Pittsfield Accident Report Attacks Trolley Management
The railroad commissioners fault Pittsfield trolley road management for failing to regulate speed and for a car that lacked proper braking. They criticize the motorman and warn such laxity endangers prominent figures and the public, urging stricter rules and accountability. The piece links the fault to broader issues of unsafe practices on electric lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Craig
Crane
Country Club
Pittsfield
United States
Commonwealth
Price drop urged as coal supply resumes nationwide
A Boston editor declares coal prices must fall to pre scarcity levels arguing dealers profit margin remains high and authorities should curb overcharging. Miners resume work across anthracite regions and an arbitration board will set a permanent employment basis, with realized coal shipping weeks or months away. Gaston and Democrats push for tariff removal on Massachusetts materials versus Bates and Republicans backing opposing interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arbitration Board
Boston
Tidewater
Gaston
Congress
Massachusetts
Bates
Beneficent nullification cited against Shaw over coal duties
Senator Lodge denounces Secretary Shaw for directing collectors to overlook falsified coal invoices and hints at smuggling encouragement. He argues impeachment could fit and warns the Treasury Department cannot remove duties now and reset them later as mines resume. The piece reflects partisan dispute over tariff policy and enforcement.
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Republian
Lodge
Shaw
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury Department
Wither
Freedom via Democrat Victory in Massachusetts Coal Promises
A compact political statement urging election of Democrats in Massachusetts to secure coal iron and hides for the people, asserting past methods failed and emphasizing a change in policy through electoral choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
A Bad Bargain Is Off Ends Danish Ratification
The Danish Parliament upper house refuses to ratify the sale of the Dante West Indian islands to the United States. The move saves $5,000,000 for the American people and spares substantial trouble, with further details implied to follow.
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Dante West Indian Islands
United States
The Straight Road to Relief for Massachusetts
The piece urges voting for Gaston and Democrats for Congress and state offices to support reforms. It argues Foss cannot advance reform in Congress and claims the Republican opposition is hypocritical. It frames Bates and Bates’s platform as anti reform, while claiming the Democratic ticket will aid Massachusetts industries against trusts.
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Eugene N. Foss
Congress
Senator Lodge
Republcan
Foss
John A. Sullivan
Democratic Party
New England
Mr. Foss
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Gaston
Bates
Boston Notes on Society Trials Bees and Local Streets
The Observant Citizen reports Mrs. Charles Mackay studying languages and fencing in New York, while her Boston terrier Carl Otto occupies her leisure. A patrolman at School and Washington streets eases traffic, and bee-tree honey hoard described after a Franklin County visit alongside a gray squirrel hunt. The East Boston Citizens' Trade Association marks its 30th anniversary with a list of past presidents dating to 1873.
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Boston
Charles Mackay
F. F. Mackay
New York
Carl Otto
Mackay
Massachusetts
Warwick
Franklin County
Cooper
Somerville
East Boston
Notable Veterans and City Vignettes From Boston News
The column notes Colonel Henry Walker of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company returning home after hospitalization, despite facial neuralgia. It also recounts a lamb theft near an East Boston butcher shop, a barber’s close shave, and profiles at the United Irish League convention in Faneuil Hall featuring Colonel Sullivan of New Orleans and Quebec delegate Philip Evoy. It ends with a Dorchester Social and Literary Club dance planned for November 19 at Bloomfield Hall, chaired by Alexander Mitchie and others.
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Henry Walker
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Boston
United Irish League
Faneuil Hall
Sullivan
New Orleans
Philip Evoy
Quebec
Evoy
Billy McLaughlin
State Street
Dorchester Social and Literary Club
Bloomfield Hall
Alexander Mitchie
J.F. Finnegan
Thaddeus Sanderson
Fractured Heart and New Poem by Miss Smythe
Passion poem titled Fractured Heart by Miss Penelope Smythe appears in the All Sorts column with a note that the budding poetess will contribute exclusive pieces periodically. The column also mentions that her second poem is presented and that a reading invitation follows, ending with the line TURNED DOWN.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penelope Smythe
Taffy pull social wins in Bingville and other items
In Bingville a first taffy pull at Miss Amelia Tucker’s home drew high society praise as guests enjoyed playful merriment, taffy pulling, and Copenhagen. Abe Watkins resumes trapping with skunks along the south wind. several rheumatism cases noted. Theodore Roosevelt portrait misprinted. readers told to turn upside down. Other notes include births, cattle wandering, and a local lawsuit set for next Saturday before Justice Enos Hillyer.
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Amelia Tucker
Spingville
Amelia
Copenhagen
Bingville
Abe Watkins
Abe
Silas Weathersby
Board of Health
The
Bugle
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
President Roosevelt
Jed Smith
Dec Livermore
Doe
Matilda Brown
Lafe White
Amos Hillyer
Jed Applebee
Enos Hillyer
Justice of the Peace
Venus de Milo skirt fad provokes wild tale in Athens
Roxbury editor recites a fanciful 209 B C tale about Venus de Milo in Athens. A traveller adds dubious claims of limbs lost and a street car crash, with no verifiable proof. The spoof letter claims Venus sued a company over arms, while noting the story remains unverified.
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B. C
Venus de Milo
Athens
Venus
Miss de Milo
Lynn
N. B
New Chrysanthemum Named Alice Roosevelt at Madison Square Garden
A new yellow chrysanthemum named Alice Roosevelt from the White House gardens will headline the flower and sculpture show at Madison Square Garden, opening Oct. 30 and running through Nov. 6. The exhibit features over 200 sculptural displays and a garden scene with grottos, trellis work, and mazes, with prize-winning potential for the floral entry.
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Alice Roosevelt
Madison Square Garden
New York
White House Gardens
Jessie G Gilman Rival of Keller Discusses Hopes
Miss Jessie G Gilman the blind student and rival of Helen Keller spoke at the Mechanics fair on Work for the Adult Blind under the Women's Educational and Industrial Union. Rev Francis A Rowley urged aid for the blind and noted European work and Miss Caroline Harris 80000 gift to blind relief. Gilman described learning to sew after blindness at seventeen and her skills in sewing, typewriting and future job prospects.
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Jessie G. Gilman
Helen Keller
Women's Educational and Industrial Union
Francis A. Rowley
First Baptist Church
Gilman
Industrial Union
Rowley
Germany
Austria
Europe
Caroline Harris
Perkins Institution
Italian Count Gaetani D Aragona New Consul Arrives
Increasing immigration to Boston from Italy prompts upgrading the city to a consular port. Count Onorato Gaetani d Aragona di Castelmola arrives as consul with aid from former agent Dr Brindisi who is now an officer of the crown. Count Gaetani holds multiple orders including the crown of Italy and Charles III.
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Count Onorato
Gaetani d’Aragona di
Boston
Italy
Onorato Gaetani d'Aragona
Count Gaetani
Charles III
Spain
Onorato Gaetani D'Aragona DI
Moody Back in Washington Amid Campaign Tour
Secretary Moody sat at his Navy Department desk on October 22 as he planned to remain in Washington for the week. He has been delivering campaign speeches in the West and his throat is sore.
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Washington
Moody
Navy Department
West
Law Commissioners Name Kelley Quinlan for Eighth Suffolk Ballot
The ballot law commissioners yesterday decided that Thomas A. Kelley and John H. Quinlan should appear on the official ballot as the Democratic nominees in the eighth Suffolk Representative district.
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Thomas A. Kelley
John H. Quinlan
Suffolk
President Baer Charged With Plagiarizing From King George III
Philadelphia reports claim President George F Baer of the Reading railroad may have copied language from King George III in a letter praised as providential. The comparison points to parallel sentiments on rights and property, noting the colonial era rhetoric and modern labor concerns.
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Baer
George III
Philadelphia
George F. Baer
Reading Railroad
England
Trustees of
George
Monitor Wyoming Sets Speed Record On Trial Run
In San Francisco on October 22 the monitor Wyoming completed its official trial trip and surpassed its contract speed by one knot with a top speed of 121 1/2 knots.
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San Francisco
Wyoming
Taylor Williams Wedding at Second Church in Boston
The Second Church in Copley Square hosted the marriage of Miss Mildred Williams and Henry L. Taylor of Haverhill, with a lavish ceremony and many noted guests. Bridesmaids included Maud Hunt, Miriam Goss, Louise Kittredge, Julia Quincy, Pattis Faxon, Bessie Page. maid of honor Helen M. Johnson. The couple departed for an extended wedding tour before settling in Haverhill.
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Copley Square
Mildred Williams
Jeremiah Williams
Henry L. Taylor
Haverhill
Thomas van Ness
Miss Williams
Maud Hunt
Miriam Goss
Louise Kittredge
Julia Quincy
Pattis Faxon
Bessie Page
Helen M. Johnson
Brookline
Taylor
R. H. Taylor
Malcolm and
Gardner Williams
H. A. Haugan
L. M. Taylor
Ralph O. Durrell
Edwin B. Hall
Eugene W. Leach
Williams
Franks
Chick
Hotel Vendome
Albert A. Pope
Josiah Hayden
Waldo Merrill
Arthur W. Pope
Phineas W. Spracue
George Andrew
William McNeil
William H. Goodspeed
Daniel B. Hallett
Miss Damon
Augustus Damon
Charles TH. Taylor
Charles A. Gleason
Edward FE. Clark
George Gilbert Quincy
William Goodspeed
Frank L. Chick
Phineas W. Sprague
Frank I. Fennessey
Hunt
Mr. Johnson
Elmer Lord
Mr. Williams
Marlboro Street
Mrs. Taylor
Wallingford Rivalry and Yale Harvard Antics
A heated argument between Margy and her fiancé ends in a bold Yale prank during a race day procession. The narrator recalls past slights at Wallingford, plots a daring ruse to deter a rival, and finally reconciles with Margy amid varsity cheers and a flirtatious confession.
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Robby
Roxbury
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Purdy
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Quinlan
King George III
Taylor-Williams
Chckerbr Wat
Alice Kek
Whitaker
the Post
Sunday Post
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Hortense M. Howard
Columbus Avenue
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Wallingford
Christian
Lei
Chapel Street
New Haven House
Yale
Harvard
Vanderbilt Hall
Tsay
East Side
Elson
Papa
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