Mayor attacks Boston Bar Association leaders over Shaw estate dispute
Mayor Fitzgerald releases a council vote condemning the handling of half a million dollars in the Quincy A. Shaw estate by executors Welch and Herrick. He criticizes Moorfield Storey and Sughrue Hill for opposing him in the reform campaign and blasts the Good Government Association. Storey Hill Sughrue respond with cautious remarks.
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Fitzgerald
The
Boston Bar Association
Messrs. Welch and Herrick
Quincy A. Shaw
Shaw
Boston Assessors
Messrs. Welch
Herrick and Shaw
Moorfield Storey
Michael J. Sughrue
Arthur Hill
Good Government Association
Boston
Arthur D. Hill
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Messrs
Welch
Grand Jury
Michael PD
Sughrue
Boston Bar Association censures Welch and Herrick over estate issue
May 25 1911 Boston Mass a communication from the Council of the Bar Association to Mayor Fitzgerald reports votes disapproving the conduct of Messrs Welch and Herrick as executors of the estate of Quincy A Shaw. It notes danger of inventory legislation and that further court action or public discussion is unnecessary.
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Council of the Bar Association
State Street
Boston
Mass
John F. Fitzgerald
Council of the Bar Association of the City of
Committee On
Messrs
Quincy A. Shaw
Bar
Messrs. Welch
Herrick
State Supreme Court upholds unclaimed savings bank funds ruling
Washington May 29 The Supreme Court affirmed Massachusetts high court on unclaimed savings deposits. Provident Institution for Savings Boston eyed about 100000 but millions may revert to the State. Treasurer Stevens expects funds to be invested in bonds with interest to revenue.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Provident Institution For Savings of
Boston
Provident Institution
Elmer A. Stevens
Jones McDuffee Stratton Company Largest Crockery Firm
Boston firm Jones McDuffee Stratton Company is described as the continent’s largest wholesale and retail crockery, china, and glassware establishment. Originating in 1810 with Otis Norcross, the company grew from a small Fish Street shop to a major old-line business in Boston.
Business Growth and Moves of Jones McDuffee Stratton Firm
The article traces the firm’s relocation history from 1826 on South Market Street, through a six story Federal and Franklin street warehouse in 1874, a ten story Franklin Hawley building in 1906, and a South Boston storehouse in 1908. Jerome Jones, born 1837 in Athol, started as an errand boy in 1853 and rose to a traveling salesman and foreign buyer with annual pottery visits. He has long been active in public affairs.
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New York, New Haven
England
Scotland
France
Germany
Com
Second Floor Corset Sale Prices and Hosiery Picks
A print catalog lists corsets at 69c to $1.00 with strong coutil options and abdominal straps, plus Misses and Children undergarments in fine jersey and Egyptian cotton. Hosiery includes full fashion silk, seamless cotton lisle, and reduced price neckwear and linen collars, with floor notes and stamp exchange offer.
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