Foss Now Candidate for Governor Claims He Is Not Opposing Guild
Eugene N. Foss told a New York Post reporter by telephone that he is not a candidate against General Guild for governor and would not discuss opposing him in the convention. He reiterated his personal views on reciprocity and tariff reform, and noted he speaks only for himself.
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Eugene N. Foss
Waldorf Astoria
New York
Post
Foss
Chamber of Commerce
Guild
Mr. Foss
Andrew G. Webster
Webster
Exchange Club
Frederick S. Hall
Taunton
Hall
Mall
Thayer Did Not Arrive at Governor Run Consideration Meeting
The Boston scene held expectation as former Congressman John R. Thayer was to pressure Governor Douglas to reconsider running this fall, but he did not visit. Colonel Gaston remains away at his Maine summer home. The Democratic State committee meets July 11 at the Revere House to decide on the governor’s candidacy and to elect a new chairman after Captain John J. Flaherty resigned. Josiah Quincey presides as first vice-chairman.
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John R. Thayer
Douglas
Thayer
Boston
Gaston
Maine
Democratic State Committee
Revere House
John J. Flaherty
Josiah Quincey
Postum Coffee Proves Healthful For Delicate Health
An enthusiastic letter from Colonel's Town extols Postum Food Coffee as a healthy alternative to regular coffee. The writer describes indigestion and nervous trouble, reports improved sleep, relief from distress, and ongoing use of Postum for years. The note cites the Postum Company Battle Creek Michigan and the booklet The Road to Wellville.
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Postum Company
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Scott Peters Hears Rumors on Essex County Delegation
District Attorney Scott Peters of Haverhill in Essex county visited town to assess the Republican path to the attorney-general nomination. He spoke with city Republicans and at the Beacon building headquarters, expressing satisfaction with Essex county’s solid delegation as a base for his convention chances.
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Scott Peters
Haverhill
Essex County
Herbert Parker
Dana Malone
Edgar R. Champlin
George A. Sanderson
Asa P. French
Boston
Peters
Republican City Committee
Beacon Building
Special Committee to Hear Charges Against Public Buildings Dept
The Common Council special committee on public buildings will meet next Monday evening to receive written charges against the department. The stormy session yesterday saw Councilman Leavitt’s bid to place members on record defeated three to two. Many expect the agitation to end in a whitewash.
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Common Council
Public Buildings Department
Thomas Leavitt
Immigration Bureau Seizes 12 Young Immigrants From Slavery
Deputy Commissioner Hurley orders 12 immigrant youths to be sent back to Europe amid fears of child slavery. Eleven are Italian, two Greek, and one Albanian. With no relatives in the U S, officials refuse to release the boys to potential relatives seeking to place them in sweatshops. The group will travel via New York to Naples, as no Mediterranean steamer departs for Boston until August.
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Hurley
Europe
Boston
Mediterranean
New York
Naples
New Bedford Mayor Heads West To Work At Maggie Murphy Mine
New Bedford mayor Charles Sumner Ashley travels to Wyoming to oversee the Maggie Murphy copper claim near Douglas. The Democrat, known for vigorous campaigns and long mayoral tenure, will work in the mine wearing overalls, while allies expect dividends and further political impact back home.
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New Bedford
Ashley
Wyoming
Maggie Murphy
Charles Sumner Ashley
Douglas
Wyo
Boston
Mayor seeks 958 000 loan for street improvement bill
Mayor Collins sent the Board of Aldermen a loan bill totaling 587 000 for street projects. The communication notes reductions due to an East Boston Emergency Hospital appropriation and itemized costs include sewer damages 18 500, Chelsea bridge 15 000, ferry improvements 25 000, street works 220 000 and highways 100 000, with earmarked allocations to various wharfs and docks.
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Board of Aldermen
Donovan
Committee On
East Boston
Bennington Street
Dulangway
Copley Square
Wharf
Long Island
Chelsea Bridge
South Draw
Coffee Destroys Germs in Rapid Test Claims
A report claims coffee destroyed the germ of Erysipelas in one day the germ of Splenic Fever in hours the Typhoid Bacillus in days and the microbe of Asiatic Cholera in hours, based on actual tests.
Aldermen Endorse Funds for Mt Hope Cemetery Expansion
In Boston’s Board of Aldermen Alderman Linehan backed a $25,000 appropriation for Mt Hope Cemetery land, with 11 voting for and one against. Mayor Collins urged two related orders for an East Boston emergency hospital financed by a $30,000 bond issue and a bequest for the hospital. The panel also moved land transfer to the Joshua Bates schoolhouse site.
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Curley
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Alderman Linehan
Collins
Boston
Ann BE. Taggard
Eastoston
Hospital Department
City of
Harrison Avenue
Board of Street Commissioners
Joshua Bates
Admiral Evans Heads to Provincetown for Naval Maneuvers
Fighting Bob Evans and Mrs Evans arrived in Boston and stayed at the Bellevue. The admiral told a Post reporter he would go to Provincetown in the morning to take charge of the naval maneuvers.
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Bob Evans
A Companion Little Comforters Travel Aid
A delightful travelling companion for many travelers, Dr Miles anti pain pills ease nerves, prevent dizziness and sickness, relieve nausea and headaches, reducing car sickness. The copy stresses soothing brain and stomach nerves for comfortable journeys aboard.
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Miles
Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills Claims of Quick Cures
An advertisement asserts Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills relieve all kinds of pain quickly and harmlessly. A traveling salesman testimonial from M H Chartus praises headaches relief and guarantees money back if ineffective. The piece notes twenty five doses cost twenty five cents and warns against bulk sales.
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Dr. Miles
M. H. Chartus
St. Louis
Arrival of Kang Yu Wei Sparks Boston Celebration
Chinese reform leader Kang Yu Wei arrives from New York to Boston amid fanfare. He urges Chinese in the United States to adopt Western ways and laments discrimination. His daughter accompanies him. reception and banquet mark a ten day stay, with 300 locals greeting the party at South Station.
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Chinatown
New York
Kang Yu Wei
Reform Party
China
Chew Hok Hean
United States
Boston
Roosevelt
Miss Kang
Hartford
Salt Attack Planned by South End Residents
Springfield residents armed with rock salt shotguns prepare to deter stray boys raiding rabbit huts and flower gardens. Last week a band plundered Mill street and Warriner avenue flower beds, taking hundreds of roses as flower thefts spread through the South End and city center.
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Springfield
South End
Mill Street
Warriner Avenue
Count Thiery Dies After Auto Crash Near Lepuy
Laschamp, France July 5 Count Thiery was killed when his car struck a stone wall near Lepuy and plunged into a ravine on the way to an international race. A lady companion was badly injured.
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Laschamps
France
Thiery
Lepuy
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