Harvard Man Robert E Lee Marriage Shocked by Lawsuit
Robert Emmons Lee Harvard man and society leader married Florence Armstrong at Christmas but a $30000 suit for breach of promise to charm Charlotte Helen Bates McNally has unsettled society. McNally claims a nine year courtship began in school days and included engagements for Sept 30 1908 and Harvard class day plans. Lee a son of John Howard Lee and secretary at Caldwell Company faces scrutiny as letters and gifts are examined if the case goes to trial.
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Robert Emmons Lee
Harvard
Florence BE. Armstrong
Allston
Charlotte Helen Bates McNally
Mr. Lee
John Howard Lee
Beacon Street
Lee
H. M. Caldwell Company, Publishers
Summer Street
Riverband Court
Cambridge
Miss McNally
Clan-na-Gael Lease Oak Island Grove for Park Complex
The Clan-na-Gael societies have leased Oak Island Grove for several years with option to buy. Plans include a modern four-lap cinder track, sprint path, jumping facilities, and training lockers. The 40 acre site will host a parade ground for Irish-American military bodies, a rifle range, new bleachers, pavilion, a large dance hall, and hotel renovations with potential further running track considerations.
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Clan-na-Gael
Oak Island Grove
Ers
Boston Nurse Weds Wealthy Southern Landowner
Miss Mary Waldron Cooney formerly of Boston married J. Robert Nichols of Bedford City Virginia in Norfolk. The bride, a trained nurse, met the groom during a nursing assignment in Lynchburg. The couple, described as in a romance of love at first sight, left for Florida on a bridal tour.
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Norfolk
Mary Waldron Cooney
Boston
Patrick Cooney
Drake
J. Robert Nichols
Bedford City
Ding
Woman Dead Several Per sons Injured in Wreck Halifax
An express train on the Intercolonial railway bound for Boston and Montreal derailed at Hunter's Crossing near Halifax at 10 am. All 30 aboard were injured or killed. Mrs John Glassey died on impact. Three others likely to die. Relief train moved victims to Halifax. traffic resumed hours later. Investigation cites wheel or track defect. a broken rail later ruled out. This is the third wreck in two years on the line with fatalities and many injuries.
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Halifax
N.S8
Boston
Montreal
Hunter’s Crossing
John Glassey
Truro
Pressmen May Quit to Aid Printers
Boston union leaders threaten a strike to back printers over non union compositors. About 13,388 Boston compositors face a 10 percent wage assessment to fund a strike, with 24 offices reporting mixed staffing and 216 on strike. The Norwood Typographical Union vows to strike if needed to support local printers.
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Frank O’hare
Pressman’s Union
M. Cooney
Franklin Association
D. J. MacDonald
Boston Allied Printing Trades Council
Employers’ Association
J. B. Griffith
Griffith-Stillings Press
Boston
International Union
Norwood Press
Wright & Potter
A. T. Bliss
Rockwell & Churchill
Alfred Mudge & Co
Griffith-Stilling Press
Samuel Usher
Barta Press
Sparrell
George H. Ellis Company
Norwood Typographical Union
J. Stearns Cushing
Berwick & Smith Company
Under Care of Famous Presidential Physician
Washington feverish report on Senator Hanna after sudden illness at 5 30 PM. Dr. Rixey attended, two hours of treatment, then improvement. Dr. Magruder and Dr. Brewer to consult. Hanna’s pulse 76, temperature around 100.16 F. Heart lungs and kidneys normal. Public note of concern from late President McKinley’s physician circle.
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Washington
Mack
Hanna
Rixey
McKinley
Magruder
Hannda
Brewer
New York
Elmer Dover
Chicago
National Republican Committee
Another Big Coal Strike Threatened
Indianapolis Feb 3 The joint conference between operators and mine workers adjourned without an agreement. A sub committee of one miner and one operator from each state was appointed to fix a date for a future conference. President Mitchell spoke for the miners and H L Robbins spoke for the operators. No agreement or near path to one was evident amid hall excitement as a motion to appoint a joint eight member committee and adjourn carried. Another big strike may be the outcome.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Mitchell
L. Robbins
Pittsburg
Wach
50 Years To Settle The Irish Question
London Feb 3 John Redmond leader of the Irish parliamentary party refuses any alternative policy to home rule in a lengthy House of Commons address. He outlines Irish grievances and is met with an ovation from followers. Mr Wyndham, chief secretary for Ireland, says an act amending the Land Act will be introduced though he doubts the question will be settled for 50 years and notes Ireland could not raise 750 million for land provisions in the current money market.
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London
John Redmond
House of Commons
Ireland
Redmond
Wyndham
Fair Forecast for Boston and Vicinity
The forecast calls for fair weather in Boston and surrounding areas on Thursday and Friday with slight temperature changes. Winds shift to the west, bringing mild conditions and no precipitation expected.
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Boston
Vicinity
Cinarsium Offered Free For Asthma Sufferers
New York on February 3 a new asthma cure named Cinarsium is being sent free to sufferers by Professor A C Hafner based at 99 John Street. This scientific discovery is described as the latest advancement in asthma treatment and is offered to the public at no cost. The announcement positions Hafner as the source and highlights the nationwide distribution of the remedy.
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New York
A. C. Hafner
John Street
Father John's Medicine Unlike Cough Syrups of Old
A note clarifies that Father John's medicine cures colds and prevents pneumonia, distinguishing it from cough syrups or balsams that often contain morphine or similar nerve-deadening drugs.
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Father John
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McNally
Rem
Jesse Gove
State House
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Mark Hanna
Clan-Na-Gael Lease
Congress St
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