Oregon Elector Challenge Sparks Quiet College Debate
The disqualification of an Oregon Roosevelt elector leaves the electoral vote in question. With the Governor's sentiment urging Roosevelt and Parker in a minority, observers consider constitutional duty versus popular will. A past precedent from 1872 offers a template for varied elector choices.
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Roosevelt
Oregon
Congress
Tilden
Hayes
Parker
Bonaparte
Maryland
Horace Greeley
Hendricks
B. Gratz Brown
Crisis Deepens as Fall River Lockout Bites Welfare
Winter nears as a Massachusetts mill lockout persists with wage cuts rejected by workers including women and children. Striking families, poorly clothed and hungry, beg for bread and warmth on snow covered streets while the city faces a civic crisis. The question turns to whether state residents should rely on union charity or self regulation to resolve the hardship.
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Fall River
Massachusetts
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Russian Baltic Fleet Heads Toward Vladivostok Amid War Strain
The Baltic fleet has passed Suez and moved into the Red Sea toward Asiatic waters. While progress averages about 100 miles daily, the long 11 000 mile route to Vladivostok could delay Pacific naval strength until March, as Port Arthur’s fall becomes likely and Stoessel resists with a diminished force.
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Suez Canal
Red Sea
Asiatic
Vladivostok
Port Arthur
Indian Ocean
China Sea
Pacific Ocean
Sea of Japan
Russia
Pacific
Tokio
Stoessel
Retvizan
Pobieda
Peresviet
Poltava
Sevastopol
Bayan
Pallada
Bis
Desperate Effort to Reduce Fortress Before Baltic Fleet
The text notes urgent attempts to seize a fortress before the Baltic fleet arrives next spring, explaining why commanders push aggressive operations as the enemy strengthens. It implies strategic stakes and looming naval movements shaping decisions.
Vote Against Boston Police System Reflects Broad Reform
Mistaken claims tie anti Bates sentiment to Judge Emmons rather than the autocratic system he heads. Voters rebuked the system, not the man, seeking to restore local self-government and police accountability. Emmons is argued to be a misfit yet personally upright, with debate over his resignation unnecessary while the aim is systemic change.
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Boston
Judge Emmons
Emmons
Board of Police
John Rockefeller
Pearly Gates
Johnny
Kingdom of Heaven
Father
Andy Carnegie
Andy
Mr. Carnegie
American Beef Trust
American Coal Trust
Rockefeller
A Worthy Cause For Incurables Hospital Appeal
The Holy Ghost Hospital for Incurables seeks 15000 to add 30 beds, boosting capacity to about 100 for cancer and tuberculosis patients. The institution, funded by gifts, offers compassionate care for a class left with limited options, contrasting Boston’s services with Cambridge’s hospital. Subscriptions are received by Professor Charles Eliot Norton or the hospital’s sister superior.
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The
Holy Ghost Hospital For
Boston
Cambridge
Charles Eliot Norton
Hospital of the Holy Ghost
Opening of Industrial School for Crippled Children
The Industrial School for Crippled and Deformed Children at 241 St Botolph Street opens December 1. In operation ten years, it offers primary and grammar schooling plus trades training for 50 pupils currently, with a waiting list. Nursing, medical care, and weekly medical visits are provided. An endowment fund is greatly needed.
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St. Botolph Street
Christmas shoppers urged to save horses by carrying purchases home
A Stoneham reader urges holiday shoppers to bring their buys home to reduce strain on overworked urban horses. She cites New York department stores using animals for long hours and argues buyers can avoid mistakes and inconvenience by hauling their own goods.
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Stoneham
New York
Beer at the Harvard Union Editorial in New York Sun
Cambridge remains a no license town yet Boston offers easy access to beer while Harvard Campus debates beer and light wine at the Union. The Harvard Corporation has barred serving beer in university buildings prompting questions about possible changes. The Union President favors a cautious, cheerful compromise including cider and snacks.
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Cambridge
Mass
Boston
University City
Richardson
Oyster Bay
Adam Koch
Carl
Harvard
Harvard Corporation
Eetta
Viscount Ridley Dies in Northumberland Home
London Nov 28 Matthew White Ridley Viscount Ridley former secretary of state for the home department died suddenly this morning at Blagdon his seat in Northumberland. He died of heart failure while asleep.
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London
Matthew White Ridley
Viscount Ridley
The
Home Department
Blagdon
Northumberland
Salem
Geo. H. Sargent
Andrew Street
Mr. Sargent
Peabody
George W
Sarah A. (Beckford) Sargent
Peabody High School
Ellen F. Fuller
Common Council
Military and Club Men Attend Captain Milton Funeral
A large service at Trinity Church honored Captain Richard Sweet Milton who died suddenly last Friday at 849 Beacon Street. State military and club officials attended, with the casket surrounded by national, state, artillery, infantry and Loyal Legion flags. Honorary pallbearers included General Stephen M. Weld and Colonel Thomas Livermore among other army associates.
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Army
Stephen M. Weld
Thomas L. Livermore
John Parkinson
Francis L. Higginson
W. W. Swan
Howard Stockton
Charles W. Amory
Charles B. Amory
T. F. Edmands
Lewiss. Dabney
Charles S. Sargent
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Sonicoat
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Maine
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Cornell University
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Pittsburg
Hyde
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Harrison Avenue
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Roxbury
Wyner
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Leon R. Egges
L. G. Bissonnette
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William H. M. Sinclair
T& T
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Margaret J. Patterson
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Revere
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