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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 19, 1915

Page

3

Declares Cabot Was Peculiar in Will Case

Attorney Sherman L. Whipple for Mrs. L Vernon Briggs told the jury yesterday that the Cabot will is anomalous. He promised to show Dr Bartol harbored long held enmity toward Dr Briggs, influencing the grandfather’s estate distribution.

Sherman L. Whipple L. Vernon Briggs Bartol Louis Cabot Dr. Bartol Dr. Briggs Mr. Cabot

Court hears Whipple critique of Cabot family in probate case

Mr Whipple details Louis Cabot's failed postwar career and lavish wealth from Amy Hemenway's fortune. He describes Cabot's erratic behavior, isolation, and control by wife Mrs Cabot, with witnesses linking estate handling to Woodward and Dr Bartel while Charles Choate Jr signals further rebuttal.

Cabot Whipple Brookline Amy Hemenway Boston Choate Cahbot America Randall Mr. Cabot Attorney Whipple New Hampshire Grand River New Brunswick Henry B. Cabot Henry Cabot Mr. Whipple Briggs L. Vernon Briggs State Board of Insanity Dr. Bartel

Doctors blame law for insanity in Massachusetts

Dr. Frankwood E. Williams told 50 physicians at Brookline’s Psychopathic Hospital that judges and the legal system drive the rise of public charges by failing to see mental illness as a disease. He cited three main insanity causes heredity alcoholism and syphilis and said 4000 patients join Massachusetts hospitals yearly because of one of these factors.

Massachusets Frankwood E. Williams Psychopathic Hospital Brookline Williams Massachusetts

Harrison’s Great Sale At 662 Washington Street

In the bargain basement, unfinished worsteds and thibets priced at 9.50, select tweeds and blue serges also 9.50. $20 suits cut to 9.50, men's pants 1.98, with hours extended to 9 p.m. at Harrison’s sale near Beach Street.

Raven Harrison Washington St Cor. Beach

Executors Seek Real Estate From Heirs in Suffolk Suit

In a Suffolk Superior case the executors of the estate of Sheppard sue Mary V. Roncoe for a property in MW alleged to have belonged to Sheppard in life. Cora M, aka t, is named as co defendant and former housekeeper. The house in question was titled in Sarah Mitchell via 1906 transfers from Sheppard through Mrs Mitchell to her daughter.

Sheppard Suffolk Mary V. Roncoe Cora M Rencoe Sarah Mitchell Cora McLaughlin

Reading couple marks silver wedding anniversary at home

Mr and Mrs J H Sheldon of 69 Summer avenue Reading observed their twenty fifth wedding anniversary at their home surrounded by about 200 friends. Mr Sheldon has served as town accountant for Reading for many years and was formerly city clerk of Everett.

J. H. Sheldon Summer Avenue Reading Sheldon Everett

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