Massachusetts Republicans and the Douglas vote for tariff relief
The editorial urges Massachusetts Republicans who backed William L. Douglas to stand by their 1904 vote and press for tariff relief. It argues the state’s voters support reducing tariff barriers, aligning with the Democratic platform calling for freeing raw materials like coal, lumber, iron, hides, and wood pulp.
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William L. Douglas
Washington
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Congress
Douglas
Halloween Customs and Ghost Tales in Old Traditions
The article describes Halloween rituals such as nut divination, apple pulling, tub games, weed fortune telling, and a pumpkin lantern tradition. It adds a cautionary ghost story of a yeoman pursued by a persistent specter, illustrating the festival’s eerie lore and playful tests of fate.
The Peterhof Manifesto Evaluated By World Test
The text discusses the creation of a real legislative body elected by the people and guarantees of free speech press and assembly. It notes that the outcome in Russia will determine the manifesto's practical effect and the world awaits its final judgment.
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Russia
Peterhof
Pensioning veteran teachers faces public funding opposition
The Massachusetts Schoolmasters Club proposal for public expense pensions for superannuated teachers meets broad resistance. Critics argue public servants should self-fund retirement like private workers, citing voluntary Boston teachers' fund as a model for annuities without burdening the public purse.
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Massachusetts Schoolmasters’ Club
Boston
Fifty Cent Vote Looms In Tariff Debate In Massachusetts
The piece argues Senator Lodge’s anti five cent remark targets the resolution not the signers. It warns a fifty cent shoe tax could hit Massachusetts voters as hides rise in price due to the Dingley tariff. It notes Democratic calls to restore hides to the free list and Republican resistance.
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Lodge
Central
South America
Chicago Beef Trust
Ding
Mr. Lodge
Senator Lodge
Crowded Washington Street scene and local notices
A reader recalls a mother with two children in a busy district and notes public disturbance. The piece surveys the Gardner customs case and museum status, Harvard dormitory thefts, juvenile gambling crackdowns, a Brighton sighting of a maniac, and Police Inspector exhibits. It also references Mary Landrigan’s death, Susan Geary’s photograph, subway safety, and local figures including Rev. Richard E. Sykes and Joseph H. O'Neil.
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Washington Street
The Old Order Passes in Russia as Autocracy Falters
The piece argues that Russia’s autocratic system, built on military force and a brutal ruling class, is breaking under popular disaffection. It notes the potential for change without revolution, yet warns of misery and conflict during emancipation. The text stresses the historic contrast with western governance and foresees a new era.
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Russia
Europe
War on the Moths Encourages State Effort
Governor approves actions by the State work superintendent to suppress gypsy and brown tail moths. Municipalities are urged to provide required local appropriations under state supervision. Local participation is essential to cover the moth infestation district without gaps.
New York Election Costs Climb to 800000
New York City plans total election expenses around 800000 this fall, with an extra 100000 to fund more polling booths. John R. Voorhis, president of the city board of elections, announced the increase today.
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New York
New York City
John R. Voorhis
Board of Election
Complaisant humor in field talk with painted cows afoot
Johnny Greenhaw jokes about painting in the field as cows mob the scene while Miss Peyntyr smiles. Grizzly Gus jokes about taking a party of Eastern folks on an outing and Trailhitter Hank notes the swell crowd enjoys someone to cuss at.
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Benjamin
Sullivan Square
Ll” Road
Judge Questions I Do In Landsman Style
Miss Slimscoop-Well answers in broken vows as the judge presses for a clear “I do.” The ceremony scene plays with old time cadence and caution on a rural wedding day.
True Love Under the Walnut Tree
Sally Bolton reunites with Kent Huse after six years apart. Kent arrives by express from Washington aboard a navy vessel and reveals he has kept love for Sally. Under the walnut tree Sally shows a betrothal ring and proclaims Kent her fiancé to guests and family.
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Hallowe’en
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United States Navy
Boston Society Notes and Vanishing Summer in Paris and Beal’s Lenox Visit
Mrs George R Fearing Jr ends her Osterville season and plans a winter in Paris with her son and governess. Mrs Howard G Cushing and husband also reside nearby in Paris. Funeral of Edgar Harding of Beacon Street shocks his circle. Harding leaves daughters Priscilla and S Boyer Davis and other relatives. Social interest centers on Mrs Adolf Ladenburg at Morris Park races and Mrs Thomas Hitchcock Jr and Mrs Joseph Widener at horse shows. Beal goes to Lenox while the Shaws close Pride's Crossing home for the season.
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George Wardrop
Cow Pasture
Dorchester
Joseph Lewis
Richard Walsh
James O'Donnell
Frank Wells
Hugh Devine
South End
George R. Fearing
Osterville
Fearings
Victor Hugo
Paris
Alexander Cochrane
Commonwealth Avenue
Edgar Harding
Beacon Street
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S. Boyer Davis
Philadelphia
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Charles L. Harding
Harriette Knowles
Dedham
J. Robinson Harding
Jessie Ware
Marston Harding
Montclair
Adolf Ladenburg
Samuel Eliot
Brimmer, Street
Morris Park
Thomas Hitchcock, Jr
Legion
Joseph E. Widener
Boylston A. Beal
Lenox
Curtis
James H. Beal
Quincy A. Shaw, Jr
Pride’s Crossing
Exeter Street
Shaw
Letter to the editor praising Winthrop tragedy scoop
A Worcester reader commends the Post for its Sunday coverage of the Winthrop family tragedy. He lauds the paper as first class journalism and signs his name William H. Goggin at 7 Barbour Street.
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Post
Cerradea
Post earns praise for scoop on Winthrop suit case mystery
A reader letter from Portland praises the Boston Sunday Post for its ahead of rivals coverage in identifying the victim in the Winthrop suit case mystery. The writer commends the paper for providing the real news rather than speculation.
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Sunday Post
Post
Dress Suitcase Mystery Shocks Boston Readers
A letter from Edward Spalding of Lowell dated October 30 thanks the Post for its coverage of the dress suitcase mystery that has “beaten a mile” the rest of the Boston Sunday papers, noting reader praise for the paper’s reporting.
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Post
Boston Sunday
A Halloween Spell: Sally Bolton and Kent Huse Betrothal
Sally Bolton and Kent Huse, childhood neighbors, formed a lifelong bond through hedge separations and playful feuds. On their 14th and 15th birthdays a fierce dispute gave way to a lasting engagement, pledged with family blessing to symbolize constancy.
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Sally Bolton
Kent Huse
Bolton
Huse
Sally
Kent
Mildred Champagne Answers on Love and Sentiment
Readers ask about cooling friendships and distant lovers in this advice column. Mildred Champagne offers guidance to a 21 year old who fears a romance fading and to a 19 year old who wonders about absence and the phrase wearing one's heart on one’s sleeve.
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Mildred Champagne
Miss Champagne
Teddy
The Idea Flung to the Dogs and Yet Surviving
A contemplative verse passage speaks of an idea cast aside by dull minds and harsh anger yet persisting through secret passageways like air and daylight. It describes how the idea frees bondage, breaks rusty chains of slaves, awakens people, and spreads truth amid pervasive falsehood.
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