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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1907
Page
5
Foss is urged to run in the Republican primaries for Boston mayor as party machinery moves to clear the field and push him as the candidate.
The text outlines rumors that Mr. Foss may run for Boston mayor as a businessman's candidate with support from Democrats and the Whitney reciprocity group. It notes opposition within the city machine to Mr. O'Meara, potential cross-party appeal, and past clashes with John A. Sullivan. Foss hints at forthcoming comments on municipal affairs as tensions rise.
John B Moran abandons party nomination stance citing vocal cord paralysis. He will run as Independence League and Non Partisan with Guild Hisgen Bartlett Whitney also on the ballot. He bans supporters from attacking opponents and promises future public statements in newspapers.
Berlin expresses universal regret at Ambassador Tower's plan to retire from the U S diplomatic service next spring.
Simple skin treatment uses steam to open pores and a liquid called X Zalia to heal the flesh. The ad claims both hot water and N Zalia used once daily yield quickest results for clearing pimples.
Police Commissioner Stephen O Meara refused to discuss a possible mayoral bid amid rumors of Republican and Good Government Association nominations. Officials denied trade talks with Mayor Fitzgerald’s machine and confirmed no comment on his candidacy or timing.
At Carnegie Hall’s Discovery Day, Mayor John F. Fitzgerald of Boston spoke amid the New York Knights of Columbus gathering. Tensions with Daniel J. Kiley surfaced over Kiley’s chairmanship of the state convention, threatening anticipated alliances between political factions before the mayoral campaign.
In his address Mr Fitzgerald recalls Catholic struggles in New England and honors figures such as Archbishop Williams O Connell Mayor Collings and John Boyle O Reilly He notes that Stephen O Meara may be nominated for Boston Mayor by the Republicans to mark a shift where the election pits Catholic against Catholic rather than Protestant against Catholic or Protestant.
Ward 8 factions wrestle with control as Lomasney and Whitney factions push for or against Mayor Fitzgerald in the Democratic organization. Hearings before the Ballot Law Commission resume, with witnesses to discuss convention hostility and alleged irregularities.
The 45-foot yawl Catherine, buffeted by heavy seas, sailed from Liverpool for four months and six days, reaching port with Captain William H. Small, mate Angus Horn, and cat Stumpy aboard. The log shows 7310 miles sailed. Small aims to reach a Honduras coast island seeking $6,000,000 in buried Latrobe pirate gold. One crewman left at Skerries.
Peter Anderson, 37, of 10 Henley Street East Boston, fell about 30 feet from a third story window onto the sidewalk. An officer found him unconscious and he was taken to the Relief Station in critical condition with multiple injuries.
Major Reuben Arnold Whipple died at his Adams home at 10 o'clock tonight after a two year illness. He was 61 years old. Whipple, first captain of Company M, Second Massachusetts Volunteers, served eight years before becoming major of the second battalion in 1834 and commanded that battalion at Santiago in 1898. After the Spanish war he was appointed a captain in the Twenty-ninth U S Volunteer Regiment.
In central New York here Oct 13 a Carthage area farmer demanded removal of 35 telephone wires near his home after bees swarmed from buckwheat fields and died after colliding with the lines. The issue follows an announced rate increase by Bell Telephone. A growing number of complaints mark a tense period for local managers.
Penn Oct 13 John C Hepler superintendent of Evans Cemetery dies at 78. A respected citizen Hepler was famed as a top button collector with a unique 80 000 piece collection and no duplicates.
Smiling Jim Donovan faces Silent Fred Seavey in a high stakes Suffolk county sheriff race seen as a contest between Democratic and county machines. Moran Webster Dennison contest for district attorney mirrors the broader clash while Arthur Dolan opposes David Montague for probate judge. Donovan opens headquarters in the Old South building as Seavey looms as a formidable opponent.
Berlin report says a learned Egyptologist studying Manophtohs mummy asserts the Pharaoh during the Israelite exodus endured excruciating toothache, paralleling paleontologists reconstructing ancient skeletons from thigh bones.
Mme Emma Calve arrived with her company and is living on the private car Calve. Railroad officials debated where the car should stand overnight, risking eviction to a freight yard. Calve praised Boston’s music lovers and hinted at future performances with the Hammerstein company in New York next spring.
In Fairview near Pikeville Kentucky General Web Sick a Civil War veteran is believed to have murdered his young bride of two weeks and then killed himself at her home. The couple were found with the wife in bed wearing only nightgowns and the husband dead in the yard. The bride was formerly Mrs Jane Burris linked to prominent Northeastern Kentucky families. The shooting followed a bitter quarrel the day before. The groom was widower three times over with two prior wives.
General Adolf von Buelow imperial adjutant died in Potsdam from heart disease. His wife had died the previous Wednesday.
Washington Oct. 13 Judge Kimball in the Police Court ruled that a customer is entitled to beer with little foam. The decision clarifies serving standards and avoids excessive head on beer.
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