Recluse to Rest in Grave He Prepared
Andrew Webster of Taunton and Fall River, known as Lola’s barefoot neighbor, amassed near 200000 dollars and planned a strict iron clad will. After years of frugal living and shrewd deals, he faced Probate Court over a conservator bid but defended his wealth and self reliance. His legacy includes oxen Rosie and Dinah the horse, cats, and a farm in the Algerine area near Freetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Courts
Andrew
Freetown
Berkley
Frederick S.hall
Taunton
Webster
Algerine
Treetown
Apollos
Parmelia (Briggs) Webster
Donald
Lois
Lola
Andrew Skabon
Fall River
Taunton Green
Nickelodeon
Phim
Rosie
Dinah
Walter Strange
Walter
M Rete
Wilbur
Junion
Supreme Court
Jordan Marsh Buys Shuman Store in City Expansion
Jordan Marsh Company gains Shuman corner adding about 100000 square feet to its main store. No personnel changes or loss of familiar faces for Shuman customers. New space expands Men’s and Boys’ department while preserving current locations and access between stores. Women's and Children's departments will receive growth, with the men’s furnishing department kept in the Shuman building under Jordan Marsh management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shuman
Jordan Marsh Company
A. Shuman & Company
Seven LaCroix family members buried after mystery poisoning
In L'Orignal Ontario on May 5 neighbors who spent the night making coffins lowered the bodies of seven LaCroix family members who died yesterday after an apparent poisoning. Initial thoughts blamed wild parsnips, but Dr Hans T Gussow, chief botanist, ruled the herb nonpoisonous, with further investigation pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L'Orignal
Ont
LaCroix
Hans T. Gussow
Central Experimental Farm
Fire Shots At Speeding Auto In Malden Melrose Chase
Police fired several shots at a speeding vehicle in a dawn pursuit through Malden and Melrose streets. The pursuing officers ditched their car after a crash near the Malden Melrose line, then joined by Melrose patrolmen but the suspect vanished on Sylvan Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malden
Melrose
Edward Schroeffel
Florence Street
Schroeffel
William Hallisey
Master Burglar Still At Liberty In West End
West End police arrest Goldstein and McLean after a pawnshop sting. Goldstein admitted five breaks in the area and was found with a bag of clothing and garments. McLean, linked to the same crimes, evaded capture briefly before being seized at gunpoint. A third man, Shugrue, was detained and released. suspicious prowling continued near Cambridge and Radcliffe College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West End
Herbert McLean
Goldstein
Willard Street
John A. Russell
John D. Holmes
Joy Street
Frank Shugrue
Wigglesworth Street
Roxbury
Charles Street
Cambridge
Harvard Square
Radcliffe College
McLean
Russell and
Holmes
Green Street
Russell
New Jersey
Homes
Double Murder Attempt Near Town Line Ends in Death
Charles Colby a 28 year old Lawrence chauffeur is shot at close range in a camp near the West Hopkinton and Henniker line after Blanchette threatened Colby and Bertha Bennett. Letters in Colby’s pockets reveal Blanchette planned to kill Bennett and himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Colby
Lawrence
Mass
Colby
West Hopkinton
Henniker
Blanchette
Bertha E. Bennett
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp Presented by M N A School
The Students of the Massachusetts Normal Art School staged a pantomime of Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp at the Oriental festival of the Copley Society in Boston’s Rogers Hall. Over 100 students acted as coolies court ladies pages children heralds slaves and dancers in the lively performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Normal Art School
Copley Society of Boston
Rogers’ Hall
Feud ends in camp killing. Colby surrenders to authorities
Colby after hiding Blanchette's body at the camp loft surrenders at West Hopkinton with Mrs. Bennett. He claims Blanchette was killed after a confrontation. The couple led sheriffs through the events to Merrimack County jail. Investigators found letters in Blanchette's pockets explaining motives and threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colby
Blanchette
Bennett
Sherif George A. Wooster
Herbert W. Rainie
Lawrence
Arthur Barton
Concord
Mrs. Bennett
Charles Colby
Rainle
American Association opens convention for Irish Republic recognition
Washington May 5 Unqualified Republican support in Ireland under Eamon De Valera and unanimous decision to exclude non supporters marked the opening session of the national convention of the American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Republican Party
Ireland
Eamon de Valera
National
The
American Association For the Recognition
Irish republicans praise De Valera in New Jersey meeting
Delegates from Padraic Pearse and Terrence MacSwiney councils in Washington DC were refused seats as their neutrality resolutions drew ire. John Darlin Hughes of New Jersey led as permanent chairman, urging support for the Republican party in Ireland and denouncing the Anglo Irish agreement. Attendees included Sinn Fein leaders Rev Michael O Flanagan and Austin Stack, with Mayor Stephen O Mara of Limerick, who received an ovation. De Valera sent a message urging unity and sovereignty as the fight for independence continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Padraic H. Pearse
Terrence MacSwiney
District of Columbia
Ireland
John Darlin Hughes
New Jersey
Republican Party
de Valera
London
Michael O’flanagan
Sinn Fein
Austin Stack
Dail
United States
Stephen O'Mara
Limerick
Dies Joking About His Age at Odd Fellows Night
Silas M Stevens 70 of Winthrop collapsed and died during Old Timers Night at Zenith Lodge East Boston. He joked about aging while presenting a toy garden tool set to Harry Hamilton, then suffered heart trouble and lost consciousness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zenith Lodge of Odd Fellows
Meridian Street
East
Boston
Silas M. Stevens
Seymour Avenue
Winthrop
Mr. Stevens
Harry Hamilton
Hotel inspection tour begins on Cape Cod coast
A group of Boston hotel men started a two day inspection of Cape Cod hotels led by Herbert M. Chase of the Wesley House Oak Bluffs, secretary of the Cape Cod Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Hotel Association that organized the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hub Bonifaces
Cape Cod
Boston
Herbert M. Chase
Wesley House
Oak Bluffs
Cape Cod, Marthas Vineyard and Nantucket
Col Major Testimony in War Courts Concerns Edwards Relief
Col Major's testimony shows he denies personal responsibility for relief recommendations for Edwards and other officers. He clashes with Col Hunt over assertions by Boisrouvrais and defends loyalty to Edwards while admitting clashes over appointments and front line roles. The hearing highlights tension between regular army officers and National Guard leadership, with calls for Pershing and Edwards to testify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunt
Boisrouvrais
Charles A. Stephens
Stephens
Major
National Guard
Edwards
Cole
Logan
Chaumont
John W. Hyatt
Hyatt
Hume
Parker
O. K
Washington
Pershing
Chateau Thierry
Brewster
Dover woman credits pink pills for recovery from grip
Mrs. George E. White of No 25 Fifth Street Dover New Hampshire says she suffered nearly a year from grip aftermath and five weeks bedridden. A relative who used Dr Williams Pink Pills advised them. After two boxes she regained strength appetite color and energy and plans to recommend the tonic. Drugstore price is 60 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. White
Fifth Street
Dover
N. H
Dr. Williams
Murder Hour Theatre in Baltimore Clears Suspect
May 5 report from Winchester Mass. murder case notes Pittsfield New Hampshire man eliminated after New Theatre Stock Company members Daniel Shea Willard Dashiell and Lester Howard confirm he was with them in Baltimore the night of the crime. The man was questioned in Harrisburg and identified earlier as the strange man seen near the scene. Today Shea Dashiell and Howard corroborated his alibi in full.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Pittsfield
N. H
Ralph W. Brewster
Boston & Maine
Winchester
Mass
Daniel Shea
Willard Dashiell
Lester Howard
New Theatre Stock Company
Post
New Hampshire
Harrisburg
Penn
New Thgatre
Vanderbilt heirs lose Lusitania policy suit ruling
The executors of Alfred G. Vanderbilt’s estate failed to obtain $150,000 from Travelers Insurance on a policy carried by Vanderbilt when he perished on the Lusitania. Attorneys argued a war clause voided the policy, and the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court upheld the lower court’s ruling that the policy was not payable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Lusitania
Traveler's Insurance Company
Vanderbilt
William J. Moran
Apellate
Supreme Court
Funeral Services for John McCall Pettis
Funeral services were held yesterday at Waterman chapel in Brookline with Rev. A. Z. Conrad officiating. Burial followed at Mt. Pleasant cemetery in Arlington. Pettis, a longtime traveling salesman for a Chicago firm and later a New York house, died Wednesday at his Gray Chambers home on Mt. Vernon Street. He was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, and survived by his wife Emma Haskins Pettis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McCall Pettis
Waterman's Chapel
Brookline
A. Z. Conrad
D. D
Park Street Church
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Arlington
Pettis
Chicago
New York
Lebanon
Gray Chambers
Mt. Vernon Street
Emma Haskins Pettis
Extradition Case Delayed as Appeal Stays Action
Judge Bleakley in Westchester County dismissed habeas corpus petitions filed by William J. and Joseph MacLaughlin and A. E. Morris New York brokers seeking to halt extradition to Boston for fraud related to stock sales to G. I. Steeves of Melrose Massachusetts. He said an appeal would stay execution, and the brokers planned to pursue one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Plains
N. vi
May
Bleakley
William J
Joseph MacLaughlin
A. E. Morris
New York
Boston
G. I. Steeves
Melrose
Mass
Tanlac praised by Boston woman for rheumatism relief
Mrs. M. C. Benn of Boston reports severe rheumatism in hands and wrists, stomach troubles, nausea, dizziness, and weight loss. After a few days on Tanlac she improves, and after three bottles she says all troubles are gone, recommending it to others. Tanlac is sold by all good druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Cole
Cole
Shelton
51St Infantry
Edwards
Robinson
Arkansas
Jack’j .Greenway
Greenway
Bamford
John D. Murphy
26Th Division
Logan
Horsey
Senate Committee
2Iges
Major
Norsey
Tanlac
Boston
M. C. Benn
Hammond St
Mass
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M. & J. Brand
Cain
Paris
Washtub
Garret
Pug Griffin
Paikman Street
Russell Street
Eaton Street
Chambers
Allen
Allen Street
Aladdin
Castoria
Fullaid
Irish Republic
A. A.R. LR
Col. Major
L. Logan
Edwards and
Sherburne
Keville
Gallivan
Company
Sanderson
Charles Alden Seltzer
Beau Rand
Drag Harlan
Bill Bransford
A. C. McClurg & Co., Publishers
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