Mrs Stirling of the Chorus to Wed a Lord
London March 3 The engagement of actress Mrs Stirling to Lord George Hugo Cholmondeley is announced. The former Clara Elizabeth Taylor, now divorced from John A Stirling, met her fiancé at the Gaiety Theatre where she sang and skated in public. The wedding is planned soon with a Paris honeymoon and the best man will be the Earl of Rocksavage. The match fulfills a will condition of $15090 for marrying a society lady.
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London
Gaiety Theatre
Stirling
Clara Elizabeth Taylor
New York
John A. Stirling
Lord George Hugo Cholmondeley
Marquis of Cholmondeley
The
Adelphi
Miss Gibbs
the Gaiety
Lord George
Olympia
George Cholmondeley
Eng Clara Elizabeth Stirling
Supreme Court Rules Tax on Large Estates Must Be Paid
The full bench of the Supreme Court dismissed two petitions about estate taxation, ruling that estates totaling over 27 million dollars must pay the taxes assessed. The largest estate involved is the 23 million dollar Quincy A. Shaw estate, where executors sought a ruling on the tax proportion.
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Supreme Court
Quincy A. Shaw
Executors Must Pay Full City Taxes in Four Communities
The estate taxed last year in Boston and Beverly and in Milton and Brookline faces full payment of the assessed sums. The Nahant estate of Frederick R. Sears seeks abatement of a 44000 tax levied May 1 1908. Executors must first pay the full Boston amount of 274116 16 and then half again to Beverly Milton and Brookline before suing for refunds.
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Boston
Beverly
Milton
Brookline
Frederick R. Sears
Nahant
Shaw
Boston Assessors
Chamberlain Sentenced to Ten Years for Manslaughter
William H. Chamberlain was sent to Charles Town State prison for eight to ten years after a 1910 quarrel with Daniel McKenzie in Allston. McKenzie died when he fell through a stable scuttle landing on hay, with bruises suggesting a severe blow.
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William H. Chamberlain
Charlestown
Daniel McKenzie
Herman A. P. Packard
Allston
McKenzie
Opulent gowns dazzle second-tier boxes at the opera
A season premiere of Frederick S. Converse's The Sacrifice drew a brilliant audience. Mrs. Converse and three daughters, plus many notable guests like Mrs. Tudor, Mrs. Jordan, and Governor Foss, wore elaborate gowns from black crepe de chine to emerald chiffon, creating a grand display in the theater boxes.
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Frederick S. Converse
Frederick Tudor
Converse
Mrs. Draper
Miss Dorothy
Mrs. Foss
Mrs. Stone
Salem Stone
Frederic S. Whitwell
Roger Wolcott
William F. Wharton
Mrs. Whitwell
Bryce Allan
Allan
Bayard Thayer
F. Gordon Dexter
Gardiner M. Lane
Delft
Nathan Mathews
Horatio Slater
Gordon Prince
William Wright
Physician Marries $17,000,000 Patient
The article reports a physician wedding a patient valued at $17 million. It notes prior 1907 event where the patient was declared incompetent to manage her affairs.
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Ance
Bequeathed 17 Million Widow Curtiss Reclaims Estate
Mrs. Curtiss once called the most extravagant woman in the United States regained control of a vast fortune after a protracted legal battle. Courts named conservators who found debts and forced sequestration, but she ultimately prevailed in New York, living there to maintain her status and wealth.
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Mrs. Lawrence
The
United States
Curtiss
Lawrence
Archibald Watt
Scotland
New York
Mary G. Watt
John Pinckney
Maryland
Miss Pinckney
Julia Watt
Peter Morris
Boston
Norwalk
Rollin A. Curtiss
Henry H. Wilbert
Dr. Curtiss
Migs Pinckney
Miss Watt
Banks
Sasco Hill
Conn
Connecticut
Justice Brady
New York Supreme Court
West Eighty-sixth Street
Curious Features in News of Day
In Denver March 3 Mrs. Mattie F. Work testified to District Judge Riddle before a divorce. She claimed she married David E. Work on January 1, 1891 and he was intoxicated two or three times weekly throughout nearly 20 years of marriage. She estimated 2038 jags totaling about 508 gallons of whiskey costing about 3048 dollars at a dollar fifty per quart.
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Denver
Riddle
Mattie F. Work
David E. Work
Tupelo Smoke Fight Ends With Frisco Engine Move
A long running dispute between Tupelo city government and the Frisco railroad over locomotive smoke led to Frisco shops relocating a mile away and a population drop that caused merchants to leave. Officials claim a compromise, while Frisco denies it. New Tupelo remains on the map.
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Tupelo
Miss
Frisco Railroad
Frisco
Man believes dollars drip from his body in Texas jail
John Rucker, jailed in San Antonio, thinks he is worth five million dollars and that every dollar exudes from his skin. He imagines money pours off him and that scoop shovels are needed as friends and curious visitors help themselves. He fears suffocation as the heap grows, though apart from this delusion he remains rational.
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San Antonio
Tex
John Rucker
Rucker
Plan for Spinster Aid Tax Hits Minnesota Legislature
Minnesota lawmakers consider a male poll tax of five dollars on unmarried men over eighty or deemed unfit for marriage to fund support for indigent spinsters. The bill would take effect February 2, 1912, with unmarried men having leap year to prepare.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota
Taxi Strike Settled in Arbitration Favoring Boston Union
Arbitration board settles the taxi strike finding in favor of the Boston Carriage Drivers and Chauffeurs Union after discharges sparked the dispute. The settlement confirms drivers winning action and ends the dispute.
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Arbitration Board
Boston Carriage Drivers and Chauffeurs’ Union
William McKie Withdraws From Winthrop Selectman Race
East Boston ship builder William McKie disclosed his withdrawal from the Winthrop selectman race. He said supporters urged him to run but were backing Granville P Rogers, an independent candidate.
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William McKie
Boston
Winthrop
Granville P Rogers
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Tremont St
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Adamson
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E. P. Shaw, Sr
William C. Endicott
Stephen Bennett
Charles T. Lovering, Jr
John C. Gray
A. Lawrence Rotch
George Leighton
Warren Gay
Frank Bemis
Ruth Nickerson
Alice Garland
Charles P. Curtis, Jr
Dorothy Forbes
Mary Perkins
John Saltonstall
George R. Fearing
Helen Fay
Frank Bourne
Daniel D. Slade
Elizabeth Gray
Reginald Gray
William Ll. Parker
Ellen Bullard
William C. Houston
Francis Shaw
Cinder
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Thomas A. Edison
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