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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1908
Page
7
A saucy Plymouth Rock hen testified in Police Court before Judge Murray about being abducted from a hen crate. The hen identified the accused as the guilty man, but no interpreter could be found, delaying the case until morning. Murray posted $100 bail as authorities pursued the poultry theft.
A magazine style notice extols Prof. Pawlow of Russia for long animal experiments on digestion and glands. It credits him with Nobel prize worthy work and notes how Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets aid digestion, claim benefits, and offer trials by mail from Marshall Michigan.
Jordan Marsh Company opens a fifth floor annex suite showcasing eight fully furnished rooms to demonstrate up-to-date home furnishing and decorating. A reception hall parlor dining hall library guest and family and young man’s rooms plus a Dutch room display mahogany oak and other woods with colonial and art nouveau touches and matched lighting.
Mrs Mary Alma Dodd wife of Andrew Dodd the Salem Gloucester glue magnate was granted a divorce by Judge Bishop in Essex County Superior Court. The suit cites desertion beginning March 20 1905 after a troubled marriage begun when she worked as a stenographer in Dodd’s office.
A special commission under Superintendent Emerson reports 52 ferry department employees to be discharged. Of 46 rated firemen earning 17 dollars weekly, only 11 performed fireman work. Emerson will likely act on the commission's recommendations next week.
An irate Evansville father pursued Missa Cor delia Baker of Stewartsville and James Nesbit of Cynthiana to a courthouse in Evansville Indiana. The couple married by traction car and steam line arrival, and were forgiven after the ceremony.
Heirs of Joseph Jefferson Jr. demand the removal of G. Black of New York as executor of the $1,500,000 estate. They accuse him of withholding information and mismanaging funds including a disputed $3529 check to Mrs. Jefferson. Proceedings seek Probate Court action with judges Paine and Rolfe representing the heirs and Garland Varian defending Black.
In Portland, Emma Wise petitions for divorce from Wesley Wise after he chided her for attending church. She also cites cruelty and highlights his objection to her religion as a significant factor in the petition.
The Irish envoys and about 400 delegates of the United Irish League toured the harbor yesterday aboard a sail arranged with permission from Washington. They landed at Fort Warren for musketry and cannon demonstrations before continuing to Boston for breakfast with Bernard J. Rothwell. Redmond Devlin and Fitzgibbon planned to depart Boston for New York on the 1 PM train.
President Thomas I. Gasson will welcome the Irish envoys with Boston College students in college hall at 11 o'clock. Parents and friends may attend. The reception followed by a potential holiday for the remainder of the day.
Washington September 24 President Roosevelt’s fight to preserve national fisheries was highlighted by a souvenir painting of the Roosevelt golden trout. The U S Bureau of Fisheries prepared the from life image and distributed it among Internal Fishery Congress delegates. The trout bears his name for his efforts to prevent its extermination.
Jaul of Flushing Long Island and once of 9 Milk Street, Boston, was seized in New York by police on a fugitive from justice charge. Henry Genaske of Boylston Street accuses Jaul of taking a $500 mortgage on his furniture and then selling it and leaving town. Jaul previously ran a brokerage and commission business.
A starving mother and her 18 month old child were found at 5 Reims Place Roxbury. The baby was taken to Roxbury Court by probation officer Mrs Lappin. Judge Williams refused a warrant for the mother's arrest on drunkenness and ordered investigation. No food or life necessities were found. The case was referred to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and the child was sent to a charitable institution on Harrison Avenue.
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