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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1916
Page
19
License board held hearings on liquor law violations and suspended the license of wart Salisbury druggists at 19 elsea street Charlestown for selling liquor on the Lord's Day without a doctor's prescription pending the balance of the license term.
Charles Henry Adams alias Harry Edwards a Black man on trial for breaking and entering married his fiancée Ethel M Bryan in the Superior Court detention room after being sentenced to two years in the House of Correction. He asked for leniency on a separate theft claim before pleading guilty and received no mercy. His mother Mary M Adams cried through the ceremony as clerk John Manning wed the couple, with Adams joking they would marry properly after release.
More than 300 Greater Boston union stone cutters return to work after a compromise settles their week long strike. The wage agreement sets shop pay at 62 1/2 cents hourly with a 44 hour week and 65 cents hourly for building work, easing earlier demands of 65 to 70 cents. Business Agent John Stevens announced the settlement at 383 Harrison avenue.
New York on September 22 reports several cigar makers announcing a price increase with expectations of broader rises. Trade officials say higher raw material costs and higher wages for cigarmakers must be passed on to consumers, jobbers, and retailers.
William Mollice aged 36 of 66 Broadway South Boston was badly burned when a kettle of boiling water tipped over on him at a restaurant on 2 Franklin Street yesterday afternoon. He was taken by police ambulance to Relief Hospital.
The Wilson Business Men's National League with HQ at 280 Madison Ave New York announced its organization and a nationwide campaign to back President Wilson's re election. Charles R Crane of Crane Company Chicago elected president with a large list of vice presidents and an executive committee led by Edward A Filene. A five director board was set for each state.
Gloucester September 22 Chief William S Smith of the Gloucester fire department was chosen president of the Massachusetts State Firemen's Association at the 37th annual state convention. A resolution condemned former New York Chief Croker for attacking the one day off in three for firemen. Officers elected include Edward J Coveney H J Montgomery D Arthur Burt Hiram R Williamson Albert M Laskey S O Whitmarsh. The workmen's compensation act was discussed by Leon R Egges. A banquet followed.
The Norwood Grange schedules a two day fair at Berwick Park to benefit the local hospital. Saturday features cattle and swine exhibits, fruit, flowers, vegetables, food and crafts with a horse show from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., plus vaudeville, trained horse exhibition, band concerts, an automobile show, midway and dancing. Access is via trolley and the New York, New Haven & Hartford lines to Norwood Central.
In Waltham on Sept. 22 Peter Leger. Funeral from 291 Main St Waltham Monday morning at 7 15 High mass of requiem at St Josephs Church at 8 Burial at Calvary.
John Scott of the Quincy Board of Trade denounced what he called fictitious and outrageous property valuations by Quincy assessors at a Greater Boston boards of trade congress in Roxbury. He warned the Fore River Ship Building Corp valuation rose 1.7 million and that higher taxes could drive Schwab and 4000 workers away, transforming Quincy into a residential town. He blamed local politics and demanded corrective action by the tax commissioner.
Katherine Kemp a Cambridge 21 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Kemp eloped with a Harvard Law School student to New York and were secretly wed in a cozy Back Bay apartment. The elopement became known yesterday as the couple received a special delivery message. The marriage has full parental approval and followed their quiet plan to avoid a big wedding.
Samuel Carver, a Boston attorney, was sentenced to one year in the House of Correction by Judge Irwin in the Superior Criminal Court. He faced forgery and larceny charges connected to a promissory note to Hyman Slessinger, with prior suspension for disbarment proceedings. The suspension was revoked, and Carver was sent to Deer Island.
Andrew S. Forbush of Freedom New Hampshire died in a street car on Cross street Somerville yesterday. He was en route to the North station to catch a train home at age 33. He had been visiting his niece Mrs Irving S Baker at 20 Grove street West Somerville.
In Haverhill Nora Cronin received a two month suspension sentence in the House of Correction for breaking glass in 20 windows at 23 Lancashire Street with stones. Judge Carleton delayed execution until November 18 after she promised to cover about $10 in damages. Cronin testified she went for her mittens and was thrown out, then threw stones.
A promotional notice extols poise tied to health, claiming vitality boosts influence. It touts Johann Hoff’s Malt Extract as an invigorator, flesh builder, and aid to digestion when taken with meals, available from druggists.
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