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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1906
Page
4
The piece covers Speaker Cannon’s blistering attack on Samuel Gompers and organized labor, contrasting it with the Kennedy Connolly action and a pending committee meeting. It notes Connolly, a Ward 9 local influence and undertaker, filing papers to challenge Kelcher, and Bowen seeking Senate against Curley.
Republican nomination papers show absence of prominent Republicans for Eben Draper and Eugene Foss with pledges in all 25 wards. The lists include many lesser known or local figures, plus several notable absences and two surprises in support for Dan Lane and Edward Callender.
Secretary of War William H. Taft spoke to about 3000 in Bath Maine at Alameda Hall in his sole Maine appearance. He framed the congressional contest as a choice on Roosevelt policies, urged tariff revision within Republican bounds, and praised Roosevelt’s anti trust actions while criticizing labor reforms seen as protecting unlawful strikes.
A large Worcester and Massachusetts Democratic meeting at the Thorndike Hotel approved a tariff revision plank and an organized opposition to District Attorney Moran. A seven member committee may back a rival candidate in primaries and caucuses, with ex Mayor McNamee of Cambridge favored for leading the anti Moran effort.
In Wakefield Felix Muse and family celebrate the birth of a baby girl the first daughter in 18 children. Muse arrived 27 years ago and has 12 sons with six still living. The birth, though linked to the unlucky number 13, is seen as especially fortunate for the Muse family.
Police in Wakefield seek Joseph Petrie Jr. 12 son of Mr and Mrs Petrie of 16 Newhall Court who disappeared Thursday around 2 pm. He is about 4 feet tall, stout, with short red hair and wore black breeches, a green jumper, a blue cap, black stockings and high shoes. He speaks French and English fluently.
The Hon. Joseph A. Conry confronted a surprise at a Ward 2 meeting when a friend sought the ward's endorsement for his bid for Congress against Mr. Kelcher. It was deemed inadvisable to vote and mention of another possible candidate emerged, leaving the outcome unclear.
Daniel T. O Connell, aiding his brother Joseph F. O Connell in the 10th district race, accuses Edward L. Logan of misrepresenting ward endorsements. He cites Ward 16 signatures and Fitzgerald Club support, and offers to share nomination papers for inspection to prove honest methods.
The wedding of Mason H. Gray and Miss May E. Miller took place last evening at 24 Pemberton Street Cambridge. Rev Daniel Evans officiated with only immediate family and a few friends in attendance.
A crowd watched as a balloonist fell hard into the earth, with bystanders aiding him. A boy claimed a colored man cut the line, while an attendant noted a man in flashy attire nearby with something unseen. Officials indicated possible foul play aimed at the youth.
In Brockton a mother and father face grim news as Carl Smith, 18, plunges from a balloon ascent after the parachute line failure. His father, Martin J. Smith, recalls premonitions and recalls how Carl, a daring balloonist, started at Point of Pines with Bert Terrill. The boy, sole child of a local letter carrier, has little hope for recovery at Central Maine General Hospital.
Ida Merrill the aeronaut involved in the Maine State fair grounds balloon disaster is a well known Boston performer. She has long participated in balloon ascensions and once was a soubrette at Howard & Walker’s Museum. Her home is near Boston and she hid her profession to spare her family public attention.
Abel E. Gates of Linden place, 72, was knocked when his horse started as he stepped into his carriage on Vinton street. He lies in critical, serious condition at Melrose Hospital with facial and bodily bruises and possible internal injuries.
The Highway Commission revoked the chauffeur license of Robert W. Jameson, driver for Clement S. Houghton of Manchester, after a July collision on Cove road with Land of Clover. The case centered on whether the horse was run down or kicked the car, with witnesses for and against Jameson highlighting the accident's details and his driving history.
In East Wenham on September 5 a couple eloped to Portsmouth New Hampshire to wed after clandestine meetings at Beverly Farms near Beverly. Nellie Preston aged just of age married Victor Borden chauffeur to Philip Dexter with parental opposition overcome by the couple.
John Lord 28 of 30 Auburn street Malden shot himself this morning citing insanity from constant headaches. He worked as a salesman for a Boston hardware firm. Found in bed with a revolver, two notes were left one to his family and another to his fiancée.
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