Rantoul Custody Fight Reopened In Probate Court
Edward L Rantoul petitions in East Cambridge Probate Court to modify the decree awarding custody of his two daughters Mabel Lowell and Harriet Charlotte to their mother Lois B Rantoul after her failed divorce suit The court dismissed the petition without prejudice with plans to appeal to the Superior Court and resume the case in the fall The children split custody by school year with summers with the father
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward L. Rantoul
East Cambridge
Lois B. Rantoul
James Russell Lowell
Mabel Lowell
Harriet Charlotte
McIntyre
George Hunt
Rantoul
George Proctor
Rantoui
Hunt
New School Far Too Small for Incoming Class
Excess demand for admission to the new High School of Commerce in the Fenway exceeds capacity. About 20 boys will be turned away this year as the school, opening in September, attracts a record number of applicants for a modern urban high school.
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High School of Commerce
Fenway
Rulings on Baggage Law Washington June
Interstate Commerce Commission issues letters clarifying baggage rules after the Cummins amendment. One declaration of value covers a passenger’s baggage. each traveler may check free the maximum baggage allowance. Railroads may charge extra if declared value exceeds standard liability.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Coolidge Weighs Candidacy For Lieutenant Governorship
President Calvin Coolidge arrived in Boston to survey the field as a potential Republican candidate for lieutenant governor. He conferred with friends and told a Post reporter he has not decided whether to run, promising a decision within a few days.
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Calvin Coolidge
State Senate
Boston
Senate
Post
Indians Parade Before King Albert At French Front
King Albert of Belgium attended a royal gymkhana in northern France as Indian troops from the British Indian army performed horsemanship exercises. French civilians watched with joy while distant artillery roared on the front, tradeoffs between war and sport blending in a rare moment of relief.
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Troong
Flanders
New England
France
Niagara Falls
Broadway
Kansas
India
Home
Durban
Delhi
East
British Empire
Brookline Bride Harriet Warner Weds Thomas Baxter in Brookline
Miss Harriet Belle Warner daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Stephen Warner of Walnut Terrace Brookline wed Thomas Owst Baxter of London England last evening at the Church of Our Saviour Longwood Brookline with Rev Reginald Heber Howe officiating.
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Harriet Belle Warner
Henry Stephen Warner
Walnut Terrace
Brookline
Thomas Owst Baxter
London
England
Church of Our Saviour
Longwood
Reginald Heber Howe
The Cluett To Start Today
The three masted auxiliary schooner George B. Cluett will leave T wharf today for the Arctic Ocean in search of the Donald B. McMillan expedition. Boston girls Miss Alice Kendall Miss Selma Carlson and Miss Margaret Gifford will travel as missionaries to the St Anthony hospital in N F. Dr Edmund C Hovey of the American Museum of Natural History and Arctic pilot Captain George Comer accompany the party along with Dr Elmore Wallace of Brockton and Katon Kendall who will visit the hospital at St Anthony.
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George B. Cluett
Arctic Ocean
Donald B. McMillan
T Wharf
Boston
North
Alice Kendall
Selma Carlson
Margaret Gifford
Mission Hospital
St. Anthony
N. F
Edmund C. Hovey
American Museum of Natural History
George Comer
Elmore Wallace
Brockton
Katon Kendall
Hospital
U S Buying Headstones for Emergency War Use
The quartermaster’s office calls for bids to supply 14 000 good tombstones as Boston and New England depots stock up for emergencies. Uncle Sam seeks a ready grave marker supply though immediate need is unclear, with interest rising in Quincy and nearby centers.
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United States
Quartermaster’s
Boston
New England
Uncle Sam
Quincy
Tombstone
Thefi in Coal Deal Arrests Highlight Tremont Trust Heist
Franklin Walter, 50, of Brookline, and Norman J. Stewart of Everett were indicted on larceny charges tied to a coal loan scheme. The Tremont Trust Company loss is listed at $15,580 for two barges of coal secured by bills of lading. The two men, partners in J. P. Stewart Coal Company, allegedly diverted the coal and hid the remaining debt after partial payment.
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Franklin Walter
Winthrop Road
Brookline
Burr and
Farrell
Tremont Trust Company
Norman J. Stewart
Everett
George H. Lucey
J. P. Stewart Coal Company
Trust Company
New Rules for Small Loans Implemented by State Official
Supervisor Frank H. Pope issued several new rules for small loans in the state. The measures cap paper charges at ten percent or ten dollars, limit expense charges to once in four months on secured loans, and allow a ten to fifteen percent flat charge for loans ten dollars or less. Borrowers may delay payment for six weeks and pay weekly installments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Pope
E. Gerry Brown
Son of Willy Hess Killed in Ga licia Battle
Edgar Hess, 20, only son of Willy Hess former Boston Symphony concertmaster, was killed in Gallicia on May 2, according to a letter from Miss Beryl Smith of New Bedford a music pupil in Berlin. Hess had served three weeks in the German army before his death.
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New Bedford
Edgar Hess
Willy Hess
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Galicia
Beryl Smith
Hess
Berlin
Standard
Edgar Hebs
New Loan Rules Set Charges and Installments
The rules outline unsecured loan charges from 10 to 50 dollars with a 10 percent making fee and a 3 percent monthly interest on unpaid balances. Weekly installments vary by loan size, minimums at 10 percent or 8 percent, and the total note includes principal plus charge.
Knifes Wife Slashes Self in Chicago Incident
Calvin Demarest former national amateur billiard champion attacked his wife with a pocket knife then slashed his own throat. His mother tried to restrain him and was cut on the hands. Both were taken to a hospital. Demarest not seriously hurt and sent to the infirmary. alleged nervous breakdown and hallucinations cited by his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Calvin Demarest
Prize for Essays on Jewish Life in Palestine Announced
Louis D. Brandeis through the Federation of American Zionists offers $100 prize and bronze medal for best original essay on Jewish Life and Culture in Palestine. Open to all college and university students in the United States or Canada. Contest closes November 1, 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Zionists
Louis D. Brandeis
Federation Oferican Zionists
Palestine
United States
Canada
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Coolidge
King Albert
Britain
Albert
Hanover
Portland
Baxter—Warner
Winter St
Washington Street
Wilson Brothers Ne
Oxford
Scctiay Sq
the Cluett
McMillan
U. S
Shepard
Tremont ST. Winter ST. Temple PL
Bates
Shepard Norwell Company
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