Harmon Not Mad at Girl in Murder Trial
A Somerville police overheard conversation between Maud H Hartley and James M Harmon Jr is set to be replayed in East Cambridge court during the murder trial of the police sergeant s son. Defense claims the dialogue shows no motive and supports an insane impulse defense while prosecutors object to certain statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud H. Hartley
James M. Harmon, Jr
Somerville
Newcomb House
East Cambridge
James E. Phillips
Miss Hartley
Harmon
John J. Higgins
James H. Vahey
Jabez Ox
Lloyd E. White
Higgins
Vahey
Maud Hartley
Testimony in Harmon case continues as witnesses questioned
Three physicians who treated Harmon in youth, teachers and friends will testify today. The Har mon family may be called before adjournment at 1 o'clock. Twenty four witnesses testified on peculiarities and actions of the prisoner as Patrolman Phillips, the sixty fifth defense witness, spoke of meeting Maud Hartley and Harmon after midnight at the Newcomb tenement on Cherry street. The district attorney objected to hearsay statements attributed to Maud Hartley. The judge ordered the officer sworn and sent the jury home for the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmon
Arthur F. Whalen
Phillips
Miss Hartley
Newcomb
Cherry Street
Newcomb House
Maud Hartley
Waits for Bodies of His Sailors to Wash Ashore
PROVINCETOWN Dec 3 Captain Westharker of the British schooner Mispah wrecked near here waited all day at the Peaked Hill Bar life saving station for news of three crew members believed lost. No tidings by nightfall, and he mourns the need to tell their families back in Prince Edward Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Provincetown
Westharker
Prince Edward Island
Somerville Case Witnesses Describe Harmon Motive and Conduct
In a Somerville court, testimony discussed Harmon's conduct and possible motive linked to his relationship with Maud Hartley and tensions with his father. Witnesses recounted accidents caused by Harmon driving fast, his moodiness, headaches, and odd behavior before the murder. The defense seeks to show relations, while the district attorney argues insanity is the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fox
Higgins
Percy A. Hall
West Somerville
Harmon
Day Street
Cure Claimed for Torturing Skin Disease by Cuticura Trio
A Connecticut man describes long illness with eczema across face arms and legs. After failed treatments in London and New York hospitals he finds cure using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. Endorsed by a physician and distributed by Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Sole Props
Boston
Mass
Big Mail For Santa Claus From The Post
The Post reports it receives many letters to Santa Claus from children each year. A random letter from twins aged eight asks Santa to remember them after their father died. they request a doll for Alice and note both siblings work with their mother.
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Santa Claus
Ernest
Alice
Road to Test Liability Act Challenged by Rail Route
New York New Haven Hartford Railroad challenges the national Employers Liability Act in U S Circuit Court. Mary A Walsh of New London Conn wins $5500 for her husband’s death while employed by the road. The act, backed by Roosevelt and Gompers, faces constitutional scrutiny over interstate and intrastate reach.
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New York, New Haven & Hartford
United States Circuit Court
Mary A. Walsh
New London
Conn
Congress
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Rosevelt
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Choate, Hall & Stewart
Supreme Court of the United States
Doctor Lassar backs daily scalp cleansing for hair loss
German professor Dr Lassar recommends washing the scalp daily at first to stop hair loss and itching, then at least twice weekly as the scalp normalizes. He endorses Birt's Head Wash as a tested remedy with a printed formula and prices it at 50 cents per jar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lassar
Birt
Goat Skellig Moir Comes to Natural History Museum
Col Scannell donated the stuffed mascot Skellig Moir to the Museum of Natural History. The goat, once aboard the US Vermont, will be displayed among dinosaurs for the public to view safely. The transfer follows a lengthy Massachusetts court controversy and cements the animal’s place in local history.
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Skellig Moir
Museum of Natural History
Roger Scannell
United States
Vermont
Olonel Scannell
Skellig
Miss Beulah Dix to Wed Boston Businessman George Flebbe
In Lynn on December 3, Miss Beulah Marie Dix said marriage to Boston German American businessman George H. Flebbe is likely but not fixed. She noted their romance began three years ago during her work on The Road to Yesterday and mentioned a December birthday with no birthday gifts ever received.
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Post
George H. Filebbe
Boston
Miss Dix
Mr. Flebbe
Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland
Flebbe
Radcliffe
Captain Ferguson
Hugh Gwyeth
Authors’ Women’s Best Tour Association
Women’s University Pen and Brush Society of Dramatic Authors
New York
Lyceum
London
Lynn
George H. Flebbe
Hotel guest owns room in New York dispute ruling
The Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court rules a hotel guest may surrender a room to a friend and spouse without creating grounds for ejectment. Mr and Mrs Edwin R Smith of Stamford Conn were ousted after occupying a room supplied by a friend. The court upheld the lower court awarding $1250 in damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Edwin R. Smith
Stamford
Smiths
Charcoal as Aids to Gas Absorption and Health
The article profiles M. Belloc and Willow wood charcoal as superior gas absorbers. It highlights medicinal charcoal’s oxygen uptake, saturation differences for gases, and the usefulness of Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges for dyspepsia, digestive gas, and breath purification. It advertises 25 cent lozenges from F. A. Stuart Company with a free sample offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Belloc
Stuart
F. A. Stuart Company
Stuart Bldg
Marshall, Mich
Hattie Williams Stars in Detective Sparkes at Hollis Street
Tickets cover the Dec 10 performance at Hollis Street Theatre featuring Hattie Williams in Michael Morton's dramatic comedy Detective Sparkes. Full conditions and pictures appear in the Sunday Post on Dec 5.
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Hollis Street Theatre
Hattie Williams
Michael Morton
Detective Sparkes
Sunday Post
Ludlow’s Shivering Outcasts Exposed Hunger and Labor Strife
A stark account details women and children enduring exposure and hunger amid the men’s labor battles in Ludlow. The piece portrays suffering workers and calls attention to the harsh conditions and collective struggle facing the community.
What a Woman Should Be Ex President at Harvard
Ex President Eliot of Harvard College gives his opinion on a mother's place in life in a remarkable interview. The remarks reflect contemporary views on gender roles and domestic expectation.
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Eliot
Harvard College
Night Firing Drill At New England Fort Draws Attention
Boston and North Atlantic fort officers prepare to repel midnight invaders as Uncle Sam schedules a new course in night firing practice at a small New England fort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
North Atlantic
Uncle Sam
New England
Torchy Jokts Mr Piddie and the Powder Puff Tale
A compact column showcases Torchy Jolts Mr Piddie from Sewall Ford with wit and slang. Kate Masterson reviews beauty industry boastful statements at the Powder Puff sign. Michael White recounts a Kipling‑tinged tale of an electrical engineer in the Queens palace. S. E. Kiser presents a blunt factory bully parable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Masterson
New York
Queen of
Bangor
Kipling
Michael White
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Frederick Dyer
Col. Geo. D. Alexander
Ruston
R. C. Hill
Medford
Ore
Neroy Pogue
Ellington
G. W. Johnson
Ridgeway
Magic Foot
J. Priest
Uxbridge
England
Maggie Foot Wight Co
Oliver Bldg
Jackson, Mich
Franklin St
Oston
Mizpah
Cape Cod
Judge
Guy H. Proctor
Summer Street
McCormack
William J. Powers
Powers
Frank S. Atwood
Mary C
Ndon
America
New York City
Brooklyn
Liverpool
London Hospital
Richar Curley
New Canaan
Mr. Curley
John F. Burke
Natural History Museum
Scannell’s. Goat
Miss Beulah Marie Dix
Alfortia
Pueblos
Grand Canyon
Arizona
el Tovar
Fred Harvey Management
The
California
Chicago
Fred Harevey
S. W. Manning
A.T
S. F. Ry
Washington Street
Antak
Ludlow
Sanborn
Standard Oil
Sunday’s Post Magazine
Torchy
MR. Piddie
Piddie
Corrugated Trust
Sewall Ford
Arbuthnot
S. E. Kiser
Greater Boston
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