White Estate Over 9 Million Directed for Public Works
George Robert White left an estate valued at 9.13 million dollars with the City of Boston set to receive about 5 million under his will. The inventory filed in Suffolk Probate Court lists real estate on State Washington Boylston and Tremont Streets valued at 4.11 million and 1033 shares of Potter Drug and Chemical Company valued at 1.55 million. He was connected with the company.
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George Robert White
Suffolk
Boston
White
Mr. White
State
Washington
Boylston
Tremont
Potter Drug and Chemical Company
American steamer Elizabeth R reported ashore near Isle Madame
Halifax July 29 The American steamer Elizabeth R was reported ashore on the Isle Madame straits of Canso by a coastal packet. The ship, which left Baltimore June 16 for Nuevitas, had no further details available in the report to the marine and fisheries department.
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Halifax
N. S
Elizabeth R
Isle Madame
Canso
Baltimore
Nuevitas
Marine and Fisheries Department
Camp Fire Girls Thrive At New England Encampment
About 200 Camp Fire Girls from Maine to Rhode Island gather at Lake Bungay West Mansfield for the first New England Encampment. The program includes drill first aid crafts and nature exploration with leaders from Boston and Newton. Girls sing while they work and weekly honor beads reward proficiency in Camp Fire spirit.
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Greenwood Lake
Oscar Martin
Newton
Camp Fire Girls
Post
Maine
Vineyard Haven
Providence
Greater Boston
New England
Elizabeth Taylor
Saugus
H. S. W. Richardson
Boston
Ruth Stallard
Peter Bent Brigham Hospitals
Camp Fire Council
West Mansfield
Warned Train in Time to Save Stalled Auto
SAUGUS July 19 Howard Chapman waved a handkerchief to stop a Boston & Maine train and avert a collision with an automobile stalled on a crossing. Miss Belle M Halloway of Lynn was inside the car at the moment but escaped unharmed as the engine halted in time.
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Saugus
Howard Chapman
Boston & Maine
Belle M. Halloway
Lynn
Wildcat Ousts Girl Campers at Arborside Tent Site
In Winsted Connecticut three Hartford girls Betty Wilbur and Millie and Phyllis Jones were camping at Arborside the home of Herbert L. Wilbur when a large wild cat approached their sleeping area before dawn. Their watchdog raised the alarm and a flashlight exposed the ferocious animal causing the girls to flee into the Wilbur house. The cat snarled but did not pursue as the girls slammed the door.
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Winsted
Conn
Betty Wilbur
Millie
Phyllis Jones
Hartford
Arborside
Herbert L. Wilbur
New Boston
Mass
Prefer Shack to Poorhouse in Gloucester Sisters Verdict
Philadelphia July 19 United News. Hartel sisters Mary and Isabella, aged 80, chose their three room shack and its 20 cats over a Poorhouse. Health authorities forcibly moved them to the hill today as neighbors recalled 15 years in squalor. Rumors say they descend from a once prosperous family despite rare outside contact for seven years.
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Philadelphia
United News
Gloucester
Hartel
Mary
Isabella
Rams Slams into Pole to Avoid Child on Street
Louis F. Glass of Dorchester drove into an electric light pole at Blossom street and Washington avenue to avoid a child in front of his car. The impact shattered the windshield and glass injured Louis Klickstein and Miss Alice Herman of Chelsea, though not seriously.
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Louis F. Glass
Washington Street
Dorchester
Blossom Street
Washington Avenue
Louis Klickstein
Broadway
Chelsea
Alice Herman
Arlingto Street
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Regent Street
London
Annonke Crean
Tremont Street
Temple Pl
West St
Fifth Ave
New York
America
A. B. Kirschbaum
Kirschbaum
R.h.white Co
Elvita
Gentlan
Elvira
Armstrong Drug Stores
North Station
Parker House
Richardson Drug Co
Dewey Sq
Epstein Drug Store
Stollay Sq
Elvira Drug Co
Tremont Row
Wildcat
Golden Gown Shop
UMBIA
Nora Bayes
Nora
Butte
Olanolumbia
Indiana Home
Letty Pepper
Ray Miller
Foxmone
Bamboo Ba Fox
Eddie Elsine
Frank Westphal
Rambo Orchestra
Liz
Victor Herbert
Prince's Dance Orchestra
Mona-La
Guido Deiro
Eddie Cantor
Flo
al Joleen
Frank Crumit
Atta Baby
Comedienne
Irving Kaufman
Avenue B
Frank Crusnit
Johnny Dunn
Modiste
Blue Lodge
Englewood Commandery
Prince's Band
Skeeter
June Bug
Harry C. Browne
The
Harmonizers
Edwin Dale
Strauss
Rosa Ponselle
Pablo Casals
Maggie
Oscar Seagle
Dinah
Belle of
Ernest
Furman and Nash
Lang
Thayer
Vuvilueaiw
Cyrena van Gordon
Valdez
Durand Brown
Eddy Brown
Columbia
Columbia Records
Columbia Sympony
Columbia Graphophone Company
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