Massachusetts Free Coal Bill Sparks Congressional Push
Representative Naphen introduces a bill to remove all import duties on coal including anthracite bituminous shale coal coke and coal slack. He urges Massachusetts representatives to push precedence for quick passage and to block other appropriations until free coal is achieved, citing a half million dollar tariff drain in Boston.
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Naphen
Congress
Massachusetts
McCall
House
Boston
Public scandal of city carriage costs in Boston
The piece criticizes Hart era misused funds from carriage bills reaching 412 810 and affirms Aldermen exceeded limits. It questions official duty justification for daily allowances averaging 6 50 for Doyle Bowen from Jan 1 to July. It calls for frequent month to month publication to expose accumulations and allow reform before elections.
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Hart
Doyle
Alderman Bowen
Boston
Holbrook
Reed Illness Sparks Widespread Public Sympathy
The sudden illness of Hon. Thomas B. Reed, likely appendicitis, draws exceptional public sympathy. Once a strong, respected figure in public life, Reed is praised for his strenuous character and admired beyond party lines. May he have a speedy recovery.
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Thomas B. Reed
Theodore Roosevelt
Reed
Mark Hanna
William McKinley
United States
Tom Reed
Adjusting the Automobile in Rural Life
An editorial urges motorists to follow local ordinances and state law as the automobile becomes common. It praises a Concord case where a violator was fined $50 and argues penalties should rise if needed while courts test the law’s validity. The piece stresses adapting driving rules to fit the community environment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Keyes
Central Middlesex District Court
Justice Holmes Confirmed as Supreme Court Justice
The Senate yesterday confirmed Oliver Wendell Holmes to the Supreme Court to succeed the late Horace Gray. Holmes, a Massachusetts appointee, brings philosophy and humanity to the bench and is expected to reflect Massachusetts excellence on a national stage.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Supreme Court of the
United States
Horace Gray
Senate
Supreme Court
Middlesex Bar Association
Holmes
Massachusetts
The Annual Scandal: Aldermen’s Carriage Bills Soared
The Board of Aldermen in 1902 has amassed over 900 in carriage bills by July 31, signaling a pace that could reach about 16,000 by year end. The high spending prompted the public airing of the issue as the year progressed.
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Board of Aldermen
Page life-size Butler portrait shown in State House
Observant Citizen Walter Gilman describes a life-size oil of General Benjamin Butler unveiled last Wednesday in the State House. Painted from an 1883 photograph, it has drawn high praise for accuracy and skill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Gilman Page
B. F. Butler
State House
Soapsudsia voyage and Vincent Club fair at Somerset
A tale of the vessel Soapsudsia aboard a New York voyage with Stealthy Steve in disguise as a plumber saving a child ends with the ship sailing away. Separately the Vincent Club held its annual fair at Hotel Somerset to benefit Vincent Hospital with Miss Katherine Fay leading a large volunteer staff across multiple themed tables and roles.
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New York
Steve
England
Genevieve Bond
Soapsudsia
Vincent Club
Hotel Somerset
Vincent Hospital
Katherine Fay
William P. Fay
Holker Abbott
Copley Society
Fay
Susan Howe
Cornelia Thayer
Katherine Thayer
Sallie Thayer
Alice Sargent
Charles F. Lyman
Marian Lawrence
Bishop Lawrence
Edith Lawrence
Amy Appleton
Frederick S. Whitwell
Dresel
King
G. Parker
Edward W. Grew
Emily F. Beebe
Rosamond Porter
Miss Moors
Eleanor Allen
Agnes Lincoln
Lilly Fay
Miss Stratton
Josephine Whitman
Gertrude Beals
Hayes
Miss Means
Miss Whiteside
Julia Lawrence
Miss Crocker
Miss Wilson
Merriam
Alice Fay
Eleanor Ames
Miss Braman
Miss Jeffries
Robert Treat Paine, Jr
Tarrant P. King
Miss Osgood
Fenellosa
Charles S. Hamlin
Adeline Hooper
City invites war governor Holbrook to annual banquet
The city plans to honor Hon. Frederick S. Holbrook Vermont’s war Governor as guest at the next annual banquet likely in February. A large portrait of ex Governor Holbrook was recently presented and will be hung in the association’s meeting hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericks. Holbrook
Vermont
Holbrook
Dreamers and Donors Speak in East Boston Letters
A flood of letters from Boston area readers imagines grand schemes from burning money to fund coal bills in East Boston to establishing a subway to the North Pole. Names include ACE patrons in Chelsea, the All Sorts editor, Jacks the Slugger, and figures such as MAX O. RELL, A. VIC TIM, ER. G. PECKHAM, TOM CORNHILL, and EDGAR L. BARKER. Proposals range from gratuitous transfers to charities and schools, to campaigns, to founding a joke writers asylum, to yacht clubs, and even a private New York Yacht Club inspired by Thomas Lawson.
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East
Boston
ACE “Tl’s
Jack
Chelsea
Max O. Rell
Salvation Army
Boston Public Schools. Co. A. Butters
G. Peckham
BE. G. P
Boston Post
CRANK
Thomas Lawson
New York
J. Riely
Shadow on Walnut Hill and the Nar ragansetts Attack
In 1636 Nancy Northrup hides as the Nar ragansetts assault the hamlet. A swift search for Nancy ends when Hathaway discovers baby John asleep in the brick oven, saved by Nancy. Will returns to face the rescue and the village wins the fight.
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Nancy Northrup
Walnut Hill
Nancy
John
Will
Boston
Hathaway
Baby John
Little John
Letter to the Editor on Aldermen carriage charges
Harry Hayler calls for ending city carriage charges for seven months of the year and proposes paying Aldermen a $1500 annual salary instead. He praises Mr Tinkham for fees of zero and slates Messrs Slattery Heath and Farwell as reasonable, urging officials cover costs from salary.
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Boston
Tinkham
Slattery, Heath and Farwell
Board of Aldermen
Harry Hayler
Richfield Street
Dorchester
Mass
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Democratic Paper
New England
the Daily Post
the Sunday Post
MR. Naphen
Justice Holmes
Charles C. Willett
Albany Street
Captain Handy
Charles Willett
Great Britain
N. W. Stiles
Stiles
London
South Africa
Beet
The
Vermont Veterans’ Association of
Somerset A
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Somerset
Animal Rescue League
Norcross
Mary Taylor Fair
Gloucester
Leonard W. Lott
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Jamaica Plain
New Orleans
St. Paul's Church
Lott
North End
Newton Newkirk
the Post
P. J. Case
Summer Street
Russell
Sam
Sough
Common Council
Dreamer
Friend
Daniel Coughlin
East Cambridge
J. A. Richan
Rockland
A. Coldman
Tragked
Eesee
RESON
Phineas Bond
John Jimson
France
Paris
Havre
Sunday Post
Josephine Ann Allan
Claremont Avenue
Malden, Mass
Jordan Marsh CO
Oxford
Plaid
Victor Jay & Co
John B. Stetson Co.’s
Guyer
Post
Providence
Mystic Docks
Charlestown
Rogers, Peet & Co.’s Suits
Summer St
Japan
P.S.A
Faneuil Hall
Democratic Citizens’ Ticket School Committee
Thomas A. Mullen, Esq
D. A. Maloney
Washington Street
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