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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1908
Page
5
Detailed outline of a proposed act dissolving party labels in city elections and replacing them with municipal parties. It sets rules for party names, nomination filing with election commissioners, a single ballot, random ordering of candidates, voter participation without party enrollment, post‑nomination campaign committee formation, expenditure filings, and election commissioner rulemaking.
The term municipal party covers a non political party that in the prior city or town race polled at least 3 percent for mayor or selectman or files a petition 60 days before the annual municipal election with the city clerk or election commissioners signed by at least 3 percent of the mayoral vote. It also means a political party for municipal elections caucus nominations on the official ballot.
Ex-Mayor Josiah Quincy backs a dramatic reform bill to repeal the Luce joint primary law and dissolve party structures in Massachusetts cities. Dr Morton Prince presents the measure, with support from prominent figures including Frederick P. Fish and Robert Treat Paine Jr. The bill evolves from Boston to cover all cities, provoking strong legislative debate on election laws and municipal charters.
The text promotes Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a reputable laxative praised for cleansing and relieving internal organs without debility or dosage changes. It asserts physician approval, explains natural action, and urges purchase of genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product through leading druggists.
The New York Sun reports Roosevelt’s 1884 autograph letter claiming he was lightweight boxing champion at Harvard. Harvard officials dispute the claim, noting he sparred once in 1879 and lost to Charles S. Hanks, with limited other athletic mentions in Crimson and Advocate records.
Mr. Quincy argues that prioritizing a first step is key to progress before a city charter. Mr. Paine says the bill targets a root evil and cites Massachusetts as a pioneer of the Australian ballot, urging reform over party politics. William H. Lincoln notes Brookline’s town affairs lack politics.
Seven year old Solomon Crean burned to death when his clothing caught fire from papers he ignited at the kitchen stove in his Apple street home. His four year old sister Sadie barely escaped as the mother briefly left for a store and the father was at work. Neighbors and the mother reacted as the tragedy unfolded in South Framingham on February 7. In Pittsburg, six Italians linked to a black hand group were arrested at Sewickley Heights as police seized Black Hand literature revolvers and stilettos from under furniture.
General Fielding of the Volunteers of America declares that aid to the suffering is more valuable than money, stating Orange rie is of greater worth to those in need.
The Boston and Albany schedule shifts take effect Sunday February 23. The fast mail moves to 7 30 p m with unchanged connections to Chicago. the American express special adjusts to meet westbound connections from New York, delivering earlier to Chicago and west of the Mississippi. Circuit trains near Riverside are realigned to improve main line and Highland ties. Some heavy trains split between 5 6 p m and the first section runs express to Newton and Chestnut Hill, omitting Trinity place, with local stops afterward. A South Framingham to Milford service adds an 8 15 a m Boston arrival and 1 10 p m return. The 9 15 Worcester to Boston is restored, and Springfield to Worcester train No 20 shifts to the old pattern, leaving Springfield ~6 a m and Worcester ~noon, running ahead of the New York express from Boston at noon.
Worcester February 7 Dr A Dau delin of this city now in Paris was decorated with the Legion of Honor He is the second Worcester man to be so honored within two months
A fragmented OCR item mentions preventing the grip with laxatives and quinine as a cure. The text hints at a signature by E. W. GRO and an odd phrase about seven ecoNSquiNiN. The readable fragments imply a miscible medical or consumer note with a possibly satirical or coded signature.
Members of the Anti High Rent League press for a permit to hold an open air mass meeting next week. A Monday league meeting at No 13 Poplar Street discussed sanitation efforts with Meyer Bloomfield of the Civic Service House. Harry Dubinsky and wife, the early organizers, face landlord backlash and legal action after multiple eviction orders. Bloomfield aids sanitary inspections though not part of the rent strike.
Lewis Cass Ledyard and Charles M. Pratt, linked to Standard Oil, resign as Boston & Maine directors. They are replaced by Thomas P. Beal and S. N. Aldrich. Both may join the New York, New Haven & Hartford board, as the Cole bill restricts cross-directorships. Report notes NH owns or controls three-eighths of the B&M. Accident details: a large ore separator building at Lyon Mountain, NY, and three houses, burned for about $200,000, owned by Delaware & Hudson Co.
Boston's police force engages in a guessing contest over what newly appointed Captain James F. Driscoll will do at police headquarters. Commissioner O Meara had resisted promoting him but vacancies forced a change. rumors place him in various roles, including the mysterious detail. Superintendent Pierce denies a staff move and has not decided Driscoll's duties.
Berlin reports heavy snowfall spanning East Prussia Poland Russia Silesia Austria and Roumania amid a severe winter spell. Snow crippled transport and disrupted daily life as crews worked to clear roads and rails across the affected areas.
London reports an ironclad pact among major steamship lines ending recent rate cuts. The agreement requires maintaining specified rates across all passenger classes, with figures to be released publicly soon. Participating lines include Allan, American, Anchor, Atlantic Transport, Canadian Pacific, French, Cunard, Dominion, Donaldson, Hamburg-America, Leyland, North German Lloyd, Holland-Amerika and Red Star.
Beach Hargis, who killed his father Judge James Hargis, declared last night that his father attempted an assault in the store before the shooting and he expressed no remorse for the tragedy.
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