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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1908
Page
5
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James Donovan faces a contested path to chair the Democratic city committee after ex Mayor Fitzgerald offers a peace plan. Possible picks include James McDonald of Ward 23 or ex Councillor Jeremiah McNamara, with William McNary favoring McDonald. City leaders will meet to seek harmony ahead of next year’s mayoral race.
The Merchants' Association board met yesterday afternoon with Joseph B. Russell presiding in President Storrow's absence. The group referred the State Board of Trade convention idea to the industrial development committee. George R. Nutter will represent the association before the Interstate Commerce Commission on a freight rate petition. Next general meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 16, featuring John L. Mathews on waterways and commerce development.
Worcester representative James H. Mellen told the State A F and L Lt executive board in Wells Memorial that public education must change. He urged vocational training and curriculum shifts to prepare more students for work beyond grammar school, noting only 3 percent go to college and crafts as essential capital for workers' futures.
Four girl babies were born to Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Jones of Puxico early this morning. One infant lived five hours, the others are healthy and expected to survive.
James Sharp, calling himself Adam God, was arrested tonight in Monticello, Johnson County, Kansas after leading a clash with officers. He was wounded in both hands, a bullet pierced his coat sleeve, another hit his cap, and he slept beneath a haystack when found. He said he was willing to be taken now that he had finished the work God sent him to do.
Don Aldrich of Whitefield New Hampshire, a septuagenarian traveler, arrived in Dedham at 3 p m as part of his cross country trip from Portland Maine to Portland Oregon. He left Portland November 20 and plans to attend the Taft inauguration for whom he voted.
An aged health remedy claims to counter aging decline after forty with a compound syrup, Toris compound, and whiskey mixed and dosed before meals and at night. The ad urges prompt use to relieve rheumatic pains and prevent illness, with ingredients available from any druggist.
A steeple jack drew a large crowd in Adams square yesterday afternoon as he ascended a slender flagstaff on the Holmes Luce Company building. The pole swayed in a stiff breeze and a new rope was passed through the top pulley, raising concerns as the climber and wind shifted the pole.
New York reports at least four pitchers will be tried by the Highlanders for the upcoming season with many others to work out sit on the bench or take tickets as teams begin pre season preparations.
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