Governors Speak for Suffrage at Faneuil Hall Meeting
A suffrage gathering at Faneuil Hall drew strong support with former Colorado Governor Alva Adams and Kansas Governor Arthur Capper among speakers. Mary Ware Allen of the Cambridge Equal Suffrage Club presided as audience enthusiasm shown for the western gains in women's voting. A brass band provided by Mrs. Oliver Ames Sr. energized the event with patriotic airs.
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Mary Ware Allen
Cambridge Equal Suffrage Club
Oliver Ames, Sr
North Easton
Miss Allen
Anna Howard Shaw
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CAPT. Dolan To Be A Chief
The meeting featured speeches supporting woman suffrage with praise for its impact in Colorado Idaho and Wyoming. Governors Capper Spry Alexander Dunne Lister and Adams spoke on suffrage benefits and urged Massachusetts to vote next November. Oakes Ames and allied leaders outlined broad support across labor education and religious groups.
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Boston
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Crawford
State Historical Society
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Alexander
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Oakes Ames
Men’s League For Woman Suffrage
Strong for Suffrage Luncheon Draws Governors and Leaders
A Massachusetts Woman's Suffrage Association luncheon at the Hotel Bellevue drew about 150 attendees. Governors Spry, Hunt, Lister, Capper, Dunne and others spoke in favor along with ex Governors Ammons and Adams and notable officials. The event highlighted broad support from national leaders and prominent civic figures for equal suffrage with remarks on its justice and expediency.
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Robert M. Washburn
Alvin T. Fuller
Dean Hodges
Harvard
Lemuel H. Marlin
Boston University
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Garfield
Williams
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Sky-tipped towers rise from greed in a city poem
Max Endicoff in Poetry imagines monumental brick towers thrusting skyward from a swamp of greed as the city mocks courage with fear and furtive heavenward fury. The verse ends with the line Woman's Place Is- suggesting a provocative social claim.
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Max Endicoff
Fire drives seven from Chelsea tenement in suspected arson
Early this morning a two story wooden tenement at 116 Beacon street Chelsea was emptied after a fire believed incendiary sent thick smoke through the building. Hyman Seltzer his wife and daughters Ida and Sofie escaped to the street while neighbors aided Solomon Seltzer his wife and three children Morris 5 George 3 and Lena 5 months to safety.
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Tragedy Near Allston Paint Shop Passenger Train
Jeremiah E. Barrett aged 58 of 13 Blaine Avenue Allston was killed at 5 15 yesterday afternoon after stepping from behind freight cars on a siding into the path of an outbound passenger train.
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Blaine Avenue
Allston
Boston & Albany
Sabatini Sea Hawk Impresses with English Craft
The Sea Hawk by Rafael Sabatini, born in Jesi, Italy, is praised for its historical scope and polished use of English. The novel, published by J. B. Lippincott, reflects Sabatini's years in England and links Italian and English literary worlds while noting his partnership with publisher Martin Secker.
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Little, Brown & Co
Rafael Sabatini
Jesi
Italy
J. B. Lippincott
England
Sabatini
Martin Secker
Onions Corrects Pronunciation Of His Name In Letter
Novelist Oliver Onions clarifies to an American friend that his surname is pronounced in the common garden way. The note responds to a recent report claiming a different pronunciation similar to loans.
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Oliver Onions
Three Day Fast Declared in Russia During September
The Holy Synod ordered a three day fast from September 8 with no entertainments or music while work continues. September 8 marks Russia's liberation celebration, amid history noting Tamerlane’s forces once approached Moscow in 1895 and caused widespread suffering.
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Watchman John's Arrest Prompts Federal Charge
John Smith, a watchman for the Boston and Albany Railroad, was arrested by U S Deputy Marshal Bancroft on a charge of assaulting customs guard William F Pummer. A hearing is set for September 4 and he was released on bail with no surety.
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Boston & Albany R. A
United States
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William F. Pummer
Prohibition Political Propaganda and the BLUE PERIL
The piece denounces religious denominations as political recruits for the Anti-Saloon League and argues prohibition is a political tool that undermines free will. It warns that Blue Law tactics erode citizenship, promote hypocrisy, and fail against majority will, citing Prof. Adolph Cluss on beer.
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Anti-Saloon League
Anti-Sanity League
Massachusetts
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