Stewart's Widow Defeated In Estate Battle
Florence L. Graham and her brother Joseph FE. A. Stewart won the legal fight to possess the estate of their father Joseph Stewart, a Dorchester printer who left seven thousand dollars to his widow Helen Stewart. The trial raised claims of undue influence and alleged kidnapping plans, with disputes spanning Probate and Superior Courts.
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Florence L. Graham
Joseph FE. A. Stewart
Joseph Stewart
Dorchester
Helen Stewart
Supreme Court
Stewart
Graham
Supreme Court affirms disbarment of Casey
The full bench of the Supreme Court upholds a lower court ruling disbarring attorney Peter J. Casey for unprofessional conduct in the John Bruce case. It held Casey improperly took $725 from $800 Bruce had in a bank while Bruce awaited trial, with $250 deemed sufficient compensation, leading to disbarment of the well known criminal lawyer.
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Supreme Court
Peter J. Casey
John Bruce
Bruce
Casey
Bar Association
Superior Court
Boston Sees Proof of Cooper Medicines Theory
Boston residents report dramatic health gains after using Cooper Medicine. Mrs F F Russell describes relief from nervous dyspepsia and malaria, saying she can eat solid food again, sleeps well, and feels stronger, crediting the New Discovery product and Jaynes Drug Company for the cure.
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Boston
Cooper
Jaynes Drug Company
F. F. Russell
Arlington Heights
New 20 000-ton Sea Terror Ships Slated By Fore River
Quincy June 20 Fore River Shipbuilding Company rejoices as their 4 377 000 dollar bid for one of two new battleships is accepted The ships will displace 3000 tons more than any battleship and exceed the Dreadnought in size with over 610 feet in length and a maximum beam around 86 feet They will mount ten 12 inch main guns plus rapid fire secondary batteries and torpedoes The build will take more than three years with heavy employment for workers at Fore River and Newport News.
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Quincy
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Newport News Shipbuilding Company
Virginia
Clark Found Guilty of Manslaughter in Higgins Case
Robert B. Clark was found guilty of manslaughter by a Superior Court jury after six hours of deliberation in a row linked to a teamsters' strike. Clark testified he struck Higgins with a freight hook in self defense.
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Robert B. Clark
Superior Court
John E. Higgins
Higgins
Teamsters
Clark
Body of Lakeside crewmate recovered in Narragansett Bay
The body of a man believed to be Second Mate Lovely of the British barkentine Lakeside, a Nova Scotia native, 28, drowned in Narragansett Bay on May 28, was recovered today.
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Newport
R. I
Narragansett Bay
Lovely
Nova Scotia
Lad Making Hit In Cohan Play Fifty Miles From Boston
An opening performance of Fifty Miles From Boston features a young actor who, despite a modest stature and being only a boy, delivers a standout, clever performance that some feel did not receive full credit.
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Lad
Cohan
Boston
Young actor Grimm shines in Cohan play at Colonial Theatre
In a Boston run of a Cohan piece, promising youth Lores Grimm earns top notices misattributed to another boy, as the author and company place faith in his quick study and wide range. Grimm’s performance as Eddie Moseley wins audience favor, marking him as a rising favorite among the troupe.
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Cohan
Boston
Master Grimm
Master Pincus
Lores Grimm
Eddie Moseley
George M. Cohan
Colonial Theatre
Lightning Strikes Bed Post. Family Escapes Injury
In Ashley Falls a severe storm causes a lightning strike that hits a bedpost in the Ball home and shatters a mirror injuring no one. A sofa catches fire but the Sylvester Ball family, including daughter Jessie, escapes unharmed.
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Great Barrington
Ashley Falls
Sylvester Ball
Jessie
Fourth of July exercises at Faneuil Hall announced
Mayor Fitzgerald announced participants for the Fourth of July at Faneuil Hall. Reginald Beach O Callaghan of 119 Stoughton Street will read the Declaration of Independence.
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Fitzgerald
Faneuil Hall
Reginald Beach O’callaghan
Stoughton
Conlin
Reginald Bercil O'Callaghan
Dorchester
Dorchester Youth to Deliver Senate Oration at Church Service
A 16 year old pupil from Boston Latin High School, set to graduate in 1910, will participate in a ceremony. Rev. Thomas F. McCarthy of St Francis de Sales Church Charlestown will offer the prayer. Rev. E A Horton, Senate chaplain, will deliver the oration.
Pioneer Fruit Steamer Returns to Boston
The steamer Ethelwold, Captain J. S. Smith, arrived at Long Wharf from Nipe Bay Cuba with 15 051 bunches of bananas and 202 crates of pineapples. An early Ja maica to Boston pioneer, she once ran Port Antonio to Boston. Captain Smith last visited 23 years ago aboard the bark Edwin. After unloading she will enter East Boston drydock for cleaning and painting.
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Ethelwold
J. S. Smith
Long Wharf
Nipe Bay
Cuba
Jamaica
Port Antonio
Boston
Smith
Jast
Edwin
East Boston
Frederick Swan and Ina Bradshaw Named Couple
Frederick H. Swan of Pasadena and Miss Ina Bradshaw of Westwood are announced as a engaged couple in local society notes. The report records both names and hometowns in a concise society item.
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Frederick H. Swan
Pasadena, Cal
Ina Bradshaw
Westwood
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