Community divorce case over large brood and child rearing
Mrs. Helen Howard of West Medford sues for divorce claiming husband John T. Howard objects to a growing family. She defends large broods as essential to home life and argues motherhood is a woman’s true vocation while noting costs and emotional ties to all eight children Helen Genevieve Joseph Charles Annie Catherine John Lilian.
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Helen
Genevieve
Joseph
Charles
Annie
Catherine
John
Lilian
John T. Howard
West Medford
Lawyer Bacon’s Courtroom Provocation in Divorce Trial
In Brooklyn Supreme Court on October 20, lawyer Alexander S. Bacon claimed he kissed other men’s wives to illustrate a point in divorce proceedings. The jury, amused, returned a verdict against him in under a minute.
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New York
Alexander
Bacon
Brooklyn Supreme Court
Woman Fatally Burned By Exploding Stove Polish
Mrs. Georgia Akerman aged 30 of 81 Pine Street Cambridge was probably fatally burned just before 7 am when stove polish exploded. Frank Erickson who aided her sustained burns to his hands and is expected to recover. both were treated at Cambridge Relief Hospital where her life remained in doubt.
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Georgia Akerman
Pine Street
Cambridge
Frank Erickson
Cambridge Relief Hospital
Scenes in Bookland Bazaar at Beacon Street
A bazaar and gate titled Scenes in Bookland will run on October 25 6 27 and 28 at the American Unitarian Association building on Beacon Street. Proceeds support various charities in connection with Unitarian causes. Patronesses drawn from across the state. A successful event is anticipated.
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American Unitarian Association
Beacon Street
Tribute to John O Norris Schoolmaster in Charlestown
Boston teachers gathered at the Boston School Board to honor the late John O Norris headmaster of the Charlestown Weign School who died last June. Dr George H Conley presided as resolutions praised his 40 years in teaching and leadership and pledged to carry forward his public aims.
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John O. Norris
Charlestown Weign School
Boston
Boston School Board
George H. Conley
Boston Public Schools
Charles J. Lincoln
Dorchester High School
Cassie Chadwick Jewel Sale Draws Big Crowd in Cleveland
In Cleveland on October 19, a government seized lot of Cassie Chadwick jewels sold at auction drew rich men, pawnbrokers, agents, wealthy women, best men at a coming wedding, and a mysterious woman in black. The jewels were appraised at $12,000 but sold for $2,147, with the black-clad woman appearing to know the stones and possibly representing Mrs. Chadwick.
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Gleveland, CO
Cassie Chadwick
Chadwick
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