Primary election call urges voter participation and support
A local editorial urges citizens to vote in today’s primaries stressing their role in choosing nominees and undermining interurban railway opponents. It highlights Senator Harding and Senator Cummings as targets of political pressure, urging Republicans on Cape Cod and Brookline to cast ballots in this joint primary to defend trusted incumbents.
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Cape District
Commonwealth
Cummings
Brookline
Cape Cod
Cape
Joliet Rich Man Proposes Million Endowment for Smith College
A Joliet lawyer and capitalist offers in writing to Smith College to endow it with 1 million dollars and provide 80 acres for a campus. He would also seek tax exemption in Illinois if the college relocates to Joliet so his daughters may pursue higher education close to home. The piece notes the intangibles of academic atmosphere and questions the move.
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Joliet, Ill
Smith College
Northampton
Illinois
Joliet
Rockefeller
University of Chicago
Morgan
Harvard Medical School
Boston
McKay
Lawrence Scientific School
Seelye
Republican primaries shape party struggle in key state race
An unusual importance attaches to today's Republican state primaries for nominations. The process offers the first broad gauge of sentiment on party divisions, with observers noting the entrenched machine may blunt even a large showing for Hall over Draper, as several strategic points remain in play.
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Hall
Draper
Clash in Massachusetts GOP Primary Over Trade and Asia Policy
The article contrasts a Republican committee of 100 push for free trade in iron, coal, lumber and hides with reciprocity to Canada against Senator Lodge’s stance that San Domingo and China should shape the state election interests. It notes a forthcoming ballot in today’s Republican primaries and hints at resistance likely if the bosses lose the preliminary skirmish.
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Republican Committee
Canada
Lodge
San Domingo
China
Massachusetts
Delegates Arrive for American Public Health Association Meet
The annual convention opens in Boston with several hundred attendees from Canada Mexico and South America and the United States. Topics cover water supply sewerage and urban health while excursions promise broader insight. The Back Bay area and Stony Brook sewage foul smell are noted as local public health concerns to spur action.
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American Public Health Association
Young Men‘s Christian Association
Canada
Mexico
South America
United States
Back Bay
Stony Brook
Boston
Impressive Funeral for Francis H. Peabody
Historic King's Chapel hosted the funeral for Francis Howard Peabody former head of Kidder, Peabody & Co. He died Friday at his Beverly summer home. The Rev. Edward Everett Hale officiated with Rev. Howard L. Brown assisting. Burial followed at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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Francis Howard Peabody
Kidder, Peabody & Co
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Edward Everett Hale
Howard L. Brown
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Baron Komura and Sato Depart for Japan Wednesday
New York reports Baron Komura the Japanese peace envoy has recovered enough to begin his journey to Japan on Wednesday. He will be accompanied by Mr. Sato and travel by rail to Vancouver to sail aboard the Empress of India on October 2.
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Chinese Leaders to Urge New U S China Treaty
Chinese diplomats and merchants will send a delegation of 32 Chinese statesmen and importers to America to press for concessions for Chinese merchants and students in the forthcoming U S China treaty. Reservations are booked on the steamship Dakota, to arrive December 1.
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America
United States
China
Dakota
Consul Dolge Returns with Caracas Report
United States consul Dolge arrives in New York from Venezuelan ports via Philadelphia. He says the situation is delicate and cannot discuss it. He will report to Washington shortly.
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New York
Rudolph Dolge
United States
Babe
Caracas
Philadelphia
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Queson
Dolge
Washington
Nifty Nat feigns trap to scare away advancing soldiers
In a violent tall tale, Nifty Nat sits on a tree limb as opposing men threaten him. He announces a mock rescue by fiends, prompting the onrushing troops to flee, leaving him alone to plan his escape. The scene ends with a narrator's note that the plan was a ploy to mark the Indians and slip away unnoticed.
Nat Hunted and Captured by Indians in Frontier Tale
Synopsis of chapters shows Nifty Nat discovering his wife and child dead and scalped. He vows revenge, is captured and made tribe chief, orders execution of his own people who refuse. They attack him, he escapes, but is recaptured and left to starve on a tree as Indian pursuit closes in.
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Sheffield
Katharine
Right
West
Katharine Crawford
Letter From Cambridge Man Praises Jokes And Webster Reference
A Cambridge reader writes from abroad praising Georgie for his humor in the Boston Post All Sorts column and Nifty Nat stories. He recalls reading Noah Webster’s dictionary joke and shares a Madrid restaurant mishap with a cow sketch that secured bullfight tickets.
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Boston Post
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Newt
Noah Webster
Willie Green
Cambridge
Mass
Nifty Nat tale sparks crude exchange in Boston letters
In a Boston exchange, Jimmy T Joker boasts a home brewed line and teases sending “Newt's seegers” to Georgie Xone. Georgie M Dermott responds with crude humor, hinting at a visit to the office for “meat” and payment, reflecting a rough era street chat.
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Newt’s
Dermott
Don't Grumble Lad A Cheerful Song
Poem exhorts a lad to sing through hardship to ease burden and fear. It promotes staying positive with a cheering song as the way remains dreary. James Rowe authors the verses about resilience.
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James Rowe
Old Ironsides Seeks Funds Amid Graft Accusations
The letter to the editor laments the fading legacy of Old Ironsides and calls for half a million dollars to preserve the ship. It questions national priorities and criticizes graft while praising sailors and ships that built the nation. The piece appears from New York dated Sept 21.
Court Delivers Heavy Penalties Among Norfolk Autoists
In Dedham the Norfolk county court fined 25 speeding and related offenders, including Ella M Desroches who contested a 15 mph claim. Other cases covered gaming on Sundays, drunkenness, rowdy conduct, unlicensed dog keeping, and trespassing with a mix of brief sentences and local notices.
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Dedham
Norfolk County
Ella M. Desroches
t+trt
Mocking Exchange Between Rose and Reggy
A playful dialogue shows Miss Rose Reggy teasing Reggy about age and intelligence. Reggy replies he is not old enough to be gray. The exchange reads as light banter between two young or playful speakers.
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Rose
Reggy
Missing Page Question Sparks Airing of Injuries
A fragment cites Mr. Plumper asking why women clutch skirts and fear clumsy feet in a heated exchange. The line suggests a social confrontation captured in the period piece, reflecting manners and gendered banter of the era.
Katharine Crawford’s Letter Reveals Past Forgiveness
In Naples Katharine Crawford dies after a decline following Newport. A letter she sent to a former lover arrives posthumously, bearing the plea Forgive, and the reader discovers the long-ago romance and a past mistake finally confronted.
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Katharine Crawford
Naples
Newport
Sheffield
Love and Silence Heartened by Cheerful Life Advice
A reader asks if jealousy and illness color her marriage after 100 years of marriage and four children. The columnist urges health, cheerfulness, and self discipline, noting the husband may still care despite his silence and advising self reform to invite affection.
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Miss Champagne
Retta
Mrs Roosevelt Travels to Cambridge to See Theodore Jr
Mrs Roosevelt left Sagamore Hill for Cambridge Massachusetts to visit her son Theodore Jr who has settled at Harvard College. She crossed the Long Island Sound aboard the naval yacht Sylph and landed at Bridgeport to catch a New York to Boston train with her son expected to join in. They plan to stay in Cambridge about two days.
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Oyster Bay
L. I
Somerville Mourns Ex Mayor Hodgkins Death
Somerville honors ex mayor William H. Hodgkins with flags at half mast as his body returns from Kennebunkport Maine. Mayor Chandler calls a special aldermen meeting to adopt resolutions and appoint a funeral committee. Other bodies plan similar tributes today.
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William H. Hodgkins
Kennebunkport
Chandler
Board of Aldermen
Hodgkins
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