Sons of St. George Hold Convention in Massachusetts
More than 100 delegates attended the 33rd annual convention of the Grand Lodge of the Sons of St. George of Massachusetts. The event in Norumbega Park followed a morning meeting at Lincoln Hall in Waltham with water sports, athletics, dancing, and a theatre program. Arthur Wildwood installed officers including Arnold Brockington, John W. C. Sargent, and Thomas Hollows as grand vice-president, grand secretary, and grand treasurer respectively. plans for the coming year will be discussed at a two-day session with additional committee meetings and a general assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Lodge of the Sons of St. George of Massachusetts
Norumbega Parl
Lincoln Hall
Waltham
Arthur Wildwood
Arnold Brockington
Boston
John W. C. Sargent
Cambridge
Thomas Hollows
Lawrence
Bit Fighter on the Nose in Waltham Court
Ernest Caponi of Crescent street Waltham was jailed four months after biting Salvatore Adonetti in a court case. Adonetti testified the attack damaged his nose and recalled unsportsmanlike behavior. Caponi appealed the sentence and claimed retaliation stemmed from information Adonetti gave to his employer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Caponi
Crescent Street
Waltham
Salvatore Adonetti
Caponi
Abbott
Adonetti
Minimum for Army July 31
Secretary Weeks announced that applications for discharges will cut the army to 150000 by July 31. The reductions must reach the Congress set total by October, and current on-file applications are sufficient to meet the target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Weeks
Congress
Mayor Approves Three New City Streets
Mayor Peters approved three street commission orders for new streets in Boston districts. Balsam Street Dorchester will run from Blue Hill Avenue to Irma Street with a betterment assessment of 5961.97 dollars. Pond View Avenue West Roxbury from Perkins Street to Moraine Street costs 3010.76 dollars and Linwood Place Charlestown from Main Street costs 1890.54 dollars. Frills and pleatings continue to be used extravagantly.
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Peters
Balsam Street
Dorchester
Blue Hill Avenue
Irma Street
Pond View Avenue
West Roxbury
Perkins Street
Moraine Street
Linwood Place
Charlestown
Main Street
Transferred Affections in Central Court
The 21 year old wife of Private Arthur M. Grossman of Charlestown Marine Barracks testified in court that she had transferred her affections to George C. Campbell of the commandant's barge. Campbell admitted visiting her room on Dillaway Street with the sailor, while Grossman described the affair as a marriage, not a divorce case. The court heard testimony from Mrs Grossman's father who called his daughter stubborn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur M. Grossman
Marine Barracks
Charlestown
George C. Campbell
Margaret Grossman
Grossman
Scollay Square
Dillaway Street
William J. Condon
la Grange Street
Woman Remains in Court Over Alleged Spouse Absence
In a courtroom scene Judge Burke keeps Mrs. Grossman detained in $600 bail while Sailor Campbell faces separate charges. The judge extends the woman's case to Thursday and Campbell's case to Friday as naval authorities are alerted to the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Grossman
Campbell
Burke
South Boston man jailed for failure to support family
Patrick Kelley of 119 West Eighth Street South Boston was arraigned in the South Boston District Court yesterday and sentenced to three months in the house of correction for failing to support his wife and three children. He appealed the sentence. Mrs. Kelley testified that he had been arrested 33 times and provided little support since their marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Kelley
West Eighth Street
South Boston
House of Correction
Kelley
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Sons OF ST. George
New England
Mitchell Woodbury Company
Waltham Man
MEN’ High ’S Co Shoes
Mary Jane
Marine’s Wife
Sailor
Bott Coyle Is
R.h.white Co
Copenhagen
Silk
Harding
Ajax
Ajax Rubber Company, Inc
Brookline Ave
Mass
Back Bay
Percale
Louisville Slugger
Toy Dept
Krnickerbockers
Watkins
Fountain
de Conti Castile
C Street
R. H. White CO
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