Boston heir contest ends as will is allowed
The late John A. Bullard of Holliston left about 1.5 million in his will executed in 1909 when he was 88. He created two trusts to run until roughly 2000 with income to certain beneficiaries. Heirs not included contested before Judge Braley, then waived objections and the Probate Court decree was affirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Bullard
Holliston
Purchase Street
Bullard
Boston
Braley
Keyes murder witness Harold W. Jackson accused of fraud
Harold W. Jackson, a key witness in the George H. Keyes alibi case in the Varney trial, was arrested on a second indictment for fraud in Cave Cod and New Jersey lands. He is to be arraigned in Superior Court today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold W. Jackson
Keyes
Cave Cod
New Jersey
Jackson
George H. Keyes
Varney
Columbus Avenue
War Trade Board Bars Latin American Firms
Washington February 1 The War Trade Board barred a number of firms in Argentina Chile Costa Rica and Peru from enemy trading lists and extended the prohibition to all branches of listed companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Trade Board
Argentina
Chile
Costa Rica
Peru
Navy candy sale resumes after Navy inquiry
Washington February 1 Secretary Daniels ordered candy sales in the navy to resume tonight after an inquiry found reports of harmful impurities in the candy were untrue. The halt on January 19 was lifted following the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Daniels
Father John’s Medicine Cures Coughs Says Local Father
A Haverhill reader D Coutu endorses Father John’s Medicine after a son’s severe cold, claiming the remedy stopped coughing. The ad promises the product is alcohol and drug free, a nourishing tonic for children and adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
John
D. Coutu
High St
Haverhill
Mass
Rankin urges better child care in Boston appearance
Miss Jeanette Rankin, Montana congresswoman, urged improved care for babies and children at the Boston Press Club last evening. A reporter at the Hotel Lenox asked if she would quit politics if she married, and she blushed and said it was too improbable to discuss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanette Rankin
Montana
Hotel Lenox
Boston Press Club
Lenox
Boston
Rankin advocates motherhood role and Irish freedom support
In a Lenox room and at the Boston Press Club Miss Rankin spoke to Irish Freedom supporters and local women. She urged proportional representation, care for children, and spoke of women in Congress while noting U S prohibition and plans to visit battlefields in Europe.
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Lenox
Miss Rankin
Boston
Press Club
James E. McConnell
Congress
HURRY TO TROOPS MAIL PLEDGED FROM WASHINGTON
Washington reports from February 1 that letters to U S soldiers in France take 15 to 30 days depending on location and shipping conditions. Postmaster General Burleson told the House that mail to the front is cleared with each dispatch and that every measure is used to speed and safeguard the correspondence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
France
Burleson
City Council Convenes Final Session and Farewell Dinner
The City Council meets for its last session at 10 this forenoon and plans a farewell dinner at the Parker House. A proposed order would amend the hospital and sheriff’s house project at Charles Street jail to place construction under the sheriff’s supervision rather than the superintendent of public buildings.
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Parker House
Charles Street
Bomb scare at Civil Service Commission
A charwoman found a small nickel shaving stick box filled with dynamite and giant powder in the coal hole of the Civil Service Commission. The fuse was at the bottom and police believe an employee seeking promotion by “discovering” it was responsible. If it had exploded it could have broken windows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Civil Service Commission
Kendrick Acquitted in Meat Oiling Case
Lant Frederick S. Kendrick was found not guilty by a jury after a trial over alleged croton oil on beef placed before employer Leopold H. Vogel a Washington street saloon keeper. Former Assistant DA Thomas D. Lavelle represented Kendrick as he maintained innocence from arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick S. Kendrick
Leopold H. Vogel
Washington Street
Thomas D. Lavelle
Kendrick
Market News Promotes Cheaper Fresh Food This Spring
New peas, tender beef, greens and strawberries signal spring while cod and haddock drop five cents per pound. Lamb rises slightly wholesale but consumer prices stay steady until Sunday legs. Whiting tops cheap fish options at 10 cents, red fish at 15 cents. Eggs edge up with Western prices rising. selected eggs 8 cents a dozen, other varieties varied. Fruits and greens show little change. lettuce cheap, plums and peaches noted. Prices on meats stay reasonable and local produce is urged to support locally grown vegetables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
Coffee price up as markets inch higher and fish ease
Retail coffee per pound rises by a cent while fish prices ease. Cod and haddock drop from 20 to 15 cents a pound and fresh halibut arrives in larger quantities as the fish situation improves.
Royce Library Offered for Sale to Harvard Community
The library amassed by the late Professor Josiah Royce of Harvard during over fifty years is this week being sold in volumes and sets to Harvard students and others. The collection was among Cambridge's finest philosophical and general works at the time of the professor's death over a year ago.
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Josiah Royce
Harvard
Cambridge
Johnsons Doctor Aid Alibi Highlights Mann Act Case
Clashes between counsel over a record book kept by Dr. C. L. Hayden who operated on Johnson and a physician entry formed the focus of yesterday’s hearing before Commissioner Hayes. The hearing concerns the removal of John Johnson to West Virginia where he faces indictment for alleged Mann Act violation.
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C. L. Hayden
Johnson
Commissioner Hayes
John Johnson
West Virginia
Johnson alibi tied to November 1906 Catlettsburg case
Johnson testified his alibi linked to the November 1906 period in Catlettsburg Kentucky when Edith Godbey swore they were together. He recounted his life from birth in 1877 Lexington and noted two marriages, a son in the army, and another child. He described past jobs including cloak room attendant in the State Senate and mortgage on a lot for a car purchase. He said he paid nothing on the car, contradicting Godbey’s account.
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Johnson
Edith Godbey
Catlettsburg
Lexington
State Senate
Local Case Wraps Up With Mortgage Deed Evidence
A mortgage deed showed the defendant mortgaged the lot to buy the car. The case is slated for completion today.
Pres Hadley's Son to Wed Miss Blodgett
Announcement from New York reports Miss Katherine Cumnock Blodgett daughter of Mr and Mrs Joan Wood Blodgett engaged to Major Morris Hadley US A son of Yale President Arthur T Hadley. Major Hadley aged 23 is said to be among the youngest captains in the service.
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New York
Katherine Cumnock Blodgett
Joan Wood Blodgett
Morris Hadley
Arthur T. Hadley
Yale
Blodgett
Delos A. Blodgett
Michigan
Major Hadley
United States Service
Fifteen-Year Sentence For Draft Evasion Confirmed
Private Petro Romano of Lynn was sentenced to 15 years at the Atlanta penitentiary for failure to report under the draft law. Brigadier-General John A. Johnston, commander of the Department of the Northeast, yesterday confirmed the sentence.
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Petro Romano
Lynn
Atlanta
John A. Johnston
Department of the Northeast
Baggage Master Denies Stealing Packages at Melrose Depot
George E Leathe a baggage master at the Melrose depot denies theft charges after being arrested by post office inspectors. He says he took packages to the boiler room for safekeeping to prevent loss and intended to return them for transfer to the post office. Commissioner Hayes held him for a Feb 9 hearing with bail set at 500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Leathe
Melrose Depot
Federal Building
Post Office
Leathe
Hayes
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