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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1915
Page
10
Edwin Q. Cole a Boston consulting engineer testified in his own defense before Judge Wait denying striking his wife Mrs Alice May Cole causing her arm injury. He admitted meeting her in Toronto in June 1911 with a young woman but said he had no improper relations with the woman.
Mr Cole testified he had never met the young woman before that night and had not seen her again after the event.
Alterations and additions to the Malden public library costing about 35000 are under consideration. Drawings have been prepared and bids invited for a new art gallery and children's room to make the library among the largest in New England. The trustees aim to determine probable costs and may proceed with the project.
President George C. Taylor of the American Express Company announced the addition of branches to its round the world network in Manila P I and Hongkong China amid the growing American capital and merchandise flow to the Orient.
Harvard medical authorities probe the poison that Ida Lehtimaki, a Polish girl, took before she killed herself by drowning in the Charles River at Waltham. The stomach sample has been sent to Harvard for analysis and Dr. Thomas M. Gallagher expects a report soon.
Waltham investigators identified the drowned woman at 368 Moody Street after canoeists found her body in a river cave on Monday. An autopsy showed she died by suicide from a poison dose. a diamond ring on her engaged finger initially suggested a fiancé, but friends said she bought the ring to conceal being unwedded. Medical Examiner Gallagher said she was already dead to some extent when she entered the water.
Three brothers and a first cousin will preside at a high mass in Gate of Heaven Church South Boston for the marriage of Miss Sarah Agnes Connor to Charles Warren Wheeler of Dorchester. The brothers George Henry and Frank from Philadelphia are with the Jesuit Order and Congregation of Missions, and Rev M Danahy of St Peter's Meeting House Hill attends as cousin officiant.
Charlotte M. Crosby, fiancee of Frank P. Whitney who died in 1912, is awarded 4617 by the Supreme Judicial Court after suing Mutual Benefit Life Insurance and Henry A. Whitney as administrator. Whitney had falsely claimed Crosby’s death to obtain a $400 loan against the policy.
A committee of the Governor's Council and the State House Commission will meet next Monday to decide if the Supreme Judicial Court should move from the Suffolk County Court House to the State House. The new State House wing opens soon and room assignments are under review amid judge objections to the plan.
Speaker Champ Clark weighs a private motion picture of his daughter Genevieve wedding to be stored for home viewing. He opposes public exhibition hoping to avoid a circus atmosphere while preserving a personal record for future generations.
The pardon committee of the Governor's Council recommended reducing Joseph Anderson's seven to nine year term to five years for a 1911 assault on his wife. The full council approved. Anderson will be released on parole soon. Sydney Jameson’s petition was rejected after his 1918 three to five year sentence for breaking and entering.
Francis D. Harrigan for Meeting House Hill district says he will not appear before the Public Service Commission at yesterday's hearing on discontinuing the Dorchester-Columbia Road to Franklin Street trolley line. He notes the association may appear later and questions the process. Marie Dupont feature teased for next Sunday Post Magazine.
Judge Pierce of the Supreme Judicial Court yesterday in the Emma Wulff vs Wakefield suit condemns school methods that let a pupil judge a rival. He rules the girl cannot maintain suit as it would let parents decide which course should be pursued.
In Wakefield High School Miss Wulff, a third year commercial student, challenged a marking error by Miss North which cost three weeks of study. After protests and a May hearing, the school committee refused to intervene. Miss Wulff then absented herself and filed suit for unlawful suspension.
The Cambridge Board of Aldermen approved 51 licenses to express companies for transporting liquor into the city at a meeting last night. Earlier, 22 pony express licenses were withdrawn or reported on, with 14 approved, and later 15 more favorable. The board also considered 33 sixth class druggist licenses, with new applications referred to the licenses committee, expected to be granted at the next meeting.
Thirty men employed by Dorchester Mutual Fire Insurance Company and the Muller Agency were told that militia members will receive full wages in addition to their regular vacation for time spent on camp duty.
Advertisement claims a wild Mexican herb reduces sugar and specific gravity in diabetes, rebuilds vigor, and offers a 60 cent pack age for 10 cents plus a free diabetic diet booklet. It promises a satisfaction guarantee and lists AMAL CO as the supplier with a Boston drugstore option.
General Pagani of the Italian army arriving in Boston with officers to buy war supplies for Italy. He says Italy will be well supplied and confident of victory over Austria, with arms and ammunition secured. headquarters noted in New York.
The gear-driven torpedo boat destroyer Wadsworth covered a four hour full speed run off the Maine coast at an average 3.67 knots per hour. She reached 11 knot speeds at times, surpassing her contract rate of 80 knots by about 2.25 knots.
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