Abbe Estate Bequests Filed After Death at Hotel Victoria
Executors file William A Abbe will naming $1 25 million estate with public bequests totaling $101 000 and private gifts 218 000. Largest public gift of 50 000 to St Luke s Hospital New Bedford to fund surgical ward and operating room named for Abbe. Other bequests include 10 000 to Y M C A and Day Nursery each 5000 to Ladies Mission and 1000 to Trinitarian Church. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 10 000. Boston S P C C 5 000. Boston Y M C A 5 000. income to fund country week. Boston Lying In Hospital 5 000. Further details given in Suffolk Registry.
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Alfred Hartwell
Cambridge
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Oliver Prescott, Jr
New Bedford
St. Luke's Hospital
William A. Abbe
Day Nursery
Ladies’ City Missionary Society
Trinitarian Church
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boston S. P. C. C
Boston Y. M. C. Ur
Boston Lying In Hospital
Boston Post
Home Makers Circle Letters on Marriage and Budget Woes
Readers share advice on marriage on low income, home life, and family budgets. Essays discuss spending $15 a week, living arrangements, divorce, and choosing a partner with careful caution.
Abner and Matilda Find a Baby in a Winter Storm
In a midwinter storm Abner Smith and his wife Matilda discover a baby in a hanging basket at their door. They care for Isabel, the child with a note from her mother, and raise her on the farm where she grows to be a woman of wealth and virtue. The tale shifts to a dying city woman and a long hidden past, ending with Isabel’s engagement to a firm’s junior partner and the couple reflecting on their good deed.
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Abner Smith
Matilda
Abner
Halloa
Tildy
Ab Smith
Jehosaphat
Deacon Brown
Isabel
Northland
Fido
The Bravest Battle by Joaquin Miller
A silent battlefield lies within a mother’s heart the bravest war fought by women who bear and raise sons. No banners or guns, yet victories endure from infancy to death. The poet honors spotless women returning to God in quiet strength.
Mother Dies Saving Baby in Raymond Fire
In Raymond, Mrs Rufus Parker died after smothering flames that engulfed her baby whose dress caught fire from a stove spark. She rushed into the street, extinguished the flames on her clothing by rolling in snow, and died two hours later. Parker’s first wife had perished eight years earlier in Alton N H in a similar accident.
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Portland
Raymond
Rufus Parker
Recipes of New England Housewives
A collection of home recipes with methods for rice pudding with milk and cream, potato bread with multiple rises, and short dough dumplings for stewed meat. Includes attributions to Miss Alice A Jones Knightville Maine Mrs Marie Flinn St Johnsbury and Mary E Russell Neponset.
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Knightville
Marie Flinn
St. Johnsbury
Mary E. Russell
Bertram Street
Neponset
Letters to the Sewing Circle Highlight Sunday Post Readers
The Sunday Post prints several of the Sewing Circle letters showcasing reader opinions and community interests. Readers discuss craft projects, club activities, and local events with a warm, hometown tone.
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Sunday Post
Retina Photo of Murdered Woman Sparks Superstition
In Aurora Illinois on February 24 authorities photographed the retina of Theresa Hollanders eye after a murder. State's Attorney Tyer said many believe a retina image could reveal the murderer though no such result was disclosed.
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Aurora
Theresa Hollander
Tyer
300 Push Buttons in Your Head Explained by Dr Bower
Dr Edwin F Bower explains how the mind operates a vast network of ideas in the brain. The forthcoming Sunday Post Magazine promises an entertaining and insightful feature on mental mechanisms.
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Edwin F. Bower
Next Sunday Post
Will of Mrs Abbe Filed Distributes 76000 to New Bedford Institutions
The will of Mrs Hannah B Abbe of New Bedford is filed leaving 76000 dollars to several city institutions. The document specifies gifts to be distributed to charitable and civic organizations in the community.
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New Bedford
Hannah B. Abbe
City
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