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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1915
Page
18
Andover, Oct 25. William Shaw, Prohibition candidate for governor, presided at a town hall ratification. A fife and drum corps led the audience as campaign quartet sang against the saloon. The reception was one of the finest of his 44 days of campaigning.
The 1915 gubernatorial contest featured a rally that began with a prayer and had two clergy on the platform, giving it the feel of a church meeting before turning to political aims.
In Andover a rally for Shaw calls for prohibition as the pivotal issue. Shaw predicts at least 50 000 votes, indicts McCall and the liquor interests, and urges a party plank against the legalized saloon. He recalls Ballardvale roots and cites Massachusetts liquor costs vs. education.
Dr. Dumba told an interview that U S Austrian Hungary relations should not be driven by issues involving individuals, a stance reported by the Overseas News Agency from Berlin.
A local testimonial from G. Krogstad of Lanesboro Minnesota praises Father John's Medicine for curing a severe lung cough in a child. The letter claims the medicine builds strength without alcohol or dangerous drugs and supports overall health.
Miss Margaret Foley condemns New Jersey as a miserable dump controlled by bosses and machines after a defeat for woman suffrage. She criticizes anti suffragists, cites New Jersey voters, and argues Massachusetts women will reject corrupt politics.
At a General Electric plant rally in Pittsfield on October 25 more than 1000 men heard William H. Mogan of East Boston oppose Samuel J. Elder's call to exempt women from jury duty.
A citizen laments suffragist rhetoric as creating a protected class In a Tre mont Temple exchange Mr Elder is urged to support equal duties for women while opponents warn of exemptions from jury duty and military service Tonight Hon Charles L Underhill leads a rally at North Adams Odd Fellows Hall drawing a crowded audience
An enthusiastic audience attended rallies across Hancock Lanesboro Cheshire and Clarksburg with a large turnout at Williams town. Tomorrow leaders plan events in Charlemont Buckland Shelburne Falls Griswoldville Colrain City Adams and North Adams amid frequent heckling and interruptions.
A whist and dancing party to aid St Ambrose Church Field's Corner is set for Wednesday Oct 27. The married women's sodality leads the event with large ticket sales and valuable prizes. Dancing runs from 9 to 12 at Bloomfield Hall Geneva avenue to accommodate expected attendance.
Frank Denbroski a 54 year old laborer of 54 Broadway Chelsea was run over and killed by a car while crossing near the south draw of the Chelsea bridge. John P Murphy of 1 Mt Vernon Place Charles Town was detained for manslaughter then released on bail. The car owned by Colonel KE S Ladd Hotel Bellevue Phillips Beach bore Michigan and DC licenses. Denbroski carried a log of wood when struck and died twelve minutes later at the Relief Hospital.
Freeman J. Wagner of the East Boston Fire Department reports that back pain and frequent painful kidney secretions disappeared after using three boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills. He notes morning stiffness eased and nocturnal trips to the toilet stopped, with no further trouble since.
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