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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1910
Page
2
The Commercial Bulletin notes Boston holds 85.56 million pounds of domestic wool and 13.63 million of foreign wool at year end, with total U.S. unsold wool at 162.52 million pounds, second only to London in global markets. Boston now contains nearly two thirds of U S wool in warehouses.
James F. Shaw petitions the Superior Court to modify the divorce decree granting joint custody. He claims his ex wife is unfit due to her marriage to her chauffeur and seeks exclusive custody of their son.
Alfred August of 4 Union terrace Cambridge faced a court charge for stealing candy from Aldrich Clisbee Company Boston where he worked as assistant shipper. He admitted a two year theft pattern. defense challenged methods used by Sherman Detective Agency. Judge Parmenter found him guilty and set bail at 500 dollars with sentence suspended until next Monday.
The four manuscripts from the Metropolitan Opera House prize competition were recovered after John Rea handed them to Harlem police claiming threats. Walter Damrosch and other judges shipped the scores by express. the theft occurred when the driver delivered another package.
Jay Barr Jordan, a telegraph operator, was fined 200 for hugging his wife so hard that he broke two ribs. He said the incident followed a month of marriage and a quarrel sparked by a rumor. He was arrested after his wife complained to a police officer.
Justice of the Peace J M Cade announces a public benefaction in Jackson Mississippi offering to excuse any man who swears off alcohol from fees. He will not charge for the oath and will marry anyone who keeps the pledge for six months without the usual fees.
A canary announced the engagement of Miss Charlotte Evans Brownback daughter of Garrett E. Brownback of Linfield Penn and Charles Hinkey Van Kirk son of Charles Van Kirk of Chicago. The luncheon hosted by Mrs. Percy J Fell featured a release of the bird with the message tied to its foot.
Harvey T. Short of Bozeman Montana and Mrs. Mary Harbet of Tola Kansas married after a 60 year journey from a Warren County Illinois country school. The groom is 81 and the bride 71. They first knew each other as children, separated by life events, then remarried after the death of their spouses.
Highland Falls New York September 3. Three years ago Sergeant James Durr of West Point lost a valuable dog. A thorough search of the surrounding country yielded no trace. Yesterday morning Sergeant Durr heard scratching at the kitchen door and was greeted by his long lost friend wagging his tail in happiness.
In Chatham New Jersey Russell Lyon four dies from lockjaw after a tooth extraction. Six weeks earlier a toothache led to the removal by a local dentist Dr B A Prager treated with care but tetanus advanced rapidly.
William Stark has spent almost a year in jail rather than pay $100 alimony to his divorced wife. Committed January 19, 1910, Stark told a grand jury visiting the county jail that he would rot there rather than comply with alimony.
Three kittens in Sandusky at the Kunzmann Hotel, kept by Charles T. Wolfe, have developed two extra tails each. Physicians and scientists report they have never seen such a condition, noting the tails form near the shoulder blades and grow in from the back.
The Public School Association plans an aggressive campaign for Michael H. Corcoran Jr. and Dr. Thomas F. Leen. Starting Monday night, rallies will be held each weekday with some joint efforts with the Municipal League.
Joseph I. Escobar, editor of a Portuguese paper in New Bedford Massachusetts, is detained by immigration authorities at Ellis Island. Officials refuse to reveal the charge, noting possible ties to the strained Portugal situation.
A 40 mile per hour northwest gale battered the Massachusetts coast at dusk driving vessels to Shelter in various ports. Barges and schooners anchored offshore added extra ground tackle to avoid accidents as the three masted Schooner Edna, from Hazabethport, N. D., bound for Portland, dragged slightly but was secured in time.
The Canal Commission considers a parlor car service across the Isthmus of Panama to tempt passengers leaving ships during the isthmus transit. One car is being fitted, and if profitable, all passenger trains may carry such cars. Running time across the isthmus is reduced to two hours and five minutes.
Colonel Loren A Dodge of Worcester believes he will inherit a Scottish estate appraised at 371000 dollars. A telegram from Sir Robert Cooper, a London solicitor, arrives after his lawyers confirm the Berridale Castle and 5000 acres as part of the claim to the title Earl of Caithness. The estate traces to 1455.
The Roosevelt Literary Club and Fulton A. C. of West End House clash in a three debater contest on abolition of the jury system. Mitchell Freiman assigns the topic with Roosevelt taking the affirmative and Fulton the negative. A. Lurie coaches Fulton.
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