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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1912
Page
8
In a court hearing, Anthony Stankowitz cited abuse by his husband and failure to wake for work. Justice Naar granted permission to pull out his hair by the roots and pour water on him, then dismissed the case with a warning to the husband.
In Lawrence Mass 1500 spinners walk out at the Washington mill amid a general strike mood. Leaders claim spinners acted on misread letters from Ettor Giovannitti and Caruso urging restraint. A citywide procession, police limits, and planned Salem trial weigh on future actions as workers rally in support of Ettor and Giovannitti.
Despondent over prolonged small earnings John Muse aged 40 a fisherman leaped from the schooner Alice at T wharf yesterday and drowned. He left a wife and a two year old son Henry. The family lived at 365 Border Street East Boston and he had complained of rising coal groceries and clothing costs.
An advertisement by Alex Stocks, New England Passenger Agent for the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railway, offers affordable travel westward via map guidance, ticket planning, and pretrip arrangements from Boston. It promises help with berths, planning, and personalized service to prospective travelers.
Three young girls dressed in boys clothes are suspected of stealing chickens as they peep under Nottingham window curtains. A black suede slipper size No 3 was found, footprints traced to the culprits, and residents report fears after nocturnal thefts. Local witness Joe Branshaw saw three figures fleeing the back yard.
In Pittsburg on September 26 a seventh son of a seventh son was born to Mr and Mrs David Geiger. Geiger is a mail carrier in Braddock.
In Stamford Connecticut a wife who wed Francis Arthur Proctor in 1908 found him after an advertisement in New York papers led to discovery. Proctor was held in $1000 bail for abandonment after he separated from his Newark family and took their son. A second wife from Corona New York identified him. The women then traveled to Stamford where they confronted him.
The report notes that Mrs Proctor, whom he wed in Corona in 1911, is connected to the events as he was arrested.
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