Old Will Wins for Heiress in Boston Heirship Case
Mrs. Mary Day of Fairview New Jersey won a probate dispute to a bequest in the will of her uncle James Minehan of Boston. Judge Grant of the Suffolk Probate Court ruled for Day after hearing both the new and prior willings. The case hinges on a brother named Monahan and a 1000 dollar legacy to the brother, with the bulk left to Bertha I Fitzgerald of Boston pending further details.
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Fairview
N. J
James Minehen
Bowdoin Street
Boston
Grant
Suffolk Probate Court
Daniel Russell
Minehan
Monahan
Collins
James B. Vallely
O'Donnell
Day
James Minehan
Bertha I. Witzgerald
George Witegerald
Will bequest to Mrs Fitzgerald by Minehan dies in probate
Middle aged Minehan leaves real estate valued at 5600 and 145.84 in personal property with several sons serving in France under General Pershing. He appoints Mrs Fitzgerald executrix in grateful remembrance of her years of faithful service. An odd note mentions Attorney Vallely was paid and then notified that Mrs Day had been located in New York.
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General Pershing
France
Fitzgerald
Mr. Minehan
Minehans
Minehan
Vallely
O'Donnell
New York
Griffith Adams
Dutton
Charles G. Norris
Mr. Norris
Taunton
Cambridge
Lowell
Concord
Middle West
Norris
Belgium
Cardinal Mercier
Antwerp
Herbert C. Hoover
Bissing
Mr. Whitlock
One Legged Man Granted Army Enlistment at Draft Board
Augustine Cody a one legged man was accepted by the draft board after appeals and inducted into the army. He claimed expertise as a hoisting engineer and the ability to operate two machines at once. He left for Vancouver Washington to help harvest spruce timber for aircraft. Cody is believed to be the first one legged person enlisted for military service.
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Yonkers
N. Y
Augustine Cody
Cody
Vancouver
Wash
Army
Waiter Captain Cashes $1000 Tip Then Disappears
Shearn, a captain of waiters at the Hotel Brunswick, received a $1000 tip from a guest who seemed to play a joke. The next day he cashed the check at a bank and left with $1000 in bills, and has not been heard from since.
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Shearn
Brunswick
Woman seeks annulment of marriage to James J Gannon
Mrs Dora G Bliss 24 a dancer and musician testified in Suffolk County Divorce Court that her marriage to James J Gannon 39 an assistant manager of a Boston餐 restaurant chain may be void because his divorce from a previous wife had not become absolute when they wed She said she learned of possible invalidity after they were refused entertainment at a Boston hotel and a lawyer for Gannon told her the suit could not proceed since the divorce was not final.
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Dora G. Bliss
Carpenter Boy to Stay With John Kent
Judge William H. Sawyer orders Ralph G. Carpenter Jr. to remain with John F. Kent during the summer. A separate maintenance and custody suit brought by Mrs. Marguerite Paul Carpenter against Major Ralph C. Carpenter and George A. Carpenter is set for September 3.
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Concord
N. H
William H. Sawyer
Ralph G. Carpenter, Jr
John F. Kent
Marguerite Paul Carpenter
Ralph C. Carpenter
George A. Carpenter
Hammock fiction blooms in early summer reader picks
The review highlights novels by Q and J B Harris Burland and others, praising entertaining plots, skillful writing, and lively adventure. It notes European to American settings with detectives, castaways, frontier forts, and social themes, calling several titles ideal for a hot summer afternoon.
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Old Farmer's Almanac
Foe-Farrell
Macmillan
Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch
Stevenson
Chesterton
Dr. Foe
Peter Farrell
America
South America
Pacific
Jimmy Collingwood
Farrell
London
Sir Roderick Otway
Knopf
J. B. Harris-Burland
Tibet
Lady Grimwood
20 Years for Stud ents in Bible Students conspiracy case
New York reports Joseph Rutherford head of the International Bible Students Association and six associates were sentenced to 20 years each for conspiracy under the espionage law. The convicted sang hymns in court and expressed willingness to endure the sentence as a crowd visited them. If no stay is granted, Rutherford and the others face transfer to Atlanta on Monday.
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New York
Joseph °. Rutherford
Russell
International Bible Students’ Association
Rutherford
Atlanta
House OKs alien anarchist deportation bill
Washington June 21 The House with no dissent passed the alien anarchist deportation bill authorizing immediate deportation of aliens who subscribe to anarchist tenets.
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Washington
House Today
Senate
Immigration law amendment targets five year deportation limit
The measure removes the five year residence bar on deporting aliens. Officials say it helps act against anarchists and sympathizers who had not openly advocated violence. Representative Robbins urged a death penalty for German sympathizers amid wartime fires and explosions causing $45,000,000 in losses.
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United States
Organizationa
Robbins
Pennsylvania
Germany Open to Conference on Prisoner Exchange
Word from the Spanish ambassador in Berlin reports Germany has agreed in principle to a conference with United States representatives to discuss the treatment welfare and exchange of prisoners.
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Wasi
Aa.u
Women War Work Concentrated by Boston Suffrage Group
The Boston Equal Suffrage Association executive board ordered the war service committee to focus on answering calls from state and city public safety bodies and to support the Red Cross. The move aims to make war work more vital and direct.
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War Service Committee
Boston Equal Suffrage Association
Association
Red Cross
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