Murphy to contest Democratic mayoral nomination against Collins
The Boston Post reports John R Murphy plans to resign as water commissioner to pursue the Democratic nomination for mayor, challenging General P A Collins. The paper asserts independence while promising fair coverage of Murphy's campaign.
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John R. Murphy
P. A. Collins
Boston
General Collins
Murphy
Collins
Board of Strategy
Democrats
The
Post
Speculators on the Common Stir Debate Over Observation Stands
The Boston mayor issued permits for erection of observation stands along Tremont street mall on the Common for the Admiral Dewey parade. The open question centers on whether private profit stands should occupy public space or be city controlled for general viewing access.
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Tremont Street Mall
Admiral Dewey
Park Street
Boylston Street
Boston
Beacon Hill
Tremont Street
Quincy
The Transvaal Franchise debated in British policy
A British policy piece questions Mr Joseph Chamberlains drive to conquer the Transvaal through a franchise dispute. It argues the proposed suffrage would let Englishmen govern while remaining British subjects, highlighting Krugers concessions to Outlanders and British aims to govern without full citizenship.
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England
Joseph Chamberlain
Transvaal
Great Britain
Rand
Republic
Kruger
Victoria
Transvaal Clash Delayed Despite Prolonged Arms Clash
A terse note comments on the unusual postponement of armed conflict in the Transvaal region. The author highlights the simultaneity of forces and the rarity of the long delay before battle erupts.
Paine Leads Democratic Campaign With Anti Imperialism Theme
In a Braintree speech Robert Treat Paine Jr. frames the campaign around opposition to imperialism and militarism, urging allegiance to the New England idea of government by consent of the governed. The article notes the contrast with Republican positions and cites a Massachusetts flag display law enacted in 1899 with fines for violations.
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Braintree
Robert Treat Paine, Jr
Paine
New England
Massachusetts
Walcott
United States
Keep Baldwin at Home In South Boston Senate Race
The advocacy urges South Boston voters to renominate William Kells of Ward 15 over Senator John E. Baldwin. It criticizes Baldwin for opposing a sixty foot bridge to South Boston, backing a Marine Park tower scheme, and opposing the Post telephone bill, arguing he serves corporations over people.
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South Boston
Senate
John FE. Baldwin
Suffolk
Baldwin
Marine Park
Post
William Kells
John E. Baldwin
Debates and notes from the Dewey celebration coverage
Observers discuss poverty and pleasures, local civic events, and personalities. A Boston piece notes Dewey preparations, street color schemes, and remarks on wireless theory, with mentions of John Cromwell, Clement Scott, and Captain Tom Olys amid parade plans and memorial dedications.
The Fall Politician
A poem by Charles J. Biggie satirizes a politician who travels the stump year round. The speaker notes the candidate’s constant pace and allure as he stirs city and state audiences, yet fears the politician will spoil the daily paper until spring returns.
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Charles J. Biggie
Courageous save leads to love and marriage in Allston
In Allston, Dorothy Brunel and her sister Stephanie escape a runaway dogcart with Philip Price halting the mad horses. Brunel, father of the Brunel sisters, rewards Price then helps him seek a career in Boston. Five years later Price returns to wed Stephanie in a Brunel home ceremony.
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Richard Brunel
Dorothy
Stephenie
Philip Price
Philip
Mr. Brunel
Boston
The
Brunels
Stephenie Brunel
Mrs. Price
Notable figures and events listed at diverse ages
Colonel Ormond F. Nims marks his 80th birthday as the Civil War organizer of Nims's Battery. Ex-Postmaster-General William L. Wilson is gravely ill and nearly blind. Princeton archaeologist Richard Norton becomes director of the American School at Rome. A dinner for General Benjamin Harrison hosted by Prince Von Hohenlohe features ambassadors White and Lascelles and officials including Count Von Buelow. The steamship Winifredian arrives in East Boston with Miss Helen E. O'Brien and her father, praising Captain Muir and staff.
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Ormond F. Nims
Rome
Prince von Hohenlohe
Benjamin Harrison
Andrew D. White
United States
Frank Lascelles
Count von Buelow
Count Posadowsky-Wehner
Interior
Humorous Snapshots From Early 20th Century Humour Pages
A collage of jokes and quips from era columns including Chicago News Harlem Life and Puck. Bits poke at marriage habits hotel piano players dead time sportsman and imperialism with wordplay and light satire. Bystander wit and social stereotypes flavor each gag.
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Hix
Dix
Chicago News
Stokes
Harlem
Billy
Chicago
Washington Star
Tranionary
Indianapolis Journal
Cholly
Minerva
Philadelphia Bulletin
Philippines
Puck
Willie
Arthur
Otter
Baltimore American
West Palm Beach Ordinance Bars Women From Saloons
Odd bits of news report a 1910s ordinance in West Palm Beach forbidding females to enter saloons. Other notes include mills in Minneapolis producing bread for 15,000,000, Hawaii seeking immigrants, Chicago’s rat problem, Penn State multilingual catalogs, London coffee houses since 1652, Maine farm reclamation plans, war-driven government costs, Brussels uncovering a boat nearly two millennia old.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Minneapolis
Hawaii
Europe
Chicago
University of Pennsylvania
South America
London
Maine
Brussels
End of Peculiar Slumber Case Nears for Mrs McCullough
Mrs. Ann McCullough, 62, of 222 Pearl Street Somerville, has been in a prolonged stupor since September 24. After brief awakenings she sinks again, with doctors uncertain and family at her bedside as death nears. She is the mother of 11 children, nine living, and was born in Boston’s Fort Hill district.
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Ann McCullough
Pearl Street
Somerville
John F. Couch
Grant Street
Grandma
City Point
Boston
Father Welch
St. Joseph’s Parish
F.S. Smith
Old Fort Hill
Broken and mangled limbs at Emergency Hospital
The Emergency Hospital treated multiple injuries from yesterday. Susan Tower and John Hennessy fractured arms, Frederick Hoss suffered a crushed shoulder after a street collision, Herbert Avery broke a left arm during a gym jump, and five other workers with mangled hands required surgery.
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Susan Tower
Dorchester Street
Herbert M. Avery
Revere Street
Young Men's Christian Association
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Tom Olys
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Quaker City
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the Post
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Cambridge Street
Allston, Mass
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Price
Lee Lee
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Douglas Street
Winthrop
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Frisbie
M Street
Carrie Anders
Martha Atkins
Sarah J. Boyden
Independent Women Voters
Allston
Ward 2
E. I. Aldrich
Gardner Street
Fanny F. Ames
H. B. Blackwell
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