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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1910
Page
13
The will of Lewis R. Veazie of Malden filed in East Cambridge Probate Court yesterday leaves his wife and children but $1 each and bequeaths the rest of his comfortable fortune to Susie Roberts of Saugus, widow of Warren Clarke, citing years of an unpleasant married life.
The will shows three children, two girls and a boy, resisting the wishes. Veazie’s widow is slated to receive a larger share while Mrs Clarke, a former sister and friend, is shocked by the bequest. Details reveal complex marriages, separations, and past duties as Malden sheriff’s assistant. Edith Finne ran is the eldest child from the first wife. The text notes Veazie died at 62 after a long, troubled life.
Advertisement extols Father John's Medicine as providing nourishment for those with lung troubles and general weakness, presenting it as a strengthening stimulant for run down individuals.
A Malden resident with a kidney disorder faced a troubled end, drafting a will as his health declined. He died at 36 Tufts Street after living with James P. Wallace’s family following a troubled marriage history. His estate’s value remains unknown though he owned substantial Malden real estate. Mrs Clarke recalls little of him beyond a faded claim of friendship in sickness and health. Attorney John F. Neal of Malden is named executor.
Open tournament at the Wollaston Golf Club drew 100 players including past champions and top state players. R R Freeman of Wollaston posted a 71 net to win the low net prize, while J G Anderson of Woodland and W G Chick of Brae Burn tied for low gross with 75. All top finishers opened in 40 and closed in 35.
Thomas Mc Namara of Boston shot 67 for 18 holes at the Salem Golf Club, going out in 34 and returning in 33 to break the former 72 record held by Jack Hoberns since 1906. The event was played today in Salem, Massachusetts.
Miss Rose Evans, Ibapah Utah teacher, braved the Nevada desert in a buckboard to reach the N E A convention. She was part of a visiting teachers group hosted by a Boston businessman during a harbor excursion, sharing the hazardous travel tale with fellow guests.
Miss Evans led a four day waterless desert crossing in a springless buckboard drawn by four brenches and guided by a cowboy as part of a West coast teachers convention journey. She later boarded a train eastward after selling branches to fund the trip.
Walter A. D. Clark a commercial teacher and athletic coach from Long Branch High School dived into Lake Assawampsett to rescue Bradford Swift a Bridgewater Normal School student after a canoe tipped and Swift struggled to swim With Swift severely injured from a Fourth of July baseball game Clark without his coat swam to him and saved him They and bystanders paddled back to shore in minutes marking the lake’s third accident of the season with two prior drownings.
Miss Marie Edwina Booth, niece of Edwin Booth, urges a memorial theatre in his honor for the Mt. Auburn area of Cambridge. She recalls his status as a leading actor, his generosity with loans, and notes her own stage prominence alongside him in the early 1880s.
Boston and Cambridge police investigated a supposed Rob ert Taft theft involving the President’s son. An elderly man named Robert L. Taft claimed his train journey from Burlington to Cambridge ended with his grip and 16 stock certificates and two notes missing, replaced by an old suitcase. Banks were asked to stop payment on two checks.
Bluefields Nicaragua July 9 William P Pittman American engineer captured with insurgents was sent today to the interior under Madriz troop escort at Bluefields Bluff. General Estrada offered to exchange Colonel Salamanca for Pittman but General Rivas refused the deal. Pittman’s chances of release are slim. he is expected to be moved to Managua.
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