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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1916
Page
3
Congressmen Gardner declared at a Worcester rally that big business favored Governor McCall as the Republican candidate for President. He said other candidates were less favored and emphasized Roosevelt delegates.
The item notes that figures considered by big business include former Ohio Senator Burton and former Secretary of State Knox. It underscores their prominence in corporate circles without detailing actions or affiliations.
The article records Bird and Gardner urging unpledged Massachusetts delegates to back Roosevelt, analyze rival candidates including McCall Weeks Lodge Crane Gardner and Roosevelts standing. They discuss big business preferences for Burton McCall Knox Hughes and Weeks and assess electoral viability and party identity.
Mayor Curley defends his highway bill amid a protest signed by City Council President Henry Hagan and five others. The plan would raise 50 cents for five years for street construction, with Senate action expected today.
The Boston mayor rebuts critics who say street payments fell under his administration. He argues the highway bill should be decided by financial officers and urges early council action to start reconstruction. He dismisses calls for a referendum as political, citing tax trends and city growth since 1905.
Democratic ward and city committee leaders in Cambridge rallied party unity ahead of the presidential primaries at a Central square Municipal building session. Former Mayor Timothy W. Good urged unison in supporting Wilson and restoring Democratic power locally and statewide. Edward W. Sennett presided. speakers included Michael A. O'Leary Freeman Hunt James T. Barrett John F. O'Brien and James F. Murphy.
Mary Murray also known as Mary Dunn age 59 and Annie Doyle alias Mary Masshek age 27, both of Boston, were arrested after stealing a suit total 65 dollars a petticoat 15 dollars and two waists 20 dollars in downtown stores. Store detectives traced them, with Inspectors Loughlin and Pelton making the arrests. Police report past arrests in Boston St Louis and New York and say diaries detail prior thefts and a set of keys claimed to open any dress suitcase.
Norumbega Park license in Newton was held up after opposition from ministers and civic groups. A public hearing on the renewal was ordered for May 1 by the Newton Board of Aldermen after the licenses committee reported favorably. George M. Cox of Middlesex and Boston Street Railway said land adjoining the park would host a private dance hall and coaster not open to the public.
Baron d Estournelle de Constant touring England with the Franco British inter parliament committee says Britain is great and Prussian militarism will be punished. He notes the English are fine brave and good but rise late while the French are at work earlier each morning.
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