General Otis Faces Praise and Criticism Over Philippine War
The piece notes General Otis's relentless labor as commander and military governor in the Philippines and questions U S. reports of peace and subjugation. It argues Otis should be honored for censoring the Declaration of Sovereignty and Benign Assimilation and blames chance for preventing his efforts to halt the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis
United States
Philippines
Finsath
Ainiot
United States Authority
General Otis
Chance
British Advance Presses Into Free State War Zone
The British crossing of the Vaal River places forces in the Orange Free State as General Roberts moves toward Pretoria. Despite progress, centering on Vet and other river crossings, heavy fighting continues and subjugation of the Transvaal remains distant, signaling a likely turning point but not an immediate end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
Vaal
Hunter
Ruger
S’ Republic
Orange Free State
South African Republic
Kroonatad
Winburg
Natal
Vet River
London
Pretoria
Transvaal
Roberts
Give the Moths a Chance Extermination Debate
An editorial argues against spending 100000 this year on gypsy moth control through a changed agency. It calls compromise impractical and urges continuing extermination only if fully funded. It suggessts allowing the moths to prove their devastation or disappear on their own.
Nature rebalances balance as gypsy moth cycle ends
The passage opines that nature may have already ended the gypsy moth cycle and argues it is better to do nothing rather than provide only partial measures. It reflects a cautious, nonintervention stance on pest control.
Boer Embassy Visit Reflects American Sympathy Not Recognition
The proposed Boer embassy visit shows the aim is moral support rather than official U S recognition. The Senate vote on sympathy resolutions signals Congress will offer no concrete backing, while Americans are urged to express solidarity with a republic fighting for self government, despite federal positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Congress
England
Mason
Slidell
Confederate States of America
Palmerston
Republic
East Boston Tunnel Groundbreaking Signals Progress
The first section of the harbor tunnel to East Boston breaks ground, transforming a long delayed project into a tangible enterprise. Judicial rulings confirm Transit Commission spending rights, boosting optimism for urban transit and the future use of tunnels for broader transport beyond passenger street railway service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harbor
Boston
Transit Commission
East
The Observant Citizen and Boston Sunday Post Highlights
Notes on the circus spectacle on Huntington Avenue with crowds watching the tent city rise. The Sunday Post is praised as a record-setting paper with rich scoops and illustrated pages, including a dramatic sewer manhole story. Grace Atwell, James A. Frye, Pat Arbuckle featured. Radcliffe girls and slang linked to legislative jokes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunday Post
Boston
The
Post
Moon Island
the Post
Great Sunday Post
B. B. Johnson
Waltham
Albert Clarke
Tammany Leaders in Maine Highlight News Section Features
Inside sources report on Tammany leaders in Maine amid broader features in the news section. The piece notes humorous payments with promissory notes, Harvard University events, and details from the Sporting Post and Woman's Post, plus remarks from Henry A. Goodrich and Rev. H. C. Applegarth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
VOX MILITANTIS VERSE ABOUT BOER WAR HEROES
The piece reflects on Boer and Briton graves under a vast sky, contrasting the slow aeons of death with the flying day of life. It quotes a Spectator line about duty, honor, and the grim horror of death, urging courage and steadfastness in conflict.
Snippets From The City Columns And Caricatured Chats
A collage of overheard remarks and comic exchanges from various papers. Sherlock Holmes humor about patience and baby, a witty exchange on waiting and mud, a press room strike delaying typesetting, actors awaiting salary, a professor with a trained goat, and a French gun joke echoing in a courtroom fray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherlock Holmes
Holmes
Philadelphia Press
Washington Star
Foreman
Sheldon
Chicago : Tribune
Hamlett
Sue Brett
Chicago News
Mabel
Thiddleton
Chicago Times-Herald
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Daily Table Hints From a Frugal Cookery Page
Shredded Wheat and Bocarena nana Bags appear in a domestic menu listing dinner items. It mentions Bisque Soup mal nore Duck Mth Oyster Scene croquettes Mash Potatoes Cel Sliced Tom a Strawberry Short a ootuit SUPPER and Cold Roast Lamb with Welsh Rarebit and Salmon Salad. Apple Jelly Cream Pie and Oranges Chocolate. A gravy method mixes flour butter water then oysters with pepper and salt. Oranges are prepared sliced with sugar and set on fruit plates. The page notes a light flaky bottom crust and a crustless coffee cup dessert with lemon flavor. Address Clive street vemdied Plain the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clive Street
Vemdied Plain
ParisMetro adopts electric pneumatic brake on railroad
In Paris the Metropolitan railway adds an electric pneumatic braking system to its trains signaling a push toward modernized travel. A future era is hinted where most households will own telephones alongside other modern conveniences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
West Africa
Sirdar
Khartoum
Khediven
Germany
Scotland
Clarinda Johnson Finds Love in a Village Wedding Switch
In a New England village, Clarinda Johnson schemes to remarry after her husband Obediah dies. She plans to join Deacon Brown, but misreads the signals as Brown offers Susan a match. When Susan marries Brown, Clarinda ultimately stays with Johnson relation, declaring she will remain his wife instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarinda Johnson
Susan
Granger
Clarinda
Obediah Johnson
Obediab
Johnson
Obediah
Susan Granger
Deacon Brown
Deacon’ Brown
Sisan
Deacon
Clarinde
Ornamental Diamond Rose Jewelry By Paris Maker
Mrs William K Venderbitt Jr orders a large diamond rose ornament with a yellow diamond center made in Paris. The piece echoes a similar design recently seen at Nice by an author and dramatist associated with revolutionary works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William K Venderbitt, Jr
Paris
Nice
Waters i
Nardeon
Ce Revolution Pub
Lawson Mascot Cat Sparks Turmoil for Thomas W. Lawson
Boston story recounts the puzzling distress of financier Thomas W. Lawson over the disappearance of his Maltese Angora mascot cat “Tom” after his earlier purchase of three kittens. The loss triggers citywide searches and a cash reward, highlighting Lawson's unusual emotional stake in a pet amid his famed market flair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas W. Lawson
Charlesgate
Expressman
Lawson
Editors' Spectacles and Public Debate on Puerto Rico
A collection of editorials and letters comments from multiple papers discussing U S policy toward Porto Rico, China, the Monroe Doctrine, and reactions to political actions in Boston. The texts critique public understanding, national interests, and constitutional questions amid international affairs and local governance.
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DeLandis
Congress
Porto Rico
Indianapolis
United States
China
St. Joseph
Boston
Ottewe
Chicago
Philadelphia Public ‘Ledger
Chicago Chronicle
Root
Chicago Inter
Dciag
Men of Many Callings It Day and University Guests
Gouvernor Cec used powers Maine style the sunset year of the nineteenth century. Harper of the University of Chicago will be invited to Chicago as guest during his trip abroad. Lord Wolseley’s term as commander in chief ends in November and likely successor will be Lord Roberts. Professor J Stanley Grimes, survivor of the old school lecturers, recently marked his 93rd birthday in Evanston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Cameron
Presbyterian Church
South Boston
General Presbyterian Assembly
St. Louis
Boston
Cameron
Scotland
John Knox
Duke of Argyll
Knox
New England
Brett
John Robinson
Pilgrims
Holland
America
Philadelphia
Patton
Princeton University
Cambria
Church of England
General Assembly
John Moore Boston
Cec Iies Powers
Maine
Harper
University of Chicao
Fol Tocome
Chicago
Lord Wolseley
Lord Roberts
J. Stanley Grimes
Evanston
Webster
Clay
J. Q. Adams
Bryant
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Boston Post
Democratic Paper
Total
the Sunday Post
Dally
Observant Citizen
Rome
Huntington Avenue
Grace Atwell
New York
James A. Frye
Pat Macklyn Arbuckle
Newton
Radcliffe
Beacon Hill
Wiseacres
Tremont
University Club
Pierian Sodality
Harvard‘University
Harvard
Strube
Sporting Post
Society
Massachusetts
Australia
Fitchburg
Goodrich
H. C. ‘Applegarth
Euclid Avenue
John
D. Rockefeller
Applegarth
Vermont
Zebra Club
Richard Olney
VOX Militantis
Brown’s
A.K. Symonds
Davis Avenue
West
Newton, Mass
Radam
Heaton & CO
Tremont St
Boylston
Prince Street
Angora
Angy
Angelus
Mr. Lawson
Tom
Mr Lawson
Frand
Charlesgate East
Little Park
Linehan
Kiley
Sir
Common Council
Concord
McKinley
Ohn Hay
Atlantic
OAK Hall Clothing CO
Washington Street
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