Judgment Day Hearing in Mulrey Scollans Case Nears
Jurors dispute leads to pending sentences for Mulrey and Finneran with Scollans awaiting verdict. Prosecution notes potential terms up to 130 years for Mulvey and 70 years for Finneran amid claims of jury coercion by foreman Beal. District Attorney McLaughlin outlines possible retrial for Scollans, while jurors defend conduct and argue minority viewpoints were dismissed.
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John R. Mulrey
Thomas F. Finneran
Bar of Justice
William Scollans
Dennis Sullivan
G. W. Lord
Scollans
Mr. Beals
Mulvey
Finneran
Supreme Court
Superior Court
McLaughlin
Post
Highlands
Mr. McLaughlin
McLoughlin
Beal
Joshua W. Beal
Mulrey
Scollins
George W. Lord
Mr. Beal
Sullivan
Fred D. Burns
Holyoke Street
St. Botolph Street
Miner, Beal & Co
Lold
Drummer Boy of Belchertown in Million Dollar Divorce Case
Two divorce suits in Hampshire County Superior Court involve Mary N Walker and Myron P Walker with a $500000 equity bill arising from a pre marriage agreement. The saga traces Walker’s rise from Belchertown drummer boy to state senator and wealthy planter, and his wife Mary N Scudder Walker’s alleged infidelity and desertion claims amid a trove of letters.
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Northampton
Hampshire County Superior Court
Mary N. Walker
Myron P. Walker
Equity
Massachusetts
Mr. Walker
Belchertown
Springfield
California
Sacramento
Pacific Slope
E. B. Crocker
Supreme Court of California
Central Pacific Railroad
Judge Crocker
West
Myron Walker
Mary N. Scudder
Charles L. Scudder
San Francisco
Walker
State Senate
Beacon Hill
George D. Robinson
William H. Haile
Colonel Walker
Washington
Connecticut Bride and Groom Defy Parents in 21 Year Age Gap
In New Haven on June 13, J R Shepard a Plantsville contractor with Peck Stow Wilcox married Miss Jennie Coe age 21 against her parents opposition. The Cheshire schoolteacher had known Shepard since childhood and their romance grew despite parental disapproval.
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New Haven, Conn
J. R. Shepard
Plantsville
Peck, Stow & Wilcox Company
Jennie Coe
Charles Coe
Cee
Mr. Shepard
Lightning Strikes Church in Manchester New Hampshire
A severe hail and thunder storm hit Manchester at 1 PM as lightning struck the First Methodist Church in East Manchester, nearly destroying the church tower. Sunday school attendance was unusually large and the pastor and assistants narrowly avoided panic during the incident.
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Manchester
N. H
Cautionary Soap Advertising Text From Philadelphia
An aging print ad warns readers not to skip directions or risk disappointment with Fels-Naptha soap. The copy promises satisfaction if instructions are followed and notes lukewarm or cold water suffices, attributed to Welg & Co of Philadelphia.
Great Silver Champion Poses for His Bust
New York sculptor Miss Kuehne Beveridge works in a converted stable studio to model a Bryan portrait in clay. She describes Bryan's head as leonine and powerful with a kindly, intelligent gaze, and recalls his engaging, humorous demeanor during two hours of posing and discussion.
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William Jennings Bryan
New York
Fair Artiste
Flower
Maceo
Bryan
Casey
Miss Beveridge
Mr. Bryan
Gladys Vanderbilt Visits Washington Hat Designer
Miss Gladys Vanderbilt, ten, spent six weeks in Washington where she chose six imported picture hats from Mrs. T. B. Harrison, agency of Morez et Cle. Paris. The charity event highlighted her refined taste. hats featured Milan braid, daisies, black and white ribbons, all in mourning tones for Cornelius Vanderbilt.
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Washington
Gladys Vanderbilt
T. B. Harrison
Morez Et Cle
Paris
Vanderbilt
New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Gladys
Milan
Children’s Day Observed Across Brookline Churches
The Brookline churches held a widespread children’s day with Harvard Congregational sharing a sermon on Victoria. Bethany Sunday School and other churches in Chelsea and Boston observed pageant decorations, addresses, and anniversaries as children read verses and sang.
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Brookline
Harvard Congregational
Reven Thomas
Victoria
Queen Victoria
Kensington Gardens
Bethany Sunday School
Washington Street
Chelsea
First Congregational
Ross C. Houghton
D. D
Central Congregational Church
Charles E. Jefferson
Third Congregational
First Baptist
Mt. Bellingham Methodist
First Universalist
Brighton Congregational
Beacor
Boston
A. A. Berle
Stevens
Wind and hail wreck Caldwell area crops and church roof
A fierce wind and hailstorm struck Caldwell Ohio on June 13. Many buildings lost roofs and hundreds of windows were shattered. The Free Methodist Church in Perryopolis had its roof blown off during a meeting with no injuries reported. Hail damaged orchards and crops while telegraph lines were down, limiting early reports from east of Caldwell.
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Caldwell
Free Methodist
Perryopolis
Here
Drunkards Can Be Saved by Anti Jag Cure
An ad touts anti Jag as a cure for alcoholism calling it a disease remedy. It claims the product dulls taste for alcohol and can be hidden in tea coffee soup or other drinks. The notice instructs sending one dollar to a New York address for delivery in plain wrapper.
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Ndel Peice 1 Co
Broadway
New York
Fisk seeks trust of father's estate over $1 million
Asa Fisk of Boston, son by a previous marriage, files suit claiming his father’s estate should be held in trust until claims totaling 1,099,034 are settled. He asserts a savings of 187.50 from Boston days formed the fortune and that investments in Tacoma lands caused further losses of 144,096, while he was disinherited in the will.
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San Francisco
Asa Fisk
Boston
Sait
Fisk
California
Tacoma
Wash
New York Herald Opens Subscription for Mark Twain
London reports the New York Herald started a subscription for Samuel L. Clemens with a $1000 lead gift. It defends his poverty rumors, praises his work, and quotes his plans for a world journey and a new book titled The Surviving Innocent Abroad, aiming to elicit American and English reader support.
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London
New York Herald
Samuel L. Clemens
Mark Twain
Clemens
Herald
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Mr. Clemens
Charles L. Webster & Co
New York City
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Lord of Scolland
Blodgett
Mulvey-Scollans
Daniel Gormley
Perkins Street
Jamaica Plain
Gormley
Eddy & Sons
Dorchester Dist
Boston, Mass
Paine
Bride
Middlebury Depot
James Tinnien
Brandon
Lake Dunmore
Salisbury
Concord
Corinthian Lodge
A. M
Loring D. McDonald
Stoneham IN
Stoneham
Selectmen
Woburn Electric Light Company
Chapman
Elverton R
Sugar Trust
Sary
Welg & CO
Gladys Vanderbilts
Kutnow
Boston Post
Kutnow Bros
Astor Place
N. Y. City
Mr. Thomas
Ohio
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