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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1902
Page
6
A concise section from the Sunday Post chronicles daily events and happenings through August 1902, outlining notable social, cultural, and community items for readers seeking a month-by-month slice of the era.
The town welcomes back vacationists arriving with baggage from trips to hills shores and farms. Families resuming city life foresee renewed vigor in work and a zest in labor as the early autumn season opens. Those yet to venture out may find this pause more fortunate, with nature's pleasures just beginning.
Vermont voters choose a Governor and full state ticket plus two congressmen amid four candidates. Regular Republican J G McCullough faces Percival W Clement bolting from the convention with Dem backing. F W McGettrick faces Clement. Sherburne heads Prohibitory. Local Option League shows Clement ahead by 2707 in 438,928 ballots, but many expect Legislature to decide Governor. Prohibition is seen as repudiated and a local option law may pass. National impact hinges on congressional margins, with 15k–20k typical leads at stake.
One of the final steps before his nervous collapse President Schwab filed an affidavit in New Jersey detailing the steel trust assets over 1.4 billion dollars. The 1900 census shows investments in the iron and steel business, highlighting vast holdings and market reach.
The article surveys corporate inflation in the steel trust led by Morgan and Schwab, alleging water in capitalization and arguing future downturns. It also notes public parades on Labor Day, bicycle and automobile interest, a Chicagoan actor's injury, and social vignettes from Newtown-Newkirk, including a life story fragment from a ballroom encounter.
Oil is rapidly replacing coal in many uses as furnaces adapt to crude petroleum. Locomotives already run on oil on some Southwest railways, steamships cross the Pacific using oil, and large production advantages favor oil despite uncertain fuel value. Domestic use is expected to follow as development speeds up.
The War Department releases May report from the Board of Health detailing severe cholera mortality in the Philippines. Manila shows doubled May deaths with 44 cholera cases reported and hundreds more misattributed. Across provinces May 15 to June 15 saw 2120 cases and 1565 deaths, with Lagunas Bay area likely infected by troops. By Aug 23 total cases reach 27,929 with 19,640 deaths. officials warn current figures underestimate true toll.
The Observant Citizen describes a temperate summer day after a labor parade with deserted streets and pleasant outdoor activity. A dachshund in Lexington is cared for by locals while Mrs. Mackay prepares to depart for Chicago with Carl Otto the bull pup healthy. Mrs. Craig returns to the city for winter with two healthy boys and a pug, planning residence at the Hoffman House. A band drummer among parade watchers stumbles on uneven pavement, prompting reflections on instrument practicality. The piece also mentions a French invention to produce ozone cheaply using electricity and a theatre manager plans to test it to purify auditorium air for patron comfort.
MK Borts recalls dances from a waxed floor ballroom to horseback barn gigs. He contrasts old square dances with modern roof dances, recounts a burro ride interruption by a gunholder, and notes a lively ballroom scene where he charms a young lady despite rivals and promises for many dances.
In New Haven Miss Madelaine Craigie drives a red flag bearing Yale’s emblem to celebrate Yale’s football victory over Harvard. Maxwell, a Yale half back, hopes for her favor but arrives late as the blue is defeated. He broods over the missed chance as Craigie awaits a response.
Newport dispatch reports social feud shadows the Duchess of Marlborough's visit, with break in Vanderbilt circles and a boycott by Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt and allies. Her mother Mrs Belmont and cousins welcome her, while Alfred Vanderbilt and others ignore her in street scenes around Breakers. The rift increases family tensions impacting her father’s future relations.
Maxwell, visiting his brother at West Point, realizes Madelaine’s blue flag mistake and hurries to leave. He plans a quick departure but calls on Rob Craigie’s family. In a moonlit garden, he encounters Madelaine by the trellis as Schubert’s Serenade fills the air.
In Newport Rhode Island on September 1, William K. Vanderbilt Jr., W A M Burden, captain of Harvard football in 18, Robert Cutting and W Watson Sherman appeared in local court. Each was fined $10 and costs after arguing they were not riding fast. the court disagreed and imposed the fines.
A reader urges coal operators to publish平均 earnings and hours worked over the past year or five years with a signature from President Mitchell. The writer suspects operators object to arbitration because their books would reveal mining costs and justify public payment, calling it an eye opener.
T. C. Kennedy urges a National Arbitration Board with one member from each state and territory elected by the people. He argues the board should have absolute power to settle all disputes between capital and labor, warning strikes threaten national prosperity.
The 47th Massachusetts Regiment held its annual reunion at the American House yesterday. Major Horton presided as a committee was formed to carry the regiment history forward. Officers elected included President Lieutenant-Colonel Albert Stickney and several vice-presidents, with Rev. H. Cunningham as chaplain and J. H. Harlow as secretary and A. M. Robinson as treasurer.
Henry Polak aged 75 fainted from heat near the Public Library while the parade passed. A physician attended him and he was later taken to his home at 120 Pleasant Street in Cambridge for rest and recovery.
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