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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1913
Page
5
Mrs. Margaret A. Thornton Levin wife of David Levin a note broker of 5 Bromfield street has been served with divorce papers after an elopement to Biddeford last February with friends of the groom. He cites cruelty and notes her refusal to sign marriage papers before the ceremony.
Miss Margaret A. Thornton refused to sign the certificate's obedience clause as she and her fiancé stood before a justice of the peace with a hand organ playing. She left the office after signaling she would consent to love and honor but not obey.
A woman who married after a hospital visit says she suffered heart trouble. The couple wed in an office building where she had worked as a stenographer. After marriage they lived on Ivy street and she later visited Vermont and Beachmont, keeping details of her whereabouts from her husband.
Miss Minnie Stone of Hyde Park, former Brookline High School art teacher, is engaged to Rev Forrester M. McDonald of Lowell. A license is on file and the wedding is set for Tuesday evening, September 2, in Hyde Park.
Miss Fannie Rounds daughter of former State Senator William J. Rounds of Cambridge married George DeForest Edwards Harvard 12 of Marion Ohio She was one of three girls who witnessed the sensational duel between her brother Billy Rounds and Herbert E K Larner over her younger sister Lillian The ceremony linked Cambridge and Marion Ohio with Harvard College connections.
The marriage took place Monday at St. Philips Church Cambridge with only the bride's close family and the groom's sister present. Rev E M Gushee conducted the ceremony and the couple left for a West honeymoon. Fannie, once involved in the Rounds Larner case, fled the state. William J Rounds Jr and Larner face grand jury indictment for mutual assault with September disposition planned.
In Charlotte North Carolina on August 26 Joe MecNeeley a Black man who shot and wounded a police officer last week was taken from jail by a mob guarded by police and executed. A $1000 reward was posted for his attackers and city officials ordered a halt to firearm sales amid fear of race riots.
Two hundred delegates from 83 cities and 17 towns in Massachusetts met in Worcester for the first annual Massachusetts Permanent Firemen's Protective Association. Burton Steere of Springfield was elected president with a slate of officers including John T. Conneny and Thomas S. Pope as vice presidents.
Thirty five mothers and their babies were taken for an outing to City Point yesterday as guests of the Boston Elevated Railway Company. Miss Isabelle R. Hall accompanied the group from the Milk and Baby Hygiene Association. They traveled by boat to Castle Island and had lunch provided by the association.
Secretary McAdoo approved the Senate bill to create a coast guard by merging the revenue cutter and life saving services. The measure awaits action in the Senate commerce committee.
Mrs Joshua Hale urged a bill to send school nurses to children’s homes rather than rely on school physicians. The recommendation came before the anti tuberculosis committee at the State House as part of Newburyport tuberculosis society advocacy.
Mrs Hale argues school physicians are ineffective when their advice is not followed at home and condemns wasteful spending. She supports repealing laws forcing cities to build TB hospitals and favors preventive work. Mayor P J Moore of Pittsfield defends the city’s finances, delaying hospitals and urging private facilities and a single headed health board.
The memory of departed sisters was honored by the Daughters of St. George at the Brunswick service. The memorial read 112 names, an altar was arranged, hymns sung and prayers offered. The convention’s morning session included supreme officers reports a 72 member class and seating of past supreme lodge officers.
Parishioners of St Philip s Church Harrison avenue await a lawn party on Locust street grounds from 10 AM to 10 PM next Saturday. Rev Philip J O Donnell pastor. Rev Philip J Lee appointed to Sheffield Mill River parish begins tomorrow. Rev James O Reilly guest of Mr and Mrs Thomas D Mullin at Canton. Bazaar for new chapel at Point Independence Onset Friday with prominent Bostonians. Changes in St John s Preparatory College Danvers faculty include Leander to St Joseph s Baltimore Maxim to Xaverian House Somerville Linas to St Xavier Norfolk and Gerald to Worcester.
A coroner jury in Portland Maine ruled that Carl W Perry shot Miss Angie Spear, his schoolmate and fiancée, and then killed himself. Fisherman Harry Dyer found their bodies aboard Perry’s boat in Penobscot Bay, time of death placed at 7:50 Sunday night. both funerals set for tomorrow and Thursday.
Tickets allocated and plans finalized for the first mothers day picnic at Franklin Park. Mayor Fitzgerald and the committee expect five thousand mothers and children from city sections. Tickets are distributed via police stations churches charities settlements and other agencies. The city hosts the event to give those who have not had a summer away from the city a day out. The Boston playgrounds demonstration takes place in the afternoon with about two thousand children from fifty two playgrounds led by N J Young, playground director for the school department.
In San Francisco on Aug 26 Judge Maurice T. Dooling postponed the government case against eight Western Fuel Company officers directors and employees until Monday Oct 13. The delay follows federal prosecutors Theodore Roche and Matt I. Sullivan being occupied with the Caminetti white slavery trial.
The Rev. Robert Swickerath S J of Holy Cross College addressed over 700 attendees on day two of the Catholic Teachers Institute at Boston College Hall. Attendance grew with sisters and brothers of religious orders and many lay teachers present.
Augustine L. Rafter urges pupil ideas over teacher input and warns against overdone reproduction while praising expressive, well modulated oral work. Father Swickerath criticizes the textbook system and advocates inquiry based teaching to foster self activity and clear thinking amid a mild reaction toward textbooks.
The first cranberry shipment of the season left Cape Cod last night. Consigned to New York, the berries were packed in crates and noted for good size and color given early harvest. Growers plan to begin widespread picking on the fifth of next month.
Liberty E. Holden publisher of the Cleveland Plain Dealer and owner of a hotel and mine died at his Bratenahl home today after a long illness. He was 80 years old and had interests in several other businesses.
After a conference with Governor Foss, Mayor Fitzgerald advised Hyde Park factory strikers to return to work under the old conditions and seek a peaceful settlement later. He told a committee from the Boston Central Labor Union that the governor urged returning workers with no trouble expected in differences.
The Mayor told the committee he favors workers returning as the Governor proposes and warned that if no adjustment is reached, a public hearing may be sought from the State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration. He has held talks with board members who promised a hearing if talks fail. A mass meeting at French's Opera House, Hyde Park, will relay the Mayor and Governor's recommendations via strike leaders.
A strike of nearly 1000 members from the Boston Cloak and Skirt Makers Union is expected to begin early next week. Pressers and Cutters unions may join in a walkout over alleged violations of last spring’s settlement with manufacturers. Abraham Rosenberg will travel to Boston Friday to handle the issue.
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