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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1911
Page
7
New York January 23 Nat C Good the comedian sued by his wife former Miss Edna Good rich did not appear at the first testimony before Referee J Campbell Thompson at 63 Wall Street today.
Miss Goodrich and her mother arrive with Herman L. Roth as deliberations on the prenuptial settlement proceed. Lawyers for both sides press to keep proceedings closed while disputes about public access are settled. The trustee denies a $1.7 million nest egg, listing instead San Francisco property, Ocean Park cottage, bonds, orange land, and a walnut grove as principal assets.
A home treatment promises painless relief from hemorrhoids without surgery. The Pyramid Cure mail offer includes a free trial package and a full sized box for 50 cents from Pyramid Drug Co at 287 Pyramid Building, Marshall Michigan, with claims of rapid, permanent cure.
Mrs. Fanny Desrochers a 16 year old bride of five weeks vanished from 20 Valley Street on Saturday night. Husband Alphonse, her parents and police search in vain. She is described as about five feet six inches tall, 112 pounds, with slate colored suit and black accessories. She and her family are French descent and she spoke French fluently.
Thomas J Dunn of Roxbury was thrown from his carriage on Beacon near Exeter when a speeding car owned by James J Storrow struck it. Dunn suffered a broken rib and facial injuries, treated by a doctor and returned home.
Fire log details incidents from two a m to two a m with multiple addresses and losses. Timothy Sullivan East Boston 52 Bennington street loss 500. Mary Fosdick 62 Emerald street loss 35. Albert Brown Dorchester 98 Hunter street loss 50. John Lease 902 Huntington avenue 6 South Huntington avenue Samuel Spector loss 1200. Synagogue Jacob Israel 37 Harton street loss slight. Joseph Sadler 140 Merrimac street loss 100.
Secret correspondence revealed during Weil's mail fraud hearing describes a plot to entrap Victor M. Weil, the Boston mining promoter, and remove him from control of several of his enterprises. The trial resumed with testimony about this alleged collusion and its methods.
Boston director Frank B. Davis and Salt Lake City mining engineer J F Howell testified in a case alleging Victor M Weil manipulated investments. Davis claimed Weil is a crook and described large stock holdings, partial divestments, and concealed transfers. Howell warned of a risky, deceptive deal and urged withdrawal as hearings continue Wednesday afternoon.
Swift sent to the judiciary committee an AG opinion stating marriage intentions are public records and that the Cambridge City Solicitors view is incorrect. Cambridge withholds them as private, sought legislation, committee appealed for advice, AG opinion received yesterday, committee voted no new law needed.
The Lord's Day League of New England reports at its Boston meeting that the coming year should push a wider cessation from work on Sunday. It targets drug clerks, trainmen, longshoremen, sailors, steel workers, and newspaper staff while opposing Sunday sports, theater, and political meetings. It cites immigrant influence as a factor affecting standards of living.
In Malden District Court Judge Bruce fined 18 year old George Farrell $50 for attempting to kiss 16 year old Orene Reeves of Everett. Reeves testified she screamed and her father intervened before Farrell ceased. The judge called the act uninvited and ordered the heavy fine to teach proper behavior.
At the Parker House last evening the Chan ning Club held a smokeless smoke talk and decided not to allow smoking at meetings. The discussion focused on preserving years of practice, and the session included an address on Picturesque Devonshire by Mrs. Mary Fifield King.
Washington January 23. Pel lagra hook worm disease menaces the country and other illnesses add to chronic invalidism and death. The Secretary of the Treasury asked Congress for immediate legislation to use marine hospitals for study of infections and diseases. A memorandum by Surgeon General Wyman notes pellagra, nearly unknown before 1907, may exist across the nation with a Southern State reporting 50,000 cases.
In Springfield armory a stray shot through the floor injured Richard W. Clifford. Congress proposed paying him 698.99 dollars after the weapon tests above the bayonet room shattered bones in his left leg and left him unable to work for months. The House committee on claims urged passage of the bill.
Daulby the false count who sold spurious old masters to Charles Hamilton Paine says he will join a bank with a director friend to support his wife and children. He is writing memoirs to reveal the truth about his life and restore his family’s honor.
Senator Nelson W. Aldrich sails from Brunswick Georgia aboard the steamer Attaquin for a month of fishing and cruising with his wife and son. He reports improved health and plans to share fish tales with colleagues when he returns to Washington.
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