Resolutions Urge Saving Castle Island Park
The Boston Board of Aldermen urges prompt action to preserve Castle Island from partial withdrawal. They warn loss of the popular resort would deeply affect residents and call for concerted measures by the Common Council, senators, representatives, the mayor, and park commissioners to apply pressure and correct the mistake.
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Board of Aldermen
Castle Island
Boston
Common Council
Washington
Congress
First Case for International Court Averts War
The Hague arbitration court begins its work on the Pius Fund case involving about 1 million dollars between the United States and Mexico. The fund, tied to Jesuit missions in the Californias, dates to 1697 with a long history of ownership shifts and arrears unpaid since 1869. The article calls it a business matter, not a war cause, and notes the court’s first real test and potential to reduce future conflicts.
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International Court of Arbitration
the Hague
England
United States
Mexico
Californias
California
Sir Edward Thornton
Court of the Hague
International Supreme Court
Hanna
Civic Federation
Oleomargarine Mentioned by Worcester Insane Hospital Trustees
The Worcester Insane Hospital trustees in a report on management charges note oleomargarine is used instead of butter to save costs, citing a state price restriction on patient food. They state trustees and physicians have used it as well as patients.
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Worcester Insane Hospital
Judges Endorse Oleomargarine Despite Laws In Worcester
Trustees of Worcester Insane Hospital and several notable locals vote that oleomargarine is excellent and savory despite persistent anti coloring laws. They argue it promotes economy and question the need for prohibition, noting the product may be yellow yet approved by respected figures.
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Worcester Insane Hospital
Thomas Russell
Sarah E. Whitin
Frances M. Lincoln
Samuel B. Woodward
Thomas H. Gage
George W. Wells
Rockwood Hoar
Chicago Beef Trust
United States
Worcester
Russell
Lincoln
Hoar
Recall of Justice Gray Dominates Massachusetts Jurisprudence
The memo honors Justice Gray as a towering Massachusetts figure, chief justice of the Supreme Judicial Court and later a United States Supreme Court appointee by President Arthur. It notes his long career from reporter in 1854 to chief justice in 1873, illness, Nahant residence, and resignation, with his successor described as a Massachusetts man stepping into the Washington post.
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Lemuel Shaw
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
Gray
Law
New England
Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth
Supreme Bench of
United States
Arthur
Supreme Court of
Supreme Bench
Washington
Harlan
Nahant
Justice Gray
Court finds grain pit betting unenforceable in Chicago
Judge Chytraus in Circuit Court rules that Chamber of Commerce gambling loss rules have no legal force and the betting committee has no right to act. The decision, if upheld on appeal, could curb gambling in oats and other food bets, argued as a moral issue to reduce speculation and prevent price manipulation.
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Chicago
Chytraus
Circuit Court
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Beef Trust
Observant Citizen and Local Notes From Boston
The Observant Citizen Arthur Elwin Belyea a 16 year old Canadian in Boston seeks funds to restart a weekly journal in New Brunswick having written over 200 poems and tried many pursuits. A rotund man waiting on Waren street is teased as Fatty Felix by a boy. a father with two bright 5 year olds passes. Berkeley Associates letter carriers at the central office plan a testimonial for Thomas Crowley Monday Sept 22 at Bethesda Hall South Boston with the Waverley Orchestra engaged by the organizing committee.
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Arthur Elwin Belyea
Boston
New Brunswick
Waren Street
The
Sunday Post
Fatty Felix
Berkeley Associates
Thomas Crowley
Bethesda Hall
South Boston
Waverley
Little Willie Weers
West One Hundred and Forty-fifth Street
New York City
Little Willie
Willie Weers
Hlm
Lily Vane
Miss Vane
Wedhardt Dana
Jack Rose
Mr. Dana
Autumn on the North Shore and local notices mix
A mosaic of bustling seasonal chatter from Boston's North Shore including coal fears, home heating economies, vacation news, society notes, and a parade of local personalities. Mentions of J T Foley D J Leary T J O'Brien J H Moran C Costello and the Peninsular district crowd reflect a lively summer-to-fall transition in urban life.
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Boston
North Shore
Schools reopen after repairs except Wall Street Primary
Most city schools reopened last Thursday after repairs with one exception Wall Street Primary in the Quincey district remained closed. The old three room schoolhouse serves about 150 children and only 15 students are on the street awaiting repair completion anticipated around mid October.
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Wall Street
Quincey
Engagement Missive Sparks a Theatre Dilemma
In a tale of mistaken plans and delicate pride, Lily Vane and Dana confront guilt and truth after a missed meeting at the theater. Lily receives Danas note while awaiting, while Dana wrestles with honesty and a last chance to explain.
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C. Costello
Tee
Jerry” Driscoll
Haymarket Square
West
Cash & Co
Peninsular District
Joseph EB. Lewis
City Point Ward
Oregon
Hull
Lewis
Richard Walsh
South End
Joe
Edward Everett Hale
Intervale
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White Mountain
Winter Harbor
Channing Chapel
Bbb J. Montgomery Sears
Bar Harbor
Southboro
Anderson
Fort Banks
Boston Harbor
Henry L. Higginson
Pride's Crossing
W. H. Moore
New York
Yro
North End
Washington Street
HK Bor's
Houlton
Egypt
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Messrs
Corbett and
McGovern
Louisville
Beckham
Rees
Webster Junction
Mass
Caleb Hartwell
Here
Pomenes
Jack Frost
Newton Newkirk
Carload
Encyclopedia Britannica
Mecca
Library
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Bunday Post
Amanda B. Quinn
Westland Avenue
Boston, Mass
Dana
American Newspaper Association
Devonshire Street
Boston Post Bureau
Lyman Abbbott
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Prof
David Swing
Fiji Islands
Lodge
Thayer
Manning
M’kinley Washington
Treasury
Ida S. McKinley
Holmes, Luce
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