Three Wives Claim Clerk’s Polygamy Case in Lowell
Clarence Brownell faced three women claiming to be his wives as he testified he was divorced from the first, legally married to the second, and that the third marriage was a joke. Cordelia Symonds Annie Mitchell and Jennie Sweet appeared in court with children listed, Brownell held on $500 for the grand jury as police prepare to present the three known spouses.
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Lowell
Clarence Brownell
Browne
Cordelia Symonds
Bridgewater
Annie Fr. Mitchell
Jennie Sweet
Moore
N. Y
Brownell
Boston Man Dies Suddenly in Baltimore
Superintendent Pierce received a telegram from Baltimore chief Thomas Darman asking him to locate relatives of Frank Gould who claimed Boston as his home. Gould died early yesterday morning at his boarding place of natural causes.
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Pierce
Thomas PD. Darman
Baltimore
Frank Gould
Boston
Woman Leaves Land for Park in Cohasset Estate
Mrs Isaphene M Wheelwright bequeaths to the trustees of public reservations of Massachusetts a Cohasset estate portion for a public park. The will, filed at Suffolk registry, directs $5000 to the park trust and $5 000 more from her estate to total 10 000 for park upkeep with limited structures. Executor Robert Codman named. bequests also go to Episcopal Church at Cohasset Radcliffe College and Episcopal City Mission of Boston. The bequest specifies woodland lot Town Lot Oakes lot Tippling Rock pasture and Forest avenue lands. The will returnable Aug 15.
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Cohasset
Isaphene M. Wheelwright
Trustees of Public Reservations of
Massachusetts
Suffolk County
Wheelwright
Edward Wheelwright
Chestnut Street
Robert Codman
Episcopal Church At
Radcliffe College
Cambridge
Episcopal City Mission
Boston
Oakes
Tippling Rock
Forest Avenue
Appraisers' Stores Sited At Otis Wharf In Boston Plan
The committee recommends Otis Wharf at Atlantic and Northern avenues as the best site for the new appraisers' stores covering 21 985 square feet. Packard's Wharf is proposed as a reserve if demand grows. As a second option a 13 916 square foot lot at Atlantic avenue and State street could be bought for about 500 000. Fort Hill square park was rejected as too small and should be preserved.
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Otis Wharf
Atlantic and
Northern Avenues
Packard's Wharf
Selec
Atlantic Avenue
State Street
Fort Hill Square
Boston
Custom House
Names for Boston Cambridge Charles River Bridge Stir Debate
Readers send proposed names for the new bridge over the Charles River with Eliot Washington University Longfellow and others. Letters favor Eliot and University while suggestions include Longfellow Cambridge Boston poets and even Washington and Fletcher Webster as honors.
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Charles River
Cambridge
Maine Way
Bridget
Longfellow
Boston
Four Towers
Cambridge Bridge
Longfellow Bridge
River Charles
W. M'Crehan
Rice Street
North
Charles Bridge
Varsity
Lowell
Holmes
O'Reilly
Burton M Firman Dead Prominent in New England Business
Burton M. Firman of 869 Talbot Avenue Dorchester died at home after a four month illness. Born Huntington Vermont June 12 1858 he attended Phillips Andover Harvard class of 1882 where he was prize orator and a classmate of Governor Curtis Guild Jr. He held editorial posts at Springfield Boston Post Commonwealth and Providence Telegram later becoming Boston Banking Co vice president and Bankers Loan Co president until death. Survived by wife Georgia Allen Peck and brother Butler W Firman of Chicago.
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New England
Burton M. Firman
Talbot Avenue
Dorchester
Huntington
Harvard
Phillips Andover Academy
Curtis Guild, Jr
Springfield
Boston
The
Advertiser
State House
Boston Post
Commonwealth
Providence Telegram
Boston Banking Company
Bankers’ Loan Company of Boston
New England Trust Company of
Providence
Eome
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Georgia Allen Peck
Butler W. Firman
Chicago
Large inflow to Floating Hospital amid crowded wards
Yesterday the Floating Hospital admitted 84 sick babies, 25 well babies, and 90 mothers. Dr Hastings and Mr Briggs had to refuse admission to many others despite the vessel seeming roomy. One ward can only care for 35, delaying full capacity.
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Hastings
Briggs
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