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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1910
Page
16
A husband used a large diary to document his wife Mary A Hourin’s conduct including entries that she was drunk and that she returned home drunk at 2 am through a window. The diary was read at the suggestion of his counsel contributing to the divorce.
Hourin, former state representative and Boston Common Council member, testified he returned home after work to find his wife in a negligee. He chased an intruder through the house, but she blocked the man at the front door and shoved him into the street. Hourin said his wife then left for five to six days and returned in a fighting mood.
Senators Aldrich and Crane and Representatives Dalgell and Payne conferred with President Taft in Washington about administration legislative matters on May 11.
President Taft told friends that his famous smile comes from old stories he cherishes especially a saloon keeper tale about a bartender. He said he laughs at familiar jokes most of all and enjoys remembered humor from years past.
A party of 36 Austrians who arrived aboard the Zeeland from Liverpool and Queenstown on April 26 have been ordered deported and will sail back on the Cymric next week. They were bound for the Canadian northwest but had little money, prompting officials to choose deportation as the sole option.
The biennial session of the Union Fraternal League grand assembly met at the American House with about 100 delegates from 60 branches across New England. Grand Speaker Timothy F. Hayes presided as officers were elected including grand vice speaker Elizabeth A. Charbonneau and grand treasurer Lodina Desmarais. Delegates named for the supreme congress and noted a net 600 new members and 50 000 dollars in sick and death benefits since the last session.
Richmond Indiana May 11 William Titus a laborer blew his nose so hard one eye dislocated and turned over in the socket. Physicians will attempt to restore the eye to its normal position without harming sight.
An old advertisement promotes Horsford’s Acid Phosphate as a remedy for headache and nervousness from overwork or impaired digestion, claiming quick relief and soothing effects.
In Harlem Court magistrate Corrigan ruled Frank Hyman, 33, must pay $10 for forcibly kissing 18 year old Margaret McGrath, an employee of Sawyer Goldberg. McGrath testified she was kissed on the right cheek after discovering glasses left by Mrs. Hyman at Goldberg apartments. Hyman denied the charge.
The Alpha II, owned by Arthur Curtis James commodore of the New York Yacht Club, left Fore River yards at noon for New York. Mrs James and guests accompanied him. Captain Peleoman Bezanson commanded the vessel which launched March 23. It will visit Vineyard Sound tonight, Newport News tomorrow, and reach New York by Friday to be commissioned.
A Boston mass meeting May 17 in Huntington Hall will discuss public school welfare for city children. J Randolph Coolidge Jr will present Out of Town Public Schools for City Children. The plan proposes placing school buildings on city edges and in parks with related transport and noon meals.
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