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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1902
Page
6
The Boston Post argues that President Mitchell must control union members to avoid violence in the anthracite strike. It warns of outside workers and militia clashes, urges arbitration, and cautions against perpetual pension debt for veterans, linking peace to public support and eventual victory.
The article describes a naval battle simulation with two preparation and hostility periods. It outlines staged attacks along a line to test defense, with a day and night attack plus possible bombardment. It notes the aim is learning, not decisive proof of coast defenses.
Judge Washburn declines jurisdiction in the Marion case and sends seven defendants to the Superior Court. Bail set at 1000 dollars each. District Attorney French condemns the incident as a serious affront to law, Commonwealth dignity, and public safety, rejecting mob justice and urging stern punishment.
The Interior Department auditor reports 1 657 967 dollars paid for pensions for the Spanish American War for the year ending June 30. The Pension Bureau remains clogged with applications and has passed only a small portion. The piece notes the lasting significance of the Spanish war in American memory. Ninety years ago, the excerpt begins a reflection on the conflict.
John G. Carlisle argues Congress may acquire territory by conquest or purchase but cannot govern or tax conquered peoples without constitutional change. He warns Porto Rico and the Philippines cannot be domestic for one purpose and foreign for another, stressing the risk in Supreme Court rulings and the need for civil government over military rule.
The Observant Citizen notes Senator George Frisbie Hoar’s 76th birthday in Worcester with visits and letters. It also shares varied vignettes from Boston life, including cranberry crops, a training ship voyage, street lighting, and humorous city tales about officials and a New York sausage vendor.
In Borts Point of Pines Massachusetts George Thatcher a veteran comedian known for blackface turns recalls the toll of a laugh seeking career. He speaks of the burden of making audiences laugh and his melancholy when not on stage. The piece also notes rustic theatre life and its growing, bark clad structure with touring vaudeville.
The writer describes a seaside arcade near a rustic theatre with a shooting gallery where patrons can pay five cents to shoot targets including a defenceless female figure. He notes the cycle whirl ride and the thrill of speed, and predicts a large Sunday crowd at Point of Pines as visitors come from near and far to enjoy the sand and surf. Newton Newkirk signs off with a tease of continuation Monday.
Lydia Rollins, a lonely spinster in Dayville, befriends Professor Rudolph Farrington a traveling Magnetic Healer who claims to offer personal magnetism treatments and facial massage. He enters her home after a mistaken train time and offers a ten dollar course with promises of notable results.
Lydia pursues a costly youth treatment after a math riddle fails. Her mind spirals from 35 to 16 as hypnotic hopes rise, while she misreads influence from a professor. A attic escapade ends with a lamp crash and a sigh that dreams are unsatisfactory, echoed by a parrot’s exclamation.
Charlestown readers see a campaign shakeup as Congressman Conry withdraws his delegation from Ward 4. Dennison gains momentum in Wards 3 and 5 while Kelcher takes aim in Ward 4. The move reshapes local loyalties and fuels talk of a tighter race as opposition lines form around O’Brien, Kelher, and Dennison.
The Conry rally in Ward 3 was postponed causing crowd disappointment at Hayes square where hundreds asked for the hall location. A Conry lieutenant announced no rally due to insufficient time for arrangements. organizers plan to establish Ward 3 headquarters ahead of Monday to campaign against two opponents.
The Keliher campaign hides its energy until the final week while staffers move briskly from a Bromfield street headquarters. He plans to appeal to Charlestown voters with active visits and workers. The Conry ticket withdrawal in Ward 4 shifts support toward Keliher, who expects Ward 4 and Ward 8 to favor him, with Dennison near parity.
A reader argues against tariff repeal as a remedy for trusts. The writer contends that large combines dominate trade and can bar outsiders, control coal and railroad interests, and could purchase ships for water imports if volume justified. The letter outlines trust power across coal beef and related trades.
William Foster urges government action to curb coal price hikes blamed on dealers instead of the strike. He calls for government possession of mineral lands to administer them for the people, criticizing dealers for profiteering during the Aug. 28 period.
Grand Duke Boris of Russia enjoyed a whirlwind spree in Chicago and New York silencing critics with lavish social displays. Revelers and society goers pressed to see his whirlwind visit as he toured Cook County venues, leaving a vivid but troubling impression of liberty and excess.
A large party of Massachusetts Society Sons of the American Revolution members with ladies visited Rhode Island to mark the 124th anniversary of the battle. Guests of the Rhode Island society, they traveled from Providence by steamer and trolley to Butt's Hill in Portsmouth then to Highland Park for a clambake at the fort.
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