Publicity urged for Wright report on coal strike
The Boston Post urges President Roosevelt to release Colonel Carroll D Wright's coal strike findings promptly. It argues the report should reveal whether trusts or miners bear responsibility, praises disclosure over concealment, and condemns Roosevelt's stance as hypocritical. The piece contrasts heroes of the Civil War with imperial conquests, urging genuine patriotism.
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Colonel Wright
Roosevelt
New England
Passing Season Ends With Unseasonably Cool Summer
The piece notes two days left in the calendar summer and a year without a traditional summer. It highlights a cool season that spared tenement districts from high death rates and reduced infant mortality, while many could not escape heat. The cool summer is described as widespread and surprisingly pleasant.
The Steel Monopoly Moves on in Chicago Trade
Report from Chicago notes 10000 tons of steel billets received from Europe with more imports in sight. Builders show large orders for structural steel and iron, likely arriving in two months. Prices including freight and duties seen lower abroad, challenging the steel trust here though a temporary shift. The steel combine is accused of inflating billet prices to curb independent producers. Foreign competition could shake its grip and rumors pin Morgan’s steel empire for collapse in the next low mood.
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Chicago
Custom House
Steel Trust
Congress
Trust
Steel Combine
Mr. Morgan's Steel Trust
Roosevelt speaks at Weirs on glory of conquest
President Roosevelt delivered an eloquent address at the New Hampshire Grand Army encampment in Weirs praising the war effort and drawing a parallel to Civil War valor, though readers note the comparison sounds incongruous with today’s conflict.
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Philippines
Roosevelt
Union
Mr. Roosevelt
Funston
Sheridan
Kearney
Shaw
Boston Post
President Roosevelt
New Hampshire
Weirs
United States
The Wrong Idea and the Right One in Trust Reform
President Roosevelt clings to vengeance over reform urging caution and regulation. Boston Chamber president William H. Lincoln argues for tariff moderation and honest competition to curb trust power without destroying them. He says lower tariffs would reduce beef coal and steel prices, easing extortion by trusts.
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Roosevelt
New England
Concord
William H. Lincoln
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Nova Scotia
England
United States
Lincoln
Observations on street traction and local notices
The Observant Citizen notes steam rollers on Beacon Street and the risk of runaway equipment. A Boston & Maine train tale tests a railroading superstition about three accidents. Brief items recall Messrs Fitzgerald and Cummings delaying a Richmond trip, photographer N W Starbird’s Maine trip, Bethlehem Lutheran lawn party, a Canadian train gag at Union Station, the Manning family's Pine Grove Farm vacation, and Fitzgerald’s continuing popularity on the stump.
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Boston & Maine Railroad
Boston
John T. Manning
Pine Grove Farm
North Livingston
Manning
Massachusetts Peat Reserves Could Fuel State Far Longer
Report notes Massachusetts has about 121 million cords of peat, with 80 000 acres across eastern areas and towns from Andover to Westford holding swamps. Professor Hitchcock’s 1841 survey suggested peat fields in nearly every town, potentially yielding 125 square miles at 6 feet 4 inches thick.
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Massachusetts
Charles River
West Roxbury
Hitchcock
Edward Everett
Andover
Athol
Abington
Amesbury
Barnstable
Buckland
Bellingham
Bernardston
Bridgewater
Concord
Carver
Chilmark
Denis
Dighton
Duxbury
Eastham
Falmouth
Groton
Hingham
Kingston
Lunenburg
Longmeadow
Ludlow
Lynnfield
Methuen
Millbury
Natick
Oxford
Nantucket
Randolph
Rowley
Roxbury
Spencer
Southboro
South Reading
Weston
Wales
Wilmington
Westford
Seekonk
Uxbridge
Cohasset
Medfield
Walpole
Wrentham
Dover
Framingham
Sudbury
Topsfield
Ipswich
Pittsfield
Leverett
Hadley
Sunderland
Shutesbury
Lancaster
Hopkinton
Medway
Stoughton
Boylston
Reading
Milton
Needham
Billerica
Bedford
Waltham
Acton
Danvers
Chelmsford
Hamilton
Tisbury
Yarmouth
Brewster
Orleans
Wellfleet
Truro
Provincetown
Congressman Sees Maine and Vermont Campaign Balance
The Congressman remarks that publishing a newspaper and campaigning cross country is difficult. He plans to visit Maine for speeches next week, noting this should be enough for a candidate currently out of the race.
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Maine
Vermont
Bathing, Ferris Wheel Lure At Point of Pines Beach
A special writer visits Point of Pines Massachusetts and surveys the bath house scene. He notes daily washings, abundant water supplies, and a row of trees shading bathers. The piece highlights a small Ferris wheel with five cent tickets, scenic views, and a humorous tour of the rides and surroundings.
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Point OF Pines
Mass
Chicago
New York Harbor
R. B
Swing Reflections From a Seaside Beach
A narrator recalls a day at a seaside fair with rowed chair swings for two. Children fall and laugh while parents worry about laundry and scraped knees. A mother and infant share moments, the baby’s candy touches the narrator and ends with a playful farewell kiss before a beach bath.
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Archie
Goodby
Newton Newrirk
Short Story Competition Ruler Prompts Fiditorial Page
The Post outlines rules for the Short Story competition on the Fiditorial page in the Sunday edition. It requests authors to read and follow guidelines for entry.
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Sunday Post
Coal famine looms as Boston area faces scarce supplies
A Post report details dire shortages across Greater Boston with Boston City proper holding barely 10 000 tons, prices raised to 10 dollars, and limits of one half to one ton per customer in several towns. Medford and Chelsea show minimal stocks while Cambridge and Somerville report uncertain inventories.
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Boston
Medford
Quincy
J. H. Sheppard & Co
New York
Sheppard
Malden
Chelsea
Newton
Waltham
Cambridge
Somerville
Greater Boston
Ussr
Sperm Whale and Two Airship Men in Bar Harbor Tale
An amused harbor scene unfolds as a sperm whale and two pilots in aerial craft meet near a coral reef. Hawkins Hawthorne and Oliver Oglethorpe exchange tales of romance and travel from Bar Harbor to Zanzibar, then part with humorous even perhaps lessons learned.
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New Bedford
Pacific
Boston
Hawkins Hawthorne
Oliver Oglethorne
Vanderbilt
Morgan
Oglethorpe
Florence Montgomery
Hawthorne
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Labrador
Florence
Central Africa
Zanzibar
Sierra Leone
Kaola Nyassa
Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
Floss
Flossie
Agnostic to Talk 10 Hours in Stratford Town
Thad deus EF Peck agreed to pay 70 to Rev Royal Raymond for the privilege of ten hours of discussion. The minister will listen respectfully to the agnostic’s arguments during the ten hours.
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Stratford
Conn
Thaddeus EF. Peck
Royal Raymond
May Impeach Palma Wavana
Charges against President Palma over executive concessions have been prepared and printed impeach ment proceedings can begin any day. The anti Palma element canvasses the Senate whose members largely back the President. Palma and United States Minister Aquiers hold long daily conferences. The specifications have been handed to Squiers.
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Wavana
Palma
Wen
Senate
United States
Aquiers
Squiers
Revere Beach Carnival Draws New York Party Nightly Crowds
Crowds grow at the Revere Beach carnival as the program proceeds. Captain Crowley aboard the Thomas W. Lawson viewed the event with friends from New York. Balloon ascents were prevented by morning and afternoon winds. Tonight features a bicycle parade with police rope off the boulevard after 7 and parade starting at 8.
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Revere Beach
Captain Crowley
Thomas W. Lawson
New York
General of the Augustinians Arrives in New York
The Very Rev. Thomas Rodriguez, General of the Augustinians, arrived in New York yesterday aboard the steamship Liguria from Naples.
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the Order OF Augustinians
New York
Thomas Rodriguez
Liguria
Naples
Knox Club to Host Reception and Banquet September 16
President Lucius E. Cobb announced a telegram from Congressman Littlefield confirming his attendance at the Knox Club reception and banquet in Lorimer Hall on September 16. The Knox Club comprises former Knox county Maine residents now in Greater Boston.
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Lucius E. Cobb
Knox Club
Congressman Littlefield
Lorimer Hall
Knox County
Greater
Boston
RIVALS TALK AT MARSHFIELD FAIR
At the Marshfield and Plymouth County fairs August 28 guests including Congressman Lovering General Blackmar and Senator Howland spoke at the annual dinner. Lovering urged constitutional revision and new industries for Massachusetts while Blackmar praised the fair and recalled President McKinley. Trainer absence prevented Thomas Lawson from entering horses.
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Marshfield
Marshfield Agricultural and Horticultural Society
Plymouth County Agricultural Society
Bridgewater
William CC. Lovering
W. Blackmar
Willard Howland
Chelsea
lLovering
Oakman
Massachusetts
Congress
John D. Long
Booker T. Washington
Blackmar
McKinley
Roosevelt
Lovering
Senator Howland
Herbert Stebbins
Thomas Lawson
Rockaway Ferry Collision Jolts Passengers In New York
Panicked passengers aboard the Long Island City ferry Rockaway rushed for life preservers after a collision with the steam yacht Kanawha at Grand Street. The Kanawha, owned by Col. H. H. Rogers of Standard Oil, sustained little damage and continued downstream while the ferry headed to Long Island City.
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New York
Long Island City
Rockaway
H. H. Rogers
Standard Oil Company
Grand Street
Citizens urge petition to President over coal shortages
Samuel H. Borofsky of Boston writes to The Post urging a nationwide urgent petition to the President for immediate coal relief. He warns that without coal access at affordable prices, charities and workers face severe hardship and risk to health, urging newspapers to help circulate and present the petition quickly.
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United States
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