Durfee Divorce Hearings Reveals Family Hardship
Ethel A. Durfee of Fall River testified at Probate Court in Attleboro about being emb arassed by her husband Everett W. Durfee’s failure to supply food and clothing. She described the struggles before relatives and friends as part of the divorce proceedings.
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Attleboro
Ethel A. Durfee
Fall River
Frank A. Chase
Bristol County
Mayhew R. Hitch
Everett W. Durfee
Durfee Divorce Case Details Alleged Neglect and Strain
Mrs Durfee alleges neglect in a divorce suit and claims her husband defaulted by not appearing. Judge Hitch takes the matter under advisement after her testimony detailing lack of support, a costly Boston buy with her charge account, and repeated neglect. She describes strained finances, meals missed, and her father’s support ending with her destitution, plus alleged repeated physical blows.
Justice Gustave Lamothe Dies In Montreal
Chief Justice Gustave Lamothe of the Court of King's Bench died in Montreal after months of declining health. He served on the bench for decades and was a prominent figure in Canadian law.
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Montreal
Gustave Lamothe
Court of King’s Bench
Woman testifies seeing defendant with victim near murder scene
Mrs Josephine Cannastraro of 113 Central Street Waltham testified in East Cambridge Court that she saw defendant Joseph Rizzo and Angelo Bennici talking near the railroad tracks in Waltham close to where the body was found the night of the murder. Earlier witnesses described the hacked condition of the body and a small axe found at the scene.
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Josephine Cannastraro
Central Street
Waltham
Angelo Bennici
Joseph Rizzo
East Cambridge
Bennici
Miss M Kenna Is Well Again
Miss Theresa McKenna will leave City Hospital today refreshed after accidentally taking iodine mistaken for Castoria at home on Williams street Roxbury Wednesday night The Post corrects earlier report that she intended death There was no man involved in the incident and it was purely accidental The family and friends are relieved by her recovery.
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Theresa McKenna
City Hospital
Williams Street
Roxbury
the Post
Miss McKenna
Bootlegging Girl Arrested in Springfield Case
Springfield reports 16 year old Sarah Levy, previously convicted of bootlegging and on probation, was brought from Waterbury Conn to face new charges for allegedly eloping with 20 year old John Lacey and buying railroad fare seen as proof of bootlegging profits. Police claim Levy saved $1200 by last May and now possesses about $2000. Lacey is detained in Waterbury for Mann Act violation.
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Springfield
Sarah Levy
Waterbury
Conn
John Lacey
Lacey
Woman Ends Life to Keep Warm in Rochester Home
In Rochester on November 24 Julia Lavelle aged 40 committed suicide by inhaling gas in her apartment. Police found a note stating I got to keep warm somewhere. The city faced its first deep cold snap and early snow of the season.
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Rochester
N. Y
Julia Lavelle
Vichy Water Saves Blazing Automobile
A touring car owned and driven by Arthur Wells caught fire on Main Street in Winsted. Passersby quickly doused the blaze under the hood with Vichy water from a nearby drug store, preventing further damage.
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Winsted
Conn
Arthur Wells
Will Distribute Free Coal to the Needy
The Volunteers of America will today begin free anthracite coal distribution to needy families in the tenement sections. Each week thereafter the organization plans to supply fuel to elderly and invalid residents.
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the Volunteers of America
Volunteers to distribute coal substitutes at Howard Street
Needy families may receive coal substitutes from the Volunteers. Distribution begins this afternoon at 1 30 from the Volunteers headquarters located at 39 Howard Street.
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Howard Street
Women’s Party Pushes Massachusetts Equal Rights Bill
Miss Eleanor Brannan sails to Boston to back the Women’s Party campaign for equal rights legislation as Massachusetts lawmakers convene in January. The 22 page bill, drafted by Katherine Morey and legal advisers, amends all statutes discriminating against women and seeks to remove objections to blanket equal rights.
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Washington
Eleanor Brannan
Women's Party
Boston
Massachusetts
Katherine Morey
Brookline
Mass
Executed Murderer Omar Roberts Doubted His Sanity
In Yarmouth jail Omar P. Roberts trapper and guide condemned for killing Flora Gray his housekeeper was executed early today. Death was immediate and the trap sprung six minutes after. He met a spiritual adviser last evening spent time in song and prayer. He said his troubles began in September 1921.
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Yarmouth
Omar P. Roberts
Flora Gray
Roberts
Richardson
Ong
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