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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1919
Page
12
Official tabulation shows five amendments passed in the Sept. 8 vote. Key totals include highway and bridge bond approval 26 228 to 6 125, State pier 22 637 to 6 777, voting residence 22 024 to 6 751, State debt limit 21 542 to 7 080, and National Guard officer appointment 4 806 in favor. Military 15 826 to 11 020.
Dr Eugene Kelly of Boston urged against teaching sex hygiene in public schools at the Maine state conference of charities and corrections. He also condemned exhibitions of films on disease. Mayor Clarke and others spoke at luncheon. speakers Fernald and Tyson addressed feebleminded and psychopathic concerns. About 100 delegates registered.
A romance begun during the recent Red Cross drive in Holyoke ends in marriage. Miss Clementine Briggs of Smiths Ferry wed Joseph R. Doran, secretary to Mayor John D. Ryan, at the Little Church Around the Corner in New York City on Sept 13. The ceremony was announced this afternoon and surprised many.
New York reports 1500 deported prisoners of war and enemy aliens boarded the Pocahontas bound for Rotterdam. Werner Horn appears on the list though officials cannot confirm if he is the same man linked to the Vanceboro bridge bombing and other plots. Also listed are Captains Berg Thier and Zuckschwerdt noted for wartime actions against Allied shipping and ships.
Several inmates amused themselves by writing on the outside of the cars. One inscription proclaims No more prohibition while another says We are going home to get some beer.
Students at Wellesley College held their Step yesterday a singing carnival where announcements are made The college will publish a new paper called the Experimenter starting this week It will be issued biweekly and cover current college news and standard features
A Martin bombing plane departed Cleveland Ohio and landed in Mineola New York at 3 50 p m completing the first nonstop compass directed flight between these cities. The 450 mile trip was flown at 9000 feet in 3 hours 20 minutes beating the aerial mail record by 15 minutes.
Grace H. Kievenaar of Somerville sues Oscar W. Kievenaar for divorce alleging repeated abuse and neglect during marriage. The couple wed in Nashua, New Hampshire, in December 1910. The hearing before Judge Fox was held yesterday in East Cambridge Court.
Mrs Kievenaar seeks custody of two minors and alimony as her husband faces claims of chronic liquor abuse and abandonment. He admits light drinking and disputes abuse while denying most incidents. Judge Fox kept the case under advisement. An uncontested divorce is granted to Sigrid McInnis of Boston from Stanley S McInnis of West Devon Canada on desertion grounds.
Judge Michael Murray urged the duty to family in the case of John Blevins charged with driving under liquor influence. Blevins crashed a truck into two cars at State and Devonshire, injuring Justice Hetz of Washington DC. Hetz’s case is set for Saturday.
Representatives of the Big Six Typographical Union at a conference with a committee of the Association of Employing Printers refused arbitration on their demand for a 44 hour week. They agreed to arbitrate a $14 week wage increase. The talks aim to avert a threatened pressmen walkout in New York on October 1.
John Barrett, director-general of the Pan American Union since 1907, announced in New Orleans he will resign at the union's November meeting.
A testimonial from Walter J. Marriott of Ottawa claims no sickness since using Fruit-A-Tives Fruit Liver Tablets. The ad notes prices 50c a box six for 2.50 and a 25c trial size, with purchase from dealers or Fruit-A-Tives Limited in Ogdensburg, New York.
Frank J. Graffes Simon Cohn and Bronislaw Prondscki faced trial in Federal Court on a conspiracy to conceal assets in bankruptcy. Graffes pleaded guilty while Cohn and Prondscki pleaded no contest. Judge Morton sentenced Graffes and Prondscki to one year and one day in Northampton jail and fined Graffes 100 dollars and Cohn 50 dollars.
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