Hyannis Heiress Wrote Clairvoyant Letter to Morris Love
A Hyannis heiress Marion P Smith writes to Mrs Payne a Dorchester clairvoyant. She confesses love for Morris, questions marriage to Jess, and asks for guidance while detailing emotional distress and family tension. The missive, read in court, reveals romantic entanglements and spiritualized self analysis.
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Hyannis
Morris
Jess
Bill
Miss Smith
Mama
Miss Bradford
Marion
Henry A. Ellis
Ellis
Heiress Marion Smith at center of crowded probate case
The Hyannis case opened with petitions for guardianship, conservatorship, and insanity claims as Marion Smith's life was reviewed. Testimony from grandmother Mrs Pomeroy Coburn described alleged escapades, while Dr Dixon found Marion bright and capable, not insane.
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Marion P. Smith
Hyannis, Mass
Avis Linnell
Hyannis
Richeson
Raymond A. Hopkins
Miss Smith
Paine
Hopkins
Maurice Phinney
Jim Flanagan
New Haven
Yarmouth
Waldo Leighton
Chester Bousang
Marion
Hartford
Mrs. Pomeroy
Mr. Morse
Roanna Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Grace Grace
Montrose
Penn
Isaac Bragan
Boston
Robert B. Dixon
Clarendon Street
Morse
Isaac Bragaw
Dixon
Barre
Norwalk
Iice
Post
Marion Pomeproy Smith
Cape Cod
Barnstable
A Ringer in the Gracchi and Shorty McCabe
The upcoming Sunday Post Magazine previews a feature on a colorful pageant and the tale of Shorty McCabe. It hints at a literary piece about a ringer in classical intrigue with the Gracchi.
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Gracchi
Shorty McCabe
Next Sunday Post
North Shore society funds plan to kill mosquitoes
Beverly and neighboring towns launch a scientific mosquito eradication campaign with a budget of more than $30,000. The effort targets the blue blooded pest troubling residents of Beverly Farms Pride's Crossing Manchester-by-the-Sea and Beverly.
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Beverly
North Shore
Beverly Farms
Pride’s Crossing
Manchester-by-the-Sea
Anti mosquito drive attracts sizable pledges from summer residents
Seventeen thousand dollars have been subscribed to the anti mosquito fund. Wealthy summer residents donate amounts from 1000 to 50 yearly pledges. A survey of north shore swamps from Manchester to Danvers marshes will guide ditching and dredging. Oil or chemicals will be used to kill larvae and larger pools will be stocked with fish to curb breeding.
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North Shore
Manchester Line
Danvers
Obesity Help Adiver Uses Open Air And Oil Capsules
An advertisement warns excess indoor living causes obesity and health decline and urges fresh air exposure. It promotes oil of kerin capsules bought from a druggist to aid digestion, paired with regular weighing and continued treatment until a desired weight is reached.
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Dept. 35-R
Resinol
Baltimore
Esinol
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Leighton
Phinney
Grace
Guardian
George Fostrum
Fostrum
Mr. Phinney
Mr. Bodfish
Tremont St
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Chandler & Co
Shore
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