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Thayer Wins Third Massachusetts District Seat
The recount of the third Massachusetts district confirms Congressman John R. Thayer as the winner over Senator Washburn. The Democrat gains a larger plurality, securing a crucial congressional seat and boosting Democratic strength in the new House.
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Yale Free Tuition For Filipinos Sparks Debate
Yale University votes to provide free tuition to five Filipinos of exceptional fitness and character chosen by Taft. The move is seen as recognition of Filipino intellectual merit amid national debate over President McKinley and Vice President Roosevelt's characterizations of Filipinos as savages.
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McKinley and Taft clash over Filipino scholars and Yale grants
The text argues ships fund advanced education for Filipino graduates in European universities and praises the Yale corporation plan extending a Filipino led system. It questions whether President McKinley will sacrifice these patriots to block Taft's Yale scholarship candidates.
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Day of the Trusts and rising monopolies theme
The piece argues trusts grow bolder after the national election and cites the Chicago beef trust raising meat prices and the National Salt Company doubling salt costs. It criticizes Andrew Carnegie and laments lack of anti trust action, urging an administration free from trust allegiance and noting possible legislative inaction.
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Tax Reductions Postwar Costs and Tariff Reform Call
After two and a half years of war the US contemplates cutting war taxes by 15 million dollars. The piece argues the real burden lies in the Dingley tariff and urges tariff reform as the first step to genuine relief, with possible cuts to stamps and internal revenue schemes.
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Ship Subsidy Drive Sparks GOP Platform Debate
The Republican platform backing a ship subsidy provokes clashes over a policy seen as taxing the public for favored corporations. Pacific Mail stock soars as Hanna touts a subsidy bill, with fears it would aid a few steamship giants while hurting fishermen and water freighters. The short session in December may decide its fate amid strong opposition.
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Tremont Street Repairs Progress Noted by Observant Citizen
The Observant Citizen reports Tremont Street sidewalks are being rapidly repaired after long neglectmaking pleasant afternoons finally enjoyable. Poultney Bigelow has returned from abroad with news of coastal fishing activity while several Marblehead fishermen pursue profit and pleasure. Attendees at Strauss concerts in Symphony Hall remark on the violinist's strong carrying power during performances.
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Remarkable Players Ring From Leader's Stand
The piece notes a resonant instrument heard across a large hall, praising the owner Shenaene as both skilled and understanding of the music. It also mentions Boston and Albany cars, a rummage sale in Lexington to aid an episcopal church, a tale of Frederick White of Coventry returning with flour after 16 years away, a police rescue of a runaway horse on Dorchester avenue led by Officer Haskins, and musical evenings by Mme. De Angelis plus Tremont Temple Minute Men discussing Young Men in Politics Business and Religion.
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Firelight Dreamer in a Child's Dream
A verse from Josh Wink in Baltimore American recalls a boy by a fireside who envisions a grand palace as the embers glow. The dream fades as coals turn to ashes, yet the heart holds a lasting glow and a single boy remains.
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Daily Table Hints from Sunday Post for Meals
Meals listed for breakfast lunch and dinner with dishes such as chilled cantaloupes cracked wheat and oysters patties and chicken dishes along with dessert items and a recipe for coffee with whipped cream. Includes an attribution to Mrs J T Blwells Roxbury address.
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Return of Tom Brings Diamond Ring To Mabel
Mabel, awaiting Tom's return after a year apart, drives to their old road and under a maple tree receives a surprise. Tom appears with a new solitaire diamond ring hidden in a box carried by their dog Jack, who corralled the gift home. They reunite with families watching as the old memory renews.
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Thanksgiving Dinner Prompts Boston Sunday Post Story Paper
Thanksgiving time draws near with turkey and all. After dinner, offer guests a copy of the Boston Sunday Post Story Paper. Plan ahead for next Sunday by ordering several copies.
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Westminster Duke resumes courtship at Miss Shelagh West home
In London on November 14 Westminster and Cornwallis West families unite to renew the duke's pursuit of Miss Shelagh West. The duke is a guest at her father's house as mothers push influence away from Mrs Atherton and towards securing an English duchy.
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Rain Proof Raglans for Weather Gear
Rain proof raglans showcased with heavy weight fabrics including navy showings and whipcord designs. Garments aim to resist rain snow and soil with solid interiors and casper net backing, offered at $15. B14 620 appears as catalog reference.
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Woes of a Writer and Slang in 19th Century Ad Parody
A spoof piece from era papers shows a writer denouncing patent medicine ads within a staged dialogue. It features a witty exchange about authorship, faculty heads, football lore, and college life alluding to polite society norms. The mock dialogue includes slang and a darkly humorous police remark about wounds and odds.
Attributed Literary Editorial Disorder in Retort
A scene from a story notes the American heiress confronting her French husband as the editor questions a printed error. The author claims two crimes rather than errors in a sentence, substituting indignation for indigestion and bill for pill, provoking a dramatic exit.
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Cupid's Poor Archery in a Local Apartment Banter
A comic dialogue fragment features Mrs Flatdweller and neighbors debating Suite 237 resident, a red headed Ibsen student, and her husband a five cent novel reader. The exchange shifts to Suite 367, where the husband is described as a great Shakspere admirer.
Sperian Scholar and Wife Sing Popular Songs of the Day
A Sperian scholar and his wife are described as constantly singing the latest popular songs of the era in a social exchange. The note characterizes their musical tastes and daily habit within the household.
Practical Married Man Joke Sparks Birthday Photo Plan
A Chicago News item quotes a wife who planned a birthday photograph for her husband, only to be told by him that he would prefer a load of coal instead. The exchange highlights a humorous domestic dynamic and practical husbandly sentiment.
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Love and Lasting Passion Cited in Detroit Exchange
A Detroit Free Press line excerpt shows a couple trading bold banter about intimate history, with the woman joking that affection has occurred before but not for a full three weeks, emphasizing a playful, period voice.
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Chrysanthemum Show Receives Turbulent Night of Music
At the chrysanthemum show a manager and the orchestra leader clashed in a heated row over a performance. The quarrel erupted after the band played a faded flower tune titled Tis But a Little Faded Flower.
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Holding the Baby While Coal Is Brought In
A humorous Denver Times quip features a woman asking John to hold the baby while she goes out to unload a ton of coal, remarking you do not have to strike a brick house.
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Nursery catalog joke about no branches described
In a banter noted by the Chicago News, Stubb jokes that a nursery’s catalogue lists ornamental trees but stamps in red We Have No Branches beneath that category, prompting Penn to ask what is funny about the concern.
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Autumn Leaves Spark Wife Hats Trade Tale
Mrs Blykins praises autumn leaves while her husband grumbles their beauty would cost $4 a piece if not so common. Exchange reveals satire on value, fashion, and social desires.
Odd Bits Of News From Old Worlds And New Inventions
A Swiss antiquarian found a roll at Sils Engadine with 150 valuable documents dating to 1350. Dick Turpin s house in Lancashire will be kept as a private residence instead of being demolished. Alaska s coast is mountainous with steep rises to 200 to 8000 feet. The New York Zoological Park s giant flying cage is finished, a massive gothic arch 150 by 75 by 65 feet. Paris chemist Raphael Dubois creates phosphorescent microbe light in glass vessels, heatless and bright. Persian raised type used for the blind predates European use, while early printing and the mariner s compass appeared in ancient times. German compositors form a powerful Typographia. German American Typographia in the U S controls most German dailies except the Frankfurter Presse with 1044 members and $26 923 40 in dues last year. The weekly dues are 45 cents with extra for each death bene.
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