Mongolian marriage law nullifies French diplomat's union
A French diplomat assigned to the Far East wed an American actress in Mongolia, but French courts voided the marriage. French law requires ceremonies either before a French officer or under local country usages. The Mongolian custom of marriage by capture or purchase was cited, with wives valued by camel counts and even five pounds of rice.
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Associated Press
Mongolia
Far East
Shanghai
Children Garden Army Harvests $48 Million In Food
Washington reports that children under home garden programs in schools, part of the United States School Garden Army, produced foodstuffs valued at $48,000,000 in just over a year of operation, per the Bureau of Education and the Department of the Interior.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Education
Department of the Interior
Salvation Army Serves 2000 Children at Holiday Dinner
At Salvation Army headquarters in the Peoples Palace nearly 2000 children enjoyed a festive holiday meal with chicken, potatoes, turnips, celery, cranberry sauce, rolls and oranges. General and Mrs. Cole attended. General Cole spoke of war service and care for French soldiers’ graves. The event required 2500 pounds of chicken and extensive kitchen effort by 12 staffers and many volunteers from Brookline and Back Bay.
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Salvation Army
Peoples Palace
Charles H. Cole
General Cole
Gifford
France
Mrs. Cole
Franklin M. Sulzer
Post
Brookline
Back Bay
C. W. Sutherland
Sutherland
Ethelbert Frank
Richard Webster
Mary C. Cummings
Bedford
Esther Perkins
Helen Gifford
New England
Institutions Celebrate Thanksgiving With Inmate Dinners
Special entertainments and dinners were arranged for inmates of all Boston institutions in celebration of Thanksgiving, reflecting festive observances in prisons and hospitals.
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Boston
Thanksgiving Observed Amid Food Shortages at City Prisons
The Chardon Street Home and Deer Island House of Correction served roast pork and chicken due to high turkey prices while most observances mirrored past years. Deputy Sheriff Casey provided entertainment for inmates, Sheriff Kelcher spoke, and a turkey dinner was served to many, though the number of prisoners was down.
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Chardon Street
House of Correction
Deer Island
John Casey
Charles Street Jail
John Kelcher
Florence Spooner
Somerset Street
Countess Magic Funeral Planned in Middleboro
The Countess Magic known as Mrs Tom Thumb dies in Middleboro and will have a simple home service at 11 am before her remains are moved to Bridgeport Conn for burial beside General Tom Thumb. Clergymen Rev A G Cummings and Rev Louis A Walker will officiate with W L Soule in charge.
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Middleboro
Magic
Tom Thumb
Bridgeport
Conn
A. G. Cummings
Louis A. Walker
Pilgrim Descendant Lavinia Bump Prodigy of Tom Thumb Passes
Lavinia Mercy Bump born October 31 1841 in this town grew to just 32 inches tall by adulthood weighed 20 pounds. A frontier scholar she taught at 16 and joined a Mississippi River floating museum before meeting P T Barnum. She wed Charles Stratton in Grace Church New York in 1868 and later toured world stages until General Tom Thumb died.
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Tom Thumb
Lavinie Mercy Bump
Dan Ier
James
Hulda (Warren) Bump
Richard Warren
Lavinia Bump
Wood
Mississippi River
P. T. Barnum
Charles Stratton
General Tom Thumb
Barnum
Grace Church
New York
Countess Retires After Decades of Public Life in East Bridgeport
The Countess Magri or Mrs Tom Thumb, a famed little person entertainer, began her public life in 1888 in East Bridgeport Connecticut and continued entertaining until 1910 when she retired at age 1 1. She spent years before the public to Intelligence and wit and added a kind nature a smiling countenance and a sweet voice that she kept to the end.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Tom Thumb
Count Magri
Veteran appeals for yeomen in Massachusetts bonus
A letter to the editor argues that ex-service women who are yeomen face discrimination in eligibility for the $10 Massachusetts gratuity. Peter C. Borrpe of Dorchester claims yeomen deserve the same bonus as radio operators, field clerks, Marines, nurses, and other service members and urges reversing the exclusion.
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Massachusetts
Army
Signal Corps
Peter C. Borrpe
Humphreys Street
Dorchester
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