Massachusetts urged to elect Gaston for free coal stance
The piece argues for William A. Gaston as Governor two weeks before an election to pressure Congress on free coal and tariff relief for New England industries. It contrasts Gaston with Governor Bates, claims the annual free coal window ends Jan 14, and warns that reelecting Bates will restore the tax. It discusses industrial protection, trust tariffs, and fiscal policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Gaston
Congress
Massachusetts
Republican Congress
New England
Bates
Gaston
Outrage in Boston Protest Over Chinese Residents
A mass meeting at Faneuil Hall denounces the arrest of Chinese residents as an abuse of power and a threat to constitutional government. Speakers blame immigration officials and the Boston police, call for accountability, and question Governor Bates and Judge Emmons amid calls for protecting Boston’s good name and civil liberties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Garrison
Faneuil Hall
United States
Winslow Warren
Archibald M. Howe
Winslow
Warren
William Henry Harrison Emmons
John L. Bates
United States Police
Voice of
Washington
Judge Emmons
Fancut Hall
Bates
Boston Board of Police
Automobile Regulation Challenged by Noted Signers
Prominent figures J. Malcolm Forbes Moorfield Storey Thomas L Livermore Samuel Hoar Henry JL Higginson and Francis P Sprague allege a plan this winter to repeal highway motor vehicle rules. They warn of efforts to raise speed limits to 20 mph outside and 15 or 20 mph inside thickly settled areas and to end machine registration and operator licensing. They urge citizens to oppose the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Malcolm Forbes
Moorfield Storey
Thomas L. Livermore
Samuel Hoar
Henry JL. Higginson
Francis P. Sprague
Mistaken deer and moose killings shock Maine woods
In Maine the deer season opens with hunters shooting each other by mistake. One man died after being mistaken for a deer and another was killed by a shot meant for a moose while a New York traveler was injured in the leg. The piece calls for manslaughter convictions to curb the recklessness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
New York
Mrs. Roosevelt and the social cost of elegance
Mrs Stuyvesant Fish reviews Mrs Roosevelt with sharp satire on class and dress. She notes the president’s wife dresses on 300 dollars a year and mocks the extravagance of the upper crust. The piece critiques social exclusivity and public perception in refined society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Boston Culture Dims as Opera and Baseball Clash
A satirical note on Boston culture mixing opera and baseball zeal. The piece quips that grand English opera faces decline while base ball remains beloved, mocking local naming for works and the Bostonian tongue in contrast to other regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Ada
Ady
Toly
Toysanhauser
Calvary
Rustikanan
Rusty Cannon
Trovayter
Lucy Dye Laymurmur
Sleepy Eye
Minn
Deaf Smith County
Texas
Doubt of genuineness of Dr Moissan's diamonds
New York on October 16 scientists and investors discuss a Paris wager of 600 on Dr Henri Moissan. George F Kunz says Moissan's electric furnace has made notable carbides but diamond production appears unsuccessful to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paris
Charles Combes
Professor Combes
Sorbonne
Henri Moissan
George F. Kunz
Moissan
Patti S Carnegie Hall box sale posts high bids
New York October 16 Auction of boxes and seats for Patti's Carnegie Hall concerts on November 2 and 4 saw a top box bid of 375 dollars and first choice chairs at 106 dollars. Despite strong bidding there were plenty of good seats left at the $5 regular rate. Receipts totaled about 10 thousand dollars, the management says guaranteeing Patti a 25 thousand dollar opening house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mme. Patti
Carnegie Hall
Mme
Patti
Dartmouth Club Dines Before Dartmouth Williams Game
The Dartmouth Club of Boston held an October meeting at the Copley Square Hotel with about 76 attendees. Speakers included Guy W. Cox C Q Tirrell Charles W Bartlett Charles T Gallagher and Isaac F Paul as they discussed the day’s game in Newton and enjoyed a supper and songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dartmouth Club of
Boston
Copley Square
Newton
Guy W. Cox
Ward 10
C. Q. Tirrell
Natick
Charles W. Bartlett
Charles T. Gallagher
Masons of
Massachusetts
Isaac F. Paul
Watermelon Mystery in a Sandpatch Tale
A narrative fragment describes a lone watermelon ripening in a torn sandpatch fence, watched by a hungry gaze. Moonlit nights bring a black figure with chalky eyes and a thief's tale of stowed fruit toward a cabin, leaving only rind scraps as evidence.
Wholesale Murder turns casual beggar from the road
A well dressed man ignores Timothy Tatters who pleads for food and recounts a family tragedy to gain charity. After a tense exchange, the stranger gives 10 cents and moves on, leaving Tatters muttering about the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy Tatters
Timothy
Amudder Brudder
Fragmented civic jabs and playful political quips amuse readers
A collage of witty slips and social quips references Dowie New York Spotless Town and a Washington romance. It mentions Rockefeller Morgan and Monroe doctrine humor and hints at broader political satire in a lighthearted tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coss Emmons
Dowie
New York
Washington
Platt
Tommy
John D. Rockefeller
Richville
N. Y
John
Tom Powers
J. Pierpont Morgan
Russia
Japan
London Admits No Alaskan Boundary Decision
The London Morning Advertiser reports no decision has been reached by the Alaskan boundary commission as of today. The claim that the commission concedes the American case is deemed entirely untrue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
London Morning Advertiser
Alaskan Boundary Commission
Mrs De Forest Daniels wears a refined Commonwealth avenue gown
Mrs De Forest Daniels opened her town house on Commonwealth avenue wearing a plain black broadcloth gown with fine tuck skirt and short coat. She added a coque plume boa white shirtwaist and small black hat with lace. Bishop Charles H. Brent travels to China and Japan as part of an opium task force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Forest Daniels
Commonwealth Avenue
Charles H. Brent
Philippines
Far East
China
Japan
A. A. Berle
Union Park Congregational Church
Chicago
Christmas Eve Crisis at Law Office Ends With Hope
A troubled lawyer James Arnold contemplates suicide after career and love woes. Miss Lucia Grantley interrupts, persuades him to set the revolver aside, and urges pursuit of redemption through future deeds aided by a supportive confidante.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Arnold
Storney
Lucia Grantley
Mr. Arnold
Miss Grantley
Schwab's Trust Alleged Franklin Syndicate In Shipyard Deal
Testimony alleges Schwab's trust and the Franklin syndicate influenced a shipyard deal. A "dummy boy" director received $20 in cash and Morgan's pool reportedly $5,000,000 for voting away $70,000,000 in stocks and bonds. Dresser testifies Morgan's syndicate benefited from permitting Schwab to sell Bethlehem Steel to dummy directors for $30,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan
Seward
Shipyard Trust
D. le Roy Dresser
C. M. Schwab
Bethlehem Company
Shipyard Trust and 520 Percent Swindle Exposed
New York reports reveal the United States Shipbuilding Company and the Franklin Syndicate shared incorporator Kenneth K McLaren of the Corporation Trust Company New Jersey as they manipulated board actions to move vast securities. Clifford W Perkins Evan J Dudley and other insiders linked to the same trust firm face scrutiny as the swindles drew millions from dupes while cheap director drafts and minutes were prepared by Alexander Green lawyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Museum of Fine Art
Harry B. Sherman
Harvard
Edward JL. Hooper
Gloucester
United States Military Academy
West Point
Brookline Historical Society
James de Normandie
First
Religious Society of
Roxbury
Institute of 1770
R. Grant, Jr
Boston
J. M. Montgomery, Jr
Englewood
N. J
D. R. Howe
Longwood
J. Parkinson, Jr
J. D. Nichols
New York
O. D. Filley
D. A. Newhall
Philadelphia
A. C. Blagden
W. G. Means
Beverly Farms
R. Fitz
Henry Soule
Norwood Heights
Shipbuilding Trust
Miller-Franklin Syndicate
Kenneth K. McLaren
McLaren
Corporation Trust Company of New Jersey
United States Shipbuilding Company
Howard K. Wood
Horace Gould
Corporation Trust Company
Shipbuilding Company
Mr. McLaren
Franklin Syndicate
Clifford W. Perkins
Evan J. Dudley
Perkins
Dudley
Corporation Trust Company of
New Jersey
William F. Miller
Robert A. Ammon
Sing Sing Prison
Ammon
Miller
Frederick K. Seward
Bethlehem Steel Works
Homestead
Law
Alexander & Green
John F. McCook
C. C. Deming
Quiet country town reunion reveals old romance
A narrator and his wife stroll through apple orchards in the country town of their honeymoon two years later. He asks who she spoke for most passionately that day, and she answers softly that she spoke for her own cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yucia
Twe
Lucia
Public Library Bulletin Reader Seeks Oral Catalogue
A Dorchester reader complains the Public Library fails to provide a searchable catalogue. He recalls using the old library and laments not finding needed books in branch bulletins or headquarter listings. He urges an oral catalogue to boost reader demand.
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Boylston ‘Street
Dorchester
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Mrs. Roosevelt
New York Sun
DR. Moissan
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Dartmouth Club
Newton Newkirk
Frandsome
Harry
Winifred
Wellesley
H. G
Pagegoric
Sphinx
Henry Reynaud
Tremont Theatre
Herbert Horne
Edward J. Pidgeon
Tremont
Jacques Thibaud
Jordan Hall
Eveteeee Avenue
Louis Horne
Minnie
Max A. Daniel
Pleasure Bays
Mae
South Boston Yacht Club
John Lally
Reek
Joseph Kenney
Ladder Company 8
Rer
Beachmont
Isaak Walton
Revere
Boston & Northern Railroad
Chelsea
Customs Service
Chelsea Bridge
Charlestown
Bertram G. Goodhue
Mr. Goodhue
St. Margaret's Church
Dorchester Avenue
Columbia Road
Yetan
Station 7
East
New Hampshire
Police Department
John Burr
South End
Jack Burr
Burr
O'Lalor
Station 5
Abbie Franklin Rust
Chestnut Street
the Post
Buort Bt
Walterial
Comer's College
Washington St
Schwab
U. S. Shipbuilding Company
Kenneth K. M’laren
Horace S. Gould
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