionate gas charges.
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Legislative Committee On Manufactures
Gas and Electric Commissioners
Haverhill
Haverhill Gas Securities Company
Committee On Manufactures
Securities Company
Commonwealth
Haverhill Gas Company
Barker
Barker At the Hearing Yesterday, the Gas Company
Massachusetts
Hawaii Becomes Territory as President Signs Hawaiian Bill
The president’s signature elevates Hawaii to a U S territory with its own legislature and a congressional delegate. The law includes free trade with the United States and constitutional privileges, while Porto Rico faces barriers and exploitation parity remains contested between islands.
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United States
Congress
Hawaiian Islands
Pacific Ocean
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Washington
Observant Citizen notes on stage and town life
Actor Joseph Jefferson discusses reviving Rip Van Winkle. Francis Wilson reports on Erminie success. Emma Howe leads Boston soprano at Grace Church. Miss Bessie Chapman pursuing NYC engagement. Harper Moody and social circles referenced. Outdoor Harvard crew races eyed. diphtheria mild in Quincy. Boston breweries risk shutdown over labor. Doctor Bartel turns 87. Bowdoin Club to dine May 6. elevated railway crowding cigars noted.
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Joseph Jefferson
Francis Wilson
Mr. Jefferson
Ermintie
Smoke complaints and society notes from Boston
A columnist reports dense smoke from a power house chimney despite no ban on soft coal burning but a smoke ordinance and inspector. The page includes theatre hat mirrors, a yarn ball incident at Union Station, fundraising for famine relief in Russia, Old Everett Club banquet plans, and ex Mayor Quincy delaying his return until September.
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te _st
P. Quincy
Quincy
Rainy Night Rhyme and Imagined Fairies Race Above
A playful verse passage describes listening to rain patter on a roof as the speaker imagines fairies and characters racing across the panes. Clinton Scollard references appear in a 19th century style publication, evoking whimsy and childlike vision.
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Srenee
Clinton Scollard
St. Nicholas
Witty World Notes Across The Pictorials
A collection of quick quips from various papers touching on legal talk a hotel register a presidential fundraiser and wartime remarks. The items play on wordplay misinterpretation and sharp social commentary with a light satirical tone.
Breakfast and Dinner Menu Items Including Hermit Cakes
A scrambled, OCR damaged listing of Daily Table items details breakfast and dinner offerings such as creamed potatoes omelet and fricasseed chicken with sides. It includes dessert notes for hermit cakes and cocoa plus a long, garbled recipe section for honeycomb pudding and hermit cake cups with various ingredients. The reading ends with stray phrases and a signature style.
Love and Letters Change a Night’s Plans
Helen Osgood waits for Arthur Hollis on a Thursday evening and receives a letter that delays him and leads to a fever dream of heartbreak. Hobbling through worry, she reads a second letter that reveals a planned reunion with his sister present at a future concert. Arthur returns, clarifies his love, and asks Helen to marry him after her recovery, which she gently agrees to.
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Helen Osgood
Arthur Hollis
Helen
Arthur
Men of Many Callings In the South African War Era
Pe Chang Yen Haman successor to Wu Ting Fang is called the dandy of the Orient and famed for costly millinery and dinners. The Duke of Norfolk Marlborough Roxburghe Westminster vie in age and status as four top peers join operations against the enemy. Five princes and Count Gleichen serve at the front, with notable past campaigns cited for Christian Victor Alexander Teck Francis of Teck.
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Chang Yen Haman
Wu- Ting-fang
Washington
London
Duke of Norfolk
South Africa
England
Duke of Marlborough
Duke of Roxburghe
Duke of Westminster
Christian Victor
Adolphus
Alexander
Francis of
Teck
Count Gleichen
Christian
Ashantee
Soudan
Prince Alexander of
Matabeleland
Prince Francis
Through Editors Spectacles on British Leadership
Joseph Cook attacks English leaders Chamberlain and Rhodes as jackals and thieves in a harsh editorial tone. The letters echo frequent calls for accountability as Britain’s top officers face retirements and questions about strategy and effectiveness abroad.
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Joseph Cook
Chamberlain
Rhodes
Brother Cook
Haverhill Gazette
England
Marlboro
Retirement tribute for John Drohan by public buildings staff
The public buildings department presented John Drohan the superintendent with a silver loving cup inscribed for his retirement at close of business yesterday. Also gifted were diamond cuff buttons from former employees now with the schoolhouse agent's division of the school department.
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Public Buildings Department
John Drohan
The
Greenwich Wedding of Miss Benedict and Mr Hastings
In Greenwich Connecticut on April 9 a lavish ceremony joined Miss Helen Ripley Benedict and Mr Thomas Hastings in marriage. A special train carried about a thousand guests from New York and Westward to the church where Rev Dr Hastings officiated followed by a reception at the Benedict mansion and a wedding supper for 800 guests. The couple sailed aboard the steam yacht Oneida for their journey. The event halted local business as townspeople gathered to glimpse the bridal party and the display. The Benedicts reportedly gave a significant gift to a New York banking house valued at around one million dollars.
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Helen Benedict
Thomas Hastings
Greenwich
Conn
Grhenwich
New England
Old Town
Helen Ripley Benedict
Elias C. Beneict
New York
New York City
Greenwich Station
Hastings
Benedict Mansion
Mr. Benedict
At & O
Edith Morton Weds William Corcoran Hustis in Grace Church
Edith Morton daughter of ex Governor Levi P Morton married William Corcoran Hustis son of the late Congressman George Eustis at Grace Church Broadway and Ninth Street. The bride’s father gave her away in a ceremony followed by a reception at 681 Fifth Avenue. The Morton home was lavishly decorated and the wedding described as the season’s most elegant.
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New York
Edith Morton
Levi P. Morton
Grace Church
Broadway
Ninth Street
William Corcoran Hustis
George Eustis
Louisiana
Helen
Lena Morton
Rosamond Street
Celestine Eustis
Fifth Avenue
Morton
Fay Dabney Marriage at Immanuel Church
The marriage of Miss Elizabeth Fay and F L Dabney was solemnized at Immanuel Church yesterday at noon. The couple is from Beacon Street and the ceremony was officiated by Rev Dr Parks.
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Elizabeth Fay
H. H. Fay
Beacon Street
F. L. Dabney
Immanuel Church
Dr. Parks
Wedding Party and Decorations Highlight Canal Street Ceremony
The full choral service preceded an elaborate church decoration scheme. The bridal procession featured bridesmaids Miss Fay sister of the bride Miss Burnham Miss Thayer and Miss Hooper with ushers L Amory A Cod man J T Burnett W B Patten E M Horton T B Dabney A R Weld and T B Crowninshield. A wedding breakfast followed the ceremony.
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Miss Fay
Miss Burnham
Thayer
Hooper
L. Amory
A. Codman
J. T. Burnett
W. 8. Patten
E. M. Horton
T. B. Dabney
A. R. Weld
T. B. Crowninshield
Bartlett Boardman wedding in Trinity Church setting
Miss Elvira Bartlett daughter of Nelson Bartlett married E A Boardman yesterday at Trinity. Rev Dr Donald and Rev R C Smith of New York officiated. The chancel was decorated with palms ramble roses and orchids. Ushers included Matthew Bartlett R D Boardman Boston E R Marvin E G Burgess D F Davis N E Ware Van Rensselaer King G W Thompson and best man J C Phillips all Harvard mates and Boston connections.
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Elvira Bartlett
Nelson Bartlett
E. A.boardman
Trinity
Donald
R. C. Smith
New York
Matthew Bartlett
R. D. D. Boardman
Boston
E. R. Marvin
Haverhill Gas Case Hearing On City Lighting Proposals
The committee on manufactures held a hearing yesterday morning on recommendations by the gas and electric light commissioners regarding the Haverhill Gas Light Company. The hearing addressed Carey petitions to repeal the gas company's charter and to authorize the city to establish a municipal lighting plant.
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Committee On Manufactures
Gas and Electric Light Commissioners
Haverhill Gas Light Company
James F. Carey
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New Bedford
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Russia
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Salem Street
Trrmond
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Charlie’’ Hunt
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Philadelphia Bulletin
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Independence Avenue
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Guards
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Boylston Streets
Benedict Hastings
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Boardman
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