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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1905
Page
2
Miss Lena Corse, 15, unable to wed the suitor her parents approve as law prevents underage marriage. Court action blocks the union citing her age and legality over parental consent.
Lena Corse aged 15 and Joseph Balboni aged 86 faced a blocked wedding after a license listed Lena as 16. Wareham town clerk Bates revoked the license. Probate Court refused to direct issuance and Judge Harris could do nothing. The couple must wait until Lena is 16 for a possible license.
Members of the House and Senate prisons committee toured the Sherborn institution where children played in the nursery. They interacted with inmates as dolls and blocks vanished for curious new arrivals. Senators and representatives endured playful chaos as they heard whale stories and joked with youngsters during the hearing.
The St Patrick's and St Patricia's Total Abstinence and Literary societies of Roxbury close their bazaar tonight at 10 30 in the old Vine Street Church Dudley Street to raise funds for the societies. Leftover articles go to auction this evening and winners settle Tuesday. Diamond ring contest features Florence Melryn and Etta McLaughlin while watch contest pits Michael A Carey and John O Leary of St Marys C T A Melrose.
Springfield March 8 State Senator Bartley proposed an amendment to a suffrage bill stating women should stay at home to raise children. He said the move was to ridicule the bill but claimed it reflected his views and aligned with Roosevelt on race and the simple life.
Breathitt post office in Hopkinsville receives a letter from Erwin Oregon dated February 6 1905 from A J Bess a Kentuckian asking for five dollars of homemade tobacco and urging an old Kentucky widow or single woman about 35 to 40 to write and trade names with him He notes his marriage in Kentucky at Love's Chapel near Maryville and asks for a portrait saying his wife has been dead seven years and he has no children.
Chicago. After Mrs. Frank Gurney gave birth to twins, landlord G W Dickerson attempted eviction of the family from a shared suite. The Gurneys barricaded doors and resisted police who refused to force entry, leaving the twins still occupying the apartment.
William Stinson, father of Will C. Stinson the cyclist, denies reports of disapproval and says he welcomes Mrs. Stinson as his daughter in law. He notes his son and Elsie Richmond, a model, have known each other for years and that the nuptials in Providence were blessed by his hearty approval.
A young woman rejects her father’s £0 bail offer and a bondsman’s discharge. He urges her to forsake Cordova and return home, but she proclaims her love for Cordova remains stronger. She shares a cell with three other women.
Eleanor J. Burrows an 8 year old girl died in Providence after skipping rope 115 times in a contest with a playmate. The other child also exhausted is ill but not expected to have lasting harm.
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