First Portia Club Photo Features Massachusetts Women Lawyers
The first photograph of the famed Portia Club shows Massachusetts Bar women in two rows plus floor seating. Notable attendees listed include Miss Anna Wall Miss Bertha Grant Clara Levine D W Ryan Mrs Bartlett Miss M FE McAleer Mrs Fall Mrs A P Lesser Miss M A Mahan Miss Florence Whittier Mrs Joyce Miss Amy Acton Miss Warrell Miss AfeClare Pauline Nelson Mrs Gardner Professor Gardner Edith Heynes Roach Mrs Moore Theresa Crowley Lacey Sundberg Knight Evelyn Murphy Sarah Richardson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Wall
Bertha Grant
Miss Greenberg
Clara Levine
D. W. Ryan
Bartlett
M. FE. McAleer
Fall
A. P. Lesser
M. A. Mahan
Florence Whittier
Joyce
Amy Acton
Miss Warrell
AfeClare
Pauline Nelson
Gardner
Professor Gardner
Edith Heynes
Miss Roach
Moore
Theresa Crowley
Lacey Sundberg
Miss Knight
Evelyn Murphy
Sarah Richardson
Complex bigamy case roils Suffolk court with insurance dispute
In Suffolk Superior Court, a suit filed by Alice Drake of Beverly seeks 2000 from Maria Elliot of Lowell over a life policy on Charles A McKenzie. Drake alleges policy changes favored McKenzie’s alleged wife Jessie Bettersby, a claimed bigamist, affecting the estate. The case centers on bigamy accusations against Bettersby and her alleged third husband Bettersby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Equity
Superior Court
Suffolk County
J. J. Feeley
Alice Drake
Beverly
Charles A. McKenazie
Norwood
Yin
Charles A. McKenzie
McKenzie
Bettersby
Bettershy
Fennegan
Canada
Maria Elliot
Post
Lowell
Elliot
Massachusetts Protest Over Colored Soldiers Discharge
War Department reports mass mail protests against the discharge without honor of three companies of the 25th Infantry colored. Most letters come from Massachusetts, others from across the country. Acting Secretary Oliver orders pamphlet printing of Colonel Bixby’s Brownsville riot report and Inspector General Garlington findings for correspondents.
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Massachusetts
Washington
War Department
25Th Infantry
Oliver
Bixby
Brownsville
26Th Infantry
Garlington
Canopic Brides Wed in Relays at Hoosac Tunnel Docks
Five Italian brides detained under strict immigration rules wed in two ceremonies after their arrivals on the Canopic Monday. Rev Father Biasotti and Sacred Heart Church clergy officiated as couples Astilio Massei and Antonia Fredericka, Giuseppe Pollasti and Francesa Caruso, Marioni Villano and Agnese Villiane, Francesc Pinelard and Alberica Marsiglia, Harlantonio Di Suzio and Giuseppina Ckurri were joined in matrimony before cheering onlookers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosac Tunnel
Father Biasotti
Sacred Heart Church
North End
Trousseau
Henry Arthur Jones gifts Kelmscott Chaucer to Harvard
English dramatist Henry Arthur Jones presents Harvard with a Kelmscott Chaucer copy by William Morris. The gift was delivered through Professor G J Baker head of Harvard's English literature department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Arthur Jones
Harvard
William Morris
G. J. Baker
Smithsonian gift to Petersburg from Bebernolt to Meyer
Michel Bebernolt offers the Smithsonian Institution through Ambassador Meyer a valuable ethnographic collection amassed over 19 years. The gift originates from St. Petersburg and is dated November 13.
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St, Petersburg
Michel Bebernolt
Smithsonian Institution
Meyer
Tricked by Dyspepsia and Stuart's Tablets Benefit
A dyspepsia sufferer recounts seven years of illness and failed treatments. After using Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, he notes rapid relief and lasting health. The ad claims 40,000 physicians recommend the remedy and offers samples from I A Stuart Co Marshall Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
United States
Canada
I. A. Stuart Co
Stuart Bldg
Marshall, Mich
Gypsy Smith Evangelist Draws Converts at Tremont Temple
The English evangelist Gypsy Smith led a sweeping appeal at Tremont Temple where about 160 converts knelt to renounce sin. Two blind women from East Boston and a Navy sailor joined the kneeling line as Dr. Marble and Dr. Conrad oversaw the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gipsy Smith
Evangelist
Gypsy Smith
Satan
Mr. Smith
Uncle Sam
Navy
Evangelist Smith
Jackie
Sophia Muduon
Marion Crockett
Boston
Marble
Cambridge
Smith
Conrad
Park Street Church
Evangelical Committee of Ministers
J. C. Harwick
Tremont Temple
Subway consolidation probe ordered by Chicago City Council
City Council called for an investigation into the proposed merger of the Edison and Chicago Subway companies. The move follows review of the consolidation plan and its implications for transit operations and public interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Edison
Counci
Zimmer man Pleads Guilty in Bank Wreck Conspiracy Case
Zimmerman pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring to wreck a national bank and received two years in prison plus a $10,000 fine. He chaired the Wooster National Bank in Ohio, which failed about two years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Navy
Zimmerman
The
Wooster, O., National Bank
Melrose Police Seek Men After Robbery Claim
Melrose police are investigating a robbery told by William H. Schoelch. He says three men with revolvers accosted him Saturday night near Lebanon and Sylvan streets, forced him to surrender $49, and searched his pockets as they walked toward Wyoming Cemetery.
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Melrose
William H. Schoelch
Schoelch
Lebanon
Sylvan
Wyoming Cemetery
Train Kills Deaf Sawyer Walking Tracks
William Stone a 55 year old sawyer was struck by a freight train while walking along the tracks to work this morning. He was deaf and did not hear the whistle. He died about thirty minutes later. He served in the Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner
Navy
William Stone
Stone
Merrill Gives 5000 Dollars To Franklin Sq House
Joseph E Merrill of Newton donated five thousand dollars to the Franklin Square House campaign. Dr George L Perin announced the pursuit of the second hundred thousand dollars, aiming to complete the total by March 1 1907. The gift follows a prior twenty five thousand dollar subscription and a current thirty thousand dollar total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Merrill
Franklin SQ. House
George L. Perin
Franklin Square House
Joseph E. Merrill
Newton
Perin
Hounds Fail to Find Lost Boy in Snowbound Search
Lancaster New Hampshire November 13 A 200 man search party including the boy’s father and two hounds scoured Wilkenny Mountain for 16 year old Philip Conroy who wandered from a hunting camp Sunday noon. Heavy snow thwarted the trail and the effort was abandoned with the boy believed dead. Whitney, Conroy’s companion, was questioned by Police Justice Shurtleff but freed after repeating his account.
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Lancaster
Philip Conroy
Wilkenny Mountain
Young Whitney
Conroy
Shurtleff
Whitney
Kearsarge Vet Seeks Separate Support in Probate Court
Elizabeth Scanlon of South Boston, mother of six, asked Probate Court for separate support. Judge Grant granted $11 weekly support and $16 costs. Scanlon, 60, and his wife have lived apart after 25 years, with disputes over family members living with them and alleged nagging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Scanlon
Grant
Thomas F. Scanlon
East Fifth Street
South
Boston
Kearsarge Veterans’ Association
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Portia Club
J. J. Bernard
Fr. Biasotti
Jesus
Guin
Subway Investigation
Beecham’s
Wee
Boy
Young Conroy
Kearsarge
Washington Street
Warrenton Street
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