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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1902
Page
4
The Boston Post reports a midsummer rally of the New England Democratic League at Nantasket. The event aims to unify counsel ahead of the political year, featuring speakers likely to address General Smith and the water cure controversy. Authorities and Secretary Root are noted in critique of past actions.
The piece argues President Roosevelt should resolve lingering Wimberley appointments tied to Hanna’s 1896 Louisiana vote deals. It condemns Hanna’s influence in furnishing to McKinley rewards for Southern delegates and calls the Wimberley choice the most unfit, urging a thorough cleaning of the tangled patronage.
The piece argues Roosevelt's Cuba reciprocity will not cut sugar prices for Americans. It says reducing raw sugar duties while keeping refined sugar protections benefits the sugar trust, not consumers. It cites Hawaii Porto Rico and the Dingley tariff to claim prices would stay high due to the differential.
A lively Tremont Row scene features a well-dressed couple, the woman striking her husband with a parasol as they argue. The piece also notes Beverly and Beverly Farms as eerie at night, praises Collector Lyman's hospitality, and records a crowded Municipal Court session for the Peterson case. It covers cyclist Quincy Kilby, Henry Savage, and the Helene cruise off Maine, plus urban transit mischief by a boy on Washington street and farm board fervor at a State Board of Agriculture meeting.
Secretary Root recommends approving the court martial sentence on Major Glenn of the Fifth Infantry for using the water cure on native Filipinos. A $50 fine and one month suspension are imposed. The President's approval is anticipated. The punishment is viewed as possibly insufficient and likely to be seen as scapegoating by critics.
The piece argues beef prices will not drop despite claimed indications and blames a powerful trust protected by tariffs for high meat costs. It notes vegetables and garden produce have surged in price, calling potatoes a luxury and suggesting a strike against eating as relief.
A reader's poetic contribution to Mary MacLane arrives, praising her and joking about exposing her. The verse playfully comments on public perception and gender.
Letter from Newton Newkirk in Centre Lovell Maine recounts a fishing trip with Jones. They collected 7 minnows and 13 delgramites and battle issues with live bait water changes the night before. The narrator endures mishaps including a biting helgramite and losing a pipe, then lands a two pound bass which he plans to mount for the Post office. Jones catches none.
In a tenement on a Sunday, Maggie, mocked for her plain looks, reads a Penny Police tale while a trolley fire traps bystanders. Firefighter Mr James, disfigured from the blaze, is saved by Maggie who nurses him. he asks for her hand, and they wed, making Maggie the block’s unlikely bride.
City of 25 000 to suspend business toll bells half mast flags in mourning for Royal E Robbins who built the Waltham prosperity. The younger Royal Robbins will become treasurer and leading stockholder in the American Waltham watch factory amid reports of Morgan offers and trust pressure.
After John W. Mackay's death, inquiries about the Pacific cable were answered by a longtime associate. He said the project would continue, with the Honolulu leg awarded and construction soon to begin, aiming for full service from San Francisco to Manila by July 1903.
Vast numbers of young silver hake litter Winthrop Beach along the Crest with water still crowded by fish for yards. Children and hens alike gather the carcasses while authorities investigate possible causes from predation to blasting or weir discard. Crowds view the unusual sight as park workers remove fish.
Miss Mary MacLane formerly of Butte now Cambridge dined at Parker House with Miss Corbin and then attended Prince of Pilsen in Boston. The 20 year old writer spent the day at home and with friends awaiting entertainment while noting her homesickness and public interest.
Major James Parker reports 2561 engagements from Feb 4, 1899 to Apr 30, 1902 during the Philippine insurrection. American forces transported 4135 officers and 123,803 men to the islands. average strength ran about 40,000. Total deaths 189 officers and 4015 enlisted. wounded 190 officers and 2707 enlisted. overall killed and wounded 4470. Parker cites 9.7 percent killed and wounded of army strength.
Captain John A. Cook aboard the Bowhead from Provincetown writes of modest whale harvests with four by the Alexander and two by the William Baylies while other ships report zero. Nome is dull with water shortages and fewer jobs, and Mrs. Cook remains aboard as the vessel plans to proceed north then south via Unalaska by late October.
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