Dust from Mt Pelee offered for sale to aid orphan Margaret Stokes
Curio sale of volcanic dust from Mont Pelee, collected from the deck and rigging of the bark Grace Deering, aims to help Margaret Stokes, the lone survivor of the Roraima disaster. French engineers measured the ash reaching seven miles high. Proceeds fund the child’s care in hospital.
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Margaret Stokes
St. Pierre
Post
Mont Pelee
Captain Gooding
Grace Deering
Prophecy and Superstition on World’s End Predictions
The Porto Rican prophet who dated the apocalypse for May 22 is praised for method by contrast with other soothsayers. As Mont Pelee eruptions aroused fear, few prophets could resist stamping their forecasts as verified by disaster, while ancient and modern predictors have repeatedly failed. Dr Jules Planquette, who claimed planetary collisions would destroy Earth, hanged himself, a grim end for a man who believed his own theory.
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Totten
Martinique
St. Vincent
Porto Rico
Mont Pelee
Jules Planquette
Paris
Dr. Planquette
Philippine Verdiicts Stir Debate On Army Court Findings
General Chaffee rejects the court martial verdicts on Major Waller and Lt Day, condemns the conduct as shocking, and signals reforms. He finds Waller not mentally responsible for killing Filipino prisoners, acquitting him of murder though faulted for not consulting superiors, and deems Day delinquent for disobeying orders. The piece questions ultimate responsibility up to Secretary of War and President, awaiting Roosevelt's stance on General Smith's acquittal.
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Chaffee
Major Waller
Lieutenant Day
Smith
Lawrence
Jake’’ Smith
General Smith
Secretary of War
Roosevelt
City Council urged to condemn Hart era erosion of law
The speaker notes the Hart administration is history and calls on the City Council to express disapproval to prevent a repetition of the erosion of the spirit of a wholesome law through publicity and competition.
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Hart
Beef Trust Silent Challenge To Sherman Antitrust Law
Chicago reports indicate the beef trust plans to test the constitutionality of the Sherman act in its defense against an injunction sought by the government. Lawyers say new questions may overturn precedents, while critics urge immediate congressional action to repeal the trust tariff and curb nestorious operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Beef Trust
Congress
Advance in Printing Elevates Boston Sunday Post
Advances in printing enable large scale colored illustrations and half tone work at popular prices. The Boston Sunday Post issued two eight page sections in color last Sunday, a first for Boston papers, despite high costs for electrotype engravings.
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Sunday Post
Post
Boston
Reverend Hale Returns Home From Chicago Visit
The Observant Citizen notes the Rev Dr Edward BE Hale travels to Boston after a month in Chicago where he served as university preacher at the University of Chicago. Readers are assured Chicago mourns his departure as Bostonians welcome his return. It also recalls Henri Greville, real name Alice Marie Celeste Durand, the French writer, and mentions a controversial fur sale at the custom house with low prices. A Dorchester Gentlemen's Driving Club parade plans for Memorial Day and a June 7 event on the Charles River Speedway are cited, along with reflections on car advertising size, a thriving yachting season, flags at half mast, and flag etiquette after sunset.
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Edward BE. Hale
Boston
Chicago
University of Chicago
An & Out
Dorchester
Gentlemen's Driving Club
Charles River Speedway
Publicity for Contracts Under Hart Regime
City figures show unadvertised public work contracts above two thousand dollars totaled 707,603 in 1900 and 1,616,899 in 1901, with a combined Hart administration total of 2,324,502. The Mayor, by law, may award without advertisement when deemed in the city’s best interests, though the statutory rule exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hart
Ben
Cobb Dies While Canoeing on Charles River
Henry W. Cobb of Jamaica Plain, age %, died Sunday evening after falling from a canoe on the Charles River. He had just looked at his watch and said they would reach home in ten minutes. The canoe overturned but the water was shallow. the woman with him waded ashore. Cobb's body was recovered. cause of death undetermined, whether heart trouble or drowning.
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Henry W. Cobb
Jamaica Plain
Charles River
Cobb
Plate of Mystery Hash Rites Declared At Regular Meals
A playful ode to an item named Hash, praising its distribution at a boarding house and requesting its mysterious contents to remain hidden. The verse humorously invokes ritual repetition three times daily and extols the unguessable nature of the Hash.
Freaks of Nature and Oddities Across Cities
A Stockton woman owns a five legged chicken, sparking talk of nature’s quirks. Adrian Michigan recounts a two headed goat three stories tall. Chicago reports a man who rode free for a decade then paid five cents with interest. A new waterproof bathing suit debuts at the shore. NEWTON NEWKIRK.
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Stockton
Cal
William White
Adrian
Chicago
Ill
Street
Generals Invited by Kaiser to German Maneuvers
Washington May 2 Generals Corbin Young and Wood have been formally invited by Emperor William as personal guests to attend German military maneuvers next fall. Initial overtures were made by General Von Pilessen at Prince Henrys urging during the latter’s American visit, and the invitation has now been extended and will be accepted by the three generals.
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Washington
Corbin
Young
Wood
Emperor William
von Pilessen
Prince Henry
Draft Of Street Assessment Bill Decided On
A legislative sub-committee on cities met in executive session to finalize a draft street assessment bill. It proposes 50 percent cost assessments for betterments and reassessments for contested street improvements from the past six years, with full committee approval expected tomorrow.
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Legislative Committee On
Train Romance as Scotland Sparks A Mock Marriage
A Boston man fleeing a planned American marriage meets a Chicago heiress on a Glasgow bound train. They exchange confidences and a shared desire to escape matrimony, only to have the pair found already secretly wed by Scottish custom as a clergy member and a farmer witness. A comical mix up ends with plans to remarry properly.
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Carlisle
London Illustrated News
Dumfries
Charybdis
Glasgow
Chicago
Kilmarnock
Stewarton
Hobbie
Fercy
Gertie
Midland
Boston Plans for French Delegates Visit
Mayor Collins and Governor Crane finalize arrangements for visiting French delegates to arrive Friday. They will be met at Back Bay Station and hosted at the Somerset Hotel with a light schedule including theatre and Pop concert visits. A Cambridge reception and a banquet at the Somerset are planned, with the High School Cadets parade reviewed at City Hall. The Gaulois battleship may arrive, escorted by USS Kearsarge, and decorations are requested across the city. Details to be announced soon.
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Collins
Crane
Back Bay
Somerset
M. P. Curran
Dalton
the Somerset
City Hall
Tremont Street
Cambridge
Boston Harbor
Navy Yard
United States Navy
Boston
Boylston
Arlington
Commonwealth Avenue
French mission attends Rochambeau statue unveiling at Niagara Falls
Members of the French mission and Lafayette Rochambeau families arrived in Niagara Falls at 9:30 AM for the unveiling ceremonies. Ambassadors Cambon and staff joined the party. the group later left for West Point at 6 PM aboard the West Shore railroad. A floral tribute greeted Countess de Rochambeau before the train departed.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Comte de Rochambeau
Lafayette and Rochambeau
Cambon
Mme. Cambon
West Point
West Shore Railroad
East
Countess de Rochambeau
Escort for French Visitors Spurs Red Coat Dispute
Massachusetts State Cavalry men complain over escort for the Rochambeau party to Boston. Only Troop A wears red coats while Troop D lacks them. Adjutant-General Dalton favored Major Collins's plan, prompting claims of unfair treatment and breach of military etiquette for not consulting the battalion commander before ordering a single troop to accompany the French visitors.
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Massachusetts State Cavalry
Rochambeau
Boston
Dalton
Patrick A. Collins
Collins
Roxbury
John Perrins, Jr
Perrins
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Hotel executive F D Stranahan engaged to Marie Celeste
F D Stranahan of Boston hotels and Marie Celeste daughter of Mr and Mrs T C Martin of New York are reported engaged. Stranahan, president of the Hotel Savoy, declined to discuss the incident but appeared happy. The couple may wed soon, possibly Thursday or Friday.
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F. D. Stranahan
Hotel Savoy Company
Marie Celeste
Marie Martin
New York
Fire Scare at Crawford House Ends Without Damage
A faulty flue caused a chimney blaze at Crawford House just after 10 PM. Ralph A. Harding and head bellboy John Macaulay saved the roof by spraying chemicals into burning chimneys as automatic alarms rang. Guests fled in nightwear while two alarms sounded. no damage occurred.
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Crawford House
JL. N. Godfrey
Ralph A. Harding
Boston Fire Despatch
John Macaulay
Florence Burns to wed in New York to Jacksonville trip
Florence Burns plans marriage in Jacksonville, Florida, after being courted by a wealthy Southern gentleman who offered to protect her name. Friends in Whatbush report the engagement follows her arraignment before Justice Mayer and her insistence on full freedom before marrying. The tale ties to the Walter Brooks murder case as context for her decisions.
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New York
Florence Burns
Jacksonville
Burns
Whatbush
Miss Burns
Justice Mayer
Inersey
Three youths placed on probation after store larceny plea
Three young men arrested by Officer Putnam of Station 2 on larceny charges from a large department store pleaded guilty before Judge Burke yesterday and were released on probation.
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Putnam
Station 2
Burke
Investigative Report on City Collection Department Findings
Expert Accountant Harvey 8S Chase concludes his probe for the Board of Aldermen, noting little pilferage yet urging tighter supervision and ending overpayment for extra work. He warns of wastage from lax oversight and calls for prompt rectification by Mayor Collins.
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Harvey
Chase
Board of Aldermen
Collins
Mary Blackman Benefit Entertain ment at Applets Halls
The Mary Blackman Association hosts its first entertainment at Pine Street Applets Halls in a benefit for the Fresh Air Fund and a dressmaking class.
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Mary Blackman Association
Pee On Street
Applets Halls
Welin
Fresh Air Fund
Kosher Meat Price War Eases Ghetto Tensions
In the Hebrew quarters of the North and West ends yesterday kosher meat was plentiful and violence subsided. Extra police details were called off as crowd activity diminished, though the ongoing price battle between Solomont & Co and New England Dressed Beef Co continues. Retail butchers stocked meat. Solomont & Co. face supply difficulties, prompting anti trust concerns and possible police intervention if tensions rise again.
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Salem Street
New England
Solomont & Co
Public and the Parks call for better Boston greens
BO. W. Curtis urges city leaders to extend ice water fountains to all parks and the Garden, repave walks, add more seats, and plant shade trees. He criticizes Back Bay plans, laments Franklin Park’s decline into a roadster showpiece, and calls for larger, greener public spaces near City Point and Revere Beach for the working class.
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Charles River
Beacon Street
Boston
Park Commission
Franklin Park
City Point
Revere Beach
BO. W. Curtis
Quay Urges Brooke Promotion to Lieutenant General
Washington May 26 Senator Quay introduced a bill to promote Major General Brooke the senior general of the army to lieutenant general and provide retirement with that rank.
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Washington
Senator Quay
Genera Brooke
Wife Defend Dead Husband In Boston Scandal Case
Mrs. Emery, ill in hospital, vows to vindicate her husband Andrew Emery against Nina Danforth's accusations of a secret Boston marriage and other alleged indiscretions. She and her children were provided for by Emery, who she says was kind and innocent, while detectives search for corroborating details at Castle Square and Tremont Street.
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South Framingeiam
Andrew Emery
Miss Danforth
Emery
Chief Place
Nina Danforth
Castle Square
Tremont Street
Appleton House
St Leo Whist Party Tonight in Boston Parish Hall
The friends and parishioners of Rev. Thomas C. McGoldrick, pastor of St. Leo's Dorchester, will attend a whist party with a following dance tonight at Catholic Union Hall in Boston. Elegant prizes will be distributed to the winners.
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Thomas C. McGoldrick
St. Leo’s New Catholic Church
Dorchester
Catholic Union Hall
Washington and
Worcester Streets
Boston
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Gloucester
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Grand Army
Newton Newkirk
Corbin, Young and
Elisabeth Basset
Greenwich Park, Boston
Mass
Niagara
Lancers
Crawford
Florida
Mary Blackman
Quay
Brooke
EBI
ST. Leo Whist Party
Miorris, March & Butler
Escort Eskemo Chemical Co
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