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Libel suit against Mrs. Eddy opens in Boston court
The $150000 libel case between Mrs. Josephine Woodbury and Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy began in Superior Court with Judge Bell and a jury. Key witnesses include Ira Knapp and William Johnson as the drama over admissible evidence and the missing Septimus Hanna unfolds amid a crowd of Christian Science adherents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Curtis Woodbury
Mary Baker Eddy
Mother’ of
Christian Science
Bell
Superior Court
Mrs. Eddy
Falmouth Street
Hanna
Frederick W. Peabody
Church
John W. Reeder
Journal
Ige
Mr. Peabody
Womar
Jared
Eddy
Mrs. Woodbury
Peabody
Hugh Grigsby
Grigsby
William F. Cross
Christian Science Journal
Mr. Johnson
Dr. Parkhurst
Stard
Mr. Elder
Mr. Rider
Notter
Aid
Mrs. Wooda
Concord
Rs. Woodbury
Beil
Massachusetts
Cal College
Git Bregen
Elder
Shoul
Johnson
Septimus Hanna
Mr. Hanna
Judge Hanna
Pesbdody
T. A. Miler
Stephen D. Ryan
Charles A. Adams
Wiward L. Call
George A. Sullivan
Z. Wiggin
Charles H. Wood
William Venable
Edwin A. Rice
Willard D
Meratio Jack, Jr
Joseph W. Stover
Mr. Stover
Jack
John Oore
Patnii Ao