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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1902
Page
6
The State committee selects Hon Henry F Naphen for chair at next weeks Democratic convention in Boston and he is praised for dignity, parliamentary experience and service in Congress. The choice signals esteem for Naphen within the Commonwealth and city party ranks.
The article notes a new campaign against Moro Filipinos in Mindanao following a presidential amnesty excluding Moros. General Chaffee reports 12 attacks in four months, with promises of punishment but no reliable pledges to halt hostility. The piece warns of tougher conditions in the Sulu Islands and broader religious and political tensions.
The Cumberland County sheriff race elected a Democrat in a surprising vote, not a party triumph. Voter sentiment protested ongoing hypocrisy and corruption under long standing Prohibition enforcement, honoring the late Sheriff Pearson for exposing the system and dying in office, as his reforms cracked the existing regime.
The passage signals a desire to broaden the contest to undo the Maine law influenced policy, hoping the revolt extends beyond the sheriff race to reverse a 60 year old position.
Longtime Boston residents lose 15 acres of Castle Island as Secretary Root transfers the best part of the public park to the lighthouse service for buoy storage. The Boston park commissioners’ holdings may be challenged, with an appeal suggested to President Roosevelt.
The Observant Citizen sketches daily scenes from Court square with talk of political waiters and crowded streets near City Hall. It also notes North End Park basketball crowds, a church sermon in Vancouver, and a tale of a lone fellow guiding a Confederate veteran to a shared memory with his Union son named Fred Stanwick.
A mass meeting at Faneuil Hall urged arbitration of the coal strike and asked President Roosevelt to use his influence to obtain settlement. It denounced coal railroad managers and mine operators for refusing arbitration and urged Republican leaders in Pennsylvania to press for a settlement by arbitration. The piece argues no other method can be satisfactory and that the strike should have been settled months ago.
A September poem laments rising coal prices and the coal trust, warning of hardship as the author shivers and curses the monopoly. An editorial reply to readers explains the proper way to eat roasted ears, noting varying opinions and sharing advised etiquette for polite society.
Two veterans, one tall with bushy eyebrows and gray hair, the other short with blue eyes, recount a Lookout Mountain memory in a rain dull store. Clerks listen as the pair begin a story, a moment of shared reminiscence amid quiet commerce.
Joseph Mello denies signing any acceptance for Ward 138 caucus officers and counters a Boston Post report claiming his name appeared on the ballot without consent. He says he learned of the affair only after reading the paper and clarifies the matter from Boston, dated Sept 8.
Washington notes Chairman Griggs of the Democratic committee released a statement showing a sharp rise in prices of daily necessities since 1897 1898. He cites the Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics of Labor report and notes most working heads of families did not see wage growth to match living cost increases, with averages around 13.75 and 11.31 weekly in 152 cases.
The War Department will reserve 16 acres of Castle Island in Boston for a lighthouse and related grounds, withdrawing the area from city control. The fenced section blocks access to the popular north front and fort area, while the government enlarges a wharf and dock extension. The 16 acre reserve includes the former public recreation grounds near the pier.
Bar Harbor society circles speculate about Miss Adelaide Randolph daughter of the late Mrs. W C Whitney and Count Giovanni Cocta who arrived in town weeks apart from Miss Randolph returning from Europe. Randolph lives at Mr Whitney s residence and is granddaughter of Mrs Fred May. Her mother was a Miss May and after her first husband s death married W C Whitney. She died three years ago. Randolph, a debutante of last winter, was introduced at a dance hosted by Mr Whitney.
Cleveland Sept 8 The most interesting spectacle in politics is Mayor Tom Loftin Johnsons plan to campaign Ohio this fall for Democracy. A caravan of 10 wagons and 20 men led by C J Wagner travels from town to town with circus style tents and pennants while Johnson stays in Cleveland and returns by auto. He invites Republicans to speak, funds the tour himself, and aims to swing a 69000 vote plurality in his favor, hoping to weaken Burton and aid a future presidency. The Norwalk meeting tonight marks the caravan route.
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