Somerville Druggists Targeted by Local Temperance Union
The West Somerville W C T U sent an ecard and a four fold letter to every Somerville druggist criticizing license liquor sales. The missive accuses druggists of violating no license liquor laws and urges them to quit the liquor business. Lydia P Hall calls it a fight by men over liquor. Percy A Hall dismisses the accusations as ignorance.
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Somerville
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
West Somerville
Lydia P. Hall
Percy A. Hall
Davis Square
Somerville W. C. T. U
Pittsfield Court Orders $6000 for Lost Love
Alfred Vizer of Pittsfield must pay Miss Emma Pilan $6000 for breach of promise after the Supreme Court denied review. The case began with Vizer’s engagement in September 1903 and his January 1906 marriage to another woman, prompting Pilan to sue for $10,000 and win the verdict.
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Alfred Vizer
Pittsfield
Sweatheart
Emma Pilan
Supreme Court
Vizer
Miss Pilan
Woman Hangs Self in Central Police Cell
Honora Haggerty 43 wife of Thomas Haggerty of 288 West Nut Street died by suicide in her Central police station cell between 4 and 5:30 this morning. She hanged herself with waist strips tied to a door bar. Lieutenant Henry F. Jordan found her. she was arrested last evening on a drunkenness charge and had four prior drunkenness arrests in the past year.
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Lynn
Honora Haggerty
Thomas Haggerty
Westnut Street
Henry F. Jordan
Lynch
Birmingham to Begin Trial Run After Yard Work
The scout cruiser Birmingham will depart Fore River yards tomorrow morning for Charlestown navy yard to be cleaned below the water line. After scrubbing she will undertake her trial trip aiming for 24 knots. Builders predict performance equal to her sister Chester.
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Quincy
Birmingham
Fore River
Charlestown Navy Yard
Chester
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