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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1916
Page
8
Michael Murphy fell from the roof of his home at 22 St. Germain Street Back Bay while watching a fire across the street. He died yesterday at City Hospital from his injuries.
Advertisement features Harry Riska of 2016 S 11th St promoting a home recipe to quit cigarettes. He describes mixing water with muriate of ammonia, Varlex Compound, and pepsin, taken a teaspoonful thrice daily, suggesting it can be added to beverages or food without taste or aroma.
William H. Foster sues Mrs. Mary A. Magenis in Suffolk Superior Court alleging a life employment contract made at the Dedham home on Harvard Street. Foster claims he was to reside at the Dedham lodge earning 15 dollars weekly, and was wrongfully discharged on October 4 of the cited year. Mrs. Magenis denies knowledge of the suit.
Senate and House members clashed over ward based redistricting as Bates tried to shift Ward 20 from the 12th to the 11th district to favor his party. Lawler opposed the move, the committee preserved Ward 20 in the 12th, and Bates filed the bill again in the Senate.
In Bridgeport Connecticut on May 3 500 Crown Corset Company workers walked out after 17 year old Sadie Quilty refused to join the union. Her anti union stance mirrors a year long hostility to organized labor. Her father Police Officer Michael J Quilty was injured by a brick in a workmen riot last summer.
Since last September Bridgeport corset makers agreed to wages and conditions for female workers. Warner Crothers Company fired seven non union girls who were not in the union. At Crown Corset Company Sadie Quilty refused to join and 500 girls walked out after she balked at the ultimatum.
The $150,000 suit of Mrs. Anna Bennett widow of Allen H. Bennett ex Beverly National Bank cashier was halted by Judge Wait in Boston Superior Court. The judge ordered the declaration struck and gave 10 days to file a new one after objections that the papers contained scandalous material. Bennett died December 21 1918, and the suit is tied to that fact.
The Metaphysical Club of Boston meets at 2:86 this afternoon at 20 Huntington Avenue to revise its constitution, receive officer reports, and elect officers for the coming year. Nominations include President Mary E Chapin and several other officers and board members.
Miss Molly X returns from Wolf's My Clothier at Hanover and Portland Streets with a hat that costs 2.98. Neighbors inquire about the source and sister rides the next car to Wolf's to buy one, noting the store offers LEGAS stamps with every purchase.
Mayor Curley ordered Dillon to reject all bids and readvertise for Commonwealth avenue paving after reviewing bids tied to a bitulithic contract. The vote eliminates the $47,988 budget line, opening the process to all forms of construction except granite block and macadam.
Frank Crowley of the South End was sentenced by Judge Murray to six months in Charles Street jail for stealing a child's bank containing 4.50. The bank and money were returned to the child.
The Post Confirmation club hosts a dance in the vestry of Temple Chabel Shalom on Union Park Street tonight. Vaudeville entertainment features Miss Beatrice Baker with Walter Levenson, a Beatrice Fairfax parody, and a modernized minstrel show with Nathen as interlocutor. Other minstrel men include Ray Miranda Robert Reinhart Jr Bernard Bernstein Norman Freeman Mark Edison and Robert Rogers. Miss Rita Aronson also participates.
Lyndeboro New Hampshire May 4 The Pinnacle House a three story summer hotel on Lyndeboro Mountain was destroyed by fire early today The loss is estimated at twenty five thousand dollars The building was unoccupied and the cause of the fire is unknown
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