Kill loan bill and defend city honor in council clash
The Common Council is urged to kill the loan bill amid accusations of lavish spending and corruption tied to Aldermen led schemes. Proponents argue passage risks taxation, debt growth, and public distrust, urging swift action to protect taxpayers and city reputation. A separate note discusses Mohammedan world diplomacy and Turkey’s indemnity issue under Holy Law, linking it to broader imperial policy and a US-Turkey dispute.
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Common Council
Useleas
Nap
Dommnion Council
Aldermee Tinkham
Board of Aldermen
Washa
McKinley
Turkey
United States
Kentucky
Smyrna
Rights of Corporations in the Streets Across States
The article notes cross state progress in valuing street use rights for corporations. It cites Newark Daily Advertiser and New Jersey Supreme Court rulings declaring railroad rights of way as real estate, with New York precedents deeming street use easements and tracks as land subject to taxation. It argues broader implications for utilities and telecoms taxed on their right of way as land.
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Massachusetts
Newark Daily Advertiser
Newark
Supreme Court of
New Jersey
New York
New-York
Hale Urges Caution on Imperial Policy in Republican Ranks
Maine Senator Hale warns the Republican faction to slow the Hanna McKinley programme. He stresses reelecting McKinley does not grant continued imperialism and militarism. He cites dangers of rabid leadership after victory and notes Hawaii's vote opposition. He asks if Congress and President Meyer will heed moderation or trigger political revolt.
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Hale
Maine
Hanna-MacKinley
McKinley
Washington
Congress
Meier
Battleship Kentucky Mission at Smyrna Unclear
The article notes uncertainties about Kentucky's special mission at Smyrna including collection of $100,000 indemnity due the United States and potential installation of a foreign device, with no question of a decisive outcome.
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Kentucky
Smyrna
United States
Voting machines gain traction as Boston debates trial use
The Boston Board of Aldermen delay authorizing voting machines for the municipal election. Rhode Island’s recent test with seventy machines showed fewer mistakes, faster counts, and better ballot secrecy. Boston should not let scruples block a trial to gauge capacity.
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Board of Aldermen
Boston
Rhode Island
Observant Citizen Letters on Public Health and Transit Conduct
The writer urges a city ordinance fining expectoration in public conveyances and theatres after recounting an incident at a playhouse. They note a rummage sale in Lexington with odd items like false teeth and a dropped seal skin cape, and describe a dangerous maintenance scene on Mt Vernon Street. They praise a Boston conductor who aids riders, then recount a rude conductor at North Union station and an ominous fate for him. The piece ends with broader reflections on local politics and a remark about Senator-elect Willar Howlais.
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Hfe
North Union Station
Hovne Hill Dorchester
A Turkey Dream of Dress for Men and Boys
Thanksgiving week prompts men and boys to consider clothing choices. The ad invites readers to inspect stock and learn prices before purchasing, claiming best goods at generally lower prices than the general market. It emphasizes affordable, quality dresswear for the holiday dressing needs.
Government shifts and Harvard lectures amid storm damage
The article notes shifts in government staff and a push for housing and statehouse refurbishing for legislators. It highlights Harvard inviting a noted speaker in the Willeden Noble series and mentions English clergyman Neanmtle and Dr Jewett editing sermons. A severe ice storm frozen trees and damaged many New England orchards, with long-term losses expected.
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Harvard
Masing
Canvex Ripe” Epeg
Willelden Noble
Emanue
T Rey
Geore Hodges
Fang
Brooks Christian Orabe
Neanmtle
England
Boston
New Hampshire
Lax Flat
Daily Table Hints from the Sunday Post
The entry lists breakfast, dinner, and supper menus with dishes such as Wheat Germ Meal Hamburg Steak Lamb with Sexy and Gola Roast Lamb. It includes recipe fragments for Flopevers and Zemon custard pie with steps, plus a contact line for EVAL TIBBETTS in South Boston.
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Sunday Post
Hamburg
Eval, Tibbetts
Sixth Street
South
Boston
Mass
The Problem of Jack Carter Owning a Heart
In this tale by Margerst Collins, Jack Downing indulges in flirtation and indolence while juggling two romantic interests Ruth and Doris. Misaddressed letters reveal the entanglement, ending Doris’s engagement and triggering public embarrassment at the club as the truth surfaces. Ruth remains hopeful, and Jack faces fallout from his careless double dealing.
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Brother A
Uth
Jack Downing
Ruth
Poe
Doris
Jack
Jim Graham
Boris
Dick Townsend
Lakewood
Gayly
Hey
Thoris
Doris Brooke
Puch
John Carter
Odd Bits of News From Various Places
A collection of quirky items includes Prussia planning cancer and gangrene statistics, a New York photographer specializing in baby pictures, a Missouri pupil gaining Latin as optional after a churchman father appealed, Hackensack New Jersey voters in a Lord's Farm community embracing Republicans, the British destroyer Havoe reboilered with a new forward funnel that caught fire on trials, tea preparation methods in the East, and a German civil code granting husbands extensive social control yet barring access to their wives letters.
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Pr. Studt
German Empire
New York
Armstrong
Hackensack
N. J
Tale of Two Watches in Philadelphia Poker Bet
A Philadelphia lawyer known for luxury watches recounts pockets being picked of two costly timepieces. He boasts little and bets carefully, then buys cigars to ease his conscience after the wager turns rough.
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Philadelphia
Timepiece Bet Ends with Regulator Reveal
A man boasting of a gold watch loses a wager to a cheaper silver timepiece after a regulator at Blank & Co. proves the cheaper watch keeps near the correct time. The gold owner admits the trick, while the office boy had been resetting the watch 200 times.
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Blank & Co
Voters Leave Governor Blanks in Boston Election
In Boston over 6300 voters aged to elect presidential electors but left Governor selections blank. Eleven thousand nine hundred eighty four voters cast other-office ballots without marking Crane or Paine, or minor candidates. Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General blanks exceeded 13k, 16k respectively, Sheriff blanks reached 24,692. Total governor votes plus blanks imply about 12 percent did not vote for any governor candidate.
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Boston
Crane
Paine
Bryan
Oits
Syapher
Pierce
Colby and Sullivan
Seaver
Estey
Ross
Ewd
Ward Ll
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the Faith
Observant Citizen
Lexington
Mt. Vernon Street
Arlington Heights
Fea
David P
Power
Tremont Street
Ted
Willar Howlais
Andrew J. Lloyd & Co
Oak Hall
Washington and
Elm Streets
Curtis and, Jr
Tey
Feperaignto
Cuba
Bb ‘I
Fic
Itica
Roosevelt
State House
House of Representatives
Remington Neq
the. Post
Margerst Collins
Herrick
Wolften
Beatens
The
Herrick Shoe Store
Tremont St
Rark St
Zinn
Chrysanthemums
Beacon Street
Bes
Royal Baking Powder CO
William ST
McKenney & Waterbury
Franklin
Col
Congress St
Oxford
Aacullar Parker Company
Washington Street
Phae Man & CO
Ance
Ieee
Tigg
Baltimore American
Chicago
Paine Furniture CO
Canal Street
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