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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1912
Page
4
Chicago Aug. 5 delegates arrive at the Coliseum as the new National Progressive party forms. Pennsylvania delegates lead with a march song and a demonstrative welcome signals the party’s birth and rising momentum.
An advertisement outlines staged markdowns for a suit lot starting at 5.90 on Aug. 6. If unsold, prices drop 25 percent by Aug. 20 to 4.42, 50 percent by Aug. 27 to 2.95, 75 percent by Sept. 4 to 1.48, and final giveaway on Sept. 11. Buyers are urged to sell out before planned reductions.
Delegates from New Jersey to California fill the hall as Senator Dixon calls the Progressive convention to order. Beveridge is named temporary chairman and delivers the keynote, while banners, songs, and parodies echo amid portraits of Washington Lincoln and Roosevelt.
Senator Beveridge delivered a lengthy denunciation of the Supreme Court rulings on the Standard Oil and Tobacco decisions and tainted tariffs, provoking cheers and jeers. Delegates roared as he attacked Taft and the Payne Aldrich tariff, while a chorus sang amid the hall’s confusion. The convention adopted new rules barring contested delegates from voting and appointed a committee to invite Colonel Roosevelt to speak at noon tomorrow.
A Boston Daily Post reader offer highlights Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a superior vegetable medicine for kidney liver and bladder issues. It claims widespread success, notes a physician prescription basis, a sworn purity certificate, and 50 cent and one dollar bottle sizes with a free sample by mail from Dr Kilmer Co in Binghamton New York.
Massachusetts delegates lead the Progressive convention and parade at the Art Institute in Chicago. They push for a Southern Democrat for vice president while supporting Roosevelt and Parker hints amid Johnson’s stance.
At a Massachusetts party meeting discussions turn to a woman running mate for Colonel Roosevelt. Key figures include Grace A. Johnson and Alice G. Carpenter with comments on platform planks such as woman suffrage and direct legislation. Roosevelt signals preference for a sound Democrat as VP.
The committee on resolutions for the national Progressive convention was named by state delegations listing members from Alabama to West Virginia. Miss Alice G Carpenter of Boston named to platform committee, first woman in such a role. National committee also appointed, with many states naming replacements and chairmen. several states set seating rules and credentials.
A renowned skin specialist announces ethine double strength a guaranteed freckle remover sold by Houghton & Dutton Drug Co. and Riker Jaynes Drug Co. The product promises rapid improvement with harmless effects and offers a money back guarantee if it fails.
A new treatise describes a home eye treatment to strengthen eyes so glasses may not be needed. It claims safety without drugs and offers free postage paid copies from Okola Laboratory Dept. 750 C Rochester NY with evidence of efficacy.
Sanfords Ginger promises broad health benefits for cramps pains colds chills stomach and bowel ills fatigue nervousness and sleeplessness. It highlights a ginger aromatics and French brandy blend with the Owl Trade Mark and claims forty years as the standard of purity flavor and strength.
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