Bushman wife testifies in divorce case details struggle and disguise
Baltimore May 23 Mrs Francis X Bushman formerly Miss Mary Magdalene Bushman testified to years of poverty sewing for her family while supporting her husband. She said she posed as his sister in Chicago to aid his rising acting career and was told she was a lodestone about his neck. She recounted moving from Camden to Chicago and back to Baltimore as his career advanced.
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Demanded Daily Report on Mrs Bushman’s Status
A clipped courthouse brief notes Mrs. Bushman is reported as in good health and the matter may proceed with routine daily disclosures. No further details are provided in the fragment.
Woman seeks custody and support in custody dispute
The woman says she is willing for him to see the five children at any time or place but asks for custody and adequate money for their support. She declares Bushman makes $75,000 a year.
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Bushman
Bituminous Price Set to Fall for Coal
Washington May 23. Government fixed price for bituminous coal to be reduced after an agreement between Fuel Administrator Garfield and Director-General McAdoo. Railroads to pay the standard price, with reductions possibly around 2.25 dollars per ton, about 35 to 40 cents below the current mine average. Further figures to be decided in upcoming talks.
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War Stamp Societies Aim for 1000 in Boston District
Enthusiasm over thrift and war savings societies in downtown Boston led division managers of the Boston Chamber of Commerce to target 1000 new societies in the business district by June. Each manager must form from 100 to 175 new groups in five weeks, with a current total of 300. Quotas include S St John Morgan 100 Prescott Bigelow Jr 10 W H Brown 100 W K Greene 17 and Otto J Piehler 100. Shops, offices, and stores to be canvassed. many large firms already organized.
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Boston Chamber of Commerce Committee
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Prescott Bigelow, Jr
W. H. Brown
W. K. Greene
Otto J. Piehler
Equal Rights League Protests Lynching to President Wilson
The National Equal Rights League sent a telegram to President Wilson on May 28 1918 protesting the lynching of five Black Americans including a woman. The message notes two Black soldiers in France who earned the Croix de Guerre and urges official action against lynching.
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Byron Gunner
William Monroe Trotter
William D. Brigham
Food Saving Rally Held in Dorchester
Bishop Joseph A. Anderson presided at a food saving rally at Seeeee Memorial Hall Dorchester with speakers Victor A. Heath Major Patrick O Keefe Miss Mary A Barr John D Willard and Miss Julia Pulsifer linked to federal food administration in Washington.
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Victor A. Heath
Boston Public Safety Committee
Patrick O’keefe
Mary A. Barr
John D. Willard
Wadicott
Julia Pulsifer
Federal Food Administration
Washington
Memorial Service for Dover Soldier George B. Preston
A memorial service will be held Sunday evening at the Town Hall in Dover for George B. Preston the town’s first war casualty. Mayor Peters of Boston plans to speak along with Colonel Cecil G. Williams of the Canadian forces and the Rev D Wilson of the First Parish Church. Augustus H. Parker will preside.
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