Niece Contests Millionaire Aunt Will in Dedham Case
Mrs. Bernard J. Cogan of 6722 Indiana avenue fights to break the will of Elizabeth A Hiigharg of Brookline Mass. She claims she and her children expected the bulk of the Brigham estate which later funded a home for the “Indurables.” Objections were filed in Dedham Probate Court as Mrs Cogan pursues the suit amid a fortune cut to about 2 million after charitable gifts.
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Cago
Bernard J. Cogan
Indiana Avenue
Elizabeth A. Hiigharg
Brookline
Mass
Woman Slayer May Be Known
Providence Rhode Island detectives say the Laura B. Regester murder case is solved. A man will be arrested soon with evidence to present at the next grand jury session. Police refuse to name the suspect as inspectors shadow him for two days and he offers conflicting alibis.
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Providence
R. Y
Laura B. Regester
Cranston
Reservoir Avenue
C. S. Horton
Horton
Monahan
Haron
Daughter of George B Cortelyou Dies at Home
Helen Cortel yu, 9 year old daughter of George B Cortelyou former Secretary of the Treasury and now president of the Consolidated Gas Company, died last night at the Cortelyou home Huntington Long Island after two winter grip attacks.
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New York
Helen Cortelyou
George B. Cortelyou
the Treasury
The
Consolidated Gas Company
Cortelyou
Huntington
L. 1
Sederquist, Barry & Co. Brokers Put In Receivership
More than half a million dollars is tied to the failure of Sederquist, Barry & Co., stock brokers of 19 Congress Street, placed in receivership after creditors filed bankruptcy in the United States District Court. Following the collapse, P. Cramm & Co. of 7 Congress Street suspended after transferring New York accounts from Sederquist, Barry & Co., both members of the Consolidated New York Exchange.
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Sederquist, Barry & Co
Congress Street
United States District Court
P. Cramm & Co
New York
Consolidated New York Exchange
Arthur B. Sederquist
Newton
John B. Barry
Boston
D. Eustace Bigelow
Ennis & Stoppant and Tracy & Co
Ways and Means
New York Consolidated Exchange
Max Jacobs
Frank A. Hines
Edward P. Cramm
Cramm
E. P. Cramm & Co
C. F. Weed
Dodge
Sederquist Barry & Co goes into receivership with 14 branches
Charles F. Weed named receiver as Sederquist Barry & Co and 14 offices in Portland Lewiston Manchester Nashua Providence Worcester Springfield Fitchburg Lowell Lawrence Haverhill New Bedford Fall River Attleboro face assets under 50 000 and liabilities over 500 000. Bankruptcies filed as collection tightens after market losses and a New York investigation.
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Sederquist, Barry & Co
Portland
Lewiston
Manchester
Nashua
N. H
Providence
R. I
Worcester
Springfield
Fitchburg
Lowell
Lawrence
Haverhill
New Bedford
Fall River
Attleboro
Charles F. Weed
Boston
State Street
Dodge
United States District Court
Legless Prisoner Escapes Police Station in Stratford
William Williams of Pennsylvania, both legs amputated, escaped from Stratford police station by climbing to a window on chairs. He tied a blanket to an iron bar, moved three bars loose, then lowered to the ground using the blanket.
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Bridgeport
Conn
William Williams
Pennsylvania
Stratford
Wisconsin coeds seek pool tables in Eve's Hall
In Madison on May 20, University of Wisconsin coeds request installation of pool tables in the new women's hall known to students as Eve's Hall. The move aims to provide recreation space and social activity on campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison, Wis
University of Wisconsin
Unitarian Gathering In Boston For National Conference
Unitarians from across the nation converge on Boston for the American Unitarian Association meeting. May 2 anniversary events, receptions at Hotel Somerset, and major addresses at Tremont Temple feature speakers from multiple states. Jonathan Spargo, Rabbi Wise, and Charles Zeublin join leaders at Arlington Street Church. officials preside at Tremont Temple and King's Chapel sessions.
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Boston
American Unitarian Association
Draper
Association
S. A. .Not
Frederick Gill
Arlington
Pacific States
M. Bennett
Lawrence
Kan
J. W. Rowlett
Atlanta
Samuel. R. Maxwell
Greenfield
Guild
Tremont Temple
Samuel M. Crothers
D. D
Cambridge
Charles J. St. John
Philadelphia
Minot O
Cleveland
Julian C. Jaynes
West Newton
Arlington Street Church
John Spargo
Stephen
Wise
New York
Charles Zeublin
King’s Chapel
Olin
Greeley
Judge Leathers
Minneapolis
A. M. Rihbany
Toledo
Harvard Task Looms Large as New President Speaks
President Abbott Lawrence Nowell of Harvard described the current assignment as the hardest in the United States. He addressed hundreds of students from the Government JI class and defended the college as the core of academic life while pledging to maintain university policy and support graduate departments.
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Abbott Lawrence Nowell
Harvard
United States
Government JI
American College
Ee Mae
Harvard College
Fifty Years Union Reunites Lovers in Kittanning Wedding
Miss Milly Calhoun and R O Clever aged 7 and 78 wed in Kittanning Penn after a half century apart. They had grown up near Glade Run Church and planned to marry but parted in a quarrel. Clever later remarried, his wife died, and he found Calhoun waiting again in Dayton. They married at last with Rev J W McIntyre officiating.
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Kittanning
Penn
Milly Calhoun
R. O. Clever
J. W. McIntyre
Glade Run Presbyterian Church
Miss Calhoun
Charles F Hilton dies. notable park commissioner
Lynn, May 20. Charles F. Hilton, park commissioner and former City Council member, died here today in his 74th year from heart trouble. He was a prominent Mason.
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Lynn
Charles F. Hilton
Women View Refuse Plant Inspecting Boston Garbage System
A large delegation from the Women’s Municipal League toured Boston’s garbage disposal facilities under city supervision. They visited Hecht’s wharf dumping yard and Spectacle Island’s garbage plant aboard a health boat. The group aims to report back and suggest improvements. several committee chairs and members attended from various branches.
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Women's Municipal League
Boston
Emerson
Hecht's Wharf
Spectacle Island
Women’s Municipal League
R. M. Bradley
W. T. Council- Iwan
W. L. Putnam
W. W. Vaughan
John ©. Munro
Roland C. Lincoln
Madeline Laurence
Katherine C. Pierce
Edith Guerrier
Vrank L. Young
Dorchester
Jamaica Plain
Thomas Sherwin
C. A. Russell
WH. W. Weller
John M. Sulllivan
B. B. Tremere
Guy C. Emerson
Battis Sent to Trial Monday in City Larceny Case
Ex Alderman George H Battis faces trial in the Superior Criminal Court next Monday on larceny charges tied to the purchase of Fourth of July prizes. District Attorney Hill announced the decision after Judge Schofield denied a continuance bid citing newspaper reports on alleged city grafters.
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George H. Battis
Boston
Superior Criminal Court
Hill
Schofield
D. H. Coakley
Battis
No Trace Of Whaler's Men Report In Caracas
The British minister Sir Vincent Corbett has opened an official inquiry into a St. Vincent report that the captain and crew of the whaling ship Carrie D. Knowles are imprisoned in Venezuela. While several crew members were British subjects, searches have not confirmed Venezuelan detention.
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Caracas
Sir Vincent Corbett
St. Vincent
British West Indies
Carrie D. Knowles
Hecht Civic Alliance Plans Dr Cabot Lecture
The Hecht Civic Alliance Club members look forward to a lecture by Dr. Richard C. Cabot of Massachusetts General Hospital next Sunday at 154 Charles Street.
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Hecht Clvic Alliance Club
Richard C. Cabot
Massachusetts General Hospital
Charles Street
Miss Taft to Unveil Soldiers Monument at Gettysburg
Miss Helen Taft accepts invitation to unveil Union Army memorial at Gettysburg Pennsylvania honoring soldiers from the Gettysburg campaign. The ceremony will be held in May with President Taft delivering the principal address.
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Washington
Helen Taft
Gettysburg
Penn
Taft
Officer's Wife Aided by Taft
President Taft issues an order allowing the appointment of Mrs. NinalL. Carrington to a classified clerkship without exam as a remedial measure for her husband Frank Del. Carrington a late major in the First United States Infantry unjustly convicted in the Philippines.
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Washington
Taft
Classified Service
Ninall. Carrington
Carrington
Frank del
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Henry Sie Siegel CO
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