Demands on German American Vote Expose Wilson Lobbying
The Staats Zeitung editor recounts a Sept 16 New York dinner with Otto Van Schenk Henry Abeles Joseph Frey and other leaders including George Vierick and Senator Stone. He alleges July to September efforts by Wilson aides Burleson and Stone to secure German American votes for the President amid European war loyalties.
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Staats Zeitung
New York
Herman Ridder
Terrace Garden
Otto van Schenk
Henry Abeles
Joseph Frey
Collmeyer
United German Turners
George Sylvester Vierick
the Fatherland
Senator Stone
Stone
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Third Avenue
Wilson
New York City
Albert Burleson
Colonel House
Burleson
Vierick
The
Fatherland
Democratic National
Forty-second Street
Bernard H. Ridder
Oscar Seitz
Hearst
Rudolph Pagenstecher
Pagenstecher
Wilson Group
Mr. Vierick
Mr. Burleson
Keller
West
Shifting Policy and Morality in National Leadership
The speaker condemns shifting policy and division along race lines and accuses the President of clinging to claims of peace while engaging in Mexico and seeking political gain. He argues the President appeals to comfort seekers over nobler Lincolnian ideals from 1864.
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Mexico
Lincoln
New England Inventors Form Mutual Benefit League
Sixty inventors from across New England have created the Inventors' League of New England to secure full beneficial results of ingenuity and labor and to promote justice through mutual cooperation. George F. A. McDougall of Dorchester serves as secretary.
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New England
Inventors’ League of
George F. A. McDougall
Glenarm Street
Dorchester
League
Could Not See Kisses On Porch Divorce Case
In Concord New Hampshire on October 23 Judge Rivel hears motions challenging the earlier divorce ruling against Major Ralph G Carpenter. The case hinges on the veracity of Carpenter detectives and claims by George E Carter owner of Oceanside Hotel Magnolia Massachusetts and Walter S Warren hotel manager regarding observed acts involving Mrs Carpenter and J Gould Day of New York.
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Concord
N. H
Ralph G. Carpenter
George E. Carter
Brookline
Oceanside
Magnolia
Mass
Walter S$. Warren
Major Carpenter
Judge Kivel Acknowledges Limited Night Vision at Gables Cottage
The judge admits he cannot see on a dark night from the Oceanside annex porch of the Gables cottage where Mrs. Carpenter and Day were said to sit. Investigators report August and September 1915 evenings of kissing. Kivel, with both sides’ counsel, viewed the premises in Magnolia last month under similar conditions. Mrs. Carpenter attends the hearing as two of her three attorneys accuse Major Carpenter and his father of paying witnesses for perjury.
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Judge Kivel
Oceanside Annex
Gables Cottage
Hood's Sarsaparilla and Peptiron Pills Ad
Advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla for impure blood and Peptiron Pills for anemia and nervous conditions. Claims the combo harmonizes ingredients, contains no opiates or habit forming drugs, and is sold at druggists in 200 doses for $2.
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Hood
Carpenter Trial Sparks Claims of Misconduct and Unfaithfulness
Attorney Woodworth denounces witnesses as monstrous while asserting Mrs. Carpenter's character was slandered and her custody of their son was removed. He says the Magnolia Hotel guests approved her conduct and notes Major Carpenter sought to end the marriage as early as 1914. Judge Kivel contemplates rehearing, as Mrs. Carpenter’s counsel fights to strike alleged evidence with opposition from Senator Nathaniel E. Martin.
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Woodworth
Carpenter
Major Carpenter
Kivel
Boston Food Fair Fat Folks Day Roundup at Mechanics Building
A regular heavyweight roundup at the Mechanics Building featured Fat Folks Day. The fair now in its third and next to last week drew a crowd described as fat and good natured, with lively mishaps as booths buckled and pillars bent under hefty patrons.
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Mechanics’ Building
West End House Marks 10th Birthday Dinner
A City Club dinner celebrated the West End House tenth anniversary with cheers a tiger shout and engraved resolutions for founder James J. Storrow. Alumni and associates announced two $1000 scholarships yearly for five years to support college training for West End boys and a push to establish a permanent fund.
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West End
James J. Storrow
Young Men's Excelsior Association
West End House
British Admiralty denies cruiser hit off Flanders
The British Admiralty announced there is no truth to Berlin's claim that a British destroyer was hit on October 21 by a bomb from a German seaplane squadron off the coast of Flanders.
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London
Berlin
Flanders
Free Prescription Eyesight Cure Promoted in Philadelphia Ad
An advertisement touts Bon-Opto tablets as a free prescription to restore vision. It claims many users avoided glasses after 15 days and reports testimonials of improved reading, reduced watering, and less eye pain. A city physician endorses its reliability and availability at drugstores.
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Philadelphia
Lewis
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