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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1922
Page
6
Spectators will see new water tricks as the baby and other elephants bathe at Franklin Park suggested by keepers. The show aims to entertain both children and adults with playful demonstrations by the herd.
The Connecticut River has overflowed its banks after the highest freshet in years. New York steamers scrape bottom between Hartford and Long Island Sound, and navigation is threatened unless the government promptly begins its annual dredging. Transportation officials expect government action soon.
Maine department of the American Federation of Labor opens a four day convention in Lewiston with no delegates present from local unions. The gathering begins June 6 and continues through June 9.
James Duffy reports his wife Mrs. Jane Brennan Duffy vanished from their Batavia Street home on May 29. She was last seen in a white silk shirt waist, black skirt, high black shoes, and wore a gold wedding ring. She is about 39, 5 foot 7, auburn hair, blue eyes, with little money. She is known around the north shore and Chestnut Hill and has been in Boston nine years.
Mrs. Edythe Cederquist of Boston files in East Cambridge Court for marriage annulment from John W. Cederquist of Malden claiming he disclosed a divorce two years earlier but was still married to Mane A. Oakland Cederquist. She says she has not lived with him since September 9, 1921.
A total of 17 divorce petitions were filed in Dedham yesterday by women and men including Eleanor Hill Brookline and Mary Lyons Weymouth. Cases cite desertion neglect or cruelty with custody and alimony requests. marriages date from 1881 to 1922 and span New York City Canton Brockton Quincy Randolph and Brookline with multiple spouses named.
Rumors swirl as Marilyn Miller and Jack Pickford delay nuptials in Boston. Reporters press, theater officials push plans, but the couple remains undecided while Marilyn contemplates film work and a Coast start.
The artist said he meant no offense to Jews and had delivered the work for payment. A friend claimed he is through with the painting, while Representative Silbert argued the removal aimed to address misrepresentations of Judaism, comparing the piece to medieval depictions in cathedrals.
Miss McHugh died leaving two sons to whom she raised by doing housework after her travelling husband refused support. A friend recalled her years of hardship and care as she carried on alone to provide for the family.
Miss McHugh sues in Suffolk Superior claiming 27 years as Mrs Kennedy with Killian at four Brookline addresses. Neighbors doubt the Mr Kennedy appearance and say she is a widow. Killian though married to Miss Mary Bradley asserts a home with his brother in Jamaica Plain. Counsel refuses to reveal McHugh’s whereabouts as details emerge of a New York seamstress job.
The article details Miss McHugh Kennedy’s alleged disappearance with her son Frank Kennedy and hints at multiple residences around Brookline and Boston. Neighbors report conflicting views on her husband Thomas Kennedy, a traveling salesman, and the 1922 Brookline directory lists Emma J Kennedy as his widow.
Lewiston Maine June 6 four of the twelve Bates College honor students of the senior class were today selected to de to de part in the annual commencement exercises as leaders and speakers in the ceremony several other honors were announced for faculty and students in the college programs
At the June 20 commence ment ceremonies the roster lists Clarence A. Forbes of Colebrook New Hampshire Robert B. Watts of Portland Eleanor R. Bradford of Buckland Massachusetts and Lilli Elia Herling of Lewiston among the graduates.
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