Mayor Collins urges sane loan bill against robbery
The Mayor backs a $201000 loan bill focusing on essential city expenses and school buildings while excluding finance committee items, arguing the public interest must trump political advantage. Aldermen face pressure to accept, as voters tire of money juggling before elections amid calls to condemn excessive district prestige. The piece links negligent policy to tragic cholera and pestilence in Cuba and the Philippines.
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Collins
Finance Committee
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Boston Voter Register Tops Previous Election
Boston municipal election nears, with 130,437 voters qualified for school committee races. Registration rises to 112,114 potential voters citywide, while women voters total 18,323. District voting may dilute overall strength despite high interest in local government.
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Boston
Sytem
The Cry of the Independents in Coal Strike Settlement
Independent coal operators in the anthracite region challenge the proposed settlement between the trust and miners. The railroads and mining combine could raise coal prices and freight rates to reward concedes, harming the public. Break up the unlawful combine by enforcing law to relieve both independents and consumers.
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Trust
Great
Seaboard
Olney
Pennsylvania
United States
Thanksgiving thrift and oddities of city life noted
The Observant Citizen surveys mild weather benefits for the needy during Thanksgiving with cheap poultry and coal savings. Tales recount quick heat from Edam cheese shells, streetcar humor, checks for Thanksgiving turkeys, superstitions about ladders, and human kindness amid daily urban scenes.
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Roxbury
Coal and the Cold Sparks Demand for Cheap Fuel
Boston faces frost and rising coal prices as importations flood the port. The writer blasts the Dingley tariff on foreign coal as a needless tax that benefits the coal trust and asks Massachusetts Congressmen to repeal the duty before the holiday recess. If they fail, they should not return home.
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Boston
United States Treasury
Coal Trust
Republican Congress
Congress
Massachusetts
Pestilence in the Philippines decimates population
Cholera sweeps Ilocos province where 15 000 deaths are reported by Sept 1 among 173 000 residents. One town of 19 000 sees 1800 deaths. Among Eleventh Cavalry troops in the same area 21 troopers die and six American teachers perish. Early burning of corpses halted as natives faced the scourge.
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Philippines
Ilocos
Eleventh Cavalry
Gloves Worn Backward Sparks Style Debate in Youth Fashion
A playful critique notes a fad where young men peel gloves back toward the knuckles to reveal the lining and wrist. The piece jokes that this trend signals fashion awareness and mocks those who fail to grasp it, predicting evolving glove wear ideas for next year.
Is Wool Healthful for Winter Wear
Editor All Sorts raises a vital question about wool underwear for men in winter. Health Seeker notes the decision rests on individual conscience after weighing pro and con arguments.
Stealthy Steve Escapes Shark and Is Captured Aboard
Stealthy Steve battles a giant shark then swims toward Havre 300 miles away. A whale sighting prompts submersion for seven hours before spotting a sailing vessel. A pirate ship named Bloody Mag corners him and Jim Slasher, chief buccaneer, declares Steve the Six-Hyed Sleuth for transport aboard. The tale continues on the next page.
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Steve
Havre
France
Leeward
Stealthy
Jim Slasher
Buccaneer
Roosevelt Relative Weds English Clergyman in Chestnut Hill
Mrs Katherine Roosevelt married Rev T James Bowlker of Hertfordshire England yesterday at the Church of the Redeemer Chestnut Hill. Ceremony by Bishop Lawrence, cousin of the bride. They will reside at 282 Beacon Street with a breakfast hosted at Miss Amy Lowell's home on Warren Street Brookline.
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Katherine Roosevelt
T. James Bowlker
Hertfordshire
Eng
Rain Coats for Gentlemen by A. Shuman & Co
Rain coats for gentlemen are a leading specialty at A. Shuman and Company. The Shuman Corner offers a vast variety in weights and colors with price ranges from fifteen to thirty dollars.
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A. Shuman & Co
Shuman Corner
Army reports cite far reaching canteen abolition effects
Washington reports the War Department cites data on the canteen's abolition showing about 1400 nearby saloons with 250 to 300 opening since closing. Posts report more drunkenness and courts martial, plus increased desertion and AWOL, with no commander noting improved troop morality, discipline, or health.
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Washington
War Department
Army
Department
Chaffee Meets President Washington in East Command Move
Major General Adna R. Chaffee who has taken command of the department of the East met with Secretary Root to discuss conditions in the Philippines and army reductions there. Root later introduced Chaffee to the President, who congratulated him on his work in China and the Philippines.
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Washington
Adna R. Chaffee
Department of the East
Root
Philippines
Department
Chaffee
China
Maine's Big Game Season Sets Shipment Records
In Bangor with a week left, deer shipments break records and moose totals approach last year's. Last week 76 deer 28 moose 8 bears were sent, vs 679 deer 17 moose previously. Season totals through Saturday night: 4164 deer 164 moose 39 bears, beating prior records.
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Bangor
Fish and Game Commission
Plans 10 Fight Subway Bill
The Central Labor Union and Building Trades Council joint committee met to organize a citywide campaign against the subway bill. Henry Sterling and H Joseph Quinn were named leaders with precinct committees to mobilize labor votes, while W H Taylor will coordinate nightly subcommittee activities at 7 30 p m.
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Central Labor Union
Building Trades Council
Henry Sterling
Typographical Union 18
H. Joseph Quinn
W. H. Taylor
Rumors Grow Over Czar's Mental Condition
News from St. Petersburg reports a cascade of rumors about Czar Nicholas II and his family. Dr Marzhievsky’s move to Balaklava sparks claims the Czar or Czarina suffer melan cholia, with mesmerist Phillip wielding influence. Court physician Ott allegedly halted Phillip’s access, ministers’ departures seen as sign that influence waned, and fears of abdication surface alongside Grand Duke Michael’s return and public appearances.
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ST. Petersburg
Marzhievsky
Balaklava
Nicholas Konsalatinovich
Phillip
Russia
Ott
Livadia
Interior
Finance
Michael
Better Conditions Promised at Dartmouth Mill in New Bedford
A committee of weavers visited Superintendent Langshaw at the Dartmouth mill in New Bedford on November 24 and reported a 130 to 17 vote to strike unless better congenial conditions were promised immediately. Langshaw promised to investigate, and Weavers' Union Secretary Hart indicated there would be no strike if promises are kept.
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Washington Street
New Bedford
Langshaw
Dartmouth
Hart
Weavers’ Union
Peabody tanners strike over daily skin packs
Fourteen sumac tanners at the A. C. Lawrence Leather Company plant walk out in Peabody, demanding smaller daily packs. They seek 28 to 36 dozen skins per day instead of the current 30 to 45 dozen, signaling a labor action tied to wage and output expectations.
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Peabody
Sumac
A. C. Lawrence Leather Company
The Unfinished Portrait of a Silent Love
A frail artist Edna in a Boston studio earns hope at a famed school until illness returns. A visiting Colonel Maynard admires her portrait and recalls ball nights, leading to a moment of life and love revealed as he completes the painting. He ends with a quiet departure after a shared, fatal truth.
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Edna
Boston
Mrs. Lane
Colonel Maynard
Fire in Taunton freight yard causes $65,000 loss
A midnight blaze at the central station freight yard of the New York New Haven Hartford line in Taunton damaged 27 loaded cars and caused an estimated $65,000 in losses. Captain Harry Warren of Hose 5 was injured, Hoseman William Jones was overcome by fumes but revived later, and an investigation was ordered.
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Taunton
Central Station
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Harry Warren
Hose 5
William Jones
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Newton Newkirk
Phineas Bond
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L. Adler Bros. & Co
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Washington and Elm Streets
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Peabody Strike
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