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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1912
Page
4
Theodore Roosevelt writes an Outlook editorial titled Mr Tafts Majority. He notes Chicago Evening Post and Indianapolis Star backed Taft papers but supported voters deciding in primaries.
A Chicago Evening Post critique labels Taft's nomination as tainted due to fraud and minority rule. The piece argues Taft held about 561 votes forged by bosses and 90 defeated delegates seated, leaving Taft's real support near 469 and later under 220 after reductions. It notes calls to repudiate the fraudulent convention and previews Massachusetts GOP leadership changes.
Yale University athletic committee adopts strict eligibility rule barring any student who has received compensation for participating in athletic sports. Captains must report suspicions, especially involving hotels and summer sports. Investigated players found guilty will be debarred from the university team.
A noted display of interest by Senator Crane in re electing to the Republican national committee from Massachusetts hints at a new approach. The upcoming Republican State committee meeting will consider making the final choice.
Thomas J. Dempsey, who began a life sentence in 1890 for his brother in law Clarence Willey’s murder, spent his first Fourth of July in 23 years with his aged mother in Bradford after his release. He reunited with his sister, wife of the murdered man, and is now employed by Lott F. McNamara in Haverhill as a skilled shoemaker.
The cooking page outlines a full week of hot weather menus and recipes in the next Sun day Post. Each day offers cooling dishes and quick meals designed for warm days.
Rev Father Murphy the prison chaplain urged clemency for life prisoner Dempsey. Governor Foss asked Murphy and Warden Bridges to recommend a pardon. Dempsey was chosen, Murphy pressed the council twice, and the pardon was granted and signed after Foss returned from Baltimore.
Four occupants of a car backed into a large plate glass window at Pinkham Smith Company 1312 Bromfield Street yesterday. All four were arrested for intoxication. Dillenbeck owner of the car gave 749 Tremont Street. Monandotti 20 Tennyson Street Santuossi 15 Corning Street Barr 864 Huntington Avenue. Witnesses say Dillenbeck and Barr went to a hotel while the car sat, then backed over the curb into the window.
A list of individuals from Roxbury to Melrose and Quincy who were overcome in various locations including streets stations bridges and race events. Names include Daniel Atkinson John C Mitchell Burrill Fish Joseph Lannon Charles Clayton Louis H Stewart Martin Weidel Flora Peakes William Abbott Abraham Renalowsky Daniel J Sullivan Harold Burton Shaw and English runner Shaw with destinations including City Hospital Grace Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital and events at rail yards tunnels and the Quincy race.
Boston recorded a 94 degree high, a new city mark for the Fourth of July, with Des Moines at 96 and Albany matching 94 elsewhere. The heat slowed celebrations but crowds packed beaches, steamers, and ferries while prostrations remained limited at 13.
James Sturtevant of Medford, father of Nellie A. Sturtevant who was murdered on her doorstep May 8, 1903, died last night at his Chester Avenue home after illness of several months.
The death of Mr. Sturtevant ends the last chance to solve the May 8, 1903 murder of Miss Sturtevant on her doorstep. His wife died soon after, and Lombardi, arrested earlier, was released after no identification. The Sturtevants’ health failures and resignation from the Medford Co-operative Bank mark the end of the case.
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