Freshmen Reception at Harvard Interrupted by Downpour
Harvard freshmen filled Sanders Theatre for a reception postponed to avoid a violent rush. President Eliot, Dean Shaler, and notable speakers lectured on education and Cuban work as rain dispersed the crowd and silenced planned ferocity. John Hallowell, Jim Lawrence, and others were introduced amid applause.
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Harvard
Sanders Theatre
Cambridge
Sanders
Sophs
Eliot
Myers
Edward Cummings
Hollis
John W. Hallowell
Dean Shaler
Jim Lawrence
Jack Hallowell
Radcliffe
J. J. Myers
Cummings
Explaining Single Tax and Land Value in Boston
A long discussion on ground rent and taxation argues for the single tax. It defines ground rent, assessed valuation, net value, gross value, and uses Boston 1899 figures to show how land value could fund public needs. The talk critiques private appropriation of public land on Washington Street and explores shifting tax burdens.
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Massachusetts
Boston
SRE
APG
Ooe
Edward Atkinson
Cecil Cece
Yale
Washington Street
Adams Square
Eliot Street
Washington
Denmark
Chicago
Kansas City
Marblehead
Cape Cod
Washington and
School Streets
Spring Lane
Old South Church
Howland Street
Roxbury
Elm Hill Avenue
Humboldt Avenue
Ames
Court and
Washington Streets
Howland Streets
Ames Lot
Ames Estate
Boylston
Masonic Temple
Mr. Stark
Dorchester
Harrison Gray Otis
Robinson
Sears
City of
Bromfield Street
Harvard Place
Washington Street Subway
Cambridge
Charles Streets
Milton
Newton
Lynn Boulevard
Mr. Fillebrown
James Gl. Stack
Fillebrown
R. H. Dana
Dana
Charles Francis Adams
F. Spencer Baldwin
Boston University
Seligman
Detroit Free Press
Hum- Ames
Court
Boldt Avenue
Single Tax League
Hill Talks on Imperialism and Single Tax Debate
The speaker condemns imperial rule, argues for freeing island territories, upholding the Constitution with the flag, and criticizes taxation by land value. He details Boston land values, bridge plans, and the single tax proposal with questions and answers from supporters and critics.
Boers occupy Wepener Rouxville and Ficksburg
Surrounding British forces in Cape Town report that Boers now hold Wepener, Rouxville, and Ficksburg in the Orange River Colony as British units press to enclose them.
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Wepener
Rouxville
Ficksburg
Cape Town
Rouxville and
Orange River Colony
Senator Fales Renominated at Norfolk Convention
The Norfolk Republican senatorial convention at Wesleyan Hall renominated Senator Frank A. Fales of Norwood by acclamation. Joseph Walker of Brookline, son of the former congressman, was named for the State committee.
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Norfolk
Wesleyan Hall
Frank A. Fales
Norwood
Joseph Walker
Brookline
Charestown Crash: Wagon Hit by Electric Car
An I S Waterhouse wagon was struck by an electric car in front of 49 Main Street Charlestown shortly after 6 pm. Driver Daniel McCarthy aged 24 of Everett on Robbins Street was thrown and bruised. taken home. A boy of 15 on the car, Henry J Frye of 8 Nelson Avenue Everett, injured left leg and shoulder. he was returned home by ambulance. Wagon badly damaged.
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I. S. Waterhouse
Main Street
Charlestown
Daniel McCarthy
Robbins Street
Everett
Henry J. Frye
Nelson Avenue
Ward 18 Club Endorses Naphen Buckley Owen Candidacies
The Ward 18 Independent Club held a special meeting to endorse Henry I. Naphen for Con go n e and John J. Buckley with John F. Owen for the Common Council. Speakers included John J. Buckley Hubert Cunniffe and President James Martin.
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Ward 18
Independent Club
Henry I. Naphen
Congone
John J. Buckley
John F. Owen
Common Council
John J. Bueckley
Hubert Cunniffe
James Martin
No End to It Amateur Sportsman Quote
A Philadelphia Press item logs a humorous exchange about hunting for reedies. The amateur asks if the area is good, the native replies it is excellent but you would never find any.
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Philadelphia Press
Consolation: Bird or poem, a Denver Times quip on love
A friend consoles a grieving man over a broken romance. The man laments his girl’s mitten, but the friend offers a wry comparison: if she is a bird she may fly away, but if she is a poem she will return. The Denver Times carries the bite of a humorous parable on attachment.
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Depew
Europe
Porto Rico
United States
Denver Times
Editor Replies on Rejected Submissions Stated Stamps
A struggling author asks about past contributions and hears that some items can be used elsewhere. The editor confirms receipt but notes only the stamps are readily usable, prompting the author to seek details.
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Philadelphia Record
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James J. Myers
Boston’s Taxation
Ada
Tim Earth
Mr. George
Cambridge and
Mr. Hill
Teddy
Yale Boys Insulting Mr. Bryan. “Mr. Bryan
Old Commonwealth
Democratic Party
William J. Bryan
Nebraska
Fales
Naphen Indorsed
Borden’s Condensed
Boronns
Eagle Brand
Peerless
Gure
Madfa
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