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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1916
Page
5
The License Board held several hearings on liquor law violations and suspended the liquor license of wart Salisbury, druggists, on Jimeslea Street Charlestown for selling liquor without a doctor's prescription on the Lord's Day.
Charles Henry Adams alias Harry Edwards, on trial for breaking and entering, marries his fiancée Ethel M. Bryan in the detention room after being sentenced to two years in the House of Correction. Adams admitted receiving stolen goods but later pleaded guilty. he urged his 14 year engagement as they wed with Clerk Manning presiding. His mother Mary M. Adams attended and cried during the ceremony.
More than 300 Greater Boston stone cutters return to work after a compromise agreement. Union wage terms set 62.5 cents per hour for shop work with a 44 hour week and 60 cents for building work, down from prior demands. Settlement announced by Business Agent John Stevens at a Harrison Avenue meeting.
New York on September 22 an increase in cigar prices was announced by several manufacturers. Trade members said advances would soon be general as higher raw material costs and better wages for cigarmakers must be shared by consumers, jobbers, and retailers.
William Moallee, 36, of Broadway South Boston, was badly burned when boiling water splashed over him in a restaurant at 2 Franklin Street yesterday afternoon. He was taken by police ambulance to Keller Hospital for treatment.
Wilson Business Men's National League organized with headquarters at 280 Madison Avenue New York to campaign nationwide for President Wilson's re election Charles R Crane of Crane Company Chicago elected president Vice presidents include George F Johnson W I Saunders and C H Ingersoll The executive committee features Edward A Filene J Spencer Smith and others A board of five directors elected for each state
At the 87th annual Massachusetts State Firemen's Association convention in Gloucester Chief William S. Smith was chosen president. A resolution condemned former New York Chief Croker for opposing a one day off in three for firemen. Other officers include Edward J. Coveney, H. J. Montgomery, D. Arthur Burt, Hiram R. Williamson, Albert M. Laskey, and S. O. Whitmarsh. The workmen's compensation act was discussed by Leon R. Egges. A banquet followed.
The Norwood Grange hosts a two day fair at Berwick Park to aid the local hospital. Saturday features cattle swine poultry fruit flowers vegetables food and fancy work with a horse show vaudeville trained horses band concerts and an automobile exhibit. Access via trolley lines and the New York New Haven Hartford railroad to Norwood Central station.
Peter Leger formerly of Somerville died in Waltham on Sept 22. Funeral from 291 Main Street Waltham Monday at 7 15 am with high mass at St Josephs Church at 8 burial at Calvary Cemetery
John Scott of the Quincy Board of Trade denounced a fictitious and outrageous valuation of Fore River Ship Building Corp property at a Boston meeting. He warned the $1.7 million increase could force Schwab to close and move 400 workers, urging political action to avoid Quincy becoming a residential town.
Katherine Kemp of Cambridge, 21, secretly marries Harvard Law School student Thomas W. Morris after eloping from her Clinton Street home. The couple reached New York and wed in a private ceremony with parental approval later confirmed. The elopement news reached Mrs Kemp by special delivery a week ago.
Samuel Carver, a Boston attorney, was sentenced to one year by Judge Irwin in the Superior Criminal Court. He had been found guilty of forgery and larceny in a prior trial, but sentence was suspended amid disbarment proceedings. The suspension was revoked, and Carver was sent to Deer Island as the sentence took effect.
Andrew S. Forbush of Freedom New Hampshire died yesterday in a street car on Cross street Somerville while en route to the North station to catch a train home. He was 39 and visiting his niece Mrs Irving S Baker at 20 Grove street West Somerville.
In Haverhill Judge Carleton suspended a two month term in the House of Correction for Nora Cronin who damaged 20 windows at 23 Lancashire Street with stones. The $10 in damages and the sentence were suspended until November 18 after she claimed she went to the house for her mittens and was thrown out.
An advertisement asserts poise and power stem from health. It touts Johann Hoff's Malt Extract as an invigorator, flesh builder, tissue creator, and natural aid to digestion when taken with meals, available from reliable druggists.
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