Miles Massachusetts and Massachusetts political notes
The Detroit Journal comments on policies and public life including clerical and labor topics. Boston Journal notes praise for Chaplain Rev P B Murphy in Cuba and military service of the Sixth Massachusetts in Porto Rico. Cambridge Press cites Republican convention delegate counts by locality and argues against Lowell as the site.
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Massachusetts
Porto Rivo
Boston Journal
Cambridge
Lowell
Paper field guns push lighter war gear for infantry
Krupp develops 2 inch paper field guns claimed to be carryable by a single soldier and said to resist more than steel of the same caliber. The remark notes Hearst's chromatic sheet finds new use for unsold copies.
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Krupp
Hearst
Embers of Hawaiian Statehood Echo in Press Critique
The Boston Journal celebrates the 3000 Americans in Hawai i recognized by their homeland while the Boston Transcript condemns the transition from the Hawaiian republic to the United States as funeral and ignored by Hawaiians. Waltham Free Press-Tribune questions the morality of Old Orchard Christian Alliance ceremonies and laments divine approval of such acts.
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Boston Journal
Old Orchard
Christian Alliance
Waltham Free Press-Tribune
Preparing Plants for Winter
September marks the start to ready house plants for cold weather. Transplant slips in shade, promote steady growth, prune budding flowers, and clip dead leaves while protecting foliage from pests. A tobacco-water spray helps. Begonia and geranium slips, with ferns, can create a cheerful indoor garden through winter.
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Casey
Boston Transcript
Tobacco in the Cabinet
A Washington observer notes that Lees Day Bliss and Song are the only cabinet members not addicted to tobacco. The remark reflects personal habits among the administration.
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Washington
Lees Day
Bliss
Song
Politicians Swapping Tobacco Habits in Cabinet Tales
The Fitchburg Sun notes the president favors pipes now, while Attorney General Griggs, Attorney General Griggs, and P M Gen Smith are described as tobacco enthusiasts. The piece casts light on cabinet members who smoke or chew, shaping a humorous snapshot of political daily life.
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Atty Gen Griggs
Gage
Alger
P. M. Gen
Smith
Fitchburg Sun
Manila Cigars and Free Trade Question Stirring Debate
The Boston Globe speculates on Luzon annexation raising Manila cigar output, suggesting 160 million yearly with one factory at 38 million. It ponders removing duty and a 2 cent cigar eclipsing 10 cent options, and asks impacts on the cigarette habit, the tobacco trust, and Connecticut.
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Luzon
Manila
America
Tobacco Trust
Connecticut
Boston
Letter from a Northern Drummer on Charleston Mob Incident
An anonymous northern drummer claims misconduct by Col Woodward’s Sixth Massachusetts regiment in Charleston South Carolina during July. He describes drunken officers, street disruptions, vandalism and abuses toward women and children, urging court martial and accountability for the unit’s behavior.
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New York Sun
Atlanta
Enterprise
the Sun
Col Woodward
Sixth Mass
Charleston
S. C
Porto Rico
Massachusetts
Maynard Newswire Roundup Of Local Events And Visits
Maynard hosts social events with the Boli Boli club moonlight run to neighboring areas. Plans include a Labor Day baseball game against Concord and a social hop at Cooperative hall with the Union orchestra. Mizpah Rebekah lodge meets Sept 1, and Odd Fellows hall features the Three Bostonians on Sept 17.
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Maynard Baseballs
Concord
Mizpah Rebekah Lodge
Reading
Maynard Baseball Club
Union Orchestra of
Marlboro
Maynard Lodge I. O. O. F
Odd Fellows Hall
Allen Greenwood
Boston
Porto Rico
Church Services and Schedules for Local Congregations
The notice lists weekly worship times for Congregational, Methodist, St George’s Episcopal, and St Bridget’s RC churches. It includes morning and evening services, Sunday schools, choir directors, organists, and special meetings with days and times for prayers and leagues. It also notes holy days, baptisms, and rosary society details.
Monument for Montgomery Amid Quebec Talks With Gloucester Fishermen
In Quebec on August 31 American commissioners may hear a bid to honor General Montgomery with a monument on Canadian soil. Dr Liston Montgomery of Chicago leads the effort, while Gloucester fishermen seek a hearing on reciprocal fisheries terms and a duty reduction on Canadian and Newfoundland bait imports.
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Quebec
Montgomery
Wolfe
Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Liston Montgomery
Chicago
Newfoundland
Gloucester
United States
Canada
McKinley Cuts Canton Visit For Brief Stop at Canton and Camp Wikoff
President McKinley will shorten his planned Canton home visit to a brief stay of two to three hours after spending a couple of days at Camp Wikoff. The presidential party remains in New York next, with Canton preparations scaled back from a civic jubilee to a quick call.
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Cleveland
McKinley
Canton
Camp Wikoff
New York
Rebellion in Canton Area Raises Alarm and Chinese Turmoil
Reports from Hong Kong say a large rebel force is moving toward Canton as the Kakang-Si rebellion resurges. Tan, viceroy of Lang-Kwang, protests surrender negotiations with France and resigns to Pekin. Uprising linked to Triad and White Lily societies and draws US consular appeals for swift suppression.
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Hong Kong
Kakang-Si
Canton
Tan
Lang-Kwang
Kaekang-Chow
Pekin
Kakang-Tung
Hannah
United States
Ate Cxanton
Edward Bedice
Triad
White Lily
Boston Assault Leaves Lodger Hospitalized After Grudge
In a late night incident in a Boston house, four men forced John Linehan down stairs injuring him with a skull fracture. Linehan remains at the city hospital as doctors treat the injury, while a grim note follows the recent burial of Major Grady’s orderly Michael M. Burke who died of typhoid fever. The case touches military figures Lt Col Weaver and Lt Col Logan tied to the Ninth regiment. The Boston supreme court rules the city treasurer custodial of Benjamin Franklin fund.
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Boston
John Linehan
Linehan
Weaver
Fifth Massachusets Volunteers
Camp Dalton
Logan
Grady
Ninth Regiment
Michael M. Burke
Supreme Court
Benjamin Fanklin
Miners Demand Reinstatement and Union Wage Scale
In Hazleton Pennsylvania a committee of foreign miners at the Coleraine colliery met with Superintendent Roderick. They demanded reinstatement of a discharged laborer, dismissal of foreman Joseph Harris, end of company collections for the doctor, hiring only union men, and a wage scale agreed last fall but altered by the mine owner. Roderick refused and predicted the company will win the strike in six months.
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Hazleton
Coleraine
Roderick
Joseph Harris
Chicago and Burlington earnings July figures
The Chicago and Burlington road reported July earnings of 32078 dollars, down from 216006 dollars for the same month last year. Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley, preparing to sail for Porto Rico as part of the Porto Rican commission, received a farewell dinner at his son-in-law’s residence in Saugatuck, Connecticut.
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Chicago and
Burlington Road
Winfield Scott Schley
Porto Rico
Saugatuck
Conn
Maynard Locals Lunch at Gaskill’s All Hours
Maynard residents could dine around the clock at Gaskill’s while rumors of summer street repairs at Dar ing’s circulated. Local chatter centers on service hours and nearby street life in Maynard.
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Gaskill’s
Daring
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Detroit Journal
Charles E. Pratt
P. B. Murphy
Cuba
Manila Cigars
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Maynard
Prospect Park
Po Grenier
Lambert Is
Martin c
Desmarais
H. Goucher
O’ Donnel
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L. Goucher
Collins P
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Wheeler Cf P
Leonard
Clark
Golding
Massiotti
Sheridan
Hilferty P
West Marlboro
Wheeler
Hilferty
Collins
Massiotti Golding
Lynch
Genes Keene
Johneson
Miss May Hanna
Miss Marian Richardson
Everett
Lexington Road
Rosalie L. Shea
Riverside
Julia A
Annie Keegar
Brockton
Old Orchard Beach
Llth
Middlesex Christian Endeavor Union
Stow
T. C. Jackson
Coughlan
Lieut Haskell
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Marian Winkley
Bridgewater Normal School
el Caney
Congregational Church
W. H. Gutteridge
Christian
Amory Maynard
Herman E. French
Maggie B. Robertson
Press. E. Society
Methodist Episcopal Church
Edward Higgins
L. D. Wilson
Epworth League
R. W. Carter
GEORGE’S —_ EPISCOPAL CHURCH
ST Bridget’s R.C
J. A. Crowe
West Acton
Rosary and Scapular Society
Miss McMorrow
L. A. W. Lunch Room
Joseph Booth
Main Street
H. P. N. Dahl & CO
JI Hwhlers
Maynard, Mass
Maynard Locals
Walter B. Currier
Maynard’s Block
Underskirts
Percales
Oxford
W. B. Cases
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