Dowry Dispute Aims to Recover $400 Deposit
Mrs. Rose Sheinker of Chelsea seeks Suffolk Summer Court action to recover a $400 deposit placed as a dowry for her daughter Ida Sheinker and her fiancé Hyman Starr. The couple announced engagement in April, but Starr allegedly refuses to fulfill his marriage obligations. The court hearing is set for Friday.
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Chelsea
Suffolk Summer Court
Ida Sheinker
Hyman Starr
de Clarés
Starr
Appeal for More Judges in Chicago
Chicago faced a crowded criminal docket with seven judges currently handling cases. Chief Justice Kickham Scanlon urged adding fifteen jurists to work steadily for four months to clear the backlog.
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Chicago
United News
Kickham Scanlon
Scanlon
Bazaar in Tremont Temple Aids Soldiers' Home
Ladies and Officers at Soldiers Home Bazaar in Tremont Temple run a three day sale to aid the Soldiers' Home. Elderly organizers include Mrs. Ella R. Jones Mrs. Sue Stuart Wadsworth and others guiding cafe mystery doll domestic apron candy and soldiers home tables under Ladies Aid Association formed May 17 1882. The president is Mrs. Sue Stuart Wadsworth.
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Soldiers’ Home
Tremont Temple
Ella R. Jones
Sue Stuart Wadsworth
Lucy A. Frederick
Mabel W. Long
Ladies’ Aid Association
M. L. Hubbard
Mabel Long
Josephine Doliver
Hattie S. Gott
Susie R. Wetherbee
Soldiers Home Table
Association
Boston & Maine stock takeover proposal dominates hearing
The only new item at Attorney General Daugherty's railroad hearing at Hotel Touraine was a minority stockholders proposal to delay action for 60 days. It seeks a plan by New England financiers to acquire 252,000 shares of the Boston & Maine railroad.
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Boston & Maine Railroad
New England
Hotel Touraine
Daugherty
W. Crocker
Boston & Maine
Boston
New Haven
Moorfield Storey
Crocker
Storey
Plan for Boston and Maine stock and New England rail consolidation
CC W Crooker presented 30000 shares of B M stock while proposing a bid at a fixed figure with cash guarantee and a broader plan to consolidate New England transportation lines. Daugherty, Buckland, and Attorney General Daugherty weighed revoking the sale order as stock control shifts, with Attwill noting insufficient notice for a verdict.
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CC. W. Crooker
New England
Daugherty
Crocker
BH. G. Buckland
The
New Haven
Honor Mrs William Filene at Boston store tea
Mrs William Filene, widow of the department store founder, was honored with a birthday tea at Boston’s Filene’s store dining room. Her sons Edward A Filene and A Lincoln Filene led her birthday visit as 75 store executives welcomed her with roses and greens.
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William Filene
Boston
Filene
Mrs Lebaudy's Home Robbed in Queens Battery Estate
The home of Mrs Marguerite A Lebaudy widow of Jacques Lebaudy was robbed about a month ago at Westbury L I. A strong box in her bedroom dresser contained about $12,000 in cash and jewelry valued at $3,000, totaling around $15,000.
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New York
Marguerite A. Lebaudy
Jacques Lebaudy
Millonaire
Westbury
L. I
Funeral for Sir Arthur Pearson Draws 1000 Blind Men
London December 18 United News says a thousand sightless men from across Great Britain attended the funeral of Sir Arthur Pearson founder of St. Dunstan's Hospital. Guardsmen acted as guides as the late publicist, himself blind, was mourned for his philanthropy.
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London
United News
Great Britain
Arthur Pearson
St. Dunstan's Hospital
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