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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1911
Page
14
In Wilmington Delaware August 24 the single tax Upton Sinclair colony learned that its ideal marriage would end in divorce. Residents debated the marital troubles of Upton Sinclair as Mrs. William M Fuller Meta Fuller Sinclair's mother arrived and declared neutrality for her grandson David Sinclair.
Mrs Fuller wife of the Court of Special Sessions clerk in New York, says the proposed suit announcement came as a surprise and she first learned of it from a newspaper article. She received a letter from Mrs Sinclair but will not disclose its contents as private.
Harry H. Kemp, described as corespondent in Upton Sinclair's divorce libel, was a Mt. Hermon Academy student from Orange New Jersey. He built a reputation as an athlete, winning three events in a 1905 dual meet with Worcester Academy.
Edmund Billings urges Boston stockholders to approve the merger of West End Street Railway with Boston Elevated. The meeting shows 107,584 votes represented. 32 oppose on constitutional grounds. Final West End vote set for Sept 6. proxies already favor acceptance.
Preparatory to an open air meeting on the Common the Massachusetts Women's Suffrage Association sends a group of sandwich girls with large Votes for Women signs through city streets to rally aid for the California suffrage campaign. Two autos with workers tour Revere Beach Winthrop's summer colony while evening speakers from New York and Boston discuss the California battle for equal suffrage. Russell Wood Miss Martha Gruening Miss Caroline Flemming Mrs. Charles Park Miss Alice Carpenter and Mrs. R Y Fitzgerald are listed as speakers.
Editor argues the 7 percent dividend on the West End Company stock is misleading. He calculates actual yields based on past share prices, showing 4 2 3 to 5 1 3 percent on common, and under 3 9 10 percent on market-priced shares. He notes unequal rates for preferred and common stock lack rationale and fairness.
Walter Hubbard 83 a millionaire Meriden Conn manufacturer died in Burlington after a five hour illness while visiting Dr E W Pierce. Hubbard appeared healthy in the morning but was struck by double lung congestion in the afternoon.
Mrs Elizabeth Lonergan 87 of the South End is on the dangerous list at Grace Hospital after drinking carbolic acid. She was seen by Martin Norton of 378 Second Street South Boston raising the bottle and starting to drink before Norton knocked it away and had her rushed to hospital.
Members of the Canadian Club of Boston warn that anti reciprocity rhetoric and talk of annexation in the United States threaten to complicate treaty passage. They cite comments by U S Senators and Representatives and note that Canadians largely oppose annexation while the treaty remains a priority.
Governor Foss aims to secure both Democratic and Democratic Progressive nominations. State Democratic leaders circulated papers with State ticket candidates, signaling top-down control despite direct-nomination laws. Frank J. Donahue denounces party influence and predicts voter backlash. Senator Roger Sherman Hoar chairs the Progressive committee as talks warn of vote-splitting against Foss.
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