Platform of City Democracy Advocates Local Rule
The Boston Democratic platform urges home rule and local self government for municipal issues while supporting national matters at national elections. It denounces Boston Republicans for injecting national questions into city elections and calls for fair street franchises, regulated gas providers, city work with resident labor, and expanded public services and playgrounds.
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Democratic Party
Republican Party
Greater New York
Republican Party of
Boston
Cambridge Aldermen Consider City Expansion and Funding
The Cambridge council debated a 100000 loan for Hobbs Brook basin 25000 for Payson Pond 10000 for Fresh Pond land act and 5000 for general costs and approved the loan. It also proposed widening Mt Auburn street by taking cemetery land and altering the Cambridge Watertown line to include land east of the bridge. An order to adjust the Cambridge Somerville line was introduced. A police force cap of ninety seven was proposed.
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Cambride Oy
Water Board
Hobbs Brook Basin
Payson Pond
Mt. Auburn Street
Cemetery Corporation
Cambridge
Watertown
Cutter
Somerville
Woods
Dalton
Lexington
Committee of 25 Nominates Eight for School Board
The Republican convention appointed Committee of twenty five met at the city committee HQs for two hours of secret session and nominated eight candidates: Aldrich Burrell Courtney Calderwood Davidson Dowd Liebman Nichols. The Independent women voters and Committee of 100 were represented. Two nominees Kehew and Draper were defeated. The independent women voters meet this afternoon at Bromfield Street Church.
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Republican City Committee
Charles I. Aldrich
Charles L. Burrell
Samuel E. Courtney
Samuel H. Calderwood
A. T. Davidson
Frederick Dowd
Gustave Liebman
J. C. Nichols
Independent Women Voters
Mary Morton Kehew
Mr. Draper
Bromfield Street Church
Nichols and Dowd
Draper
Kehew
Cecil Barnard Dead After Savage Club Fall
Cecil Barnard was killed tonight by falling or jumping from a second floor window of the Savage Club in London. He was a cousin of Fred Barnard the artist, who died in a separate incident a month ago.
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London
Cecil Barnard
Savage Club
Fred Barnard
Union Printers Josiah Quincy Club Forms in Boston
A Quincy Club of union printers formed last night at the St. Nicholas Hotel. The rep partisan group names A. W. Hovey as president, J. H. McCann as vice president, J. W. Clarkson as second vice president, and Thomas O Connell as secretary. Enthusiasm ran high as plans were made for a vigorous labor campaign until election day.
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Quincy Club
St. Nicholas Hotel
Union Printers
Josiah Quincy Club
A. W. Hovey
J. H. McCann
J. W. Clarkson
Thomas O'Connell
Renominated Mayor Quincy as platform is adopted
The article describes a heated city convention where Alderman John H. Lee opened the platform, John A. Kelcher moved John K. Fitzgerald as temporary chairman, and Fitzgerald led amid protests. Wells was elected secretary. credentials were set, and the convention adjourned briefly before adopting the committee’s report and platform.
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John H. Lee
Democratic City Committee
John A. Kelcher
Ward 9
Ward 6
Fitzgerald
All
Lee
William A. McDevitt
Ward 10
Stiles Gannett Wells
Ward 11
Lomasney
Hisses
Thomas F. Keenan
Ward 8
Keenan
Wells
Kennedy
East Boston
P. J. Kennedy
Francis H. Dillon
Francis J. Horgan
Bernard F. Lamb
John B. Martin
George H. Norton
James Warren
George W. Wentworth
Boston Democrats Clash Over Platform And Nominations
Debate at the Democratic convention centers on a committee to nominate school committee candidates and a five member resolutions panel. Keenan denounces Chicago platform ties and urges a clear Boston Democratic line, prompting cheers and a call for the previous question.
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Richard F. Sullivan
Ward 22
Democratic City Committee
Kelcher
Ward 9
McNary Confronts Convention Over Rights as Delegate
In a heated Democratic convention scene, Mr. McNary declares he will not let a chair suppress his rights as a delegate. Amid pandemonium he moves to present resolutions while demanding order and his right to be heard.
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McNary
Senator Hayes
Representative Reidy
Fitzgerald
Ward 6
Kelcher
Democratic Party
Democratic platform amendments read in convention
Mr McNary resumed on the platform amid excitement as amendments to the committee report were offered and rejected. The resolutions urged to back Bryan, oppose private seizure of streets, demand free transfers on street railways, limit franchise terms and taxes, and favor municipal ownership of utilities citing water works as proof public control can work.
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McNary
Committee On
Chicago
William J. Bryan
Democratic Convention Debates Over Resolutions and Nomination
Speech excerpts show a Boston Democratic convention arguing over a committee on resolutions and its authority, with calls to unite behind Mayor Quincy’s renomination. John Quinn urges inclusive support across factions to secure a unanimous platform and victory.
Rallying Democrats to Embrace Chicago Platform for Quincy Victory
A speaker urges uniting all Democrats to back Josiah Quincy and the Chicago platform, arguing to indorse Bryan and oppose factional splits. The call emphasizes attracting true Democrats, aligning with the Chicago platform, and defeating rival factions to secure victory akin to Van Wyck’s New York win.
Democrats Press For Adoption Of Committee Report
Mr. Kelcher addresses a Democratic convention asserting the party duty to adopt the committee report and push the previous question while denying un-Democratic content and promising to challenge any plank not aligned with Democratic instruction. The rhetoric echoes fresh from the city’s electorate.
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Mr. Kelcher
Public meeting erupts as resolution report is adopted
Mr. McNary objects to unfair methods and seeks a pro test. The chair places Mr. Kelcher’s motion and the committee report on resolutions is adopted, causing uproar. Hon. John H. Sullivan speaks amid applause and introduces Mayer Quincy as the named figure.
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Kelcher
Ward 15
Keenan
David B. Hill
John EB. Russell
Edward Avery
McNary
McNa
Committee
John H. Sullivan
Mayer Quincy
Quincy Nominated for Boston Mayor by Acclamation
A Democratic meeting endorses Josiah Quincy for another two years as Boston mayor. The speaker cites his administration’s finances, street work, Dorchester developments, and reform of penal and public institutions, urging party unity and civic progress.
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Josiah Quincy
Boston
Epeene
Mayer
Charles J. McCormack
McCormack seconding nomination for mayor gains Dorchester support
A speaker backs the mayoral nomination, praising Mayor Quincy’s local improvements in Dorchester. He notes lifelong residence there and five years with local improvement associations, citing two years of city work benefiting residential development. He promises further insight into the city’s progress.
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Quincy
Dorchester
Three New England magnates arrested in Boston fraud case
Francis H. Appleton William H Abbott and S Hamilton Guyot prominent stock traders from Manchester Vernon street and Cliff street Winthrop were seized on a conspiracy to defraud Julia B French of ten thousand five hundred dollars for 40000 shares of Fortune Gold Mining and Mining Company stock. The trio allegedly persuaded French to invest and later faced police bail arrangements as details emerged.
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Francis H. Appleton
William H. Abbott
S. Hamilton Guyot
New England
Julia B. French
Newbury Street
Mr. Abbott
Manchester
Mass
Vernon Street
Cliff Street
Winthrop
Boston
Camilton Guyot
Appleton Street
Fortune Gold Mining and Mining Company
Cripple Creek
Maine
Guyot
Appleton
Hesseltine & Hesseltine
Tremont Street
Cleary
Morrisey
Harris
Court Street
Post
Buffington
John P. Manning
Superior Criminal Court
Tuo
Appleton and
Charles J. Southwick
Messrs
James E. Whitney
F. H. Appleton, Jr
Abbott
James Phillips, Jr
Touraine
Secon
Board of Trade Acts Oppose West End Lease and Big Rail Moves
Massachusetts Board of Trade met at Parker House and approved the Railroad Commission denial of the 99 year 8 percent West End lease. The group endorsed two street railway bills, opposed a capital-raising measure, and urged continued opposition to inflated capitalization. A resolution supported by Herman Bird passed unanimously praising the Railroad Commission. Other discussions included granite docks for the north Atlantic coast and shipyard considerations.
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Massachusetts Board of Trade
Parker House
West End
Boston
Railroad Commission
Committee On Transportation
Barrett
Committee On Transportation and Legislation
Boards of Trade
Boston Associated Board
State Board of Trade
Herman Bird
Cambridge
Fosdick
Smith
Gloucester
North Atlantic Coast
Kittery
Portsmouth
N. H
Stearns
Massachusetts
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets marketed for indigestion
A promotional claim states dissolving one or two Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets with meals aids digestion and prevents gas. It asserts the remedy clears complexion, increases flesh, and is a universal stomach cure. Claims over six thousand Michigan cures and lists price and mailing address.
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Stuart
Michigan
Stuart Co
Marshall, Mich
Assessing Department Evening Sessions Set at City Hall
Assessing Department will hold evening sessions at City Hall from November 19 to December 1 inclusive to inspect assessors records. Office hours extend to 10 p.m. Frank A. Drew serves as secretary.
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City Hall
Frank A. Drew
West End Street Railway approves 25 year lease deal
West End directors voted unanimously to accept a Boston Elevated Railway proposed lease for 25 years with 7 percent on common stock and 8 percent on preferred stock. The clause forcing West End to lease other lines was removed amid commission scrutiny. A stockholder vote is set for Dec 9, and Boston Elevated stockholders will meet Dec 8 to ratify. If approved by regulators, plans will be shown to the Mayor and railroad commission.
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West End Street Railway Company
West End
Boston Elevated Railway
Railroad Commission
Boston
B Elevated
Gaston
H Elevated Road
Little
Cummings
William Hooper
Walter S. Swan
G. T. W. Braman
Stephen M. Weld
Moses Williams
R. M. Saltonstall
Alfred Winsor
Samuel Spencer
New 20S
Boston Elevated Railway Company
W. A. Gaston
W. A. Bancroft
Samuel Carr
C. J. Paine
J. M. Prendergast
Jacob C. Rogers
F. H. Peabody
T. Jefferson Coolidge, Jr
Robert Winsor
Railroad Commissioners
Elevated Company
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