Boston Social Figures Watch General Bingham in New York
Boston residents and Mrs T A Bingham friends follow General Bingham with interest as New York police commissioner, second only to District Attorney Jerome. The Binghams are prominent in Boston society with a MIT student son. Mrs Bingham is a witty conversationalist and is warmly received in New York renewing many acquaintances.
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Boston
T.A. Bingham
General Bingham
New York City
Jerome
Binghams
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bingham
New York
T. A. Bingham
Love and Sentiment Advice From Mildred Champagne
A reader asks about marrying a 22 year old night manager earning $9.50 weekly near Boston. Mildred Champagne advises waiting two years, increasing finances, avoiding running away, and expecting to live at home after marriage. Emphasizes that a married woman belongs in her home and to secure the partner’s pay.
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Miss Champagne
Boston
Brookline High headmaster sued by mother over alleged assault
Mrs. Oliver Browne of Brookline announces a lawsuit against Headmaster George F P Hitchcock over an alleged assault on her son Jack Browne near the school. Hitchcock says he acted in self defense after stones were thrown. he apologized and paid the boys a dollar. The case follows prior school board turmoil and public controversy surrounding Brookline schools.
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Hitchcock
Brookline
Brookline High School
Oliver F. Browne
Harvard Place
George FP. Hitchcock
Ceeshool
Jack Browne
Post
Daniel R. Sandford
South sees surge in banks and ad agency branch opens
The South outpaces the nation in bank openings per Treasury reports. Nelson Chesman & Co has opened a Chattanooga Tenn branch to handle a large deal with Chattanooga Medicine Company and to expand southern advertising for manufacturers and merchants. The firm, an old-line national agency, operates from St Louis with branches in New York and Chicago and senior officers directing southern expansion.
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South
Southland
United States Treasury Department
Nelson Chesman & Co
St. Louis
Chattanooga
Tenn
Chattanooga Medicine Company
Cardus
Thedford
Richard Pendergast
Mercantile
Conrad Budke
New York
Nelson Chesman
Chicago
Arthur A. Willson
Ollie Ames Meerschaum Pipe and Loot Stolen in North Easton
North Easton January 9 police report that Ollie Ames meerschaum pipe and a stirrup watch, valued keepsakes from college days, were taken weeks ago. Robert Willey the blacksmith was jailed in Taunton for receiving stolen property after an officer found the items in his possession.
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North Easton
Ollie
Ames
O'Neil
Robert Willey
Taunton
Cure a Cold In One Day With Bromide Quinine Tablets
An old promotional note touts laxative bromide quinine tablets as curing a cold in one day. It claims druggists refund the money if it fails and features B. W. Grove's signature on each box, priced at 25 cents.
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B. W. Grove
E. W.grove
Wife Allowed Phone Calls But Not Against Husband
Judge Richardson in the Supreme Court equity session ruled a wife may call her husband on the telephone as often as she pleases, while the Derby Desk Company could seek an injunction to shield its business. The decision in George L. Holton v Mrs. Holton held a husband cannot sue a wife for malicious phone annoyance, though the company may pursue injunctive relief for interference with its business.
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Richardson
Equity
Supreme Court
George L. Holton
Holton
Derby Desk Company
Somerville
J. J. McCarthy
Court of Equity
Libel actions against ministers dismissed in Missouri
In Rockland Missouri on January 9 a nonsuit was accepted in libel suits against Right Rev. Robert Codman bishop of Maine and Rev. Robert W. Gardiner Plant of Gardiner by William H. Gardiner of Camden. Indictments already found will also be nolled.
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Rockland
Robert Codman
Episcopal Diocese of
Maine
Robert W. Plant
Gardiner
William H. Gardiner
Camden
Propose Tonight urged by Priest for 50 St. Johns Parish Brides
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania on January 9 fifty young men of St John s parish were urged to propose this week and have weddings announced next Sunday The Rev M J Manley announced banns for two couples then urged that there should be fifty proposals tonight concluding his remarks
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Wilkesbarre
Penn
St. John’s Parish
Pittston
M. J. Manley
Stockton Steps from Captain to Rear Admiral
Rear Admiral Charles H. Stockton, formerly naval attache in London, arrived in New York aboard the Cunard Caronia. His promotion to rear admiral occurred as he crossed the Atlantic following Rear Admiral Glass’s retirement effective January 7.
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Stockton
New York
Charles H. Stockton
London
Carmania
Cunard Line
Glass
Atlantic
Mrs Cooper Case Before Grand Jury In Maine
Augusta Maine January 9 The grand jury of the Superior Court began with the most important case Mrs Ella F Cooper charged with the murder by shooting of Charles Northy Jr at her South Windsor home on October 1 If a bill is found she will face trial in March
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Augusta
Ella F. Cooper
Charles Northy, Jr
South Windsor
Robbed by Her Lover in New York Flat
Sophie Diamond of New London, Conn., 19, lay unconscious in a Rivington Street flat with a torn finger from a ring diamond pried loose. Police found the door locked. the alleged attackers, Joseph Peckler and landlady Mrs. Yetta Friedman, fled. Diamond, who came to marry Peckler, blamed both. Friedman was arrested, Peckler at large. The ring valued about 150 dollars was removed. doctors sawed off the ring to prevent infection.
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New York
Sophie Diamond
New London
Peckler
Marshfield Opposes Webster Memorial Plan At $100000 Price
Marshfield selectmen oppose purchasing the Daniel Webster place for a memorial museum, arguing the $100000 price exceeds its assessed value and would hit taxable property. Owner Walton Hale has lofty land-value plans, noting Webster era changes since the house burned in 1878 and only Webster’s tomb and a small office remain.
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Marshfield
Daniel Webster
Walton Hale
James H. Williams
Norwell
Webster
Headaches and Neuralgia From Colds Remedy Ad
An early Cold and Grip remedy promises to ease headaches and neuralgia caused by colds. Laxative Bromo Quinine advertises a full name request and urges readers to seek E. W. Grove signature, priced at 25 cents.
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E. W. Grove
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Mildred Champagne
Ailcock
Boston Eye Institute
Boston Eye Insiitue
Oxford Room
Boss
Opportunity
Ames’ Meerschaum North Easton Boys
Oxford
Henry Siegel
Washington & Essex Sts
Dr. Radway & Co
Radway
Barger Roberts
South Third
Brooklyn
Radway & CO
Radway’s
Webster Home
Essex Street
Manchester
Judge Bower
William Murphy
Case
Ngton Street
Celero Drug CO
Wareham St
Mass
Puritan Dental Co
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