Court Dismisses Equity Bids in Ingersoll Will Case
Judge Putnam in the United States Circuit Court summarily dismissed two bills in equity filed by Herbert P. Cummings and Mrs. Ellen S. Corrie as heirs of Andrew J. Davis. The actions sought to deprive Mrs. Iván A. Ingersoll of 138000 dollars awarded to her as her husband’s fee in breaking the will. The court criticized counsel Edward F. McClennen for delaying the decree and warned against contempt of court.
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Ivan A. Ingersoll
Dobbs Ferry
WN. Y
Robert G. Ingersoll
Andrew J. Davis
Montana
Putnam
United States
Herbert P. Cummings
Ware
Ellen S. Corrie
Somer, Conn
Davis
Edward F. McClennen
J L Beauchain Dead After 2 Years With Moxie Nerve Food
John L Beauchain died yesterday morning at Besseys Hospital. Born in 1868 in Three Rivers Quebec he grew up in Lowell and joined the Moxie Nerve Food Company in 1886 rising from salesman to superintendent and later director. He was a Mason and Templar member. Interment at Mt Auburn Cemetery Thursday afternoon. Services led by Boston Commandery Knights Templars. He leaves a widow three brothers and one sister.
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John L. Beauchain
Moxie Company
Bessey's Hospital
Mr. Beauchain
Three Rivers
Quebec
Lowell
Moxie Nerve Food Company
St. John's Lodge of Free
Charles Eliot Honored in Harvard Clubs Song
A new song by Owen Wister praises Charles Eliot of Harvard. The piece titled Charles Eliot Here’s to You lauds his service to college and nation, with verses praising duty courage and civic faith. The article notes Boston delegates at the Harvard clubs meeting and Cable’s undergrad view on Harvard athletics.
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Cincinnati
Harvard
Arthur G. Cable
Evanston
Cable
Harvard Crimson
Daily College Journal
Eliot
Albert Thorndike
A. T. Cabot
W. T. Piper
Edgar H. Wells
W. J. Endicott
A. Lawrence Lowell
Charles W. Eliot
W. C. Baylies
J. W. Bowen
F. M. Stone
J. D. Greene
J. G. Thorn
Owen Wister
Charles Eliot
Blanket Price Advance Forces Seasonal Increases
A supplier warns that blanket prices will rise 40 to 50 percent next season. The sale offers best quality all wool blankets at substantial savings, including 150 60x84 pairs and 70 60x84 all wool blankets, with prices from 3.85 to 12.00 per pair and silk bound options, many at half regular prices.
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Ees
Eel NS Snis Een
Ge Finiskew el Oe
Hadley Wins 1000 Prize in Musical Contest in Grand Rapids
Henry K Hadley of Massachusetts secures the $1000 orchestra prize for the best musical setting of The Culprit Fay in a National Federation of Musical Clubs contest announced in Grand Rapids Michigan. Arthur Shepard also of Massachusetts wins the $500 piano and $500 song composition prizes.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
National Federation of Musical Clubs
Henry K. Hadley
Massachusetts
Arthur Shepard
Somerville’s Henry K Hadley A Prize Winning Composer
Henry K Hadley born in Somerville December 20 1871 comes from a musical family. His father Henry Hadley directed Somerville public school music for nearly four decades and his brother Arthur D Hadley is a renowned violin cellist. He won prizes in Berlin and Paderewski contests and has conducted orchestras in New York with sixty musicians. He studied in Vienna with Mandyczewski and earned Carnegie Hall cantata prize under Damrosch. His First Symphony premiered in Pittsburgh and his Egyptian War Song was sung by David Bispham. He recently returned from abroad after leading the Boston Symphony Orchestra premiere of Symphony No 3 in B minor.
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Henry K. Hadley
Fay
Somerville
Henry Hadley
Arthur D. Hadley
Berlin
Paderewski
New York
Franklin Street Congregational
Eusebius Mandyczewski
Vienna
Adirondacks
Lake Saranac
Carnegie Hall
Frank Damrosch
Pittsburg
Victor Herbert
David Bispham
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Philharmonic Orchestra
Hadley
Baths deal dominates Battis trial proceedings
The Battis larceny trial unfolds with DA Hill and Coakley clashing over questions to Charles Kk. Durgin and Augustus TH. Childs of the Thomas Long jewelry firm. Durgin testified he helped bill the city or Battis, while Childs said Durgin introduced him to Battis.
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Hill
Daniel H. Coakley
George H. Battis
Charles Kk. Durgin
Augustus TH. Childs
Thomas Long Jewelry Concern
Battis
Durgin
Childs
Coakley
Mr. Hill
Finance Commission
Long-Haired Women Needed at Suffrage Festival
Elizabeth Gilmer at Ford Hall urged enrolling the seven Sutherland sisters as a banner for the suffrage cause. She claimed fashion and hair length mocked women’s rights, argued dress excuses are unfounded, and noted that attire should not bar women from civic power or marriage pursuits.
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Seven Sutherland Sisters
Elizabeth Gilmer
Ford Hall
Paris
Missouri
Mother Hubbard
Strike of Firemen Grows Serious
United States mediator Charles P. Neil arrived to seek a settlement as the Georgia railroad faces a nationwide firemen strike. The walkout has halted passenger, mail and express service across considerable portions of the state, driven by opposition to appointing negro firemen over whites. Railroad officials say promotions were lawful rewards for service.
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United States
Tabor
Charles P. Neil
National Board of Mediation
Neil
Scott
Georgia Railroad
Infected Beef Bill Advances Amid Senate Debate
The measure allowing sale of beef cited as infected with tuberculosis passed to be engrossed after opponents warned of safety risks. A substitute to bar sale of tuberculous meat failed 37 to 6 with six votes for it. An investigation into slaughtering methods in Massachusetts was also advanced to engrossment without debate.
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Senate
Bunting
Butler
Dixon
O'Connor
Salter
Teeling
Spalding
Cambridge
Malone
Cowee
Worcester
Birch
Massachusetts
Diphtheria Outbreak At Austin Farm Prompt Quarantine
News reports indicate 50 inmates at Austin Farm the female section of the West Roxbury State Hospital for the Insane have diphtheria. A two week quarantine stops visitors and new admissions during the outbreak.
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Austin Farm
State Hospital For the Insane
West Roxbury
Lambs Get Ovation at Boston Show
The Lambs received an ovation at a Boston show after Victor Herbert's Orchestra performed. In the line were dramatists David Belasco Augustus Thomas Charles Klein George Broadhurst William Gillette Clay M. Greene Edwin Boyle Eugene Presbrey Henry Blossom and George W. Hobart, joined by stars De Wolfe Hopper William Collier Lew Fields Joe Weber Andrew Mack Digby.
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Eame
Victor Herbert
David Belasco
Augustus Thomas
Charles Klein
George Broadhurst
William Gillette
Clay M. Greene
Edwin Milton Boyle
Eugene Presbrey
Henry Blossom
George W. Hobart
de Wolfe Hopper
William Collier
Lew Fields
Joe Weber
Andrew Mack
Digby
Notable Cast List Assembles for Stage Production
Bell Wilton Lackaye Robert Hilliard Dustin Farnum William Farnum Barry Woodruff and James O Neill are highlighted in the assembled company for the forthcoming stage presentation featuring prominent actors from the stock troupe and guest performers.
Lambs Gambol at Boston Theatre Draws $10,000 for Fund
The Lambs audience enjoyed a varied program led by Victor Herbert in the orchestra. The show featured a minstrel segment with Hitchcock Foy and Hopper, a Brutus scene from Julius Caesar, and a running sketch by Nat M. Wills. A souvenir programme sold for $300 at auction, and the event netted ten thousand dollars for the fund.
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Gambol
Boston
Victor Herbert
Raymond Hitchcock
Eddie Foy
de Wolf Hopper
Ignacius Martinetti
Clayton White
Nat M. Wills
Macklyn Arbuckle
Andrew Mack
Charles Evans
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Arter Jaye
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Portland
Mnate Arren
J. L. Beauchain
Wister
Lenox
R.H. Stearns & Co
Comes
OLD Towne Rugs
Cairo
Thread & Thrum
Lenox Rugs
Moodj
India
Kelto Rugs
Negamo Rugs
Wevwu
Hodge’s Fibre Rugs
Aers. v. Be Anally & Sons
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Boylston St
Julius Cesar
James O'Neill
Brutus
Mark Antony
Mob
B. F. Keith
Weber
Fields
E. M. Boyle
Eugene Preshbrey
George V. Hobart
Oscar Hammerstein
Jason Weiler & Son
Diamond
Washington St
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Washington Street
Gilcurist
Newton
Nina Fletcher
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Bankers Credit Department Store
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