Commission government debate and naval policy views
The article discusses the push for a five member charter commission and the path to reform, noting delays and political maneuvering around Home Rule and the city attorney’s scrutiny. It also profiles George von Lengerke Meyer, detailing his diplomatic service and later role as Navy Secretary, emphasizing his views on naval power and national security.
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George von Lengerke Meyer
Boston
Italy
McKinley
Russia
Roosevelt
Taft
Massachusetts
Navy Department
Meyer
London
United States Navy
Hurneme
Uncle Sam
United States
England
Germany
Graduates urged to march on and shape the world
An editorial celebrates high school graduates and the continual progress of youth. It argues that each new generation advances knowledge and power, surpassing predecessors, and urges graduates to seize the world, improve it, and carry hope beyond Father Time’s line.
America As Seen By An English Traveler In 1830
English diary notes from 1830 describe transatlantic voyage on the York to New York, cabin comforts, onboard livestock for milk, and fare. Fowler depicts costs of living, servant wages, gender roles, and hospitality in early America with observations on women, cuisine, climate, and tobacco habits, noting spitting and tobacco use as a disliked habit.
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York
Thompson
Liverpool
New York
John Fowler
Hss
America
London
Fowler
KITCHENER'S BIRTHDAY AND TITLES
Boril Kitch ener born June 24 1850 at Critter House Ballylonsford Ireland. War secretary and field marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener holds titles Viscount Khartum of the Waal and Aspall etc amid recent cabinet upheaval attacks by Lord Nethcliffe papers.
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Boril Kitchener
Critter ‘House
Ballylonsford
County Berry
Ireland
Lord Nethcliffe
Horatio Herbert
H. Hener
Khartum
the Waal
Transvall
Aspall
Suffolk
Denton
Den
Read Co Opens Millinery Department at Halligan Shop
Read Co announces a new Millinery Department at the Halligan Shop on Broad Street, inviting customers to browse hats and accessories at the Broad Street location.
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Halligan
Broad St
Kitchener Honors and a French Powders Pioneer
In private letters the possibility of titles and a dukedom for Earl Kitchener is discussed as Allied victory nears. The piece also recounts the DuPont family’s 1802 establishment of America’s first gunpowder factory on the Brandywine near Wilmington, led by Pleuthere Irene du Pont de Nemboure, who shaped the U S powder industry.
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America
Brandywine River
Wilmington
Del
Pleuthere Irene du Pont de Nemboure
Paris
Royal Mines
Essone
United States
Atlantic
Eodywine
Dupont
The Age of Electricity Promotes Civic Prosperity
Elbert Hubbard’s last words published in Fra under the title The Age of Electricity praise utility owners as honest, direct, and healthier leaders. The piece links electrical prosperity with better homes and public life, and notes a nationwide Electrical Prosperity Week from Nov 29 to Dec 4 as a major business stimulus.
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Lusitania
Elbert Hubbard
Fra
East Aurora
Age of Electricity
Sons of Tove
America
Hints for motorists going to the races
Hartford June 24 The Automobile Club of Hartford issued a road bulletin for motorists driving to New London for tomorrow's races. The bulletin says the Lieut River bridge on the cut off road in Old Lyme is now open linking Saybrook to the New London route. Funeral designs and Bouquets John Beck and Son.
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Hartford
The
Automobile Club of
New London
Lieutenant River
Old Lyme
Saybrook
Special Train for Shrines Headed to Pacific Coast
New York June 24 Every thing is ready for the Pyramid Temple of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine to the Pacific coast. Lehigh Valley Railroad has a special train waiting at Jersey City station ready to leave at 3 15 pm Friday. Connecting at West 23rd Street 2 50 pm Liberty Street ferry 3 00. Train includes baggage dining and five sleeping cars with an observation car for scenery as the party travels through the Switzerland of America to the West. They expect Buffalo Saturday morning and Chicago around 6 pm Saturday, where Santa Fe will take over to the coast. The group aims to be one of Bridgeport s most interesting delegations to the West. Officers for Nutmeg Encampment will be elected this evening at 1089 Broad Street with important business to be discussed.
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New York
Pacific Coast
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Jersey City
West 23Rd State
Liberty St. Ferry
Switzerland of America
Buffalo
Chicago
The
Santa Fe
Bridgeport
Wicest Kind of a Summery Net Robe Ad
Sun bright filmy Net Robes arrive in lace net with white embroidery. One pattern only, fifty five inches wide. Skirt can flare over a foundation. bodice customizable. Girdle options include black velvet or Roman Bayadere. Special price ten dollars at the Lace Section. Not two alike.
Ribbons and Carter Underwear Featured At Storefront Sale
A city department highlights exotic ribbons in black and white or blue and gold for sashes with wide, rich textures at $1.50 a yard. Striped Ratines for Panama hats $1.00, Roman Bayaderes at $1.75, Palm Beach Scarvings 50 cents. Carter's Knit Underwear promoted for travel. invisible rib fabric expands to two and a half times its width, with Gauzeweight Cotton at $1.00 and Gauzeweight Lisle at $1.50. Free corsage sachets offered to visitors.
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Panama
Palm Beach
Chase
Carter
Cookies for the Children Box Delights Five Varieties
The Sunshine Department offers a five variety box of cookies for children including Thalia a lime ginger cookie Snow Sprite a chocolate sponge iced Bride's Cake a plain iced cookie Prigcilla a plain molasses cookie and Sunshine Beauty a classic sugar cookie. The box costs 30 ets a pound with Delito Sandwiches offering graham wafers with lemon icing at 5 ets per package or 20 ets per pound.
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Sunshine Department
Sunshine Beauty
Delito
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