Apples Arrive for Boston Poor Through Farmers' Fruit Offering
Dr Edward Everett Hale inspired a four year program sending surplus New England and distant orchards apples to Boston’s poor. The Boston Fruit Offering, aided by railroad firms, is distributed by the Mrs Bernard Whitman led association and housed at 1 Beacon Street by the London Hand Society which coordinates warehousing and delivery. The fruit is set to arrive.
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Edward Everett Hale
New England
New England States
Boston
Bernard Whitman
London Hand Society
Beacon Street
Preservation of Bulfinch front at State House urged
The State House bulfinch front shows decay and leaks. Citizens and critics stress the need to complete restoration, noting $300,000 appropriated with about $40,000 left. Public interest centers on preserving the historic exterior rather than remodeling.
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State House
Commonwealth
Advocates Seek Local Trial Of Single Tax Reform
The single tax plan is urged for direct municipal trial in Boston and other locales. Proponents argue it offers relief from systemic inequalities and burdens, asking only for permission for municipalities to experiment where residents vote, a measure not granted by the last Legislature.
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Boston
Local Taxation and the Case for a Local Option
Inquiry into restrictions on how towns raise funds for their own government and whether local option in taxes should be allowed. Explores the principle that residents pay from their pockets for local services and whether a broader local control could apply to tax choices.
Calamity in Galveston prompts urgent relief call
The narrative describes a devastating storm affecting Galveston and nearby areas. It notes thousands might be dead or homeless, water and subsistence cut off, and disease risk rising. The piece urges immediate municipal and private aid from Boston and the North, emphasizing self-help over federal charity and detailing looming humanitarian needs.
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Galveston
Texas
Washington
North
Boston
Rally to the Colors and Bryan Endorsement Question
The Young Men's Democratic Club debates taking a stand on McKinley versus Bryan. The text argues for explicit support of Bryan to prevent McKinley’s re election, praising Bryan’s integrity and noting cross party support from figures like ex Governor Boutwell and ex Secretary Olney. It urges formal club endorsement.
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Young Men’s Democratic Club
McKinley
Bryan
Young Men’s
Democratic Club
Boutwell
Olney
Young Men's Democratic Club
Observant Citizen notes tide events and local curios
Foot passengers witnessed an unusually high tide about twelve feet, washing a clock face at Franklin and Washington. The piece mentions a Maine hunting pause due to drought, a new portrait for Governor Russell, a bare headed Brockton excursion, Roslindale 5 cent fare protests, Dedham Catholic church dedication, and Nantasket seaside antics including a tiny lobster found by ex-Wire Commissioner Flood.
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Dennis M. Bradley
Manchester
N. H
New Dedham Catholic Church
Tom’ Fiood
Nantasket
Norris
Nat’ Robinso
Pacific House
Quincy
Lott
Daily Table Hints and Dinner Menus from The Sunday Post
A compact menu column lists breakfast, dinner, and supper items such as broiled lobster with drawn butter, Lyonnaise potatoes, corn gems, and currant fritters. It includes recipe notes for apple snowballs with rice and spice, and ends withMISS MAE RING of Quincy Massachusetts as the contributor.
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Ralston
Miss Mae Ring
Edison Street
Quincy
Mass
Social functions at Bar Harbor praised with fleet honors
The Bar Harbor events honoring the American and English fleets are lauded as exceptionally brilliant, with praise for this week’s social functions and a teaser about next week’s story paper section featuring an “unusually clever” lead story, The Small Part Lady, plus more fiction features.
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Bar Harbor
Sunday Post
The Hospital tale of Dr Hamilton and Tommy
A young physician at a city hospital shows unusual care for a crippled boy named Tommy. Nurse Clarice captivates the child as Dr Hamilton grows closer. Five years pass and Tommy dreams of a home with Hamilton and Clarice as his papa and mamma.
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Atherton &J
Roxbury
Hamilton
Tommy
Elizabeth
Hospital
Clarice Thornton
Trettty Nursie
Clarice
Dr. Hamilton
Charlie
Arthur
Arthur Hamilton
That s Him News Memoir and Election Banter
An eclectic 1890s newspaper fragment recalls Jeptha Vining from Hensonville in Greene County New York. A Cairo rally during the Cleveland Harrison campaign is discussed with a debate over the main speaker and the preference for Tammany Hall. A joke image and a quip about a bone setting doctor close the clipping.
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Greene Country
New York State
Jeptha Vining
Hensonville
Jeptha
Cairo
Vining
Pertickeler
Colonel Danforth
Judge O’gorman
Cap. Conners
Mt. Vernon
Tammany Hall
Jeptha’s Cairo Fair Talk Sparks Tammany Hall Hopes
The passage recalls Jeptha’s spirited opinion of a seasoned spellbinder and the crowd’s reaction as he praises his influence from the old days. Expectation builds for political maneuvering at the Cairo fair, with candid remarks about Tammany Hall anchoring the scene.
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Haan
Jeptha
Tammany Hall
Cairo
Humorous Quips and Cartoon Snippets From Polite Society
A trio of light vignettes and jokes from late 19th and early 20th century papers. Gilded youth, motherly banter, and witty exchanges frame social manners, misreadings, and sly observations. A Countess, a surveyor, chess problems, and a mock professor curry the day’s humor.
London rules for Boston drivers warn turns and crossing
Boston teamsters must follow London road rules as police commissioners enforce new edict. Drivers on the right may not cross to stop in front of left side stores and must proceed forward. The order, effective yesterday, ends short curves by requiring wide turns to prevent accidents.
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Boston
Reception to Miss Hayden in Roxbury at Underwood home
A large gathering hosted Miss Gussie Hayden at 27 Hollander Street Roxbury to honor her European tour. Music by Alice E. Taylor Edwin Tracy Albert F Russell F J Scully B H Gildersleeve and lively guests included Joy Garvey Nichols Billings Carlston Tape Griggs Tracy Adams O Connell Monday McConnell Burke and Vizard. A collation followed.
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Gussie Hayden
Europe
W. F. Underwood
Hollander Street
Roxbury
Alice E. Taylor
Edwin Tracy
Albert F. Russell
F. J. Scully
H. Gildersleeve
Joy
John Garvey
Wm. Monday
Edwin McConnell
J. F. Burke
Victor Vizard
Odd Bits Of News From Across The World
A scrambled digest notes frogs in Chicago sold in a day, governor salaries in Georgia and New Jersey, high prices for potato rings in Dublin, and a Sulgmire parish clerk suing church wardens for salary. It also mentions Porto Rico’s barren mountains, Emmet Boyles finding curiosities near Rosen dale Missouri, and London buses losing horses. Other items include US campaign literature flood, a new life saving boat cover with corks, and Vienna University granting women equal student access in arts and law.
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Dublin
Ardilaun
Sulgmire
England
Porto Rico
Emmet Boyles
Rosendale
South Africa
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London Road Car Company
Republican National Committee
Union Castle Line
Faculty of Arts
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Vienna
Ministry of Education
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