Widow and kin looked to share Irish fortune claim
A Dublin brewer is said to have left twenty one million dollars to the widow and children of the late Col Daniel Minahan of Orange New Jersey with Edmund Minahan reporting from Cincinnati. Legal investigators seek closer heirs Mrs Minahan and her sons and daughter Kathryne are named as potential beneficiaries while Michael Minahan, once missing, is believed to have become the Irish brewer who now stands as the long lost relative.
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New York
Ireland
Daniel Minahan
High Street
Orange
N. J
Edmund Minahan
Cincinnati
Dublin
Kathryn Minahan
State Federation of Women's Clubs Meets in Great Barrington
The 13th annual meeting of the State Federation of Women's Clubs opens tomorrow at the Mahaiwe Theatre in Great Barrington with about 200 delegates from eastern Massachusetts arriving by special train. Berkshire Inn serves as federation headquarters and the Thursday Morning Club hosted a reception for about 400 attendees with dignitaries including Mrs. J. L. Washburn and Miss Georgie Bacon.
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Great Barrington
State Federation of Women's Clubs
Mahaiwe Theatre
Federation
Berkshire Inn
Mahaine Hall
J. L. Washburn
Minnesota Federation
Georgie Bacon
Worcester
Katherine Flagg
Brockton
Isabel Goodhire
Boston
Mahaine Theatre
Pittsburg society outrage over Evelyn Thaw portrait
Pittsburg residents react angrily to the Carnegie Gallery portrait titled Study in Black and Green by John W. Alexander. The painting reportedly depicts Florence Evelyn Nesbit, now Mrs. Harry K. Thaw, challenging the subject’s consent and authenticity. The Index notes the sitter’s identity, with Mrs Holman confirming the likeness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg Society
Evelyn Thaw
Pittsburg
Penn
Carnegie Art Gallery
Florence Evelyn Nesbit
Harry K. Thaw
John W. Alexander
New York and Pittsburg
Index
Harry Kendall
New York City recount bill signed by Governor Hughes
Governor Hughes signs a bill providing for a judicial recount and recanvass of ballots for New York City mayoral race from the November 1995 election. He also files an extended memorandum discussing the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Hughes
New York City
Dawn Awakens Over Silent Land
A dawn scene unfolds as birds call and a vast landscape stirs from silent cattle to lifelike motion. The poem paints a sudden rise of music from a million throats signaling awakening light and nature’s jubilation before any eyes perceive the morning.
Society Women to Face Court over Birth Insurance Funds
Boston social and financial leaders named as defendants in a suit by Receiver Frederick W. Dallinger alleging misconduct and misapplication of funds from the defunct American Birth Insurance Company. The case, heard by Judge Fessenden, targets seven high‑profile women and seeks an accounting and recovery of losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Birth Insurance Company
Frederick W. Dallinger
Boston
Fessenden
Superior Court
Estelle M. H. Merrile
Cambridge
Unique Company
Adelaide F. Chase
Waltham
Emma Menter
Helen M. Hill
Newton
Anna C. Fall
Mary Pamela Rice
Mary E. Jones
Rush on Boston Museum of Fine Arts construction accelerates
Work on the Boston Museum of Fine Arts site progresses with over 200 men excavating grading and concreting before foundations. Excavation advances southeast corner of the Japanese wing and between the boiler house and main building as the city fills the southwest corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Huntington Avenue
Boy with rheumatism saves three women at Neshaminy Creek
Eddie Moran 1 year old, despite rheumatic pain, risked life to tow ashore Mrs Harris, Mrs Blakeley, and Miss Harris after a rowboat overturned near Croydon Station. Sarah Blakeley, 6, attempted rescue but slipped under and the boy could not save her. Now urged for Carnegie Medal.
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Philadelphia
Carnegie Commission
Eddie Moran
Neshaminy Creek
Sarah Blakeley
W. J. Blakeley
Sarah
Sarah J. Harris
Miss Harris
Croydon
Little Sarah
Public may see Prof Sargents rhododendrons
Holm Lea estate of Professor C S Sargent in Brookline will be open to the public Saturday afternoon June 22 and all day Sunday June 23. No automobiles carriages or bikes inside the gates. Brookline Village transfers to a Cypress Street car bring visitors within a short walk. Blooms of rhododendrons and azaleas will be at their peak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holm Lea
C. S. Sargent
Brookline
Brookline Village
Breuer Couple Plan Funeral After Litigation Worries
In Cincinnati on June 18 Mr and Mrs Charles C Breuer in good health arranged funeral details. They placed two $500 mahogany coffins in their home purchased a burial lot and fixed with an undertaker the final arrangements. Breuer’s worry over litigation tied up $20 000 of his property.
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Cincinnati
Charles C. Breuer
Breuer
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Alexander
New England
Post Publishing Co
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Post
By Nora Perry
Little, Brown & Go
Rushing
ASK
Prof. Sargent
Baraan CentRe
Bests Dodgespear Co
Sperry
Jordan Mars Co
Sea Island
Aiea
Hamburg
Batiste
Ea Cc
Butterick
Jordan’s
Wis
SIG AU
the Plume
Faultless
Avon St
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