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Boston Taxed $4500 A Day By Dingley Tariff On Coal
Official figures compiled for Congressman Naphen show Boston collected $192,363 in Dingley tariff duties on coal culm and coke during September October and November. October and November alone taxed Boston more than $3000 daily, with November over $4500 daily, sparking calls to repeal duties to relieve heating costs and mortality linked to the tariff.
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Marvelous Operator Lorenz Captivates Chicago Children’s Hospital
Dr Adolf Lorenz tours the United States performing a dramatic operation on the daughter of a Chicago beef trust millionaire at a Children’s Hospital in this city. Despite the sensational display he upholds strict professional etiquette and ethics and rejects advertising or charlatanry while offering generous responses to the public.
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Surgeon Lorenz’s American tour inspires repair surgery growth
The renowned surgeon Lorenz performed marvels during clinics, humbly stating no new techniques to staff and expressing gratitude for the attention his work has drawn in America, seen as origin of orthopedic reparative surgery.
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Year 1902 Named Volcanic Year for Global Earthquakes
The year ends with unprecedented terrestrial disturbances. From Andijan in Russian Turkestan to the Caribbean and Atlantic, a string of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions marks 1902 as a historic seismic year. Casualties are estimated around 5,000 with 800 corpses recovered, while a 5,000,000 rouble treasury vault lies ruined and under police guard.
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Mayor Collins Seizes Control of City’s 1902 Loans
The Common Council’s action yesterday granted Mayor Collins authority over current year expenditures beyond regular running costs. The Boston mayor overruled a loan bill, vetoed a supplementary measure, and blocked the Holbrook farm purchase and other city projects. Taxpayers gain from a decisive executive stance that coerced council agreement.
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Poultry and Eggs Inside Sign Causes Sign Confusion
A reader notes a window sign reading Poultry and Gam B, Fruit and Eggs Inside, provoking questions about exact locations. The item blends local misreadings with small town curiosities from Boston's Common to Parker House celebrations and city governance chatter.
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Boston Church Figures and Customs Congress Delegates
The article notes a Boston sacristan Bivarist Rose known to North End parishioners. It mentions William H. Lincoln as a US delegate to the international customs congress in New York on Jan 15. It reports the West Somerville Church pastor’s resignation effective January and Mrs Huntington Smith’s Christmas event at the Animal Rescue League from 4 to 6 p.m.
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The Blessedness of Giving at Christmas 1902
A festive piece celebrates broad charitable giving on Christmas Eve with Salvation Army and Volunteers of America feeding and aiding thousands. It extols the public’s generosity toward impersonal, large-scale relief for the poor and urges continued benevolence to ensure a real Christmas in 1902.
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Christmas Street Fakirs and Prepaid Express Warnings
Christmas streets see many fakirs and itinerant sellers alongside sharp police patrols. A Boston observer recalls a tailor of bad English jests and warns readers to check prepaid charges on Christmas express parcels amid curious shopper anecdotes.
Sir Seymour Blane to wed Mrs Henry Blake in London
Sir Seymour Blane formerly lieutenant general will marry Mrs Henry Blake widow of Henry Blake of Boston in January in London. Blane served in India, was military secretary to four governors general, born 1833 and never married. Jamaica Plain lacks an Associated Board of Charities agent after Dr Perry’s term expired. The Church of St Leonard of Port Maurice will host Christmas high mass celebrated by Rev Father Luke, ordained last Saturday in Pittsburg.
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Mayor Collins Bill Passed In Special Council Session
The Common Council unanimously approved Mayor Collins's loan bill in a special session. Most opponents stayed away but the two thirds quorum was met as members returned to vote. Orders demanded Park Commission flood Franklin Field and playgrounds for skating and the school committee announce a new no session weather alarm system. Next meeting set for Jan 1 at 4 PM.
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Wildes Ordered Home From Philippines Command
Admiral Frank Wildes who led the second naval department in the Philippines has been condemned by a medical survey and ordered home, according to a telegram to relatives in Portland Maine dated December 23.
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Santa Claus Debate In Hamilton Sparks Childhood Christmas
A Hamilton Ohio clergy panel bans Santa Claus from holiday entertainments citing nonexistence, while a reader affirms Santa’s reality with a nostalgic, detailed childhood recollection. The piece also teases a final handmade gift suggestion column and critiques Porto Rico political events.
War threats loom as Roosevelt eyed for Venezuela tense stand
Caragas Venezuela December 23 special dispatch reports an ultimatum to President Roosevelt to accept arbitration over the Venezuelan question or face war with the United States. Castro reportedly did not sleep, breakfasted on fodder and cold cream, and planned actions for tomorrow as the deadline nears. Jeremiah Pennwhizz signs off from the All Sorts foreign column.
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Vacancy in Captaincy for Company H Sixth Regiment
In Stoneham on Dec 23 several candidates compete for the captaincy of Company H Sixth Regiment. Acting captain Lt Desmond, Lt Stewart, and Sgt Wiggin lead the field with others possibly entering. Citizens wish for a strict disciplinarian. election set for next month.
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Oak Hall Holiday Goods Offer In Town
The notice promotes Oak Hall as the place for the best bar gains in men and boys clothing especially suits and overcoats. It invites inspection of holiday goods including cardigans umbrellas suspenders overcoats bath robes full dress P suits reefers gloves handkerchiefs and protectors with a Merry Xmas greeting.
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A Quarter Front Steps to a Judge’s Christmas Gift
Billy White helps a struggling canvasser by buying his item and later aids a law hopeful named John Randall. Decades pass with hardship until a Christmas reunion reveals how a small act of kindness returns as a life change when Randall, now a judge, repays the favor and offers Billy a fresh start for his family.
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