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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1916
Page
8
B A Corbett Jr of Providence was placed on probation after agreeing to repay 100 dollars he collected selling ad tickets for a fake Tremont Temple concert. He advertised a May 1 show after learning the temple was unavailable.
In Suffolk Probate Court Judge George ordered Hermann W. Schatzel to pay his wife M. Elizabeth Schatzel $25 for lawyer fees and $5 weekly support. Elizabeth, who joined his firm in 1910, ran a $30,000 business last year and traveled for her husband, a designer of first class women's clothes, amid accusations of intoxication and business harm.
Mrs Schatzel testified she earns twenty dollars weekly at a Boston shop and wants money to dress well for business, while her husband described years of conflict and alleged cruelty. Judge George warned her to stop discussing her husband’s affairs.
American Thread Company announces a 10 percent wage increase for its 2700 mill operatives in Willimantic Connecticut, to take effect May 1, following a 6 percent raise granted January 1.
A newspaper blown toward an oil stove ignited furnishings in Morris Litzen's second floor flat at 246 Shawmut avenue South End. Firefighters arrived quickly and damage is estimated at $300.
The Building Trades Council votes to strike if contractors bring in strike-breakers, delaying more than 1.5 million dollars of construction in Springfield. The action follows a threat by local contractors and was approved by the executive committee.
Fitchburg April 28 former Leominster Postmaster Frank TI Pierson is at Danvers Hospital under close mental health observation after a breakdown. A Boston hearing will be held when he can attend. Pierson faces a charge of converting government funds amounting to 1315. His wife and family are in seclusion and Mrs. Pierson is reported in poor health.
Mrs Isabella Kershaw aged 57 wife of Arthur Kershaw of 21 Orchard street Malden was found dead from asphyxiation last evening upon her husband’s return from work Police used a palmotor for two hours without success Death is believed accidental She leaves her husband and three children surviving
Former President Theodore Roosevelt declares in a signed statement that women's enfranchisement has become a national issue and he pledges support for a constitutional amendment granting women the vote. The statement was prepared for a Congressional Union committee of women in New York on April 28.
The new Catholic church at Littleton Mass will be opened and blessed tomorrow at 11 a m. The Rev Thomas P McGinn will bless the church under whose direction the edifice was built. Officers include Rev Father McGinn celebrant Rev F H Houston deacon and Rev J J Duffy S J sub deacon. The sermon will be delivered by Rt Rev J J Chittick of Hyde Park.
The Licensing Board will grant two fewer hotel licenses in the North End this year and instead issue bar licenses. No hotel licenses will be granted in the Brighton districts, and bar licenses have reportedly been granted there.
Judge A K Cohen addressed the Massachusetts Credit Union at a City Club luncheon. He praised credit unions as thrift promoters that limit loans to those leading to savings or profit for borrowers. He said the union helps people avoid charity while encouraging saving, noting Massachusetts leads in this movement.
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