The Fair Price of Coal Debate at ICC Hearing
President Truesdale of the Lackawanna company defends a coal price as fair because people will pay it or risk freezing. Critics condemn the claim as grim and cruel, accusing coal magnates of exploiting a basic life necessity to levy tribute on workers. The exchange questions whether profit motives justify hardship for laboring families during winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truesdale
Lackawanna Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York
Baer
Eac
Desperate Financiering in Boston Bonds for Harbor Boat
The city treasurer advertises for bids to issue 20-year bonds to fund a $75,000 harbor boat for the institutions department. The piece questions the wisdom of long-term debt for a working appliance, suggesting alternatives like wheelbarrows, watering carts, and ladders, and mocks financing as wasteful. It notes potential use on credit for 20 years and implies absurdity of debt for minor city needs.
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City of
Boston
Institutions Department
City Forester’s Department
Park Department
Emmons
North End
General Miles Defends Reciprocity at Reform Club
General Nelson A Miles, famed for Cuban relief and long linked to New England values, told Reform Club members that abstaining from discussion until after elections signals distrust in voters. He tied his remarks to Massachusetts business leadership and a national dialogue on Canada reciprocity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson A. Miles
Reform Club
Canada
Massachusetts
Faneuil Hall
Miles
General Miles
New England
Cuba
A Knightly Soldier Unveiling of Bartlett Statue
The State House hosts the unveiling of General William Francis Bartlett's statue, a tribute to a rare Massachusetts spirit, marking a ceremonial honor in the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Francis Bartlett
State House
Massachusetts
Patriot General Bartlett Remembered as Soldier of Valor
The article recounts General Bartlett’s Civil War service from private at Fort Independence to brigadier general, with multiple wounds and commands. He died in December 1876, leaving a legacy of courage. a Pittsfield monument inscription honors him as a patriot who led in reconciliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartlett
Harvard
Fort Independence
Twentieth Regiment of Volunteers
Ball's Bluff
Yorktown
Forty-ninth
Port Hudson
Petersburg
Ninth Corps
Army of the Potomac
Pittsfield
License the Canoeists On Charles River Licenses urged after drownings
An editorial notes the frequent canoeing accidents on the Charles River with two youths dead after attempting a seat change and two Harvard students rescued. It urges stringent safety measures and proposes licensing canoeists and proving swimming ability to reduce drownings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles River
Roberts Point
Harvard
Charles
Majestic Theatre manager honored by Buster Brown company
Last Saturday the Majestic Theatre manager John B Fitzpatrick received gifts from the Buster Brown company and theater staff including a dress suitcase and a silk umbrella. The piece notes his brief tenure, friendship in the city, and a year of leadership. It also mentions other social notes and local happenings around Malden Lynn Chelsea Dorchester and Readville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Fitzpatrick
Majestic Theatre
Buster Brown
Craig
Fitzpatrick
Harold Parker
Majestic
Dorchester
John Murphy
Washington Street
A Matrimonial Record
Four chickens eat an enormous quantity of corn in the same time. Six chickens would eat one third more. A ton of coal costs seven dollars. ten bushels of charcoal to kindle fires would yield smoke and ashes. Salt mackerel differs from rubber shoes in function: one keeps the feet dry, the other the throat. Which bank discounts all deposits? Snowbank.
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Boston Post
England
Boston Daily Post
Boston Sunday Post
Post
Western Massachusetts Street Railway
Commonwealth
Malden
Lynn
Chelsea
Cliftondale
President de Sumichrast
Lenox
Queen Victoria
Elizabeth
Minnie Gaffney
Hotel
Oxford
Young’s Hotel
Winthrop Beach
Readville
Bingen
Nora Sweeney
Brockton
Josephine Buckley
Frank O. Johnson
Lodge of Elks
Somerville
Samuel L. Johnson
Boston & Northern Street Railway
Chelsea Square
Maine
Johnson
Lincoln Grammar School of
Katherine Kingsbury
Laura Colberg
Marion Hathaway
Chester C. Greene
Lillian Doughty
Helen Litchfield
John Lenehan
Annie Olsen
John McDonald
William Hately
West Newton
St. Louis
Mr. Hately
Peter H. Rogers
Bowdoin Street
Meeting House Hill
Rogers
Station 11
Station 5
Joy Street
Newton Newkirk
Sphinx
Philadelphia
Jimmy Cartwright
Jimmy
Tue
Heacs
St. Louis Exposition
Far East
Jordan Marsh Company
London Town
Madras
Hathaway
Aircell
Golf
Sabe
Milan
Paris
Jordan Marsh
Duck
Kodak
Eastman
Kodaks
Oxfords
Black and Brown
Tenni
Ennis OO
Black and Fords
Brown Tennis Ox
Tan Calf Golf Oxfords
Gibsons
West Oxfords
Black and Brown Tennis
Base
von Hope
B. G. I. Irons Dunn
Oh Dunn
Ing Fisher
Est
Rho
Belgrade
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