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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1912
Page
6
The Noddle Island Longshoremen Assembly No 5789 paid its members 4250 in benefits for the fourth week of a Boston waterfront strike. The group with 850 members plans to give each on strike five dollars weekly for eight more weeks, with other bodies set to begin payments next week.
City officials report none of the 2500 striking longshoremen have returned to work and vow to stay out until demands are met. The labor council condemns former leaders Ryan and White for pressuring steamship agents and claims immigration and contract alien laws are violated by foreign crews on the waterfront.
In Wisconsin a divorced couple, June and John McKowan, were allowed to remarry after a six month separation under a prior law that required a year apart. They renewed vows after meeting at a son's home and stated their intention to set aside the separation, with Judge Agnew confirming the simplified process.
London January 26 A receiving order was issued by the Bankruptcy Court against the Marquis of Queensberry on the petition of a money lender No figures were disclosed.
A vintage claim touts Pape's Cold Compound as a no quinine remedy that ends grippe and severe colds after three doses every two hours. It highlights rapid relief from headache stuffed nose feverishness and rheumatic aches and notes three years of research and a 25 cent price.
At the 14th public rehearsal in Symphony Hall Katherine Goodson was soloist in Tschaikowsky's piano concerto in B flat minor. Fiedler led Schumann's Second Symphony and Dvorak's Hyutstika overture with energy and romantic detail.
A year and a half old child of Mr and Mrs Louis M Leavitt at 199 River Street plunged both arms into a wash boiler steam and was badly scalded. An ambulance was summoned but the mother declined transport. Driver Bridgham provided first aid and doctors were called. Recovery is expected.
A Quincy granite cutting and polishing firm Reed Vendret Company was destroyed by a blaze yesterday risking the entire granite center. Loss estimated at 5000 dollars. The fire's cause traced to an overheated boiler.
Mary A. O Neil weeps on the stand recounting the discovery of Marie Alma Bolduc's body after an alleged illegal operation. She testifies that Dr Ferguson called it murder at the Woodlawn Street residence and did not accuse Mrs Shattuck.
President Taft leaves Washington for a five day tour visiting New York Cleveland Columbus and Akron Ohio. He will be ill but plans three days in Ohio with more than a dozen speeches and meetings with political leaders. He will not discuss opponents and may review administration achievements. He arrives in New York around 6 PM and attends several society events and balls.
On a voyage Mrs. Cobb seeks status and control as Victor, her son, frets over a Broadway showsgirl. The narrator, a young observer and would be wife, notes Mrs. Cobb’s plan to cut Victor off financially if he wed beneath their class, promising a melodramatic cliffhanger for tomorrow.
Albany reports Assemblyman Adler of Rochester will introduce a constitutional amendment seeking a three fourths jury verdict for conviction. He argues it would curb hung juries and juror bribery and reduce mistrials, noting unanimity often leads to compromise verdicts, especially in civil cases.
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