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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1920
Page
8
Mrs Florence G Sweeten of Boston petitions Suffolk county for divorce from Joseph E Sweeten alleging strong drinking habits formed since their June 1918 marriage. She cites Jamaica ginger and other drugs as main cause and notes cruel and abusive treatment.
Dublin reports indicate growing economic conflict between Northern and Southern Ireland as Protestant workers expel Catholic colleagues from shipyards and other industries. Observers fear increased embarrassments for the country as tensions rise nationwide.
Western towns threaten Belfast goods boycott and fear spread to banking as Ulster warns of economic rift. The Irish Times notes southern and western Ireland are now more organized, risking broader political and industrial disruption. Meanwhile 132 Irish magistrates resigned British commissions over protest against administration.
Watertown Fire Department members completed a white wool shawl presented to Watertown Council 155 Knights of Columbus. Six firefighters spent 12 hours making the shawl valued at 50 dollars, to be sold at the Aug 28 field day for the building fund.
The Irish Trades Union Congress adopted a unanimous resolution condemning the arrest and imprisonment of James Larkin as a gross outrage and a violation of freedom of opinion and speech. It demanded his immediate release in the name of Ireland’s workers.
A Cork joint meeting of the Urban District Council and Sinn Fein executives called for bonfires and illuminations to honor Archbishop Mannix of Australia upon his planned arrival in Ireland next Saturday night. They urged protests against what they termed British tyranny and an insult to a great Catholic prelate.
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