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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1912
Page
6
Five hundred Bath residents marched to Charles W. Morse home led by a band. Morse spoke from the piazza thanking citizens for their friendship. He and Mrs. Morse then hosted an informal reception, greeting nearly everyone present.
An advertisement offers free large bottles of Uric-O to rheumatism sufferers in the country to prove the cure claims. A testimonial from W. H. Willer of Bridgeport asserts complete recovery after three one dollar bottles and urges readers to mail name and address with ten cents to receive a trial bottle. Uric-O sells at one dollar per bottle through druggists.
Lieutenant-Governor Robert M. Luce berated Governor Foss for interfering with the Legislature citing the state constitution’s independence clause. The event at Faneuil Hall in Boston featured a drumhead election naming new Ancients officers and a dress parade by multiple bands.
Charles F. Dole urges that true good citizenship for immigrants comes from the example and character of current residents. He warns against relying on old family prestige and emphasizes honesty loyalty and humane treatment as the path to molding new Americans. He notes even Mayflower stock can fail without noble action. Jamaica Plain June 1 1912.
The speaker condemns executive overreach and warns against government by men rather than law referencing the Massachusetts Constitution. Col Appleton presided with Adjutant McDonald as toastmaster as several dignitaries spoke for their groups and interests.
The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company held its 274th anniversary observance with a parade to Old South Church and a drumhead election and officer installation on the Common. Governor Foss and staff attended a dress review and the event closed with a banquet in Faneuil Hall last evening.
The 500 strong march, led by Colonel Everett C. Benton with his 10-year-old son Josiah H. Benton, included long serving Sergeant Winslow B. Lucas and special guests from Massachusetts and Maine naval brigades, veterans groups, Lexington Minute Men, Providence light infantry, Old Guard, Seventh Regiment New York, and South Africa Frontiersmen. After gathering at Faneuil Hall Armory they moved to the State House where Governor Foss and staff awaited, proceeding through the business district to Old South Church on Boylston Street.
The King’s birthday was celebrated with the launch of a daily express train service linking the colony and Canada. Mail and passenger service, formerly tri weekly, now runs daily as the Governor dispatches the first train amid general rejoicing.
June 3 exercises honor Jefferson Davis first and only President of the Southern Confederacy held across the South with participants in South New Orleans.
Senator Clark of Wyoming moved in the Senate to print the Constitution of the United States for the information of the Senate and the public. Senator Smoot questioned the author before laughter subsided. The motion prevailed.
Former Senator William Flinn of Pittsburgh, state Roosevelt campaign leader, was indicted for criminal libel by Edward D. Brown of Uniontown. The grand jury found a true bill but the judge quashed the indictment, ruling the postings about a fake Roosevelt candidate were not libelous. Brown, a Roosevelt delegate candidate, claimed the cards cost him the nomination.
Washington June 3 The Lorimer election fight shifts to the Senate tomorrow as Senator Kern leads a bid to unseat the Illinois senator. The committee reports found bribery charges largely unproved, while Senator Dillingham will head the defense arguing double jeopardy should bar retrying him.
The French schooner Jean of St Pierre on the Grand Banks May 28 sprang a leak and the 17 crew members took to boats, arriving today at St Pierre aboard the brigantine Elizabeth. The Jean, built in Boothbay Maine in 1886, weighed 65 tons net and had previously been the Margaret Mather.
New Hampshire Bible Society marked its centennial in Concord with officers reelected: Judge David Cross 94 as president, John Kimball 91 as treasurer. Rev. Ashly Day Leavitt of Concord named secretary and Rev. Edwin J. Aiken named agent.
Pitches Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as cure for thinning hair and gray tones. Claims regimen restores color, eliminates dandruff, and strengthens hair in days. Recommends fifty cent bottle from druggist.
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