Boston woman pays $200000 duties in art import case
Mrs Jack Gardner of Boston paid about $200000 in duties after investigations by the Treasury Department and Justice into the alleged violation of customs laws tied to the importation of statuary paintings and other works of art since 1893. The inquiry followed claims that public viewing was limited and fees were charged, contradicting free entry for public exhibition.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Jack Gardner
Boston
Department of Justice
United States Attorney
Future of Mrs Gardner's Museum in Fenway Questioned
Boston residents question whether Mrs Lucien Gardner can close or reopen her Fenway palace museum after Washington says duties on imported art have been paid in full. Attorney John Chipman Gray confirms duties on the collection were settled, noting the works were admitted free of duty under the public exhibition and museums law.
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Jack Gardner
The
Fenway
Boston
Washington
Museum
Mrs Gardner Ready To Pay Says Gray
The Postman questioned J C Gray, attorney for Mrs Gardner, about whether she paid the duty on imported works of art before officials finished their inquiry. Gray refused to answer, stating he does not discuss private finances and that Mrs Gardner is always ready to meet any government claim.
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Mrs. Gardner
Gray
Jack Gardner
United States Treasury
J. C. Gray
Sculptor Partridge Sued For Divorce In Dedham
Mrs. Augusta Partridge of Milton has filed for divorce from sculptor William Ordway Partridge on the grounds of desertion. The case, with custody sought for their 14 year old son, comes up in Norfolk Superior Court in February. Partridge, born in Paris, educated abroad, is said to have traveled with many models, while Mrs. Partridge, from a Puritan New England family, remains respected in her town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta Partridge
Milton
William Ordway Partridge
Dedham
Partridge
Paris
New England
Old Town
Officers Re-Elected at India Mutual Insurance Meeting
At the annual meeting of the India Mutual Insurance Company H. B. Alden was re-elected president and George H. Crowell was re-elected secretary. There was no change in the board of directors membership.
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The
India Mutual Insurance Company
H. B. Alden
George H. Crowell
Board of
Single Tax League Meeting In Tremont Temple Hall
A public meeting will be held by the Massachusetts Single Tax League in Social Hall Tremont Temple this evening at 8 o clock with several speeches on the Henry George doctrine. Also at the same hall on Thursday evening Ernest Howard Crosby of New York will speak on labor and land.
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Massachusetts Single Tax League
Tremont Temple
Henry George
Ernest Howard Crosby
New York
Miss Brown Clings to Missing Fiancé In Bermuda
Amesbury dispatch reports Miss Etta Brown of Bermuda remaining loyal to Percy Marsters, a former British army assistant paymaster. She rejects rumor of desertion, believes he is alive and possibly in a Boston infirmary, and cites his noble character and diligent duty. She asserts further proof will come if he is alive and promises to hear from him.
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Percy Marsters
Etta Brown
Amesbury
Miss Brown
Bermuda
Market Street
Mishop
Boston
Mr. Marsters
Halifax
Marsters
Quigley Named Public Improvements Chairman in Boston Board
A full Aldermen meeting in Boston saw Alderman Edward L. Quigley of Charlestown chosen as chairman of the Public Improvements Committee. The board endorsed a plan authorizing 65,000 for municipal land area plans and approved using Boston-made materials and local workers for public buildings. Mayor’s $1,000,000 sewer improvements request and upcoming committee public reveal were noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Aldermen
Hennessey
O’toole
Baldwin
Kneeland
Whelton
Curley
Doyle
Edward L. Quigley
Charlestown
Aldderman Bowen
Common Council
Board of Street Commissioners
Committee On Public Improvements
Boston
Perry Jewels Are Found in Somerville Fire
The missing jewels of Mrs. Perry wife of ex Mayor Perry of Somerville were found yesterday afternoon in the ashes in the room where the fire began. The jewels suffered little damage and Mrs. Perry had been calling for them during delirium. The coachman had searched the upstairs area where the fire started finding only a chamois bag. The discovery ends much public speculation and brings satisfaction to Mr. Perry and others.
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Somerville
Mr. Perry
Hotel Clerk Ten Marries Heiress in Boston Society
Edward F. Lamb, once a Parker House employee, is reportedly engaged to Emma J. Judd of Wallingford Conn worth about a quarter of a million. Boston hotel circles, where Lamb is known, discussed the match as his fortunes become the talk of the town. Judd’s brother reportedly moved to place a conservator over her estate after learning of the engagement.
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Boston
Edward F. Lamb
Emma J. Judd
Wallingford
Gentlemen's Driving Club Holds Annual Meeting
The Gentlemen's Driving Club met yesterday forenoon at Young's Hotel to elect officers for the coming year. Directors include Albert S. Bigelow J Malcolm Forbes John E Thayer John Shepard Charles Whittemore Peter B Bradley George A Graves Henry C Jackson Charles W Leonard Arthur H Alley F G Hall Thomas G Plant and W D Hunt treasurer Louis Robeson secretary T L Quimby.
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Gentlemen’s Driving Club
Gentlemen's Driving Club
Young’s Hotel
Albert S. Bigelow
J. Malcolm Forbes
John E. Thayer
John Shepard
Charles Whittemore
Peter B. Bradley
George A. Graves
Henry C. Jackson
Charles W. Leonard
Arthur H. Alley
F. G. Hall
Thomas G. Plant
W. D. Hunt
Louis Robeson
T. L. Quimby
Counting Up Schwab's Bonds in Foreclosure Case
United States Shipbuilding mortgage and collateral bonds totaling 11 million dollars, mostly owned by Charles M. Schwab and held at Standard Trust, were entered as evidence in foreclosure proceedings brought by New York Security and Trust and Schwab against United States Shipbuilding and receiver James Smith Jr. To avoid moving heavy bundles, bonds were presented in 1,000,000 dollar lots for identification at the Standard Trust office, a schedule and bond attached were proposed, and the hearing adjourned to Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Shipbuilding
Charles M. Schwab
Standard Trust Company
New York Security and Trust Company
Schwab
United States Shipbuilding Company
James Smith, Jr
Federal Building
United States
Shields
St Mark's Choir Party At Dorchester Hall
The Rev Father Fitzpatrick of St Mark's Church Dorchester gave a party to the church choir last evening in Tonawanda Hall. A whist and musical programme lasted until 10 o'clock followed by dancing to midnight. Whist winners were Miss Alice Macklin Miss Mary McGee and Messrs Fred Carey and Daniel Lyons. Vocal solos by Miss Bessie O Connell featured the programme with Miss Mary C O Connell directing arrangements.
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ST. Mark’s
Father Fitzpatrick
St. Mark’s Church
Dorchester
Tonawanda Hall
Alice Macklin
Mary McGee
Fred Carey
Daniel Lyons
Bessie O’connell
Mary C. O'Connell
Daughters of Zion Hold Ball at Copley Hall
More than 600 couples attended the fifth annual concert and ball of the Boston Daughters of Zion at Copley Hall. The entire society, eight couples strong, took part in the grand march led by Miss W. W. Weinstein and Frank Weinstein, who formed the figure for B. D. Z. in the procession.
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Daughters OF Zion
Copley Hall
Boston Daughters of Zion
Clarendon Street
W.W. Weinstein
Frank Weinstein
British Slaves 1000 Of Mad Mullahs Defeated At Soraliland
In Soraliland an engagement between a British force and the Mad Mullah’s men ends in a decisive defeat for the Dervishes with about 1000 killed. Two regular officers dead and nine wounded. native troops suffer five dead and sixteen wounded. 400 rifles captured. Major-General Egerton reports from Jidballi that the Mullah’s main force faced frontal and flank fire as forces converged.
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Aden
Arabia
Soraliland
Faskin
Kenna
Jidvalli
Egerton
Jidballi
Men Arrested as Shoplifters
Willis Be. Jones of 45 Central Avenue Chelsea and Thomas Turner of 179 Harrison Avenue were nabbed by police inspectors while shoplifting at department stores. Jones carried tobacco pipes knives and suspenders that alerted officers. Turner had cologne and neckties valued at about $2. Both face larceny charges.
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Willis BE. Jones
Central Avenue
Chelsea
Thomas Turner
Harrison Avenue
Jones
Turner
Florentines of City Hospital Plan Jan 22 Dance
The Florentines of the City Hospital, a club of young men, are preparing for their annual dancing party to be held at Paine Memorial Hall on January 22.
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Florentines
City Hospital
Paine Memorial Hall
Artist De Bouillon Sentenced for Threats to Bride
Harry de Bouillon, artist, found guilty by Judge Adams of making threats against Esther Wilkie, a four day bride and former sweetheart, and sentenced to two months in the House of Correction. He appealed and was held in $300 for the Superior Court. Wilkie testified of meeting and following, and of threats and letters she received allegedly from de Bouillon.
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Harry de Bouillon
Adams
Esther Wilkie
de Bouillon
House of Correction
Superior Court
Suboena
de’ Bouillon
Icebound Voyage Mentioned in Nantucket Return
The report notes a successful trip back ending at Woods Hole at nine. If the Nantucket attempts to sail again tomorrow it will face floating ice throughout the voyage, as the Waquoit did. The Waquoit had to cut through open ice from Woods Hole, with bitter cold and a heavy wind increasing danger.
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Wood's Hole
Nantucket
Waquoit
Waquoit Back After Her Perilous Trip
After a perilous 170 mile journey, the Waquoit safely reached Wood’s Hole harbor at 9 PM. Captain Cleveland led the naphtha launch with eight passengers aboard, returning 15, including one woman and a barrel of ducks from Lynn hunters. Fog, NE wind, and a near grounding at Eel Point marked the voyage, but the crew pressed on to Nantucket and back, with tentative plans for another attempt by the Nantucket steamer tomorrow if weather allows.
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Wood’s Hole
Waquoit
Nantucket
Lynn
United States
Cleveland
Nobska
Eel Point
Cape Page
Nobska Point
Boston
Harmonize Canadian and United States Game Laws
The fourth annual meeting of the North American Fish and Game Protective Association will convene at the Falmouth Hotel in Portland Maine on Wednesday and Thursday the 20th and 21st. Leaders from the United States and Canada will discuss harmonizing fish and game laws, forest preservation, fish culture, and cross border law enforcement. Officers attending include President L. T. Carleton Augusta Maine Secretary treasurer E. T. Chambers Quebec Canada and several vice presidents from Maine Massachusetts Michigan New Brunswick New Hampshire New York Ontario Quebec Vermont and Pennsylvania.
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North American Fish and Game Protective Association
United States
Canada
Falmouth Hotel
Portland
L. T. Carleton
Augusta
E. T. D. Chambers
Quebec
H. O. Stanley
Dixfield
J. Fottler, Jr
Boston
Mass
E. Plumb
Detroit
Mich
A. T. Dunn
John
N. B
N.wentworth
Hudson Senin
N. H. Co
H. Wilson
Glens Falls
N. Y
G. A. McCallum
Dunnville
Ont
J. T. Finnie
Montreal
Que
General F. G. Butterfield
Derby Line
C. S. Harrington
Halifax
N. 8
S. A. McGrath
Franklin
Penn
Verdicts Against L Road Set Aside
Verdicts amounting to 5500 in tort actions against the Boston Elevated Railway Company were set aside yesterday in the Superior Court. The cases were Michael H. Cleary awarded 3000 Mary A. Campbell awarded 1000 and Sarah McCabe awarded 1500 by juries in their trials.
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Boston Elevated Railway Company
Michael H. Cleary
Mary A. Campbell
Sarah McCabe
Wolf's My Clothier at Hanover and Portland Streets
Weston and companions travel to Boston via Union Station to find the lowest price house for well made clothing furnishings hats and shoes at the corner of Hanover and Portland Streets. Wolf's advertises as My Clothier.
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Boston
Union Station
Hanover and
Portland Streets
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Gardner Palace
Poser
Cupid's Wings
India Mutual Insurance
Single Tax League Meeting
Norman
Bowen
Quigley
Public Improvements
Hugh Bresnahan
MR Hairman
Alma
Hess Great Nan
Ald Bromberg
REP
Honorable
Ald
Pan Whelton
Baldwins
Ald Frothingham
Chas. H. Slattery
PERRY
Mad Mullah
Dervish Force
London
War Office
Somaliland Expeditionary Force
Somaliland
Union Hat. Co
Hanover St., Cor. Union
Weston
Wolf’s
Metcalf
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