Chicago Judge Rules Split of $130 Million Estate
In Chicago on June 11 Judge Charles M. Foell held Captain Marshall Field entitled to three fifths of a $130 million estate from his grandfather while his brother Henry Field gets two fifths. Immediate possession was denied. Widow Nancy Perkins Field Tree receives a widow’s dower in real estate from the will. Henry Anthony Marsh, an illegitimate child of Henry Field, is not entitled to a share.
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Chicago
Marshall Field
Henry Field
Charles M. Foell
Circuit Court
Nancy Perkins Field
Henry Anthony Marsh
Woman Robbed by Customers at Quincy Store
Mrs Abbie Feltis of Quincy reported a theft of 90 dollars from her store safe at 1595 Hancock Street yesterday. A man bought cigarettes with a ten dollar bill then a second man distracted her while the first slipped the money from the safe unseen.
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Abbie Feltis
Quincy
Hancock Street
Arrest Arrested for Stabbing in Roxbury Crossing
Stephen Marrato, 37, of 32 Charter Street North End, arrested by Roxbury Crossing police for assault with a dangerous weapon. He allegedly stabbed Thomas P. Fitzsimmons, 27, of 7 Dell Avenue Hyde Park, near the heart. Fitzsimmons in critical condition at City Hospital.
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Charter Street
North End
Roxbury Crossing
Marratio
Thomas P. Fitzsimmons
Dell Avenue
Hyde Park
Fitzsimmons
City Hospital
Woman Urged as Democratic Vice Presidential Candidate
A South prominent Democrat informed Mrs. Allen at the Women s national headquarters that Democrats plan to run a woman for vice president. The candidate is Mrs Peter Olsen of Cloquet Minnesota a Minnesota state candidate with no rivals in public speaking.
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Chicago
South
Allen
Peter Olsen
Cloquet
Minnesota
Mr. Allen
Convention Sidelines Attract Taft And Tomes
Chicago dispatch reports Taft arriving en route to New York with brief stay and nonpolitical aim. Ticket demand surges as convention begins. Notables like Theodore Roosevelt and Sam Gompers exchange greetings with platform discussions underway. Police staffing listed at 300 officers and 425 guards.
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Samuel Gompers
Platform Committee
Gompers
Ringling Brothers Circus Heads to Boston for Six Day Run
The Ringling Brothers Barnum Bailey Circus arrives in Boston for a six day engagement starting Monday at Huntington Avenue grounds. Advance claims promise a bigger, better show with dazzling acts.
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Barnum & Bailey
Boston
Huntington Avenue Show Grounds
Legion
Wild West Branchos
Wonderful Dogs
Barnum and Dailey
Three boys rescue in record river run saves Fowler
Frank Fowler 12 narrowly escaped drowning in the Saugus River. His playmates Robert McPhee Edwin Horne and Cecil Conroy raced a Malden police ambulance a record three and a half miles in twelve minutes to reach him. Fowler, son of Mr and Mrs Howard Fowler, was found dressing ashore. Ambulance driver Charles Costello completed the dramatic rescue.
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Saugus River
Frank Fowler
Frank
Robert McPhee
Sheat Street
Edwin Horne
Dodge Street
Cecil Conroy
Stanton Street
Young Fowler
Howard Fowler
Sheaf Street
Charles Costello
Plan Provoking Hub Census Plan In Boston Testing
A Boston Chamber of Commerce committee led by Bernard J. Rothwell seeks to test U S Bureau of Census population counts. Former Mayor John F. Fitzgerald presents 1910 14 births deaths and school entrances data claiming greater growth than census figures indicate. He argues for justice to Boston and notes vacant land in Roxbury Dorchester Hyde Park Brighton and West Roxbury could house 200 000 more residents.
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Bernard J. Rothwell
Boston
United States Bureau of Census
Census Bureau
Roxbury
Dorchester
Hyde Park
Brighton
West Roxbury
New England
N. Sallinger
America
Col Drennan Sets New Non-Stop Flight Record in Weston
Colonel Leonard H. Drennan, air service officer, Northeastern Department, landed in a Dehavi land Liberty plane to establish a near twenty mile non-stop flight record from Weston to N Y. The trip took 155 minutes. He spoke on aviation at St. John’s Academy.
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N. Y
Weston
Leonard H. Drennan
Air Service
Colonel Drennan
St. John's Academy
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