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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1915
Page
1
President Wilson and his fiancée Mrs Galt played golf at the Columbia Country Club in Washington despite drizzle. They stayed over two hours as preparations await the California orange blossoms and a delegation of girls arriving for Mrs Galt.
Reports say the president may marry before Thanksgiving and could travel directly to California expositions. Mrs. Galt is expected to be his companion. A lavish gown from her trousseau, spanning cream satin with sable trim and gold embroidery, suits White House functions or a wedding.
New Jersey voters reject the proposed constitutional amendment granting women the right to vote as returns increase. With 115 districts still to report, the tally shows 196,934 against suffrage to 140,277 for, widening the loss beyond earlier hopes.
Charles S. Mellen former president of the New York New Haven and Hartford testifies as a government witness against 11 former board members. He explains competitive conditions 25 years ago and the alleged conspiracy to control traffic across six states.
Evidence of cordiality toward the former New Haven president appeared as defendants greeted him on entering the courtroom and at the adjournment. William Rockefeller among those who spoke with him. Continued on Page 6-Fifth Column.
In Bangor Maine on October 20 Edmund C Leger and a hunting party member at Guilford Lumber camp in Shirley mistook Vate IL Bearce for a deer and fatally wounded him. Another accident at Wardley lumber camp near Patten killed Joseph Gonger on the way to Patten after being shot by a coworker.
President Lowell and Dr. Charles W. Eliot urged against making schools military adjuncts at a State House hearing. Lowell said colleges would cooperate if asked and Harvard would do its part. Eliot argued army training harms the American spirit and breaks a boy's will, ruining many careers.
Vincent Astor aided by Captain Yates Sterling chased submarines D-1 and G-1 near the New London base in a foggy hydroplane pursuit. The D-1 surfaced near the Astor craft and was quickly "captured" as the hydroplane reached speeds of 35 knots in a playful war game.
Fred Cardway of Packard Motor Car Company released Theodore Roosevelt’s view on Henry Ford amid Ford’s peace stance. Roosevelt allegedly said Ford would be a suitable Chinese citizen of the old type but lacks fitness for American citizenship. Roosevelt also suggested Ford should wear a pig tail. Ford was at a San Francisco exposition, unaware of the remarks.
The Rev. Paul B. Blanchard of Maverick Congregational Church Boston married Miss Julia S. Anderson in Philadelphia at First Presbyterian Church. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. Georgé Chalmers Richmond who is on trial for ordination vows violation. He delivered a brief exhortation after the service.
Despatches from Bucharest report a violent campaign over Roumania intervention in the war. An opposition newspaper has threatened the King with a popular rising.
London reports a British move offering the island of Cyprus to Greece as the price for joining the quadruple Entente in the Balkans. The proposal signals official concern over German advances toward Egypt and India via Constantinople, and faces potential opposition from Queen Sophia in Athens.
The entry lists moon phases from Oct 22 to Dec 29, noting last/first quarters and new moons. It gives daily rise and set times, dawn and dusk, and evening stars Venus and Jupiter. Also mentions daylight length and Saturn morning, with 5:25 and 5:55 lamp times. It ends with 1805 Trafalgar anniversary and other historical items.
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for fair Thursday and Friday with little temperature change and moderate southwest winds. Washington reports New England also sees fair weather on Thursday and Friday with no major changes.
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