Puffer Family Scandals Span Two Marriages and Lawsuits
The Salem pastor Dr. Puffer faced repeated public scrutiny over a series of matrimony and divorce episodes beginning with a 1907 trial divorce contract and a later 1908 libel. He remarried in 1918 while still linked to Mrs. Empey, prompting his resignation from the Universalist Church in 1913.
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Puffers
Dr. Puffer
West
Puffer
Mrs. Puffer
Salem
Mrs. Empey
Essex County
E. A. Empey
New York
Cornwall
Ont
Universalist Church of
Empey
Aviator Charles Hill Marries Gertrude Willett
Gertrude Willett and famed aviator Charles Hill wed last night in the First Presbyterian Church with Rev. William Tufts officiating. The couple’s romance began nearly ten years ago after a balloon ascent in this city.
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Gertrude Willett
Charles Hillman
William Tufts
First Presbyterian Church
Hogan Name Change Faces Growing Opposition
Opposition to Edward J. Hogan and family seeking to change their name to Hogan expands as the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities files to be heard Jan. 20 in Probate Court. Lynde Sullivan of 85 Congress Street appears as recording secretary and counsel, though the society does not claim Hogan is an antiquity, it opposes adopting old New England names by those who dislike their own.
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Edward J. Hogan
Hogan
Society For the Preservation of New England Antiquities
Lynde Sullivan
Congress Street
Sullivan
Press Club to entertain Singer's Midgets in Boston debut
The Boston Press Club will host Singer's Midgets tomorrow with a partial act at dinner. The 20 European born performers, among vaudeville's highest paid, will dine at a specially lowered table. Songwriters Armstrong and Clark perform, ex Mayor Fitzgerald presides, and Mayor Curley presented the midgets with city keys.
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Boston Press Club
Europe
America
Press Club
Armstrong and Clark
Adeline
Fitzgerald
Curley
Fitzgerald Attacks Mayor In City Hall
Ex Mayor Fitzgerald berates Mayor Curley in a tense City Hall session over the Dorchester and Old Colony boulevard project. The exchange ends with Curley avoiding debate as Fitzgerald asserts his act as father of the project and urges swift action while the Park Commission proceeds with land takings funded at $475,000.
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Fitzgerald
Curley
Little General
T. J. Kenny
Old Colony
Dorchester Boulevard
Tipperary
Executive Council
City Hall
Coleman
Daniel J. McDonald
William H. Woods
Kenny
de Las Casas
Metropolitan Park Commission
Watson
Attridge
Mr. Fitzgerald
Tenean Beach
Park Commission
Liquor in Cafes Favored by Boston Board
Boston officials back sale of light wines and beers with meals in restaurants and hotels while criticizing saloon-only restrictions. Board members urge policy changes and question unemployment claims tied to sewer projects and public works.
Druggists Cast Doubt On Liquor Sales Law
The board criticizes a law allowing druggists to sell liquor with a medicinal certificate. They argue it unfairly favors druggists who pay $1 license versus $1200 for real liquor licenses. Chairman Fowler warns stores risk becoming saloons with meals and even free lunches as a lure.
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Fowler
Patrolman Kenny Weds at Cathedral Holy Cross
Patrolman John F. Kenny of the night force at police headquarters married Miss Mary E. Nalty of Dorchester at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross. The ceremony was at 5 o clock with Miss Annie Nalty as bridesmaid and Representative James Kenny as best man.
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John F. Kenny
William H. Pierce
Mary E. Nalty
Magnolia Street
Dorchester
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
John W. Culhane
Annie Nalty
James Tenny
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Chinchilla
Paris
Axminster and Wilton
Flannelette
Gilchrist Co
Washington and
Winter Sts
Mrs. Puffer 2D
Mrs
Viola Empey-Puffer
Charles H. Puffer
Hogans
Antiquities Society
New England
Drawers
Jungalow
Orchestra
Council
Leary
Boston
McDonald
Woods
van Attridge
TV Am
State House
Roslindale
Tremont Street
William FP. Fowler
Josiah 8S. Dean
Robert A. Woods
Coulthurst
Collins
Union St
Washington St
Jefferson Building
Eges
Jemima
Viking
Leen
Legal Ea Ea
Cathedral
Adamson
Vorernberg
Washington, Hanover and
Elm Streets
Meulouis
Wilson Bros
Haymarket 120
Elgnarere
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