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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1902
Page
6
The governor urges cooperation between state and local police to chase the Jack the Slugger. He condemns obstruction and notes the need to restore public confidence in law enforcement. Leaders are urged to share clues and work together to solve the case and protect order.
The piece notes a sudden three dollar per ton fall in anthracite coal prices at the port, calling the move irrational and extortionate while acknowledging new shipments may cost dealers more wholesale. It hopes the reduction ends famine fears and credits favorable weather for averting hardship this November.
Governor Crane delays proclamation and stresses the local character of Thanksgiving in Massachusetts. The ancient harvest festival, rooted in New England, is seen as a national tradition spread across the country, with roast turkey as a symbolic centerpiece on the last Thursday of November.
The Secretary of the Treasury revoked extensions allowing banks to back deposits with state and municipal bonds. The move halts further experiments but questions remain about departing from statutory safeguards and potential future risks if collateral standards vary, as the 17 million dollar exposure was deemed harmless but troubling as a precedent.
Boston readers note Captain John Pritchard is removed from the Ivernia after making it a popular voyage. He now commands the Lucania at a higher salary and sails today from Liverpool to New York. Also covered are ship crewing issues, city public health grievances about carpets in dining rooms, and observations on transit driving, plus local anecdotes from Boston society.
Colonel John Jacob Astor announces he turns over his inventions to a new holder. The statement signals a transfer of intellectual property and related rights, with no further details on the recipient or scope provided in the fragment.
A Dorchester Cen taur Club election names Richard F. Sheehan as president while planning its fifth annual dance at Bloomfield Hall on December 3. An article by Mary B. O Sullivan in Donahoe's Magazine defends miners in the Pennsylvania anthracite belt, praising thrift and industry of the miners and their wives amid mischaracterized depictions.
Poem by Miss Penelope Smythe warns imitators of All Sorts brand poetry. State Dept alerts farmers about a Cuban land scam on the Zapata peninsula promising fertile, well watered tracts. Investors traveled to Cuba only to find flooded land. warnings urge cautious real estate purchases and avoid fake gold bricks.
A sensational tale finds Stealthy Steve plummeting from a 14 story window after a confrontation with Battleaxe Bill. He survives by catching telegraph wires, is aided by an airship, and later recovers his heart after a two mile chase to a trolley car. He mails a question to Bill about the diamonds before lunch, with the note signifying a cliffhanger for Monday.
The State Department released reports from U S consuls on automobile trade abroad. In Mexico City most cars are American made. in Brazil the horseless carriage has little future. Cape Town and Cape Colony towns see rare appearances. India sees infancy of industry. China towns may sell machines, but many streets won’t permit use. Singapore has two cars barely used, Sydney notes street congestion reducing automobiling pleasure.
In Pawtucket Rhode Island a parade drew about six thousand Democrats to Cumberland to celebrate Governor-elect L F C Garvin. Garvin, the only Democratic governor north of the Potomac and east of the Mississippi, thanked supporters for their help. The latest returns show the Senate Democrats 24 Republicans 11 and House Democrats 29 Republicans 36 with a joint ballot of Democrats 58 Republicans 47. potential shifts could alter the balance if Arapahoe district seats are unseated.
At a Denver caucus Democratic lawmakers vow to thwart Republican attempts to seize joint control of the Legislature. A three senator and five representative committee will organize a joint Democratic caucus next Tuesday to bind members to block a Republican majority on any joint ballot. Committee members plan to prepare defeated Senate candidates for contests.
A clipped remark notes that beyond noting its ornamental quality there is no commitment. The quote ends with a dash and the initials lid, indicating a marginal, unspecified speaker or source.
A fragment recounts a figure famed for “blue blood” lineage and royal airs. Neighbors recall a slow, deliberate nature as commentators debate the meaning of noble birth versus idle rumor in a compact, enigmatic notice.
Wanda torments her fiancé Duke with flirtations while engaged to wealthy Mr. Goldstein. After a dramatic party night and a threat to break, Duke leaves for New York. Wanda later dies of heartbreak beside a marble grave bearing her name, while Duke mourns, the tale ending with Wanda Verney’s tombstone inscription.
Nearly complete returns indicate a Republican landslide in Montana with a bitter Clark Heinze Democratic split. Populists backed by Heinze fail to win any offices, while Republicans gain ten of sixteen existing Senate seats and will shape the 1904 U.S. Senate vote.
Election bets totaling nearly 490000 dollars were paid in Wall Street today after a brief delay caused by Democratic talks of contesting results. Bets on pluralities in certain areas remain held up.
The fifth semi annual convention of the arch diocese of Boston Sunday school teachers will gather at Catholic Union Hall next Sunday evening at 8 o clock. Clergy and teachers invited. Mgr Thomas Magennis to preside. Four essays include The Bible and the Catechism by Rev M J Cuddihy and The Teacher s Mann er by Miss Mary E Lacey with additional papers by Miss Margaret E Jordan and Rev M E Twomey. St James Quartet will provide singing.
Roswell Beardsley of North Lansing, the nation’s longest serving postmaster with 74 years in service, died at his home in Ithaca at age 98. He arrived in North Lansing as a 19 year old boy and was immediately appointed postmaster.
In Vienna Favoriten district anti semites stormed Socialist committee headquarters and fights erupted. Mounted police charged rioters who arrested 40. Sabre wounds were reported as the clericals won by 89 in a 138000 poll.
A mass meeting under the Alliance Israelite Universelle will be held Sunday evening at Baldwin Place Synagogue. Speakers include Mayor Daniel England of Pittsfield, Godfrey Morse Isaac Rosnosky David A. Laurie Rabbis Margolies Shoher and Friederman and Missim Behar of Jerusalem. Samuel H. Borofsky will preside.
The Hon. Edward M. Shepard of New York is expected to deliver a keynote address on "The True Commercial Policy of the United States" at the Copley Square Hotel next Friday evening, before the American Free Trade League.
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