Woman claims marriage to Charles Tucker amid bigamy question
Mae Clough of Effingham New Hampshire reasserts she wed Charles Louis Tucker and was deserted, claiming a marriage occurred seven months before Tucker’s death from electrocution for Mabel Page’s murder. Tucker family denies the union though she holds a wedding certificate, while Grace Osborne was listed as his first wife.
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Tucker
Auburndale
Mae Clough
Effingham
N. H
Charles Louis Tucker
Mabel Page
Weston
Miss Clough
Grace Osborne
Clough
Vahey
Ossipee Marriage Claim Shocks Tucker Trial Friends
MacClough, a 30 year old Ossipee woman, says she wed Charles Louis Tucker in Ossipee on June 23, 1902, then says he deserted her. She shows a marriage certificate, but Tucker’s defense says no such marriage existed and the family denies the claim.
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MacClough
Charles Louis Tucker
Ossipee
N. H
Charlestown
Wolfboro
Mr. Stillings
Auburndale
James
Thomas F. Vahey
Tucker
Thomas F. Varey
Plays for Children at Jordan Hall This May
Two children's plays are scheduled at Jordan Hall on May 1 and May 8 at 10 AM and on May 7 at 3 30 PM. The Birdies Ball pantomime and The Fiddler of Nodheim fairy tale are presented under Miss Margaret Mach Kager with direction by Miss Elsa M Hager and Miss Alice Farrell.
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Jordan Hall
Fiddler of
Nodheim
Margaret Mach. Kager
Elsa M. Hager
Alice Farrell
Missed Balloon Trip Defines Col Higginson at 86
Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson of Cambridge though a famed author and Harvard grad recounts a lifetime of reform work and friendships with Emerson Longfellow and Holmes. His sole regret is passing on a tethered balloon ascent in Paris while noting progress from immigration to women’s rights and modern American life.
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Cambridge
Harvard
Higginson
Colonel Higginson
Paris
Earth
William Lloyd Garrison
Garrison
Worcester
Theodore Parker
Free Church
Kansas
Massachusetts
Emerson
Longfellow
Whittier
Holmes
Lowell
Thoreau
William Story
Hmerson
Ex-President Castro Protests Banishing From Martinique
Castro files a written protest to French authorities before boarding the Versailles for deportation to France. He denies wrongdoing, calls the act a breach of international law, and says he would seek passage to Spain if free at St Nazaire.
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Fort Diu
France
Martinique
Versailles
Castro
St. Nazaire
Spain
Santa Cruz
Teneriffe
Carmelo
Trinidad
Venezuela
Basse Terre
Guadeloupe
St. Taiia
United States
North Carolina
Goodby
Free Fight In Electric Car At Roxbury Crossing
A melee on a Jamaica Plain to Roxbury Crossing outbound car shortly after 1 this morning led to arrests of Joseph Salvien 18 Ballard Place Liamrence Shaning 18 Jamaica Place and Joseph Barrett 17 Lamartine Street for creating a disturbance in a public conveyance. Hats were destroyed noses broken and passengers panicked as officers from Station 10 moved to arrest the trio. They face Roxbury Court today on the charge.
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Jamaica Plain
Roxbury Crossing
Joseph Salvien
Ballard Place
Liamrence Shaning
Jamaica Place
Joseph Barrett
Lamartine Street
Lovell
Roxbury Court
Stork Visits Mother and Girl Same Day
In Worcester at St Vincent's Hospital Mrs Alexander Pluso of Fisherville aged 19 became a mother and grandmother on the same day last week. Her daughter Mrs Nichol Lagarde, also of Fisherville and aged 18, was the other new mother. The mother married at 15.
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Worcester
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Alexander Pluso
Fisherville
Miss Wood Retains Shorthand Title
Miss Nellie M. Wood of West Somerville retains the world's shorthand championship cup after winning at the Providence convention of Eastern Commercial Teachers. Her speeds were 264 wpm on testimony and 227 wpm on solid matter, beating her previous records of 253 and 217.
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Nellie M. Wood
Powderhouse Boulevard
West Somerville
Providence
Miss Wood
Tas Player Falls 30 Feet While Playing Tag on Charlestown Roof
Alexander Silva, 19, slipped while playing tag on a roof at 74 Monument Street Charlestown and plunged into the yard thirty feet below. He suffered critical injuries and is not expected to live. He resided at 127 Bunker Hill Street.
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Monument Street
Charlestown
Alexander Silva
Silva
Bunker Hill Street
One Dead Two Hurt in Salem Fire Spree
Six fires stirred Salem between 11 10 a m and 8 p m causing one death Engineer Arthur M Wilson of Steamer 1 died from heart failure while responding A woman is seriously injured and another man slightly hurt A second blaze at 8 08 a m at Ocean avenue involved an 80 year old woman saved from a second story window Fire loss under 2000 with less than 500 in one case The 3 20 p m Willows blaze at a women bath house built for 1900s under Salem Women's Club caused about 800 in damage and is suspected incendiary.
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Salem
Congress Street
Arthur M. Wilson
Thomas McManus
Ocean Avenue
Francis
Salem Willows
Salem Women's Club
Cat Cove
Broadway Congregational Church Sees Big New Members Class
The Broadway Congregational Church in Somerville welcomed 57 new members by confession after communion and admitted six more by letter. Pastor is Rev. Robert W. Beers.
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Broadway Congregational Church
Somerville
Robert W. Beers
Express Kills Man and Child at Twin Bridges
A New England States limited passenger train from Boston to Montreal struck William Cone and his daughter Minnie near Twin Bridges in Northfield Vermont. Cone died on impact, Minnie’s body remained missing hours after the collision as searchers scoured the rocks below. an engine crew observed blood on the locomotive but did not witness the fatal encounter.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Thoreau
Fifty-first
Massachusetts
South Carolina
United States Army
Northfield
New England States Limited
Boston
Montreal
William Cone
Minnie
Twin Bridges
Cone
Taft Attends Easter Services in Washington
President Taft joined Easter services at St. John's Episcopal Church where Mrs. Taft is a member. He then held an informal reception on the church steps.
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Washington
Taft
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Woman Found Dead in Muddy Brook Near Art Museum
Mrs. Annie Barton of 33 Gainsboro Street was found dead in Muddy Brook believed to be self-inflicted. She had been reported missing from the New England Woman's Hospital in Roxbury Saturday night. her daughter notified police. Police recovered the body behind the Boston Art Museum.
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Annie Barton
Gainsboro Street
Muddy Brook
Father Finds Boy Shot Dead in Vermont Sugar Orchard
Ivers Clark, 14, was shot through the heart and killed in his father’s sugar orchard in Orleans Vermont. The shooting is believed accidental though details are unclear. Workmen’s tracks were found near the body and the gun lay inside the sugar house. The boy had no known quarrels with any men.
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Orleans
Ivers Clark
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