Foss Promises Rail Public Control Plan For Massachusetts
Governor Foss declares statewide support for creating a Public Service Commission with mandatory powers over railroads and public utilities. He argues public ownership will improve service, wages, and safety, paving the way for extended steam and trolley networks, electrification, and better rates. The program calls for a $100 million modernization and links to national and regional development.
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General Court
Massachusetts
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Election Eve Sermon Warns Against Civic Indifference
Cardinal Gibbons, delivering an election eve sermon at Baltimore's Cathedral, urged awakening the supine citizen who neglects political welfare and warned that future historians may blame the decline of the republic on the lethargy and apostasy of its sons.
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Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
American Republic
America
Evangelical Sermon Endorses Republican Prosperity and Civic Duty
A non partisan sermon defends the republic's endurance through state autonomy and educated leadership. It warns against political indifference and praises Republican progress in tariff reform anti trust laws and fiscal gains while opposing Democratic and Progressive platforms as threats to prosperity.
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Congress
Industria
Tight Skirts Here to Stay in New York Fashion
Paris designer Pierre Robert arrived aboard the Provence and said narrow skirts remain popular. He noted efforts to change fashion have failed as women, the final arbiters, prefer the slender silhouette.
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New York
Paris
Pierre Robert
Provence
Meetings and appointments for churches in Greater Boston
The Massachusetts Federation of Churches meets at King's Chapel Boston on Tuesday November 12 with rural church issues as the theme. Speakers include J H Buckley C H Wheeler J E Gregg Alexander Mann Charles I Rice James E Gregg Laywell and Raymond Calkins. Reopening of Daniel Dorchester Memorial Episcopal Church West Roxbury occurs Sunday with Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes preaching and addresses by Hughes Bronson Byington Knotts Chase Squier and Davis. Union Thanksgiving service set for November 28 at Union Church South End, led by Rev William M Tufts. Rev G D Harris to serve six months at All Saints Belmont, ex St Paul’s San Antonio. he has a Harvard student son. Rev G J Slosson to pastor Petersboro Methodist Church, N Carolina.
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King’s Chapel
Boston
J. H. Buckley
Provincetown
C. H. Wheeler
Somerset
J. E. Gregg
Pittsfield
Alexander Mann
Charles I. Rice
Roxbury
James E. Gregg
Laywell
Raymond Calkins
Canbridge
Daniel Dorchester
West Roxbury
Edwin Holt Hughes
Bishop Hughes
Dillon Bronson
E. H. Byington
J. F. Knotts
J. F. Chase
A. L. Squier
Co. FE. Davis
Union
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South End
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Columbus Avenue
William M. Tufts
George D. Harris
All Saints Church
Belmont
R. H. Hoe
Harris
St. Paul’s Church
San Antonio
Texas
Harvard
Taft Seeks Republican Support On Eve Of Election
President Taft states the Republican party deserves backing for four years of national government leadership, citing executive efficiency and legislative achievements not surpassed since the war. He spoke in New York before leaving for Cincinnati.
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New York
Taft
Cincinnati
Mayor's Daughter Agnes Fitzgerald Debuts This Season
Miss Agnes Fitzgerald, daughter of Mayor John F. Fitzgerald, to make her society debut at a Boston dance hosted by Mrs. Fitzgerald in the Copley Plaza ballroom on Thursday November 14. She is fluent in languages, a skilled musician, traveled abroad, educated at Mesdames of Sacre Coeur convents, and an accomplished golfer and tennis player.
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John F. Fitzgerald
Boston
Miss Fitzgerald
Sacre Coeur
Blumenthal
Vaals
Holland
Elmhurst
R. I
Patrick M. Coyle Weds Alice T. Dowd in Boston
Patrick M. Coyle married Alice Theresa Dowd of Dorchester after a 3000 mile trip from Manila to Boston, with Rev. Mer Rowan officiating. His parents had objected to her going to the Philippines on his first return. The couple will reside in Manila.
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P. M. Coyle
Manila
Boston
Patrick M. Coyle
Alice Theresa Dowd
Dorchester
Mer. Rowan
America
Philippines
Price Rise Shocks Army Beef Costs at Coastal Posts
Army commissary chief Colonel Edward E. Drago reports beef prices at Massachusetts posts up by about three cents per pound from last year. Notable increases appear at Fort Banks Winthrop and Fort Andrews Peddock's Island with 1918 contracts at 11 5 8 cents per pound versus 8 1 2 cents in 1912.
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Massachusetts
Edward E. Drago
United States Army
Fort Banks
Winthrop
Fort Andrews
Peddock’s Island
Funeral for Dr Hiram B Cross oldest New England homeopath
The funeral of Dr Hiram B Cross longtime Jamaica Plain physician was held from his home at 21 Seaverns Avenue at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
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New England
Jamaica Plain
Seaverns Avenue
Colored Vote Anti Moose Campaign Voices Strong Stand
William Monroe Trotter, editor of the Guardian, urged colored voters to block Theodore Roosevelt from a third-term bid. He framed the two-term tradition as essential and criticized the former president as placing a proxy to cling to power, urging patriotism in the Tuesday vote.
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Wwilliam Monroe Trotter
the Guardian
National Independent Colored American Journal
New England Suffrage League
National Independent Poitical League
Trotter
Third Avenue Roofer Dies From Coal Tar Blast
James Martin a Third Avenue roofer formerly of South Boston died at Bellevue Hospital from burns after a coal tar explosion. He was the son of the late Alex Martin noted in Scottish circles.
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New York
James Martin
Third Avenue
South
Boston
Bellevue Hospital
Alex Martin
Women Work At The Polls In Massachusetts
For the first time in Massachusetts politics women will be conspicuous at the polls tomorrow. In Boston they will labor at the polls in every ward acting as checkers and performing election tasks once done by men.
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Massachusetts
Progressive Party
Chase
Boston
Bird to headline open air rallies in Boston wards
Progressive candidate Charles Sumner Bird winds up his campaign with a Boston ward by ward tour including morning rallies in Fitchburg and noon factory events. Governor Johnson speaks in Springfield as Progressive women mobilize to secure Bull Moose votes across Massachusetts.
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Charles Sumner Bird
Boston
Walpole
Springfield
Hiram Johnson
General Progressive Woman Organization
Richard Washburn Child
Jamaica Plain A C H Honor Frederick J McLaughlin Welcome
Members of three Jamaica Plain divisions of the Ancient Order of Hibernians held a reception for County President Frederick J. McLaughlin in Fraternity Hall Emmet building Jamaica Plain. The hall was crowded with many state officers in attendance and addressing the gathering.
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Jamaica Plain
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
Frederick J. McLaughlin
Fraternity
Emmet Building
Man with Atlas Fracture Drives On Amid Risk
Detroit November 3 details the case of Maynard Wheeler who for seven months has lived with a fractured atlas the bone atop the spinal column supporting the skull. Despite constant danger of sudden death he goes out does many tasks and a possible recovery remains.
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Detroit
Maynard Wheeler
Changeable Weather Robbed of its Terrors
Nurita claims to remove weather fears and claims its powder medicine relieves rheumatism sciatica and neuritis by curing uric acid poisoning. It promises non narcotic ingredients and guarantees relief with a 41 dollar box sold through pharmacies and drug stores.
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Magistral Chem. Co
Flatiron Bldg
N. Y
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