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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1912
Page
16
Augusta Maine November 27 Mrs Elsie Hobbs Raymond is cleared of complicity in the murder of Mattie Hackett at Readfield seven years ago. The jury found her not guilty at 1 02 PM in a crowded Supreme Court room amid applause. She greeted her husband and lawyers and said I am glad. The case remains an unsolved mystery.
William G. Burns of Boston, an incorporator of corporations, resumed the witness stand in New York at the trial of Julian Hawthorne Josiah Quincy and others charged with using the mails to defraud in promoting Canadian mining stocks.
The jury in the last case of the administration found Mrs. Raymond not guilty after a swift three hour deliberation. She left with her husband and family, amid a crowd of friends, outside the courthouse following Chief Justice Whitehouse’s charge.
A vintage advertisement promises a money back guarantee with every Tudor Tea packet. It invites readers to buy today and keep the tea regardless of satisfaction.
A grand society dance for Miss Marion Sprague Brandegee, Brookline, staged by Mrs Edward D Brandegee, at Faulkner Farm on December 10. Invitations exceed 1250, with debutantes from Boston and Brookline and notable social figures expected. Miss Sprague introduced to society recently. the event features lavish decor and planned surprises.
Frank B. Richards a longtime Boston journalist and former Globe Theatre business manager underwent an operation at George Washington University Hospital. He had been ill since January and left the Proressive Press Bureau last May after X ray identified the ailment.
Tufts Medical School promotes Dr. George H. Washburn to emeritus professor of obstetrics and appoints Dr. Leo V. Friedman from Harvard to succeed him. A new obstetric ward will open at Grace Hospital Tufts, with expanded clinic work for medical students. Washburn, ex-president of the Boston Obstetrical Society, has taught at Tufts for nearly 20 years while Friedman has ties to Harvard, the Boston Lying-in Hospital, and Boston City Hospital.
More than a thousand parishioners past and present attended the first annual reunion of St. Stephen’s parish at St. John’s Hall in the North End. Mayor Fitzgerald, expected to lead the grand march, arrived late and greeted many old North End residents.
Harvard has four graduates named among 11 scholars inducted into the Hall of Fame at the University of New York this year. honorees include George Bancroft 1817 class Phillips Brooks 1855 Oliver Wendell Holmes 1829 and John Lothrop Motley 1831. Bronze tablets with all names will be unveiled May 30, 1913.
More than 300000 travelers passed through South station with half again as many at North station. Mid night expresses departed as the terminals logged their heaviest Thanksgiving traffic. Many headed to New England towns while hundreds sought New York. Others were commuters with bags of turkeys and groceries.
A lavish Thanksgiving Eve charity ball at Copley Plaza drew prominent guests led by Cardinal OConnell in Box D. The gala featured white and gold decor, crystal chandeliers, and a late-night dance until 2 am. Executive organizers and a long list of attendees in ornate gowns celebrated the Infant Saviour Guild’s charity work.
Patronesses and guests wore elaborate gowns including Mrs. M. M. Cunniff in white lace with black velvet, Miss Julia Prendergast in white satin, and Mrs. Ambrose Moriarty in yellow satin. Others featured white satin, lace, jade, and blue accents among a display of haute fashion.
Boston churches hold Thanksgiving Day union services with sermons by district pastors. Tremont Temple Park Street will feature Revs A Z Conrad and Cortland Myers. South End churches meet at Union Congregational Church led by Rev W M Tufts. Arlington Street hosts An Ancient Thanksgiving with South Congregational and others. Roxbury meets at Dudley Street Baptist Church. St Pauls Cathedral service at 11 includes Rev Herman Page.
The St. Vincent de Paul Society organizes a Friday evening reunion and whist at Roughan’s Hall Charlestown to benefit the poor. Upper hall hosts dancing while lower hall seats 200 for three hours of whist at 50 tables led by Mrs P J Kyle with James N Clark as Fiveor Director. Tim F Reagan chairs the whist committee Walter J Phelan the refreshment group and Mrs P C Kelley oversees refreshments.
John Littleton Lawson Speer of Pittsburgh files to annul Margaret Taylor Speer’s October divorce in Baltimore claiming collusion and omission of children in the record. He cites disputed desertion and large property and insurance stakes as the case advances after Mrs Speer wed Theodore Miller in Baltimore. The Taylor Speer wedding was a major 1892 social event.
Miss Gertrude Aurelia Breene daughter of Mrs J Harry Page of 564 Blue Hill avenue Dorchester will wed Gil bert M Thompson son of Mr and Mrs Daniel Thompson of 36 Sherman street Roxbury at noon today. The couple were Roxbury High School classmates and will reside with Mrs Page after a brief auto tour.
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