Judge Harris joins Boston Post fund drive list
This morning Judge Harris is added to a list of prominent state men contributing daily Boston Post articles to help raise 500000 by November 1 for the Boston Y M C A building fund. Others named include ex-Governor Bates Brackett Hitchcock Draper Guild Lawrence Tuttle Huntington Hamilton Hamilton Harris and more. Continued on Page 4 Fourth Column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris
Boston Post
New Building Fund
Boston Young Men’s Christian Association
John L. Bates
Francis Peabody
John Q. A. Brackett
Loranus E. Hitchcock
Superior Court
Eben S. Draper
Curtis Guild, Jr
William Lawrence
Lucius F. Tuttle
Boston & Maine Railroad
W. E. Huntington
Boston University
Frederick W. Hamilton
Tufts College
Robert O. Harris
Murder Suicide After Jealousyyed Spouse Abuse
Irving W. Fletcher a Boston Elevated conductor shot his wife Berta at 36 Batavia street then killed himself. The couple had a stormy three year marriage with multiple departures by the wife to escape abuse. Their 3 year old child was present during the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving W. Fletcher
Boston
Dudley Street
Berta
Batavia Street
Diana Sabourin
Anna Richmond
Medford
New Hampshire
Woman seeks shelter from abusive husband in city
At 1 o'clock Sunday morning a woman appealed to Miss Sabourin for shelter at 36 Batavia Street. She stayed with Miss Sabourin all day and returned to her husband Sunday night for her child Irma. On Tuesday, after brief refuge, Fletcher confronted her at Batavia Street and began abusing her on the sidewalk, a bystander intervened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Sabourin
Batavia Street
Symphony Hall
Irma
Dudley Street
Fletcher
Draper Hill Campaign Rallies Hit Seven Wards In City
District Attorney Arthur D. Hill led a rapid campaign through seven wards with Gov. Draper and Frothingham. A fleet of automobiles toured Court Square to Camden and Tremont streets ending at Charlestown where Hill recalled the Mitchell case and $14,000 city loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur D. Hill
The
Sparks
Hill
Draper and Frothingham
Court Square
Camden and
Tremont Streets
Michael J. Mitchell
Boston
Mitchell
Sheepshead Belle Ties to Astor Separation Case
New York Oct 27 Roberta Menges once famed as the bella of Sheepshead Bay and daughter of turfman Morris Menges is keyed by rumors as a correspondent in the John Jacob Astor separation suit. Menges, formerly Mrs Halsey Corwin Hill, has resumed her maiden name after divorcing Captain Arthur E Hill of 254 West Forty-ninth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Roberta Menges
Bella
Sheepshead Bay
Morris Menges
John Jacob Astor
Miss Menges
Halsey-Corwin Hill
Menges
Arthur E. Hill
West Forty-ninth Street
Roberta Menges Elopement Sparks Family Strike in 1901
Roberta Menges eloped with Halsey Corwin in 1901 prompting her father to have Corwin arrested for abduction after alleging Roberta was only sixteen. Corwin, son of former Brooklyn city treasurer Halsey Corwin, married Roberta on February 20, 1902 amid a quarrel that led to disinheritance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberta Menges
Halsey Corwin
Corwin
Brooklyn
Schieren
Temperature Report From Thompson's Spa
Yesterday's readings from Thompson's Spa at 219 Washington Street show highs around 66 degrees, with an average of 58 to 60 degrees across the day. Officials note daily variability and provide the standard figures for the prior year for comparison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson’s Spa
Washington Street
SRC
OG SiGe
Cpos
Nile Ata
Also Mentioned on This Page
Back Bay
Gov. Draper and
Charlestown
Jeremiah J. McCarthy
OME Bay Rooters
Republian Spellbinders
Washington Street Tunnel
Haymarket Square
Eliot and
Kneeland Streets
Post Office
Stock Exchange
Relief Hospital
Union Station
South Boston
Roxbury
West Roxbury
Neponset
Mattapan
Roslindale
Dorchester
Jamaica Plain
Brookline
Northampton Street
Dover Street
Essex
Summer and
Star Stations
Friend St
Haymarket
Hotel Napoli
Washington, Hanover, Friend, Sudbury
Portland Streets
Hanover
Union Street
Haymarket Sq
Hanover St
Union, Hanover, Blackstone
Endicott and
Cross Streets
Market District
Tremont Street Subway
Cambridge
Somerville
Boylston Street
Park Street
Scollay Square
Friend Stree
Hanover Street
North
Atlantic Avenue
South Station
Haymarket Square City Square
Thompson Square
Sullivan Square
Everett
Malden
Arlington
Boston Elevated Railway Co
A.M
Mis
Washington
New England
Daily Papers
Court House
Suffolk County
Mount Vernon St
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