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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1902
Page
4
A Boston essayist argues beefsteak at 40 cents a pound signals rising living costs linked to the Dingley tariff. He contends inflated prices from protected trusts reduce real prosperity and provoke widespread strikes as wages fail to keep pace.
The article argues President Roosevelt should also retire Secretary Root for concealing murder findings in the General Smith case. It cites Smith directive to kill and burn and Waller's acquittal, urging accountability from Root for withholding facts from the public and Senate investigation.
An editorial asserts the Mine Workers national convention in Indianapolis must not order a general bituminous coal strike. It argues the soft coal miners already have recognition and contract wages, and breaking contracts would ruin trust and good faith, harming organized labor nationwide. The piece emphasizes honor and business prudence.
The Hon. John D. Long opened the 1902 Old South Lectures for Young People with a talk on the Old Thirteen Colonies. Tickets are free for under 20. adults may pay. Lectures continue weekly, exploring United States growth through history with speakers including Albert B. Hart and others at the Old South Meeting House.
The article argues that immigration inspectors’ inquisitorial questions are unnecessary but harmless for all entrants. It contends a fair law must apply equally, noting poorer steerage passengers already endure the checks and demanding richer travelers accept similar scrutiny.
A man in Haymarket square set a streetcar track ablaze using benzine and a match after liquids were poured around a switch by an L employee. The incident drew gawkers as the blaze erupted in the morning light. The piece notes a bumbling crowd and cautions against similar mischief in the city.
Shivering crowds press at the Bath Commission to obtain the original key as the brass token is exchanged. Captain Bartholomew McCarty of the Boston Fire Department notes improving health and his Roxbury real estate office.
Newton Newkirk recalls a boat hire near Centre Lovell transforming into a near disaster on Kezar Lakes. He describes a leaking boat, improvised repairs with a handkerchief, and a comic lunch of sand filled sandwiches and ossified egg. The yarn mixes self deprecation with rural humor as he promises to fish again.
Secretary Cortelyou has completed Roosevelt's itinerary for August and September. The president will depart Oyster Bay August 22 for a New England tour lasting about ten days and return by early September. He remains at Oyster Bay until September 19 before starting the Northwestern trip.
Edwin A. Abbey the painter George G Barnard the sculptor and Joseph M Huston the architect form a trio projected to earn princely sums from Pennsylvania’s Capitol at Harrisburg. Abbey is guaranteed 150000 for his share while Barnard receives 800000 for sculpture and Huston about 200000. total project cost 4 million. Contracts for decorative work likely signed July 22 with preference for Pennsylvanians.
New York announces the engagement of Mrs. Adolph Ladenburg, widow of Meadow Brook Hunt Club fame, to Jay Phipps of Pittsburgh and Harvard graduate son of Henry Phipps. The couple, both prominent social figures, share notable families and many years of cross country hunts in New York and Long Island circles.
In the Transvaal during the Sand River campaign Joe Simpson earns commendations and aids a Canadian prisoner Harry Smith to escape. He swears to protect Molly and child in Detroit, arranges a planned escape route, is wounded, and remains loyal to the Boer cause, with Canadian tears at home praising him.
Secretary Hay writes at the request of Cecil Rhodes trustees seeking views from state and territorial education officials, Harvard's Eliot, Yale's Hadley, and others on Rhodes Scholarships at Oxford. The trustees aim to set candidate qualification regulations and examinations and hope to elect students to study at Oxford in 1903.
A Shuman & Co announces a half season sale at Shuman Corner featuring Boys' Knickerbocker suits in coat vest and short trousers, reduced from 8 dollars to 5 dollars.
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