Memorial Day and a call to turn out the lobby
An article honors Memorial Day as a broad tribute to patriotic lives and public service while marking its Civil War roots. It then urges the State House to turn out the lobby, arguing investigations fail and stronger rules are needed to curb hired influence in legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Httle
State House of Representatives
Westminster Chambers
Post
McNary
State House
Legislature
Senate
House
The Boer Envoys Arrive to Warm Boston Welcome
The envoys from the South African republics arrive on a holiday, inspiring broad popular interest in Boston. The piece praises Boer bravery in defense of independence, compares their struggle to 1776, and predicts a hearty, sympathetic reception from citizens beyond formal official attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
1776
Great Britain
Boston
Senate Reform Draws From House Yet Again
The Senate privileges and elections committee in Washington reports adversely on the House proposed amendment for electing United States Senators by popular vote. The piece argues reform is urgent as most states seek constitutional change, while Hoar’s proposed amendment to use legislative plurality would worsen deadlocks and entrench party figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Privileges and Elections of the
Senate
Washington
House
United States
House of Representatives
Hoar
Quay
Addicks
Clark
Hanna
Senator Hoars plan would speedily render it intolerable
Senator Hoar proposes swift measures to push a policy, arguing the plan would make the current system intolerable and require rapid change. The remark highlights strong opposition to the plan and its anticipated impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Hoar
Citizens oppose Washington street subway plan withdrawal
The Citizens Association chief and secretary withdraw the Washington street subway bill from the legislative committee, citing strong opposition. They maintain opposition to new subways on Tremont Street’s financial plan and urge Bethlehem Legislature to postpone consideration until next year. The Post backs citizen referendum. A Boston note mentions a dog repository at 1287 Washington Street run by Dr. Henry S Chenck, who will license dogs this summer after amputation of a dog’s leg observed at his lab behind the repository.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens’ Association
Legislative Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Elevated Railway Company
Washington Street
Tremont Street
Boston
Post
Henry Schenck
Marlboro Street
Schenck
Helene
Observant Citizen notes and local events mix in brief column
Wadsworth Harris guests at the Country Club during racing season. A Clyde Park accident mirrors a past incident at the same venue, with George Codman’s earlier death noted. Memorial Day observed by city students. wreath laid on the Shaw Monument. Health board classifies consumption as contagious and requires case reports, with numerous disinfections. Frost damages early vegetables. aldermen forecasts and air brake club reports. Diana Hirschler of the Women’s Suffrage Association comments on electoral representation and public transit straps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Goelet
Clyde Park
George Codman
Codman
Robert G. Shaw Grammar School
Park Street
Diana Hirschler
Woman’s Suffrage Association of
New England
Going Strong in the Laager as War Letters Endure
A poem by Mrs. Tom Kelly reflects siege hardship and stubborn morale in Mafeking era letters. The speaker urges staying brave, noting hunger, fear, and shells while prisoners of hope repeat the line going strong. The piece contrasts grim days with loyal imperial duty and longing for home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creation
England
Mafeking
Empire
Tom Kelly
Final Answer Ends Love Triangle Standoff
Louise Farley rejects Lance Freeman with a firm no despite his plea and appeal. He confesses lasting love and vows to remain faithful, but she argues a plain wife cannot compete with beauty and fears eventual neglect. He departs, then pauses, deciding to risk pursuit once more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise
Louise Farley
Lance Freeman
Lance
Oneida Arrives with Mr Benedict and Former President Cleveland
The American steam yacht Oneida reached New York from Bermuda carrying its owner E C Benedict and former President Cleveland aboard the vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MR. Cleveland
New York
Oneida
Bermuda
E. C. Benedict
Cleveland
Writing Tablets From Blotting Paper A Short & Martin Co
A historical listing notes blotting paper products by SHORP MARTIN CO at 12 19 Maine Street. The entry catalogues writing tablets likely tied to early stationery offerings with a business address in Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shorp & Martin "Co
Maine Street
King Thorp & Martin CO
Milk Street
House to Investigate Itself and Others Debated
A House committee of nine, led by Coolidge of Cambridge, introduced an order to investigate charges. The debate followed brief speeches by aggrieved members who explained why they changed their votes in the afternoon session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Coolidge
Cambridge
House Orders Investigation Into Westminster Chambers Bill
A nine member committee was formed by the Speaker to investigate methods and influences affecting passage of the Westminster Chambers bill. The panel will probe for improper conduct by members, potential rights or privileges violations, and can compel witnesses, demand records, administer oaths, and sit during sessions. Presented by Representative Coolidge of Cambridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster Chambers
Westminster Chambers bill investigation introduced in House
Yesterday in the House Mr Coolidge of Cambridge introduced an order for an investigation of crookedness tied to the Westminster Chambers bill. Speaker Myers held a conference on charges of corruption and allowed all who were affected to explain. McNary claimed rumors of money use circulated at the State House during the bill’s progress and cited an Essex county paper. The day closed with twenty one members changing votes and the House adopting a printing order for related speeches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster Chambers
Coolidge
Cambridge
Myers
McNary
State House
Essex County
Boston
Dess
Minihan
Dalyg
Lawrence
Heath
Taunton
F. C. Mahony
Pearce
Fitchburg
Higgins
Howland
Mr. Mellen
Legislators Split Over Access For Reporters At Session
At a conference in Speaker Myers room lawmakers debated excluding newspaper reporters from floor privileges while indicating potential later curbs on legislative agents and counsel. Democrats protested such measures, blaming Republicans for special laws, as supporters listed briefer names including Briggs Belden MacCord Salter Thurston Donovan Sullivan Lonergan Coolidge Lydon Harrington Green Hopewell Mooney Bugbee J Donovan Minnehan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myers
Briggs
Taunton
Belden
Gloucester
MacCord
New Bedford
Salter
Lynn
Thurston
Swansea
J. H. Donovan
Boston
C. 8. Sullivan
Lonergan
Coolidge
Cambridge
Lydon
Harrington
Green
Hopewell
Fall River
Mooney
Bugbee
Monson
J. L. Donovan
Minnehan
Mellen Attacks Press Bias and Legislature Honor
Worcester representative Mellen condemns press cowardice and corruption while defending free speech. He warns the Herald could be bought and denounces Anglophobia near Copley Square as he questions journalistic power and calls for printed explanations as a House document.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howland
Chelsea
Mr. Mellen
Firecracker Bill Rejected By Legislature Amid July Fears
Lawmakers debated a measure to ban dynamite firecrackers with testimony on injuries from cannon crackers. Opponents argued risk should be accepted in celebration. supporters urged public safety. The bill was rejected by a large vote without a count.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selfridge
Boston
Hunt
Weymouth
Brigham
Marlboro
Boston City Hospital
Gilpatric
Tatman
Worcester
Whelan
Fitzgerald
Watson
Colby
Paton
Westminster
Hingwood
Lynn
Howland
Chelsea
Chadwick
Newton
Seance Medium Haunts and Club Cracks Abound in Jokes
A collection of humorous exchanges from various papers. One item notes a seance medium moving out of a haunted house. Another recalls a goat and a dog debating why the dog nods his head. Additional bits feature club election woes and wooing lines in light verse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Chicago Post
Indianapolis Journal
Tess
Jess
Philadelphia Press
Detroit Journal
Chicago Tribune
Varley
Through Editors' Spectacles On Boers and Patricians
Editors urge sympathy for the Boers is of little value without backing effort and government action only if sought by both Britain and the Transvaal. Secretary Long and Senator Hoar differ, yet both are honest patriots serving their country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Transvaal Republic
Brooklyn Eagle
Long
Hoar
Christian Register
Powder Aimed at Low Price Shows Alum Danger
Baking powders with alum are cheap by two cents a pound but alum is a corrosive poison and makes the product dangerous for food use.
Men of Many Calling in a World of Dignified Exiles
Captain Oberlin M. Carter endures prison garb at Leavenworth with stoic resolve while a London tailor once outfitted him in elegant civilian attire. Baron Von Bieberstein prepares to guard American interests at Constantinople in event of a rupture with the Sultan. General Cronje grows healthier in exile after surrender. King Oscar of Sweden and Norway sought literary conversation with Henry James and Swinburne in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin M. Carter
Leavenworth
Savannah
London
New York
Baron von Bieberstein
Constantinople
Oscar
Sweden
Norway
Henry James
Swinburne
Daily Table Hints Breakfast and Dinner Menu
Meal guide lists breakfast items such as oranges Ralston Health Food eggs on toast graham gems roast beef coffee and dinner items including chicken soup browned gravy mashed potatoes bottled squash boited onions cottage pudding lemon sauce cold roast beef bread and butter sponge cake and cottage dessert. Contains recipe fragments for cake and sauce with sugar eggs flour butter and tea. also provides address Co A Huser QIT Western avenue Lynn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralston
Graham Gems
Lemon Extrac Bans. Co. A. Huser
Western Avenue
Lynn
Alcove for philology at Princeton Library memory of husband
Mrs. Charles Ewing Green has opened an alcove in Chancellor Green Library Princeton to honor her husband. It features works on general ancient and classical philology including Teubner texts and Migne Patrologiae as part of a plan to build a universal reference library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Ewing Green
Chancellor Green
Princeton
N. J
Teubner
Migne
Green
Charles Joseph Luitpold
Bavaria
Otto
Louis I
Augusta
Archduchess
Austria
United States Supreme Court
Barham
California
Edward C. Barham
Lida D. Barham
Santa Rosa
Barham & Barham
Fountains and transit items mix in British and Paris notes
Odd Bits of News recounts that many British citileg own street railways and public control exceeds a third of Great Britain track mileage. It notes Fountaine Marchand in Paris to be demolished soon and eleven Paris fountains sell water by the bucket for 1 centime. It adds consular officers may not report private inquiries into business or house reputations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Fountaine Marchand
Paris
Also Mentioned on This Page
Boston Post
The
Sunday Post
Eeeeees
Veeneeees
Sieseer
Eeseeveen
Eetees
the Sunday Post
Eeee
Washington Street Subway
Salmon Falls
N. H
Maine
New Hampshire
Granite State
Observant Citizen
Wadsworth Harris
Mr. Harris
Board of Health
Counceil
Day
Dixon
Doyle
J. O'Brien
Gerry
Jordan
Adams
Alderman Codman
Alderman Adams
Air Brake Inspection Club
Eagles
Alderman Bowen
Miriam Danforth
Trinity Court
Mass
Sible
Quincy
Hart
Republican Party
Mellen
Spectacles
Thorp & Martin CO
Royal Baking Powder CO
William ST
Ninth Infantry
Grady
Chickering
Ninth Regiment
Holy Cross Cemetery
Malden
Patrick J. Grady
Holy Cross
Grady Camp
Thomas F. Clark
Border Street
George F. H. Murray
Church of the Redeemer
Joseph J. Conry
Lawrence J. McCarthy
Ene
Peeeota
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!