Fight for Roosters in Waltham Court
Eminent counsel argued in a Watertown court to save 135 gamecocks seized during a Decoration Day raid at Frank F Coolidge estate where a cock fight was in progress. Defending the birds were George Mayberry former Waltham mayor and Judge Abbott. Opposing them were Michael J Sughrue for the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waltham Court
Frank F. Coolidge
Watertown
George Mayberry
Waltham
Abbott
Michael J. Sughrue
Massachusetts Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Cock fighters' fate to be decided by July 5 ruling
Birds valued in Cuba raised for fighting, worth thousands. A legal question about whether captured birds may be taken from premises. On the Coolidge estate a keeper guards them while Judge Luce considers the case. Separately 42 birds seized at Fisherville Hotel were condemned and executed by the M S P C A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Coolidge
Luce
Fisherville
Test Suffrage Law At Special Election In Illinois
Chicago July 8 A Taylorville lawyer John E Hogan says the first test of Illinois new woman suffrage law will occur next Tuesday at Mt Auburn Christian county in a special election to choose a successor to the late Mayor D P Windsor who was shot by editor F P Slater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John E. Hogan
Taylorville
Illinois
Mt. Auburn
Christian County
D. P. Windsor
F. P. Slater
Maizie the Motor Maid Returns in Four Color Sunday Post
The upcoming Post promises new adventures of Maizie the Motor Maid with clever verses by Paul West and four color illustrations in the next Sunday edition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maizie
Motor Maid
Paul West
Bag Returned to Somerville Woman After Ten Years
Mrs. Aaron C. Rawles of 16 Broadway Somerville received a handbag mailed to 176 Broadway containing no missing items from the bag when lost ten years ago. She last saw the bag with a gold watch and chain visiting cards and 87 cents. The return prompted police to locate the missing bag file.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron C. Rawles
Broadway
Somerville
McKinley Club Protests Jefferson Postal Card Change
Resolutions adopted by the McKinley Club of Canton Ohio protest the substitution of Jefferson for McKinley on postal cards. The resolutions were sent to President Wilson and Postmaster General Burleson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
McKinley Club
William McKinley
Wilson
Burleson
Jefferson
McKinley
Suffragists Begin Washington Pilgrimage With Petition Drive
Six Boston suffragists started a three week journey from Copley square to Washington to present Congress with a national amendment petition. They will tour towns from Beverly to Amesbury and Salisbury Beach, circulating petitions at each stop. Led by Mrs Inez Haynes Gilmore and Mrs Maud Wood Park, the group includes Margaret Foley Florence Luscomb Caroline Reilly and Margaret Taylor with Will Irwin noting the cause has broad arguments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Washington
Maine
California
Congress
Copley Square
Beverly
Spewiech
Newburyport
Amesbury
Salisbury Beach
Haverhill
Inez Haynes Gilmore
Maud Wood Park
Margaret Foley
Florence Luscomb
State Suffrage Association
Caroline I. Reilly
National Association
Margaret Taylor
Thomas Pelham Curtis
Glendower Evans
Park
Will Irwin
Scituate
Joseph Kelley
Massachusetts Men’s League For Equal Suffrage
State Women’s League
Religious Notices and Clergy Changes
Sunday evening service at Horace Memorial F B Church Chelsea will be omitted until Sept 7. Rock Holiness camp meeting at Rock Village Middleboro runs 10 days with Rev D F Burns Boston Rev F L Stevens Cambridge and Rev EB H Post Somerville leading. Rev Sherman Goodwin returns to North Brookfield church. Rev Wilbert L Anderson Amherst resigns July 27 to take a European trip. Phillips Church and St John s Methodist hold joint union services in July and August with special pastors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centre Street Baptist Church
St. Andrew’s Methodist Episcopal Church
Centre and
Mozart Streets
Jamaica Plain
J. A. Johnson
Baptist Church
C. H. Raupach
Methodist Episcopal Church
Horace Memorial F. B. Church
Chelsea
W.W. W. Harris
Rock
Rock Village
Middleboro
D. F. Burns
Boston
F. L. Stevens
Cambridge
EB. H. Post
Somerville
Wilbert L. Anderson
First Congregational Church
Amherst
Phillips Congregational Church
St. John’s Methodist Church
South Boston
Philli Church
B. B. Richards
St. John’s Church
J. A. Stephans
Army Man in Dive to Death
Lt. Loren H. Call of the U.S. Army Air Corps was killed when his aero plane collapsed north of Texas City after taking off from the mobilization camp. Spectators say he fought to regain control, then leaped from the rail and plunged to the ground. His injuries were severe, with bones driven through the soles of his feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Loren H. Call
United States Aviation Corps
Texas City
Second Army
Call
Carl
Government buyer shows trust discriminated theater owners
In Boston on July 8 the government in its dissolution suit against the Motion Picture Patents Company and 23 other defendants presented testimony. It contends the trust and affiliates discriminated against independent operators and theatre owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Moving Picture Trust
Motion Picture Patents Company
Trust
Trial reveals pressure from film industry trust over advertising and licensing
Edmund Stryckman testifies he was told by Edison Company to avoid ads from a moving picture operator. Bates of Roxbury says he was blocked from using his own films in Boston theaters without licensing. Bogers of Hagerstown says the trust demanded licensing before supplying licensed films and stopping unlicensed ones. Judge Ray rules Louis M. Swaab need not answer a price for his film exchange question.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund Stryckman
Show World
Edison Company (Inc
Thomas H. Bates
Roxbury
Mass
Boston
Trust
Bates
Charles W. Bogers
Hagerstown
Moving Picture Places
Chambersburg
Penn
United States
Ray
Louis M. Swaab
Philadelphia
Law Blocks A Wedding In Boston To Wed In Maine
Dr Ralph D Simons a prominent surgeon from the Pine Tree State and Mrs Florence T Hildreth sought marriage in Boston but the five day notice law halted their plans They filed for a license and returned to Gardiner promising a late week ceremony The pair were childhood acquaintances and Simons had attended Hildreths husband during his fatal illness Simons wife died about three years ago
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph D. Simons
Pine Tree
Florence T. Hildreth
Boston
Gardiner
Curtis to Practice Law in Boston After Leaving Treasury
James F. Curtis Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in charge of the customs division will resign Aug 1 and return to Boston to practice law. A Republican holdover from the Taft administration Curtis helped reorganize the customs service and uncover frauds at New York and other ports. He stayed on to oversee reforms and the administrative aspects of the current tariff bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James F. Curtis
Secretary of the Treasury
Curtis
Boston
Taft
McAdoo
Customs Service
Department
Typographical Union Leader Nominated for State Labor Commissioner
Governor Sulzer sent the Senate the confirmation of James M. Lynch of Syracuse, president of the International Typographical Union, for State labor commissioner after three failed attempts to appoint John Mitchell of Mount Vernon. Mitchell was rejected twice by the Senate in the regular legislative session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
John Mitchell
Mount Vernon
United Mine Workers of America
Sulzer
Senate
James M. Lynch
Syracuse
International Typographical Union
Mr. Mitchell
Bonfire Burns Boy. Mother Saves Child from Flames
Daniel Connor, four, of 110 Whitman Street Malden, fell into a bonfire while playing roughly with flames. His mother beat out the fire with bare hands, saving him though he suffered burns to his legs arms and body. He is expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Connor
Whitman Street
Malden
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Coolidge Farm
G. Bon Bon & Co
Mons
Post
Clarendon Church
Sherman Goodwin
Washington Street Congregational Church
Quincy
North Brookfield
Texas
Bostonian
Law
Will-Be
TYPO
Lynch
N. Y
Malden Lad
Sunday Post
Sewell Ford
Madras
Nets
America
Summer St
Jordan Marsh Company
New England
Nas
Sanfords Cinger
Horlige
Horlick
Isaac Thompson
L. Thompson, Sons & CO
Trey
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