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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1910
Page
16
A three judge panel led by Christ Saam halted proceedings to permit an aggrieved wife to thrash a rival woman who had pursued her husband. The judge fined the rival $25 and fined the husband $0 for his complicity.
D C Thompson failed to return home after leaving for theatre and clashes with neighbor widow Annie Carver led to a brawl. Thompson and Carver were arrested while Mrs Thompson was injured breaking a door pane. Judge Saam allowed the women to fight it out, praising the outcome as his brand of justice.
Judge King warned witnesses in the Michelson divorce case of possible grand jury perjury charges after four days of testimony. The husband claims desertion and the wife cruel and abusive treatment. The judge will rule within a week as defense counsel sought a special commissioner, which was declined.
Mrs Colliton refused to speak. Her husband said the case began when Mr Howard stayed at their home from November 1997 to May last year and owed nearly $100, part paid. They sought settlement but got no results. Mr Howard, in evening dress, walked City Hall corridors claiming opponents will not stop beating him. He said he pays his bills and has $10 on hand. The Mayor avoided discussing the main issue of alleged debt.
Washington bill proposes a $20,000 statue in Stroudsburg for J Summerfield Staples the man Lincoln used as a personal substitute in the Civil War Staples died about a decade ago and a tablet marks his grave noting him as Abraham Lincoln’s representative recruit Staples enlisted in the Second District of Columbia Volunteers and served to war’s end with honor.
The 1910 Common Council held its final session with veterans praised for shaping city governance. Ex Mayor Thomas N. Hart and Mayor-elect John F. Fitzgerald spoke as former members and officials—plus Transit Commissioner Horace G. Allen and others—looked back on the body’s history and denounced the dissolution by the legislature.
Labor leaders on Beacon Hill vow organized effort to send the eight hour bill to Governor Draper again and to push it over his veto if needed. The group defends the prima facie clause noting past evasion and calls for public works workers to be limited to eight hours.
Dorchester’s Benjamin Cushing School closed to protect students after a strong gas smell from leaky furnace pipes. Principal Clara A. Jordan and teachers judged it unsafe. pupils were dismissed and did not attend class the following day.
Wolf's My Clothier along Hanover and Portland streets easily reachable from Haymarket Adams Scollay and frield Union street subway stations Free Double Legal Stamps with every purchase mornings until 12 noon at Wolf's My Clothier corner Hanover and Portland streets Single stamps thereafter
Washington Feb 3 Senator Elkins bitterly complained in the Senate about his treatment of a resolution for an investigation into the high price of food products. He charged Senator Aldrich with shielding the tariff law and the trusts and hinted he might be an insurgent if his wishes are not given more respect.
Senator Stone stirred debate after Lodge resolution reported. Elkins contends his measure stalled a month by the contingent committee. Elkins and Aldrich clash over scope and the tariff’s role in food prices as they press for a full inquiry amid public alarm.
At the Second New England Baptist conference closing session R A Bakeman of East Jaffrey N H accused Baptist denominational papers of bias against labor and of taking Rockefeller funded liberal contributions to influence editing. He cited three copies of the Watchman with a hostile column by Charles W Post as harming workers’ church involvement.
In Malden on February 3 at about 7 20 p m a grocery wagon driven by 14 year old Nathan Schaffer collided with an outward bound Maplewood car at Ashland and Main street. Both occupants were thrown to the street and injured. Mrs Jennie Cohen of 60 Linwood street and boy were taken to a drug store for treatment. Mrs Cohen suffered a back injury while the boy had cuts and bruises.
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