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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1908
Page
5
An advertisement extols Fels-Naptha as superior to imitators and warns against boiling, scalding, and hard rubbing. It argues wool, cotton, and linen wear longer when washed in cool or lukewarm water, saving fuel and effort. Instructions note washing method on the wrapper and urge buyers to choose the genuine product.
The piece notes Ohio voters favor Taft less than Roosevelt and McKinley, with poll signals showing Bryan gains. It suggests Indiana may follow Ohio in voting patterns, predicting the winner could be decided by these states. Republican leaders show worry as momentum shifts amid political emphasis over baseball season.
Taft tours West Virginia and Maryland delivering vigorous speeches on labor policy. He cites railroad case rulings that he says made labor unions lawful and prosperous. Crowd enthusiasm runs high from Martinsburg to Parkersburg with parades and energetic campaigning in Cumberland and beyond.
Taft leaves Cincinnati tomorrow night and starts a Indiana tour after a New York stop. He will close the campaign in Youngstown Ohio on Monday night November 2. The national committee denies taking charge of Ohio. He will attend day meetings in Indiana and Ohio but will not speak at any.
In Louisville on October 20 William J. Bryan challenged the Republicans over alleged secret contributions and a large corruption fund. He cited fund secrecy and questioned whether the party planned wholesale vote purchases while praising labor and bank deposit guarantees in his Hammond and Louisville speeches.
A Bryan mass meeting at Carnegie Hall drew three Cleveland Cabinet alums former Missouri Governor David R. Francis Interior Secretary Judson Harmon Ohio ex Attorney General Hilary A. Herbert and others signaling active support for William J. Bryan. Richard Olney sent regrets from Massachusetts as party figures gathered to back the Democratic ticket.
Leaders praised the presence of the men and recalled 1896 1900 campaign days when Democrats in the hall warned of parting ways. Mayor George B McClellan presided and read a letter from John Bigelow urging the election of Mr Bryan.
Attleboro report recalls Lt Governor Draper's defense of his Maine linked Draper Company and W. L. Douglas unit. He rebuts Vahey's charges about party ties, Ark Wright Club, and a Wrentham school scandal while detailing Cassidy & Son liquor business ties and his limited role as assignee.
Friends in Beachmont believe Captain Charles Johnson of Beachmont and his assistant Henry Lee of 50 Pearl Avenue perished when their lobster boat capsized while bringing lobsters from Portland to Boston. The vessel was recovered partially submerged in Rockport, showing signs of heavy seas. Johnson, about 80, was married a year and lived at 1050 Winthrop Avenue Short Beach. Lee, 17, a noted dory racing crew member, was well known in Beachmont.
In Ellis Kansas a physician halted a burial when he found Mrs Thomas Chapman believed dead from heart disease was in suspended animation. The coffin was opened and she was revived, later placed in bed where doctors say her weak heart may still recover.
Democratic candidate James H. Vahey charged Lieutenant-Governor Eben Draper blocked disclosure of an alleged Wrentham land deal in Gray's Hall South Boston. Vahey rebutted claims he held stock in a New Jersey liquor firm and produced a stock certificate to prove his position.
A large orderly audience packed a hall over capacity as Vahey spoke last and speakers including Congressman O Connell Senator Hayes and Rep John Bennett urged voters in the 10th district to back Bryan Vahey and themselves. O Hares chaired the event and O Connell claimed all three would be elected. Vahey spoke further.
The Hon. Joseph J. Flynn of Lawrence appears on the official ballot as the regular Democratic candidate for Congress in the fifth district. The Ballot Law Commission sustained a bolting convention that nominated Flynn on Oct 9, amid withdrawals from nominations statewide.
Three persons burned to death and 100 tenants were endangered when a fire of incendiary origin broke out on the ground floor of a six story tenement on East Third street in New York. Police say the blaze started on the ground floor.
A blaze in Buffalo New York on Oct 20 caused an estimated $300,000 loss in a business block bounded by Main Washington North Division and South Division streets. The fire damaged multiple storefronts and disrupted downtown activity. Fire crews contained the flames later that night.
Chester Gurney four dies at City Hospital from burns after playing with matches. He is son of Mr and Mrs Peter Gurney who with Chester and a younger daughter had been boarding at 8 Grant Avenue Allston.
Adrian Michigan reports John Soesil from Toledo is dead and Maywood Godfrey is under arrest after a quarrel in a beet field near Addison where they were working yesterday.
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