Holmes Promotes The Canadian Rockies In Lectures
Holmes presents a picturesque talk on the Canadian Rockies with still and moving photographs. The lecture repeats this afternoon.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1917
Page
3
Holmes presents a picturesque talk on the Canadian Rockies with still and moving photographs. The lecture repeats this afternoon.
Several surgeons from Greater Boston departed last evening for New York city where they will sail on the steamship New York tomorrow to serve in English hospitals. The group includes Drs. Frederick A. Simonde Wakefield J Frederick Harvey Boston Leo T Kewer Waverley Carl E Allison Wakefield and Audley Sanders Boston Some plan to join the Harvard unit later in France.
Dr. Elmer E. Southard of the Psychopathic Hospital told 100 Boston Federation delegates that boy criminals driven by a wish to be heroes can be cured, though some learn by a single mistake. The meeting at 585 Boylston St urged support for a bill expanding juvenile court jurisdiction, centralizing cases, and funding a new children’s court site. It also backed raising the girls’ age of consent from 16 to 18, with plans to push the bill this session.
W E Beal of Greene files a breach of promise suit in Lewiston Maine against Marguerite Goss Ham alleging a five year engagement ended last November. He claims she refused to marry him and he later learned she wed Ernest Ham of Wales.
Judge Dubuque grants decree nisi to Howard Black from Julia F. Black for infidelity. Insurance agent Harry B. Porter named as involved party. Testimony recalls a 29 Mt Pleasant street scandal with Porter, cigarette stubs, and a mail envelope to Porter. Bridget A. Mann also granted decree nisi for desertion.
Mrs. Simon Small aged 53 died on her doorstep after an errand of mercy. She was stricken at midnight and found dead by her husband three hours later on her Dalton residence doorstep while returning from Northfield and Greenfield.
Mrs Small accompanied by her sister Mrs Emma Streeter reached Coltsville Junction near Pittsfield on the way from Northfield to Dalton. Despite zero weather and gale she walked home two miles to Craneville as her husband awoke to find her on the doorstep. Dr Schofield attributed death to a paralytic shock from the strain of the journey and cold.
Michael Flynn filed a damage claim under an ancient assault law after a dog attacked and killed his bull dog at his Robbins Avenue home. The claim cites a sleepy bull dog owned by a colored man nearby and notes Flynn missed the 48 hour filing window, so the claim was denied.
Thure Hanson, commissioner of weights and measures, defended limited prosecutions by noting hearings precede actions. He said 500 bakers and grocers face short weight charges with summonses to appear. On Jan 2, 75 Boston firms are to be heard at the State House, with 110 Springfield district cases next day. Hanson previously held hearings for 63 area bakers and grocers at Worcester City Hall.
Nearly 100 machinists at the Hyde Windlass Company in Bath, Maine, end a strike that began Monday after two union officials were discharged. The dispute was settled with their reinstatement, and work is to resume tomorrow.
Boston clean up committee plans a citizen police force to aid city officials in enforcing health fire and police laws. Enrollees receive credentials signed by the Mayor health commissioner and committee chair and vow to observe and promote laws and report violations. The cleanup period is set April 30 through May 12.
In Newburyport on January 19 Mrs. Eliza McKenron aged 62 was found dead at the cellar stairs with a broken neck. Dr. R C Hurd diagnosed that an indigestion attack likely caused her to fall.
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