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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1915
Page
11
Progressive Governor candidate Nelson B. Clark urged Republican opponent Samuel W. McCall to debate the sectarian issue during large Middlesex rallies in Medford and Reading. He criticized New Jersey’s defeat of woman suffrage and pressed for public discussion.
Mr. Clark argues for education as a state function and vows to carry the fight into the Legislature. He says opponents publish letters in Boston papers and invites them to back McCall or Walsh to challenge him on this issue.
An advertisement describes catarrh as a constitutional disease and promotes Parmint Double Strength with hot water and sugar. It claims quick relief from head noises and nasal symptoms, notes a tonic effect, easy preparation, pleasant taste, and low cost, urging all sufferers to try it.
The 100th birth anniversary of Richard Henry Dana was honored at Memorial Hall Harvard with remarks by Bliss Perry Moorfield Storey and Joseph H Choate. They extolled him as a man of letters an anti slavery leader and a fearless lawyer noting his Two Years Before the Mast and his advocacy for the poor and fugitive slaves.
Bliss Perry credits Richard Henry Dana with a legacy beyond one book. Dana’s two years as a common sailor and his descriptive aim in Two Years Before the Mast reveal a life of escape from Boston’s pre Civil War conventionality.
The Filders Sanitarium at 603 Main St St Joseph Mo publishes a free book showing the deadly effect of the tobacco habit and how it can be banished in from one to five days at home. Men with over fifty years of use report it is entirely successful and it bans the desire for all forms of tobacco. Free copies available by sending name and address.
Storey eulogizes Dana noting his shift from Whigs to Free Soil at Buffalo and his support of Free Soilers and Republicans. He cites Dana's refusal to preside at the 1852 Faneuil Hall meeting and his poverty delaying political life, yet credits him with aiding the anti slavery movement and the road to emancipation.
Judge Choate praised Mr. Dana for his independence and impartiality in Massachusetts law. He recalled Dana’s career as a lawyer and author, stressing his fugitive slave defense work which elevated his standing among New England public men and shaped his public ambitions.
Anote invites readers to explore superstition as a driver of gambling in Addington Bruce’s feature for the next Sunday Post Magazine. The piece analyzes how beliefs shape risk taking and urge readers toward sociocultural reflection.
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