Utter Failure in Address Against Democratic Policy
Henry Cabot Lodge labels the administration utter failure and lists alleged successes of the Democratic era. He cites acts on tariffs, jobs, workers compensation, eight hour coal provisions, banking reform, roads, income tax, Alaska rail, defence bills, rural credits, seafaring rights, child labor, inheritance tax, peace with honor, and anti trust measures.
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Federal Reserve Currency and Banking Act
Gore
McLemore
Failures cited on labor law and eight hour day debate
The text defends the Adamson law eight hour day for railroad workers and rejects the notion that Republican administrations bear major faults. It frames injunctions and labor as non commodities and notes the failures as not attributable to Republicans. It ends by asserting the sufficiency of the present critique.
Laborers scarce as wages rise in city and nation
Officials report laborers at $2.50 a day are unavailable and skilled trades remain unfilled. State agency on Kneeland Street notes persistent vacancies despite offers from New York and Hartford. Observers, including supporters of Mr. Hughes, claim prosperity and steady pay under Democratic governance.
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United States
Boston
State Free Employment Agency
Kneeland Street
New York
Hartford
Mr. Hughes
Frick
Gary
Schwab
Belmont
Lovett
Edison
Ford
Boston Voters Access to Polls Surges in Registration
In Boston the forthcoming election sees a historic rise in registered voters surpassing earlier presidential cycles. While not all will cast ballots, the large enrollment signals pervasive interest and a strong local mandate to participate in choosing the next President. Every eligible voter is urged to vote to emphasize Boston’s will.
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Boston
What is Milk From Babyhood to Old Age
A public editorial urges strict milk regulation citing infantile paralysis rises where supplies lack supervision. It warns against adulterated milk including powder from skimmed milk evaporation and other contaminants. Authorities are urged to enforce high cleanliness standards.
Food Fair Welcomes 50 000 Pupils And Teachers
Over 1 000 pupils and teachers from public elementary high and normal schools will attend the Food Fair next week. Tickets are distributed through school authorities with committee approval.
Impertinent Parallelograph on Wings and Money
The piece riffes on Lemoine and his paradoxical claim that even a walking bird has wings. It condemns those who worship money, likening wealth to wings that drive the mare and speak in varying tones from authority to whispered pleas. It laments perspicacity and social folly in a satirical voice.
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Lemoine
Bon
Money
Observant Citizen reports on historic songs and local notices
The column recalls a Russian hymn line and Oliver Wendell Holmes poem about Old Ironsides. It notes the 119th anniversary of the frigate’s launch, Harvard student authorship, and the four sister frigates. Also covers local public school classes for women, prison sunshining ideas, Mr Woodward’s 91st birthday, a 59th wedding anniversary, and Massachusetts license plate inquiries in Everett with current 100000 unissued.
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Ironsides
Oliver Wendell Holmes
William Woodward
Foxboro
Woodward
Show Your Teeth A Grim Comment From A Grin
A wry aphorism appears on the page noting that a bright smile can lessen discomfort, while a grim countenance may reflect worry or pain in daily life.
Bunny Discussion Letters Revisit Fright and Coat Color
A Cambridge reader from Cambridge, Mass argues in a letter to All Sorts that fear does not alter a bunny’s coat color and questions Mr Newkirk’s chase methods. The writer, an Ohio native, suggests using a firearm to kill the animal when within reach and asserts Mr Newkirk’s judgment in dismissing the gun.
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Newt
Ohio
Mr. Newkirk
E. N
Cambridge
Mass
Recipe for Happiness and Contentment in Life
Notes claim success comes from contentment with what you have rather than accumulating wealth. The saying urges inner satisfaction as the path to a fulfilled life.
Wonderful Singing Clam of Maine Proves Real to Rotary
A Portland Daily Press item notes a Rotary Club meeting featuring singing clams. Herbert O. Phillips performed with little neck clams, presented by Rotarian W. S. Daggett and Captain M. Kennedy of the Sea Gull. Clams hailed from Casco Bay near Harpswell.
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Newt
Maine
Portland Daily Press
Rotary Club
Portland
Herbert O. Phillips
W. S. Daggett
M. Kennedy
Harpswell
Doctor struck by falling hammer in Roxbury incident
Dr. Timothy J. Murphy of 372 Dudley street Roxbury barely escaped death yesterday afternoon when a three and a half pound steel hammer fell from an eighth floor construction site at State and Washington streets. The hammer struck the sidewalk near his feet rebounded and struck him on the head. He was taken to the Relief Hospital.
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Timothy J. Murphy
Dudley Street
Roxbury
State
Washington Streets
Relief Hospital
Oldest Inhabitant Recalls Boston Weather Then and Now
The Boston observer recalls the city’s extreme heat on October 21 1914 and 1915 with a high of 78 degrees and notes official lows of 32 in 1907 and 34 in 1899 or 189? He mentions rainfall on this date in the last decade with years 196, 1908 and 1911.
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Boston
City to Pay Doctor to Study Phthisis
Mayor Curley approves hiring a physician at five dollars daily to oversee the tuberculosis clinic in the Consumptives' Hospital and study the disease across the city.
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Curley
the Consumptives’ Hospital
The Hammer and the Knocker Walt Mason Poem
A satirical verse urges boosters to outpace critics who mock progress. It extols paving and uplift while lampooning perpetual naysayers who hinder reform. The speaker calls for action and communal improvement despite skepticism.
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Walt Mason
George Matthew Adama
Dr Morton Prince Honored by French Leaders in Paris
Paris luncheon honors Dr Morton Prince of Boston who delivered the Allied Nations address to President Poincare. Attendees include Robert Bliss Mark Baldwin James Hazen Hyde Lawrence Benet and Whitney Warren. The gathering recalled Norman Prince’s sacrifice as Dr Prince notes U.S. neutrality vs strong popular sympathy for France.
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Paris
France
Morton Prince
Boston
Poincare
Robert W. Bliss
Mark Baldwin
James Hazen Hyde
Lawrence Benet
Whitney Warren
Civil War Veteran Levi Estes Dies at Chelsea Soldiers Home
Levi N. Estes, Civil War veteran and father of Rev. Fred M. Estes of Chelsea First M. E. Church, died at the Chelsea Soldiers' Home where he had resided for ten years.
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Soldiers
Levi N. Estes
Fred M. Estes
M. E. Church
Chelsea
Soldiers’ Home
Cleveland's Second Term Bid Shapes 1892 Election
The piece recounts Grover Cleveland winning the 1892 Democratic nomination amid Republican shifts as Blaine resigns as Secretary of State. It notes McKinley and Harrison contest renomination, Weaver's Populist surge, and Cleveland's landslide in electoral and popular votes, marking his unique two-term presidency.
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Harrison
Grover Cleveland
New York
Cleveland
New England
Washington
West
Blaine
David B. Hill
McKinley
Grover
Cloveer
Middle West
Abraham Lincoln
James B.weaver
Weaver
Illinois
Wisconsin
California
United States
Child Plague Cases Reported in Boston Area
The state health department lists 16 infantile paralysis cases yesterday with Boston reporting eight including one death. The deceased is Lawrence Pickard 2 years 1 month of 21 Silver Street South Boston. New Boston cases include Lester Kartwell Theresa Murphy Ruth Wright George Hebert Andrew Fitzpatrick Margaret Harrington Catherine Golden and other children across Dorchester Brighton West Roxbury Mattapan.
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State Health Department
Boston Health Department
Shannon Street
Brighton
Andrew Fitzpatrick
Chelsea Street
Margaret Harrington
Child Street
West Roxbury
Catherine Golden
Groveland Street
Mattapan
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Democratic Party
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Walt
DR. Prince
Sawaco
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Our Republic
Senath A. Soule
Goddard Seminary
Barre, Vt
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Heacthy
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