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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1912
Page
14
Colonel Roosevelt appeared at the hall amid cheers as Governor Johnson spoke. Police kept order and six people were arrested for disobeying crowd control rules during the large Democratic demonstration.
Theodore Roosevelt in Madison Square Garden calls for action to defend human rights and curb greed amid national divisions. He grounds his stance in Lincoln, Washington, and the Constitution, insisting government and law must support character and social progress without betraying civic duties.
United States Senator James A. O Gorman of New York warned at a Tremont Temple rally that a secret influence controlled the government under Taft while praising Woodrow Wilson. The event drew 2500 attendees and featured speeches by O Gorman and others about tariff, trusts, and democratic reform.
The article notes two steam trawlers and about a score of fishing schooners docking at the wharf. Prices rise with haddock and cod wholesale at 10 cents per pound. The Swell carries 50,000 pounds of haddock and various vessels carry cod, pollock, hake, and cusk cargoes. A coast pilot reports ships ashore at Half Moon Shoal and a torpedo boat flotilla informs the revenue cutter Acushnet.
Colonel Roosevelt reached Oyster Bay soon after midnight in excellent spirits and seemingly none the worse for his physical effort. He said, I stood it in fine shape, right up to the handle, and there is every prospect he will attend the State Progressive rally at Madison Square Garden Friday evening.
A Roosevelt speech urges using government power to curb greed at high levels and to lift the lowly and humble with governance. It frames government action as essential to protect the downtrodden and promote justice.
A 6500 strong cosmopolitan audience at 18 Kneeland Street heard a pledge to progressive legislation by Representative Shue. Speaker Jerry Gardiner 20 sparked tempers with a remark about defending America in a war with China, prompting bottle throwing before order was restored.
A second story worker stole 1520 dollars worth of rings watches and diamonds from John N. Landers at 194 Commonwealth Avenue Brighton entering by climbing a trestle to the porch and forcing a window. A resident returned during the theft but the burglar fled. officers found no trace.
Wilson leads in a poll of state suffrage association presidents published by the Woman's Journal. Among 89 responses, Wilson has 17 votes, Roosevelt 13, Taft 3, Debs 1, Chafin 1, with four undecided.
Abraham Alpert will deliver the first lecture in a series on Immigration and the Immigrants to members of the Melting Pot. Later, the group will attend Sunday services at the Majestic Theatre where former Rabbi Fleischer will welcome them.
A $50 theft from Miss Lillian Kenney, teacher at Thorndike Grammar School East Cambridge, was recovered and left on Principal Dugan's desk yesterday at noon while Miss Kenney was at lunch.
An advertisement promises a free home based asthma cure at no cost. It claims the method cures long standing or recent asthma regardless of climate age or occupation and targets hopeless cases after other treatments failed. The offer urges immediate mail submission of a coupon to begin the cure.
A P T article warns that imagined illnesses reflect a diseased state of liver and bowels. It advertises Dr Burkharts Vegetable Compound sold by Riker Jaynes Drug Co Boston with a 30 day trial and money back guarantee.
An old theory of curing eczema through the blood is dismissed and salves prove ineffective. The D. D. D. Prescription with oil of wintergreen thymol glycerine penetrates the skin to reach eczema germs, stopping the itch at once. A 50 cent bottle is offered with a full guarantee: if it does not relieve the itch immediately, you pay nothing.
Maritime notices list arrivals and sailings including Kershaw Johnson and City of Bangor at Portland and Gloucester. Several vessels such as Mohawk Pray Santport and James & Whitney report to ports from Baltimore Newark and New York with barges and tugs moving between Lynn Newport News and Philadelphia.
Advertises Cascarets as a natural, gentle bowel tonic for the elderly. Claims aging reduces elasticity, requires regular help to keep bowels active, and that Cascarets work while you sleep for 10 cents per box at any dry store.
Margaret Perkins of Revere died October 30 widow of Anson Perkins. Funeral from 86 Walnut Avenue Revere Saturday November 2 at 8 oclock with high mass at 9 oclock at Church of the Immaculate Conception Beach Street Revere. Relatives invited. Church of the Advent in Boston lists All Saints day and All Souls day services with prayers and mass times.
A dubious notice promises dramatic reform from a heavy drinker who was cured in three days. It touts a method that can be used without the drinker’s knowledge and urges readers to mail for a plain wrapper brochure to Edward Woods in New York for free.
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