New Turn in Sturgis Case Emerges in Salem
In May 14 ALSM report details a new chapter in the Sturgis case. Mrs E Janet Sturgis sues Dr Benjamin J Sturgis of Salem in equity alleging theft of valuables from the home at 28 Pleasant Street and seeks a restraining order to prevent sale or damage of the items. A prior April 3 probate order required Dr Sturgis to pay $300 and the case was appealed to the Supreme Court.
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ALSM
Janet Sturgis gRews
Pat Fer
Benjamin J. *Sturms
Salem
Sturgis
Supreme Court
Pleasant Street
Court action seeks return of marital property
The bill asks the court to restrain the respondents from entering the premises and to order the return of property including carpets furniture rugs pictures bedding crockery and silverware which the husband says his wife concealed.
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City Funds Report Small Contributions to Conscience Fund
Mayor Curley endorses the slogan It Pays to Advertise as worth using. Last week City Collector Curley announced receipts for the conscience fund. Yesterday an unidentified donor sent a postal order for 10 dollars, likely part of a final city debt payment.
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Curley
Conscience
Peter Kern
Teamster Dies at Work in Charlestown at Long Wharf
Frank Yuill aged 65 of 6 Oak Street Charlestown died suddenly yesterday morning while employed as a teamster for Annable and Company at Long Wharf. His body sent to North Morgue. Widow unable to leave home. Daughter Mrs Veda Jollyman notified in Billerica.
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Frank Yuill
Oak Street
Charlestown
Long Wharf
Annable and Company
North
Veda Jollyman
Billerica
Short Ballot Bill Rejected in State House Fight
Representative Herbert W. Burr of Boston announced his Republican bid for State auditor opposing Alonzo B. Cook. He spoke against the short ballot bill moved by the Senate to nominate top officials by convention instead of direct nomination. Burr cited Cook’s ties with Simon Swig as a reason to challenge him. Representative Silbert also denounced the bill. The House rejected the measure by an almost unanimous voice vote.
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Herbert W. Burr
Boston
House
Alonzo
B. Cook
Burr
Senate
Cook
Simon Swig
Silbert
Boston Elevated Seeks Lot to Build Loop in West Roxbury
Mayor Curley urged passage of an order to permit purchase of 50 000 square feet of land including the old parental school on Spring street West Roxbury for a loop line. The deal would ease trailer and car movement. Action postponed until next week.
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Curley
Boston Elevated Railway
Spring Street
West Roxbury
Elevated
Majestic Set to Break Postwar Transatlantic Speed Record
The German built liner Majestic will establish a postwar speed record when she arrives at the White Star Line pier in New York after a voyage from Southampton and Cherbourg. She is expected to dock at noon tomorrow, amid fogs, averaging about 2½ knots en route and covering the voyage in five and a half days.
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New York
United News
Majestic
White Star Line
Shipboard
Southampton
Cherbourg
Perkins Institution Exhibition Highlights Blind Pupil Skills at Jordan Hall
Tomorrow afternoon at 38 o’clock an exhibition at Jordan Hall showcases Perkins Institution for the Blind pupils. The program features games, rope skipping, stilts, Braille reading, a Dutch dance, physics demonstrations, and Braille readings of Polly Oliver's Problem. Hon. Frances Henry Appleton and Prof. Francis G. Peabody will speak, tickets by phone or at 3:05 p m if available, admission free. The piece notes public reluctance to hire blind workers and mentions a $3000 scholarship funded by Richard M Saltonstall for a non resident pupil.
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Jordan Hall
Perkins Institution For
Francie Henry Appleton
Francis G. Peabody
Perkins Institution
Watertown
Perkins
Boston
Richard “M
Carrick's Bill Aids Cripples in Cambridge Debate
Senator Carrick of Cambridge yesterday pushed a bill to provide ten dollars a week in aid to crippled individuals unable to care for themselves, outside state institutions. He argued care can be cheaper than housing them in institutions and urged action despite prior investigations.
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Carrick
Cambridge
Committee On Ways and Means
Carpenter dies from Somerset truck crash injuries
Alfred Beruhe, 32 Nashua Street, a carpenter, died at Union Hospital from injuries suffered when the truck he rode in sideswiped a automobile and crossed the highway near Somerset last evening.
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Fall River
Alfred Beruhe
Nashua Street
Union Hospital
Somerset
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