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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1917
Page
9
Lufkin wins in Essex Russell elected to the Senate from Cambridge over Bean. Republican continued from first page. The article notes numbers voted for the amendment with Boston showing 13 of 26 wards carried for it. Martin M. Lomasney is named among the participants.
An advertisement touts Knowlton's Danderine as a small bottle solution to thick, soft, wavy hair with no dandruff. It claims rapid effects within minutes and two weeks to visible new hair growth, stating it is the only sure grower and remains inexpensive.
Testimonial advertisement from Alma Mills and Hazel Hamilton praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from menstrual cramps backache and headaches claiming restored health and regular cycles and urging other young girls to try the product.
The article notes Governor McCall's victory with broad support, defeating Mansfield who carried Boston but lost statewide. It cites anti-aid sentiment, shifts in numerous counties, and gains for Republicans in the legislature, with detailed city results and notable races in Middlesex and Suffolk districts.
In Louisville on November 6 the Republican George W. Smith won the mayoralty with 22 425 votes to Democrat Charles H. Cronan 19 195. Smith carried the entire Republican city and county ticket, marking the first GOP victory in a decade.
Complete unofficial returns from Indianapolis show Charles W. Jewett Republican elected mayor by a 2578 plurality. Jewett 21057 Miller Democrat 12151 Shank Home Rule 17479.
Wilmington, Delaware voters approved a wet status by 2871 votes, leaving the city as the sole wet sub-division in the state. Rural Newcastle County went dry, while Kent and Sussex counties also chose dry in the 1967 election.
William E. Russell of Cambridge and son of the late Governor wins the Second Middlesex Senate seat by 19 votes. Bean plans a recount. District spans eight Cambridge wards and Belmont with Russell 4376 to 4093 in Cambridge and 426 to 690 in Belmont, total 4802 to 4783.
Returns from 316 of 414 districts in Pittsburg's nonpartisan race show FE V. Babcock leading former mayor William A. McGee by 5931 votes. Babcock has 30,311 to McGee's 24,380 with both candidates listed as Republicans.
Winchester voters rejected a town manager form of government with 497 voting yes and 959 no. Selectman Jonas A. Laraway led the opposition in the gubernatorial town meeting.
A jittery set of testimonials from Boston area residents claim the Osmo-Chemic Physicians cured indigestion stomach disease deafness and skin and blood conditions. The ad touts Snow Pencil and X-Ray treatments as proofs of cures across a wide range of ailments.
Hylan carried all five boroughs in a decisive mayoral victory while Hillquit placed third and Bennett surged in the Republican primary. The suffrage movement surged as New York backed votes for women by a substantial margin, signaling influence on national debates and prompting celebratory messages from leaders like Dr. Anna Howard Shaw and Mrs. James W. Wadsworth Jr.
At Oyster Bay Theodore Roosevelt comments on New York City results noting Mitchel’s loss. He praises Merton Lewis for state attorney general and Schuyler Merritt for Congress in Bridgeport Connecticut after a recount. He says Bennett votes shifting would not have toppled Hylan.
Returns from yesterday’s vote show a landslide margin with nearly two million women statewide winning the right to vote. Estimates place the final tally between 75,000 and 90,000 in favor, as results continued to come in.
Republican leaders gathered at the Hotel Brunswick as early returns from towns and cities came in. Governor McCall, likely to win easily, thanked the crowd for a vote he called a bipartisan recognition of faithful work. He urged Massachusetts toward biennial elections nationwide.
Early leads swung to defeat as 2121 precincts reported 139 823 for and 190 730 against presidential woman suffrage. Lt Governor Coolidge framed victory as a national effort and pledged continued support for the government and war aims. Republican observers tracked returns in Ford Hall as results moved slowly.
A referenced authority links daily meat to uric acid harming kidneys and causing dull kidney pain, headaches, dizziness, and cloudy urine. It recommends four ounces of Jad Salts mixed in water before breakfast to flush the kidneys, neutralize urine acids, and relieve bladder irritation. The description bills Jad Salts as inexpensive and safe, a pleasant effervescent lithia water drink.
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