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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1911
Page
4
A manufacturer sliced up ends of printed materials into 360 pieces to implement a drastic price reduction scheme. The action reflects a push for extraordinary pricing to deter lengthened stays in the tunnel bargain basement.
The Post flashed Foss wins on its stereopticon bulletin last night drawing a huge crowd to Newspaper Row. Readers followed live returns with per-bulletin gains over last year and saw Cronin, Walsh, and Luce win key races as other papers recanted.
As darkness fell, crowds formed outside the Post building while its stereopticon service opened for updates. The Post flashed Foss re elected early, challenging forecasts of Frothingham gains from eastern towns and press estimates of a large Frothingham plurality.
A two alarm blaze early morning at 1 50 in Malden destroyed a large lumber shed near Linden avenue and damaged a neighboring shed housing two touring cars. I E Bowdren and Joseph Schueber families fled in night clothes as $1500 in damage occurred. Patrolman John J Bushnell helped move machines out before a section of the building collapsed.
After a tense night at the American House and Tremont Temple, Boston GOP leaders including Lodge Frothingham Luce Hatfield faced dwindling hopes as outside city results trimmed Governor Foss’s lead. By 10:45 p.m. Lodge signaled defeat and left, while Frothingham and aides labored over telegrams and city tallies, ultimately giving up around midnight.
The Cambridge area saw Quinn and Savage lead in four wards, with Edward B. James ahead in Wards 5–11 for the Fourth Councillor district. Stearns held a large lead in Second Middlesex, while John B. Quinn and Joseph J. Reid won unopposed in the First Middlesex Representative district. A dramatic Third Middlesex race ended with Democrat John P. Brennan leading and triggering a recount as several candidates trailed closely.
The International Hat Company of Boston shows liabilities of 31 364 dollars in bankruptcy schedules filed in the U S District Court. Assets are in the hands of assignee Harold P Williams. Principal creditors include James Marshall & Bros of Fall River with a claim of 23 425 dollars, secured by assignment of accounts.
Cambridge voters reject a plan for a commission form of government and elect John P. Brennan Democrat to Middlesex Representative District 3. The city set a record with 12 891 ballots cast as Governor Foss led Frothingham by 2893 in the city and Walsh led Luce for lieutenant governor by 2318.
Seagrave won election while Dow was defeated. The charter proposal with refer endum and initiative provisions failed 5272 to 6070 with 1526 blanks. Voters approved the voting machine, land taking for highways, county pension retirements, civil service for police chiefs, and a city emergency hospital funded by a loan outside the debt limit.
A minor blaze in an outbuilding of the State insane hospital at Taunton drew a citywide alarm but officials reported no danger to inmates. Fire apparatus from the city responded and found the fire small and contained in an old structure.
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