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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1902
Page
4
The Boston Post comments on the Marlboro street railway death of Motorman Harris. Judge Kingsbury finds conductor and motorman negligent, faulting management for lax schedules and obscured orders. The piece urges tighter regulation and notes calls for power brakes.
The piece argues against the Dingley tariff on bituminous coal from Canada, noting its clean use for heating and coke production. It warns that removing the tariff would reduce costs in New England and challenge the anthracite coal trust, urging Congress to place bituminous coal on the free list to relieve manufacturers.
Charles M. Schwab, secluded in a palatial Pennsylvania home, awaits doctors orders to surrender business activity and retire. Speculation swirls over a successor at the steel trust as Schwab nears the end of his career. He rose from obscurity to head the industry, earning the largest salary, but the question remains if the strenuous life pays as his mind and body falter.
The Camden rally raises questions about Congressman Littlefield’s anti trust plan tied to President Roosevelt. Critics say the outline favors Tariff protections over broad reform and relies on enforcing freight rebate rules already in law, with administration deciding how strictly carriers are barred.
A Sunday night highway robbery on a main Brookline street renews concern over urban safety. The piece argues protection hinges on moral restraint and crime punishment, noting police absence and lack of justice as undermining public confidence.
The Observant Citizen notes Dr J P Oliver at Welsbaden Germany and John D Buckingham back from Europe with professional and hygienic benefits. Thomas B Lothian appears fit for the coming season. A Roxbury car ride features a fox terrier in a celluloid collar and a rug on the passenger’s knee. A Washington street clash between two bootblacks and a customer ends with the boys prevailing. North End Park hosts baseball and quoit games amid five arrests and a boy rescued from falling overboard.
A Bingville Bugle excerpt details Byzza Doolittle’s disappearance prank gone wrong with Ezra Doolittle hidden beneath hay for 48 hours. The village recounts misadventures including Miss Gaston and Dr. Parker’s entangled engagements and Maud Gaston’s choice to nurse, ending with Parker arriving to reveal a marriage to Miss Emery.
The column details quirky local happenings from Bingville including boarders and household tensions, a postponed blueberry festival due to disputes, a failed incubator incident, Amelia Tucker’s ear piercing, and a note on births in nearby Hardscrabble. Newton Newkire signs off.
General Charles Greely Loring, former director of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, died at 9:30 AM in Pride's Crossing at age 74. Born in Boston in 1828, he graduated from Harvard in 1848, married Mary Hopkins of Catskill, served as captain and later lieutenant-colonel in the Ninth Army Corps during the Civil War, and was brevet major-general in 1865. He joined the Museum of Fine Arts in 1872.
Gloucester August 18 The fish skin ners strike is eighteen days old with little change. Firms claim they can handle all incoming fish and may hire help from any available source. Dealers say some men now out will not be brought back to work.
The state committee chose Boston as the 1901 Democratic convention site over Worcester by a 38 to 15 vote. About 170 delegates will attend the Sept. 17 Tremont Temple gathering with Sept. 10 caucuses. Gaston supporters predict nearly three to one delegate strength and push a Gaston victory in the nomination, while Hamlin backers push for a strong candidate.
After a committee meeting several members spoke to a Post reporter about their picks. Robert Treat Paine backs Hamlin as the strongest party choice. Charles D. Lewis calls Hamlin the best known. John C. Crosby praises Hamlin's abilities. Thomas E. Dwyer says Gaston will be nominated and elected. Charles C. Paine urges the party to name its strongest man, Gaston. John A. Kelcher argues Gaston embodies all needed qualities.
The Navy Department has arranged with the sureties of O'Brien & Sheehan the Boston dry dock contractors to undertake completion of the dock.
The Wong couple of 3 Oxford Place invite attendance at the christening of their infant son at 15 Harrison Avenue on Tuesday August 19 at 5 PM. The notice reflects the Chinese community life in Chinatown, a month after the child's birth.
Mrs. Johanna Harper, born in Canada and a 70 year Worcester resident, marked her 100th birthday at daughter Mrs. Frank Young’s Lake Street home. She offered health and lifestyle advice, noted eight children with two surviving, and reflected on aging, manners, and social changes.
Invitation announces the three days of feasting in Chinatown to celebrate the christening of Wong Joe Kee. The father, a wealthy Chinatown merchant, hosts the affair with business acquaintances on opening day and relatives and friends on the following days. The mother remains in Oriental seclusion.
Commander Corwin P. Rees of the training ship Monongahela reveals poetic talents at a Queenstown officers’ banquet. A verse circulating in the U S hints at Irish readiness to welcome strangers and share land’s bounty, with playful contrasts to Queenstown and Cork.
In Quincy on August 18 Henry H Faxon faced attachment of his property and goods totaling 50000 after city scavenger Charles L Prescott sued Faxon for alleged libel and slander. Prescott moved to seize assets to satisfy potential damages.
Salem Aug 18 The Hon John F Hurley mayor of Salem has aided the Cigarmakers Union in settling trouble at a local factory He confronted the manufacturer after union men were replaced by non union workers and ensured the plant once more hires union labor The mayor noted he fought for the union and would drop his name if needed to secure union production
The funeral for the late Captain Hallett is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon at 2 30. The services are to be held at the family residence with limited attendance per local arrangements.
Commodore John Hallett of the Metropolitan Steamship Fleet is confined to his Roxbury home at 468 Dudley Street. Local authorities state he will remain under house arrest pending further action.
A volcanic eruption between August 15 and 18 wiped out the 150 residents of Torishima. The island is buried in debris and all houses vanished as ongoing submarine eruptions deter ships from approaching. Torishima lies in the Bonin Islands chain near Japan.
E N Green of Canandaigua New York recounts chronic kidney bleeding halted after using Dr David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy. The ad claims kidney cleansing benefits and renewed vitality with 650 can size and 1.00 bottles, offers free samples by mail from the Dr David Kennedy Corporation.
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