Elopement alimony and gossip rock Bellport town
Mrs. Henry C. Edey has left her millionaire husband and disappeared with Gardner Murdock, while Murdock’s mother claims Edey paid $50,000 to have Murdock’s wife join him. The saga ties Bellport and nearby Brookhaven to wealth, elopement plans, and family turmoil as rumors spread.
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Bellport
L. I
Henry C. Edey
New York
Gardner Murdock
Murdock
William Murdock
Brookhaven
Edey
Harry Edey
New Haven
South Shore
Frederick
Long Island
Amityville
Lottie Carlton
Boston
Taft Children Head to Montana on Riding Trip
Miss Helen Taft and her brother Robert Taft, children of the President, depart Beverly for Minneapolis to join a youth party for a three weeks horseback trip through Montana. They travel with Lloyd W. Bowers and Miss Bowers, children of the late solicitor-general.
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Beverly
Helen
Robert Taft
Minneapolis
Minn
Montana
Lloyd W. Bowers
Miss Bowers
United States
Mrs Taft party to Byron trip noted in Minneapolis
In Minneapolis the party guests Miss Isabel Vincent and Mrs George Vincent plan a four week horseback trip with chaperonage by Mrs Vincent, wife of the University of Minnesota president. Helen and Robert will be away from Beverly for four weeks. Mrs Taft and Charley Taft are with the President in Washington leaving Parramatta deserted except for servants.
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Minneapolis
Isabel Vincent
Miss Helen
Bryn Mawr
Miss Vincent
George Vincent
University of Minnesota
Helen
Robert
Beverly
Congress Pushes Tariff Revision Amid Conference Agreement
Congress advances tariff revision as House and Senate reach agreement on a wool tariff with a 29 percent raw wool duty and a steel and iron tariff accord. Senate action awaited to repeal the Canadian reciprocity law while a cotton tariff bill similar to Taft’s vetoed measure passes the House.
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Washington
Congress
Taft
House
Senate
Fractions Dodge Alleged in Local Shops
Sealer of Weights and Measures Woolley and assistants report a new cheating scheme by storekeepers dubbed the fractions dodge. Officials await an opportunity to catch a dealer and turn the case over to police.
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Woolley
City warns on dishonest fractions in retail pricing
Officials say dealers use fractions like 3-4 and 7-8 to cheat customers. A price of 22 3-4 cents per pound becomes 4 8-4 or 6 1-4 pounds, then the total inflated by five to 16 cents as the final charge.
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Boston
Boston Post
Full Bench Will Decide Sewer Right
The Metropolitan Park Commissioners ask the Supreme Judicial Court to determine their right to a sewer in Revere. The lawsuit, filed against the town sewer commissioners, stems from an 1897 agreement allowing park sewage entry and a later disconnection by the town.
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Metropolitan Park Commissioners
Revere
Supreme Judicial Court
Park Commissioners
Park Commission
Sewer Commission
Metropolitan Park Commission
Cambridge Y M C A Not a Matrimonial Bureau
The Cambridge Y M C A and Clerk George Andrews warn unmarried women that the Y is not a matrimonial bureau. Secretary George Wild says many women seek corn fed, blond husband candidate George A. Nelson, causing heavy mail and in person visits. The Post is asked to notify women that their presence is not desired.
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Greater Boston
Cambridge Y. M. C. A
George Andrews
Andrews
George Wild
Y.M.C. A
George A. Nelson
Nelson
Wild
Navy Lt Commander’s alimony cut to 250 a month
Providence August 2 After a lengthy hearing Judge George T Brown reduced the monthly alimony from 300 to 250 for Nina Chinn Walker the wife of Lieutenant Commander James W G Walker in a divorce action now in Superior Court Walker testified his income had fallen to half pay while on leave due to health and that official entertaining and social obligations kept expenses high. he warned he could quit his post if forced to pay more.
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Providence
R. I
Nina Chinn Walker
United States Navy
James W. G. Walker
George T. Brown
Superior Court
Navy
Man Seeks Corn Fed Wife Draws Flood of Applicants
Cambridge man George A. Nelson asked Mayor Fitzgerald to find him a wife, drawing responses from about 150 women by yesterday. Letters praised or described prospects in detail, with many signatories sharing personal traits and measurements as they vied to become Mrs Nelson.
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George A. Nelson
Cambridge
Fitzgerald
New England
United States
Mrs. Nelson
Nelson
Cupid
Boston Sees Lower Hub Teaming Rates Than New York
Boston merchants press for lower teaming charges on general order goods after a meeting with the Chamber of Commerce foreign trade committee. Representatives from S. S. Pierce, Brown, Durrell & Co., Marden, Orth & Hastings, bonded warehouse men, master teamsters, and railroad interests discussed the new flat rate of 17 cents for dock to warehouse and dock to appraiser’s office handling, aimed at reducing importer costs.
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Boston
New York
Committee On Foreign Trade
Chamber of Commerce
Elwyn G. Preston
S. S. Pierce Company
Paul FE. Fitzpatrick
Brown, Durrell & Co
Walter O. Hastings
Marden, Orth
Commerce Court Judges May Move to Circuit Court
Five judges of the United States Commerce Court would be retained as circuit judges under a conferees agreement on the appropriation bill. The plan keeps them on the rolls as circuit judges but avoids filling vacancies, reducing total circuit judges to 29.
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Washington
United States Commerce Court
House
Senate
Commerce Court
Weavers Seek Fines and Appeals in Strike Plan
Weavers and manufacturers in New Bedford prepare for a Monday meeting to discuss a new grading plan. The plan aims to set a fine for weaving defects and grants weavers the right to appeal fines to a higher mill authority, replacing overseer-imposed penalties.
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New Bedford
Mil
Weavers’ Union
F. J. Duffy, Jr
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Aki
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George E Vincent
President Taft
Marceau
Helen Taft
Clinedinst
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Station A
Lincoln, Nebr
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Sealer Woolley
New Dodge
Sir
Mr. Nelson
Morning Post
Commerce
Circuit
Resinol Chemical Co
Baltimore
GinterCo
Elm & Union
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