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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1918
Page
9
Klisten M. Thayer, a chauffeur, testified in Suffolk Divorce Court that his wife Gertrude N. Thayer abused him with fish frying pots knives and hot potatoes in their home since their marriage in 1907. He claimed cruelty toward their adopted child and said he was awarded custody.
McKinley Day marks the 76th anniversary of President William McKinley birth. The McKinley Carnation League of America proposed replacing the carnation with a small American flag in observance tomorrow.
Otto Mawlwitz an electrical engineer formerly with German wireless stations in Japan and Sayville N Y was arrested as an enemy alien after loitering in the Pennsylvania station He said he is a Potsdam native and Hamburg wireless school graduate with two brothers in the German navy He came to America seeking work after working as a machinist in Philadelphia Pittsburgh Detroit St Paul and Boston
Mayor Curley signed an order placing 150 laborers at three dollars per day on the city payrolls yesterday. The workers will join the sanitary department to remove ashes, a task previously handled by contractors.
Lizzie arrived in Boston under Private Roger Carter of the 17th Company Coast Artillery to become the unit mascot at Fort Williams Portland Maine. The alligator named Walter Lizzie traveled from Florida to Massachusetts in a box and has not eaten or drank for three days per South folk wisdom while Carter awaits reassignment to Portland.
Mrs. A. O. Ratshesky reports to the executive committee that the Army and Navy Yarn Shop has sold 32 197 pounds of wool and received a little over $90 000.
A historical ad describes Pape's Cold Compound as a fast remedy for grippe and colds. It claims rapid relief of nasal congestion feverishness sore throat and headache after two or three doses every two hours. The copy emphasizes affordability and easy use at drug stores with a warning to obtain the genuine product.
Sergeant H F Pheeney of the 24th Battalion, Second Canadian Division, rejects Dr Charles M Sheldon’s claims that English pubs freely served soldiers and that vice surrounds concentration camps. He calls the statements false and harmful to recruitment, noting no soldiers were sent home for indulgence.
Letter to the editor from Joseph A. Di Pesa of Boston explains that William B. Leonardi of Company I 301st Infantry did not desert Camp Devens. He overstayed leave during Christmas, was punished, and after an accident at the base hospital the rumor spread. His younger brother Alfred serves with General Pershing's forces in France.
Roger Conant, MIT 1891 honor graduate, appeared before Probate Court Judge Gedree in contempt proceedings brought by his wife Mary Conant. The judge ordered him to pay $50 immediately and set February 11 for a hearing on the merits. Conant is said to have invented a device to locate a flaw in rails of electric or steam railways.
The Supreme Court today refused to grant a rehearing and ordered the mandate issued at once. Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman, convicted in New York of conspiring to violate the draft law, were sustained on January 14 and sentenced to two years and fines of $16,000 each.
Washington Jan 2 The United States cut off payments to German commissioned officers held here after Germany did not reply to a U S proposal that German officers receive pay of their grade in exchange for similar privileges for American officers held in Germany No further payments will be made until reciprocity is expressed by Germany.
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