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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1920
Page
2
Arthur H. Douse of Dorchester was jailed for contempt for failing to pay $12 weekly alimony to Mrs. Lillian A. Douse. He paid $286 on Jan. 22 and was discharged by Judge Sisk of the Superior Court. A hearing on revoking the decree is set for next Thursday.
The steamer Alalkay arrived in Boston after a mutiny in the Gulf of Mexico left one crewman drowned and four others detained in Key West. Firemen and coal passers clashed amid bad blood, injuring coal passer Suferink and sending Walter J. Pawson, formerly of Boston and now of Calais Maine, overboard at Cape Gracias.
The American Acid Company plant in Medford’s Wellington section was ordered closed by the Board of Health after a Monday night release of dense acid gases sickening residents and harming vegetation. Mayor Haines, City Solicitor York, health officials, and Wellington Improvement Association representatives ordered the shutdown pending installation of gas-consuming machinery to prevent future emissions.
Thomas Zigmick, 48, of Liberty Street Peabody, fell into Waters River from a sluiceway this afternoon. His body was not recovered. He worked at Danvers Iron Works and was married.
The three top figures in Old Colony Foreign Exchange Company facing defraud charges were freed on bail after over a week in custody. Fred and Raymond Meyers were released at noon, while Charles M Brightwell, company president, secured bail late in the afternoon.
At arrest, two Meyers brothers held on $50 000 bail each. Later Raymond’s bail reduced to 5000 and Fred’s to 3000, posted via a bondsman. Brightwell bail stayed at 10000 before court, then posted by wife with bondsman. All defendants to appear Sept 1 to face counts of larceny from unknown persons. Judge Burke ordered cases heard together. Auditors and Hurwitz reviewed company accounts. report expected soon.
Mayor William B. White receives applications from society suffragists shop girls and mothers for precinct officer roles in Lawrence. Leading the list is Mrs Anna F Taylor described as a well known local woman. Applicants seek the $10 a day pay and White aims for broad female representation in polling booths.
Police and fire investigators seek the cause of a noon explosion and fire that destroyed two dye firms and threatened the leather and paint district. The blaze caused $20,000 in losses and prompted two alarms as flying glass injured several firefighters including Lieutenant Thomas Flanagan of Engine 25 who was hospitalised with a severed-artery cut.
The article frames rival views on the 19th amendment with anti suffragist claims that courts will decide its legality while suffragists declare the matter settled. Quotes from Mrs Balch Mrs Tilling and Mrs Frothingham emphasize constitutional questions voter duties and the call for women to register and vote for capable leaders.
Harold Turner of Richmond Virginia admitted running away joining the navy leaving underage and stealing money in New York. He confessed to spending funds in Boston and stealing Agnes Ford's lingerie on Columbus Avenue to pay rent. He asked to hear from his father for money to go home while Judge Burke advised him and ordered a short hold for inquiry.
Jack B. Sugarman of Newark a furniture trade salesman has been missing from his home about a week. The 27 year old man was last seen in Atlantic City wearing a dark blue suit straw hat green striped shirt and black low shoes. He stands five feet five inches weighs 140 pounds has a dark complexion and a small mustache. His father Benjamin J. Sugarman 695 High street Newark asks for any information.
The female voting strength in Arlington has more than doubled after ratification of woman suffrage. About 500 women were registered this week, lifting the prior total of women voters from under 200 to over 600.
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