Excluding Merger From G P Platform In Beantown Gossip
Lodge and Crane reportedly reached an understanding on how merger will be treated by the Republican convention. The plan favors no platform line against merger but calls for safeguards on any merger demanded by business interests. Governor Guild and Speaker Cole emphasize nonpolitical framing and protective legislation in the dispute.
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Lodge
Crane
Touraine
Guild
Cole
Beacon Hill
Mellen
New Haven
Railroad Commission
Massachusetts
Crane-Lodge
Sullivan
Bartlett
Whitney
Hisgen
Springfield
Independence League
Bartletts Manager Issues Statement on Merger Issue
Daniel T. OConnell, Bartlett campaign manager, reports Bartlett will provide a comprehensive answer to John Sullivan on the merger as the key issue. Sullivan and McNary pressed for a definite response while Whitney’s representatives faced questions. Bartlett’s Worcester campaign visits and local endorsements are outlined, with O’Gara’s travel, rural canvassing, and Worcester leadership backing Bartlett.
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Daniel T. O'Connell
Bartlett
John A. Sullivan
William S. McNary
Ward 5
Democratic Club
Sullivan
General Bartlett
Whitney
Worcester
Worcester Post
Merger not the issue in Whitney Bartlett fight
Congressman John A. Sullivan leads a Whitney aligned argument to keep the merger off the table. Whitney operatives praise his talks in Worcester and Ward 6, aiming to rally support across Holyoke Chicopee and prowl for Republican votes. The GOP quiet canvass notes Whitney appeal rivals Guild, with Stand-patters potentially backing Whitney over Guild if he wins the Democratic nod. Former Rep Thayer remains an observer, echoing Whitney principles on corporate regulation.
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Sullivan
Worcester
Whitney
Mr. Whitney
Bartlett
Springfield
Holyoke
Chicopee
Guild
John R. Thayer
March on Whitney Worcester Conflict Report
Aug 18 Worcester notes claim General Bart lett and his lieutenants staged a march on Whitney forces after Worcester county Democracy outing. The Whitney party, including the candidate and about 75 companions, rode back to Boston in the candidate’s private car.
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Don
O'Connell
Boston
Worcester County
Worcester
Mark Skerrett
Alderman Sullivan
Leominster
Bartlett
Whitney
John O'Gara
Gardner
Joseph Carney
West Boylston
Daniel A. Lynch
Milford
James F. Stratton
McLaughlin
McMahon
Milbury
Daniel J. Dempsey
Hieutenants
Whitney Forces
Democracy
Whitney Party
Groton Woman at Cambridge Is Safe With Relatives
Nellie Downs of Groton, reported missing, arrived at 127 Austin Street Cambridge last night after spending the day with friends. She was attacked with a pulmonary hemorrhage on a North Station to Cambridge car Thursday, but was cared for by a Cambridge friend and did not notify Groton relatives. She said she did not view the visit as making a surprise and has since explained her plans.
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Bay State House
John O'Gara
Spencer
Worcester County Democracy
O’connelly
Leicester
Brookfield
North Brookfield
West Brookfield
Warrey
Palmer
Springfield
O'Connell
O’gara
Don” O'Connell
Worcester
Mark N. Skerrett
William A. Bell
Timothy Howard
Edward F. Delaney
Kenefick
Hearst
Dr. Smith
Third District
Nellie Downs
Groton
Cambridge
Post
Boston
Skeletons Found Buried at Everett Gas Works
In Everett two skeletons, one of a woman and one of a man, were found by a laborer digging a trench for a gas main at the New England Gas and Coke Company works. The bodies lay six feet apart in wooden boxes near the big ovens and were moved to the company barn. Police speculate they were buried during the Revolution era.
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Everett
New England Gas & Coke Company
Woman Killed in New York Tenement Fire
In a five story East Thirty third street blaze a woman believed to be Mrs Mary McMahon aged 60 died after being overtaken by smoke while fleeing from the fourth floor. Firemen saved 50 people from the front escape as the fire raged.
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New York
Mansfield is Not Improving
New London Conn August 18 Arrangements are under way to move Richard Mansfield from Lower Saranac Lake to his summer home as the Adirondack air fails to improve his health. Despite denials, belief grows that the great actor may never return to the stage. His physicians may halt the malady but his vigor will not support theatrical life. He is depressed about his condition and has long suffered a serious intestinal trouble worsened by nervous dyspepsia.
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New London
Conn
Richard Mansfield
Lower Saranac Lake
Adirondack
Senator Du Bois Warns On Mormon Political Power
In Aurora Illinois on August 18 Senator Du Bois of Idaho addressed about 3000 people urging action to curb Mormon political influence. He argued polygamous marriages persist among Mormons and urged listeners to press Congress against their continuation.
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Aurora
Ill
Dubois
Idaho
United States
Moran Endorsed by Ward 7 Democrats Club
The Ward 7 Democratic Bachelors' Club endorsed John B. Moran for re election as district attorney. The club met at President Patrick Sullivan's home 4 Tyler Street and announced Moran as honorary chairman amid a Kerry dinner and Moran pie pastry. Daniel Sullivan resigns to return to Ireland to claim his sweetheart.
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John B. Moran
Bachelors’ Club
Patrick Sullivan
Tyler Street
John Quinn
Sullivan
John B
Daniel Sullivan
Ireland
White Star Line
States
The
Benedicts
Gaelic School Meeting Plans Benefit Show in Boston
The Boston Gaelic School met at 1157 Washington street under P. J. O Daly and Miss Julia Brown. Members voted to attend a Warren Club entertainment on August 20 to aid Mary Drinan and her late father James Drinan. Absent members urged to attend. Treasurer Mrs McCormac Curley announced fall sessions begin the first Thursday in September.
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Washington Street
P. J. O'Daly
Julia Brown
Warren Club
Broadway
South
Boston
Mary Drinan
James Drinan
McCormac-Curley
Brogan
Brooklyn
James A. Brogan
Webster Street
Church of the Assumption
Bonnie
Mattapan
Edward
Jeremiah
Charlotte Bonvie
Idaho Street
St. Gregory’s Church
Hichborn
Winthrop
Samuel Hichborn
West Newton Street
Schirmer
Dorchester
Alice Williams
Ernest
Columbus Avenue
Mr& Mary
Burns Wilder
Henry H. Wilder
Young
Carl A
Peter
Mary T. Young
Geneva Avenue
Statement by torace on councillors dinners payments
The veteran manager of many political dinners at Young's says councillors dinners were billed in a lump and that if any councillor wished stronger drink he ordered and paid for it himself. The statement by Horace and official vouchers fuel the Moran district attorney's investigation.
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Torace
Young’s
Horace
Moran
Middleboro Trials Speed Cards To Slow Auto Traffic
Middleboro Aug 18. To aid town officials in curbing speeding through the centre a town auto club man waited at four corners today stopping cars and handing drivers cards urging not to exceed 12 miles per hour. Selectmen plan permanent speed traps if this practice fails. First in the area to test this device, officials expect better results than arresting speeders.
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Middleboro
Reform Wave Hits Chicago
Chicago Aug. 18 Chief of Police Shippy announced a crackdown instructing inspectors to end gambling in all forms and to ban women without escorts from saloons. Saloons must draw their blinds on Sundays as part of the new order.
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Chicago
Shippy
Moonlight S Schooner Collides With Pier in Calais
The schooner Moonlight, from New York with coal, struck the Washington County railway pier while docking at Calais. The jibboom damaged the pier, the schooner toppled onto the structure, poured tidefilled water aboard, and is thought to have suffered a broken back.
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Calais
Moonlight
New York
Washington County Railway
Governor's aide with D A clashes over council books
Charles S. Groves, new private secretary to Governor Guild, meets District Attorney Moran at the State House to hand over the Governor's council books. Moran asks to open Hamlin's desk. Groves resists, replying he really couldn't. The exchange marks Groves' debut as a public official in the affair.
Crane names Bates among national four leaders
East Boston has become a key hub as ex Governor John L. Bates returns with Senator Murray Crane from Dalton. Crane reportedly pledged that Bates will be part of the four major figures at the forthcoming national convention.
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Boston
John L. Bates
Murray Crane
Dalton
Crane
Prominent Hearst Democrat Quiet Amid Worcester Event
John O Gara of Spencer, a prominent Hearst Democrat who attended the Worcester Democratic outing, did not speak or join in the tumult, but listened intently alongside John R Thayer as events unfolded.
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Hearst
Worcester
John O’gara
Spencer
O'Gara
John R. Thayer
Josiah Quincy’s Coyness Sparking Statewide Talk
The sudden shyness of Josiah Quincy at recent campaign events from Curley’s rally to Nantasket Point and Worcester is becoming a statewide talking point. Quincy, a noted political strategist, is known for his bold leadership rather than abrupt bashfulness.
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Josiah Quincy
National League
McNary
Quincy
Nantasket Point
Worcester
Child scalded by boiling tea at breakfast scene
George Rathansky, two, son of Henry Rathansky of 31 Billerica Street, reached for a pot of boiling tea at the breakfast table. The pot upset and poured boiling liquid over his face and chest. He lies in serious condition at Relief Hospital.
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George Rathansky
Henry Rathansky
Billerica Street
Relief Hospital
Revere Girl Sets Coastal Swim Feat at Beach
Miss Freda Casson eighteen emerges from the water at Revere Beach achieve a long swim amid northwest wind and rough seas. She swam from the breakwater to a named point in about 50 minutes, covering slightly more than a mile with the current and wind. Lifesaving corps members followed by lifeboat and boat, noting her improving swimming as the season draws interest among local swimmers.
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Freda Casson
United States Life Saving Corps
Revere Beach
Miss Casson
Thomas R. ‘Willis
Life Saving Corps
Walsh
John McLean
Hattie Grainger
Davis
New Volunteer Life- Savers
Seven Upsets On River Reported At Charles River
Aug 18 Auburndale reports seven upsets on the Charles River this afternoon. None of the accidents were serious as victims dried out at Metropolitan police station and left for home. River is at its lowest level in years, dropping eight inches in the past week.
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Auburndale
Charles River
Metropolitan
Fisherman Scalded In Schooner Galley
John Langley crew member of the Gloucester schooner Lillian reached Vineyard Haven and was sent to hospital after a boiler of hot water toppled in the galley during a swordfish trip.
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John Langley
Lillian
Vineyard Haven
Mrs Taft in Poor Health in Millbury
Mrs Louis Taft, mother of Secretary Taft, remains weak as a doctor reports increased inflammation and no comfortable day. Dr C A Church notes condition has worsened, indicating serious illness in Millbury on August 18.
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Millbury
Louisa M. Taft
Taft
C. A. Church
Church
Funeral services for Daniel J. Downing in South Boston
Funeral services were held at Gate of Heaven Church for Daniel J. Downing of 6 National Street South Boston who was killed at Mansfield. The John Drum Camp Spanish War Veterans attended in a body and interment followed at St Joseph's Cemetery with Father Brennan celebrating. Commander John W. Ford led the veterans in charge.
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Daniel J. Downing
National Street
Boston
Mansfield
Gate of Heaven Church
John Drum
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Father Brennan
Mass
John W. Ford
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John” Quinn
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