McKinley backs Platt in New York mayoral fight
Boston Post reports President McKinley openly supports Platt's mayoral candidate in New York City. Secretary Bliss's letter signals federal influence in local politics as 1900 presidential plans unfold with Foraker and Thurston aiding Tracy's bid.
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New York City
Bliss
Platt
McKinley
Tracy
New York
Foraker
Thurston
Brooklyn
United States
Benjamin F. Tracy
Greater
Frank
Navy Arming for Peace Receives Unified Public Backing
The text states that the fleet's $25,000,000 investment is for defensive purposes and viewed as armament for peace. It notes broad public approval and frames the visiting fleet as a symbol of national defense rather than aggression. The tone emphasizes unity and strategic purpose.
Japan shifts to gold basis easing silver to gold exchange
Japan adopts a gold standard effective the 1st of the month with modest demand to exchange silver for gold. Bank of Japan notes redeemable in gold account for about three times the silver to gold exchanges. The move faces a further hurdle as a decree bans silver yen circulation after April. Public confidence will shape the outcome as the United States history shows in moving to specie payments.
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Japan
Bank of Japan
United States
Voters Registration in Boston Dips Slightly from Last Year
Boston total registration for the State election stands at 95 446, just 1 800 fewer than last year. The decline exceeds the apparent numeric drop due to last year’s clean list purge and this year’s carried-over names. general political apathy also cited as a cause of lower turnout expectations.
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Boston
Pittsburg Chronicle- Telegraph
Chicago Tribune
Detroit Journal
Walker Memorial Services Honor General Francis A Walker
Memorial service in Music Hall, honoring General Francis A Walker, drew MIT leaders and general public. Governor Wolcott and Senator Hoar spoke, praising his scholarship and public service in science education, noting the strong regard for his contributions in the city and state.
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Music Hall
Francis A. Walker
Wolcott
Hoar
Lfe
Fleet in Massachusetts Bay Signals U S Naval Growth
A large American fleet maneuvers in Massachusetts Bay to honor the centennial of Old Ironsides as the new navy gains recognition. The article argues U S vessels trail European powers in numbers but outperform them in efficiency and speed.
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Massachusetts Bay
United States
Boston Notes and Society Tidbits From The Observant Citizen
The column reports on bicyclist safety calls and proposals for law changes, alongside social visits by Anthony Hope and Dr. Nansen. It notes Boston receptions for Arch bishop Williams, a Nashua water main scene, and Lowell’s new Belvidere hotel. It also covers Captain White’s non resignation, Old Colony Chapel clinic for Armenian poor, fashion columns, a Sudbury marriage, Maine Mayflower early, and community figures like John P. Dore arranging a Bourke Cochran lecture for the Working Boys Home.
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Boston
John P. Dore
Bourke Cochran
New York
Dore
Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters
Marion Milton Meets Alan Warren At Warren Farm
Marion Milton visits Aunt Barbara Green in New Hampshire and befriends Alan Warren, owner’s son. She climbs a tree to pick pears, defies a cross uncle, and grows close during tea visits and a planned picnic.
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Aunt Barbara
Marion
Marion Milton
Aunt Barbara Green
New Hampshire
Mr. Warren
Nellie
Arthur Warren
Mr. George
Papa
Bluebeard
Nell
Warren
Mwan
Barbara Green
Leotine Cottage
Milton
Mr. George Warren
Alan Warren
Miss Milton
Barbara
New York
Young Warren
Alan
Noted temperance reformer Canon Basil Wilberforce acts
Canon Basil Wilberforce poured out wine from his cellar and converted it into a dining room when moving into his canonry. Abraham Crabill, a Confederate sharpshooter, died at his Shenandoah county home after serving in the Stonewall brigade. Mrs Leland Stanford possesses a jewel collection valued at 2 000 000 dollars including pink blue yellow and white diamonds once owned by Empress Eugénie and Queen Victoria.
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Basil Wilberforce
British Isles
Dean’s Yard
Abraham Crabill
Stonewall Brigade
Shenandoah County
Sedgwick
Spottsylvania Court House
Crabill
Leland Stanford
Eugenie
Isa
Retirement plans for California Justice Stephen J. Field
Justice Stephen J. Field of California told the President he will retire from the Supreme Court. He informed colleagues of his decision and it is expected a successor will be nominated after Congress reconvenes in December.
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Charles Peterson
Somerset Street
Hancock Street
Washington-Lee University receives gift for Tucker Memorial Hall
Washington-Lee University president W L Wilson reports a $1000 contribution from William C Whitney to fund the Tucker Memorial Hall. French professor Binet notes music raises heart action with no dissonance, and serious opera yields greater effect than simple chords. Henri Chivot, noted French librettist, dies at Vesinet aged 67 after a varied stage career.
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W. L. Wilson
Washington-Lee University
William C. Whitney
Tucker Memorial
Binet
France
Twin Difficulties and Uneventful Life Jokes
A collage of humor bits from various papers features Falk Visitor quipping that true art is hard to understand and harder to sell. Other gags include a creditor encounter retort, a ruralist halving a gold brick joke, teetotaler servants, and peach crop frost musings.
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Indianapolis Journal
Mary Jane
Opposed to bosses call for independent municipal leaders
Letter to the editor denounces party bosses in city politics and urges voters to back independent, high integrity candidates like Seth Low. It condemns figures such as Platt and Croker as corrupt influences and advocates reclaiming city governance for the people.
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Seth Low
Platt
Croker
Wman
Field to retire prompts new Supreme Court appointment
Justice Field announces retirement after more than forty years on the bench and notes his Lincoln sourcing. Kenna of California will be named for the office while the President considers additional appointments arising from Field's departure.
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Joseph M’kenna
California
Justice Field
Supreme Bench of
United States
Kenna
Supreme Court
Lincoln
Washington
Potomac
McKenna to Succeed Field as Supreme Court Justice
Supreme Court announcement states Justice Stephen J. Field of California will retire. President McKinley is expected to appoint Attorney-General McKenna of California as his successor after Congress reconvenes in December. Field notified the President of retirement last April. acknowledgment came October 9.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Stephen J. Field
California
McKinley
Congress
McKenna
Justice Field
Daily table hints breakfast and dessert menu
The notice lists breakfast items including sliced bananas and cream Quaker Oats coffee fish balls doughnuts and meals from supper roasts and puddings with suet pudding and sauces. A recipe section credits Miss Helen Donovan Longwood Mass with three dishes and ingredient methods.
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Helen Donovan
Longwood
Mass
Young Garfield Weds in Cleveland Glenville Ceremony
Abram Garfield and Sarah Granger Williams married at noon at the bride's father residence in Glenville Cleveland. The groom is the youngest son of the late ex President Garfield. Guests of national prominence attended.
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Cleveland, C
Abram Garfield
Sarah Granger Williams
Glenville
Garfield
Grafton Cushing Leads New York Cotillon Season
The Boston and New York Cushing families loom as Grafton Cushing, nephew of Tom Cushing, rises as a standout cotillon leader in New York. Tall and celebrated, he has surpassed expectations set by last summer's Newport debut as his uncle watches with pride.
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Grafton
New York
Newport
Grafton Cushing
Tom Cushing
Bob Cushing
Boston
New
Hollis Hunewell
Langhorne Shaw Wedding Postponed to Oct 27
The wedding of Miss Nancy Langhorne and Bobby Shaw, planned for last week, is postponed to October 27 due to the bride’s illness. The ceremony will now be a quiet family affair at the Langhorne country seat in Albemarle county, instead of the elaborate Richmond event. Shaw, a poloist and huntsman from prominent stock, has ties to Myopia and Puritan hunt clubs and owns a Dedham country place.
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Sudbury
Boston
Oliver Rice
Harriet Dakin
Jonathan Dakin
Middlesex County
Nancy Langhorne
Bobby” Shaw
Miss Langhorne
Shaws
MecKeans
Beverly
Richmond
Langhornes
Charles Dana Gibson
Langhorne
Albemarle County
Bobby
Shaw
Quincy A. Shaw, Jr
Meadowbrook
Sally Pemberton
Philadelphia
Marion Shaw
Harry Pratt McKean, Jr
Young Shaw
Dedham
Norfolk Hunt Club
Bachelor Hall
Freddy Princes in Mourning Over Grandmother Kingsley
The Normans and Freddy Princes mourn their grandmother Mme Kingsley. Freddy remains devoted to driving his four in hand at Beverly this summer, a skill he showcases with his sons being taught to follow.
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Freddy Princes
Mme. Kingsley
Freddy
Beverly
Europe
Dr Evans and the Denver Doctor’s Unequal Marriage
A Boston suburb heiress marries a New England physician who later finds wealth abroad. After years of rising success in Denver, a separation and the partner’s flight with assets end a once-promising match and journal venture.
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Evans
New England
Boston
Denver
Asseta
Hay
Society Affairs and Upcoming Events Highlight Boston Gentry
A round of social happenings fills Boston society pages with a Copley Square Hotel whist party led by Mrs. F. Ris teen and Mrs. Isabelle Stimpson, listing nearly thirty attendees and prizes. Also noted are civic gatherings, a General Federation of Women’s Clubs convocation in Nashville, receptions for upcoming nuptials, and various dances, dinners, and meetings at venues like the Vendome and Hollis Street.
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Globe
Copley Square Hotel
F. 8. Risteen
Isabelle I. Stimpson
Alan Mackintosh
Bessie Mackintosh
Elizabeth Clark
George W. Russell
Madigan
Bartel
Miss Mellen
Dexter Folle*t
Dinsmore
Webb
Frank Fuller
G. W. Russell
F. D. Osgood
J. Tinkham
C. H. Tinkham
Martha Dana
Berkeley Street
North Woodstock
N. H
Thomas S. Nowell
Commonwealth Avenue
Newport
Nowell
Alaska
Boston
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Nashville
Tenn
Ellen M. Henrotin
South
van Leer Kirkman
Woman’s Department
Alice Ives Breed
Lynn
G. F. W. C. of America
R. P. Waters
Sewall
Vendome
J. P. Sutherland
Mme
Mary Vincent
Daughters of the Revolution
Quincy
John Adams
Nelson V. Titus
Adams
D. R
Anna von Rydingsward
Davis
Frank S. Risteen
Hollis Street
Ethelyn Hope Burleigh
Congressman Burleigh
Maine
John S. Russell
Alexis Torrey
Arthur Dorr
William J. Carpenter
HB. H. Nichols
Edwin Bruce
Albert Geiger
Geiger
New Hampshire
Legion of Honor Hall
Massachusetts State Society
Bishop Walker Admonishes on Utopian Temptations
At a Brotherhood of St. Andrew meeting in Buffalo on October 14, Bishop Walker denounced utopian visions as seductive fictions. He urged members to accept the hard truth of life and duty while highlighting the serious task of guiding the human soul.
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Buffalr
N. Y
Brotherhood of St. Andrew
Bishop Walker
Bellamy
Howells
Chinese Exclusion Act Called A Farce In NY Inspector Resigns
Colonel J Thomas Scharf Chinese inspector for New York Southern District resigns, claiming four years of practical experience show the Chinese exclusion act is a farce and has corrupted the Treasury Department.
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New York
J. Thomas Scharf
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury Department
Echoes of Hills and Ocean Longing
Poetic lines describe tranquil hills and summer days under a vast sky. The verses reflect calmness from uplands distant winds and a timeless rhythm, with a sense of distant waves stirring longing.
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Ong
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