Graustein Called Liar At Hearing Over Railroad Claim
William A. Graustein and his wife Ida S. Graustein seek more than $100000 from Boston and Maine and Rutland railroads alleging discrimination ruined their milk business. Attorney Charles S. Pierce calls the claim a lie at an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing before Examiner Brown.
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William A. Graustein
Boston & Maine and
Rutland
Ida S. Graustein
Charles S. Pierce
Boston & Maine
Federal Building
Examiner Brown
Interstate Commerce Commission
Graustein
Sanitary
Whittaker Will Contest Opens in Superior Court
The family of late Albert O. Whittaker of 159 Parsons Street Brighton alleges undue influence and unsound mind to break his will. Trial before Judge Hardy and a jury in Superior Court began yesterday. Whittaker, a prosperous cattle dealer, left about $30 000 to his housekeeper Jennie F Hyatt. brothers Henry and Charles F Whittaker contest the will.
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Albert O. Whittaker
Parsons Street
Brighton
Hardy
Superior Court
Mr. Whittaker
Jennie F. Hyatt
Henry
Charles F. Whittaker
Attorneys clash over credibility in Sanitary Can trial
The hearing sees Pierce challenge Graustein on prior statements about Boston Condensed Milk Co. being ruined by the Sanitary Can Co. and the railroads. Graustein denies making the remark. examiner Brown bars the matter from the record and allows an offer of proof about past testimony.
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Pierce
Mr. Graustein
Boston Condensed Milk Company
Sanitary Can Company
Graustein
Boston & Maine
New Haven
Examiner Brown
United States District Court
W. A. Graustein
Navy Department Announces Shifts of Shore Ports
The Navy Department orders the Sacramento home yard moved from Portsmouth to New Orleans. The Baltimore, a mine planter and sister ship of the San Francisco, shifts from New York to Portsmouth. The gunboat Marietta moves from New York to New Orleans as its new home port.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Navy Department
Sacramento
NewOrleans
Baltimore
San Francisco
New York
Marietta
New Orleans
Witnesses Describe Whittaker Will At Deathbed Reading
Nurse Jane Maw testified she joined Mr. Whittaker's service the day the will was made and remained with him until his death. Alfred C. Vinton, the attorney, said the will was read with Miss Hyatt present, and Whittaker stated he was in his right mind. The physician signed after Whittaker approved the terms and the residue to Miss Hyatt.
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Jane Maw
Mr. Whittaker
Whittaker
Miss Maw
Alfred C. Vinton
Mr. Vinton
Whittakers
Miss Hyatt
Albert O. Whittaker
Van Loon Family Mystery Continues in Sunday Post
The Van Loon Family returns in a new Sunday Post adventure. Well Pa appears to get his wish as the family encounters more twists and humorous misadventures in the latest installment.
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Funny van Loon
Meet First Time Since Civil War in Baltimore Reunion
Mrs. Laura Hassan of Boston located her Civil War era relatives in Baltimore. She found her step-brother Louis Joyce on Roland Avenue near 36th Street and has since located two more brothers in the city. She is now seeking her father, believed alive in Baltimore.
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Baltimore
Laura Hassan
Boston
Mass
Louis Joyce
Roland Avenue
Thirtysixth Street
Baltimore Roots Drive Search For Union Veteran Kin
Mrs Hasson born in Baltimore and raised there left during childhood to Boston where she lived. After Civil War her father joined the Union army and was never traced again. Years later she learned her relatives were alive and located Louis Joyce and her half brother. She then traced two more brothers after arriving in Baltimore to meet Joyce.
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Mrs. Hasson
Baltimore
Louis Joyce
H. Bobbitts
Roland Avenue
Mr. Joyce
State comptroller to replace Economy and Efficiency Board
A bill drafted by a special legislative committee would abolish the State Economy and Efficiency Commission and create a State Comptroller to hold a three year term with a 50 dollar annual salary. The comptroller would oversee state supplies and appoint deputies, absorbing duties of the unpaid Board of Publication. Committee members include Francis Tyrrell, Thomas White, and Charles Archer.
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State Economy and Efficiency Commission
McCall
Fitz Henry Smith, Jr
Economy and Efficiency Board
Commission On Economy and Efficiency
State Board of Publication
Francis X. Tyrrell
Chelsea
Thomas F. White
Newton
Charles F. W. Archer
Salem
Claim coal company land is owned by city
Dorchester Board of Trade and Frost Coal Company protested a proposed taking of a 12 foot wide strip of land for the Neponset bridge project. The Metropolitan Park Commission claimed the land belonged to the city, arguing the coal wharf sits on city property and would not be harmed by the project.
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Dorchester Board of Trade
Frost Coal Company
Metropolitan Park Commission
Neponset Bridge
Neponset Avenue
Board of Trade
New Speaker McGrath Receives Historic Gavel
Joseph L. McGrath named postmaster of Sharon and the youngest in the country. Speaker Cox cracks a New Year session gavel that breaks. the replacement reveals the Senate’s historic mallet made from Olympia and San Doval timbers.
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Cox
House of Representatives
Serjeant-At-Arms
John D. Long
Olympia
Admiral Dewey
Manila
Cuba
James J. Meyers
Sharon appoints young Democrat as postmaster
Joseph L. McGrath, 27, formerly of Charlestown now living in Sharon, begins duties as Sharon postmaster. One of the nation’s youngest postmasters, he is the son of Mr and Mrs John W McGrath, born in Charlestown, educated in Boston schools and Boston College. He is the town’s first Democrat to hold the post, succeeding Edgar M. Andrews who served four years.
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Joseph Ll. McGrath
Sharon
Joseph L. McGrath
Charlestown
United States
Postmaster McGrath
John W. McGrath
Boston
Boston College
Edgar M. Andrews
Morton Prince to lecture on Organization to tech men
Dr Morton Prince recently back from France where he led the American medical unit will address the Technology Engineering Corps this afternoon at 5 in Huntington Hall. The illustrated talk will cover organization as it relates to engineering work.
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Morton Prince
France
Technology Engineering Corps
Huntington Hall
Change urged in voting on license question
Legislative committee on election laws filed in the House a measure to change state law on license votes. The bill would require the license question to be voted on only upon petition by at least 10 percent of voters in a city or town, instead of annual votes.
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Legislative Committee On Election Laws
House
Three appraisers for Boston sworn in
Ex Senator Redmond S Witzgerald of Dorchester Fred J Sullivan of Lawrence and Dennis Flynn of Lowell were sworn in as assistant United States appraisers at Boston by Collector Billings yesterday. The salary of each is $30.
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Redmond S. Witzgerald
Dorchester
Fred J. Sullivan
Lawrence
Dennis Flynn
Lowell
United States
Boston
Burbank Named Malden Police Commissioner
Former Alderman Edward Burbank was appointed Malden police commissioner by Mayor Blodgett at a special Board of Aldermen meeting. He will replace Frederick A. Rhoades, who resigned in January. Burbank is an attorney and former Boston Journal desk man.
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Edward. Burbank
Malden
Blodgett
Board of Aldermen
Frederick A. Rhoades
Burbank
The
Boston Journal
Women Fill Cathedral During Mission Service
About 3000 women attended the mission at the cathedral as nearly a third of the week’s events took place. The Sunday Post preview notes Hank and His Animal Friends facing a barrel of trouble after the recitation.
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Hank
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