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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1911
Page
4
Chairman John A. Sullivan of the Boston Finance Commission proposed a charter change. He suggested that all bills affecting the city finances should be referred to the Boston City Council for a referendum, a move committee members say has a good chance of enacted law.
Republicans on Beacon Hill weigh a charter change to make Boston finances self governed. Cushing and Speaker Walker acknowledge merit but oppose sweeping changes. Proposals would empower a larger city council and expand metropolitan oversight amid long standing debates over streets terminals and docks.
In divorce court Judge Raymond heard numerous dissolution stories yesterday. Max Wolk of East Boston sought desertion from his wife Jeanette now missing, claiming she deserted him for a handsomer man and took his clothes to clothe her elopement partner in New York.
Emma R. Snow a Boylston street dressmaker wins a decree nisi claiming she married Frederick W. Snow in 1907 and faced his support refusal since 1908. Sarah M. Carle is defaulted after her husband Walter Carle cites desertion and drink, seeking relief for himself and two children. Jennie W. Cook obtains a decree nisi and child custody after testifying to intoxication and cruel treatment by Charles H. Cook.
Mrs. Bertha S Papazian a Emerson College 1909 graduate will star in her own play Outwitting Providence She portrays an American girl opposite Armenian lawyer G Malcolm a Turkish nobleman The performance supports Armenian relief efforts at the Church of the Disciples Special Club cast includes Caroline Southard Emma Roberts and Walter Mills.
The Laurel street case from Roxbury details a wife calling a patrolman for protection amid repeated abuse. Georgia York testified she married Lewis E. York on December 27, 1903, and left him February 22, 1910 after severe beating and vile language. Irene Conley, who wed James B. Conley in New London August 23, 1909 at age 11, claims a life of misery. Conley was defaulted. Ethel I Towle seeks divorce from James R Towle claiming refusal to support and abuse. Towle, residing in the city, was defaulted after failing to contest.
Augusta Ga March 14 President Taft approved Secretary Dickinson plan to postpone the Isthmus of Panama trip. The delay relates to Panama rail road and New York Colon steamship freight rates not the Mexican border mobilization. Taft golfed a drizzle damp round at Country Club and met John D Rockefeller for the first time since arriving.
An advertisement promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a fast remedy for indigestion gas and fullness. It claims the one grain ingredient digests 3000 grains of food and markets the product as harmless with widespread physician endorsement. A 50 cent box price is listed with free samples by mail from F A Stuart Co Marshall Michigan.
Advocates of fresh air and Eckman's Alterative claim new TB cases remain high. A testimonial from Annie Floyd Loughran describes initial illness in 1903 1904 and recovery after using the product, with urging readers to seek affidavits and mail to Eckman Laboratory Philadelphia for evidence.
Captain Lou Carrett is gravely ill with typhoid pneumonia aboard the fishing schooner Stiletto. The vessel was towed to a wharf by the tug H. A. Mathes and an ambulance was summoned from the Relief Station. Captain Carrett refused medical aid until Monday, choosing to continue the voyage home under Captain Reuben Cameron.
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