Mystery of Child Bone Found in Old Chimney
Workmen in Hazardville near Springfield uncover a grim trove in Alva Brainerd’s old colonial home. A keg hidden in the chimney held another keg and a third container containing a human skeleton, likely a child, suggesting a hidden murder decades ago with origins in 18th or early 19th century occupancy.
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Springfield
Hazardville
Alva S. Brainerd
Brainerd
Connecticut
Sherman
Mr. Brainerd
Skeleton in Keg Unveils Child Remains in Old Chimney
In a strange discovery the keg revealed a human skeleton, identified as a child, when opened. The chimney features a tall stone shaft with multiple flues serving different stoves, one of which had never been used.
Mealey brothers sue for burial plot title in Malden cemetery
William Mealey of Boston and Joseph and John Mealey of Rockland Maine sue their sister Mrs Juliza Lyons in Suffolk Superior Court to recover title to the Malden cemetery burial lot where their mother is buried. They say their mother died in 1883 possessed of the lot and wished her husband and other family members buried there. Since then her husband died and last month their brother James Mealey died, and the brothers learned that the sister held the title.
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William Mealey
Boston
Joseph
John Mealey
Rockland
Suffolk County
Juliza Lyons
Malden
James
City Hall Annex Bill Rejected by Senate Committee
Mayor Fitzgerald saw his proposal to borrow 1.1 million dollars for a new City Hall annex rejected by the legislative committee on cities and sent to the Senate with an adverse report.
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Fitzgerald
Legislative Committee On Cities
Senate
City Hall Tower Plan Faces Senate Scrutiny and Armory Use Proposal
The city considers a 10 story city hall to house departments now renting space, to be built on the old Court House site. A public opinion bill and election law reforms loom in the Legislature amid strong debate sparked by Takce Lodge, with Sullivan tapped to become associate justice in Charlestown Police Court.
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City Hall
Court House
John Weaver Sherman
Committee On Election Laws
Senate
Robert Takce
Senator Lodge
Pearson
Committee On
Charles Sumner Sullivan
Charlestown
Judge Corbett
Sullivan
Recipes of New England Housewives feature halibut and hollandaise
A Sunday Post recipe page highlights halibut boiled briefly with salt and vinegar, served with mashed potatoes and parsley. It includes a hollandaise sauce recipe using butter eggs lemon and boiling water, then thickened over heat. Also shows meatballs of beef and pork with a pea sauce, attributed to Mrs G C Wendell of Boston and Mrs Otto Metzneer of Lawrence.
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New England Housewives
Sunday Post
G. C. Wendell
Trudson Street
Boston
Otto Metzneer
High Street
Lawrence
Fads and Fashions Preview Lavish Wardrobe Trends
Paragraph points summarize upcoming fashion trends with lofty predictions. Lavish lace and satins mix with steel jewelry and cameo accessories. Bold color shifts replace black mourning tones as one piece gowns and striped satins redefine evening and day wear.
Johnstone Dies Poor In Kansas City Probate
Ralph Johnstone the noted aviator who perished in a Denver fall last November left only 3884 in cash and real estate valued at 1500 according to wills filed for probate in Kansas City.
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Kansas, City
Ralph Johnstone
Denver
Curious News Features Girl Fends Off Bull With Knife
A Texas bull fattened for market escaped in Huntington Indiana. Twelve year old Pauline Broughton used a potato knife to defend her baby sister from the charging beast. Diamonds fragment news mentions dunite pebbles found on Olivene Mountain.
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Huntington
Ind
Texas
Pauline Broughton
American Land Company Authorized 2 Million Shares Registered
In East Orange New Jersey on March 14 1916 the American Land Company registered with 2 000 000 shares authorized par value one mill each. Two thousand dollars of capital stock has been paid in though the incorporators’ names remain secret. The nominal incorporators are attaches of the New Jersey Registration Trust Company.
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East Orange
N. J
American Land Company
New Jersey Registration & Trust Company
Mast Orange
Hudson River Mixed Drink Treat Shocks Mid Hudson
In Middletown New York on March 16 the Hudson river will receive 2500 bottles of beer three barrels of wine and a large quantity of whiskey and gin after police seized the liquor at Cornwall during raids by the New York board of water supply police. Judge Royce ordered the liquor destroyed and a general holiday will be declared Saturday at 19 a m to carry out the court orders.
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Middletown
N. Y
Hudson River
Corn Wall
New York Board of Water Supply
Cornwall
Royce
Tle City
Rio Mob Rips Off Her Harem Skirt in Rio Janeiro
In Rio Janeiro on March 16 two women who promoted the culotte jupe were mobbed by crowds in the street. Police intervened to evict one from a cafe as others plucked pieces of the garment as souvenirs while the other was saved from complete denudement with difficulty.
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Rio Janeiro
Diamonds Found in Canada First Time in British Columbia
Ottawa March 16 The Canadian Geological Survey reports diamonds discovered in British Columbia the first such find in Canada. The survey stresses the discovery holds scientific value rather than commercial significance for jewelers or industry.
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Canada
Ottawa
Ont
Canadian Geological Survey
British Columbia
Geological Survey
Honest Advice to Consumptives Promotes Eckman Alterative
A testimonial letter touts Eckman's Alterative as a cure for consumption. Howard L. Klotz from Philadelphia describes severe lung hemorrhages and pneumonia before claiming recovery after using the remedy. The ad urges readers to obtain the booklet of cured cases and contact Eckman Laboratory for more evidence.
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Susquehanna Avge
Phila
Eckman
Howard L. Klotz
Riker-Jaynes
Houghton & Dutton
Son Tells Of Multilingual Moves In Divorce Case
In New York court action, Justice adjourned the hearing on a motion by Alphonse G Koelble for Mrs Jane Humes Parker to reopen her default in a divorce suit brought by John Alley Parker. The Parker son John Floyd Parker testified the mother, in Vienna with violinist Aristides Odnega, had been away while she taught music.
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New York
Justice Newburger
Supreme Court
Alphonse G. Koelble
Jane Humes Parker
John Alley Parkker
Rishcehoff
Vienna
Austria
Aristides Odnega
Four New Appointments Made on Boston Assessors Board
Boston's Board of Assessors named four new second assistants while 42 incumbents were reappointed. The changes followed refusals to serve again and a vacancy from Ward A. Marsh's promotion. Prominent appointees include Christopher P. McCaffrey replacing Falvey and Michael T. F. Condon succeeding Fitzgerald, with John S. Gilman and William F. Harvey filling other vacancies.
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Boston
Board of Assessors
Ward A. Marsh
Christopher P. McCaffrey
Ward
Daniel J. Falvey
Robert C. Bradbury
John S. Gilman
Warwick Street
Cornelius J. Fitzgerald
Bank Loans on Increase Across National Banks
Preliminary returns from March 7 show a broad expansion in loans and discounts nationwide. New York City reports 915.9 million in loans, up 100 million, with large rises in deposits. Boston up 18 million in deposits, while St Louis, Pittsburg, and Cincinnati also gain.
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New York City
Boston
St. Tiouis
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
New York
Treasury
Comptroller
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