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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1909
Page
5
John J. Cummings, challenger in Ward 21, blames Congressman Joseph F. O Connell of Dorchester for his Democratic nomination loss in Wards 20 and 21. He accuses O Connell of duplicity and arrogance and vows to unite factions against him next year in Ward 20.
A weathered student, J. A. Dickerson, arrived in Ithaca from New York after walking 800 miles in nine days to rejoin Cornell University. He is a senior in the college of Civil Engineering and traveled by road to continue his studies.
The Essex county convention at Convention Hall chose Batchelder over Wardwell by a 27 to 17 vote for state committee. Wardwell, defeated in the primaries, had support from Senator Lodge and Congressman Gardner but failed to secure re election. Several notable figures backed Wardwell while Nason supporters shifted, ending with Batchelder's victory. Wardwell declined to comment.
Walden Vermont September 27 The body of former Governor Charles J Bell who died suddenly in New York was transported to his home in Walden for burial arrangements. The report notes Bell’s long public service and his leadership during the early years of the state.
Tremont Temple hosted a large audience for Big Monday as the Evangelical Alliance summarized past efforts and costs. Lawrence Greenwood reported $5000 spent, with $3000 from Chapman funds and the rest from donations, and urged raising $10,000 in winter to push the work forward next year. Reverend Richard Wright praised Cambridge’s effort, noting the city is “working overtime on a new religion” though it has not yet arrived.
The New England Drygoods Association reports the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad will start a Boston to New York fast train on October 3. Depart Boston at 5 30 p m and arrive in New York at 11 p m with no extra fare. The service aims to give business men a half hour more for work and a timely return.
Mrs Helen Boyle sentenced to 25 years for aiding the kidnapping of Willie Whitla of Sharon Penn will likely get a new trial. Her husband James Boyle is serving life as the principal. The trial noted her life was unmoral yet she retained a pretty and ingenuous appearance, softened by prison life and its surroundings.
The Exceptional Equipment of the California Fig Syrup Co. and its chemists enable Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna to be produced with pure medicinal plant principles blended in the right proportions. Only the genuine article, manufactured by the original method, yields the hoped for effects, and imitations should be refused or returned if the full company name is not on the front.
The Rev John L Withrow D D longtime Park Street Church pastor near 30 years died recently Funeral services were led by Rev A Z Conrad assisted by Rev Charles D Kellogg of Sandy Hill NY Attending ministers and Boston residents filled the church The casket bore Killarney roses from Dr Withrows daughter and deacons roses and asparagus vine Floral tributes from Chicago and Philadelphia churches were received The Lotus Male Quartet sang Rock of Ages Just As I Am and Abide With Me Burial followed at Mount Auburn Honorary pallbearers included Samuel Capen Jacob Bates J W Field J E Parker Alfred Colby and F W Wyman
The Democratic recount by election commissioners shows Ward 15 shifting to Edward D. Collins by one vote for the House seat over Michael J. Reidy with Collins gaining seven votes while Reidy’s total stayed constant. Final tallies: Collins 1020, Colpoys 1021, Reidy 1019. Ward 14 sees the Logan delegation gain over Norton, and Ward 8 features a three-way tie and split between Brennan and Conley tickets with six tied for remaining spots.
Mrs Chauncey M Depew was hurt in a Champs Elysees taxi collision on Saturday. She suffered a forehead cut from broken glass but remained in condition not reported as serious.
The ram Katahdin, once touted as a war weapon, will be towed from League Island Philadelphia to Hampton Roads Virginia then to Washington. There its machinery will be stripped and the hull towed back to Hampton Roads to serve as a target for battleships.
Taft tours the Butte copper mine as the Western Federation of Miners dispute ends with a return to work planned for tonight. A local committee member explains the mining system to Taft and to John Hays Hammond, who misrecognizes him in an oldskin coat and sou'wester.
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