05 Aug 1913
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1913
Page
1
The Bull Moose party head faces a challenge from a key rival who urges him to run in the primaries. He says he is tempted to enter the race himself, signaling possible serious factional tension within the movement.
Governor Foss in an open letter to Colonel Benton asks him to join the Republican primaries. He says he will accept a challenge if offered and denies reports he refused to sign nomination papers, joking that his right arm is not paralyzed.
A 50 000 strong crowd viewed the Knights of Columbus Fourth Degree parade in Boston Back Bay last night amid drizzle. Five hundred knights were initiated on Mechanics Building ground after marching from the Somerset Hotel, with a shore trip and clambake planned for today.
Hempstead L I Aug 4 Mrs William Laimbeer formerly Nathalie Schenck seriously injured last night when S Osgood Pell and his chauffeur were killed and her husband died this morning From critical condition she may recover while her husband died from skull fracture and other injuries
National league results show Cincinnati 18 over Boston 2 and Brooklyn 7 to 1 against Chicago. American league lists New York G6 Detroit 4 with Philadelphia and Cleveland also playing. Boston St. Louis-Wet grounds noted.
The fragment shows a timetable reference with Portland and Gloucester times, including a 12 minute and 3 hour 44 minute interval and a Newport notation, indicating a historic rail schedule detail.
On the 217th day of the year information notes sunrise at 4 41 am and sunset at 7 00 pm with the moon set at 8 50 pm. Venus rises at 1 21 am Mars at 11 87 pm Jupiter sets at 2 10 am Saturn rises at 12 22 am. Evening light auto lamps required before 7 30 pm.
The coroner began an investigation into whether the Long Island Rail Road train blew or signalled as it neared the crossing. Witnesses say no flagman was present. William K. Vanderbilt, in a car ahead, said he did not hear a whistle and saw the crash from a distance, then found the chauffeur and Mr Pell dead.
The item lists notable events from the past including the 1858 completion of the Atlantic cable, Farragut’s 1864 victory at Mobile Bay, the 1898 capture of Guayama, Lafayette’s 1792 treason accusation after effigy burning, a 1 year ago action in Constantinople, and the National Progressive party forming in Chicago.
Fair and warm days expected in Boston and New England. Tuesday and Wednesday show generally fair skies with light to moderate variable winds.
A damaged OCR fragment reports average temperatures and timestamps with numbers and unclear labels. It mentions yesterday and one year ago values around the mid-60s, plus scattered codes and references to Thompson's Spa. The readable data is sparse and non-specific.
John Henry Mears arrived in Bismarck and aims for New York on schedule but Pennsylvania Railroad delays alter his plan. He will complete the global circumnavigation in 35 days and a fraction, breaking the world record set by the New York Evening Sun assignment.
Four days and several hours better than Andre Jager-Schmidt’s 39 days 19 hours 438 minutes. Mears departs Chicago tomorrow night for the final lap and should reach the New York Evening Star office at about 10:20 p.m. Wednesday. A large reception is planned as thousands are expected to witness the finish of a journey that reads like Verne fiction.
Samuel Wentworth, an attendant at the Summer street branch State Hospital in Worcester, was arrested on a charge of attempting to deliver liquor to patients. Police found several pint and half pint bottles of whiskey in his room after an investigation. Wentworth, of Eastport Missouri, had long been suspected of supplying intoxicants to patients.
The Watch and Ward Society halted a gambling operation at Nahant called The cane you ring is the cane you win. Five amusement stand proprietors were arrested on the Midway Frank Palermo Mishi Nagashi Leon A Dion James January and William M Thompson posted $100 bail each and face court today.
Russian educational tourists criticized Boston after departing for New York. They faulted Mayor Fitzgerald and Consul Joseph A. Conry for not attending an auto tour and banquet. The group hinted that Conry could face action from St Petersburg authorities over alleged incidents in the South End hotel.
A Russian delegation of 38 of 68 members stayed in Boston for plans that included a city automobile tour and a banquet at Copley Plaza Hotel. They received no official apology, only a City Hall telephone message, as Consul Conry and Mayor Fitzgerald offered differing explanations. The party plans to reunite in New York after departures in disappointment.
Burdett Business College advertises that it finds jobs for all its graduates and offers a free catalog. Located at 18 Boylston Street, the ad promotes placement services to prospective students.
Rumors from Narragansett Pier say society figures know who stole the Hanan Rumsey gem worth 275000. Pressure from associates of a Pier society man led to detectives being pulled from the case and two suspects protected, with sensational hints of a cover up in the 48 hours before Aug. 4.
In exclusive coverage the Post reports evidence implicates a leading Narragansett society figure and his companion, son of a Boston titan family. Detectives advance the case after a key tangible clue emerged this morning.
Lieutenant George Darling and three Engine No 6 men narrowly escaped severe burns in a Plympton street fire at 3 am that caused $10,000 damage to the Badger building. Hose lines saved them from flames that burst from the second story as Gordon Tower, Empire Manufacturing, Union Laundry, Eastern Steam Laundry, and Meader Engine and Machine occupied the upper floors.
An advertisement touts Fr. John's Medicine as a guaranteed remedy for throat and lung ailments. It markets the product as a restorative tonic with claims of rapid relief and health benefits.
Governor Foss releases an open letter to Charles Sumner Bird urging him to enter the Republican primaries against Colonel Everett C. Benton. Foss declines Progressive nomination and accuses Benton Bird and Lieutenant-Governor Walsh of discrediting the direct primary in their campaigns.
The Governor signals a Republican bid for a fourth term after weeks of political maneuvering. He plans a primary fight with Colonel Benton, inviting a contest that would shape the GOP nomination while distancing himself from the Democrats by declaring Republican aspirations and progressive party loyalty.
Wheatland California August 4 with six militia companies in school grounds and hop pickers encamped on the Durst Brothers ranch reduced to a few hundred, officials report little sign of the rioting that killed four yesterday including District Attorney E. F. Manwell. Only 50 pickers reported for work as Adjutant General Forbes forecasts possible withdrawal of troops. Rumors of I W W marchers circulated but no proof found.
An old style ad copy urges relief after bathing by rubbing down with Graves grain alcohol. The terse line uses terse imperative phrasing typical of vintage product promos.
John Lind former Minnesota governor and Wilson administration envoy to Mexico travels to Mexico as a personal representative to study Huerta government and report back as a definite policy from the administration appears imminent.
President Wilson formally accepts Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson's resignation to take effect Oct. 14 and names John Lind of Minnesota as personal representative to Mexico City. Lind will be non accredited to Huerta and could become ambassador once a stable Mexican government is established.
President Wilson and Secretary Bryan held frequent conferences during the day while Ambassador Wilson and Senator Bacon discussed the situation at the White House. The only clear note was the Lind mission, with Bryan stating ex Governor John Lind of Minnesota is the President's personal representative to advise the embassy in the current crisis. The President will announce further peaceRestoration plans when ready.
Patrick Humphrey a 51 year old tree warden of Hardwick Mass was instantly killed when he touched a fallen electric light wire while guarding it He tried to push the wire away with a stick and the coil struck his hands He leaves a widow one son and two daughters.
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