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Newspaper
Philadelphia Times
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1902
Page
4
Harrisburg dispatch reports M. S. Quay contemplates a Senate run if health holds and power persists. He knives Governor Stone’s bid after toppling Elkin, citing corporate influence and political leverage, while opponents accuse him of ingratitude and manipulation.
Four days after the State Convention Blair County Republicans remain loyal to Elkin. Elkin’s strong county machine, personal popularity, and ties to leaders and press keep him central as party factions shift toward Quay or Watres pressures for influence. The fight hints at a broader Senate contest against Penrose.
The enthronement of the King of Spain featured Don Carlos the perpetual pretender delivering a comic proclamation. He reaffirmed his claim to the throne and denounced Alfonso XIII as an unlawful intruder. He lauded Ferdinand VII as the last legitimate monarch and condemned Spain’s recent troubles.
Chester County Republicans juice from June 15 primaries as Elkinites sweep county tickets led by Frank Marek Fred Cope Warne and James Fox. Eyre loses in West Chester as Hooton fails to carry precincts with Golder's anti machine bid collapsing. Delegates to Congressional convention vote solidly for Butler.
A tame crow trained by Archie plays a prank on his grandfather by ruining a cabbage bed set along a 50 foot line. As the old man plants holes every 12 to 14 inches, the crow and its fellow birds undo the work, leaving the rows in disarray and the planter worn out.
The Twenty-Second Annual Meeting opens in Bucks County with Camp Alexander in Taylor's field under Colonel Reed. Delegates begin arriving for the Sons of Veterans convention as regimental bands greet visitors and camp routines start at dawn.
A movement in Maryland favors United States Marshal William F. Airey as the Republican mayoral candidate for next spring with backing from city and state Republicans who oppose Senator McComas. The plan aims to control the next State convention and the fall 1908 tickets, with support from Mudd, Wellington, Lowndes, Wachter, and others, including the Malster group, while Wachter contemplates a Third District renomination.
In Augusta Georgia the Berean Baptist church in the West End built a large Sunday school with a whistling choir. Superintendent F T Lockhart, two years in charge, expanded attendance after organizing the choir, attracting many visitors and boosting enrollments.
A London Globe article recalls bygone entertainments once common in England. It cites 1682 advertisements for bear garden horse baiting and goose riding, plus pig hooting and cock throwing, as examples of cruel amusements now abandoned in humane society.
Figures show 311 coal cutting machines in Britain in 1900 versus 3 007 in America, about 12 percent more in use in the United States. The mix of pneumatic percussive and chain breast machines differs, with West Virginia rising from 9.27 to 15.09 percent and Pennsylvania from 28.67 to 33.65 percent for bituminous coal.
Congressman M. R. Patterson argues slavery persists in the Philippines under a treaty with the Sultan and that the United States bears responsibility for its eradication. He cites Taft, a 1899 treaty, and calls for abolition as a measure of civilization despite political complications.
The Johns Hopkins Circular cites Dr Grave of the United States Fish Commission studying islands in New port river and Beaufort harbor North Carolina. Reefs form across swift currents with oysters building up through generations, eventually creating stable islands like Pacific coral reefs.
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