Court of Inquiry Progress and Territorial Rights Debate
The Boston Post discusses the Washington court of inquiry into Admiral Schley’s conduct, noting the efficiency of Dewey and the impact of legal counsel. It argues the court must reveal facts before opinions and praises constraining witness opinions to facts. The paper questions territorial constitutional rights in Hawaii and Porto Rico, debating if U S. law applies uniformly or varies by possession.
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Washington
Buffalo
Admiral Dewey
Admiral Schley
Schley
Naval Register
Supreme Court
United States
Hawaii
Bwatee
Work For All Seeks Local Labor Expansion Across Regions
The article argues a persistent labor shortage in the Southwest and California. It cites wages for ranch and dairy work, general labor, and female domestic roles, noting strong demand in Oklahoma and Los Angeles. It questions reliance on distant overseas migration when ample local expansion exists.
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Kansas
Southwest
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Los Angeles
California
Oklahoma
Philippines
Roosevelts Dilemma in South Carolina Spoils Fight
The South Carolina internal revenue collector E A Webster died on the eve of McKinley’s burial and Roosevelt faces a fight over his successor. The piece asserts Roosevelt should separate officeholding from politics, and notes Senator McLaurin’s push for a white Republican faction. It argues the president should ignore the local spoils dispute and uphold reform principles.
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United States Collector of Internal Revenue
South Carolina
E. A. Webster
McKinley
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
McLaurin
Constitution Supremacy Arises in Hawaii Court Ruling
Report from Honolulu indicates a U S court has set aside a Territory Supreme Court decision and held the U S Constitution controlling in Hawaii since the Newlands resolution adopted. The judge Estee receiver report from San Francisco is brief, but the key point is asserted sovereignty of the Constitution.
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Honolulu
United States Court
Supreme Court of
Territory
United States
Estee
San Francisco
Constii
Panama Canal Question Divides US Policy
The article discusses Roosevelt in Minneapolis stressing a canal across the American Isthmus and weighs Nicaragua versus Panama options. It notes the Walker Commission report, a possible new treaty with Great Britain, and the French Panama enterprise now for sale after spending about 150 million on construction with 130,000 stockholders. It questions whether buying the bankrupt French company would beat building a new canal through Nicaragua.
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Roosevelt
Minneapolis
American Isthmus
Nicaragua
Panama
Walker Commission
Great Britain
United States
Panama Company
France
Observant Citizen Recaps Mourning Traditions and Local Notes
The Observant Citizen reflects on day of mourning in major cities, flags at full-mast on state buildings, saloon crackdown by police, street work on Bowdoin Street, and autumnal equinox with a northeaster. It mentions Mrs. Erving Winslow's autumn lecture in Lexington and the Avon accident victim Gustavus Hay Jr. plus recollections of Louis Brown and the Old Berry Tavern, established in 1780.
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Erving Winslow
Boston
Concord
Lexington
Avon
Gustavus Hay, Jr
Louis Brown
Press Cafe
Mr. Brown
Danvers
Brown
Berry Tavern
Autumn gatherings and public notices in a Boston scene
The piece notes Lynn’s Hon. Peter M. Neal turning a birthday with his family, a Jamaica Plain resident Mrs. Starkey mourning McKinley with a relic shawl, and whimsical vignettes from a foreign correspondent. It blends local life, politics, and playful columns across a patchwork of 19th century newspaper items.
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Lynn
Peter M. Neal
Shoe City
William E. Neal
United States Bank Examiner
William McKinley
McKinley
Hotel by the Sea Sketch and Czar Interview in Compigne
A poem-like item laments a lover's betrayal and financial strain after a season of dalliance at a seaside hotel. It contrasts with a Paris-French front page brief reporting Czar Nicholas’s visit to Compiegne, where the Emperor jokes about bombs as a reporter interviews him during a stop in France.
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Czarina
As_TI
Compingne
France
Czar
Nicholas
Russia
Chateau
Tribute to Post Artist Norman in Funeral Portraits
A letter to the editor praises the Post for its Sept 17 and 19 illustrations of the world’s response to the President’s death. The writer especially lauds the artist signature Norman for the Sept 19 funeral image as simple yet deeply moving, noting Boston and New York papers lack similar sentiment.
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Norman
Boston
New York
Mrs Garfield seriously ill after McKinley assassination
Mrs James A Garfield widow of the 1881 president is prostrated by the Buffalo hospital murder, with relatives saying her condition is not serious though the shock worsened her feeble health. Only family may visit.
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Mentor,co
James A. Garfield
McKinley
Buffalo
Post's Illustrated Menu for Marshmallows and Peppermints
Instructions detail marshmallow making with gum arabic soak, sugar, eggs, orange extract, and corn starch lined pan. Also covers peppermint drops using sugar water and peppermint extract. mentions coloring with red paste and pink rounds, plus wrapping and storage guidance. Mentions chocolate and a misread signature.
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Mgich B. Whit
A Very Common Tory Ends In Love On River
Louise Wilton crafts a sunlit river scene with Mildred and Jack pacing a canoe. He declares love after months of witty exchanges amid lilies and green gowns, interrupted by an approving crowd that fuels a hopeful, lighthearted romance.
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Anthony
Barry
Mildred
Jack
Shuly
Mackey Seeks renomination as regular Democratic candidate
Representative Thomas Mackey of Ward 7 declares he will win renomination on his record despite opposition from the Boston Elevated Railway Company and others. He cites support from ward committee chair Daniel M. Driscoll for Donovan while claiming his own pro reform voting history.
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Thomas Mackey
Ward 7
Mackey
Post
On Elevated
Boston Elevated
Ward
Daniel M. Driscoll
John L. Donovan
W. T. A. Fitzgerald
Driscoll
Donovan
Poppine Mackey
Boston
Ehved
Westminster Chambers
Flouse
Aaa
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Boston Post
New England
Schley Court
Uni
Emerson
State House
T. I
Bowdoin Street
Unitarian Building
Beacon
Bowdoin Streets
Long
Hingham
Colorado Springs
Col
Crescens
Fitjit
Ses Peary
North Pole
Little Willie
Willie
Western States
Newton Newkirk
Harrington
Mrs. Garfield
Oak Hall
Washington and
Elm Streets
Sunday Post
Louise Wilton
Townsend Street
Roxbury
MR. Mackey
Elevated Road
Andrew J. Lloyd & Co
Sie Boytsen
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