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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1907
Page
12
Judge De Courcey granted two divorces in one day with no prior notice between libellants. Mrs. Annie C. Barlow won custody of her daughter while Linwood Conant secured a divorce from his wife. Both cases cited desertion and unhappy marriages as grounds.
Bank books show deposits totaling 18000 dollars missing along with 5000 dollars in thousand dollar bills and 600 dollars in jewelry. Five hundred dollars in one dollar bills also reported stolen.
Campaign trail report notes four Suffolk county sheriff candidate James Donovan stops in Dudley Street Ward 21 German Casino Ward 10 Democratic HQ and Ward 19 Elmwood ward room. He defends deputy Robert Maguire amid local party ties and denies threats while praising Patrick Maguire’s Democratic work.
E. E. Clark, 71, longtime railway mail division messenger, resigns after 35 years of service. He handed in his resignation to Superintendent E. J. Ryan, ending a career as the last of the old time messengers.
In Providence on October 23 Judge Arthur L. Brown appointed ancillary receivers for The Fisheries Company known as the menhaden combine. The New Jersey incorporated firm owns Tiverton Rhode Island plant valued at $63,000 and operates multiple Atlantic coast facilities for extracting and manufacturing oil and fertilizer from menhaden fish.
A Royal Arcanum conclave gathers at Evangeline Hall Roxbury 216 Dudley Street HQ Charles Sumner Council No 693 with reps from Warren Roxbury Boston Dorchester Mount Ida Sagamore Maverick Winthrop and others. Recipients include Jacob Land Julius Webber William H Potter Leon R Bugges John J Hogan William Dennett David Joel Max Levy Arthur Stern and Alexander M Berger. A banquet follows the addresses.
Henry M. Whitney, Democratic candidate for governor, spoke at Magne Hall in West Newton. He criticized Governor Guild over a letter proposing changes in election day spending and cited Guild’s latest speech in Lynn as evidence of current tactics.
Debates erupt as Mr. Guild defends money use in elections while mass sentiment favors purity. Whitney attacks, demanding Guild explain the 1901 campaign expense filing. George A. Schofield, John A. Sullivan, and Senator James H. Vahey joined the discussion.
Representative John Quinn visited the district attorney to press a probation plea for Henry Murphy of East Boston. A nine year old boy confessed to breaking into two stores stealing crackers and rubber heels, but the assistant DA declined to press the case after the boy’s remorseful explanation.
The actor Julian D Eskinge mislaid a large two-diamond ring marked J D E after leaving the Touraine and walking to Kane Street. The ring, a Vienna gift from Baron and Baroness Coblengle, is valued at $1000 with $500 offered for its return to the performer.
The Sunday Post Magazine will feature Mark Twain's autobiography described as the greatest literary treat of the decade. The work will not appear in print until after Twain's death, making the magazine's readers unusually favored.
Governor Guild criticizes Whit ney for opposing state authority over railroad merger actions. He cites last night in Fall River and asserts opposition to Commonwealth interference with the New York New Haven Hartford mergers without General Court permission.
The governor pledges strong enforcement against corporations violating state laws. He cites a Commonwealth lawsuit over unlawful street railway acquisitions and rejects calls to soften actions on railroad operations without General Court consent. He argues the people will support upholding the Constitution.
One child, George Murphy aged 14 of 14 Genesee street South End, died after the collapse of two condemned buildings at 40 46 Genesee street. He passed away at City Hospital shortly after 7 o clock yesterday morning.
George La Blanche once known as the Marine appeared in the Municipal Criminal Court on a drunk enness complaint. The case was continued to October 2.
A dispatch reports a powerful earthquake in Calabria Italy far worse than earlier believed destroying rebuilt villages and burying people in ruins. Prisoners in Catanzaro jail awakened and urged release as guards fled. The tremor, felt across Calabria, lasted about four seconds and toppled Eraje cathedral tower.
Senator Frank Linehan of Ward 33 South Boston will appear before Judge Murray in Municipal Court to seek warrants charging Secretary J Wells Farley and Attorney Michael Sughrue of the Finance Commission with unlawful trespass in the second session today.
A health notice promoting Cooper's New Discovery for chronic constipation. It claims daily bowel movement is essential, warns against overuse of pills, and includes a testimonial from Samuel Booren of Scranton, Pa. The Jaynes Drug Stores advertise their sale of the medicines.
John Allen of Newton died at Waltham Hospital on September 27 from an automobile accident in Weston. Judge Luce of the Waltham court found the crash occurred due to driving at a high and dangerous rate in clear violation of the law. Allen was a passenger in a car owned and operated by James T. Shaw. the vehicle struck a tree.
If it is at Morse's it is correct. The ad warns against cheap clothing and touts Morse made garments with 55 years of experience. It asserts value through fit style and value, noting suits from 10 to 40 dollars and overcoats 10 to 50 dollars with a display of a 35 dollar suit in Brattle street window.
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