Shamrock II wreck deepens yacht race tensions
The Shamrock II is stripped and wrecked after a Solent squall with King Edward VII aboard. Lipton seeks postponement or a new attempt while New York rivals ponder where the cup should rest as political factions strengthen in city governance and street work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward
Solent
Great Britain and Ireland
India
Edward VII
Thomas Lipton
New York Yacht Club
Watedn
Crowninshield
Herrenshoeff
New York
Hull
The Great Principle Behind Taxing Legacies and Succession
A historical discussion argues that citizens owe a debt to the community beyond direct taxes, as government protections and services support individual wealth. It proposes that taxes on legacies should target fortunes passing to heirs, with stronger case for direct-line inheritance.
Disfranchisement in the South under Consideration
The piece argues against a Montgomery constitutional convention push to suppress the negro vote, warning that literacy tests or similar schemes would curb overall voting interest and degrade elections. It cites Mississippi Maryland and others, endorsing equal rights and opposing race‑based exclusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Montgomery
Mississippi
Caroline
Louisiana
North
Maryland
Massachusetts
South
Local Political Puddle and Republican City Conflicts
The piece discusses factional Republican politics in Boston centered on Isaac P. Hutchinson and a suspected bid by Blutchinson. It notes Mayor Hart seeking renomination, and claims the city party politics have sunk to a low, patronage driven struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac P. *Hutchinson
Republican City Committee
Son
Sige Wihich
Hart
Blutchinson
Boston
People Demand Referendum On Subway Bill
Boston residents press for a public vote on a new subway bill now before the State House committee. They warn the Legislature may act autocratically without hearings and insist that a referendum be attached to any report from the committee or the elevated railway proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Métropolitan Affairs
State House
Boston
Elevated Railway Company
Summer Home Trip From Boston To Wareham Bay
The Observant Citizen notes Pe and Mrs George Herric Billings plan a two day drive from Boston to their summer home at Wareham Busard's Bay. Hottest May 22 in six years is reported and local remarks on seasonal dressfollowed by an temperate shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Herric Billings
Commonwealth Avenue
Wareham
Busard’s Bay
Boston
Daily Table Hints From Sunday Paat Menu
A fragment describes a dinner menu with items like Cream of Tomato Soup Duck and Apples Mashed Potatoes Stewed tips Lettuce Salad Shredded Wheat Pudains Hard Sauce SUPFOR Chicken Cutlets Tea Biscuit Stewed mines Walnut Cake and vague pastry notes. The text includes garbled words and misread phrases but lists food courses and desserts.
Five Year Anniversary Reveals Strained Marriage
A Sunday Post tale follows Richard and his wife as they confront a rift over love and ambition. She admits seeking more than wealth and status, confessing emotional longing for artist Warren Fields and a deeper connection beyond material gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice
Warren Fields
Richard
Dawn of union as couple wed with child between
A golden-haired child sits between two newly united souls as their marriage marks a radiant beginning. The woman glows with radiance and the man shows awakening in his eyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algo
Private petition misrouted in clerical delay
A clerk asks for a fortnights holiday in the head of department's private room. The head insists on a written request and, after writing, reads the petition and declines it. The exchange ends with the captain noting the formal process and the clerk leaving. Separately a joke about veracity and a pun on alarm clocks appear in the clipping.
Geometrical Dialog Sparks Social Circles
Miss Freeman and Miss Houtton discuss a neighbor in different social circles. Gladys declares Finghleigh in love, citing his inquiry about papa's worth as proof, reflecting class tensions and romantic intrigue in the society pages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys
Finghleigh
Blanche
Papa
Ohio State Journal
Obscure Rabble of Fragments From Detroit Free Press
A garbled clipping cites a quip about Uncle Tom's Cabin and mentions an automobile collision and a plantation rummage sale. The text includes jumbled phrases and a partial poem fragment referencing a fair maid of South ton and a Philadelphia bulletin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Governor Crane Attends Boston Young Men's Union Anniversary
Public anniversary reception marking the tenth year of the Boston Young Men's Christian Union was held in its rooms last evening. The informal event featured music and socializing with an open building, a promenade in decorated rooms, and exhibits in the gym. Notables included Governor Crane and Tufts College President Mahomas N. Hart, MIT officials, and many local figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Young Men's Christian Union
oPtania
Union Hall
Tufts College Giese and Mandolin Club
W. Preside Crane
Mahomas N. Hart
Tufts College
Henry 8. Pritchett
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mary H. Jague
A. Charlés Urrill
Wiliam H. Baldwin, Jr
John R. Ainsley
EB. A. Church
Locks
Dogan
Charles
J. Billings
Amuel Wella
Dire
Appen
Ate
Herbere
Wed
A Bauer
Jacob P
Wren
Johamn
Wileam H
Prescot Ott
Kate
Gannett Tae Yurchinegn
Redistributing Plans Move Forward In State Committee
The committee on redistricting reports to today s orders with Charles R Saunders as House Chairman. A sub committee on special affairs met all day yesterday and will present a bill at the final committee meeting this morning for final report to the full committee. The plan proposes subway construction by the Transit Commission with the Boston Elevated paying costs and a term of years for use of the subways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Charles R. Saunders
Usit Commission
Boston Elevated
Massachusetts House Railroads Bills On Adverts and Rates
The Massachusetts House debated railroad measures including a 600 mile mileage book ad bill which was shelved. Speaker Myers ruled it beyond the bill’s scope while another proposal for uniform one cent per mile fare in the metro area was substituted and passed to engrossment. Major session focus centered on taxation of personal property and Berkshire street railways, with a decision against sending the Cochituate basin improvement bill to the General Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Sey Turtle
Committee On Railroads
Wil Reed
Taunton
Massachusetts
Myers
Turtle
Itlé
Dean of
Wakefield
Oer
Boston
Metropolitan Water Board
Cochituate
Committee On
Wayland
Obhituate
Framingham
Wee
Prorogation Near as House Moves in Boston School Plan
The text notes possible prorogation by June 1 tied to a Boston school department proposal and new subway work on Washington Street. It mentions redivision of the Commonwealth into fourteen Congressional districts and reports the House’s stance on schoolhouses. The House agenda shows few items left for engrossment and a calendar nearing completion.
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Neré
Boston
Washington Street
Commonwealth
Senate
Water bill moves to place water firms under gas and electric commission
Mr McPherson of Framingham moved to substitute for the adverse report on his bill to place public water companies under the Gas and Electric Light Commission. Collins of Avon and Garfield of Brockton opposed, while an of Marlboro favored. Substitution raised. The Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board bill to improve the Cochituate basin was referred to the next General Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McPherson
Framingham
Committee On Water Supply
Gas and Electric Light Commission
Messrs. Collins
Avon
Garfield
Brockton
Marlboro
Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board
Cochituate Basin
Senate Rejects Portraits of Treasurers and Receivers General
The Senate rejected a House resolve to collect portraits of treasurers and receivers general by viva voce vote. The Senate judiciary committee reported one measure not to pass. Nineteen bills were enacted including Haverhill charter, fraternal beneficiary, smoke nuisance, kidnapping, coal sales, elevator guard, and uniform poll tax. A Boston voting machines bill was rejected 12 to 15 with five pairs. Amendments to street railway construction over private land were adopted 15 to 11, narrowing railroad commission discretion by removing the word necessity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Commonwealth
Senate Judiciary Committee
Haverhill
Boston
Gardner and Fletcher
Street Railway
Senator Post
Berkshire
Gardner
Post
The Editor's Home In a Castle and Park
Humorous sketches describe a editor's home with stained glass, velvet robe wife, and children at play. The scene includes the editor on the stoop with a Havana cigar and a salary of seventy five dollars a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auditor
War Over Temple Signs Ends With Temporary Accord
In Boston, the Tremont Temple Corporation sues tenant Samuel A. MacDonnell glove dealer at 86 Tremont Street seeking to curb signs in the building. Judge Braley considers a preliminary injunction and orders restoration of ground glass while the case awaits full trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tremont Temple Corporation
A. MacDonnell
Deacon Wentworth
MacDonnell
Simi
Samuel A. MacDonnell
Tremont Street
Equity
Superior Court
Deacon O. M. Wentworth
Rembrandt
Lisle
Wentworth
Farquhar
Paes
Braley
Starge
The Humorous Boy and the Bent Pin
A fragmentary comedic sketch depicts a school teacher facing a bent pin in a chair and a boy who pretends mischief. The scene spirals through humorous threats, a hack-driver character, and a chaotic gun-related ending.
McKinley Heads Home After California Visit
President McKinley and party plan to depart for Washington on Saturday after a California stop. He attended a Knights Templars drill and reception in his honor and witnessed a Cross Cadets competition drill praised by Archbishop Riordan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
McKinley
Washington
California
Knights Templars
Er of the Cross
Archbishop Riordan
Debated on Trusts at Boston University forum
Students and faculty gathered in Jagob Sleeper Hall for an open debate on trusts. The motion stated that trusts are harmful to the community with teams from Boston and surrounding towns arguing for and against the proposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Jagob Sleeper Hall
Reecblad
Joseph F. Carter
George F. Turner
Scituate
Azariah F. Reimer
Bangor
Penn
Amin W. Rust
Medford
Robert A. Oan
Worcester
Herbert W. Thompson
Springfield
Yricca
E. Chariton Willand Huntington
Auntington
eRsor
William M. Warren
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Boston Post
New England
Deotwo
The
Women’s Christian Temperance Union of
Dorchester
Field’s Corner
Carl Pflueger
City Hall
Tremont
Whipple, Sears & Ogden
City Law Department
Rome
Walter A. Turner
South Boston
Boston Post Office
Charlestown
Suntene
Sunday Post
Annie J. C. Morris
Shirley Avenue
Revere
Mass
PROOK
Codling
Simpson
Johnnie Wise
Miss Freeman
Lord Sign
LIND
Southton
Stampton
Philadelphia
Ullétin
Governor Crane
Christian Union
the Tribune Primer
Eugene Field
Aper
Deacon
Tremont Temple
Susie
Darrel
Tentaig
Patch
Pacific Coast
NEW Publications
Jack Gardner
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