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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1912
Page
2
In Concord, NH on November 6 the contest for state control remains undecided as Claremont returns awaited. Governor Wilson leads Felker by 864 votes with Worcester. no candidate has a majority, so the race moves to the Legislature where four state senate seats and other contests seek decision.
An undertaker in Washington is jailed after his stepdaughter filed a complaint alleging he poured embalming fluid into the family teapot. The case prompts questions about safety and family trust.
Unofficial results show a Republican edge tonight with Democrats losing seats. Cyrus Sulloway and Frank D. Currier are defeated by Eugene B. Reed and Raymond B. Stevens with Landaff, while Claremont’s result is missing. State totals list Wilson 34,867 Taft 82,539 Roosevelt 17,542. Felker 32,518 Worcester 31,654 Churchill 13,920.
A tremor felt in Atlantic City New Jersey between 3 30 and 4 00 pm rattled windows and buildings alarmed residents and hotel guests. Weather Bureau director Judkins attributed the quake to settlement of the island’s lower strata affecting the area between Kentucky Avenue and the island’s southern end.
The Democratic Party seemed certain to control the U S Senate late Wednesday night with only West Virginia possibly blocking a majority. Returns from Colorado Montana Kansas Delaware New Jersey and Nevada favored Democrats for several seats, while Oregon Wyoming Tennessee New Hampshire Illinois Iowa and South Dakota remained unsettled.
F. Fitzgerald, a Boston banker, said after yesterday’s election that the unrest worldwide may end if Governor Wilson becomes president. He praised Wilson’s likely diverse advisor circle, integrity in government, and policies aimed at fair play and liberal public discourse. Margaret Thomas, socialite daughter of the Gloucester Thomas family, joined her invalid father on a world tour to aid his recovering health.
The Thomas family departs their Neth erfield Pride's Crossing home as Mr. Thomas seeks a cure for illness with a year abroad. Miss Thomas, renowned in Boston society for riding and social ties, joins to support her father and maintain family duties while following Eliot’s historic world tour route.
Fire Commissioner Cole promoted William P. Kehoe from assistant engineer to engineer at Engine 27 with a $100 pay increase and assigned him new duties Friday at Engine 8. Ladderman Joseph A. Fierling moves to Engine 27 as assistant engineer. Several transfers follow: P. F. Corrigan to Engine 28, Edward H. Harrington to Ladder 2, John J. Cunningham to Engine 26-35. A drill school opens at 10 a.m. under Lt. Donohue. Various personnel assigned to duty across engines, ladders, and chemicals including Kelley, Sweeney, Aylward, Horgan, Allen, Rolfe, Connelly, Hoban, Connell, Cuddy, Lynch, Parnell, Cronin, Cunningham, Donohue, Lavin, Larson, McNamara, Gallagher, McAdams, Ma honey, and Foley.
An old classified-style notice touts Bromo Quinine as a headache cure with price 26 cents and signs by BE. W. Grove. The fragment hints at an advertisement for a laxative or cold remedy, emphasizing the product and minimal branding.
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