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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1912
Page
16
Mass meeting at Easton's Beach in Newport County Suf frage League efforts to win support for women's suffrage. Mrs O H P Belmont led the event as prime mover in mobilizing Newport society men and women.
Beach and pavilion display suffrage flags as Mrs Belmont leads a Newport gathering with prominent speakers from New York and Boston. A fundraising collection boosts suffrage funds while questions test the movement amid heat and social crowds.
Clarence S. Darrow, famed labor advocate, opens his own defense in a jury trial over alleged bribery. He denounces prosecutors and named officials as part of a conspiratorial attack against his labor work while warning jurors against sympathy.
The Democratic national committee rents Madison Square Theatre for a series of noon meetings for women during the campaign. Mrs J Borden Harriman and Mrs A S Alexander will lead the first event next Tuesday with Dr Julia Holmes Smith among the speakers. Meetings will continue each Tuesday at noon with different speakers.
A son born at 8:15 a.m. to Mrs. John Jacob Astor at 840 Fifth Avenue is named John Jacob Astor, raising questions about the Titanic survivor’s will. Guardians were appointed for minor heirs, and lawyers discuss whether the posthumous child’s $3,000,000 share could be augmented or contested under the estate plan.
Only Dr Cragin and nurse Miss Helen Nesbit attended the birth as Mrs William H Force and daughter Kathryn Force waited nearby. The baby is described as plump and well formed. the Astor mansion on Fifth Avenue at Sixty fifth Street drew crowds before the announcement was made.
The 8S. H. Harrison Company advertises genuine Packard oxford shoes for men in $4 and $5 grades offered at 2.95 in stock. Located at 666 to 672 Washington Street near Beach.
Sunday Post readers will find a charming Torchy story in the next Sunday's Post Magazine, described as one of the most appealing tales yet to appear.
Mrs. Marjorie E Munch of Allston and Curtis Wells Scriven of Boston wed at Frederick McQuesten’s Marblehead cottage overlooking the sea The ceremony was by Rev Dr Francis Rowley The couple plan a Canopic honeymoon tour through Europe Naples and Rome with relatives and friends in attendance.
John M. Casey aged 45 died when a bolt struck an express wagon he drove near Briggs' corner in Attleboro. His wife and child with him escaped unharmed while the horse perished in the electrical storm. Casey was a local expressman operating one of his teams.
Secretary of State Albert P. Langtry states that any nomination papers offered by Governor Foss or others will be received and referred to the Ballot Law Commission under the law, addressing a misunderstanding about Democratic Progressive party nominations.
An old advertisement promotes Whorsford's Acid Phosphate as a valuable tonic beverage claimed to aid heat prostration head ache insomnia nervousness and impaired digestion.
The Board of Bar Examiners recommends numerous applicants for admission to the bar including Charles N. Abbott Cambridge Morris M. Aisner Revere Asan Allen Boston Thomas Allen Jr Boston Daniel Asher Worcester Thomas D. Austin West Roxbury Gaspar G. Bacon Jamaica Plain Frank H. Baer Chelsea James T. Baldwin Braintree and many others. On Thursday Sept 12 the examiners will report to the court that these applicants are qualified to be admitted as attorneys.
Chicago Aug 14 Charles D Hilles head of the Republican national committee released a preliminary survey claiming 34 states totaling 384 electoral votes for the Republican ticket and 10 states with 114 votes for the Democrats with four states as doubtful. He lists no states for the Progressive party and notes the Progressive draw will come roughly evenly from both major parties.
Mrs P Hollenbach of 925 Montgomery St St Louis reports her son suffered consumption and was cured using Father John s Medicine claimed by the ad.
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