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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1912
Page
8
More than 300 Melrose residents attended a Melrose City Hall meeting to protest a local ordinance restricting keeping hens. Colonel Heseltine argued the rule infringes personal liberty, while Fernald of the Highlands supported the ordinance citing a cock crow affecting his ill wife.
Monsignor FE J Moriarty, who succeeded the late Monsignor Thomas Magennis as pastor of Saint Thomas Church in Jamaica Plain, is ill at the rectory on South Street. He underwent an operation at Carney Hospital a week ago. His condition is not dangerous but confines him to bed.
S H Harrison Co advertises easy walking shoes claiming superior comfort and style. It markets custom and bench made quality with prices listed as 3.50, 4.00 and 5.00 at 662 672 Washington Street corner Beach.
A gas odor at 609 Massachusetts avenue drew a search to a lodging house room where James Driscoll, 18, was found unconscious in bed with the gas jet open. First aid and a hospital ambulance followed. doctors labeled him on the dangerous list at City Hospital. His family is said to live in the South End, though he has not stayed with them recently.
Mrs Lucretia R Shepard of 965 Franklin Melrose files a bill in equity in East Cambridge alleging her son Walter L Shepard a Melrose man and treasurer of a jewelry firm defrauded her of 25000 stock value to gain control of the company.
The filing recounts a claim that on Oct 2 a man misled a woman with full confidence that a Boston bank would stop lending to the present Shepard Manufacturing management. The bank would loan if he gained control. She transferred 2 percent stock at his request.
Claims Unmasking She asserts she learned later her son's statements were false and that bank officers did not promise funds. Judge E P Pierce issued a preliminary injunction restraining Walter L Shepard from transferring the shares. His mother, wife of Melrose factory founder, seeks transfer back to her.
Mayor George R. Lunn of Schenectady begins 50 day jail sentence after refusing to pay a 60 dollar fine for a city ordinance violation and appeals. He is taken to Herkimer jail by the sheriff. A woman, Walterine Zagajpka, is bound over for the grand jury on an assault in the riot at Phoenix mills. three other strikers also bound over.
Republican lawmakers elect will receive letters urging them to go on record on a caucus to pick the party nominee for the U.S. Senate. The move follows a committee vote taken after yesterday’s meeting. The question was sparked by Congressman Augustus Gardner who backed Ambassador Guild. The committee notes the caucus does not favor any single candidate.
Among those present yesterday were Senators Allen Blanchard Eldridge and Williams and Representatives Bliss Cox Hathaway Hobbs Holmes. Holmes signed the committee letter as secretary. Secretary Langtry denied any candidacy for the U S Senate saying he is not a candidate. Congressman Gardner, known for opposing the Republican caucus, has left for a few days of rest and camping.
Yesterday in Dorchester court on a complaint by the Massachusetts S P C A Michael Clancy foreman for M O Keefe Dorchester was found guilty of working a worn out horse and fined ten dollars He appealed in two hundred dollars
The Packard Shoe is available in three price levels: 3.50, 4.00, and 5.00 dollars. Local retailers advertise the popular footwear as affordable options for everyday use.
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