Children to Choose Names for Their Own
Henry Bailey Stevens reports that his wife Miss Agnes Ryan and he will allow any future children to choose their own names. The couple, both active in suffrage work and publisher of the Woman's Journal, discussed the matter after Miss Ryan refused a $500 legacy to avoid using her married title. The stipulation at their wedding required the wife to keep her maiden name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Bailey. Stevens
Agnes Ryan
Woman’s Journal
Post
Henry Bailey Stevens
Miss Ryan
Stevens talk on hyphenated names and shared home duties
Mr. Stevens explains children may be named Ryan Stevens or Stevens Ryan with future choice to hyphenate or pick one name. He and Miss Ryan discuss equal labor at home, shared tasks, and prioritizing the child s welfare over gendered work divisions. Mrs Ryan confirms she is Miss Agnes Ryan.
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Mr. Stevens
Ryan-Stevens
Stevens-Ryan
Ryan- Stevens
Ryan
Miss Ryan
Post
Agnes Ryan
Widow May Lose Award For Edwin Newman Case
The widow of Edwin C. Newman may not receive $10 weekly for 400 weeks after his death at Cambridge while employed by Stone & Webster. The Supreme Judicial Court rules she was not living apart with justifiable cause at the time of his death on Oct 31 1914 and sends the case back to the Industrial Accident Board for further hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin C. Newman
Eo Stone & Webster Engineering Coreation
Cambridge
Industrial Accident Board
Supreme Judicial Court
What Do You Think of T 3 Golf Cap Ad
An advertisement touts a man's golf cap priced at 45 cents at Wolf's "My Clothier" on Hanover and Portland Streets. It promises legal stamps with every purchase, claiming the cap was formerly worth $1.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolf's
Hanover
Portland
Swindler Lyman Also Linked to German Propaganda
Federal authorities seek Dr J Grant Lyman over a $300000 to $400000 mining stock swindle via mail fraud under the Putnam alias He is said to have engaged in German propaganda supplying Berlin government circle figures with intel from an English officer’s wife in France The report comes from post office inspectors tonight New York February 11
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New York
J. Grant Lyman
John H. Putnam
Post Office
Berlin
France
Lyman Linked to London Wife and Past Fraud Victories
Authorities say Lyman met a British officer’s wife in London after a 1914 Los Angeles conviction for mail swindles and bail jumping. He once belonged to the New York Stock Exchange, sold his seat amid zinc mine promotion fears, and earned large sums from Panama land deals and mining promotions, with smaller profits recently in this city.
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Lyman
London
Los Angeles
New York Stock Exchange
Exchange
John H. Putnam
Panama
California
Fitzgerald Attacks Boston Rapid Transit Board
Former Mayor Fitzgerald blistered Boston’s Rapid Transit Commission at a Metropolitan Affairs hearing citing inaction and high pay. He argued Dorchester bears the cost while Cambridge benefits little and urged scrutiny of the Midland division electrification bill and joint use plans. He also commented on Beacon Hill and Hull matters during the session.
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Boston
Rapid Transit Commission
Dudley Street
Fitzgerald
Legislative Committee On
Metropolitan Affairs
Cambridge
Dorchester
Charles A. Ufford
New Haven Road
Transit Commission
Beacon Mill
Hull
Cunningham Signals Exit from Cambridge Public Safety Post
Commissioner Henry J. Cunningham has signaled an intent to resign as head of Cambridge Department of Public Safety. He met with Mayor Rockwood and his lawyer Joseph F. O Connell, with a decision expected to be announced today.
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Henry J. Cunningham
Department of Public Safety
Cambridge
Rockwood
Cunningham
Joseph F. O'Connell
Supreme Court
Sullivan Obituary Notice for Mary V Sullivan
In Charlestown on Feb 11 Mary V Sullivan wife of Timothy F Sullivan and daughter of Isabella and the late John Demise. Funeral from her residence 184 Main St Monday Web 14 with mass time to follow.
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Sullivan
Charlestown
Mary V
Isabella
John Demise
Main St
Honorary Officers and Directors Named for AAD
Joseph H Choate and Alton B Parker named honorary president and vice president. Robert Bacon chairs the board. S Stanwood Menken is president with Herbert Barry as secretary and E H Clark as treasurer. Finance committee includes Franklin Q Brown chairman and other notable members.
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Joseph H. Choate
Alton B. Parker
Robert Bacon
S. Stanwood Menken
Herbert Barry
E. H. Clark
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Newman
Accident Board
Swindler
Germany
Rapid Transit Board
Men and Women of America
George Washington
America
National Security League
League
War and Navy Office
Congress
National Security League, Inc
Tras
Pine Street
New York City
National Committee
James B. Angell
Michigan
James M. Beck
R. Livingston Beeckman
Rhode Islan
A. J. Drexel Biddle
Pennsylvania
Chas, J.bonaparte
Emmet D. Boyle
Nevada
C. B. Burr
Francis M. Byrne
South Dakota
George W. Clarke
Iowa
Charles H. Cole
M. V. M Frederick
Coudert
James Goold Cutler
Cearles
L. Dering
Chicag
Jacob ‘ “Dickinson
Chicago
Thomas A. Edison
New Jersey
James E. Ferguson
Texas
David R. Francis
Missouri
Phillips Lee Goldsborough
Maryland
Francis V. Greene
Buffalo
Luther E. Hail
Louisiana
L. B. Hanna
North Dakota
Nat. B. Harris
Georgia
Archibald C. Hart
Myron T. Herrick
Ohio
John Grier Hibben
Princeton University
David Jayne Hill
Marcus H. Holcomb
Connecticut
George W. P. Hunt
Arizona
John B. Kendrick
Wyoming
Philander C. Knox
Penn
George von L. Meyer
Massachusetts
Charles R. Miller
Delaware
James B. McCreary
Kentucky
G. McDonald
Eouerne
New Mexico
William Fellowes Morgan
Guy Murchie
George Wharton Pepper
Philadelphia
E. L. Philipp
Wisconsin
George Haven Putnam
Theodore Roosevelt
Samuel V. Stewart
Montana
Henry L. Stimson
Oscar
Horace White
York
Theo
E. Wiedersheim
James Withycombe
Oregon
Luke E. Wright
Tennessee
Franklin Q. Brown
Samuel W. Fairchild Courtlandt Nicoll
Walter E. Frew Frederick H. Allen
John B. Langer
Sidney C. Borg Parker Sloane
Nicholas F. Brady
J. Kennedy Tod Walter T. Rosen G. Creighton Webb John D. Crimmins
George T. Wilson
Maine
Woman's
Movement For National Preparedness
Madison Avenue
the National Security League, Inc
Frederic L. Woods
David I. Walsh
James M. Curley
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