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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1905
Page
8
W M Chidester of Hutchinson Kansas reports a 35 year battle with psoriasis cured in 30 days using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent after applying daily baths. He describes circular red patches scaling crusting and severe itching and notes no relapse in five years.
In Fall River crowds packed Anawan Hall as Democratic candidates for governor and lieutenant governor spoke. Henry M. Whitney addressed the audience with several speakers noting labor and tariff issues, criticizing Republican stances on labor laws and child labor, while citing industrial debates tied to shoe manufacturing and cotton mills.
At noon the ward chairmen of all 25 wards meet at the Democratic city committee headquarters to hear Bartlett and Whitney address them. They will urge support for the Democratic State candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor.
Ward 9 councilman Frank J. Gethro declared support for Johny W. Fitzgerald as mayor. The piece notes Gethro’s tangled ties to James Donovan and Edward J. Donovan, with Bowen opposing Donovan and aligning with Fitzgerald.
Taunton hosted a large crowd tonight to hear General Charles W. Bartlett and Hon. John A. Sullivan discuss tariff and reciprocity as Repulican factional views faltered at the state convention.
General Bartlett attacks the Republican convention defeat of Councillor Hall and blasts the party as led by a machine headed by Croker. He claims the Democratic plank now embodies relief seeking to end boss rule and mocks Guild and Draper as mere vote catching operatives. Sullivan’s remarks focus on tariff legislation and argue current high duties hurt manufacturers workers and consumers.
A Fall River dated letter dated October 20 1905 thanks General Curtis Guild Jr for adding a child labor plank to the Republican platform and lauds labor groups from Fall River and across Massachusetts for advancing anti child labor laws. It lists leaders and officers of United Textile Workers of America and allied unions.
The Massachusetts State Branch of the American Federation of Labor states no endorsement was made for governor at the Pittsfield convention held Oct 9 10 11 12 1905. An advertisement in Worcester Telegram and Leominster papers wrongly claimed support for Curtis Guild. Talbot of the Republican State committee says error arose from Pittsfield publication and will be withdrawn. Dr D Driscoll and EP Clarke sign as secretary treasurer and president.
Michael J. MecEttrick former Congress member launches an independent bid in Ward 17. His circular touts 10 years of faithful public service and a pledge to fight public oppressors and uphold the people's will. He vows a stiff campaign until election day.
Massachusetts Governor Douglas and his council visited the American School for the Deaf in Hartford Connecticut. The group toured the campus and noted that fifty Massachusetts pupils attend the institution.
Socialist party candidate for governor James F. Carey will address residents this evening in the Charlestown ward room at the corner of Lexington and Bunker Hill streets. The event aims to rally support and discuss local concerns ahead of the election.
The George G. Snow Company, a Brockton employer of nearly 600 male operatives all Republicans, distributed a pro Bartlett and Whitney pay envelope notice urging support for Democrats. President George T. Snow, a Republican, defended the message as the firm’s view. Other Brockton shoe manufacturers may follow, alarming Republican leaders who fear a Democratic shift as in Governor Douglas’s race.
A Republican campaign sweep featured Guild and Draper touring Cambridge East Boston the South End and Roxbury then Jamaica Plain. They addressed colored rallies in Mt Olive church Music Hall Huntington Chambers and St Pauls Ward 18 19 and 21 areas with speakers including Bates Malone Chapin Powers Ham Coakley Lane Noyes Weeks Mack and Galvin among others.
Judge Henry S. Dewey declares he will remain a mayoral candidate and will not concede the Republican nomination to Speaker Louis A. Frothingham. He states he does not concur with claims that the Good Government Association or the Republican machine back a third candidate. Dewey vows to stay in the race until polls close at the primaries.
Reports indicate Fitz Gerald and Donovan plan campaign openings around Nov 7 and the state election. Donovan teams with Whelton McNamary and Lomasney while Fitzgerald lines up Sullivan Corbett Monahan and a flood of party supporters. Signs, mail canvass results, and ward clubs push each side ahead.
Rumor spread at City Hall that staff who have not stated their mayoral preference must resign or resignations will be sought. those who choose must return to duties or face vacancies in their offices.
The Prescott Club of Ward 3 endorsed E. J. Donovan for mayor and George F. Monahan for alderman at a meeting last evening with fifty members present.
In St John’s Newfoundland on November 2 a serious complication in the herring fishery arose as the steamer Active with eight small boat loads of local fishermen sailed to join American vessels outside the three mile limit, but then returned.
United States Deputy Marshal James Ruhl arrested Francisco Consalvo on perjury charges after he possessed naturalization papers for Patrick Hurley. Consalvo, a North End Italian, faced a preliminary hearing and was held on $1000 bond until Nov 13. He had claimed Maria Leone as his wife to gain entry for her and her three children, but the commissioner’s review of Hurley’s papers exposed the false claim. The woman was deported.
The president of Boston Consolidated Gas Company relieved Freeman Morrill 52 Neponset Street Dorchester from duty due to physical inability and placed his name on the payroll at 40 dollars per month.
Lizzie M. Doherty a 17 year old from Cambridge disappeared last Thursday in Somerville. Her mother suspects Mamie Leahy of Medford street led her away and asks police and newspapers to locate her. Lizzie is about 5 feet 6 inches, 130 pounds with curly hair and brown shoes.
The Prospect Union at 744 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge opens a series of Sunday afternoon talks at 4 oclock with doors at 3 60. Free admission for ladies. The first lecture on November 12 features Thomas Wentworth Higginson followed by Professor W Z Ripley and R A Woods.
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