Groom of 3 Not 10 Be Balked
West Mansfield, July 25. Benjamin Treen a 73 year old widower in the basket business with his two sons traveled to Central Falls Rhode Island to wed Ella McCartney a 52 year old widow from Pawtucket. They were married at midnight after misadventures during the evening.
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West Mansfield
Benjamin Treen
Central Falls
A. L
Ella McCartney
Pawtucket
Treen
Post
Alexander Treen
Midnight Rhode Island Wedding Across City Hall
A 73 year old groom Benjamin Treen wed widow Mrs. McCartney at midnight in Central Falls Rhode Island. City officials and minister in Pawtucket coordinated after hours to secure license and officiate, with witnesses present at the home.
Finance Commission to Meet Mayor on Payroll Probe
Members of the Finance Commission will meet Mayor Fitzgerald at City Hall at 11 today. The group may report intermittently though the enabling act sets a December 1908 deadline. The Mayor and department heads want to learn the commission's planned starting point and avoid provoking trouble before the fall election. If hostile, the payrolls may come under scrutiny as they have risen this year.
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Finance Commission
Fitzgerald
City Hall
Rounding Up Stolen Goods in Great Barrington
Charles Stone of Charles A. Weed & Co. said an invoice of burglarized items was recovered, claiming about 1288 dollars of goods found. Charles Carter had sold only 4.10 dollars between Albany and Great Barrington. District Attorney Roger P. Clark assisted for the Commonwealth, and Carter agreed to go to Binghampton voluntarily.
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Great Barrington
Charles Stone
Charles A. Weed & Co
Binghampton
WN. Y
Charles Carter
Carter
Albany
Roger P. Clark
Commonwealth
Helena Heiresses Inherit Grandfather Estate
Three Helena girls Bertha Volker Frederika Volker and Kenton Kepner are named heiresses to their grandfather estate after a three year German court dispute. The valued amount is 40 million dollars. The ruling brings the sisters into ownership of the estate and its assets.
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Helena
Bertha
Frederika Volker
Kenton Kepner
Death of Julia S Bryant in Paris at 75
News from Paris confirms Julia S Bryant the sole surviving daughter of poet William Cullen Bryant has died at age 75 in Paris. The New York report notes her passing and her literary connections.
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New York
Paris
Julia S. Bryant
William Cullen Bryant
Freak Dishes Which Satisfy Working Girls Appetite
A humorous look at working women preferring dainty luncheons like ice cream on pie, blueberry pie, and chocolate eclairs, while men tend to heartier meals. The piece contrasts refined cravings with the need for substantial food, noting weather and dinner adequacy, and imagines a mother’s home Sunday dinner.
Checks May Fool Heirs in Loomis Estate
The Sheffield man Alfred K. Loomis died intestate leaving about 2000 in funds, some as checks that may be worthless. Cousins of Loomis’ mother, Harry Van Valkenberg of Pittsfield and another cousin in Northampton, are located to share the money.
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Great Barrington
Alfred K. Loomis
Sheffield
Harry van Valkenberg
Loomis
Pittsfield
Northampton
Paul Tenney Drowns in Town Pond
Leominster reports the drowning of Paul Tenney son of Mr and Mrs Albert E Tenney of Haynes Court. He was swimming with other boys and went under about 15 feet from the shore at the Smith Plane Company pond this afternoon.
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Leominster
Paul
Albert E. Tenney
Haynes Court
Smith Plane Company
Saloon Keeper Okays Wife Beating Defense
Cincinnati July 25 George Ferdon a saloon keeper arrested for beating his bride of two days defended that a man has a right to beat his wife when she is unruly He was fined 10 dollars.
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Cincinnati
George Ferdon
Children Should Wear Clothes In Boston Not In New York
Boston residents reject Professor Frederick Starr idea that children should wear no clothing until age ten. Fathers and Mothers' Club call the plan abominable and unsafe, arguing clothing is essential. Starr, linked with other national figures, plans experiments on family cures in new York's Fifty sixth Street and Lexington Avenue paradise flats.
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Frederick Starr
Congo Exploration Fame
Gotham
Boston
Starr
Fifty-sixth Street
Lexington Avenue
New York
Brighton Landmark Parsons Homestead Destroyed by Fire
An historic Brighton building dating back about 250 years burned early yesterday. George Parsons built the homestead with material from England. it later passed to the Dunklee heirs and has not housed occupants for 15 years. Police deem the blaze suspicious and possibly set by tramps.
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Brighton
Parsons
George Parsons
England
Dunklee
Autopsy Finds Pneumonia and Opium Link in Death
Medical Examiner McGrath conducted the autopsy on Chin Mon One, a Roxbury Chinese man, at North Grove street morgue. He concluded pneumonia contributed to the death and that opium poisoning hastened the end.
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McGrath
Chin Mon One
Roxbury
North Grove Street
Missing Somerville girl reported by relatives
Relatives of Laurel Rapozo, 17, of 18 Otis Street, Somerville, reported to the Way Street Station that she has been missing from her home since Monday. They believe she is somewhere in the West End and a general alarm was sent from police headquarters. She is described as dark complexioned, last seen wearing a white shirt waist, black skirt and black straw hat.
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Laurel Rapozo
Otis Street
Somerville
Way Street
West End
Rapozo
Imperial Geographical Society Plans Tibetan Expedition
The Imperial Geographical Society has decided to dispatch an expedition to Thibet led by famed explorer Kozloff, with a July launch noted from St. Petersburg.
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ST. Petersburg
Imperial Geographical Society
Thibet
Kozloff
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Mansfield
Fair Widow
Rhode Island
Fred Crawford
Crawford
M. Fairbanks
Fairbanks
Sax
Sis
New England
Marto
Jim
Chester
Zac
Ievouj
Bell and Poole
America
Washington, Hanover and
Elm Streets
9&C
Paul Tenney
Bride
Russia
Amolek
Cluett, Peabody & Co
Troy
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