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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 21, 1915

Page

13

Shaw Holds Cape Cod Campaign Day for Prohibition Bid

William Shaw, a Prohibition candidate for governor, toured Cape Cod yesterday addressing rallies after attacking the Massachusetts Anti Saloon League for its endorsement. He left Boston headquarters at 8:30 am and spoke in Monument Beach North Falmouth West Falmouth Falmouth Woods Hole East Falmouth Mashpee Cotuit Osterville Centerville ending with a night rally in Hyannis. Shaw said displayed strong support for his temperance platform.

William Shaw Prohibition Cape Cod Massachusetts Anti- Saloon League Shaw Boston Monument Beach North Falmouth West Falmouth Falmouth Woods Hole East Falmouth Mashpee Cotuit Osterville Centreville Hyannis Mr. Shaw

Boston Newspaper Editorial Demands Anti Saloon League Stop

A Boston paper supporting Governor candidate Samuel W. McCall brands the Anti Saloon League as a partisan force and threatens to publish its reasons for endorsing him. The editorial says the league, seen as church in action, should not campaign for prohibition or risk losing its supporters. It warns preachers against expressing views on liquor law.

Boston Samuel W. McCall Anti-Saloon League of Massachusetts Anti-Saloon League League

Harvard Scholars Name 3 Delegates

The Harvard Phi Beta Kappa Society selected three members to represent the chapter at the Harvard student council meeting. The delegates are Robert Cutler of Brookline Clayde LaPorte of St. Louis and Kenneth B. Murdock of Chestnut Hill.

Harvard Phi Beta Kappa Society Harvard Student Council Robert Cutler Brookline Clayde LaPorte St. Louis Kenneth B. Murdock Chestnut Hill

Dickey men caught by the movies in Harvard square

Two squads of moving picture men recorded the antics of six initiates of the Dickey Society of Harvard in the college square yesterday afternoon. A candidate imitated Harry LeGore, the disbarred Yale athlete, for a more complete record.

Dickey Society of Harvard College Square Dickey Harry LeGore Yale

Harvard square spectacle features student diversions and mock officials

William Elliott and fellow sophomores staged a performative caper in Harvard square. Elliott impersonated Harry LeGore and joked about fame and eligibility rules while a crowd watched. D M McElwain danced in tights, Charles Reynolds directed traffic comically, and Thomas Mackie staged a groggy morning routine amid rain and mud.

D. M. McElwain Charles P. Reynolds George M. Cohan Harvard Square Massachusetts Avenue Reynolds Thomas Mackie

Dickey Candidate Plays Golf With Rope Attached Ball

In a humorous display in Massachusetts Avenue crowds watch an assistant candidate for Dickey attempt 18 holes. He completes the course in 3771, blaming rain. A Dickey man wears the golf ball on a leg rope, with longest drives about five feet.

Dickeys Massachusetts Avenue Dickey

Wireless Wizard Demonstrates Fire by Silent Key

Benjamin Shepard, the so called wireless wizard, told Assistant District Attorney Lavelle in Medford that a high voltage spark could start fires or explode powder from hundreds of miles away. He described a cigar box sized device and claimed $100 could enable New York City fires to be started from Boston with a touch of a wireless key. He demonstrated at a field in West Medford and announced plans to show devices at the Mechanics Building Country Fair next Saturday.

Boston Thomas D. Lavelle Medford Benjamin Bh. Shepard Suffolk County New York City Shepard Lavelle West Medford Emery Street Mechanics’ Building

Miss Mary Sullivan Wed Bernard Garrity in Chelsea

Miss Mary Sullivan daughter of Mrs Mary T Sullivan of 10 Cottage Street Chelsea wed Bernard F Garrity a Boston police officer at a nuptial mass in St Rose s Church Chelsea The ceremony was conducted by Rev Thomas F Quinlan at St Rose s Church Chelsea.

Mary & Sullivan Mary T. Sullivan Cottage Street Chelsea Bernard F. Garrity Boston Roxbury Crossing Thomas F. Quinlan St. Rose’s Church

Girls Tell of Garment Trade Life in Tenements

Pathetic stories of girls living in tenements and earning meager wages in Chicago garment work were told to an aldermanic committee probing the strike. Manufacturers avoided the hearing. Testimony showed normal weekly earnings of about five dollars, with eight dollars only possible through long days from daylight to dark.

Chicago Aldermanic Committee Garment Workers

Testimony on Garment Workers Pay in Cheaper Shops

Sidney Hillman cites $12 weekly in better shops and 78 cents to $8 weekly earnings in cheaper shops. Witnesses describe long hours, shared towels, needle costs, and harsh foremen abuse. One girl walks two miles daily and survives on 2 cents a meal while risks of impropriety are noted.

Sidney Hillman Garment Workers’ Union Pearl Krupnik Fannie Berg Alderman Healy Health Department Miss Berg Alderman Geiger Grace Gross Bessie Alt

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