Dignity of the Senate Tested Over Chapman Pardons
Editorial argues the Senate’s contempt ruling against Broker Chapman and possible pardons undermine Senate dignity. It warns pardoning Chapman would erode public trust and encourage future defiance by officials facing corruption inquiries. The piece singles out Havemeyer and Searles and calls for full confessions from sugar schedules scandal participants.
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Broker Chapman
Supreme Court
United States Senate
Senate
Chapman
Havemeyer
Searles
Algernon
Scott
Esmeralda
Chicago Tribune
Delaware
Jerseyman
Rhode Island
Nevada
Kansas
Blondy
Carson
Butts
Philadelphia
McKinley tariff fears and the surge of imports
The piece argues that fears foreigners importing heavily before the tariff rise are a misread of the situation. It claims the import surge is driven by profit motives ahead of McKinley’s new tax and that the conspiracy idea exaggerates a looming economic famine.
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United States
Free transfers urged as Boston transit debate heats up
Massachusetts legislators face a pivotal vote as calls resurface for free streetcar transfers in Boston. Advocates urge open debate and a House decision, citing public demand and prior committee opposition, while other items note local events and residents in Boston.
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Massachusetts House of Representatives
Boston
House of 1897
House
People’s Representatives
House of Representatives
Trust investigation urged for Massachusetts legislature recess
A House vote backed a recess inquiry into trusts with the aim to prepare facts for 1898. Senators and anti trust bills are postponed to next session, while local understanding is built to curb monopolies and inform public opinion.
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State House of Representatives
Massachusetts
House
Reform the Patent Laws and the Berliner Case
A 1908 Supreme Court ruling extends Bell Telephone’s monopoly by eleven years and six months, due to patent delays. The author urges immediate congressional reform to prevent such fraud, criticizing neglect in the patent office and calling for laws ending pigeonholing to revive competition.
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Supreme Court
Bell Telephone Company
Bell Company
Court of Last Appeal
Patent Office
Congress
Bell Telephone
Preparing for the famine driven by the Dingley tariff
The piece argues the Dingley tariff will starve industry by raising prices and triggering imports. It notes foreign wool, sugar, hides, and crockery arriving ahead of the policy, with Boston seeing wool imports reach half of the prior year and tens of thousands of cattle driven from Mexico in April. The Boston Journal calls this conspiracy at work.
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Boston
The
Boston Journal
Veteran Chief Engineer Potts Retires From Charlestown Yard
The Observant Citizen notes Charlestown Navy Yard chief engineer Robert Potts U S N has retired after a long government career since 1861. He led machinery inspection for new cruisers and is praised as a top navy expert. The column also ponders confidence games in London and quirky street observations including a Chinaman sketching hats, a forger named Talliafero, post office letter sorting, and remarks on General How ard's visit and memorabilia.
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Robert Potts
Charlestown Navy Yard
Ireland
Washington Street
War time romance in Maine town ends with new union
A 19 year old private crafts a letter to a war nurse using a male fantasy, guiding a correspondence with Katie Mansfield. The nurse, “Hope Fleming,” helps him through battles until his presumed death. Postwar, Katie becomes a music teacher and meets minister Mr Leeman, who is revealed to be the wounded veteran and old friend. They realize their bond and agree to pursue a future together.
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Maine
Younasha
Oran
Frank
Katie Mansfield
Hope Fleming
Katie
Fannie Mason
Leeman
Fannie
Fred
Conway
Mason
McClure’s Magazine Bible Club
Tremont St
Boston
Tremont Street
McClure’s Magazine
Bible Club
Mass
Round Capes Return as Flouncy Fashion
The round cape reappears with a modern air of fluff and flounce. The chic option features three pinked or hemmed flounces in taffeta from the neck, while others use a short yoke with two flounces edged in satin lace or velvet. Black lace accents add elegance.
Modish capes feature lace yokes with velvet tone
The article notes white satin yokes with two black lace flounces for a black and white season. Mousseline and chiffon capes appear, though lace is newer. capes extend to near the elbow. A yoke keeps fullness below the shoulders and flat shoulders suit flounced necks. THE LATEST.
New York bankers urge McKinley to settle Cuban insurrection
A petition circulated in New York by bankers and businessmen asks President McKinley to use all power for a speedy Cuban insurrection settlement. The initiative aims to extend to all towns and cities across the United States where business has suffered from Cuban tensions.
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New York
McKinley
Ait States
London landscaper Miss Wilkinson earns fame in parks
A survey notes Miss Wilkinson of London gaining fame as a landscape gardener shaping many London parks. The report also recalls Judge Regan’s Dallas dedication speech praising President Davis, Nansen’s Rome lecture plans abandoned over terms, and other varied notes on notable figures and events.
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Miss Wilkinson
London
Dallas
Texas
Regan
Davis
Richard Cour de Leon
Cato
Nansen
Rome
Geographical Society of the Eternal City
Comic Snippets and Social Snips From Early 20th Century Quips
A collage of jokes and witticisms from multiple papers includes jokes about weddings costs, regional stereotypes, a boastful con man, a faux travel gag, a dance joke, a marriage proposal tease, and a nocturnal wife insomnia quip.
Bananas Sugar and Cream Menu Item List
A compact list of dinner pantry items including bananas sugar and cream baked potato coffee oatmeal fried lamb chops hot biscuits roast lamb boiled onions flour dinner mashed potatoes boiled squash gravy vase tea pepper sauce and related condiments.
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Democratic Paper OF
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Grant
Sherman
Logan
Thomas
Sergeant Hebard
Park
Boylston Street Bridge
H. L. Berger
Maplewood
White Mountains
England
New Hampshire
Providence
New Jersey
John L. Douglass
Post
Columbia Building
Douglass
Georgetown University
Lamont
Edwin A
Sidney E. Shuman
Shuman
South Boston Yacht Club
Shaman Boys
North Shore
Talliafero
Cincinnati
Strout
Howard
Jo Davis
Grover Cleveland
Massachusetts Club
Ashington
World Drinks
Charles E. Hires CO
AU Lee
Royal Baking Powder CO
the Post
Annie K. Noble
Newton Center
Lorimer
Tremont Temple
Holy Land
Minot J. Savage
Daniel March
D. D
Winchester
A. E. Dunning
Congregationalist
Sooston
John Willis Baer
Sec. Society
Christian Endeavor
iSeventeen
Christ
Apostles
McClure's
Round Capes
Cuba
Burleigh
Seth L. Milliken
Miss Cassini
China
Ruthy York
Georgia
Atlanta
South
Richard Olney
Ebster
Hardham
Fleet Street
Ludgate Circus
Garrick
Itcura
Porris Deve and
Crem. R
Ole Props
Waterloo
Johnson Griggs
Somersetshire
Kempton Park
Lambeth Palace
Westminster Bridge
J. G
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Madge
Jack
Con Vivial
Bread Puddin
Lee
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