South Dakota Constituent Letters For Seeds Prompt House Laughter
A letter read by Representative Pickler in the House during debate on the agricultural appropriation bill mocks seeds and plants requests from the department. James Wells of Britton, S D lists fantastical seed desires from seventy day corn to gold producing silver seeds and even elephant tusks in a humorous, satirical tone.
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Washington
House
Representative Pickler
South Dakota
Reed
Britton
S. D
John I. Pickler
Congress
Agricultural Department
Andrew Jackson
Samuel J. Tilden
Poland
China
Shanghai
Tophante Sons
James Wells
Jilted My Lady Nicotine a Personal Smoke Reverie
A nostalgic, if rambling, meditation on the allure of tobacco. The author recalls first encounters with cigarettes described as “deadly” and the long, intimate relationship with smoking, hinting at lingering gratitude despite warnings. An unfinished note promises more of the deeper article to come.
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Queen of
Smoke
City Council Probes School Board Spending in Boston
The Boston City Council and School Board clash over school funding as Alderman John H. Lee orders a joint special committee to examine four years of school spending. The inquiry targets teacher and janitor hires, gratuities, and large salary provisions amid claims of extravagance and mismanagement.
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Spondulix
Committee On Accounts
John H. Lee
Lee
City Hall
Alderman Lee
Boston
Matthews
Seven Clergymen Ordained in Cambridge Service
Dean Hodges urged ministers to uplift the workingman and align clergy with reform and labor causes. Seven candidates were ordained at St John s Memorial Chapel Cambridge in a ceremony led by Bishop Lawrence with Rev Hodges delivering the sermon. The seven, Robert H Faulkner Johnstown Pa William Bayard Hale Middleboro Edward Carroll New York Edward Atkinson Springfield W H Edwards Bridgewater William Scundalof Boston Francis Foxcroft Vandousenville Mass, were all ordained as deacons after passing the examining board. He emphasized character spiritual life and Christlike service as prerequisites for real ministry.
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Episcopal Church
St. John’s Memorial Chapel
Cambridge
Robert H. Faulkner
Johnstown
Penn
William Bayard Hale
Middleboro
Edward Carroll
New York
Edward Atkinson
Springfield
W. H. Edwards
Bridgewater
William Scundalof
Boston
Francis Foxcroft
Vandousenville
Mass
John C. Brooks
Faulkner
A. V. G. Allen
Strentra
Nash
Carlton Nash
John Suter
Lawrence
George Hodges
Episcopal Theological School
Philadelphia
Jesus
Jesus Christ
Egypt
God
Christ
Roxbury Military Society Pushes Plan for Eustis Street Burying Ground
The Roxbury Military Historical Society urges Boston to fund a $75 000 project to enlarge and front Eustis Street Burying Ground. It seeks public support from taxpayers and City Hall, highlighting memorials to Eliot Dudley Greaton and Roxbury’s history. Gates will be open Saturdays and Sundays 1 to 6 pm June through September for visits.
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Roxbury
Eustis Street Burying Ground
Boston
Sterling Street
Governor Thomas Dudley Association
John Eliot Club
John Eliot
Thomas Dudley
Old Bay State
John Greaton
City Hall
Greaton Street
Board of Health
Harvard Governor Greenhalge Urges Eloquence and Public Duty
Governor Greenhalge addresses Harvard students at Sanders Theatre on The Need of Able Public Speakers. He stresses true eloquence over bombast, cites Pericles Beaconsfield and Gladstone, warns against artificial mannerisms, and lauds Harvard veritas guiding public life. He backs the university’s policy on political use of campus and calls for balanced partisanship.
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Greenhalge
Wendell Phillips Debating Society
Harvard
Sanders Theatre
Cambridge
Francis G. Peabody
Pericles
Cesar
Cicero
Beaconsfield
Gladstone
Lexington
Old University
Veritas
Funeral of Miss Blood in Auburndale
Funeral services for Miss Marianna W. Blood were held privately at her Woodbine street home Auburndale. Rev Calvin Cutler of the Congregational Church officiated with a quartet providing music. Floral tributes were many and burial followed at Mt Auburn Cemetery.
Purdue Murder Case Brings Brady Family To Court
New London May 18 Fred N Brady and his sister arrived from Rockland Maine to hire counsel for their brother Alexander Brady accused of murdering Purdue the soldier The pond near the scene had been drawn off but no revolver was found
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Purdue
New London
Fred N. Brady
Rockland
Mase
Alexander Brady
Coal Miners Plan Prolonged Struggle For Old Scale
In Cleveland on May 18 striking soft coal miners held a final consult ation and resolved to keep up the fight until operators restore the old wage scale. President McBride urged peaceful action and urged deeper organization to strengthen their cause.
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Cleveland
McBride
Arraigned On His Cot Burns Charged With Letter Box Theft
John Burns lay on a City Hospital cot when United States Commissioner Fiske United States Assistant Attorney Casey and Marshal Galloupe entered with court records. Burns pleaded not guilty to breaking into letter boxes and stealing letters. he is to be moved to Charles Street jail to await grand jury action.
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John Burns
Berkeley
Burns
United States
Fiske
Casey
Marshal Galloupe
Burne
Charles Street
District Court
Grand
Gas Explosions Prompt Claims of Precautions Failures
A. G. Bartlett was badly injured by a gas explosion on Tremont Street near 495 as Brookline Gas and Boston Gas officials debated fault. Brookline's practice of blowing gas into open air drew criticism while engineers defended safety measures and blamed user error for incidents.
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A. G. Bartlett
No. 495
Tremont Street
Post
A. C. Burrage
Brookline Gas Company
Boston Gas Company
West Street
Bartlett
Dover Street
Receiver Appointed as Stuyvesant Safe Deposit Faces Dissolution
Justice Barrett in New York Supreme Court appointed John H. Morris as receiver for the Stuyvesant Safe Deposit Company at a $200,000 bond. The company is undergoing voluntary dissolution. Morris formerly served as president of the firm.
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New York
Justice Barrett
Supreme Court
John M. Bowers
John H. Morris
Stuyvesant Safe Deposit Company
Sase Deposit Company
Death of David M Hodgdon prompts Boston clothiers meeting
A Wholesale Clothiers Association of Boston meeting at the Boston Merchants' Association rooms honored David M Hodgdon. Albert H Rhodes elected chairman and George S Burton secretary. Resolutions praised Hodgdon’s honor and integrity and expressed sympathy to his family. A funeral committee was appointed to represent the association.
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Wholesale Clothiers’ Association of Boston
Boston Merchants’ Association
David M. Hodgdon
Albert H. Rhodes
George S. Burton
D. M. Hodgdon
George A. Miner
John O. Smith
S. B. Hopkins
David M. Hi Don
Isaac Fenno
Aie Oer
Thefenstad
Was the Bicycle Burned
A letter to the editor contests a charge of stealing a bicycle from a burning Tremont Street building. The writer says he and others aided firefighting and claims the bicycle was moved to 1064 Tremont Street before that building caught fire and burned.
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Tremont Street
Johnson & Co
At Ta Eee
Aes
Cnyhen
Cardnt
A P A Banners Displayed On Mt Benedict and Arlington Heights
Residents of Charlestown and Somerville reported two new A P A banners. A large black cloth with the initials A P A and two American flags rose ten feet on Mt Benedict, placed mysteriously afterThursday night. A second banner appeared atop boulder piles on Arlington Heights, rising fifty feet, with a white emblem and A P A letters, its origin unknown and left undisturbed.
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Mt. Benedict
Somerville
The
American Protective Association
Arlington Heights
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