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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1902
Page
6
A promotional passage extolls the Encyclopedia Britannica as a home university for all. It claims 3000 volumes provide a complete working library with no teachers or expenses, offering endless knowledge from history to science for ten cents a day. Endorsed quotes credit Dwight of Yale and Spurgeon.
The Boston Post lists daily and Sunday subscription rates and terms. Readers are urged to send advance payments, update addresses, and notify by mail if delivery is missed. Editor E. A. Grozier notes offices in Boston and New York distribution through hotels.
Judge Mason rules noise from elevated railway is a private nuisance and damages may be recoverable. The opinion holds noise injury to adjoining estates warrants compensation and could nearly double potential damages, stressing protection of individual rights and peace.
The piece discusses General Russell A. Alger's return from retirement to announce candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by James McMillan's death. It notes public ambivalence, past scandals from four years earlier, and widespread Michigan debate over whether his Civil War era record and War Department tenure would hinder effective service in the Senate.
Judge Richardson grants an injunction limiting threats and coercion against workers and prohibits interference with employment. The court’s restraint on publishing union notices is questioned, as it may not involve threats or intimidation. The piece questions whether the prohibition on notices oversteps constitutional or civil liberty grounds.
The lay reader may see the issue as permissible action but the highest authority should decide. Judge Richardson's ruling appears to limit workers right to publicly air grievances, creating a legal conflict over labor protest.
A column condemns Treasury Department orders labeling Porto Ricans and Filipinos as aliens and barred from landfall at Ellis Island. It argues 1,080,000 residents swear loyalty yet lack rights in the United States and calls for a Supreme Court ruling.
The essay extols late August as a peak of pleasant weather and clear skies after summer complaints. It lauds sky, air, and roads that lift spirits, noting vacation timing and the promised bounty of favorable conditions for those still outdoors.
Observant Citizen notes a short lived summer fleet drill that roused residents and small boys with noise and patriotism. He warns venders of fruit face harassment from mischievous youths and calls for protection of licensed street sellers.
A long humorous column describes a stalled auto on Commonwealth Avenue near the reservoir with a young man and a woman in a Panama hat. The vehicle, its fumes, and a crowd of onlookers elicit comic reactions as the man tinkers with tools and recalls a coal rich fantasy while streetcars pass by and old New England humor abounds.
By Miss Leslie Osgood, the dialogue follows a couple by a fireplace. They discuss belief in Cupid and imagination, prompting a imagined visit by Cupid, with playful banter about trust and myth. The scene ends as the girl declares surprise and hope.
A Boston letter to the Post from Aug 20 1902 discusses arcading the Old South Tower as a prudent urban solution. It cites St Magnus on the Bridge in London and a Berne clock tower, noting that widening pedestrian access through the structures preserves reverence while increasing street use. The writer supports keeping the tower prominent and usable.
A poem by Christian Binkley in Woman's Journal describes a damp loft full of bats swallows and a weather vane creaking in rain. The scene shifts to a boy lying among meadow hay listening for echoes of songs never sung, amid dim light and distant brook sounds.
Miss May Van Alen issued a statement denying a New York paper report that Robert R. Remington died by his own hand after a letter from her claiming their engagement was broken and that she would marry another man. She said she wrote no such letter and the facts are untrue.
Concord news describes widespread Old Home Week events with speeches by Ex-Governor Rollins and General Dudley in Hopkinton. It notes reunions at Contoocook River Park and family gatherings across multiple towns, while a separate South Boston patrol report details John Kelley, 6 years old, found dying from gangrene on Claflin Street.
In Wilkes Barre August 20 coal operators moved forward with operations at the Warnecke washery in Duryea under strong guard. The Maltby breaker prepared mined coal for market while strike leaders expect a Morgan Mitchell conference and a goal of ending the strike by September first.
Coroner's jury finds Minnie Mitchell died from a bullet wound inflicted by an unknown assailant at an unspecified location. The panel calls for grand jury action against Thompson Claffy and Counselman and for the arrest of William Bartholin.
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