Oil King's Wife Dies Suddenl y in New York Home
Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, wife of the world’s richest man, died suddenly at Pocantico Hills near Tarrytown. She had been an invalid, mostly confined to a wheelchair, and died at 10 20 a m with only her sister present.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
Lucy M. Spelman
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Ormondella
Mr. Rockefeller, Sr
Cleveland
New York
Rockefeller Home
Paul Allen
John D. Rockefeller, SR
Standard Oil King
Mrs Rockefeller’s Death Delays Funeral Plans
Mrs E Parmalee Prentice daughter of Mrs Rockefeller was summoned from New York but did not arrive before her mother’s death. Her sister Mrs Harold Fowler McCormick of Chicago is in Switzerland recovering. Her husband cancelled his voyage to join her and returned to Cleveland. Funeral arrangements remain in abeyance with burial likely in Cleveland where the Rockefeller lot lies. Services at Pocantico Hill may be held Sunday before body is moved. Mrs Rockefeller’s illness began in 1912 with pneumonia and she recovered at Hot Springs Virginia.
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E. Parmalee Prentice
Mrs. Rockefeller
New York
Harold Fowler McCormick
Chicago
Switzerland
Mr. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Cleveland
Ohio
Pocantico Hill
Hot Springs
Mrs Rockefeller Early Life and Married Years Revealed
In a 76th year tribute, the life of Mrs Laura Celestia Spelman Rockefeller is traced from Wadsworth Ohio to Cleveland and Euclid Avenue. She met John D Rockefeller in youth, trained as a teacher, supported his early business, and guided their children with thrift. She survived by her husband and three children Alta Parmalee Prentice Edith and John D Rockefeller Jr.
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Laura Celestia Spelman Rockefeller
Wadsworth
New England
Burlington
Akron
Harvey B. Spelman
Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
Miss Spelman
Rockefeller
Old Dread Institute
Worcester
Eli Thayer
John E. Thayer
Mr. Rockefeller
Euclid Avenue
Gifford Named Health Director In Salem Appointment
Salem March 12 William O Gifford will take oath at a special City Council meeting to serve as health director for the remaining 20 months of the late Thomas J Lally term He has long chaired the city Board of Health and will assume duties immediately.
Lucky Stone confidence games end in Boston arrest
Captain Walter I Rand of Boston the Oriental lucky stone man is back in federal custody on a mail fraud charge after a grand jury indictment alleging false representations about the stone imported from Ceylon. He claims the gem brings luck and has sold them widely, aided by circulars promising wealth, health and fortune to buyers. Bail set at 2500 dollars.
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Walter I. Rand
Boston
Federal
Ceylon
India
Captain Rand
Rand
Post Office
Hurley
Hemenway Street
Back Bay
Tremont Street
Hollis
London
Eng
Hart Street
Bloomsbury Square
John H. Casey
United States District
Rogers
Federal Building
Post Office Department
Washington
Colombo
Paris
Huntington Avenue
Li Hung Chang
Admiral Dewey
Manila
Mme
Nordica
Walter S. Rand
Tremont and
Hollis Streets
Catholic Club at Tech Plans Informal Post Lent Party
The Catholic Club of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with 140 members from every state and many countries, plans an informal party after Lent to improve fellowship. Cardinal OConnell supports their work as they bring Catholic thought into science studies and will donate Catholic science biographies to the Tech library each year.
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Catholic Club
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cardinal O'Connell
Tech Catholic Club
Gustavus Caveliero
S. J
Boston College
Father Cavellero
Ampere
Louis Pasteur
Technology Institute
Institute
Save Wisely Not In a Stocking Or Teapot
A call to put savings into banks rather than old hiding places. Banking earns interest and funds loans for Build Now movements and local enterprises, boosting employment and community trade. The POST promotes talks on proper saving methods to raise public interest.
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POST
Estate of Frank P. Stone Inventoried at 10000
The late Colonel Frank P. Stone of Wellesley died without a will. His estate lists 10000 in real property and 300 in personal property. Edwin A. Stone of Weymouth petitions Norfolk Probate Court to be administrator with a bond of 959. The estate passes to brother Charles H. Stone of Roxbury and half sister Mary A. Archer of Charlestown.
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Frank P. Stone
Wellesley
Austin & Stone’s Museum
Scollay Square
Edwin A. Stone
Weymouth
Norfolk Probate Court
Charles H. Stone
Cliff Street
Roxbury
Mary A. Archer
Green Street
Charlestown
Rockefeller unable to attend funeral due to illness
William Rockefeller, at his winter home on Jekyll Island, will not be allowed to attend the funeral of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller. His physician says exposure to the colder climate could be unsafe while a severe cold persists. the secretary says his health has not materially worsened.
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Brunswick
William Rockefeller
Jeky Island
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Night Dash Past Mines Delivers Wheat to Belgium
Captain Robert Bowie of the Strathtay recounts a night voyage from Portland to Rotterdam delivering 6500 tons of wheat loaded January 27. He dodged mines in the English Channel, ran with lights out except the binnacle, and reached Rotterdam unscathed before the pilot joined the ship.
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New York
Rotterdam
Portland
Robert Bowie
Strathtay
Belgium
Bowie
English Channel
Vanduara Fired On German Sub In St George Channel
London officials confirmed the auxiliary armed vessel M. S. Vanduara fired on a German submarine Feb 1 in St George's Channel. The Vanduara's officers said they hoisted the white ensign before firing from about 3000 yards as the submarine, submerged at 2000 yards, presented no colors.
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London
Berlin
St. George’s Channel
Admiralty
Ty M. S. Vanduara
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Boston, Mass
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Massachusetts Ave
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American Society For Thrift
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Boston Industrial Development Board
Cosmopolitan Trust CO
Devonshire St
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