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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1911
Page
4
Canada votes today on reciprocity with the United States as Liberals forecast a slim majority while Conservatives and Nationalists claim a strong Quebec showing. Polls predict a reduced Liberal edge or possible defeat, with Quebec key and party desertions noted ahead of election day.
The article urges readers to visit the Basement market frequently to discover unseen bargain lots not advertised. It notes hundreds of daily, extraordinary values exist but sell quickly, making timely visits essential to secure the full benefit of trading there.
An advertisement lists skin and beauty tonics and remedies. It promotes a spurmax lotion for smooth skin, parnotis for fat reduction, pyroxin for brows lashes and a delatone hair remover. It also suggests kurdene with sugar and alcohol as a tonic to improve complexion and energy.
The article details the complex acceptance process for a subway act involving the City Council, Mayor, and Boston Elevated Railway Company. A duplicate order was prepared for signature to avoid delays, with Acting Mayor Collins delaying final action but likely to sign, preserving merger interests.
Acting Mayor Collins states he will take official action on a duplicate order before him today and in ample time to preserve all rights. He does not specify whether he will sign the order.
The piece analyzes party strength across provinces as Liberals and Conservatives vie over reciprocity with the United States. It notes farm, banking, and business opposition aligned against reform, while Liberal organs warn of Conservative gains in Quebec and near parity in several provinces. The campaign emphasizes economics alongside fears of annexation.
An eminent skin expert touts a new ethine product sold by Houghton & Dutton and Riker Jaynes Drug Co with a money back guarantee for freckle removal. The piece shifts to US Canada reciprocity, noting Conservative use of Taft remarks to frame Canada’s link to Britain, and border papers predicting wide political impact.
An editorial mocks cure-all reciprocity saying it would soften Uncle Sam and avert annexation while rejection could trigger a spiteful bid to annex us. French papers urge patriots to resist annexation, and Montreal papers note election bets on Conservative opposition versus government minority.
Rudolph Spreckels of San Francisco and Medill McCormick of Chicago landed in Boston to organize Massachusetts insurgents for the Republican nomination and oppose Taft. They denounce Taft's renomination as doomed, praise Governor Foss as an insurgent ally, and claim Taft will lose votes in the Mississippi Valley and Northwest. Their goal is to put Massachusetts in the insurgent column.
Col. Charles P. Nutter of 189 Clifton Street Malden has been appointed by Mayor Fall and is likely to be confirmed to replace Thomas W. Hough, the current fire commissioner who has served as holdover for two years.
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