Will contest over Austin Ford estate reaches Supreme Court
Relatives of Austin Ford appeal Middlesex Probate Court decree that allowed his will. The case centers on alleged undue influence by Mary E. Ford and Joseph Ford, sons of the testator, over business affairs and deed transfers. The widow Bridget Ford, and children Elizabeth and Walter, seek an accounting and to overturn the will as the estate, run into thousands, faces dispute.
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Austin Ford
Supreme Court
Middlesex Probate Court
Bridget Ford
Elizabeth
Walter
Nigner
Mary E. Ford
Mary
Joseph Ford
Joseph
Ford
Harvard to Witness Canterbury Pilgrims Tonight
Coburn Players perform Percy MacKaye's Canterbury Pilgrims at Bertram Hall Cambridge to benefit Radcliffe English class and the Harvard Dramatic Club. MacKaye, a Harvard graduate, stages Chaucer with Ivah Wills Eva Vincent Hazel MacKaye Augustine Duncan in principal roles under Eric Pape and Charles S. Safford with Walter Damrosch music.
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Coburn
Percy MackKaye
Bertram Hall
Cambridge
Radcliffe
Harvard Dramatic Club
Harvard
MacKaye
New York
Charles D. Coburn
Com
Man Confesses in Killing at Bennington
Bennington Vermont May 27 Attorney General Sargent said a confession was secured from Mikele Eleppo charged with shooting and killing Luigi Pinelo last Tuesday. The prisoner stated the quarrel arose over a $23 loan.
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Bennington
Sargent
Ludlow
Mikele Eleppo
Luigi Pinelo
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promoted
Baltimore reader Mrs. W. S. Ford shares four years of misery from irregularities and nervous distress eased by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad claims the remedy cures displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities and related symptoms and urges skeptical readers to try it.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Baltimore
W. 8. Ford
Lansdowne St
Lydia
Pinkham
Leper Colony Overcrowded Demands New Building
David F. Tilley of the State Board of Charities and Dr. Proctor urged a House committee for funds to replace Penikese Island leper housing with a new concrete building. Proctor noted growth from zero known cases five years ago to 13 now in state.
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Penikese Island
David F. Tilley
State Board of Charities
Dr. Proctor
House Committee On Rules
State House
Proctor
Harvard Beats Bunker Hill in Record Run
Harvard defeated the Merchants’ line freighter Bunker Hill on a New York to harbor trip, posting the best time yet. Harvard left New York at 4:30 pm, caught up by 2:50 am off Handkerchief shoal, finished five miles ahead at 7:32 am, gaining 58 minutes and 23 miles despite a 280 minute handicap.
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Harvard
Merchants’ Line
Bunker Hill
New York
Handkerchief Shoal
Central Wharf
Boston Awakening: Revivals and Leaders in a New Book
A book titled Boston's Awakening presents a complete account of the Boston revival under J. Wilbur Chapman and Charles M. Alexander. Edited by A. Z. Conrad with four parts including The City of Boston Sermon and Song A Newspaper Man's Story Churches Pastors Evangelists and Singers.
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Boston
J. Wilbur Chapman
Charles M. Alexander
A. Z. Conrad
D. D
City of
Chapman
Alexander
School picks Spalding for playground makes and swings contract
The school committee awarded a 2860 dollar contract to A. G. Spalding & Bros. of Chicopee to install playground apparatus in multiple school yards and park corners. The plan includes 12 swing frames with teeter boards across East Boston Roxbury Charlestown and South Boston sites plus 18 portable seesaws to be distributed later.
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Park Department
A. G. Spalding & Bros
Chicopee
Lyman
Paris
Gore Streets
East
Boston
Cyrus Alger
Seventh Street
South Boston
Lucretia Crocker
Parker Street
Roxbury
Lawrence
B and Third Streets
Adams and
Chestnut Streets
Charlestown
Marcella Street
Strandway
Cottage Street
East Boston
Senate Split Over Smith's Ferry Fight
The Senate divided over the Smith's Ferry dispute between Holyoke and Northampton. President Allen T. Treadway backed Northampton and faced possible defeat as Republicans clashed in debate. A bill to award Smith's Ferry to Holyoke for 75,000 was debated, then compromised to 43,000 after third reading.
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Senate
Holyoke
Northampton
Smith
Allen T. Treadway
Ferry
Treadway
Taft Accepts Honorary Membership in G A R Post
President Taft accepted honorary membership in the associated society of Chapin Post Grand Army of the Republic at Buffalo New York. The post is described as the largest G A R post in the world.
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Washington
Taft
Associated Society of Chapin Post
Grand Army of the Republic
Buffalo
N. Y
G. A. R. Post
Plan Campaign for Clean Milk at Faneuil Hall Meeting
A public meeting of mothers and physicians at Faneuil Hall at 4 this afternoon will discuss how to obtain and keep milk clean. Mrs. Mary Morton Kelhew chairs the committee with doctors and mothers arranging education campaigns, press outreach, lectures, and circulars to secure clean milk for children. Speakers include Dr. George W. Goeler, Wilbur Phillips, and Professor Emil Berliner.
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Faneuil Hall
Mary Morton Kelhew
George W. Goeler
Rochester
N. Y
Wilbur Phillips
New York
Emil Berliner
Washington
Couple Married Against Will in New Jersey Inadvertent Union
In Camden on May 27 a young man identified as J. Zion of Atlantic City and a woman named Rosa Caheap ero of Philadelphia were married by Justice of the Peace Fishian without their knowledge or consent. The couple later disclosed they had come to obtain a license to wed another man. The justice noted they indicated a desire to marry, while the bride lamented she did not want to wed and Zion had merely accompanied her to secure a license for another marriage.
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Camden
N. J
Justice of the Peace Fishian
J. Zion
Atlantic City
Rosa Caheapero
Philadelphia
Fithian
Zion
Sagan Custody Case: Mother Retains Custody With Visiting Rights Narrowed
The Superior Court upholds the mother’s custody of the two children in Count Boni de Castellane’s appeal. The father gains sole right to choose their instructor and educate at a designated college. Prince Welie de Sagan is barred from visiting, and if school agreement fails in two weeks the boys go to Lycee of Janson with visits limited to the mother, grandmother, and George Gould. The ruling notes the prince’s past does not affect the children’s affection for their father.
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Paris
Boni de Castellane
Prince Welie de Sagan
Lycee of Janson
George Gould
Prince de Sagan
Pink Powder Sales Rise At Boston Druggists Luncheon
About 60 members of the Boston Association of Retail Druggists met at the Ven dome for a luncheon. Whispers noted a spring rise in pink face powder sales linked to bright headgear colors. Toasts honoredannual luncheon and retiring officers with presentations and remarks from Mrs. Adelaide M. Godding and Mrs. Annie W. Grisfin.
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Woman’s Organization
Boston Association of Retail Druggists
Vendome
Alice Wheeler
Sharon
Jessie Wetherhouse
National Association
Nellie Connolly
Dorchester
Martha Sborey
Brookline
Artrude Gammon
Boston
Adelaide M. Godding
Yankee Masons in London Form All American Lodge
Taft learns the English Grand Lodge granted a rare dispensation to form a blue lodge in London composed entirely of Americans. Duke of Connaught, grand master, issued the permit. The lodge will be instituted June 3 with the duke and President Taft named as first honorary members.
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Washington
Taft
Grand Lodge of Masons
Masons
London
Duke of Connaught
Grand Lodge of England
Weston at Denver Says He's Ahead on Long Walk
Edward Payson Weston, veteran pedestrian, arrived in Denver from New York after traveling 2479 miles to San Francisco. He reports he is two and a half days ahead of his schedule.
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Denver
New York
Edward Payson Weston
San Franciisco
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