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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1919
Page
19
The document lists ward by ward tallies for the Republican attorney general race in Boston. It presents hundreds of numbers across twenty-six wards with totals showing the overall vote distribution and aggregate totals for each candidate or option.
A list of nominees by district for Sufford County shows each district’s candidates, including party affiliations. Reps include Arthur J. Langley, Crescenzo DeSimone, Seth F. Arnold, James M. Hunnewell, Robert F. E. Bigney, John W. McCormack, and others, with Dems and Rep lines across districts.
An OCR fragment shows a dense list of numbers, names and place references including Newburyport North Norw Oak Oakh and many Massachusetts towns. The text reads like a financial or census-like scrape with scattered dates numbers and county or district labels, lacking coherent narrative.
Fragmented ballot data shows ward by ward tallies for the District Attorney election in Boston with multiple wards listed and partially legible vote counts and percentages. Names and full context are unclear but indicate a citywide tally across all wards including Chelsea and Geneemer.
J Weston Allen of Newton, longtime Republican activist, has been nominated by Massachusetts Republicans as their candidate for attorney general. Born in 1872, he graduated Yale in 1898 and Harvard Law School in 1896, practiced law in Boston, and served in the Massachusetts House in 1915 through 1918. He pushed an investigation into the Boston fish industry, leading to several jail sentences for fish dealers.
The piece notes that Ry C. Attwill received a strong vote across the state, describing his campaign as a continuation of a effort begun over a year ago.
Fred J. Burrell of Medford, long active in Republican politics, gains national notice as a contender for state treasurer and receiver-general. He has served on the Legislature's Banks and Banking Committee and builds broad knowledge of Commonwealth finances. Burrell was born March 12, 1859, in Medford.
He entered school and the advertising field with Curtis Publishing in Philadelphia, founded the Burrell Advertising Agency in Boston in 1911, and remains its head. He served on 1917 1918 and 1919 committees including banks mercantile affairs and public lighting. He was a Constitutional Convention member and on its executives committee.
William Jennings Bryan, long a political figure, called on Governor Coolidge at the Massachusetts State House yesterday while Coolidge was touring the state to vote in Northampton. Bryan left his card and continued to New York and Washington, unrecognized by many as the Democratic presidential candidate.
Senator John J. Kearney alleges multiple illegal votes in Ward 6 and plans a recount and evidence submission to the Ballot Law Commission. He claims at least 15 cases of floater voters, lax poll oversight, and one precinct where an officer read off unvoted names to an opponent’s worker.
The state lists Democratic and Republican tickets with candidates across offices including Governor Lieutenant-Governor Secretary Treasurer Auditor and Attorney-General. Democratic picks include Richard H. Long and John F. J. Herbert among others while Republicans nominate Calvin Coolidge Chan ning H. Cox Albert P. Lang try Fred J. Burrell Alonzo B. Cook and J Weston Allen.
George F. Monahan, defeated candidate for the Democratic nomination, congratulates Richard H. Long on his nomination. He pledges to support Long in the November 4 contest against Governor Coolidge and to campaign for him, offering any assistance within his power.
Governor Coolidge traveled from Boston to Northampton and back to cast his vote amid a quiet renomination race. He faced 12 candidates for State Treasurer and Attorney-General and recorded his choice on the state ticket.
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