Foss Says Fight Good for Party in Governor Campaign
Governor Foss may campaign personally against District Attorney Joseph C. Pelletier for the gubernatorial nomination. Aides urged him to enter the primary contest though he initially planned no active campaigning. He expected a clear field before announcing his re election bid.
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Foss
Joseph C. Pelletier
Samuel J. Wider
Samuel McCall
Edward J. Barry
Cambridge
Dana Malone
Eix
Parsons
Greenfield
Senate
Allen T. Treadway
Governor weighs primary bid amid party talks in Massachusetts
The governor says he opposed a candidacy but faces pressure from supporters statewide who see a primary contest as beneficial for the party. Ex-Congressman Keliher backs Pelletier, while Riley maps a statewide campaign for Fitzgerald in Senate races. Organizing efforts include Wilson clubs and planned slates for attorney general and other statewide offices.
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Wilson
Massachusetts
Taft
Keliher
Bellevue
Nc. Pelletier
Joe
Mr. Keliher
Democratic Party
Foss
Thomas P. Riley
State Committee
Fitzgerald
United States
Riley
Hyde Park Ward 26 Sees New Voter Registration Drive
Boston Election Board announces special registration for Hyde Park Ward 26 for next Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. About 200 of 500 voters are registered, with 55 registrations yesterday. A Democrats committee formed to boost turnout. 300 letters sent from the State committee.
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Boston Election Board
Hyde Park
Ward
Riley
Provisional Progressive party meets. convention plans unfold
The national Progressive party's provisional committee convenes at noon, deciding Georgia Mississippi and Florida delegate contests and preparing for the first national convention with 531 votes. Roosevelt letters discuss race relations and unity, urging progress through justice for all.
Bull Moose Delegation Leaves for Chicago Convention
The Bull Moose party with its Votes for Women auxiliary from Massachusetts departs from North Station for Chicago where the third party convention opens August 5. The Massachusetts ticket endorses Roosevelt and Johnson at Faneuil Hall. The key point is the train time change from 1 o'clock to 12 30.
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North
Bull Moose
Massachusetts
Chicago
Faneuil Hall
Roosevelt
Johnson
Mass delegates head to national convention by special train
A large team travels from Massachusetts to a national convention aboard a special train via the Hoosac tunnel and Niagara Falls arriving Chicago Sunday. Delegates include Richard Washburn Child and dozens more from Maine New Hampshire Vermont Rhode Island and Massachusetts with a Progressive Headquarters guest list at 15 State Street listing many named attendees.
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Chicago
Provisional Committee
National Progressive Party
Georgia
Mississippi
Florida
Progressive Party
New England
Joseph W. Alsopp
Connecticut
H. P. Gardiner
Maine
Mathew Hale
Massachusetts
William Savacool
New Hampshire
Edward J
Montana
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
Dixon
Hoosac Tunnel
Niagara Falls
Vermont
Rhode Island
Progressive Headquarters
State Street
Richard Washburn
Cohasset
Helen Temple Cooke
Dana Hall
Wellesley
Lewis J. Johnson
Boscawen
N. H
Richard Nickerson
Dedham
William N. Osgood
Lowell
Benjamin J. Bennett
Brookline
Arthur W. Glines
Somerville
R. W. Currier
Lynn
Stephen EK
French
Orange
A. M. Potvin
Holyoke
Osborne McLeod
Cliftondale
Richard Talbot
Springfield
W. J. Whittaker
Gardner
Judge Foster
Portland
Kenneth
Lynn Man Fractured Skull in Auto Crash on Washington Street
William Tupper, 58, was badly injured when a Belmont driver George H. Otis struck him on Washington and Broad streets in Lynn. Tupper suffered a fractured skull and is listed on the dangerous list at Lynn Hospital. Otis, under arrest, says he was traveling nine miles an hour and that Tupper stepped into the road blinded by headlights.
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Lynn
William Tupper
George H. Otis
Belmont
Washington and
Broad Streets
Tupper
Lynn Hospital
Otis
Washington Street
Placing Negro in Politics Roosevelts View Letter
Colonel Roosevelt writes to Julian Harris of Atlanta editor of Uncle Remus Magazine on the role of the negro in national politics and the representation of negro delegates at the Progressive party convention in Chicago.
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Roosevelt
North
South
New York
Julian Harris
Atlanta
Uncle
Man Crushed by Streetcar Arm on Tremont Row
A man identified as C. H. Bourne slipped while boarding a Lynn and Boston car on Tremont row near Hanover street at 1 30 this morning. The rear wheels crushed his right arm to the elbow. Police officers aboard halted the car at Cornhill. Bourne was found unconscious and bleeding. he was taken to Relief Hospital.
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Lynn
Boston
Tremont Row
Hanover Street
C. H. Bourne
Cornhill
Mrs A S Walker Dies in Allston at 73 Harvard Ave
Mrs Augusta S Walker longtime Allston resident died after a two week illness at her home 73 Harvard Avenue Allston where she resided over 40 years Born in Westfield VI she was the eldest daughter of Susan Gage and Carnot Braley A descendant of General Gage she leaves a daughter Jeannette wife of Charles H Burnham Jr and a son William B Walker both of Allston
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Augusta
Railroad Board Rules on Freight Train Brakemen Roles
The Board of Railroad Commissioners ruled on freight train crew staffing, detailing brakeman assignments for main and branch tracks, including two engines and long hauls. The decision ends a battle spurred by the Legislature and Governor Foss over a proposed full crew bill.
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Foss
Dix
New York
Senate
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Board
Pellagra first reported in Boston inmate dies
A Boston man, longtime Matta pan State Insane Hospital inmate and foreign-born, dies of pellagra the first such case in the city. Health officials link the illness to poor diet and corn meal reliance, note noncontagious nature, and will review hospital diet as part of the inquiry.
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South
Mason and Dixon Line
Boston
State Insane Hospital
Mattapan
Boston, and When the Return of the Death of the Victim Reached the Health Board
Missionaries to wed then sail for India
The engagement of Rev. W. RE. Witter and Mrs. Mary Phillips Barss is announced. They will marry before sailing for India, likely toward the end of September, as he serves as district secretary for the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society.
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W. RE. Witter
New England
American Baptist Foreign Mission Society
Mary Phillips Barss
Walter Barss
Rochester
N. Y
India
Lynch tax rate for 1912 remains 19.40 despite higher city valuation
Lynch assessors announced the 1912 tax rate will be 19.40 dollars, unchanged from 1911, even as city valuation rose by 3 650 417 dollars. Officials expect the real property readjustment will mainly affect the General Electric Company's plant.
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Lynn
Lynch
Finance Board
General Electric Company
Colleagues Pay Last Honors to Dr. Maurice H. Richardson
The body of Dr. Maurice H. Richardson, Boston surgeon of national renown, was moved to Forest Hills crematory after funeral services at King's Chapel. Notables from Harvard and Massachusetts General Hospital attended, with a large crowd on site. music featured in the service.
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Maurice H. Richardson
Beacon Street
Forest Hills
King’s Chapel
Boston
Richardson
William H. Ramsay
Unitarian Church
Wellesley Hills
Malcolm Lang
Paradise
Beethoven
Lowell
Harvard
H. P. Walcott
Harvard Corporation
Massachusetts General Hospital
F. B. Harrington
S. J. Mixter
F. C. Shattuck
W. F. Whitney
Massa
House of Seven Baths Sells at Texington Estate
Mary A. Morrill, longtime housekeeper for J. Reed Whipple, sells the Texington estate known as the house of the seven baths. Purchaser Harry M. Stevenson pays 49.66 for the house and a portion of the surrounding 180 acres. Stevenson and party depart for Atlantic City after transfer, Whipple had built the elegant country place with frequent entertainments.
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Texington
Mary A. Morrill
J. Reed Whipple
Boston
Young's
Parker's
Touraine
Lexington
Morrill
Stevenson
Atlantic City
Whipple
Misk Morrill
Young’s
Painting Said to Be Mona Lisa From Louvre Theft
In Paris a London‑linked claim surfaced that an unknown man offered a Mona Lisa replica to the British embassy. The man said he was to return the painting to the Louvre, but authorities refused to release it. He later returned, was handed the work, and was arrested outside the embassy.
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Paris
le Journal
Leonardo da Vinci
Louvre
London
Chelsea assault case wounds Chelsea victim Miss Chadwick
Miss Mabel Chadwick, 22, of 17 Louis street Chelsea, was found unconscious behind a shoe factory on Dudley street Chiel sea last night. Police say she was drugged and assaulted. James O Connell of Third street South Boston and James Riley of Poplar street Chelsea are in custody under $5000 bonds for hearing August 16.
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Mabel Chadwick
Louis Street
Chelsea
Dudley Street
Chielsea
James O'Connell
Third Street
South Boston
James Riley
Poplar Street
Fore River Iron Molders Strike Affects Quincy Works
Forty iron moulders walk out at Fore River Works in Quincy leaving twenty non union workers at their stations. They will be paid today with plans to return Monday. Meanwhile Wollaston union men, about one hundred, remain at work as their employers settled terms with them.
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South
Fore River
Quincey
Wollaston
Mayor's Campaign Opens August 21 in Westboro
Boston's mayor will begin his campaign in the primary race with a Westboro appearance on August 21. He will speak to Westboro businessmen and likely disclose early political positions against rivals inside and outside the Democratic party.
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Boston
Westboro
Democratic Party
Senate approves aid to U.S. refugees from Mexico
The Senate passed a Bailey introduced resolution to spend 100000 by the War Department to transport destitute American refugees from El Paso to any preferred U.S. location. House and President must sign for the appropriation to take effect. Bailey said the refugees are in dire need and limited to El Paso.
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Washington
Mexico
el Paso
Senate
War Department
United States
Bailey
House
St Johns Picnic at Riverside Grounds Aug 17
St Johns parish Newton towers Falls and Wellesley announces its annual picnic and field day at Riverside recreation grounds near Riverside rail road station on Saturday August 17. Events include baseball Newton Lower Falls versus Needham, races on the athletic field, games and refreshment booths with women presiding, plus afternoon and evening dancing. A reunion gathering expects many summer visitors. Invited guests include Rev P H Callanan of St Peters Cambridge and former curates.
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St. John’s
Newton Tower Falls
Wellesley
Riverside Recreation Grounds
Riverside Railroad Station
Newton Lower Falls
Needham
P. H. Callanan
St. Peter’s Church
Cambridge
Fathers McLeod Aid] McGrath
Debate tablet inscription for Boston Common approved design
Boston officials seek a terse accurate inscription for a new 12 by 14 foot monument on the Common near Park Street Church. The Tennessee marble and black Belgian granite tablet, designed by R C Sturgis, faces a total cost near $2000 with $1000 to come from the reserve fund after transfer vote.
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Boston Common
R. C. Sturgis
Park Street Church
Phillips Street
Art Commission
South Dakota Breaks Shaft On Pacific Run
The armored cruiser South Dakota broke a propeller shaft last Monday on a Pacific leg from Yokohama to Honolulu. It sails on one propeller and expects to reach Honolulu Sunday and Mare Island by about August 20 if travel remains safe.
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Washington
South Dakota
Yokohama
Honolulu
Admiral Sutherland
Mare Island
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Francis J. Donahue
Charles Strecker
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R. R. Board
Pellagra
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Chusetts General Hospital
Frederic S. Dennis
George Ben Johnston
Richmond
Robert Walcott
George W. W. Brewster
Charles A. Porter
Daniel W. Jones
Hugh Williams
Francis W. Palfrey
Richard S. Miller
John Homans
Europe
John Babst Blake
Arthur H. Crosbie
F. E. Garland
Howard A. Wothrop
Charles G. Mixter
William J. Mixter
Edward H. Risley
George N. Sheahan
Maurice Richardson
Sells
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Fore River Iron Moulders Strike
U. S
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Real
Colrado
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