Question for Roosevelt on Wright report and coal trust
Boston Post queries President Roosevelt about Colonel Carroll Wright’s delayed report on the anthracite coal strike. The piece urges timely trust regulation and arbritration talks, citing labor leaders and industry heads, and questions why Wright’s findings remain unshared.
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Carroll D. Wricht
New England
Roosevelt
Wright
Colonel Wright
Hewitt
Coal Trust
Commissioner Wright
President Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Baer
Railroad Coal Trust
Mr. Roosevelt
Metropolis Slugging Crimes Raise Public Alarm Yet Perpetrators Untouched
The metropolitan district faces a wave of violent assaults and two Cambridge murders with no arrests. City officials have delayed rewards as fear of further attacks grows. Separate notes mention Ambassador Meyer’s move to a Hamilton summer home and local curiosities about Pinafore’s first open air Boston production.
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Cambridge
Brookline
Tam
George von L. Meyer
Hamilton
Essex County
Oakland Garden
Grove Hall
Boston
Museum
Boston Building Boom Sets City Record With $20 Million
The 1902 building year in Boston nears $20 million of new or altered construction, mostly on State street and in the burnt district and Back Bay. Major projects include 18 State street offices and many large commercial builds amid steel shortages and new German imports.
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Boston
Camrell
State Street
Burnt District
Back Bay
Germany
Summer Street
Dorchester Avenue
Municipal Real Estate Trust
Plympton Street
Wareham
Carl Carlson
Atlantic Avenue
William Lyons
New Theatre
Tremont Cor
van Renssalaer
Eben Jordan
Franklin and
Broad _ streets
Broad Street Trust
Esesereeeure
Central Wharf
William C. Sprague
Broad Street
C. G. Rice
Chauncy Street
Harrison Avenue
Frost Bros
Cape Eeu Leslee Tremont Street
Pemberton Square
J. A. la Form
Winslow Warren
Trustees
Bowdoin Square
Cambridge Street
C. P. Bowditch
Washington Street
Old South Building Trust
Merchants’ Row
Congress Street
Exchange Place
Soanie Wass
Berkeley
D. M. Figgor Ices
Aemitory
M. DT. Tins
Bay State Road
George Wheatland
Setas Gainsboro Street
Washington B. Thomas
Hemenway Street
Francis Peabody
N. E. Conservatory of Music
E-Seees
Boylston Street
Boylston Street Trust
Cere Cecewees
Commonwealth Avenue
S. G. Allen
St. Botolph Street
I. Messon
Beacon Street
Massachusetts Avenue
W. B. Thomas
E. Stan- Woo
James Parkinson
C. W. Hubbard
J. N. Prendergast
Charlesgate
Newbury Street
John S. Randall
T. B. Fay
Tremont Street
Franklin Street
Laurence Minot
Cooreno
William_ Hi. Allen
Federal Street
Charles E. Cotting
Hovuggi
Ensck
Esse Bas
Sumner Street
Pearl Street
Charles FE. Cotting
Lincoln Street
A. R. Robertson
TGC
Clam Diggers and Beach Nook Tales From Maica Plain
A miscellany recounts Chelsea officials and inspector Chapman as likely Watts successor, a café bar exchange about a gas house cocktail, a Beach Point of Pines scene with sequestered nooks, and a long anecdote of Margaret Vane fending off Bertie West with a mischievous kid and a goat.
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Jerry
Morgan backs coal strike fight and non interference
The statement after the weekly coal rail road combine meeting says J P Morgan will not interfere and supports operators in refusing to arbitrate. He would like to see the conflict go on to a finish and bears responsibility for its continuance.
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J. P. Morgan
Coal Railroad Combine
Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Cleveland
United States Treasury
Atlas
Boston School Supervisors pick local talent for vacancies
Paine's committee favors Lincoln School Head Master White for one seat and Professor Brooks of the University of Illinois for the other. White has served as master and principal, showing strong advisory and administrative qualifications, while Brooks brings practical administration experience and solid theoretical training.
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Board of Supervisors of Schools
Boston
Paine
White
Lincoln School
Brooks
University of Illinois
School Committee Considers Local Educator for Promotion
The school committee may favor promoting an educator who has proven qualifications by working under the local system, alongside potential candidates from outside the district. The emphasis is on proven ability within the home system.
Thayer Willing to Seek Third Term for Worcester District
The Hon. John R. Thayer stated his readiness to run for a third term as Worcester’s Representative in Congress, while noting this would be his final nomination. He reflects on Massachusetts’ House membership instability and praises Thayer’s record and character as key to a victorious campaign.
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Theloft
Jack’ McGoldrick
St. John
N. B
Boston
McGoldrick
Chapman
Tom”’ Barry
Blondin
Watts
John R. Thayer
Congress
Worcester
Massachusetts
House of Representatives
Washington
Thayer
Geisha WAIS! an eccentric clam digger tale unfolds
A humorous pseudo field guide describes a recluse life of a clam and its powerful jaws. The piece mocks the idea of clam intelligence and advises on hunting steps from footprints in sand to exposing the creature. Newkirk signs off with To be Continued.
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Newton Newkirk
Point of Pines Flowers Draw Visitor Into Labyrinthine Walks
A Special from Point of Pines Massachusetts notes the resort’s profuse flowers along winding promenades. The observer, a flower lover, enjoys wandering paths that loop back to their start or lead elsewhere, preferring natural exploration over cut blooms.
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Point OF Pines
Mass
Letter on tariff policy and trust remedies from a Republican
A Republican writer urges the abolition of tariff protection as a remedy for trusts. He argues American rails and various domestic goods cost more than foreign counterparts, and that tariff removal would also ease prices on trust-made goods for export. Boston reader signs the letter dated August 1902.
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Grant
Boston
Baer’s Theory Sparks Public Contention Over Resource Ownership
Letter from A Duchemin of Everett argues for government ownership of mines and railroads, claiming divine right theory misaligns with public good. He contends national ownership would ensure fair wages, shorter hours, and affordable fuel for the poorest, urging broader public discussion.
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Baer
Co. A. Duchemin
Broadway
Everett
Vanderbilt Jr. Works as Fireman on Central Engine
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. rode a New York Central engine from New York to Albany in overalls and coal dust to learn about firebox conditions firsthand. He volunteered to perform fireman duties on the trip, aiming to reach practical conclusions through hands on experience.
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New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
New York Central
Albany
Vanderbilt
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MorTo
Charles J. Rich
Phyllis B. L. Rich
Saxonia
Europe
Dorothy Elwell
Revere Beach
Cutler
Chelsea
Dorothy
Tike
Faneuil Hall
Massachusetts Bicycle Club
Bijou
B&redk &T
T. M. Haskins
No. 10
Long Wharf
Pillsbury
Admiral Higginson
Coast Guard
Haskins
Board of Trade
Rockport
Portland
Cape
Board of Trade Rooms
Cape Ann
Boston Bay
Cape Cod
Eastern Point Light
Magnolia
President Roosevelt
McKinley
Admiral Dewey
Btt
Iret
Charles Langford
Jack the Slugger
Yarmouth
N.S
United States Immigration
Langford
States
James Cahill
Dacey and Kelley
Manchester
Lawrence Monday
Prison Point
Henry Grover
Boston & Northern
Henry
Tebe
Court Street
Grace Smith
Hall Street
Maica Plain, Mass
Margaret Vane
Bertie West
Margaret
Bertie
Miss Vane
Freddie Barnes
Freddie
Congressman Thayer
NEW “Geisha
the Post
Sunday Post
MR. Baer
Chicago Boy’s Royal
Russia
Annie J. C. Norri
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