Against Modification of Automatic Sprinkler Law in Boston
The committee on metropolitan affairs reported against the Massachusetts Real Estate exchange bill to alter the requirement for automatic sprinklers in tenement houses in Boston city limits.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1921
Page
7
The committee on metropolitan affairs reported against the Massachusetts Real Estate exchange bill to alter the requirement for automatic sprinklers in tenement houses in Boston city limits.
Mr D J Lane a chemist at 532 Lane Building St Marys Kansas claims a simple home remedy cures asthma. He sent samples to long time sufferers who report easy cures and offers a $1 25 bottle postpaid for those who write for it. Payment only if it cures. Send name and address no money needed.
Ralph G. Carpenter, long involved in a New Hampshire matrimonial case, married two weeks ago in Dover, N H, to Mrs. Rita Hoagland Klinck of 115 Freeman Street Brookline. The couple are on a honeymoon somewhere in Maine.
Mrs Klinck a Brooklyn native who moved to Brookline with her mother Mrs Hoagland reportedly married Major Carpenter amid secrecy. Relatives and reticent householders declined comment. The couple were said to be traveling in Maine as media attention focused on the divorce case and sensational allegations.
Major Ralph Carpenter accused his wife Marguerite Paul of infidelity in September 115 at Magnolia Mass Gables Cottage. Witnesses testified to sightings with John Gould Day of New York. Judge John Kivel initially ruled for the mayor, but after visiting the cottage he reversed and dismissed the motion. Mrs Carpenter later sued for desertion and was granted an absolute divorce on May 29.
An architect told a woman he had seen the great nave in the new church. She replied to avoid names, claiming she knew the man referred to. The remark appears in The Gas Magazine as a light anecdote.
In Salem on March 9 a bill in equity was filed by Oliver S. Stacy to stop Saugus school authorities from excluding George F. Stacy a Sau gus High School senior from attendance or imposing conditions that brand him with guilt until a fair opportunity to prove his innocence is granted. The case stems from February charges that Stacy struck his teacher in the temple and was expelled before being allowed to return to finish senior year under restrictions.
Taunton’s Joseph E. Warner will speak on state administration at the Jefferson Club of Charlestown gathering at Frothingham school tonight. Representative James J. Mellen, club president, will discuss Charlestown needs, with a musical entertainment to follow.
Lawrence March 9 announcement states no special sitting of the Superior Criminal Court will convene April 4 for the murder trial of Savino Cesare and Joseph St Saveur under Essex County Grand Jury indictments.
William E. D. Stokes, a New York millionaire, accuses his young Denver born wife of indiscretions and seeks a divorce. The case has drawn New York interest with echoes of Broadway bedroom farces and even mentions a former scandal involving two chorus girls billed as The Shooting Stars.
The trial in a musty basement Supreme Court courtroom drew New Yorkers as Mrs. Juliette Gassner Groeger testified that Mrs. Stokes asked cousin Hal Billig to wait while she pulled on a kimono. The description noted the unannounced entry into her bedroom and the awkward moment observed by the crowd.
The Stokes divorce case unfolds in New York with Mrs Stokes seeking separation amid testimonies about alleged infidelities. Witnesses recount parties, unusual intrusions, and a rotating cast of correspondents while Stokes, aged and energetic, remains a focal figure as crowds stream into the trial.
A patron asks the waiter for a drink with a kick and whispers the comment to the effect of waiting for the bill before life. The exchange reads as a dark, ironic moment about dining and payment.
The Wandby struck rocks near Walker's Point in heavy fog and high seas. It remained unseen by land as reefs blocked access and the vessel took on water amidships. A wig wag signal linked Captain Simpson to Captain Baker, but fog returned and rescue chances dimmed among skeptical locals and a Cape Hatteras Eastport storm warning.
Southern league and Marty McManus from the Tulsa club of the Western Association are putting up a strong battle for the second base vacancy on the St. Louis Americans according to advices from the training camp at Boo Galusa La. With the exception of this position the Browns are expected to take the field for the coming campaign with the same line-up as that with which they finished last year.
Carroll of 14 Water Street Medford died at home Tuesday. Funeral held at 10 this morning at St Josephs Church Medford with solemn high mass. Burial in Holy Cross Cemetery. She leaves two daughters and three sons including Rev M H Carroll curate at St Josephs Lewiston Maine. Funeral services for Mrs Metron.
The article notes seven eighths length coats without belts and mentions sponged chiffons used to trim serge dresses, reflecting period fashion details for women’s attire.
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