Burkhardt Divorce Case Seeks Return of Property
In East Cambridge court Mrs. Ada Burkhardt seeks divorce from H Otto Burkhardt over alleged intoxication. She wants custody of their 15 year old Edgar. The lawyer for Burkhardt questioned the transfer of Burkhardt Brewing stock to Ada and the judge paused the case to draft a formal question.
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H. Otto Burkhardt
Brookline
Ada SS. Burkhardt
Nason
East Cambridge
Burkhardt
Cross
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Promise Quick Digestive Relief
An advertising feature touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as instant aid for overburdened stomachs. It claims the tablet supplies digestive elements and lets the stomach rest while food is digested. A free sample offer and 50 cent box price are noted.
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Stuart
I’. A. Stuart Co
Stuart Bldg
Marshall, Mich
City warned of danger from powder handling at port
A maritime affairs committee of the Chamber of Commerce warns Boston faces an explosion risk linked to powder handling after a New York disaster. The mayor’s office was notified and a prompt port handling inquiry will be conducted to protect lives and property.
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Boston
New York
Maritime Affairs Committee
Chamber of Commerce
City Hall
White Star Line
Cunard Line
Hoboken
Army
Hudson
Jerome Jones
Committee On Maritime Affairs
The
Boston Chamber of Com
Merce
Montauk Point
New London
Massachusetts
Perilous Powder Handling Near Boston Docks Exposed
A city committee criticizes powder storage on hulks off the L road power station on Atlantic avenue praising a steam driven bulkhead equipped boat. It notes slippery docks and proximity to a crowded district and cites a near accident with a dynamite wagon on Atlantic avenue.
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L’’ Road
Atlantic Avenue
Boston
Lewis
Allston Site Considered for Institute Location
The Technology Corporation will decide at its March 8 meeting whether to buy the Allston Golf Club site on Commonwealth Avenue as the future campus location. The landowners, Francis estate trustees, seek 1 250 000, with concerns over railroad noise and access. President Maclaurin says no definite site has been chosen yet and negotiations with the owners are ongoing.
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The
Technology Corporation
Allston Golf Club
Commonwealth Avenue
Allston
Institute
Boston & Albany
Francis
F. R. Dunham
Golf Club
Maclaurin
Boston bids to lure ocean liners with longer docks
Boston Chamber of Commerce officials press for extended piers to attract 900 foot ships like the Olympic. They argue Commonwealth Pier can handle larger liners and push for a $3,000,000 development plan to dredge, fill, and expand the South Boston waterfront and flats for a major harbor upgrade.
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Boston
New York
Boston Chamber of Commerce
New Life
Olympic
White Star Line
Chamber of Commerce
Commonwealth
South Bos
Department of Commerce and Labor
East
Cur Curious Features in News of Day
O’Neill Phillips a McGill piano professor English 27 shot himself in bed after a depressed mood sparked by Canada’s commercial culture. He had earned high praise in England and Europe and recently impressed at the Princess Theatre. Meanwhile Busch family plans a Pasadena celebration costing about 100000 with all staff off work.
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Ointreal
Quebec
Canada
O'Neill Phillips
McGill University
England
Europe
Princess’ Theatre
Busch
Pasadena
Cal
Notable Evansville Bride Marries Ninth Husband
Polly Ann Weed Strodes, 70, wealthy widow from Newburg near Evansville, wed her ninth husband Harri son Strodes, 69, a prosperous farmer. She has married and renamed after each spouse, claiming estates and life insurances made her rich. She vows she finds good looking men and disowns them after love fades.
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Evansville
Ind
Polly Ann Weed
Harrison Strodes
Strodes
25000 to Celebrate Busch Wedding Fete at Coliseum
Twenty five thousand employees and their families will attend a monster celebration at the Coliseum next Tuesday evening in St Louis to honor the golden wedding of Mr and Mrs Adolphus Busch. The event marks a major company jubilee with widespread participation.
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Louis
Coliseum
Adolphus Busch
Used postage stamp serves as bank check in San Francisco
In San Francisco on March 2 Joseph Taylor of San Rafael cashed a 20 cent payment due on a cancelled 2 cent stamp used as a check by H. H. Marcus of the Marin County Promotion League. An official of the Marin County Bank called it the smallest check ever seen, noting funds must exist to honor the demand.
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San Francisco
Joseph Taylor
San Rafael
H. H. Marcus
Marin County Promotion League
Marin County Bank
Answers Marriage Ad Ends With Proxy Wedding
In Wilkes Barre Peter Burns of Sweyersville, who posted an ad seeking a wife, received many responses and passed some on to friends. He then announced the wedding of Charles Turner and Miss Susie Gallagher of Sweyersville, saying Gallagher answered the ad last week. Burns explained he did not want to marry her and offered to introduce her to Turner.
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Wilkesbarre
Peter Burns
Sweyersville
Charles Turner
Susie Gallagher
Burns
Miss Gallagher
Turner
Co-eds Barred at Wilbraham Academy
Wilbraham Academy trustees voted to abolish co education effective after summer vacation. The policy likely requires a new faculty and remodeling of dormitories and grounds for a re opening as a boys school.
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Springfield
Wilbraham Academy
Echooks
Woman Held as Fence in Hunt Brothers Burglary Ring
Annie Wunder of 13 Decatur Street South End was arrested on three counts of breaking and entering and held for Superior Court after police found uncut diamonds and burglary tools in her lodgings. The Hunt brothers, Harry 21 and Fred 16, faced grand jury and juvenile court proceedings.
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Annie Wunder
Decatur Street
South End
Hunt Brothers
Sullivan
Superior Court
Harry Hunt
Fred BE. Hunt
Baker
Mason
Miner
Haggerty
McCarthy
Hawley
Marks
Buchanan
Curran
Field Bros. & Gross
Jincoln Street
Boston Dental Supply Laboratory
Tremont Street
Washington Street
Wunder
Fred Wunder
Westminster Hotel
Bellevue
Georgia
Dying in Confessional Miss Moylan Dies in Vermont Chapel
Miss Mary Moylan aged 50 at St Patrick's Roman Catholic chapel in Burlington dies after heart trouble during confession. Father Weather Kennedy administered extreme unction just before death.
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Burlington, Vt
St. Patrick’s
Mary Moylan
Kennedy
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New Haven-Boston & Maine
Wilbraham
Weber
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Washington St
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Enna Ne Va
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