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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1912
Page
8
The Navy Department orders 60 Civil War shells lent to the Grand Army post at Oxford Massachusetts for ornamental use. The shells will be removed from the gun park at the navy yard and transferred to the post in Portsmouth New Hampshire.
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a gentle, effective bowel cleanser for children and adults. It claims to remove foul waste from the stomach and bowels within hours, touting a delicious taste and safety, and urges readers to ask for the California Fig Syrup Co product by its full name.
Creditors of the James Donovan Slip Company of Everett initiate a bankruptcy proceeding led by Edward H. Hosford as treasurer. Petition expected to be filed today in the U S Bankruptcy Court with possible receiver action depending on stockholder decisions.
Hosford, charged with larceny of 25 000 from Frank E Paige, was freed on reduced bail 10 000 after daylong talks among his supporters and District Attorney Pelletier. Donavan plant operations halted. most staff dismissed. Auditor’s report to Paige’s attorney Williams, then to Donavan’s lawyer Cavanaugh. Hearing set for December 9.
A Navy Department chart based on warship tonnage places Great Britain, Germany, United States, France, Japan, Russia, Italy and Austria in that order. The United States remains third, with France rising due to curtailed U S naval construction.
The American Red Cross forwarded $1000 to the international bureau aiding war prisoners at Belgrade for Balkan relief. A telegram from Ambassador Rockhill in Constantinople reports normal conditions and a decrease in cholera epidemics.
George M. Cohan discusses in Sunday's Post Magazine the dramatization of successful novels and explains why many best sellers fail when adapted for the stage. He argues the mismatch between book and play and outlines factors affecting audience reception.
Arthur Gordon Weld of Dedham, linked to an old Boston family, three marriages and two divorces, asks Massachusetts courts to create a trust fund. He filed a bill in equity in the Supreme Judicial Court to set aside a trust created in 1892 for his first wife Mrs Kate D Woodbury Weld of Dry Tortugas Florida and their two daughters.
The case centers on a trust funding real estate mortgages and railroad bonds where Mrs Weld 1st agreed two thirds of income in lieu of alimony and Mr Weld one third. Mrs Weld 1st seeks removal of trustee Herbert L Harding and for Weld to relinquish rights, alleging improper payments to Welds second wife and advances from principal. Weld argues the fund unlawful under Wisconsin law while named children of his first marriage join with their mother in the suit.
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