Mysterious Boston Woman In Chicago Court Case
A Chicago court heard Miss McDonald, a Boston woman, in a suit with the Gilmore family. William A. Morse and Joseph F. O Connell defended her as she faced transfer to Boston to answer for removal. She had inherited property from a Boston millionaire and later deeded it back. Her fate included a convent stay and vanished traces before resurfacing in Chicago.
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Miss McDonald
Millionaire Gilmore
Boston
William A. Morse
Joseph F. O'Connell
Mr. Morse
Mr. Gilmore
Carter
Minnie J. Andrews
Andrews
Morse
Chicago
Convent of Poor Clares
West
Blondin Confesses Identity In Murder Case
Joseph Wilfred Blondin a French Canadian confessed his identity and discussed his movements from Boston to Brooklyn White Plains and Mt. Vernon. He claimed to have worked as a coal passer and fireman while evading capture after the Chelmsford murder last June. Police traced him through shipboard trips and a license inquiry, leading to a dramatic arrest at police headquarters in New York.
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Boston
Brooklyn
White Plains
Mt. Vernon
Brunswick
New York
Joseph Wilfred Blondin
Margaret E. Blondin
Chelmsford
Maass
Blondin
United States
Canada
Grand Central Depot
New
Mulberry Street
Joseph Bernard
Police
Bureau of Boiler Inspection
Boston Police Department
Bernard
Tuffer
Tuffier
Titus
Boston Police
Watts
Charles B. Patterson
Patterson
Prince Henry of Prussia
Greater New York
Battery Park
Hohenzollern
Brooke
Governor's Island
von Holleben
Buenz
Evans
Legation
Battery Place
Miss McDonald Case Stirs Reston Public
The peculiar case of Miss McDonald centers on an engagement to James W. Gilmore of Melrose Highlands. Gilmore, a Montana sheep rancher turned financier, gave Miss McDonald substantial property and money before family interference led to a conservatorship and the engagement’s breakdown. Attorney Joseph A. OConnell noted Miss McDonald’s religious sensibilities and deep distress after the breach.
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Miss McDonald
Reston
James W. Gilmore
Melrose Highlands
Montana
Mr. Gilmore
Rain and wind outlook for Boston and Atlantic coast
Local forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for rain on Wednesday with clearing later. Thursday brings fair skies and a cooler day with high northeast winds shifting to the west at night. Special forecast from Washington notes storm warnings along the Atlantic coast from Savannah to Eastport with New England rain turning to likely fair Thursday and brisk northeasterly winds on the south coast, veering west by afternoon.
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Boston
Washington
Atlantic
Savannah
Eastport
New England
Mrs Soffel Bailed In Pittsburgh Bond Posted At $6000
Mrs. Soffel was released on bail in Allegheny city after a $6000 bond signed by her father Conrad H. Dietrich. She left with her father for his Mt. Washington home.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Allegheny City
Rowe Verdicts Reduced by Superior Court Judge
Willletta Rowe and Robert Rowe of 37600 faced a lowered award in the case against the Elevated Railways Company. Judge Gaskill of the Superior Court reduced the prior jury verdicts to 500 dollars each.
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Willletta
Robert Rowe
Raltlwa Company
Gaskill
Superior Court
Philadelphia Oyster House ad on Kneeland Street
A Philadelphia oyster house at 11 Kneeland Street next to Cobb Aldrick promotes fish and lobster sales with dine in and takeout options. Offers discounted tickets and operating hours from 6 a.m. to midnight.
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Philadelphia
Kneeland St
Cobb
Aldrick
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Freedom OF
Prince
Mayor Low
Opera House
Vorenberg’s
Washington, Hanover & Elmets
Marksman
Union Made
Joseph F. McGreenery
T. E. Moseley & CO
Oxford
Tremont ST
Washington St. Cor, Common
HNS
Broadway
Wall Street
Daniel B.’ Sickles
Metrolitan Opera House
Poli
Mrs. Soffel
ROWE
EDFO
Alice Roosevelt
Miss Roosevelt
President
U.S. Steel CO
Tupitee
W. S. Smoot & CO
Devonshire Street
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