Charlestown Mother Contemplates Giving Up Children
Mrs Mary Edington of 42 Polk street Charlestown fears her children will starve and considers surrendering John aged 4 and James aged 2 to someone who can feed clothe them and raise them as boys.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1922
Page
13
Mrs Mary Edington of 42 Polk street Charlestown fears her children will starve and considers surrendering John aged 4 and James aged 2 to someone who can feed clothe them and raise them as boys.
Mrs Edington, deserted by her husband after a court case, cannot feed or clothe her two young children on her $30 a month. She seeks help but, facing delay, contemplates placing the children with someone who can provide shelter and care.
Miss Grosleau and her child seek deportation to France after immigration officials hear of an illicit romance with American soldier George Call and plans to legitimize the child. A Denver man, Garland Armstrong, is urged to help, while an engagement to Mildred Cheech in Waco is noted.
In a tangled case Mme Grolleau accuses Miss Cheech of breaking an engagement with Call after a Paris affair. Raymonde Grolleau defends her lover while fearing loss of their child Georges. Call proposes custody until age 16 with a Texas return option, as the board probes the family rift and possible move to the United States.
Worcester March 2 Dean Homer Albers of Boston University Law School urged Worcester alumni to back American Bar Association resolutions. He called for higher moral and educational standards as a prerequisite for bar administration and spoke at a Bancroft Hotel complimentary dinner.
Manuel Antonio Ortiz, reported 112, died today in Albuquerque New Mexico after illnesses including influenza. He rode daily by horseback until recently and had only twice fallen ill in his long life, with a note that he had begun a new hair growth after being bald.
A vintage ad for The Original Quire Wholesale and Retail Provisioners at 21 29 31 Faneuil Hall Market Richmond 2910 Boston Mass promotes ORGINAL Sirloin Rolls Heavy Cornfed Boneless Beef Pork Fresh Ribs and Young Pig and urges prompt mail orders with charge accounts solicited.
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