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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1910
Page
2
Supreme Court official signed an order in New York on June 24 denying the request for annulment of Ferdinand Pinney Earle's marriage to Julia Kuttner Earle. The petition claimed Earle was not divorced from his first wife at the time of the second marriage.
Major W. W. Judson and Captain E. M. Markham arrived in Boston and were taken on an auto tour of the city by Superintendent Rourke. The DC officials declared Boston streets up to date after reviewing conditions.
A Gardner Massachusetts retailer quotes rapid sale of stock from J. L. Goodman offering LADIES MISSES and INFANTS wear at half the prices seen in expensive stores. Raymond signs the notice urging prompt purchase.
Just completed Wollaston Massachusetts store building houses dry goods notions men's furnishings boots and shoes all ready for customers and grand opening preparations underway.
King says in Suffolk Superior Court that on June 20, 1907 he and Wentworth Bacon shared a room in Greenfield while a wife and unnamed woman entered at midnight in nightgowns. He details Bacon’s companionship and later rides with his wife as grounds of the divorce suit. Mrs. King recounts drunken issues and threats, including a pistol incident. Stephen Peabody testifies of King’s intoxication on a Newport yacht trip and a $98,000 inheritance, noting he first drank publicly on the birth day of Mrs. King’s first child.
The testimony details King claiming penniless status after an 1907 inheritance and living at a Roxbury sanitarium for charity. He says he forbade discussing the night’s events to avoid scandal, while admitting property sales and gifts to attorneys and others.
The Safe and Sane Fourth of July Celebration Committee promises five fireworks displays across Franklin Field Marine Park Wood Island Park Rainsford Long Islands and the Parental School at West Roxbury with two major floats on the Charles River Basin contesting for cash prizes. The event aims to be the citys largest ever with novel effects and extensive noise and asks funds from donors led by Robert Treat Paine Jr of 16 State Street.
New York June 24 Bess Clayton dancer files for absolute divorce from Julian Mitchell after 16 years of marriage. She asks for custody of their 9 year old daughter Priscilla alimony and restoration of her maiden name. Mitchell admits service but declines comment.
Harry Hammerstein, son of the impresario, filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in U S District Court in Philadelphia. Liabilities listed at 919,452.08 with assets of 247.
Boston grammar schools mailed 6801 graduates into the world in a single day marking the largest class in public school history. Graduation exercises were held simultaneously citywide in grammar and some high schools rather than spread across the week.
At 4 45 a m a fire on Cambridge Street Edward Quincy reported loss of 50 dollars. At 1 25 p m a fire in West Roxbury at Ashfield Street Devins estate with no loss. At 3 30 p m a fire on Cross Street John Venovsky reported slight loss. At 8 35 p m a bonfire on Massachusetts Avenue Roxbury.
Lieutenant-Colonel Willard C. Fiske and Colonel John H. Foote signed reports condemning last summer's Massachusetts maneuvers under Major-General Leonard Wood. They cited tainted canned corned beef, early breakfasts and long delays between meals, lack of ambulances and medical transport, and overtaxed exhausted troops with insufficient water.
The Corinthian Yacht Club Ocean Race begins at 2 15 pm from the club house covering 145 miles to Cape Elizabeth lightship and back. Entry list features multiple schooner classes and numerous vessels with varied handicaps and ratings, highlighting a challenging 30 hour at sea voyage for most boats.
Halifax Pilotage Commission failed to collect pilot dues from the Holy Ghost and Us Society’s ship. A pilot tried to board the ship but was ordered off while the crew refused payment, arguing no pilot was aboard. The commission will seek court action to recover fees. HALIFAX.
The New York New Haven Hartford Railroad filed tariffs with the Interstate Commerce Commission announcing fare increases for straight passenger one way tickets. The changes take effect July 23 unless suspended and may not apply to all routes, with no increases from New York City to outlying points.
The document lists regional rate hikes from New Haven Providence and Springfield, detailing 16 to 20 cent rises to ports like Portland Willimantic Greene and Providence. Additional shifts from Providence to Northford Colchester Plainfield Summit and from Springfield to Hartford Middletown Haddam Fenwick show 6 to 35 cent changes. Some increases exceed May 1 tariff levels.
Chicago June 24 The Pennsylvania Railroad management and directors of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Chicago and Alton and Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroads agreed to construct a joint $25,009,000 Chicago terminal. The decision surfaced at a federal bridge hearing today.
Boston photo engraving firms announce they will keep an open shop indefinitely despite union pressure for a closed shop. Employers cite long, harmonious relations and vote to uphold open shop. meeting attended by Ab Engraving, Burbank Engraving, Suffolk Engraving, Peters & Son, Massachusetts Engraving, and others.
Obituaries list multiple June funeral notices including Margaret Butler at East Boston 264 Paris Street with 8:15am service, Willard Farrar Concord, Bridget Hughes Roxbury, Catherine Murphy Charlestown, Nora McDermott Alliston, Frederick Nicolini Revere, Mary Randall East Boston, Emma Stevens Belmont, Annie Webb Cambridge. Services scheduled at Sacred Heart, St Patrick's, Calvary Cemetery, and local churches with relatives invited.
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