Ballot counting blunders prompt call for instant accuracy
The Election Commission reported 160 Ward 16 Republican caucus ballots unaccounted for as officials bundled ballots in fifties and dumped them in a basket. The piece argues for immediate accurate counting with voting machines and questions the two-count system, noting repeated errors yet balanced outcomes. It also questions Addicks’s influence and Theodore Roosevelt's possible support for him.
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Election Commission
The Union and the Trust in Scranton Hearing
In Scranton lawyers for the coal trust seek to discredit the miners union by arguing it is unincorporated and thus not liable. They claim the trust itself evades the law, while Richard Olney calls the coal combine the most persistent law-breakers. The piece argues the outlaw is the trust, not the union of workers.
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Coal Trust
Scranton
Richard Olney
Tremont Temple
Pennsylvania
Mr. Olney
Boston Notes on City Politics and Local Life
A Boston paper column reviews mayoral power, aldermanic actions, and public debt, praising Mayor Collins for vetoes and fiscal restraint while criticizing past graft and promising vigilance by future officials. It notes Dartmouth misattribution, streetcar anecdotes, and odd clock readings at Newspaper Row.
Chaffee Warns Philippines May Take a Hundred Years
Major General Adna R. Chaffee argues in earlier Philippines duties that establishing a benevolent government could take a century. He advocates garrisoning Manila to control Christians and paying tributes to Mindanao and Sulu tribal chiefs to keep Mohammadan resistance quiet, a view clashing with civil governance optimism. He questions the cost and morality of prolonged subjugation.
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Adna R. Chaffee
Philippines
Luzon
Manila
Mindanao
Sulu
Addicks Defends Gas Operations Amid Senate Bid
J Edward Addicks, courting Roosevelt and aiming for Delaware’s U S Senate, argues that accusations of mismanagement in Boston gas operations are false. He says a $509,000 collateral bond was used to circumvent Massachusetts law restricting capital stock above $500,000, a provision backed by the old gas company.
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Boston
Mr. Addicks
Addicks
United States Senate
Delaware
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
Senate
J. Edward Addicks
Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Squirrels Delight Boston Common Visitors Amid Debate on Protection
Doogue brings squirrels to Boston Common drawing crowds and pleas for protection. A tame pair even eats from hands while a Boston terrier attacks a squirrel, provoking mixed commentary on humane treatment and public amusement.
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Boston Common
Doogue
Beacon Street
Derne Street
Moth Food and Holes in Sealskin Sacque
A fragmentary verse scene from May depicts a moth boasting of its feast on a stored sealskin sacque. The vagrant moth claims delight in the best cloth while a wearer notes the garment now shows holes, explaining the moths’ fattened presence.
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Trere
Bingville Bugle repeats issue amid small town feuds
The Bingville Bugle notes last week's issue was so popular it will be repeated with a one week advance date. It lampoons Hardscrabble's attempts at starting a newspaper, taxes, and a city bond issue while listing local residents and odd anecdotes.
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Bingville
Sarah Linwood
Ezra Underwood
David White
Bradbury
Wilson
Eph Higgins
Jiggins
Stealthy Steve Breaks News to Mr Bond About Diamond Robbery
Stealthy Steve, healed after a duel with Leadpipe Luke, informs Phineas Bond that the real thief is Duke de Dummychamp, the noble fiancé of Genevieve Bond. Bond reacts with astonishment as the detective unveils damning evidence in a cliffhanger ending.
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Stealthy
Steve
Phineas Bond
John Jimson
Mr. Bond
Duke de Dummychamp
Genevieve Bond
Luke
Social clash ends in street duel and romance
Miss Hattie M. Thompson recounts Alice and George canceling plans over smoking. After an argument at home, George tries to prove he can quit, follows Alice to a social, and a violent attacker confronts him. George defends Alice, gets knocked out, and recovers as Alice reveals her concern and sends cigars to comfort him.
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Miss
Roosevelt
E ‘Hee
Hoke Collier
Cortelyou
George
Alice
Tal
Jack the Slugger
Love
Rain Coats Popular At A Shuman & Co Corner
Rain coats for gentlemen remain a leading specialty at A Shuman & Co. The Shuman Corner offers a vast selection in all weights and colors with prices from 15 to 30 dollars.
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A. Shuman & Co
Shuman Corner
Letter to the Editor on labor, scabs and unions
The writer disputes Professor Eliot of Harvard for praising the modern scab as a hero and argues that scabs embody self interest. The letter condemns strikebreakers and the scale system as harming ordinary workers, noting ruined education, poor living, and hardship for families. It challenges the view that unions aim only to minimize hours and maximize pay.
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Eliot
Timbuctoo
Henry Pattison
Lith
Iist
Harvard
Elot
Kneisel Quartet Concert At Chickering Hall Review
The Kneisel Quartet gave a second season concert at Chickering Hall with Ossip Gabrilowitsch piano A Marquarie and A Brooke flutes and L Kloepfel trumpet. They performed Tchaikowsky quartet in E flat Op 30 Schubert piano trio and D Indy suite in D major a Boston premiere. Gabrilowitsch received warm applause and Kloepfel trumpet drew interest. Third concert set for Monday evening Dec 1.
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Chickering Hall
Kneisel
Ossip Gabrilowitsch
A. Marquarie
A. Brooke
L. Kloepfel
Tschaikowsky
Schubert
Vincent D' Indy
Boston
Gabrilowitsch
Kloepfel
Ashes of Columbus Deposited in Seville Mausoleum
In Seville on November 17 the remains of Christopher Columbus were placed in a ceremonial mausoleum inside the cathedral. A naval guard bore the coffin, followed by the archbishop, cathedral chapter, the minister of marine, and other dignitaries. After Mass, the captain-general of Cadiz and the archbishop entrusted the coffin to the mausoleum for permanent interment.
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Seville
Spain
Christopher Columbus
Cadiz
Democratic recount today on caucus votes expected
The Election Commission will start recounting Democratic caucus votes today. Returns from all wards except 8 21, % and 2 will be recounted.
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The
Election Commission
Post's Illustrated Bread Sticks and Rolls Tutorial
A recipe for bread sticks and squash enriched rolls from Alice Be Whitaker. Instructions cover dough proportions, shaping into sticks or walnut sized rolls, rising, baking, and finishing with sugar water and poppy seeds for sticks. Includes notes on using brioche or squash biscuit dough and dry squash preparation.
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Alice BE. Whitaker
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