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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1913
Page
2
After hours of worry Somerville police locate six year old Alfred Viner of Billerica Street Boston. The boy could say only his first name and could not identify his school or teacher or the policeman on duty. He slept in the guard room and ate breakfast before his family claimed him at the City Home.
Supreme Court Judge Loring orders Chelsea Mayor Edward E. Willard to reinstate James E. Finn as chairman of Chelsea Licensing Board after Finn sought a writ of mandamus. The finding states the petitioner's designation as chairman lasts only while he serves on the board.
A vintage advertisement touts Calocide as a universal foot cure. It claims soaking feet in Calocide solution for fifteen minutes relieves soreness, peels corns, and treats bunions, sweating, and odor with rapid effects, priced at twenty five cents per box.
Dorchester High School readies a May Day Revel with over 100 students in color costumes. Miss Grace M. Ripley directs elaborate tableaux and dances as a purple herald announces the king and queen. Mothers and friends attend the 7 45 pm performance with proceeds aiding the scholarship fund.
William J. Rounds Jr son of a Cambridge ex State Senator was charged with assault and battery in a love duel with Herbert B Larner on April 16. The Cambridge District Court sent the case to the grand jury and Rounds is held on five thousand dollars bail posted by his father.
Ellis Parker Butler presents Perkins of Portland as his latest comedy surpassing Mike Flannery and Pigs Is Pigs. The first issue of the series is slated for next Sunday’s Post.
Mrs. Lusea M. Lagerquist of Cambridge and Boston seeks a fifth absolute divorce from her aged husband Eric Lagerquist in a Cambridge area case. She describes repeated assaults including choking blows and threats with a chisel a revolver and a gun chase prompting flight from home. Court ordered the case submitted with indications the bid may succeed.
The British government will grant the widow of Captain Robert F. Scott a $600 annuity in addition to her $1000 admiralty pension for the Antarctic expedition leader who died returning from the South Pole. A joint $1500 annuity will go to Captain Scott's mother and two sisters, and $1590 to the widow and sister in law of Dr. Edward A Wilson.
Mrs. O H P Belmont and Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt sat with the audience at Kingsway Hall as they protested forcible feeding of imprisoned suffragists. Israel Zangwill spoke, denouncing the feeding and the cat and mouse bill, with resolutions condemning the practice carried by the crowd.
Milford, April 29. Organizer J M Coldwell faces a three months sentence appeal for alleged inflammatory speeches. Caleb F Howard of Quincy and Flavio Albzipopi plus 20 Italian strikers are to appear in court on charges of parading. Warrants were left with Coldwell, who vouched for the men. The group claims the warrants stem from a parade this morning with about 400 marchers splitting into sections near the mill and engaging in peaceful picketing. Morrison I Swift, listed for tomorrow, says his name was on the list but was scratched off.
The Nevada court notes prior Massachusetts actions halted its jurisdiction over non support, as Massachusetts had ruled on the same issue. The latest suit rests on conemintre desertion under Nevada statute, asserting the husband’s threats forced the wife to leave home. The plaintiff claims continued brutality culminating in a Cambridge incident.
Yale professor Henry C. Emery, longtime Tariff Commission chair, urged a nonpartisan tariff body at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon. He argued such a commission would not diminish Congress's tariff power but would increase it through added knowledge.
Another of Charles Dana Gibson s famous series of pictures a Widow and Her Friends appears with color decorations in next Sundays Post.
Eugene J. Perry of Medford sues Fred T. Ley & Co. and Edison Electric Illuminating Co. in Suffolk Superior Court claiming 18 000 volts passed through his body during a 1909 pole work incident at Dedham causing loss of a leg and an arm with severe burns. Trial before Judge Wait opens with Perry seeking damages.
Smooth skin result advertised by Hood's Lotion claims velvety texture in all weather. The pitch urges readers to try the product and notes it is sold by all druggists for 50 cents.
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