Buffinton Alleges Wife Unfaithful in Divorce Case
Roxbury real estate agent Ernest R Buffinton testified in divorce court that his wife Lucy Buffinton consorted with violinist Le Blanc at their Warrenhurst home and later in Roxbury, leading him to separate in 1905. Lucy Buffinton, a noted concert artist, filed a cross libel and plans to contest the divorce.
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Roxbury
Ernest R. Buffinton
White
Buffinton
Warrenhurst
le Blanc
Dudley Street Opera House
Fie
Copeland Street
Moreland Street
Cliff Street
Lucy Buffinton
Judge Upholds Shaun Kelly in Acquittal for Assault
Shaun Kelly, roommate of Theodore Roosevelt Jr., was acquitted by Judge Wentworth in a lower court after a Sept. 27 incident on the Common. The judge ruled Kelly acted to protect himself and companions from what he believed was an assault and praised officers for their conduct, noting they exceeded legal rights. Harvard students attended to learn the verdict.
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Shaun Kelly
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Wentworth
Lawrence Fraher
Fraher
Grace
Roosevelt
Meredith Blagden
Harvard
Acquits Minnie Williams of vagrancy charge
Minnie W Williams known as the Badger Queen was discharged in the lower court by Judge Wentworth. Police had sought to jail her for ten years after she was found with six hundred dollars in the hands of her attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Williams
Minnie W. Williams
Wentworth
Bankrupt Carriage Dealer Fred H Lucas Files Petition
Fred H Lucas a carriage dealer at 166 Townsend Street filed a voluntary bankruptcy in US District Court. Scheduling assets of dubious value and liabilities totaling about 14000 dollars with 3170 secured, 7852.88 unsecured, 2550 notes and bills to be paid by others, and 425 accommodation paper. Major secured creditors include S R Briggs Co 700 Collateral Loan Co 25 Equitable Life 2312. Principal unsecured creditors include Charles Alexander 3000 Hume Carriage Co 551 Fourth National Bank 700 and H Staples Potter 562. Notes indorsed by Lucas held by F B Judkins 1000 Cambridgeport National Bank 1300 and A P Morse estate 250.
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Fred H. Lucas
Townsend Street
United States District Court
S. R. Briggs Company
Cambridgeport National Bank
A. P. Morse
L. E. Demelman
Mother saves son from forgery charge in Providence
In Providence Rhode Island on October 16 authorities report Forrest L Belknap of Milford Massachusetts faced forgery charges after passing a $35 check to Congdon Carpenter Company. His mother stepped in later making restitution, averting a District Court appearance. Police had arrested Belknap Saturday led by Milford Chief of Police Snell.
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Providence
R. I
Forrest L. Belknap
Milford
Mass
Congdon Carpenter Company
Belknap
Snell
Mrs Stevenson Again in Issue With Crane Over Governor Welcome
Mrs Katharine L Stevenson state WCTU president writes to Rev Charles A Crane defending Governor Guild as Massachusetts chief executive and insisting he alone can welcome the World WCTU convention. Crane replies, objecting to official welcome and noting the protest concerns his criticisms of official actions, not personal conduct.
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Katherine L. Stevenson
Post
Charles A. Crane
Governor Guild
W. C. de Oe
Crane
Boston
Mass
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Katharine L. Stevenson
K. L. Stevenson
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Food ethics by Bishop Fallows sermon at lunch counter
Reformed Episcopal Church leader Bishop Fallows argues food shapes virtue and vice. The Chicago crowd is urged to avoid sugary snacks and junk foods and to favor eggs, rice, cereal salads, and brown bread to mold character. He cites studies and claims personal experimentation.
Eschew Hot Pie and Become an Assassin Warned in Wisconsin
A historical note recalls a Wisconsin figure who yearned to avoid danger by studying a controversial theory. Sermon references claim fate is shaped by ecclesiastical guidance and a belief that people perish for lack of knowledge.
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Wisconsin
Diet shapes character ends the famine divide
Chicago on October 16 reports Bishop Samuel Fallows arguing diet determines moral and mental traits. He says wealthier children starve while nutrition can steer a person toward honesty or deceit, calm or fretful behavior.
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Chicago
Samuel Fallows
Bankrupt Musician Benjamin I Teel Files petition in court
Benjamin I Teel manager of the well known Teel orchestra filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in U S District Court stating assets of 200 and liabilities of 3629 A secured creditor A A Hooker holds 55 on furniture mortgage Uncas Hosiery Corp holds 1200 note against Teel joint with A F Teel as unsecured creditors include Ernest M Robinson 444 Harry H Newcomb 320 T G Corcoran 200 George H Lucey 134 Assets comprise 200 in unliquidated claims for money advanced and services to Gilman Low New York City
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Benjamin I. Teel
United States District Court
A. A. Hooker
Uncas Hosiery Corporation of
Connecticut
A. F. Teel
Ernest M. Robinson
Harry H. Newcomb
T. G. Corcoran
George H. Lucey
Money Advanced
Fenee
Gilman Low
New York City
Site for New St. Paul’s of Cambridge Church
Father William Orr announced after masses that land on Massachusetts avenue at Ellery street was purchased for about $125,000 as the site of a new church edifice. The existing Holyoke Mt. Auburn street church is too small despite auditorium enlargement, leading to plans for a larger church.
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New St. Paul’s of Cambridge
William Orr
St. Paul’s Catholic Church
Cambridge
Massachusetts Avenue
Ellery Street
Holyoke and
Mt. Auburn Streets
Wealthy Merchant Testifies In Dudley Suit Over Affections
Mrs. Mary Adelaide Tucker, wife of Edwin Tucker, testifies in Brooklyn Supreme Court that she never kissed or hugged Eugene E. Dudley, a retired merchant, and that gifts such as diamond rings and furs were given only with her husband's consent. She recounts a troubled marriage, including threats and past incidents, and notes Dudley lived with them at her request to care for him.
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New York
Mary Adelaide Tucker
Edwin
Eugene E. Dudley
Burr
Brooklyn Supreme Court
Dudley
Mr. Dudley
Rogers
Connecticut
Tucker
Real Estate Lectures Open in Boston YMCA Course
An inaugural program by the Evening Institute of the Boston YMCA will launch the first real estate course in New England on Oct 23. The three part curriculum covers real estate problems office methods landlord and tenant conveyancing and adds courses in advertising and accounting. An advisory committee led by Charles S. Rackemann J Murray Howe and Alfred D. Foster oversaw planning.
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Boston Young Men’s Christian Association
School of Commerce and Finance
New England
Charles S. Rackemann
J. Murray Howe
Alfred D. Foster
Boston University opens employment bureau in College of Liberal Arts
An employment bureau is established at Boston University College of Liberal Arts. Dean William M. Warren, Professor Freman M. Josselyn, and Shelby M. Harrison lead the effort with Harrison serving as college secretary and director. Ferdinand C. Lane, class of 1907, of Marion, is the manager. A small applicant fee will sustain the agency as it begins to place students.
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College of Liberal Arts
Boston University
William M. Warren
Freman M. Josselyn
Shelby M. Harrison
Boston Y. M. C
A. Harrison
Ferdinand C. Lane
Marion
Salisbury shot daughter sentenced to fifteen years
In Providence on Oct 16 Judge Tanner sentenced William B. Salisbury to 15 years in state prison after a verdict of assault with intent to kill. The crime occurred at their Gloucester home when he shot his daughter Lina B. Salisbury amid a quarrel over her leaving home. The victim has since recovered.
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Providence
R. I
Tanner
Supreme Court
William B. Salisbury
William B. Greenough
Salisbury
Lina B. Salisbury
Glocester
Resignations From Lynn Water Board
Lynn October 16 William B. Littlefield and Thomas P. Nichols resigned from the Water Board following Mayor Barney's demand after the Walden Pond investigation findings.
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Lynn
Barney
Walden Pond
William B. Littlefield
Thomas P. Nichols
Water Board
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