The Year of the Locusts in Beal's Spudd Dialogue
A brief notice notesWilliam Jethro Spudd discusses the 17 year locust in Beal's Spudd Dialogue in next week's Boston Post Sunday Magazine. A basement fire at 61 Essex Street, occupied by Van Zandt Jacobs hosiery dealers, caused $1500 in damage and was confined to the basement.
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William Jethro Spudd
Little Post
Spudd
George Brinton Beal
Boston Post
Bulding
Essex Street
van Zandt Jacobs
John Cassidy’s Will Contested In Maine Supreme Court
Bangor May 2 A witness described how timber baron John Cassidy once organized a band of river drivers led by Pat Collins to stop a saw mill operating against his wishes. The testimony comes as Cassidy’s will is challenged in court.
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Bangor
John Cassidy
Supreme Court
Pat Collins
Prentice
Cassidy
Mr. Cassidy
James W. Cassidy
Fred A. Gilbert
Spruce Wood
Great Northern Paper Company
New England
Mr. Gilbert
Gilbert
Cassidy estate witnesses reveal John Cassidy as decisive banker
In Bangor, Maine, witnesses describe John Cassidy as mentally sharp and hands on in his vast lumber and land empire. They recount how he ordered a river crew to halt a rival mill and discuss his alleged influence over James W. Cassidy during the 1906 will.
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Cassidy
Maine
North Woods
Bangor
John Cassidy
Henry Prentice
Cable Lines Restored to Private Ownership
Washington May 2 The American cable lines seized by the government in November were returned to private ownership and operation at midnight tonight by order of President Wilson.
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Washington
Wilson
House Rejects Bill to Block Zone Fare System
The House voted 116 to 60 to prevent Boston Elevated Railway from inaugurating a zone fare system on its lines. The roll call reflected party lines as Representatives refused to advance the measure to a third reading.
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House
Representatives
Boston, Elevated Railway Company
Lodger Murders Cambridge Landlady
Lydon admitted to police that he killed Mrs Wilson, according to Mrs Robert's testimony. He later confessed to authorities.
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Lydon
East Cambridge
Cambridge
Robert
Mortimer Tierney
Wsws
Wilson
Plan to Air Logan and Cole Cases At Legion Convention
Sensational disclosures about the demotion and humiliation of National Guard and army officers in France are expected to surface at the American Legion convention in St. Louis from May 9 to 11. The revelations may spur congressional investigations and possible court-martials of several high officers of the American Expeditionary Force.
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France
National Guard
New York
Missouri
Kansas
Army General Headquarters
St. Louis
Camp Devens
National Army
American Legion
American Expeditionary Force
Delegates Named for Yankee Division Representation
The Yankee Division delegation is expected to include General Cole Colonel Logan General John H Sherburne Colonel William Keville Colonel Robert Goodwin Lieutenant Colonel Greenlaw Colonel Frank M Hume Colonel William H Dolan Captain John C Leggatt and Sergeant Major James A Brickett all who attended the Paris meeting where the legion was first proposed.
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Cole
Logan
John H. Sherburne
William Keville
Greenlaw
Frank M. Hume
William H. Dolan
John C. Leggatt
James A. Brickett
Paris
Legion
Protests Grow Against Soft Drink Tax in Soda Fountains
May 2 New York petitions circulate across the country urging patrons of ice cream parlors and soda fountains to oppose the luxury tax on soft drinks and ice cream. The drive, announced at the Soda Fountain Association's first meeting, asks Congress to repeal the tax as unfair to wage earners.
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New York
Taxion
Soda Fountain Association
Congress
Legislators Scolded as House Adopts Session Order
The House adopted an order calling sessions from 10 45 to 12 50 and resuming at 2 p m after Speaker Warner criticized members for apathy and attendance laxity and their preference for the smoking room. The remarks sparked a heated debate with personal exchanges.
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House of Representatives
Warner
Man Discovers Wife Dead in Bed at Home
Stanley P. Bennett returned from work to find Dorothy S. Bennett unconscious in a bedroom with gas flowing from two open jets. Authorities could not determine the circumstances of her death. Mrs. Bennett was 22 years old. Back Bay residence on Au dubon road, Suite 5.
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Columbus Avenue
Lydon
Cambridge
United States
Eighth Infantry
Thomas Lydon
Marney Street
Stanley P. Bennett
Audubon Road
Back Bay
Dorothy S. Bennett
Bennett
Victory ball features decorated war heroes procession
The British Naval and Military Veterans held a Victory ball in Strand Hall last night with a march by decorated members from British and Canadian armies. Most had at least three years of service and were led by Major Jeffries.
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Strand Hall
Jeffries
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