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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1902
Page
4
The Boston Post editorial defends a breach of trust case against Coe and VanDerlip as more serious than ordinary larceny. It argues fiduciary duties require strict accountability even for well intentioned misuse and supports strict regulation of oleomargarine color under new and existing laws.
A public demand calls on President Roosevelt to disclose Colonel Carroll D. Wrights findings from the coal dispute inquiry. Wright examined Mine Workers Union leaders and railroad managers but has not released his report, prompting questions on bias, politics, and the strike's resolution.
The coronation is scaled back from a grand international spectacle to a domestic affair with ambassadors only for non royal relatives. Westminster ceremony will be brief, decorations stay, hotels drop coronation prices, and King Edward VII’s long wait for his day is tempered by sentiment and hopes for his improving health.
A reader rebukes the Post stance on the new law prohibiting internal revenue tax on artificially colored oleomargarine. He argues coloring fools buyers seeking real butter and claims only deceitful dealers are restrained, implying other effects are negligible.
The article notes hopes the anthracite strike will end without more violence as stock market activity suggests easing tensions. It cites leadership from President Mitchell urging miners to obey the law and Fahy warning that violators will face jail, while affirming broad union support for lawful conduct.
The Observant Citizen reports Rev. E A Horton and family leaving Lexington for Prince Edward Island after August visits. Charlies Mackay bids farewell to Castle Square Theatre and heads to New York with wife after a crowded Music Hall sendoff. Victorian Musical Club to perform at Warren Hall Roxbury next Tuesday with Carrie Boyden Adele Suseman Miriam Suseman Lillian Suseman Ellen Garrett and Matilda Trask Boynton participating.
In Hartford a young man named Andy is praised for honesty perseverance and pluck. He is described as rarely smoking or drinking and as a model citizen. Meanwhile roof and fire escape dwellers in North and West Hind have had limited outdoor sleeping opportunities this summer.
A letter from Crescent Beach, Revere, recounts cool surf weather and stylish bathers. The writer describes a long water bath in a hotel room, an overnight plunge, a street-side fortune teller predicting love, wealth, and family fate, and a colorful scene of beachgoers and curiosities.
Miss Catherine E. O'Brien recounts receiving a gold watch and chain from Newspaper row as she waited for a car home at 5 30 pm. A persistent hobo approached, prompting a brief pause before she prepared to share the news with her wife.
A weary stranger begs aid from a passerby in a restaurant as he shares a haunting tale of squandered college promise, a ruined life, and a vow of mercy sought from God. He conjures memories of his wife and child and reads letters from a mother, yet cannot escape the path he has carved.
An invitation to attend the Worcester Agricultural Society cattle show and fair on September 1 and 2 will be received by President Roosevelt tomorrow in Worcester.
Rain prevented play in Buffalo on August 3. The sheriff and a force of deputies were on the grounds to block any attempt at a professional game, making a contest unlikely even if weather allowed.
Advert shows White Lawn waist styles marked down from 98 cents to 50 cents and 50 cent items, Gingham waists from 98 cents to 50 cents and 1.50, White Lawn Mercerized Linen waists from 3.00 downward, and trimmed White Lawn waists from 3.50 to 4.50.
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