Not Heart to Find a Fat Man Guilty
MEN S MOCK TRIALS The Fat Men s Club at Ford Hall staged a humorous mock trial of A K Moulton a 476 pound man accused of larceny from Willie Wiggles Buzzell of a fine goat The trial ended with a hung jury amid satire The crowd at Ford Hall roared with laughter throughout the show backed by the Fat Men s Club of New England entertaining Newton Newkirk Theodore Roosevelt and others were lampooned in the proceedings
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A. K. Moulton
Willie Wiggles Buzzell
Ford Hall
Theodore Roosevelt
Newton Newkirk
Ananias Club
Quimby
Harrison
Revere House
Fat Men's Club
New England
Missionary Exposition in Boston Nears Record Crowds
The Missionary Exposition in Boston closes today after a month of display drawing over a third of a million visitors. Officials expect a record crowd. 5000 Sunday school children from Malden Melrose Woburn and Chelsea are scheduled to enter before noon. The treasurer notes expenses may total about 196000 with 60000 advanced by guarantors to be repaid, profits unlikely due to low admission prices and high scenery costs, all spent to promote missionary education in Greater Boston and New England.
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Boston
Malden
Melrose
Woburn
Chelsea
the World
Greater
New England
Governor Faces Tech State Aid Bill Decision
The fate of Technology hinges on Governor Foss. President Maclaurin said Technology's future depends on favorable action by the Governor on the state aid bill now before him. He must decide by tonight to avoid automatic enactment. alumni 80,000 and 1,500 undergraduates await the outcome with grave interest.
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Foss
Maclaurin
Technology
Mrs Mary Baker Eddy Domicile in Courts of Massachusetts
The question of where Mrs Mary Baker Eddy resided will be fought in Massachusetts courts as Attorney General Swift appears in Probate Court. C F Choate Jr to represent the Eddy trustees in the proceedings.
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Mary Baker Eddy
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Attorney-General
Swift
C. F. Choate, Jr
Eddy
Mass Supreme Court Domicile Case Affects Inheritance Tax
The case centers on Mrs. Eddy domicile for tax purposes. New Hampshire has taxed an estate valued at about 2.5 million dollars in personal property and 15 thousand in real estate, totaling 123,607 dollars. If Massachusetts rules she is domiciled there, inheritance tax could rise due to Boston copyright, books, and manuscripts valued near one million dollars, and the state might claim parts of assets taxed in New Hampshire.
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Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Boston
Refuses to Identify Son in Divorce Court
In a divorce case, Charles A. Oak, a physician of Vereve, declines to identify a boy in the courtroom, saying he hasn’t seen the child in three years. He admits the boy is probably his. Oak left Mrs Oak on April 15, 19%. Custody was awarded to Mrs Oak by Judge Grant on November 23, 1906, with Oak ordered to pay 2.75 weekly. The case resumes Monday.
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Florence M. Oak
Revere
Charles A. Oak
Mr. Oak
Oak
Grant
Probate Court
School Board tightens rules on photography and pins
Photographers may not solicit inside school buildings but may visit outside to photograph classes. Class pin agents are barred from schools. Boston cadet parade date moved from May 29 to May 26. Principal may visit other cities to study industrial schools up to 250 dollars. A four year shorthand and typewriting course is proposed. vocational motivation in high schools urged. Businessmen should lecture to engage pupils in commercial and scientific subjects.
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Boston
Memorial to Memory of the K. P. Dead
Union memorial services will be held tomorrow at 3 p m at Cary Avenue Methodist Church Chelsea for King Philip and Red Cross Lodges Knights of Pythias East Boston Mystic Apollo Lodges Chelsea and Eagles of Revere. Pythian Hall Chelsea will host 2:30 escort by Uniform Bank to join at the church with Pythian Sisters. Speakers include Revs Jackson East Boston Miller Revere Beale Somerville and Herrick Chelsea.
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Union
King Philip and Red Cross
Knights of Pythias
East Boston
Mystic and
Apollo Lodges
Chelsea
Eagles of Revere
Cary Avenue Methodist Church
Pythian Hall
Uniform Bank
Pythian Sisters
Mr. Jackson
Mr. Miller
Revere
Mr. Beale
Somerville
E. P. Herrick
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Unitarian
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Moses & Pete
Victor M. Friend
Charles M. Ces
Chester B. Shepard
Antoin
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New York
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Hamilton
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