Decline as Collier's executors
Payne Whitney Finley Peter Dunne and Francis P Garvan named by the late Robert J Collier as executors and residuary legatees in Surrogate's Court declined their appointments and rights as legatees of a large part of his estate including his interest in P F Collier & Sons Inc
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Payne Whitney
Finley Peter Dunne
Francis P. Garvan
Robert J. Collier
Collier's Weekly
P. F. Collier & Sons, Inc
Bequest Dispute Over Stewarts Widow Named In Lieu
Heirs renounce rights under the will saying bequests were made by Mr Collier who was keen on perpetuating the paper he built. Collier's Weekly had been under the direction of the paper before.
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Sarah Stewart Collier
Collier
Collier’s Weekly
Collier Will Probate Sought Amid Family Dispute
The residuary legatees urge the will’s conditions no longer exist and favor natural ultimate destination of the estate. Mrs. Collier petitions for probate and executorship while noting two specific bequests of 150000 to George C Kennedy and 50000 to Frank H Rice for long service. She states she received significant property prior to his death and his wife was adequately provided for in another will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Whitney
Dunne
Garvan
Collier
Suit Demands 40 Million From Miners Firm
In Duluth Minnesota on December 16 Captain Alexander McDougall president of McDougall Shipbuilding Company filed a federal court suit seeking 40 million dollars against the Oliver Tron Mining Company a subsidiary of United States Steel Corporation. He alleges the firm has used an ore washer based on a design he created for ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth, Minn
Oliver Tron Mining Company
United States Steel Corporation
Alexander McDougall
McDougall Shipbuilding Company
Brockton Man Slashes Throat in Home Attempt
Brockton on December 16 Charles Stingis a 28 year old shoe worker attempted suicide at his home 47 Merton street by slashing his throat with a razor He is listed on the dangerous list at Brockton Hospital.
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Brockton
Charles Stingis
Merton Street
Brockton Hospital
Boston Girl Marie A George Nominated for Ensign Rank
Miss Marie A George of Boston has been recommended for promotion to ensign by Commander Rush for her exemplary work at the navy yard. The first girl named to the ensign rank, she stands as a notable milestone for women in the service.
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Marie A. George
Capt
Rush
Boston
Navy Yard
First Woman Recommended for Navy Commission Ensign
Miss Marie A. George editor of the Salvo Charlestown Navy Yard official paper and welfare leader becomes the first woman recommended for a commission as ensign. She has been chief yeoman in the Naval Reserves since enrollment after the war declaration and will leave the Navy this Saturday to live in Chicago.
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Navy
Marie A. George
Salvo
Charlestown Navy Yard
Miss George
Chicago
Endorsement Urges Commissioned Rank for Women Chief Yeomen
Commandant William R Rush of the Charlestown navy yard lauds women chief yeomen meritorious service. He recommends commissions as ensigns upon retirement for Marie A George for her wartime fund raising and welfare work. A Jewish Congress commission to the peace conference seeks equal rights and a Jewish homeland in Palestine. Louis Marshall outlines Zionist support and allied backing for Palestine and Jewish rehabilitation.
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William R. Rush
Charlestown Navy Yard
Miss George
Secretary of the Navy
Rush
Naval Reserve Force
Marie A. George
Massachusetts Auxiliary of the Navy Relief Society
Boston Navy Yard
Navy
Mr. Marshall
America
Zionist Organization
Holy Land
Mustered Out One Day Married on the Next
Sergeant Henry C. Wickles of Northampton was mustered out at Camp Devens and traveled to Milford. He wed Miss Abbie YV. Kelly in Providence, then returned to Milford with his bride, Thursday night, and stayed there.
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Milford
Henry C. Wickles
Northampton
Camp Devens
Ayer
Abbie YV. Kelly
Providence
Jews Go to Peace Congress in Versailles Protest Demand
The American Jewish Congress announces that 3,500,000 Jews in the United States will voice protest against persecution at the Versailles peace conference. They seek recognition and a place under the sun for the Jewish nation, voiced by leading national and international Jewish figures at the second congress session in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Versailles
American Jewish Congress
Jewish demand for eastern Europe relief at peace table
The speaker urged united Jewish action to press for liberty for Jews in eastern Europe, citing Polish massacres and a commission led by General Foch to Poland. He urged American delegation influence at the peace conference and named several Boston area members on committees including resolutions and Galicia. Max Mitchell was proposed as a likely Jewish representative to the peace commission.
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Palestine
Europe
Poland
Foch
England
David A. Laurie
Chelsea
Nathan Pinanski
Boston
Robert Silverman
Edward N. Chace
Manchester
Romania
David R. Radovsky
Fall River
Samuel Goodman
Galicia
Henry H. Levenson
Samuel Barnett
Harry Cutler
Providence
M. M. Wichler
Russia
Lithuania
Ukrainia
Julius Meyer
Max Mitchell
America
Colds and influenza ad for Bromo Quinine tablets
An old advertisement promotes Bromo Quinine tablets as a remedy that removes the cause of colds and flu. The box bears BH. W. Grove’s signature and the price is 30 cents.
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W. Grove
Armenian Relief Concert and Pageant at Tremont Temple
A Tremont Temple program tonight presents an Armenian and Syrian War Relief concert and pageant directed by H Augustine Smith of Boston University. The Malden Festival Chorus performs a bright choral program while speakers Dr James L Barton Ernest Partridge and Major Lowenstein address the audience between numbers. Mrs Smith directs the Malden children in sung gallery performances.
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Tremont Temple
H. Augustine Smith
Boston University
Malden Festival Chorus
James L. Barton
Commission For the Reconstruction of
Ernest Partridge
Major Lowenstein
Smith
Malden
Boston School Board Delays Teacher Resignation Rule
The Boston School Committee suspended its rule forcing automatic resignation upon marriage to let Nora McLean Ahearn continue teaching in Abraham Lincoln district while attached to Camp Devens. It also authorized potential session removal from the Continuation School until December 20 if needed and planned a new kindergarten at Walnut Avenue Church in George Putnam district, with a West Roxbury Roslindale request for a south Forest Hills high school laid over.
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Nora McLean Ahearn
Thomas A. Ahearn
United States Army
Camp Devens
Abraham Lincoln
Walnut Avenue
George Putnam
West Roxbury-Roslindale
Forest Hills
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Whitney
Dunne and Garvan
R. H. White CO
Cere Waren
A . Lacuere
Martha Washington
Morris
Priscilla
R.h.white Co
RED Cross
American Jewish Committee
Post
Bellans Indigestion Ee Daveaets
Bellans
Wren
Whitin Paper Company
New
A. Shuman & CO
The
Aluminum
Dept
New Kensington
Cros
Armenia
Ahearn
Smith Patterson
Diamond Merchants E Jewelers
Summer Street
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