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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1920
Page
1
Convention rules keep assembly in session until a candidate is chosen and a platform is adopted. The conference backs Johnson supporters while straddling on the peace treaty. It denounces Wilson and the League of Nations, and commends Republican senators for pressuring a compromise to Crane’s peace plank.
Intimate friends of Edna F. Merriman a 21 year old bookkeeper at the Everett Trust in Everett state that her self inflicted revolver wound in the Glendale square bank yesterday morning stemmed from deep grief and planned to wed next winter the hospital operation affected her mind and the act was a result of personal distress.
Thomas H Havey of 23 Malden Street died when the Curtiss bi plane he piloted crashed on the Revere Beach boulevard near the West Lynn station. Parachute jumper Henry A Smith of Beacham Avenue Cliftondale was seriously injured.
In Chicago at the Coliseum on June 10 former Senator W Murray Crane leads the effort for Governor Coolidge’s presidential bid. He champions a platform opposing costly war powers, endorsing arbitration tribunals and a firm policy toward Mexico, Armenia, and foreign trade.
Chicago January 10 The convention reconvenes with an agreement to nominate a presidential candidate before adjournment and deliver all nominating speeches. Each nominee will have two seconding speeches of five minutes, and voting must finish before tomorrow night. Vice Presidential nomination set for Saturday.
Smith was rushed to Lynn City Hospital with possible skull fracture and multiple injuries after a crash. Havey died on arrival. authorities report no further details at this time.
Upon taking the reins today, the Coolidge drive leader found the Massachusetts delegation in improved condition, marking the best cohesion since the previous period. The shift signals a stronger organized effort within the group.
Partial box score style recap shows American League results with Boston, New York, Detroit, St Louis, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Baltimore among teams. Details are fragmented but include runs and inning notes, with multiple score lines and place names like Pittsburgh and New Haven appearing in the text.
Chicago dispatch notes the Republican convention adjourned at 9 35 p m after a day of meetings in the city. No further details on votes or decisions are provided in the surviving text.
Serbian troops invade. one year ago today the president told Irish representatives in Paris he would unofficially push to bring the Irish question before the peace conference, signaling continued tension and diplomacy amid upheaval.
Readable forecast notes show warmer conditions on Friday along the coast with fair weather. Saturday offers partly cloudy skies with a moderate warmth trend and fair conditions across New England and coastal areas.
Taken suddenly ill at the Orpheum Theatre last night Jewell Priest 62 a guest of the Boston Tavern died before a physician arrived. He came here from Ga and was employed as a clerk.
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