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Post Publishing Co
Boston Post
Post
J. H. Maloney
W. J. Salter
The
E. A. Gruozier
Republicans Retreat From Boston Mayoralty Nomination
The Boston Republican effort for mayor fades after Mr Collins accepts the Democratic nomination. Enthusiastic self-nominations and public dinners vanish as Republicans reassess, noting the mayoralty’s equal importance to statewide contests. Only a high-grade, trusted candidate could contest General Collins, which he will not face.
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Collins
Boston Democracy
Boston
Democracy
Dewey in Political Spotlight as a Presidential Possibility
The article analyzes Admiral Dewey’s sudden prominence on the national stage and weighs the potential for a 1900 presidential bid. It notes his reluctance to enter politics, the cabinet’s power over his career, and the possible impact of his public stance on U S policy in the Philippines.
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Dewey
New York
Admiral Dewey
United States
Washington
Navy
Philippines
Manila Bay
Boston and Albany Squabble Prompts State Interest
The Boston and Albany Railroad stockholders meet amid a family quarrel over property value and control. The public watches as Massachusetts faces an option by the Legislature to buy the road below market value, risking expected benefits to New England merchants and industries.
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Boston & Albany Railroad Company
Boston
Massachusetts
New England
Boston & Albany
State hold on Boston and Albany road debated by stockholders
The passage criticizes private profit motives behind road sales or leases while noting the state built the Boston and Albany line with money and credit. Massachusetts holds an option to purchase, and stockholders are portrayed as factions driven by personal gain, urging more public-spirited action from lawmakers.
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Boston & Albany
Massachusetts
Dame Massachusetts
No Boycott By Boston School Committee On Paris Exposition
The Boston school committee voted unanimously not to boycott the Paris exposition next year in response to the Rennes court martial verdict in the Dreyfus case. The Post praised quick correction of the heated impulse, noting the exhibit’s progress remains uninterrupted and will continue to reflect the city’s high standing at world fairs.
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Rennes
Dreyfus
Post
Boston
Gossip and events from East Boston and beyond in brief
A mixed column notes Republican caucus mood with a Shakespeare line, plans for Lyman Associates’ Arrah-Na-Pogue at Lyceum Hall, and hints of Sanford securing a mayoral bid. Paris arrivals and Dreyfus talk mix with Roxbury tree nuisance complaints, Admiral Dewey anecdotes, Lexington quix stories, and a Queen Victoria medallion for Ancients.
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Lyman Associates
Boston
M. J. Leary
A Cry in the Night Poem Fragment
A fragmentary verse excerpt echoing Edwin Markham about sorrow, fate, and the path of the living. It weaves a somber plea through imagery of dust, shadow, and chains, recalling themes of struggle and liberation.
Twin sisters learn they share a past and fiancé
Helen Andrews, raised by foster parents, discovers on her twenty first birthday that she has a twin sister Beatrice Mansfield. Beatrice travels to meet her, both sisters learn they are linked to Roy Smith, two silversmiths with similar names. A double wedding follows as the sisters unite with their fiancés.
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Helen Andrews
Beatrice
Helen
Beatrice Mansfield
Roy
Beatrices
Boston
Roy Smith
Tremont Street
Roy V. Smith
Roy E. Smith
Smith
Roy E
Women on School Boards and Society Abroad
In Grand Rapids Michigan the School Board has included a woman since 1888 with Mrs P M Goodrich. New York hostesses debate ending smoking rooms at receptions. Western Australia grants women suffrage Aug 18 joining Australia and New Zealand in equal political rights. Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt Sr Reginald and Gladys Vanderbilt visit Breakers Newport with Alfred Vanderbilt pending Europe trip.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
P. M. Goodrich
New York
Princess Charles
Prince Charles
Legislative Council of
Western Australia
South Australia
New Zealand
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Reginald Vanderbilt
Gladys Vanderbilt
Newport
Alfred Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Europe
Through Editors' Spectacles and Political Quips
A collage of editorials and satirical lines quotes Brockton Times, Baltimore American, Salem News, Washington Post, Springfield Union, Manchester Union, and Haverhill Gazette. Topics range from state treasurer prospects to Admiral Dewey, Miles for president, and anti imperialist party talk.
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Brockton Banks
Colonel Whipple
Brockton Times
Admiral Schley
Admiral Dewey
Baltimore American
Salem News
Levi F. Cook
Salem
Mass
General Miles
Cook
Washington Post
Dom Paul
London
Springfield Union
Boston
Manchester Union
Winslow
Haverhill Gazette
Odd Bits of News Roundup From Diverse Topics
Various curiosities. languages in the Philippines and Iceland’s single policemen. a French colony census in Tunis. 5 million roses yield 1 kg attar. US pine use for matches. Panama rainy season showers. 350000 Dewey photos in print. vivisection protest exhibit in Paris. Clarinda asylum cost $1 million. Ypsilanti floral monument of 20000 plants. new machine to moisten and seal envelopes with roller dampening and folding, then sealing.
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Philippine
United States
Panama
Iceland
Tunis
Dewey
Clarinda
Michigan Central
Ypsilanti
Mich
Waifs of Fun and Quick Jokes From Newspapers
A collage of light quips and banter from Chicago Evening Post Philadelphia North American Life and Indianapolis Journal snippets. Topics range from golf in heaven to art gallery banter and price ethics with sharp one liners and local humor.
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Chicago Evening Post
Stubb
Lulu
Women of Many Callings and Notable Arrivals
Mrs. Picking wife of the late Rear Admiral Picking plans a Baltimore departure with her mother Mrs. Sherwood and later travel abroad. Kipling considers Australia visit with possible stop in South Africa. Cantacuzene couple arrived in New York on their yacht and will return to Russia. Mrs Paget in New York gives birth making William C. Whitney a grandfather again.
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Mrs. Picking
Picking
Charlestown Navy Yard
Baltimore
Sherwood
Charlestown
Tralia
South Africa
Prince
Princess Cantacuzene
New York
Newport
Russia
Almeric Hugh .Paget
Paget
William C. Whitney
Whitney
Daily Table Hints Breakfast and Dinner Menu Fragment
Breakfast items include oranges fried eggs doughnuts graham muffins bacon coffee and roast pork. Dinner features cream of tapioca fried potatoes sliced cucumbers butter beans mashed squash raspberry cake ice cream coffee and ham lobster salad with warm rolls and graham muffins.
Anecdotes of Admiral Dewey From Boyhood to Fame
A late 19th century reminiscence recalls young George Dewey risking disobedience to retrieve a lost coat in Manila Harbor and earning mercy from Admiral Dewey. The tale also notes his early sentimental nature, his nickname Girly, and a father's sea ballad that brought him to tears.
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Manila
Arres
Dewey
Bo Ebb Bbb
George Dewey
Interesting Papers and Outing Trips Highlight Congregational Meeting
The Congregational Council sessions feature talks on The Christian Idea of the State and Municipal Government as a Sphere for the Christian Man. Delegates described excursions to Harvard University and Auburn, with praises for female participation and a focus on youth outreach.
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Joseph Compton Rickett
Scarborough
England
William Crosfield
J. P
Congregational Union of England and Wales
Liverpool
Eng
Samuel Billings Capen
Boston
Henry Arnold Thomas
Bristol
Great Britain
Robert Bruce
Highfield Congregational Church
Huddersfield
America
Williston Walker
Waldo Foundation
Hartford Theological Seminary
Hartford
Music Hall
Tremont Temple
School Board Chooses Buff Brick For Chapman School
East Boston will build with buff brick after a vote over red brick. The board approved the committee's nine month report showing salaries and expenses totaling 1 876 082, with a net year increase of 62 925 and a projected year end balance.
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Chapman School
East Boston
Huggan
Gallivan
South Boston
Nichols
Committee On Accounts
Jerome B. Poole
Francis G. Sager
Bartlett and
School Streets
Charlestown
Boston
Oseph A. Reddy
T. H. Wason
Edward R. Kingebuey
Porto Rico
Charles 8. Stone
Weston Street
Congregational council debates railway labor resolution
At the international Congregational council approach to Sunday railway labor is debated as two views emerge on Mr Hyde's controversial seminaries paper. Social functions and reunions mark the day as Dr Fairbairn labels Hyde's invective as unrealistic while Mrs Armitage and Dr Kimball discuss women’s foreign missions work.
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International Congregational Council
International Council
Congregational Churches
Jesus
William Boothbie Selby
Highgate Congregational Church
London
Eng
Reven Thomas
D. D
Harvard Church
Brookline
Mass
Joseph Robertson
Adelaide
Australia
Congregational College of
South Australia
Hyde
Chicago Theological Seminary
Parker House
Oberlin
Bangor
Christian Endeavor People
Fairbairn
Mr. Hyde
Lkanah
Dr. Kimball
Wellesley College Opens Fall Term
The fall term at Wellesley College begins with about 700 students enrolled, including 240 new students. Miss Caroline Hazard presided at the 8:30 chapel service in Houghton Memorial Chapel as seniors debut in their gowns and caps for the year.
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Wellesley College
Houghton Memorial
Caroline Hazard
Wellesley
Hanna Narrow Escape on Hocking Valley Train Run
Senator Mark Hanna and Colonel Nevin escaped a wreck near Addison Ohio when a rail broke on a curving track as the southbound Hocking Valley train neared Middleport on September 26. The smoker floor was splintered but no injuries are reported.
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Middleport
Hocking Valley Railroad
Mark Hanna
Colonel Nevin
Addison
New England to sail from Charlestown on Easterly voyage
At high water this afternoon the Dominion liner New England will leave Hoosac Tunnel docks at Charlestown for Queenstown and Liverpool. She carries seventy five saloon and two hundred steerage passengers plus several distinguished travelers including Colonel Charles C. Rivers, Samuel W. McCall and wife, Admiral Boardman, Rev. E. Armitage and family, Arthur R. Cruse and family, Dr. W. B. French, J. Pickford and wife, John D. Street and family, and Albert D. Bosson and family.
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Dominion
New England
James McAuley
Hoosac Tunnel
Charlestown
Queenstown
Liverpool
Charles C. Rivers
Boston
Samuel W. McCall
Winchester
Admiral Boardman
Halifax
E. Armitage
Leeds
Eng
Arthur R. Cruse
Philadelphia
W. B. French
J. Pickford
Pickford & Black
John D. Street
Medford
Mass
Albert D. Bosson
Stafford Mills Declares 3% Regular and 6 1/3% Extra Dividend
Stafford mill directors announce a 3 percent quarterly dividend and an additional 6 1/3 percent. The stockholders will receive a Barrow letter and a full mill condition report, covering twenty eight years. Robeson mills declare a general dividend of 1 1/2 percent. The Stafford mills reach 8 percent stock average over the past ten years.
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Fall River
Stafford Mill
Barrow
Robeson Mills
Stafford Mills
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Rudyard Kipling
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Poe
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Sessi Comer
Oxford
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W. B
Margaret T. Evans
Carleton College
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Minn
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D. Burford Hooke
Colonial Missionary Society
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Pacific Coast
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Cornelius Howard Patton
St. Louis
Charles Edward Jefferson
Broadway Tabernacle Church
New_York
Charles Silvester Horne
Kensington Congregational Church
Harvard University
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McKinley
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8. S. Stoddard
Inspector Stephens
Auburn
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Longfellow
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Amelia Lee Jackson
Spargheim
Motley
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Charles Sumner
Artemus Ward
Agassiz
Switzerland
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Qssell
Rufus Choate
Edwin Booth
Phillips Brooks
Washington Elm
F. E. Clark
Portland
Christian Endeavor Society
Hanna
Engtish
Brussels
Joel Goldthwait & Co
Shington Oees
Wear Cornhill
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