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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1909
Page
14
Superintendent of Streets Guy V. Emerson blocked a request from the Common Council committee to hold an open hearing into the $1,925,000 Edison street lighting contract. The committee aims to probe the bidding and contract details amid inquiries into city lightwork.
Miss Adele A. MacDonald files suit in Cambridge seeking 10000 from Robert W. Broderick of the Rindge Manual Training School for alleged breach of promise to marry. The 34 year old secretary claims he proposed repeatedly and she accepted, while Broderick, a 28 year old professor and landscape artist, declines comment.
Lynn May 5 Yvonne Bourque four year old daughter of Dominick Bourque is held by the father to force reconciliation with the mother The mother Mrs Bourque says she will seek court help to regain possession She believes the child may be in Memramcook New Brunswick with the father’s relatives but the father denies it The mother also says the husband never voluntarily kissed her during six years of marriage
Funeral services were held yesterday at 2 PM for William B Crafts one of Cunard line’s oldest employees at 23 Mt Vernon Street Charlestown. The Rev R Perry Bush officiated and a large display of floral tributes was noted. Burial followed at Mt Auburn Cemetery Cambridge.
At Morse's the claim is made that their $25 suits rival any sold for that price. They assert direct cloth sourcing from mills and in-house manufacturing to save retailer profit and offer a $35 suit for $25.
Mayor Hibbard plans to veto eight items totaling 255000 from the 989500 loan bill and seeks nine replacements totaling about 150000. The vetoed items include funds for fire stations playgrounds footbridges and court house projects in South Boston Charlestown Ward 7 12 16 and more. He may also seek 100000 for a new high pressure water system and 10000 for a Northern avenue public landing while proposing seven playground sanitaries.
At the annual Massachusetts Association Opposed to the Further Extension of Suffrage to Women, gains against woman suffrage were reported. Mrs. G Howland Shaw presided as president with officers elected including Mrs J Randolph Coolidge Miss Anna J Dawes and Miss Agnes Irwin among others. Lawrence Lewis spoke on suffrage in Colorado and Miss Alice Hill Chittenden discussed anti suffrage progress.
City hotel owners with liquor licenses met the licensing board at Pemberton Square for guidance on the year ahead. They were cautioned against cigarette smoking by women, short-changing guests, and were told to run orderly establishments. Complaints about downtown hotels were noted as a warning. The board also reviewed druggist license applications later in the day.
Captain Edward Forbes of the fishing schooner Athena was rescued from a plunge at T wharf by William Guerin and crew of the Warren M. Goodspeed after attempting to board to avert a collision as the Athena entered the basin.
Beginning this morning at 9 o'clock in the mortuary chapel, the Rev. Father John F. Cummins will resume the monthly services for the dead buried in Calvary. The services will be repeated on the first Thursday of each month through spring summer and fall.
Jefferson City Missouri May 5 The Missouri Senate approved a statewide prohibition constitutional amendment with a tax rider and without the 1913 limitation The vote was 23 to 0 or near unanimous in favor of the measure marking a major shift toward drought restrictions in the state.
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