Bride at Twelve Years Old Tries for Divorce
Esther M Corbeille testified she married first in October 1910 at age 12 or so and endured abuse and drinking. She claimed a second marriage followed without divorce after learning her first may be void due to minority. Lawyer Raymond Tift testified on void marriage advice. Judge Hammond set dates for further arguments.
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Esther M. Corbeille
Ralph A. Corbeille
Suffolk
Lynn
Lowell
Boston
Raymond Tift
Hammond
Woman’s early marriage attempt linked to Lowell trip
The text notes she had a prior marriage and was born in April 1890. Shortly before turning 18 she traveled to Lowell with a man from Manchester New Hampshire to obtain a marriage.
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Lowell
Manchester, N. H
Protest Backs 45 Foot Draw for Neponset Bridge
A hearing at 11 today at Barristers Hall will consider a 45 foot draw for the temporary Neponset River bridge during construction. Dorchester Board of Trade and American Shipbuilding & Transportation Corpora tion argue a 28 foot 6 inch draw blocks shipyard access above the bridge due to warship beam needs of 40 to 44 feet.
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Neponset River
Office
The
United States Engineers
Barristers Hall
Dorchester Board of Trade
American Shipbuilding & Transportation Corporation
Tiz Foot Relief Promises Instant Comfort
The ad pitches Tiz as a quick fix for tired feet and foot pain from corns callouses and bunions. It claims the foot bath soothes soreness, reduces swelling and puffiness and lets feet dance again after using a 25-cent box sold at drug or department stores.
Fire Damages Amesbury Wharf and Buildings
A fire at the Point Shore district along the Merrimack River destroyed the Otto Kranz wharf and burned outbuildings including the Morrill barn and Alden Carr sheds. The barge Richardson was saved with difficulty and the Union Congregational Church steeple suffered fire damage. Estimated losses reach 15000 dollars. Governor McCall urges residents to write letters to Massachusetts troops in France and lists commanders receiving his letters.
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Amesbury
Point Shore
Merrimack River
Otto Kranz
Richardson
Union Congregational Church
B. E. Busler
Edwin Morrill
Alden Carr
Harvard Cross Winner Killed in Action in France
Lieutenant William K B Emerson Harvard graduate and American ambulance service member was killed in France last Tuesday. He had been awarded the French war cross in January.
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Harvard
Americans in Prison Camps List Ten Detained by Germans
The War Department received a list through the Spanish embassy at Berlin and the American delegation at Berne naming ten Americans held in German prison camps. It includes ranks and last-known locations such as Aachen Landshut Karlsruhe and Giessen with captures dating from 1917 and 1918. Full mail details are available from the adjutant general of the army.
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Washington
War Department
Berlin
Berne
Camp Aachen
Jacq de la Haron
Landshul
Herschel Mackee
Chateau-Salin
Indianapolis
Ind
Stovall
Switzerland
Mackee
Giessen
Karlsruhe
Antone Olsen
Oakland
Cal
Hilmer “Eénnardsen Richardson
Willapa
Wash
Encore
South Pacific
Colstad
New York
Edward Moore
Searsport
John Arnold Blom
John H. Kirby
Indian Ocean
Marth Buckard
San Francisco
Beluga
South Pacific Ocean
Robert Davie Trudgett
Alameda
Winslow
Tuchel
West Prussia
Christian Sorensen
Company A
16Th
United States Infantry
Verona
Mont
Lorraine
U S Agents Quiz New York Fish Dealers
After two months of evidence in Boston federal examiner W H Matheson began testimony in New York of fish dealers. The case targets the New England Fish Exchange and 46 other defendants accused of conspiring to restrain trade in violation of the Sherman Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Boston
W. H. Matheson
New England Fish Exchange
Liquid tar blaze in Arlington injures bystanders and drains schools
John Howard, a Malden fireman, ran from a tar tank spill on Medford Street when the 1000 gallon supply overflowed. The fluid spread down the incline creating dense smoke, injuring pupils at St. Agnes Parish School. Arlington fire crews and Somerville apparatus battled the blaze for about half an hour before the liquid fire was extinguished.
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John Howard
Fall Street
Malden
American Tar Company
Medford Street
Arlington
John’s
William McGuire
St. Agnes’ Parochial School
Arlington Fire Department
Somerville
Storrow Presses for More Coal for New England
James J. Storrow, federal fuel administrator for New England, will meet with federal officials in Philadelphia to fix the anthracite supply. He says the current allocation is unsatisfactory and warns that shortages could cripple industry and war work in the region and worsen home heating.
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James J. Storrow
New England
Philadelphia
New England Seeks Larger Anthracite Allotment
Today the United States Fuel Administration anthracite committee in Philadelphia hears demands for a more generous New England share and faster coal shipments by rail and water. Mr Storrow and Arthur Learoyd press for revised allotments aligning with New England needs. Yesterday's New York meeting focused on coal year demands versus approved hard coal allotments.
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Anthracite Committee
United States Fuel Administration
Philadelphia
New Erreland
Storrow
Arthur S. Learoyd
New York
New England
New
Learoyd
Earthquake Shocks Recorded at Fordham University
Earthquake shocks began at 10 43 this morning and continued until noon at Fordham University New York. The event was recorded on the seismograph with an estimated distance of 3300 miles from New York City.
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New York
New York City
Fordham University
Boston Ends Time of Day Phone Calls
The New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, after Public Service Commission approval, ends all time of day calls in the Boston district. About 82,000 daily calls will be abolished as an efficiency measure, with people switching to the Custom House clock for time.
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Boston
Custom House
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Public Service Commission
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Gov. McCall
France
M'Call
Massachusetts
Louis F. McCarthy
G. 8S. Y. Taylor
I. J. Williams, Jr
Charles Varneran
A. 8. Hill
Victor Steiffel
T. C. Green
Charles Woolley
Julius Noon
William A. Wellman
Lafayette Flying Corps
McCall
State House
Massachusetts Soldiers’ Information Bureau
E. Warren Sweetser
George W. Bunnell
Harry G. Chase
USIC
Chickering Craftsmen
Briggs Green
Schumann
Haines & Co
Haines Bros
Seckerling
Knabe
Schubert
Brewster
Armstrong
Sepe
Chickering “F
Chickering
E”’ Chickering
Edisons
Victors
Cickering
Primatone Stratford
Holmes & Son
Marshall& Wendell
Tremont Street
Mason and
West Streets
Rythmedik
U. S
Buticura
Samuel Pollins
Lippitt St
Providence
R. I
Cuticura
Dept. H
Boylston St
Tremont St
Summer St
Brockton Cambridge
Salem
Fordham
CASCO
Clyde
Live Kennedy
Hill and Dale
Summer and Hawley Streets
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