Wheelwright Will Upheld in Boston Case
The jury sustained the will of Henry A. Wheelwright of Boston and Cohasset, disputed by cousin Mrs. Caroline B. Foster, his heir at law. Foster challenged the 1908 codicil dated January 21 1908 which diverted most of the $500 000 estate to the Underwood relatives amid claims of unsound mind and undue influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry A. Wheel- Wright
Boston and
Cohasset
Caroline B. Foster
Superior Court
Underwood
Wheelwright
Foster
Thin People Can Increase Weight With Sargel
Advice for thin adults to gain 5 to 8 pounds in two weeks using Sargel with every meal. Weigh and measure before and after, noting scales and tape measure reflect gains. Sargel supposedly converts eaten fats into nourishing tissue, stops waste, and yields lasting weight with a money back guarantee.
Simple eye care prescription promises relief for eye troubles
The piece warns that many ignore eye issues and overuse cheap glasses. It promotes a 5 grain Optona tablet with two ounces water to bathe the eyes four times daily, claiming sharper vision, reduced inflammation, and possible elimination of glasses, noting it is safe for all ages and available at any drugstore.
Roosevelt to reach Oyster Bay on June voyage home
Theodore Roosevelt returns from Brazil aboard the Aidan and is due to dock at quarantine around 4 PM. He will transfer to a tug and travel to the W. Emlen Roosevelt pier at Oyster Bay for arrival home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Brazil
Oyster Bay
Long Island
Booth
Ian
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Para
Aidan
Sevral
Alexander
Kermit Roosevelt
Leo C. Miller
George K. Cherry
Pty
Spain
Miller
Cherry
Roosevelt’s Colonel Returns Home Quietly by Sea
The former President’s colonel travels aboard the Dunstan from Manaos after illness and surgery. He rests aboard the Aidan en route to Brooklyn then Oyster Bay by train, seeking a subdued greeting to avoid a public demonstration. Roosevelt family members will meet the Aidan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aidan
Brooklyn
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Andrew Alexander
Booth
Dunstan
Brazil
Manaoa
Amazon
Atlantic
Para
Alexander
Manaos
Constant Sufferer from Skin Trouble in Bennington
Richard Voss of 111 Pleasant St Bennington writes that after years of severe skin troubles including pimples and sores he used Cuticura Soap and Ointment for five months and was cured, now feeling like a new man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant St
Bennington
Richard Voss
Dark blue blister on hand heals with Cuticura products
A Middletown woman describes her son's two week dark blue hand blister that improved after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. The ad claims Cuticura benefits for complexion and hair and offers free samples and a 32 page skin guide. It directs readers to mail a card to Cuticura Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loveland St
Middletown
Conn
Carl Herrmann
Cuticura
Dept. T
Boston
Counterfeiting Plant Found in Concord Huts and Dredge Work
Federal agents uncovered one of the era’s largest counterfeiting operations in Concord area woods tied to Salvatore Christi and James Mazzullo of Revere. They found coin moulds, metal, and two loaded rifles, with arrests linked to the Lowell case. Authorities traced the plant to a hut hidden near a Middlesex School dredge project and plan further evidence hunts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesex School Road
Secret Service
Connolly
Revere
Christi
Revere House
Cristi
Mazzullo
Lowell
United States
Hayes
Concord
Salvatore Christi
James Mazzullo
Nathaniel T. Connolly
P. A. Rubano
Bates Street
Middlesex School
Herbert T. Gerrish
Health officials warn against old fish dock plan at T wharf
Boston health authorities and the State Board of Health inspect T wharf to assess sanitary conditions for a new South Boston fish pier. They say T dock is not rat proof and should not be a fish mart, fearing bubonic plague and other diseases from rats. A new regulation may bar wholesale fish selling along the waterfront between the North and South Stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New South Boston
T Wharf
State Board of Health
Health Commission
Bromoq Quinine Ad For Cold Cure
Public ad promises a single day cure for a cold using Laxa tive Bromo Quinine with signature by E. W. Grove and price shown as 2he.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Grove
Heavy electric car jumps track injuring five in Lynn
A heavy electric car on the Peabody line at Lynn jumped the track near St Joseph's Church last night at 30 mph. Five passengers were slightly injured including George Duntley Thomas Meaney Mrs J B Colby Miss H Brown and Ruth McDonald. The car halted near a telephone pole and traffic resumed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peabody
St. Joseph’s Church
Roadway
Lynn
George F. Duntley
Lynfield Street
Thomas Meaney
Tremont Street
Lynn Hospital
J. B. Colby
Monument Avenue
Charlestown
Lake Shore Park
Ruth McDonald
Two Auto Thieves Arrested in Portsmouth Chase
John M. Stanley and William H. Crego both 23 or 28 were arrested in Portsmouth N H on larceny charges tied to the theft of a Belmont Massachusetts residents car from Fenway Park. The suspects ditched the vehicle on the road toward Portland just beyond the state line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Stanley
William H. Crego
Portsmouth
N. H
Boston
Percy Dewey
Hillcrest Street
Belmont
Fenway Park
Portland
State Line
Driver Killed as Runaway Horses Stampede
Michael Gildas 26 of Cambridge left a barn to test a span of green horses. The horses bolted, crowding an inbound electric car. Gildas was crushed beneath the dray wheels and died at Cambridge Relief Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Gildas
Jefferson Street
Cambridge
Gildas
Cambridge Relief Hospital
Gutoski
Station 3
Cambridge Street
Inman Square
Stearns Called to London Over Illness of Wife
Alfred E. Stearns, principal of Phillips Andover Academy, said he was summoned to London by his wife’s serious illness and would sail from New York the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andover
Alfred E. Stearns
Phillips Andover Academy
London
New York
Upton Fire Destroys Buildings in Worcester Area
A blaze starting in a shed at Pred W. Clark's livery in Upton destroyed six buildings, including the Clark stable, two residences, a tenement, two barns, and damaged the Elijah Bates Stoddard mansion. Loss estimated at 15000 dollars. Worcester Milford and Hopedale fire departments helped prevent further losses. Homes of Fred W. Clark and Mrs. James Milton Ruggles burned. tenement owned by George Chamberlain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Pred W. Clark
Upton
Clark
Elijah Bates
Milford
Hopedale
Fred W. Clark
James Milton Ruggles
George Chamberlain
Boston Sisters Mourn Lost Sealer’s Brother in Newfoundland Disaster
Mrs Bridget Casey of Dorchester received word that her brother Thomas O'Connell second engineer of the Southern Cross perished when the sealing steamer went down in the storm that began March 31 off Newfoundland. Two other sisters in Boston, Mrs Peter Dooley and Mrs Mary Walsh, also mourn his loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newfoundland
Bridget Casey
Robinson Street
Dorchester
Thomas O'Connell
Southern Cross
O'Donnell
Peter Dooley
S. Street
South
Boston
Mary Walsh
Stafford Street
Roxbury
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Wheel Wright
America
Skill
Skill Dental Co
Washington St
Gilchrist's
Filene's
DeMiracle
Miracle Chemical Co
Park Ave
H St
Father L
McClure
Dunstan's Dock
Brooklyn Pier
Harvard Club
Harvard
Ed States
W.l.douglas
W. L. Douglas
W.L. Douglas
W.J
Douglas
Green Horses
Stearns
Boston Sisters
Newman
New England
J. Neyman
Tremont St
Budweiser
Anheuser-Busch
ST. Louis
Panama Canal
S. S. Pierce Co
Jacob Wirth Co
Boston, Mass
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