Mackay Theater Company Association Uncertain
A correspondent asks which theatrical company Charles Mackay is currently with. Mackay is presently disengaged and is at his father's home in Bay Ridge Long Island. The note then shifts to various local items including a birth in Dorchester and remarks on John Mason Little as president of the Associated Board of Trade. A seaside incident describes a seagull mistaken for a hen, rescued by boatmen, and the plan to send books to Sunday schools in Somerville.
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Long Island
John Mason Little
Associated Board of Trade
Sam Walter Foss
Somerville Public Library
Somerville
Ourself
Boston Post Subscription Rates and Notices
The Boston Post lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions with terms for address changes and advance payment. It notes second class matter status, payment methods, and various office contacts in Boston and New York, urging readers to notify by postal mail if delivery lapses.
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Boston
Boston Boston
Washington Street
New York
Boston Post
A. Grozier
MorTo Aimed at Council Action on Borrowing Bill
An editorial urges the Common Council to kill the aldermanic borrowing bill for permanent improvements and start anew. It argues the current measure is intrinsically bad and cannot be amended to serve the public. fifty votes are needed to pass, and past council courage should reassert itself to protect the city.
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Common Council
Gaston for Governor Stands for Massachusetts Interests
William A. Gaston presents a platform of free coal, free iron, free hides, free lumber and free food products as what Massachusetts people, merchants, manufacturers, and workers want. He claims Lieutenant-Governor Bates avoids similar positions, and says GOP Congressmen back Gaston’s stance, portraying him as the voice of statewide labor and capital. A Gaston victory would send a signal to Washington to protect Massachusetts interests.
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William A. Gaston
Massachusetts
Colonel Gaston
Bates
Congress
Gaston
Washington
Boston Registration and Votes Highlight City Political Power
The piece argues Boston’s registration set a record and surpassed state figures in political influence. It notes that Boston housing more than one-fifth of state voters could swing statewide outcomes, urging concentration of the city’s voting strength for legislative and federal impact.
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Boston
Crane
Quincy
Commonwealth
State House
Massachusetts
Congress
The Art of Spelling at Northwestern University
Northwestern University freshman class of 141 shows only 56 passing in spelling on standard vocabulary. Papers tested ordinary speech and correspondence, not trick words. Professor cites phonetic teaching in preparatory schools as cause and warns spelling may be obsolete under reformers.
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Northwestern University
Holmes
Salt Water
Poem and Letters Spark a Miss Smythe Controversy
Miss Penelope Smythe contributes a poem to air, while Miss Ella Wheeler Wilcox is noted as a notice. The page mixes poems and a long set of humorous exchanges and letters about romance and grammar. A story of Florence Bradley, Dick, and a diamond ends with a resolved misunderstanding and a vow not to mock postscript letters.
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Penelope Smythe
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Miss Smythe
Language evolution and spelling quirks across history
The passage notes that languages change and spellings vary, citing Shakespeare Washington and Franklin as examples. It argues that English now has logical consistency worthy of respect and that university freshmen should not be harshly judged for historical orthography.
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Shakspere
Hiven
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Northwestern
Letter on labor disputes and strikes in The Post
The writer argues strikes rarely aid labor wages and harm both sides. Persuade employers through fairness, noting partnership between employer and worker. Exhaust all settlements before striking, as strikes disrupt business and livelihoods and harm multiple trades. Industrial peace sustains demand for labor.
Wages, workmen, and theHebrew festival Succouth observed
An opinion on labor action and wage advancement cites Henry Wood of Cambridge. The article then explains Succouth the Feast of Tabernacles, its eight day observances, booths built with palm and fir, lulef and essrog rituals, and the season’s association with weddings and hospitality in Jewish homes.
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Holy Land
Succouth
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