Buckeye Governor Sees Prosperity Rise Amid Silver Debate
Ohio Governor Asa S. Bushnell tells a Boston Post reporter that Western business has improved, crops are large, and wheat prices rise. He predicts a big GOP vote and his own re election bid, while asserting the silver movement is dead and prosperity will dampen further currency issues. He praises Boston Public Library and park systems but laments missing the subway inspection.
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Asa 8. Bushnell
Ohio
Post
Boston & Albany
Bushnell
North Shore
McKinley
Senator Hanna
Hanna
Senate
Bryan
Democratic Party
Boston
End of great miners strike nears in Columbus
In Columbus on September 3 the United Mine Workers executive board plans to recommend to miners a 6 cent a ton price through year end, avoiding arbitration and enabling a swift settlement. A delegate convention in Columbus September 8 at 10 p.m. will ratify the proposal.
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Columbus
National
United Mine Workers
Pittsburg
Razenford
Ratchford
Patrolman Falls Ill On Warren Street Reported Cholera Morbus
Patrolman Fuller of Station 9 became violently ill while patrolling Warren street at dawn. Dr Kenny diagnosed cholera morbus and notified police. A Station 9 servant transported the ill officer to his home for treatment.
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Fuller
Station 9
Warren Street
Dr. Kenny
Woman Struck by Car in Charlestown Crossing
Shortly after 2 p m yesterday Mrs Catherine Dodge 67 of 769 Somerville avenue Somerville was knocked down on Warren street Charlestown by a South Boston electric tram and suffered head and knee lacerations. Dr Broderick treated her at the station and she was sent home.
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Catherine Dodge
Somerville Avenue
Somerville
Warren Street
Charlestown
South
Annie Besant
Steinert Hall
Baylston Street
Lord Hathaway
England
Sir Henry Wood
Julia Carey
Western Avenue
Brighton
City
Jeremiah Carey
Carey
Fifth Labor Day Parade order forbids banners in line
Chief Marshal Fred J Kneeland issues Order No 5 reiterating no advertising banners in the parade. Police will remove violators. Headquarters at Copley Square. First division on Huntington Avenue, second on Dartmouth Street, third on Boylston Street. Division marshals must close ranks promptly for a 10 o'clock move.
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Fred J. Kneeland
Copley Square
Huntington Avenue
Dartmouth
Massachusetts Avenue
Central Labor Union
Dartmouth Street
Boylston
Charles River
K. ‘of L
Boylston Street
Daring Charles Town Robbery Ends With Arrest
A man robbed the Medford Street store of Mrs. Elizabeth Collins yesterday afternoon taking $19 from a cash drawer. Patrolman Schofield arrested the suspect, later found with $11 in his clothes. suspect identified as Thomas Ames, 38, after police recovered the money.
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Charlestown
Medford Street
Elizabeth Collins
Collins
Public Beer Gardens Proposed for Boston Police
Clark visited Berlin gardens and advocates introducing similar venues in Boston for the police department. He describes gardens serving 3000 to 4000 people with military bands and music, praising the idea as a department improvement.
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Clark
Berlin
Boston
Department
Germany
Commissioner's Return Highlights Berlin Beer Gardens Idea
Commissioner Clark returns from Hamburg London and Berlin with notes on public beer gardens as a social model. He envisions Boston adopting beer gardens, notes Berlin and German systems for licensing and public approval, and praises London police lodgings and French body preservation. A fuller travel history will detail impressions and potential Boston benefits.
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Clark
Hamburg
London
Berlin
Police
Boston
Germany
New Dresden
Will an Era of General Prosperity Kill the Free Silver Movement
To the Editor of the Post letters discuss whether broad prosperity would affect the free silver issue. BE. T. WALKER argues prosperity won’t rise enough to alter wage trends or savings behavior, cites wage cuts and economic discontent since 1876, and predicts a shift against conservatism as government money versus corporate money becomes the core battle. He notes voters increasingly see the link between money control and workers’ insecurity. Chelsea resident.
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New York
Citizens’ Union
Seth Low
Harrison
Bryan
Cape Cod
Chicago
Grover
Car
Free silver movement endures amid general prosperity calls
John J. O’Keefe of Roxbury argues prosperity won’t kill the free silver drive. He predicts 1900 will see the issue resurface with Bryan in the presidency, noting a McKinley era push abroad to anchor silver to gold and warning Wall Street “gold barons” face renewed scrutiny. He cites grain magnates Pillsbury and Cudahy among supporters.
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McKinley
United States
Wall Street
Bryan
Messrs
Pillsbury
Cudahy
John J. O'Keefe
Roxbury
Free Silver the Only Remedy Proponents Call for Remonetization
A letter argues prosperity hinges on silver remonetization, condemns the gold standard as a failure, and claims free silver would morally socially and financially aid the nation. The writer insists that abundant treasury funds await investment and that truth sobriety and honest money are the keys to prosperity. Carrie McDermott Ellis signs.
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Carrie M
D. Ellis
Luetgert murder trial and Fall River bribery probe collide
Chicago trial coverage details cross examination of Captain Schuetter and other witnesses reveal the Luetgert case claims a wedding ring identified as Mrs Luetgerts. In Fall River the public instruction committee pursues contempt proceedings against McLane and hears testimonies about Farnham Shay Hoag payments and alleged bribes for school plan approvals.
Luetgert Case Details Include Payment to Detectives
Mrs. Tuohey recalled a May 8 conversation with Luetgert about his missing wife. He claimed paying $20 to two private detectives and hinted at more money if needed. He said his wife lacked affection for their children. Witnesses testified, and the court adjourned for noon. Judge Tuthill and counsel visited the sausage factory for a premises check. Carl Voelker, a chemist, testified Luetgert hired him to analyze salts and later to work on a meat preservative compound, then as shipping clerk.
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Chicago
Luetgert
Schuetter
Vincent
New York
Grotty
Broadway
Dean
Sheffield
Ida Harris
Harris
Lice
Sophie Tuohey
Fall River
Committee On Public Instruction
Grime
Walter E. McLane
McLane
McCarthy
Shay
Farnham
G. A. Bobrick
W. E. Phillips, Jr
Mr. Bobrick
James H. Butler
Chandler Desk Company
Thomas Kelley
Clarence S. French
George E. Johnson
Boston
A. P. Baker
Nashua
Edmund T. Pratt
North Middleboro
Bobrick
Charles R. Arlen
Edward T. Clarity
J. M. Morton, Jr
Charles Farnham
Aoe
Frank
Hoag
Crosson
George W. Leat
Byron
John Cox
William R. Alien
East Glote Street
Shay and Hoag
Thomas F. Hickey
George Lent
Lent
Tuthill
Meen
Carl Voelker
Voelker
Witness Testimony Details Luetgert Sausage Practices
The witness said Luetgert did not use caustic soda or potash in sausage making and never used arsenic. He described the process from raw meat reception to finished product. He noted basement vats were unused. Voelker testified Luetgert menacing his wife once in the factory office, pushing her and another woman out. He did not see a revolver.
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Luetgert
Voelker
Melrose school board defends furniture contract amid bribery claims
Melrose purchasing chair W D Stuart testifies to fair process in selecting Chandler furniture, denying bribery claims concerning Agent Bobrick. Stuart notes committee examined Chandler Bobrick and George H Perry samples, awarding Chandler. praises agent Babb as honorable and asserts price and quality differ.
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Melrose
Bobrick
W. D. Stuart
Chandler
Babb
Butler Company
George H. Perry
Last Massa chusetts Clothing Co concert closes summer run
Public support and large crowds marked the final Friday edition of the My Clothier series at Hanover and Portland streets. The Boston Cadet Band opened the nine week stretch on July 9, drawing thousands and boosting the public fund. The firm praised patrons for aiding a worthy cause and noted the concerts' strong attendance versus last year, with no detail spared to please music lovers.
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Massachusetts Clothing Company
My Clothier
Hanover and
Portland
Boston Cadet Band
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Marshal Kneeland
R. F. Clark
Free Silver Movement
Lisle
Josiah
Yours
BE. T. Walker
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Chelsea
India
Woodbury's
Stonemasons’ Union
Carroll Hall
Harrison Ave
Labor Day
J. J. Okeefe
James O’brien
West Newton Street
John P. Lovell Arms Company
Thirty-sixth Street
Church Avenue
Brooklyn
Nassau Electric Railroad Company
Klondike
Saotech
J. T. Graham
Bromley Pk
Fied
Mrs Lustgert
Far
Judge
Hospital For
Bar Harbor
Amory
Shubert
Smith
Healer Schrader
Cincinnati
Schrader
Healer
Daisy Roberts
Savin Hill Yacht Club
SAIL
G. Walden Smith
Tremont St
Agent Bobrick
Ormrice
Pam Hiet Nee Wait
A. Johnson
Johnson
All Tyragatste
Johnson & CO
Bence Gaan
Business Centre of
New England Mutual Life Insurance Company
Post Office Square
Mass
Oeere
Massachusetts Atute
Benj. F. Stevens
Lfred D. Foster
F. Trull
WM. B. Turner
Sec
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Suffolk
Henry Blanchard
Clarence V. Souther
Copartners
Henry Blanchard & CO
Lindley J. Sturtevant
Eugene Tappan
John F. McHlaney
P. B. Runyan
American Wringer Company
Arch
Franklin Streets
Turners
Philadelphia
Bean & Harris
Connolly & Davis
A. H.ee Choate Drug & Chemical Co
A. J
G. E. Coleman
Linus D. Prury
Fred C. Greene
Wm. B. Hunt & Co
A. D. Mowry & Co
M. J. McIntire
Daniel Stowell
HH. Talcott
Tessier Bros
A. Garratt
Woodbury Company
Cambridge
Cahill’s Pharmacy
Maurice O'Donnell
Geo. M. Olive
Rescroft Pharmacy
Cheilsea
Wilson Bros
Tremont Row
Mary Ann
John J
Hanora Barter
Athens Street
St. Vincent's Church
Connolly
Hanora
Dennis Connolly
Indiana Street
Nassau Place
St. James's Church
Shurety
Jamaica Plain
James
Margaret Shurety
Argyle Street
J. Newman
Joe Gi Tremont
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