Roosevelt Message Declares War on Standard Oil Monopolies
The piece lauds President Roosevelt for his Congress report on the Standard Oil monopoly and the sugar trust. It highlights his bold denunciation of secret railroad rates, monopoly control in New England, and exploitation of government lands, framing the message as a pivotal pro public step. The article notes no partisanship and portrays the President as leading a broad, decisive battle for the people against powerful trusts.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Garfield
Cleveland
Democratic Congress
Standard Oil
Sugar Trust
Ida Tarbell
United States
Standard Oil Company
West
Southwest
New England
Boston & Maine Railroad
New York,New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Mr. Roosevelt
The Midnight Bill A Boston liquor license proposal
A Boston legislative committee drafts a bill to limit liquor sales in hotels dining rooms to midnight and 11 p m on Sundays. The plan allows one license per 20 000 residents with a $500 fee and excludes a referendum. It aims to preserve public entertaining venues while tightening controls.
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Legislative Committee
Boston
Publc
Genely
Balance on temperance bill urged for swift action
The speaker appeals to temperance advocates to support the bill and urges passage next week without delay or party opposition. He argues the lingering question is awkward and should be disposed of promptly to calm anxieties among supporters.
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Red Sea
Suez Canal
Africa
Admiral Dewey
Dry Dock
Marine Mike
Preservation Debate Over Old State House and Subway Plans
The Transit Commission backs a new subway risking the Old State House. General Hazard Stevens calls desecration, urging routes that avoid the building by using private property nearby. Proponents argue the extra cost to save the monument is worthwhile for future generations.
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State House
The
Transit Commission
General Committee of the Patriotic Societies
General Hazard Stevens
Old State House
Rockerfeller scare hits Atlantic City rail tale
Column mocks a New York train crash report and John D. Rockefeller's involvement while joking about missing details. It questions the catalyst of the incident and teases readers with speculative angles.
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Atlantic City
John D. Rockefeller
New York
Red Bank
N. J
John D
Cleveland
Pinehurst
Boston Aldermen Election Plan Fails in Senate Test
The editorial notes the Senate’s failure to postpone two year consideration of a new Aldermen election method in Boston. It argues a Republican Board cannot win in a strongly Democratic city, regardless of district designs, and predicts continued experimentation with limited gains. It suggests minority representation has not satisfied voters and sees possible political interest in a district system for the next campaign.
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Senate
Boston
Roosevelt declines foreign aid for San Francisco sufferers
The president refused to accept foreign help for the San Francisco disaster. A reader notes a past contrast with accepting wedding gifts for his daughter, arguing the situations are different.
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Roosevelt
San Francisco
Battle of the Wilderness begins as Civil War clashes spur
On May 5 1864 the Civil War battle of the Wilderness in Virginia opens. Reports note graft charges stir action in the Massachusetts Legislature as political tensions rise.
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Battle of the Wilderness
Massachusetts
Friends and figures note quake week in Bay Area and beyond
San Francisco society records reveal Mr. Fred Atteaux’s return to the coast after the earthquake and plans to observe the aftershocks. A Baptist debt campaign notes a 5 year old girl selling overshoes to raise 80 cents. Alameda resident Mrs. George R. Gay reports a shaken but safe home. Special Deputy Collector Munroe’s desk blooms with flowers after promotion. The No 1 Letter Carriers’ Association president Jeremiah Holland tours Boston with visitors. Captain Bill Pierce’s fishing tale ends in a cranked plank rescue, praised by Boston friends. Cambridge Alderman Stephen Harrington faces a mock trial and is forced to sing. Mears Orcutt completes 21 years as Brookline Public Library janitor and is a Civil War veteran wounded at Gettysburg.
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Mears Orcuit
Brookline Public Library
Orcutt
Is Spring Here Yet A Local Poetical To-Do List
A playful survey asks about spring chores and seasonal tasks around the home. Questions cover moving geraniums, sowing lettuce, cleaning, fruit deliveries, street music, shrubbery orders, carpet beating, fishing plans, boils, mower borrowing, and window screens. The tone suggests anticipation of warmer days to come.
Doctor and patient clash over hospital stay
Dick Ellis frets in Granville Cradle hospital room about lingering fever and confinement. A cheerful doctor urges rest and another day in a ward, but Dick resists and insists on leaving, leaving the medical staff baffled by his sudden worsening reaction.
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Dick Ellis
Granville Craie
Casey
Anause
Premonition Sparks Downtown Trip With Mom
In dialogue Dot plans a trip downtown with her mother while Dan suspects the jam-filled closet may trap him. Dan wonders if Dot’s mother told her to go, but Dot insists she’s heading out with her mother regardless of his worries.
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Dan
Leaving the Imperials for the Blazin Stars
A dialogue reveals Jimmie considering leaving the Imperials to join the Blazin Stars amid suspected graft in the deal. Little Rastus complains and laments the situation while questioning the offer of a season’s payoff.
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Rastus
Hullo
Jimmie
Imperials
Illness lifts as Dick reveals long-lost fiancée nurse
Doctor Blair discovers Dick, ill patient, no worse and escaping into a reunion with Gladys Maynard, the hospital nurse he once promised to wed. The doctor concedes letting her leave with him to secure a quick recovery.
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Blair
Ellis
Gladys
Miss Grey
Gladys Maynard
Tufts Receives Emu Skeleton for Museum Display
Tufts College in Medford received a South American emu specimen that died in Music Hall zoo. The skin will be mounted and the bones arranged as a skeleton for the museum, to be displayed with P. T. Barnum s Jumbo.
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Medford
Tufts College
Music Hall
P. T. Barnum
Cry Out to Save Old State House In Subway Dispute
Haz ard Stevens of the patriotic societies rebuts George G. Crocker on a Boston Old State House west front subway plan. He argues the design hurts the building’s integrity and urges deferring to civic sentiment and respected critics like Dr. Samuel A. Green and Winslow Warren.
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Old State House
West Front
Boston Transit Commission
Hazard Stevens
General Committee of the Patriotic Societies
George G. Crocker
Stevens
Emf
Muel A. Green
Winslow Warren
Edwin D. Mead
Eben F. Thompson
Engagement announced for Miss Eleanor Stockton and Rev Sherrard Billings
Society column reports the engagement of Miss Eleanor Stockton of Beacon Street to the Rev. Sherrard Billings of this city and Groton. No wedding date set yet but not long delayed. Also notes convalescence of Mrs. Hamilton Perkins and recent moves by Mr. and Mrs. William L. Parker abroad and visitors Reginald Robbins and Mr. and Mrs. John H. Wright from Europe.
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Beacon Street
Sherrard Billings
Groton
Miss Stockton
Howard Stockton
Hamilton Perkins
Exeter Street
William L. Parker
Dartmouth Street
Stanley McCormack
Katherine Dexter
Commonwealth Avenue
Chicago
Gardner Road
Brookline
Europe
Reginald Robbins
John H. Wright
Paris
Wright
Ethel L. Scott
Prom of B U The Climax Junior Week Ends At Copley Hall
Boston University closes its third junior week with a grand promenade at Copley Hall 194 Clarendon Street led by Charles N Serpa and Ida Busiere. About 300 couples paraded in crimson white and red gold with guests from Harvard Technology and Dartmouth.
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Copley Hall
Clarendon Street
Medford
Helen Emma Dorr
Stoneham
Charles N. Serpa
New Bedford
Agnes Barry
Yan
Helen Courtney
de Park
Anna Harris
Everett
Hannah Litchfield
Edna Cullis
Waverley
Jane Varenne
Boston
Qpueen G. Bryer
Wakefield
Frank G. Volpe
Edward Baird
Agnes Knox Black
Cambridge
John Patten Marshall
Brookline
William Marshall Warren
James Geddes, Jr
Lucille Gullein
George Moore
Frederick H. Kerwin
Harvard
Technology
Dartmouth
Resolutions Protest Immigration Bills by Boston Jewish Groups
Resolutions adopted by the Alliance Israelite Universelle and the Federation of Jewish Organizations of Boston protest Congress plans to raise the head tax on one immigrant from $2 to $5 and to require educational and financial tests. They argue that moral character and health have long defined desirability in immigrants, while the Gardner bill adds external, untried standards viewed as unjust and narrow.
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Alliance IsraeliteUniverselle
Federation of Jewish Organizations of
Boston
Massachusetts
Congress
Dillingham
O'Dowd's Place Filled Temporarily at Federal Building
Postmaster Hibbard appointed Joseph A. Petterson as temporary watchman at the Federal building to fill the vacancy created by the death of Watchman O'Dowd. An examination for the position will be held later this month.
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Hibbard
Joseph A. Petterson
Federal Building
O'Dowd
Advice Column: Love and Sentiment Dilemmas
A 27 year old man seeks Mildred Champagne's guidance after a yearlong courtship with a 20 year old woman is disrupted by meddling maiden aunts and the mother. The suitor questions whether to pursue the girl or honor a breakup, urging direct, private discussion with her away from relatives.
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Miss Champagne
W H Lewis Improves and Expected at Swift Trial
Assistant United States Attorney W H Lewis, confined at home in Cambridge for two weeks, is reported improving rapidly and is expected to attend the May 7 trial of former Custodian Timothy J Swift. District Attorney French will handle the case for the government, with Lewis assisting.
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United States
W. H. Lewis
Cambridge
Timothy J. Swift
French
Lewis
Geologists Propose Mammoth Cave Geological Station
Government geologists urge establishing a geological station in Mammoth Cave Kentucky to study earthquake shocks and seismic activity in the region.
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Mammoth Cave
Washington
Kentucky
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