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Newspaper
Philadelphia Times
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1902
Page
8
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Readers may have the Daily and Sunday editions mailed nationwide for 45 cents per month. Orders via news dealers or the office, with address changes accommodated. contact details include The Philadelphia Times private branch exchange and department requests. Philadelphia August 7 1902.
Sullivan recounts how the Cohocksink sewer contract shifted to Senator Vare despite lower bids from Sullivan and Ware. The piece accuses city officials of stifling competition, manipulating bids, and rewarding favored contractors like Vare, McNichols, and Mack with lucrative public work in exchange for political support.
A public call denounces Philadelphia election fraud citing ballot stuffing and inflated voter lists. The piece urges all citizens, Democrats and Republicans alike, to reform election administration, purge registers, and guard polling places to protect the Commonwealth's honor.
A column on Mr Wu the Chinese Minister argues temper shapes marriage and society. It notes his praise for American women while noting his own marriage and the perils of a bad temper in men, urging self-control and feminine governance.
In Allegheny county a complex political clash centers on control of local offices tied to the ripper act and Governor Stone actions. Republicans split between the regular ticket and the Citizens ticket endorsed by Democrats, with the Citizens ballot column appearing under Democratic state candidates and now also printed as a Republican State column.
The piece discusses tensions over fusion tickets in Allegheny politics. Democrats clash over county and state ticket alignment with Pattison favored by reform-minded voters. Republicans resist cross endorsements while calling for clearer voter choices and an Australian ballot.
The piece casts Babcock of Wisconsin as a central Republican in Congress, noting a potential more comical candidate for campaign head and highlighting the tariff stance as the year’s defining issue.
The piece questions Mr. Babcock’s tariff reform push as self serving or revisionist, tracing a career from Yale to State Senate and Cornell endowment. It portrays him as a skilled diplomat and educator with a long record of public service and reform, noting his global posts and university philanthropy.
Andrew D. White argues that despite gaps in the U S diplomatic prep and promotion system a steady stream of capable representatives abroad has redeemed the service. He notes Presidents imperfectly maintained high selection standards yet many top posts in Berlin London Paris and St Petersburg have been well filled by distinguished individuals with public support backing their appointments.
The article notes Kine Epwarp's return to London for his coronation planned for Saturday. It recalls a successful recovery after surgery and asserts no reason to delay the ceremony. It also discusses Sir Frederick Treves's views on appendicitis treatment and possible future surgery as a safeguard.
The author argues Cura should join the United States only after full self governance attempts fail. It questions U.S. effort in aiding the island and suggests granting trading privileges to Cuba could honorably test its independence. The piece challenges U.S. hypocrisy over self rule and highlights beet sugar industry interests in Western states.
Magistrate rules that calling someone a lump of Limburger is strong language and may warrant bail. The piece contrasts playful insults with harmful phrases while noting naval maneuvers and Britain's maritime prowess amid tensions with Kaiser Wilhelm.
Federal Labor Commissioner Carmon D. Wincut has not released his report on the coal strike. Speculation suggests campaign considerations may be delaying public disclosure.
A fragmentary portrayal describes a woodland chase by a divine hunter with goat feet stalking through green glades. The text blends dreamlike imagery of fresh sounds and morning tears as a mythical figure pursues elusive prey amid forest shadows.
William R. Stackhouse of Burlington County Democrat writes from Mount Holly praising the Sunday Times. He commends its mechanical quality and news, especially the Weekly Review of Books and Art with its focus on rare and antique books and its appeal to antiquity lovers in New Jersey.
A letter to the editor denounces vivisection in hospitals, citing cases from Mary Rafferty to Ferrier and listing multiple alleged experiments on patients and animals. The writer urges readers to join a campaign to banish the practice and protect the helpless in society.
Editorial excerpts attack William Jennings Bryan for pushing free silver policies and overreaching influence within the Democratic Party. The pieces argue Delaware should not sacrifice principles for Senate seats and condemn Bryan's self assumed authority over candidates and platforms. Strong entities include Bryan, Delaware, Addicks, and party leaders referenced by the source.
A Hartford Daily Courant reader from Houston argues for a strong revival of law and morals amid seven day saloon business and rising crime. The letter cites a purported Houston record of mass misdeeds and calls for decisive reform actions.
The piece argues that dwelling on the past harms happiness and that each new day offers a chance to live with purpose. It urges courage to face mistakes, embrace progress, and avoid lingering on yesterday as ghosts pass before us.
A woman leads a broom protest in St Woots sweeping Pleasant Street and depositing refuse on a vacant lot. A tablet honors the old St John House in Buffalo spared in 1813. A Globe-Democrat dispatch recalls General Funston praised at Prescott with a quip about heroism. Sir Edgar Vincent linked to Ottoman finance and Parliament. Prof. John T Gray investigates production limits in Europe. Mrs Stanley Spencer pilots the Merlin airship at Crystal Palace witnessed by Doyle and Grace.
The article lists per capita costs for New York and 13 other cities, Edinburgh street notices against spitting, a Dusseldorf visitor gift, Liverpool rail pride, and diverse global notes from astronomy to plague in the Punjab, windbird names, and educational reforms in Japan.
The Philadelphia Times invites tales or narratives about people well known and affairs of Philadelphia interest. The six best stories published weekly win prizes of 5.00 for first, 3.00 for two runners up, and 2.00 each for the next three. Submissions must be under 300 words and mailed to Tales Worth Telling, The Philadelphia Times.
Colonel J M Guffey muses on enduring political turmoil for victory and tells of a Western city figure who chased office until death. The local paper editor offered an epitaph: Here lies in the only place for which he never applied.
A Philadelphia profile recalls a young man known for wild gaiety before his six years of marriage. He hosted a midnight supper for seventy five with diverse guests and asked a stranger to pronounce a toast. A clerical looking man stood and declared I’m deaf I couldn’t hear a damned word you said.
Ex postmaster Hicks discusses a tale of jealousy among young lovers in City Hall. He recalls a man who sought a Post Office job to speed access to his fiancée’s letters and to check if she received correspondence from another man.
Rabbit Krauskopf praised religious upbringing and warned parents to guard children’s spiritual life. He cited two religious brothers where one skips prayers and responds with defiance about continuing prayer, illustrating resistance to ritual.
A Towanda countrywoman swapped a pail of roll butter for groceries and a large box of matches. The next day she returned to complain the matches were useless, while the storekeeper lit several from his trousers to prove they worked. She wryly remarked she had too much to do to walk three miles for a light.
Washington reports the Maine battleship official trial moved up to the week starting August 18 with docking planned then. Earlier, tide issues pushed the date to August 25. Captain Train will lead the Maine trial board and Captain W W Meade heads the Chauncey torpedo boat board.
The National Retail Butchers and Meat Dealers Association urged Eastern, Middle and Southern states to offer incentives to grow the industry. They backed repealing the national bankruptcy law and thanked Knox and Davies for injunction actions against the beef trust. A resolution denouncing the trust was debated. officers to be elected tomorrow after a barbecue.
A collage of humorous quotes from various papers pokes fun at everyday life and manners. Characters such as a merchant clerk a married man and a cheerful tradesman exchange quips about work romance and poverty. The snippets mix irony exaggeration and playful banter.
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