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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1894
Page
1
The article presents the state of Utar with a population of 240000, noting 200000 are Mormons. It contrasts Governor West and Chief Mormon Woodruff as twin powers and argues that eastern ideas and business transform the state. It accuses polygamy decadence and claims Saints are manipulated by plutocrats.
President Cleveland signed the Utah bill and the Territory will enter the Union as the forty fifth state at the start of 1896. A proclamation will call for an election in November for delegates to a constitutional convention in March 1896, with ratification by residents in November 1895 and statehood in March 1897. The discussion notes expectations about the governor’s faithful execution of the law and cites Edmunds and Blackburn on Caleb W. West’s handling of Utah affairs.
The article profiles Governor Caleb W. West and Willford Woodruff as Utah’s key leaders amid a lengthy statehood battle. West championed the Edmunds Tucker law and unified a divided populace through boards of trade and commerce. His policies, viewed as essential to eventual statehood, made him a likely first governor of Utah and a central Democratic figure in the Territory. The piece notes Utah’s slow progress compared with Nevada, Colorado, Wyoming, and Idaho, and previews ongoing political developments as of 1896.
George P Wentworth, 31, of Northfield Mountain, under heavy liquor, attacked his father John P Wentworth with a shotgun butt. The gun exploded when the father dodged, wounding the son, who died within three hours. Earlier disputes with Eugene Labelle over hens led to a drunken fight. Dr Ward could not save the young man.
Hazen Brown of Somerville reports surprise at the Post's response to a question about sales compared with the Herald and Globe. He notes the Post allegedly sells more than all other papers combined and invites readers with similar facts to write in.
A special Chelsea Common Council meeting sustained Mayor Carter's veto on an ordinance allowing New England Telephone Company to lay and maintain underground wires. The council debated the veto, consulted the city solicitor, and failed to pass over the veto as nine members voted yes and seven voted no.
Charles Pratt superintendent of streets of Winchester was seriously hurt when his carriage crashed after his horse bolted near Symmes's Corner. He sustained broken ribs and collar bone, possible internal injuries, and was carried unconscious to his brother’s Mystic Avenue home where a physician attended him.
Fore cast for Wednesday notes Maine will be fair and warmer in the west with south winds. Massachusetts will be fair with showers on the southeast coast and warmer in the central and eastern portions with southeast winds.
Ww J Fogerty, a Corner Bros clerk at No 9 Franklin St, was accidentally locked in the store last night. To escape he descended by the elevator rope and both hands were severely burned to the bone from friction. He received care at Emergency Hospital. Itching Piles Dr Gray's Lotion 500.
F the world is the discovery of the law of average. Built on the mathematics of nature, solid as the foundations of the earth is our business, which makes certainty for the injured, the destitute, the orphan and the widow. NAT'L LIVE INS. CQO., J. T. PHELPS, State Agt., 159 Dev., Boston.
The Vigilant won the Royal Ulster Yacht Club rear commodore’s cup race after Britannia retired with damaged gear. The schooner finished in 4 hours 49 minutes 28 seconds over the quadrangular course, with George and Howard Gould aboard Atalanta cheering the Yankee victory.
In Bangor Maine on July 17 the Herreshoff 10 rater Dakotah secured victory in her class following the customary pre race procedures.
New York June 17 Commodore J Malcolm Forbes of Boston says in a telegram to George W Turner that Britannia’s chance on this side is about even after a wave of interest in Wales’s wine winning yacht. There is strong hope the Prince may change his stated intention.
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