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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1902
Page
4
A call for organized philanthropy to ease fuel hardship as coal shifts to soft coal gas or oil. Proposes a widespread fund, led by Mayor Collins, to furnish stoves, grates, and soft coal at low prices via charitable groups and a public spirited committee. Warns that legal actions against coal interests won’t curb imminent distress.
The article argues Roosevelt's enforced confinement is not a calamity but a potential personal and political advantage. It notes minor physical injury, no distress, and suggests the Western swing stoppage could spare the nation’s leader and his party from unnecessary risks while allowing rest to aid recovery.
The Republican committee argues the Dingley tariff drives prosperity and wage gains, while listing non protected goods like para rubber, sisal hemp, and kerosene as rising in price. It claims tariffs raise living costs via iron and steel, borax, live animals, hides and meat products, arguing wages are not protected and workers struggle under high prices.
The finance committee plans to report an annual loan bill at today's Aldermen meeting, aiming to borrow the legal limit. While the loan funds permanent improvements, the distribution across city districts raises concern about unequal allocation. Authorities emphasize a need for broader, fairer reapportionment.
The passage discusses the annual scramble among district and ward representatives over funding, noting past near scandals and recent attempts to avert mistakes. It hopes the loan bill will exhibit fewer conspicuous marks of log-rolling than earlier measures.
The piece argues against fuel panic amid coal shortages, urging adaptation to soft coal, gas, wood, or oil. It cites abundant soft coal, warns against sensationalism, and calls for liberal aid to poor families while opposing tariff barriers that sustain trusts.
Senator Lodge argues New England bears the burden of tariffs on raw materials and that the current Congress is pressured by threats to kill tariff legislation if New England demands relief. He cites the hides duty and says supporters must resist fear of a broader tariff ripping.
The Observant Citizen notes an unusually persistent eastward wind and a prolonged string of mild days. Local items include Boston lodging house coal fears, peculiar cabbage growths by Patrolman Kelley, and remarks on public figures like William A. Gaston. Readers also glimpse souvenirs from President Roosevelt’s Pittsfield scare and Salvation Army versus hurdy gurdy noise in Scollay square.
A string of 19th century clippings recount odd needle incidents. A Norwich housewife recovering a needle fragment from her tongue, Pittsfield man finds an eight inch spike from a four penny nail, and Miss Abigail Winslow swallows a steel darning needle then has two thirds protruding from her head.
A miscellany of brief items and letters from the Boston Post era includes Peary’s pole reach prediction, jokes about pumpkin matter, humorous correspondent notes, and a long vignette about Arthur Fenton and Marion Putnam. It blends humor, trivial news, and sentimental fiction from Weedville to State Street.
A letter from a Somerville reader suggests Mayor Collins direct a purchase of Springhill coal from Nova Scotia. The writer, a veteran marine engineer, claims Springhill soft coal and cheap wood can be landed in Boston for half the current price, with ships chartered at low cost. He urges action to supply hospitals and the fire department within three months.
T C Kennedy calls on President Roosevelt to issue a six day deadline to end the coal strike. He argues the crisis demands decisive action and that the government should seize and operate mines if the strike remains unresolved, in the interest of the people. Kennedy questions whether the president will act to immortalize his legacy.
A reader recalls historic kerosene burning bricks used in stoves to sustain flame and asks if bricks and saturating cans are still produced. He proposes a simple method to inject fine kerosene sprays into a stove and urges chemists to develop a clean, coal-free fuel method for kitchens.
S. L. White questions the renewability of coal in the United States noting its central role in heating, growth, and national wealth. He urges scientists to seek substitutes to bridge current shortages and avert future energy crises. Beverly, Sept. 27.
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