Newton Police Benefit Association Elects 1915 Officers
The Newton Police Benefit Association elected Henry F. Tibbets as president for 1915. Other officers include Charles H. Tainter as secretary and John A. Shaughnessey as treasurer with a board of directors James J. Mullen J. Monaghan John W. McNeil and Edward Desmond. Edward Desmond was elected president of the Newton branch of the Massachusetts Police Association with M. P. Hughes as vice president and John J. Shaughnessey as secretary and treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton Police Benefit Association
Henry F. Tibbets
Charles H. Tainter
John A. Shaughnessey
James J. Mullen
J. Monaghan
John W. McNeil
Edward Desmond
Newton
Massachusetts Police Association
M. P. Hughes
John J. Shaughnessey
Lillian Russell Traces Genealogy to Adam and Eve
The article reports Lillian Russell’s claimed lineage to Adam and Eve through her New England Leonard family ancestors of Taunton Massachusetts. It notes the discovery was made yesterday and ties her fame to a direct biblical ancestry.
Leonard Family Annals Gift to New England Society
Mrs. Fanny J. Koster donated a copy of Annals of the Leonard Family to the New England Historic Genealogical Society at 9 Ashburton Place. The volume traces the Leonard line to the first man and woman and features Lillian Russell as Helen Louise Leonard. Bishop Abiel Leonard of Utah is listed as a direct descendant. most Leonards trace to Taunton, Massachusetts and Connecticut. Dr. Charles Augustus Fernald is noted as another direct-line descendant who published his genealogical work in 1910.
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Leonards
New England Historic Genealogical Society
Ashburton Place
Leonard
Boston
Society
Fanny JL. Koster
New York City
Koster
Lillian Russell
Helen Louise Leonard
Nellie Leonard
Harvard
Taunton
Mass
Abiel Leonard
Episcopal Diocese of
Utah
Connecticut
Genealogical Society
Finglander
Charles Augustus Fernald
New Diabetes Remedy Offered in 50 Cent Package
Ames Chemical Co advertises a wild Mexico herb as a diabetes treatment that reduces sugar and boosts vigor. A 50c sample is offered for 10c with a free diet booklet and food value table, promising satisfaction guaranteed or money back. Boxes and drug stores carry the product at regular price.
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Mexico
Ames Chemical CO
Whitney Point
Riker-Jaynes Drug Co
Prisons Board Urges Charlestown Move to Concord Reformatory
The Prison Commission asks to relocate Charlestown State prison to a Concord state reformatory site. Chairman Randall deems the Charlestown plant antiquated and poorly located with insufficient light and open space, proposing 600 acres for the reformatory and its branch to enable outdoor work and farming. The plan includes state purchase of land and argues for a modern prison focused on reform over restraint.
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Prison Commission
Charlestown
State Reformatory
Concord
Frank L. Randall
Commission
Randall
Reformatory
Allen
Confesses 10 thefts including $800 for Rumford youth
Charles Le Roy Emmons, 18, confessed after a forged $250 check led to his capture in Rumford, Me. He had vanished from Lynn last April with $800 belonging to his great grandfather Charles F. Young, whose death the theft reportedly hastened. Emmons admitted prior thefts of two watches and three rings from his Lynn grandmother before his forgiveness and return to the family.
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Rumford
Charles le Roy Emmons
Lynn
Charles F. Young
Young Emmons
Somerville Fire Chief Sued Over 1918 Accident
Marion B Sweet of Weymouth and Fred Skerry of Somerville sue Fire Chief Rich Sewall M Rich and chauffeur Harold Butler for 20000 each for injuries to two cousins, a Weymouth girl and a Somerville boy, struck when Engine 1, responding to a fire, mounted the curb on Cutler Street in Somerville on May 27 1918.
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Sewall M. Rich
Somerville
Harold Butler
East Campridge
Marion HB. Sweet
Weymouth
Fred Skerry
Cutler Street
Butler
Broadway
Engine 1
Skerry
New Salem appoints Cornelius Harrington as marshal
Salem January 6 Cornelius F Harrington appointed city marshal by Mayor O Keefe succeeding Patrick J Wrehan under Hurley. The move is temporary but mayor seeks Harrington as permanent police head. Questioning foes claim no two weeks notice or advertised vacancy as charter requires. Salary set at 1700 dollars.
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Salem
Cornelius F. Harrington
O'Keefe
Patrick J. Wrehan
Hurley
Harrington
O’keefe
Watertown Man Wins $8500 In Rail Injury Suit
John Vahey of Watertown receives $8500 verdict in Middlesex Superior Civil Court for injuries from a Boston Elevated Railroad accident on November 10 1918. He was knocked from a car at Beachwood turnout and lost his left leg after falling under the tracks.
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John Vahey
Watertown
Middlesex Superior Civil Court
Brown
Boston Elevated Railroad
Vahey
Beachwood
Harvard to Send Doctors for Paris War Aid
Harvard Medical School plans to dispatch a team to Paris on April 1 if $10,000 is raised. Dean Edward H Bradford aims to mobilize surgeons interns nurses and anesthetists for three months at the American Hospital to aid war sufferers and inspire other schools to follow.
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Harvard Medical School
Paris
Edward H.bradford
Medical School
United States
Harvard Medical
Harvard
American Hospital
Boy testifies in kidnapping case in Municipal Court
Edwin Marston, 9, testified that his mother kidnapped him, in a trial that also named Mrs. William Buntley and Joseph W. Lindsey. Judge Parmenter acquitted all three, finding no criminal intent and returning the child to his father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin
Charles Marston
Norfolk Probate Court Allows Leuhmann Siblings Name Change
The Norfolk Probate Court in Dedham yesterday granted Florence E Leuhmann a name change to Dickerson and her brother Frederick Leuhmann of Dedham also to Dickerson. The siblings seek the new surname for social and business welfare.
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Norfolk
Dedham
Florence E. Leuhmann
Frederick Leuhmann
Dickerson
Parish reunions and parish events planned in multiple Boston areas
St John parish Quincy plans a reunion at the January 11 meeting led by Rev Michael J Owens with Rev Walter Quinlan assisting. Young Men's Lyceum Randolph officers install January 14. Gate of Heaven South Boston parishioners prepare a Feb 9 war parish reunion led by J Frank O Hare with Oscar Kent secretary John J Hogan assistant and Rev John Burns treasurer. Holy Name Club East Boston hosts a whist party tonight. St Mary Winchester reunions planned for February 40 in Winchester Town Hall directed by Rev Francis B Rogers.
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St. John’s Parish
Quincy
Michael J. Owens
Walter A. Quinlan
Gate of Heaven Church of
South Boston
J. Frank O’hare
Oscar Kent
John J. Hogan
John Burns
Holy Name Club
St. Mary's Star of the Sea Church
East Boston
Francis B. Rogers
St. Mary's Church
Winchee
Winchester Town Hall
Mantell as Romeo in Shakespearean Romance at Majestic
Mantell and company staged Romeo and Juliet at the Majestic Theatre. Genevieve Hamper excelled as Juliet, Fritz Fueiber impressed as Mercutio, with strong supporting turns by Reynolds, Auer, Burke, and Gibbs. Tonight Richelieu. Friday Louis XI. Saturday Venice and Macbeth.
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Mr. Mantell
Shakspere
Majestic Theatre
Romeo
Lear
Macbeth
Richelieu
Fritz ‘Ueiber
Mercutio
Genevieve Reynolds
Florence Auer
Capulet
John Burke
Friar Lawrence
Walter Gibbs
Louis XI
Harvard Officials Protest War Embargo Resolution
President Lowell of Harvard University signs a telegram with prominent Massachusetts citizens protesting the Bartholat resolution that would forbid war supplies to belligerents. The letter argues the measure harms neutral rights and favors Britain, listing signers such as A. Lawrence Lowell Morton Prince J B Miller Ellery Sedgwick F H Prince Arthur Pier Langdon Warner and others.
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Lowell
Harvard University
Massachusetts
Committee of Foreign Affairs
National
House of Representatives
H. B. Flood
Great Britain
Germany
Austria
England
A. Lawrence Lowell
Morton Prince
J. B. Miller
William Roscoe Thayer
Ellery Sedgwick
F. H. Prince
Arthur §. Pier
Langdon Warner
Richard G. Wadsworth
Edward Reynolds
Francis H. Bacon
Ralph W. Grey
John 8. Codman
Henry Forbes Bigelow
Bliss Perry
Barrett Wendell
Frank W. Benson
Bela Pratt
Edward Tarbell
Regulations on War Tax Deed Stamps Issued
Washington January 6 regulation to govern stamping on property conveyances for the war tax. The tax is 50 cents on deeds over $100 up to $500 with 50 cents for each additional $500 or fraction. Commissioner Osborn announced the new rules tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Osborn
Tax rules for deed taxes and executor penalties outlined
Regulations state that nominal consideration or $1 transfers tax based on actual property value after liens, with the executor liable if stamps are short. The commissioner says register of deeds may notify the revenue collector if violation is suspected, and quitclaim deeds as well as oil leases and min are not subject to the tax.
Delano's Rheumatic Conqueror Offers Free Trial
A promotional notice claims a home rheumatism cure free trial from F. H. Delano of 41 Delano Bldg Syracuse New York. It promises uric acid cleansing and kidney health benefits, urging rapid application before charges begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delano
F. H. Delano
Syracuse
Tax rules on bills of lading and street railway shipments
The Internal Revenue Bureau clarifies that deeds to cover sifts do not incur tax and that shipper responsibility for war revenue stamp tax on bills of lading may extend to carriers if stamps are missing. Street railways handling shipments as part of regular business fall under the same tax requirements.
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Ing
Internal Revenue Bureau
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