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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1919
Page
15
Mrs. Bessie Roof seeks divorce from Albert Roof noting a reading fixation on Shakspere Elbert Hubbard Emerson and other authors during their 1910 1912 marriage. She quotes lines from As You Like It Macbeth and remarks on age differences and domestic strife.
A Rochester reader from 89 North Union Lane describes long term stomach liver and bladder trouble. After trying a sample box and a 50 cent box of Fruit-a-tives, the patient reports grand improvement and declares Fruit-a-tives the best stomach liver and bladder medicine. The ad lists price options and directs purchases through Fruit-A-Tives Limited in Ogdensburg New York.
A exhortation to relieve inner distress by purging anxious thoughts. It frames emotional relief as a deliberate mental act aimed at lightening a burdened chest and calming the heart.
A nostalgic verse from 1918 imagines a childlike heart filled with joy and fairy magic. It speaks of bubbles, sunshine, and the Christmas season, expressing a desire to glow with youthful wonder and happiness and to rise again after falling.
West Roxbury residents will receive semi convertible cars as announced by officials yesterday. General Manager Edward Dana said the new cars will operate in part of the West Roxbury district seating 52 passengers and soon run from Jamaica Plain carhouse on the West Roxbury lines.
The Felix Kornfeld employees host a dancing party this evening marking the fifth annual event. The dancing committee includes Benjamin G. Tuttle Albert Heusinger Raymond Pontifix Gertrude V. Dugan Anna Colitz Katherine Byrnes Edith Ginsberg and Ruth Strauss.
The proposed Boston to Rotterdam service by Lawrance and Co. is abandoned for now due to adverse conditions in foreign money markets and a near halt in purchasing. The line would have linked Boston directly with Rotterdam, first time in over a dozen years.
The funeral for Mrs. Hattie M. Bass wife of William Bass a prominent Concord businessman was held yesterday afternoon at 14 Hubbard Street. The Rev Smith Owen Dexter rector of Trinity Episcopal Church Concord conducted the service and burial followed in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery Concord.
In Washington on December 16 talk of a compromise in the peace treaty resurged among Senate cloakroom discussions. Independent groups from both parties considered common ground, with members signaling willingness to concede and aiming for a two thirds majority.
Democrats reject binding effect of the White House Sunday statement on Wilson not considering a compromise. They argue ratification is a Senate decision. Senator Hitchcock says compromise negotiations could continue, while Senator Lodge claims no room for concessions. Senator Walsh denies calling Democrats seething inward at the President.
Fire destroyed the gasoline steamer Rustler off Suguin Me with all crew saved. A Coast Guard message from Port land Coast Guard Station No. 9 said the boat landed the crew in safety and the vessel burned to the water line as it drifted southeast.
Medical Examiner Charles L. Phillips promised sensational developments tomorrow in the sudden death of Elsie Louise Peirce 23 daughter of Wickford police chief Thomas W. Peirce. The state pathologist will analyze the stomach and a possible arrest may follow. The death occurred Saturday noon as she walked down stairs at a Main Street home where she boarded after a week of illness. The autopsy found no clear cause and she refused medical aid during her illness. Funeral held today in Wickford.
Burial was at Elmegrove cemetery. She had lived in East Greenwich about two months and was employed at the Reuckert box factory at Marlboro and Long streets.
In Newburyport on December 16 Mayor Davida P Page was re elected in a tight four candidate race the closest in years George T Castle backed by labor finished 22 votes back Councillor at large winners were J W Chase William J Cusack Edward J Murphy Edward G Perkins W I Runnells School board members chosen A P Brown Laurence P Dodge Edward Conn AL W Kimball Harry F Cole E G Moody License measure passed 1615 yes 93 no giving a 652 majority the largest in city history
Mrs Helen H Draper Taft daughter of George A Draper of Hopedale Mass and niece of Eben S Draper has filed for divorce from Captain Walbridge S Taft a nephew of former President Taft in Reno Nevada The husband formerly served in the ordnance department during the war George A Draper declined to comment on the case The public allegations were not disclosed
District Attorney Nathan A. Tufts of Middlesex county told the Brooks Club at St. Luke's Church Allston that misguided Americans and leaders, along with anarchists and WVWs, are responsible for the nation’s unrest. He spoke on Every Man's Duty in the Present Political Crisis to a large audience.
William J. Duffy a chief yeoman at the Portsmouth naval prison, sought an annulment of his Maine marriage to Julia V. Mullane. The Maine Supreme Court Associate Justice Albert M. Spear denied the petition saying the union stood, leaving Duffy with two wives after a second marriage to Helen Healey.
The official forecast calls for continued cold weather after a recent cold spell. Cloudy skies and stronger west and northwest winds will persist today and tomorrow as temperatures drop from yesterday's high of 20 above zero.
Lawrence Walsh business manager of Local S.4 of the International Longshoremen's Association was shot and killed at the union headquarters. John Carr treasurer of the local was arrested and charged with the killing. Police say Carr confessed claiming self defense after an attack by Walsh.
A two alarm blaze in the Currier building Nashua on December 16 wrecked four stores including the Land Cafe where it started in the basement during supper. Occupants were rescued from ladders by firemen with seniors and a paralytic victim among those affected.
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