McLean Hospital Doctor Questions Littlefield Will Mind
Dr George T Tuttle superintendent at McLean hospital testified that Herbert L Littlefield was of unsound mind when he made his will and left all to the Kimball brothers He cited Miamiaco depressive insanity and family history as signs while noting a funeral contract as a key indicator The defense rested after cross examination then a motion to invalidate the will was not granted by Judge George Attorney Rob ert W Nason added that Littlefield appeared intelligent and capable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T. Tuttle
McLean Hospital
Waverley
Littlefield
Tuttle
Aector
Kimball Brothers
Kimballs
Thurlburt
Hurlburt
George
Robert W. Nason
Mah
Aldermen Exonerate Salem Marshal in Midnight Session
At a midnight session the Salem Board of Aldermen exonerated Marshal Simon BR Harris from charges by ex Mayor Arthur WP Howard. Police testified clubs were warned in March and raided in October, with the hearing described as a farce despite sharp exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Board of Aldermen
Simon BR. Harris
Arthur WP. Howard
How Advertising Rates Compare the Country Over
A Printers Ink study led by Thomas Rees analyzes minimum ad rate per inch per 1000 circulation for U.S. daily papers with 15,000+ circulation. It highlights Boston Post at .0116 cents versus averages near .0239, noting most papers exceed Boston while a few outliers post lower rates in Portland, Kansas City, and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Rees
Illinois State Register
Springfield
Ill
United States
Boston Post
Boston
Portland (Oregon
New York World
New York Times
New York American
New York Sun
New York Herald
Chicago News
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Record-Heri
Chicago American
Chicago Examiner
Minneapolis Tribune
Minneapolis Journal
Cincinnati Enquirer
Cleveland Plain Deal
St. Louis Globe-Dem
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Philadelphia Bulletin
Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia Record
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Pittsburg Gazette-Times
Pittsburg Press
Baltimore Sun
Washington Star
Indianapolis News
Heroic mother and two men save children from Arlington river
Mrs Joseph Bernard and Carl Verbille acted quickly to rescue three children from Alewive brook in Arlington on Saturday. Joseph Bernard Jr aged 4 Doris Bernard aged 9 and Helen Brennick aged 6 were saved with no reported fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Bernard
Carl Verbille
Alewive Brook
Arlington
Aiace
Joseph Mere Jr
Doris Bernard
Helen Brennick
Verbille
Winter Rescue After Ice Breaks Claims Three Children
Joseph Brennick and Doris fall through ice while Doris clings to Brennick dress. Mrs Bernard, Verbille, and onlookers work to pull all three to safety as the mother rescues Joseph and Doris from the frigid water. Joseph left with a cold, Verbille suffers minor effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph
Helen Brennick
Doris
Brennick
J. H. Harry
Bernards
Cottage Avenue
Joey
Verbille
Mrs Gilpin Weds Harjes in Paris
Mrs Frederica Berwind Gilpin of Philadelphia married H Mer man Harjes head of the Paris house of Morgan Harjes Co bankers in the church on Rue de Berri Paris. The bride is the daughter of the late Charles E Berwind and she had a prior marriage to Charles Gilpin 3d of Philadelphia, from whom she was divorced on January 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Frederica Berwind Gilpin
Philadelphia
H. Merman Harjes
Mory's at Yale to Close in Fall
Marys, famed Yale tavern at Temple and Centre streets, New Haven, will close its doors and go out of business on September 1. Proprietor Louis Linder cites changed Yale conditions causing a drop in patronage as the reason for the shutdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Mary’s
Yale
Temple
Centre Streets
Louis Linder
Goodyear Welts Promise Durable Kids Shoes
Advertises Goodyear welting using rapid machines at several hundred stitches per minute. Claims stitched shoes are truer smoother and stronger than hand made. Warns cheap leather fails under fast stitching. Promotes Goodyear West as leather insurance and economical compared with hand sewn shoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodyear West
Goodyear
United Shoe Machinery Company
Beverly
Massachusetts
United Shoe Machinery CO
Boston
Mass
Marathon Argument in Heinze Case Delays Court All Day
Attorney Walter J. Badger opened a marathon argument in the Supreme Judicial Court for F. Augustus Heinze yesterday just after 10 AM. He spoke over 30 000 words and estimated five more days to finish, predicting nearly 200 000 words in total. If printed verbatim it would fill 16 500 Post columns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter J. Badger
F. Augustus Heinze
Supreme Judicial Court
Post
Badger Speech Sets Record In Boston Court
Attorney Badger delivered an extempore six day argument for F Augustus Heinze in a Boston court. Master Hall presided as stenographers and reporters captured every word while Heinze seeks about 250 000 in securities tied to Adams now imprisoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Badger
F. Rockwood Hall
Supreme Bench
Wardger
Mr. Badger
Mr. Hail
Master Hall
F. Augustus Heinze
A. D. F. Adams
Charlestown State Prison
Heinze
Adams
Boston
New English Opera The Sacrifice Scheduled for March 3
Frederick Converse presents The Sacrifice a three act opera set in 1846 Southern California with scenes in a Mexican garden a mission interior and a Mexican house. Regisseur Delfino Menotti directs under Russell and Converse with Wallace Goodrich conducting the Boston Opera House orchestra rehearsing daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell
Frederick Converses
California
Regisseur
Delfino Menotti
Fredericks
Converse
Boston
Boston Opera House
Wallace Goodrich
Trackman Convicted of Copper Wire Larceny in Boston
Daniel McDonald 55 Dudley Street a trackman for the Boston Elevated was arraigned in South Boston District Court on larceny of copper wire from the Norway yard. He was found guilty and sentenced to 30 days in the House of Correction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel McDonald
Dudley Street
Boston Elevated
South Boston
Norway
South
Boston
House of Correction
Laxative Bramo Quinine Cures Cold In One Day Ad
An old advertising claim offers a laxative product BromO Quinine Tablets to cure a cold in one day. Druggists refund money if it fails. Grove's signature appears on each box. Price listed as 26 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grove
Hand of Faith Threat Targets Hotel Athens
New York police raid leads to the arrest of Nicolas Tritakis a young Greek laborer suspected as a leader of a secret group calling itself The Hand of Faith. The gang allegedly extorted Greeks threatening to blow the Hotel Athens sky if demands were not met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Black Hand
Nicolas Tritakis
The
Hand of Faith
Tritakis
Athens
Apostolo Ringa
Sixth Avenue
Notables Attend Fifth Intercolonial Club Ball in Roxbury
Prominent figures from Canadian and colonial circles attend the fifth annual Intercolonial Club dance at Intercolonial Hall Roxbury. Patronesses include Mrs Eugene N Foss Lady Laurier and others. grand march led by Alek Chisholm and Mrs Thomas Cannon with hundreds present. Notables listed include M Graeme Haughton J A Sinclair LtCol J I Smith Dr C E Williams J Bigelow Thomas Bowlker H G Monroe Thomas Hetherington F P Leay James Roberts Thomas T Jones L C Taylor Alfred Alger Charles Atkins KFJ McLean and Senator George Holden Tinkham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Intercolonial Club
Intercolonial Hall
Roxbury
Eugene N. Foss
Laurier
Fred J. Macleod
Borden
John F. Fitzgerald
Stephen O’meara
Alek Chisholm
Thomas Cannon
James Pottinger
Macleod
Senator Tinkham
Cunningham
Thomas F. Anderson
Asa R. Manard
Louis Taylor
Clifton Loring
Violet Bedard
M. Graeme Haughton
J. A. Sinclair
Caledonian Club
J. I. Smith
Naval and Military Veterans
C. E. Williams
Empire Club
J. Bigelow
Harvard Canadian Club
Thomas Bowlker
British Charitable Society
H. G. Monroe
Lynn Canadian Club
Thomas Hetherington
Boston
Harvard University
John B. Dore
Charitable Irish Society
Boston Boot and Shoe Society
Edmund Billings
J. A. McKinnon
Gloucester
George Holden Tinkham
Unsafe spire threatens city street below at First Congregational
The First Congregational Church on Broadway Everetts spire is feared to snap in high winds and fall into the street. A professional steeplejneck will inspect the wooden edifice soon and report to Rev William J Sweet. The spire, rebuilt after lightning eight years ago, has drawn attention during strong winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregational Church
Broadway
Everett
William J., Sweet
Protest Planned After Faneuil Hall Meeting on L to FOSS
A mass meeting at Faneuil Hall demanded better transit from the Boston Elevated Railway for the North and West ends. A nine member committee was appointed to carry resolutions to the Governor and Legislature, listing Simon Vorenberg Norman C McNaughton William K Porter Gordon Keefe Samuel Hubbard James To McGuire William J O'Brien and Ferdinand Strauss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faneuil Hall
Boston
Gove Ee
Legislature
Simon Vorenberg
William J. Rounds
Norman C. McNaughton
William’ S K. Porter
Gordon Keefe
Samuel Hubbard
James To McGuire
William “J. O'Brien
Ferdinand Strauss
Princess Lwoff Parlaghy's Butler Misses Train
Princess Lwoff Parlaghy left Boston with her retinue believing Butler Boulanger had joined the special car. He was not aboard the train, found rushing through a dingy shed in a strange city, penniless after being left behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princess Lwoff Parlaghy
Boston
Butler Boulanger
Disordered Tale of a Runaway Butler and a Princess
A confused chase unfolds as Boulanger fails to catch a 5 o clock train to New York to rejoin the princess at the Lenox. He learns the suitcase holds valuable livery, then secures funds to depart. Before leaving, the princess tips Lenox staff through her advisor, highlighting hospitality generosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Boulanger
New York
Fears Shock Drives Beaton to Fatally Shoot Self
Alexander A. Beaton a 70 year old resident of Rockland and longtime state figure tied to secret orders shot himself this afternoon fearing a repeat of a paralytic shock he endured two years earlier. He had lived in Rockland until recent years and was a lawyer by trade and a member of several fraternal organizations including the 82d degree Mason Knight of Pythias Odd Fellow and Workman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldoboro. Me
Alexander A. Beaton
Mr. Beaton
Rockland
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Printers’ Ink
Mark Arlington
Bernard
Everett Church
New Black Hand
Intercolonial
FacSinile Signature of
Castoria
Bears
the Centaur Company
New York City
Princess’ Butler
York
Monsieur le Garde
Hotel
Hotel Lenox
Lenox
Thomas Snow & Son
North Market St
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