Astor Sued for Negligence in McCrohan Fatal Shock
Bridget McCrohan sues Colonel John Jacob Astor claiming negligence led to Eugene McCrohan’s death at the Astor villa on July 1, 1919. Suit filed in Supreme Court seeks $30,000 damages. case notes Astor’s arrival for his marriage as context. Lawyers Sheffield Levy Harvey represent Astor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Supreme Court
Bridget McCrohan
John Jacob Astor
Colonel Astor
Madeline Force
Astor
Eugene McCrohan
Astor Villa
McCrohan
MecCrohan
Sheffield, Levy & Harvey
De Courcy on Highest Bench at Worcester Sitting
Judge Charles A. De Courcy of Lawrence was inducted to the Supreme Bench today during Worcester county’s annual Supreme Court sitting. Chief Justice Arthur P. Rugg also appeared in Worcester for the first time in his role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Charles A. de Coursy
Lawrence
Foss
Supreme Court
Worcester County
Arthur P. Rugg
Anty Drudge Endorses Fels-Naptha For Washday
A newspaper feature touts Fels-Naptha as the superior soap that reduces washday steam and backache. It claims faster laundry readiness, gentler on fabrics, and effectiveness in cool water, urging readers to follow wrap directions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Theodore
Free Trial of Sargol Fat-Forming Discovery Promoted
An advertisement urges readers to test a fat forming product called Sargol, touting quick flesh gain without dieting. It promises a free 50-cent package to demonstrate claims, with a coupon and 10 cents for postage, mailing to The Sargo! Company in Binghamton.
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Largo
Sargo! Company
Herald Bldg
Binghamton, N
Alto
Uncle Sam's Mall
Sargol
Bale Sargol Co
Herald Brig
Iginton
Admiral Schley dies in New York crowds after visit
Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley, U S Navy retired, collapsed on West Forty fourth Street in New York from cerebral hemorrhage after visiting Mt. Kisco and the New York Yacht Club. He died at once. his body was taken to the Police Station and later to the Hotel Algonquin as mourners gathered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Winfield Scott Schley
United States Navy
Berkley Lyceum
West Forty Fourth Street
West 44Th Street
Maryland
A. W. Greely
Cape Sabine
Arctic
Admiral Schley
Santiago
Hotel
Algonquin
Admiral Schiey
Brooklyn Navy Yard
C. M. DeValen
Brooklyn
Winfield Scott Schley, Jr
FF. Sehley
Fort Logan
Denver
Colo
Harses
Roosevelt
Tie
Sampson
Schley
Admiral Dewey
Board of Inquiry
Frederickton
Annapolis
Niagare
China
Mississippi River
Port Hudson
Chinchi Islands
Benicia
Yalu River
Lower
Congo
Labrador
Greely
Washington
Baltimore
Valparaiso
United States
Robley D. Evans
Japan
Spain
Brookline Gul Weds Yale Man in Somerset Hotel Romance
Miss Hazel Lucille Strickland wed Lewis J. Surdan last evening in the Hotel Somerset frail ballroom with 160 guests from New York, Chicago, Memphis and beyond. The Harvard Congregational pastor officiated as the couple departed for a three month European honeymoon.
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Hazel Lucille Strickland
Daniel B. Strickland
Brookline
Somerset
Lewis J. Surdan
New York
Ambrose W. Vernon
D. D
Harvard Congregational Church
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Memphis
Tenn
H. Wernicke
G B. Chadwick
New England Conservatory of Music
Allston
Woodland
Crescent A. C
Shore Country Club
Yale College
Scranton
Penn
John Shepard, Sr
Shepard-Norwell Department Store
Boston
C. C. Griswald
Anna Case
JL. G. Smith
C. FB. Clift
Alicia Monte Dominicio
Katherine Nielson
Evelyn Cranston
Emily Cranston
Margaret Codman
Aley Moore
Emily Crandon
Frances Kremlin
Europe
Plaga Hotel
Quickest Relief For All Sore Feet Calocide Cure
An ad promises Calocide compound as the surest quickest cure for foot ailments. Soaking feet in hot water with two tablespoons of Calocide for fifteen minutes relieves soreness and allows callouses to peel. It claims instant relief for bunions feet and frost bite with a twenty five cent box.
Plans Club Formed for D A R Founders at Copley Square
A new club for National Society Daughters of the American Revolution chapter founders is to meet Saturday at 11 a.m. in Miss Marie Ware Laughton’s studio in Copley Square. About 15 founders are expected. members will decide goals after organization. Miss Marion H. Brazier leads the effort with support from Mrs Helen M. Winslow and Mrs Charles H. Masury.
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Marie Ware Laughton
Copley Square
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
Marion H. Brazier
Paul Revere
Sienthg
Charles H. Masury
Helen M. Winslow
General Israel Putnam
Mary Draper
Socialist Party disclaims inverted flag in parade
A statement from Socialist Party Clubs of Massachusetts led by Secretary J. D. Williams disclaims intentional disrespect after a flag was carried upside down during a parade en route to Faneuil Hall. The group says the inverted flag, if any, was a mistake and will punish any intentional disrespect.
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Socialist Party Clubs
Massachusetts
J. D. Williams
Faneuil
Socialist State
Socialist Party of the State
Thomas G. Connolly
Morris Jones
Nicholas H. Flynn
Socialist Party
Pleasant
Tremont
United States
Opera Star Zenatello Drafted Into Italian Army
Tenor Zenatello of the Boston Opera Company has been drafted into the Italian army amid war with Turkey. He had been preparing for Samson in Samson and Delilah at the Boston Opera House and planned to travel to the United States for rehearsals, but now may remain in Rome or serve. Directors seek royal intervention to secure his release from military duty.
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Atovanni Zenatello
Boston Opera Company
Wim
Ju-Cell
Boston
Turkey
Zenatello
Paris
Italy
Russell
Samson
Boston Opera House
Senatello
Rome
Victor Emanuel
Conte di Martine
Freshmen applaud Harvard president at student reception
About 700 freshmen gathered at the Harvard Union for a faculty hosted reception. President A Lawrence Lowell Dean Briggs and ex captain C C Little spoke urging greater energy in all college activities and fellows to get to know each other.
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Harvard Union
A. Lawrence Lowell
Dean Briggs
C. C. Little
Harvard
Lowell
Rough on Rats Exterminator Ad Promises Safe Home Use
A vintage advertisement touts Rough on Rats as the unbeatable exterminator, claiming it fools rats and mice without being poisonous to handlers. It urges customers to mix their own poison using separate flour paste and grease, and features prices 15c 25c and 75c with E S Wells Chemist Jersey City NJ listed as the seller.
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E. S. Wells
Jersey City
N. J
The Twinkle in Her Eye and a Glasses Bargain
A fragment describes a clever woman wary of a parlor optician. Mary visits a jeweler and optics shop at an old stand, saving dollars on glasses while seeking a proper prescription and reliable service.
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Optician
Mary
Ljson Bros
Gcollay Cone Jewelers
Walt
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Shatter
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Sehley
Hatte
Trong
Brookline Gul
Yale
Plans Club
Boston Opera Co
la Follette
California
Colorado
Utah
Ots Mountains
Poager, Colorado de Glenwood S
Salt Dee City
Nher Pacific
Chicago and North Western Ry
Pullman Standard
San Francisco
Union Pacific R. R
Denver& Rio Grande
Raiioag
Chicago and North Western
J. E. Brittain
Washington St
Mass
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