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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1905
Page
7
A newspaper reader poll asks whether money a wife saves from housekeeping belongs to the husband or the wife. A judge ruled it belongs to the husband. readers are invited to send up to 100 words explaining why. Letters from both sexes should be addressed to POST LETTER BOX.
A husband explains the weekly $20 allowance for his wife to manage coal food and baby needs. Any savings go to a joint savings account used for future needs. He adds $5 weekly to the joint balance and notes a $600 credit over two years of marriage. He claims a similar plan would have avoided trouble in Philadelphia.
G. C. Paine argues in a Post letter that the Mary Beck court ruling reflects common sense and questions whether a wife may justify theft or embezzlement of her husband’s earnings to secure a personal competency. He cites a separate case of a wife draining funds then divorce for non support and likens it to Judas.
Salvatore Lancellotti has not given up hope of gaining custody of his two year old son after Judge McIntire awarded custody to the mother. Deputies and officers forcibly removed the child to the father earlier, under a writ, but the court ordered the mother to retain custody with the father paying weekly support.
Baltimore reader letters praise Lactated Food as a healthful infant feed, recounting how condensed milk and cane sugar caused stomach distress. The piece argues pure Milk Sugar prevents fermentation, diarrhea, and irritation, citing authorities and Professor Kuss on milk sugar as a key element.
The exhibition runs July 15 to 22 and features the Marconi wireless system the Ovington 1 000 000 volt apparatus the Heinze X ray exhibit and the Worcester giant 200 000 volt transformer. A full military band concert schedule is planned during the event.
London reports confirmation that an offer has been made to Prince Charles of Denmark to become Norway's king. UK support is suspected but hinges on King Oscar's stance. Prince Charles, son in law of Edward VII, may accept if Danish consent is given. King Christian's position remains a factor.
John C. Sampson, janitor at Knapp School, and Mary Eliza Stearns, a teacher there, filed a marriage license at Somerville City Hall yesterday. Sampson is 31, widowed once. Stearns is 35.
A Brighton resident laments moth infestations and proposes a radical plan to expose and extinguish brown-tail and gypsy moths by disabling street lamps for a week and using kerosene torches on poles to attract and burn the insects. The letter criticizes officials for inaction and urges immediate, dramatic action.
In Medford a group of boys who patrolled against brown tail moths express anger after being cut from city funds. They defend their work as duty, noting their vacation and leisure sacrificed to protect the city, while locals debate funding and the moth problem continues.
Mourning surrounds Pocasset as Dr. Edward Stickney Wood Harvard chemist and professor dies. Funeral Services will be at his residence Friday noon, then body to Cambridge for private interment at Mt. Auburn.
The death of Dr. E S Wood may influence the Tucker case. Attorneys say a new trial could rely on his sworn testimony the government used heavily. James H Vahey, Tucker's counsel, declined to discuss the point about facing the accuser.
Two deer spotted in Waltham near Lexington and Beaver streets and Piety Corner. Mrs. Robert Johnson first saw the animals in a field behind the Barton estate. the deer approached within about ten yards of her. They were last seen entering the woods by the Barton estate.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat poem playful scene describes surf and island life. Sailors laugh and light waves dance under calm skies as maids rest under palms. Fishermen bring golden dreams, and joyful breezes cool the shore.
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