Boutelle Reelect in Maine District Faces Mental Health Doubts
The reelected Hon. Charles A Boutelle of Maine's fourth district is described as mentally unstable due to a prior institutional confinement. Doctors reportedly give little hope for recovery, yet voters backed him for the salary and loyalty, prompting calls that the seat must go to the challenger if he cannot qualify. The piece condemns the district's motives and questions the public interest.
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Charles A. Boutelle
Maine
Boutelle
Congress
Captain Boutelle
Revered man to guard Maine law in Portland sheriff race
The Rev S F Pearson wins Cumberland county sheriff post on a platform of full enforcement of Maine’s prohibitory liquor law. He pledges to end saloon traffic, noting years of prayer for strict enforcement and a nationwide interest in how Portland will be governed. A public watches the experiment closely.
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Maine
Cumberland County
Pearson
Mr. Pearson
Portland
Return of 82,000 pupils marks school year start
Today opens the public schools as 82,000 children begin their instruction for the new term. The long vacation ends and a youthful army moves into schoolhouses across the city.
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Bos
Back-to-school season arrives as city youth return
Morning light brings students with sunburnt faces and busy hands ready for a new term. Officials warn of possible overflow crowding as classrooms fill beyond capacity. Portable schoolhouses are prepared to be placed in yards outside buildings to alleviate prior shortfalls.
Maine election signals Democratic gains to Bryan
In a Boston era column, Joe Manley’s telegram about Maine’s vote being the smallest since 189? is seen as misreading trends. The piece argues Democrats have regrouped, Vermont and Maine show renewed party unity, boosting Bryan’s national prospects while McKinley faces reduced margins.
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Joe Manley
Hanna
McKinley
Maine
Manley
Vermont
George Fred Willams
Bryan
Tailess chickens tale and vanity in old Kansas
Kansas journalist Van Somerset recalls a hennery mishap that left six tail feathers missing when a rooster brushed a match. He notes that a spring hatch produced 128 tailless chicks. The reminiscence appears alongside three other brief vignettes on vanity and self defense from Harlem Life and the Saturday Evening Post.
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Kansas
Van
Atchison Champion
Kansas City Times
Baltimore
Atchison
Harry
Mr. Rooster
Cutty-aw
Rooster
Cutty
Cuttyaw
Call for Immediate Aid to Galveston After Devastating Storm
The piece urges instant relief for Galveston and the surrounding region, describing the city as wrecked and destitute. It emphasizes urgent need for water, shelter, and medical aid, blaming delays and telegraphs for slowing response while insisting relief must be rapid and coordinated.
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Galveston
Southwest
Boston
Ola Haskell's Paris gift sparks birthday joy at home
Mrs BE J Keene recalls Ola Haskell, a Newtonville singer who left for Paris at 19 to refine her art. An old family friend unveils a Paris phonograph shipment with wax cylinders reproducing Ola's voice, delighting her aging parents as they anticipate her US tour and homecoming.
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Ola Haskell
Paris
Ola
Miss Haskell
Mr. Haskell
America
Water temperature trial and city progress notes
The Observant Citizen reports on Water Commissioner A P Martin testing the new artesian well at 62 degrees and hopes for colder, cleaner flow than yesterday's faucet water. It notes the Stamford Endicott steamer breaking up near Minot's, rapid work on Pleasant street for subway descent, a troublemaking fire alarm box at Young's Hotel, and a leak in the gunboat Topeka coal chute provoking the crew. It ends with Galveston flood pride and lingering doubt about the city’s fate.
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A. P. Martin
Stamford
John Endicott
Minot’s
Apple Island
Young's Hotel
No. 718
Daily Table Hints for Sundays Menu and Devilled Eggs
A Sunday Post dietary snippet lists breakfasts with raspberries cream of wheat corn fritters toast and coffee. Luncheon includes devilled eggs on lettuce cheese sandwiches olives peaches and cream tea and salmon steak. Dinner features tomato soup baked potatoes peas lettuce salad dressing fruit gelatin and raspberry whip. Devilled eggs recipe instructs boiling seven eggs peeling halving trimming ends, mixing yolk with mustard butter salt pepper vinegar, refilling whites, and serving on lettuce leaves. Mrs FE M Clement of 22 Carlton Street Somerville.
New Fall Millinery and Dress Fasteners Advertised
New fall millinery on the second floor features trimmed styles and colors. Tailor made dress fasteners, safety pins, Ever Ready dress stays, stockinet dress shields, fountain syringes, and school pocket knives priced 10 to 25 cents. Street floor display highlights practical accessories and household items.
Hypatia the leading $3.00 women boot at Jordan Marsh
The Hypatia boot models the top among $3.00 and $3.50 specialty shoes in one year. Customers praise it as the best $3.00 boot made, with latest styles and thorough warranty. Sold only by Jordan Marsh & Co.
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Jordan, Marsh & Co
Upholstery Sale Offers Deep Discounts on Fabrics
Crowds fill the Upholstery Department over two days as store promotes genuine value. Corduroys, velours, tapestries priced low per yard and in bundles. Lot 1 sofa pillows and Lot 2 down cushions with damask and tapestry coverings discounted. yard prices and quantities listed in bold sale copy.
Applebutter Cat Featured in Sunday Post Series
The Sunday Post introduces the applebutter cat in a new installment of its children's stories. The playful character is explained in a breezy, humorous tone, inviting readers to learn what an applebutter cat is in next Sunday's issue.
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Sunday Post
Post
Correspondent sought over dog attack on Mrs Porter
The Post requests the writer who reported the incident of a dog attack on Mrs Porter to contact the news editor promptly. This notice urges involvement in the ongoing coverage and clarification of details for the publication.
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