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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1916
Page
2
Miss Mary Buckley a 3 year old of Lewiston leaped from a moving trolley to recover a blown hat in South Portland. At 10 miles an hour the incident left her with brain hemorrhage and she died at the Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary. The conductor had just signaled a stop.
Advertisement touts Johann Hoffs Malt Extract as a natural aid to digestion and sleep. It claims relief for chronic dyspeptics and anemia prone individuals, recommending use with meals and before bed and noting availability at druggists nationwide.
New York labor leaders urge Governor Whitman to convene an extraordinary session as 40 percent of the 800000 local union workers consider quitting. A 48-hour demonstration is debated, while a subway collision injures thirteen and arrests rise amid heightened transit tensions.
Harvard Medical School appoints a commission including Dr. Robert W. Lovett Dr. Milton J. Rosenau Dr. Francis W. Peabody and Roger Pierce to study infantile paralysis early diagnosis and serum treatment. Serum distribution and services will be free though benefit of serum is not yet proven.
James Uopple of 11 Main Street Charlestown was rushed to Hay Market Relief Hospital after being accidentally overcome by gas in the bathroom. His wife found him and saved his life yesterday.
Voters face a dense slate of contests including the Democratic governor nomination with Cole versus Mansfield and the Republican auditor race Brown versus Cook. Other battles include Middlesex district attorney among Tufts Brown and Higgins and GOP congress and senate races across districts.
Attorney Higgins and Assistant Attorney General Brown note heated Republican contests in the 16th and 14th districts with Walsh facing Bryant and Souther in the 16th and Ezra Clark Howard Langeller Raymond and Rice in the 14th. In Boston Democrats Horgan and Kenney compete for the 11th district nomination amid widespread state legislative battles and ward contests. Expect a sizable turnout.
A table lists opening and closing poll hours for 33 Greater Boston cities and towns in the state primary. Entries include Boston 6:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Cambridge 12:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. with various times for Arlington Belmont Brookline and others.
St Malachi Court M O F of Arlington held a banquet at the old Town Hall to mark the six th charter anniversary with state officials as guests of honor. Six charter members named were Edmund Reardon Napoleon Morin John Kelley Cornelius Leary Eugene Flynn and Henry Dehil.
The first university led program to train Boy Scout leaders will start next week at Boston University. Classes will be in the newly renamed School of Business Administration in the Walker building, once part of MIT.
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