Republican battle over governorship and Senate seat
Republican leaders debate whether former Speaker Joseph Walker can secure the governorship without a contest and if Congressman McCall can win the Senate seat without intra party opposition. Colonel Benton vows to fight for governor while party organizers push for a strong legislative lineup to influence outcomes.
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Republican Organization
Joseph Walker
McCall
United States Senate
Everett C. Benton
Weeks and Draper contend for Senate bid amid party split
The piece notes John W. Weeks not yet a candidate for Senate with former Governor Draper publicly challenging McCall. Republicans split into conservative and progressive camps but agree on electing all GOP nominees. Charles S. Baxter backs a plan to unite factions while Hatfield leads the conservatives.
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John W. Weeks
Draper
McCall
Baxter
Charles S. Baxter
Hatfield
Olney Appeals for Congress in New Fourteenth District
Richard Olney of Dedham announces his candidacy for Congress in the new fourteenth district covering Brockton and Quincy. His papers circulate in 22 towns. Democrats expect a close race despite the Republican lean. Olney, a former Leicester official and 1936 lieutenant governor candidate, is a Boston wool merchant with a wife and three children.
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Richard Olney
Dedham
Fourteenth
Brockton
Quincy
Olney
Democratic Town Committee
Leicester
Baltimore
Old Twelfth
Boston
Duty to Be Happy and Monogamy in Moral Life
The text argues monogamy limits human progress and asserts happiness in love as a duty. It promotes union of soul and senses as true chastity and defends responsible motherhood whether within or outside marriage. It cites Ellen Key’s theory on moral relationship, marriage, and motherhood.
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Ellen Key
University of
Stockholm
Duty to be Happy in Love and the Recamier Story
The piece argues that personal happiness in love can serve society and that monogamy is not the sole moral path. It discusses divorce by mutual wish, evolving ethics, and the role of passion in human elevation, then profiles Mme Recamier, famed 18th–19th century Paris hostess and her famed refusals and loyalties.
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G. B. Huebsch
New York
Napoleon Bonaparte
France
Mme. Recamier
Napoleon
Recamier Bank
Paris
Mme. de Stael
Prince Augustus
Prussia
Recamier
Duke of Wellington
Waterloo
Wellington
Chateaubriand
Reverend MacArthur Defends Faith Before Tremont Temple
The Rev Robert S MacArthur of New York preached on creeds at Tremont Temple. He challenged practical atheism and argued science now reveres God. He asserted faith and character hinge on belief and climate of science has shifted toward belief in God.
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Robert S. MacArthur
D. D
New York
Tremont Temple
God
Dr. MacArthur
Japan
Turkish Grand Vizier Forms New Cabinet
Constantinople July 21 Tewfik Pasha appointed grand vizier after demanding dissolution of the chamber. The Sultan refused and Ghazi Moukhtar Pasha was named grand vizier forming a cabinet including Nazim Pasha war Hussein Hilmi justice Kiamil Pasha foreign affairs Ferid Pasha interior Zia Pasha finance Jemailedin Effendi Sheik-ul-Islam.
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Constantinople
Tewfik Pasha
London
Ghazi Moukhtar Pasha
Tewfik Tasha
Moukhtar Pasha
Nazim Pasha
Hussein Hilmi
Kiamil Pasha
Ferid Pasha
Zia Pasha
Jemailedin Effendi
Sheik-ul-Islam
Auto Hits Tree In Melrose Crash Injuring Driver DeSimone
A Cambridge man’s car traveling on Main street Melrose slammed into a tree after the steering gear failed. Chauffeur Nicholas B. DeSimone was severely injured while other occupants were thrown out and escaped serious harm. police noted license technicality and rain drove the wreckage aside.
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Main Street
Melrose
Cambridge
Nicholas B. DeSimone
George S. Kerr
Pine Banks
DeSimone
Labor Unions Aid to Health
Albany July 21 The State department of health will enlist labor unions to reduce disease prevalence and mortality Commissioner Porter names Michael J. O'Brien of Rochester a special representative to visit unions and arrange meetings with health department lecturers and explain efforts statewide
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Albany
N. Y
State Department of Health
Porter
Michael J. O'Brien
Rochester
Health Department
Swindlers Net 120 Million In Mail Frauds
A formal report to Postmaster General Hitchcock states 120 million dollars were swindled from the American people in the last fiscal year, largely via the U S mails, up about 50 million from the prior year.
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Washington
United States
Hitchcock
Fraud schemes sweep up to 1063 arrests by post office inspectors
The report details 1063 arrests of alleged fraud operatives by post office inspectors, with 452 convictions and 571 cases awaiting disposition. It notes offenders span all walks of life and cites attempts to derail prosecutions, while Postmaster General Hitchcock pushes for stronger evidence gathering to curb mail fraud.
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Post Office
Gypsy Thief Arrested After Pocket Picking In Taunton
A Taunton gypsy girl named Mary Joe, part of a caravan moving through southeastern Massachusetts, was arrested on a Bedford Street complaint by Captain Fred Durfee for pocket picking. Durfee reported losing $57 before realizing part of it had been returned, while Hall the Boston salesman claimed a 15 cent blessing fee and the outside ten dollars from his roll.
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Taunton
Providence
Swansea
Fall River
Massachusetts
Bedford Street
Fred Durfee
Mary Joe
Hall
Boston
Mary
Gloucester Day preparations include air exhibition and Hurdy Gurdy party
Gloucester plans celebrate Day on August 15 with Taft possibly attending. A Gloucester Hurdy Gurdy party is planned at Fernwood Thursday afternoon and evening. Hydroplane flights from Burgess Curtis plant Marblehead will feature Aviator Phillips Ward Page and Miss Blanche Scott arriving about 2 p.m. Landing near the ball field. Page will fly from Marblehead and bombs will be dropped at a floating target during the airship display at 1000 feet. A triple parachute jump from a balloon is also arranged.
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Gloucester
Taft
Fernwood
Burgess-Curtis
Marblehead
Phillips Ward Page
Blanche Scott
Page
Ball Field
Denies Ships Sunk by Turks In Dardanelles Raid
Rome reports Admiral Viale stating Italian torpedo boats Spica Centauro Astore Climena and Perseus entered Dardanelles on July 18 19 but were spotted by searchlights and Turkish forts. The flotilla hugged the European shore but tangled in cables near Wilid Bahr and retired with only slight damage.
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Rome
Viale
Dardanelles
Spica
Centauro
Astore
Climena
Persee
Wilid Bahr
Spiea
Millo
Middie Killed at Annapolis in Mast Fall Tragedy
William L. Bullock a Corsicana Texas midshipman six weeks at the Naval Academy was killed at Annapolis when he fell about 100 feet from the Hartford mainmast. He had just completed the traditional mast climb and cap spike display and died instantly from a broken neck.
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Annapolis
William L. Bullock
Corsicana
Tex
Naval Academy
Hartford
Bullock
Ex Senator Lorimer Hurt in Claysville Auto Wreck
Former Illinois senator William Lorimer escaped serious injury after his touring car collided with a telegraph pole near Claysville Pennsylvania. Lorimer secretary and chauffeur were scratched. the party continued to Chicago by train. Lorimer was en route from Washington to Chicago when a fractious horse spooked the driver leading to the crash.
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Claysville
Penn
William Lorimer
Illinois
United States Senate
Here
Lorimer
Chicago
Washington
William McCoombs
Woman Dies After Poison at Church Visit
Binghamton New York July 21 Johia Finan a shipping clerk at 48 Carroll street returned from church to discover his wife Margaret on a bed with her mouth burned from drinking poison. She never regained consciousness and died a few hours later. No cause was given. The pair were described as devoted to each other.
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Affelhoy
Melrose
J. Henry Affelhoy
Swain’s Pond Avenue
Lebanon Street
Sullivan Square
Charlestown
Belcher
Winthrop Centre
Georgina L
David Anne Belcher
Winthro Street
First Baptist Church
Herman Street
Bourgieoin
John A. Bourgeoin
Broadway
Everett
Mizpah Lodge No
Knights of Pythias
Burns
Dorchester
John 3. Burns
Margaret Burns
Meady
South Boston
Burns Bros
Nightingale Street
St. Leo's Church
Dwydr
Brighton
Richard J
Catherine Dwyer
Keenan
Bennett Street
St. Columbkine’s
Market Street
Hinkley
Rose A
Frank FE. Hinkley
Harris
Tremont Street
Holland
Boston
Charles A
Annie M. Holland
Eighth Street
St. Augustine’s
Lewis
Brunswick
Ray T. Lewis
Duluth
M'Carthy
Cambridge
Jeremiah
Daniel
Catherine M'cCarthy
Eugene T. McNamara
Maine Avenue
St. Margaret’s Church
Cambridge Lodge
RE. P. OO
Binghamton
N. Y
Johia Finan
Carroll Street
Margaret
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Zola Sisters
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Helen Lawton
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Jacques Recamier
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Francesca da Rimini
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Terhune
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