Hyannis Heiress Works as Servant for $3 a Week
Marion Pomeroy Smith, Cape Cod heiress valued at about $100000, lives on a modest wage of three dollars weekly while her fortune remains tied up in Hartford Trust Company. She recounts years of labor as a salesgirl and usher, detailing a life of deprivation amid inheritance battles that drew public attention in Barnstable County Probate Court.
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Marion
Marion Pomeroy Smith
Cape Cod
Allen House
Maurice Phinney
Barnstable County
Post
Barnstable
Roanna Fromeroy-Coburn
Hartford Trust Company
Boston
Cape
Gloucester
Bradford
Main Street
Hopkins
Heiress Narrates Long Struggles from Hyannis to Boston
The heiress recalls being sent from Hyannis to Hartford to live with an aunt, losing funds, selling jewelry, working at Sage & Allen, and taking a job as an usher at the Strand Theatre. She describes poverty in Toronto, an escape back to Boston, and life at the Allen House before meeting Judge Hopkins for advice.
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Hartford
Toronto
Boston
Hyannis
Sage & Allen
Mary Smith
Huntly Street
Strand Theatre
Goodby
No Immense Profits to Army Camp Builders
A War Department statement denounces charges of immense profits in cantonment construction as ridiculous and extremely pernicious. The notice, issued by Colonel I. W. Littell who heads cantonment building, calls the allegations unfounded and harmful.
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Washington
I. W. Littell
War Department
New England Guards Protest Training Location
Washington report confirms regiments may train at Fayetteville North Carolina before France, prompting protests by Senators Weeks and Lodge. They argue Massachusetts troops would face unsuitable winter climate and better acclimation in New England. Lodge calls the plan among the worst War Department proposals.
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Washington
New England National Guard
Fayetteville
N. C
France
War Department
Weeks
Lodge
Massachusetts
South
New England
Raid on Cambridgeport barn nets two arrestees in car theft ring
Cambridgeport police raided a barn at 217 Erie Street capturing two alleged gang members, with a third fleeing through a window. Officers seized three automobiles, auto parts, supplies, and three complete sets of diamond-painted dies for number stamping, indicating a headquarters for organized vehicle thieves. The two men are identified as Walter J. Furness and Oscar Feldman of Boston.
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Cambridge Police Department
Erie Street
Cambridgeport
Walter J. Furness
Oscar Feldman
Columbus Avenue
Boston
Germany's War Credit Stalled by Reichstag Opposition
In Berlin the coalition opposing the government holds back on the war credit as political crisis deepens. Conservative papers react with strong commentary while the stalemate raises the prospect of further sensational developments.
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Copenhagen
Reichstag
German Chancellor Faces Possible Resignation Amid Political Strife
The piece notes Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg may be forced out as the Emperor backs him amid ministerial reshuffles. Erzberger pushes for a Reichstag war aims declaration to show Germany seeks defense, not conquest, while Pan Germans gain strength. Berlin papers split on outcomes.
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von Bethmann-Hollweg
Germania of
Berlin
Reichstag
Mathias Erzberger
Herr Erzberger
Germany
Entente
Crown Prince Called to Berlin Conference
A German government wireless message intercepted by the British admiralty reports that Emperor William and Imperial Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg discussed undecided questions at a crown council meeting. The conference lasted several hours and the crown prince arrived in Berlin to join the discussions.
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Berlin
London
British Admiralty
Crown Council
Emperor William
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Centre papers press for cabinet shakeup amid minister exits
Newspapers expect the centre to stay in power while urging removal of several ministers. The coverage signals turmoil in the administration as coalition partners and officials face calls for personnel changes.
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Centre
Protest Over Exemption Board Residents In Boston
John H Farley William F Brophy and John T Gibbons protest Adolphus M Burroughs and Frank Clare as Ward 6 exemption board members claiming they are not Ward 5 residents. They ask President Wilson suspend hearings until charges are heard and have filed with Boston election commissioners. A preliminary hearing is planned today or tomorrow to decide if a public hearing will follow.
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Adolphus M. Burroughs
Frank Clare
Ward 6
John H. Farley
William F. Brophy
John T. Gibbons
Lomasney
Ward 5
Wilson
Burroughs
Clare
Boston
Exemption Board
Russians In Camp Urged To Write Loved Ones On War Entry
At Plattsburg New York on July 11 naturalized Russians and Poles in the training camp were ordered to report to headquarters to hear a Washington letter read. The request asks them to write to relatives and friends in Europe explaining why the United States entered the war.
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Plattsburg
N. Y
Washington
Europe
United States
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