New Boston Fourth of July Plan Unveiled at Public Meeting
Boston officials outlined July Fourth innovations including a Franklin Park children’s carnival a Charles River motor boat parade nation dance displays on bridges and arenas. About 200 organizations were urged to send reps to help craft a safe yet lively celebration with a 265 member committee to plan the program.
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Boston
Franklin Park
Charles River
Aldermanic Chamber
William A. Leahy
John F. Dever
Dever
Havemeyer Coffee Deal Records in Sugar Trust Case
In June 7 testimony Hermann Siebcken, veteran New York coffee merchant, details Henry Havemeyer entering coffee in 1896 after hearing John Arbuckle would invade sugar. Havemeyer aimed to buy Woolson Spice stock, form a brand to fight Arbuckle, and reduce prices via American Coffee Company, wiping out roasting profits.
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New York
Henry O. Havemeyer
John Arbuckle
Sugar Trust
Hermann Siebcken
Havemeyer
Arbuckles
Arbuckle
Woolson Spice Company
Woolson Company
American Coffee Company
Well Known Lawyer Dead in Portsmouth New Hampshire
Professor Frank Goodwin of Boston University Law School and author of a real property treatise died in Portsmouth. Son of Ichabod Goodwin governor of New Hampshire, he graduated from Harvard and Harvard Law School, taught real property at BU, retired as professor emeritus in 1908, published a widely cited book in 1910, and is survived by two daughters and a son, Robert.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Frank Goodwin
Boston University Law School
Ichabod Goodwin
New Hampshire
Harvard
Harvard Law School
Suffolk
Ephraim Buttrick
Middlesex Bar
Robert
Boston
Rich Woman Sued for Heart Balm in Norfolk Case
Mrs. Anna E. Lidstone of Brookline sues Mrs. Iliane Woodbury Meyers of Wellesley for 25000 dollars in alienation of affections over her husband George W. Lidstone a chauffeur. The trial is set in Dedham in the Norfolk Superior Court with a jury already empanelled.
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Anna E. Lidstone
Brookline
Iliane Woodbury Meyers
Wellesley
George W. Lidstone
Meyers
Norfolk Superior Court
Dedham
Ers
Boston
Wellesley Farms
Iliane
Muriel
Lidstone
Stillman Shawbailed on conspiracy to defraud mails
Stillman Shaw formerly of Wheeler and Shaw fiscal agent for the North American Rubber Company qualified in the sum of 3000 bail yesterday on an indictment charging him with conspiracy to use the mails in a scheme to defraud.
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Stillman Shaw
Wheeler & Shaw
North American Rubber Company
Fire Menaces Whole Village in Sherman Maine
Fire at Sherman station threatened to repeat the nine year old disaster that wiped out the village. With Patten aid three stores the postoffice a hall and one dwelling burned prior to containment. Estimated loss $16 000 all insured. Townsend's store suffered $11 000 loss. Lean's store and postoffice $2 000. Perry's Hall and Mrs Ferry's millinery store destroyed.
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Sherman
Sherman Station
Patten
Townsend
Lean
Perry
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Ered
M. O'Keeffe
Mighty Reductions
Richmond
York State
Enea
Santa Clara
Crass Butter
Wsc
Jo Chow
Bazaar Jolly
Bazaar
Havemeyer Coffee
Wellesley Graduate
Mrs. Meyers
Wellesley College
Hiram B. Mey
Raymond
Rubber Man
Oxfords
The
Washington St
Hollis
Dock Sq
Washington Street
Roxbury
Dudley Transfer
Cambridge
Massachusetts Ave
Central Square
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