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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1917
Page
7
Tomorrow's State election centers on the anti-aid amendment and the Governor and Lieutenant Governor races. The public trading and absentee voting amendments appear headed for passage, while the anti-aid amendment sparks a major dispute with Catholic leaders and political figures debating its implications.
Advertisement touts Plant Juice as a universal remedy with frequent local endorsements. A Medford carpenter James Kehoe recounts dramatic stomach relief and renewed energy after taking Plant Juice, while a traveling agent promotes the product at Houghton and Dutton Co. store drug department.
Frederick Mansfield issues a combative statement denouncing Governor McCall and Republican tactics. He alleges a midnight raid on the Legislature aimed at terminating a 25 year contract with the Boston Elevated Railway and accuses Endicott of partisan campaigning and price manipulation. He calls for direct addressing of issues and pledges to mobilize support in Greater Boston with Curley and Fitzgerald.
Governor McCall repeats final paragraph of Saturday address urging Massachusetts voters to perform duty on election day. He warns against staying home and emphasizes national stakes in the vote.
The piece appeals to citizens to vote in the upcoming Tuesday election, stressing the importance of participation in government and the preservation of free nations, and noting that even reluctant voters should go to the polls for the good of the county.
John J. Walsh, Democratic Senate nominee for the Eighth Suffolk, addressed Germantown Civic Association in Gallivan Hall West Roxbury. He denounces Herman Hormel's circular as cowardly defamatory and defends his own record of service and open campaign while criticizing the opposition's tactics and calls for bipartisan endorsements.
George A. Bacon of the Republican State committee said Governor McCall and Lieutenant Governor Coolidge will likely be re-elected. He argued the campaign was restrained due to wartime duties and voters favor supporting the President and wartime efforts over personal political ambition.
Massachusetts Governor Samuel W McCall wires Secretary of War Newton D Baker asking for orders to allow Massachusetts soldiers in camps to vote next Tuesday. He notes about 40 000 men called to colors and cites prior leave at noon on September primary day to enable voting. The governor urges preserving citizens rights and asks polls close early so troops can return to camp.
He started for the trenches in France last night to carry a message from Governor McCall to the Massachusetts troops.
Congressman George Holden Tinkham began a trip to France last night to assess American soldiers needs and observe conditions firsthand. He will study issues to inform state and federal wartime legislation and the future conduct of the war.
Congressman George H. Tinkham bears Governor McCall’s letter to Major General Clarence R. Edwards for transmission to Massachusetts soldiers under Pershing and Allied officers. Bouillon arranged the France trip to aid troop welfare and information gathering for Congress.
A letter from Addison I Williams praises the J B Cascade internal bath device. Dr Chas A Tyrrell of New York designed it to keep the lower intestine free of waste using warm water. Liggett Riker Jaynes Drug Stores in New England offer demonstrations and a free book by Tyrrell on modern health.
A large Workman’s Council of Boston rally at Faneuil Hall pressed for wage rises and claimed there can be no industrial peace while capitalists control the nation’s press.
James Oneal Dr James Reed and Sylvester McBride spoke against wartime hype and inflated profits. They urged organized labor to push for higher wages and exposed food pirates blamed for high prices. They criticized Roosevelt Lodge and Kaiser parallels and linked police gun gifts to business interests.
James Cleary of 6 Blackwood Street Back Bay inflicted wounds on face and neck with a razor in a jealous fit after being refused by Mary Coleman of 185 Huntington Avenue. He wounded her brother Daniel Coleman trying to attack him. police responded at Back Bay station and he is now hospitalized with nonfatal injuries.
The Somerville Federation of Women’s Church Societies adopts a resolution opposing sending cigarettes and tobacco to soldiers and sailors. They state such comfort bags would tempt non smokers to start smoking and seek to curb this habit.
A Dorchester committee led by John Trainor will meet Mayor Curley to ask the city to take over land at Columbia road and Ceylon street for a public playground. A mass meeting on the topic is planned.
Doctor endorses a free prescription claiming eyesight can improve in a week. The article cites patients who report reading without glasses after using Bon-Opto tablets dissolved in water and applied to the eyes. It notes the remedy is sold at local druggists and backed by a physician.
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