Hetty Green's Former Home Goes Under the Hammer
BEDFORD October 25 The old house where Hetty Green the richest woman learned frugality is to be sold at auction. Built of stone and brick with hand made nails it witnessed Hetty and her aunt Sylvia Ann Howland inht lessons and family battles over wills and probate. Hetty Robinson married there in 1863 before selling the property in 1868 to Andrew H Potter and later passing to the Bartletts.
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Bedford
Hetty Green
Sylvia Ann Howland
Hetty
Hetty Robinson
Andrew H. Potter
Bartletts
Harvard Men Enlist as Political Sleuths
The Cambridge Good Government League enlisted nearly 150 Harvard men to investigate candidates records. Most enlistees were advanced government and political economy students seeking practical experience.
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Harvard
Cambridge Good Government League
Boston Symphony Opens Six Concert Series at Sanders Theatre
The Boston Symphony Orchestra under Dr. Mack opened a six concert run at Sanders Theatre last night. Harvard music groups and exclusive Greek letter clubs attended, with a large delegation from Back Bay.
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
Mack
Sanders Theatre
Harvard
Back Bay
Floating Palace to Carry Roosevelts to Panama on Louisiana
The battleship Louisiana is being prepared with a luxurious suite for President Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt on their Panama voyage. The ship will dock at the New York navy yard for overhauling before the trip. The cruiser Charleston will not provide new quarters, as Louisiana already offers ample space and flags' cabins.
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Washington
Louisiana
Rixy
Navy
Aew
Minneapolis
Newark
Tennessee
Union men accuse Hearst of selling gold bricks
Representatives of 12 labor unions met at the New Amsterdam Hotel in New York and adopted resolutions to vote for Hughes. They claimed Hearst had sold them gold bricks and that union labor must resent this action.
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Hearst
New York
Independence League
Hearst-Murphy
New Amsterdam
Hughes
Submarine Latin Reaches Inner Port Entrance
In Bizerta Tunis on October 25 the floating dock and tugs have delivered the submarine boat Latin to the inner port entrance, where it remains 16 metres below the surface.
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Bizerta
Tunis
Latin
Miller fails as restaurateur after 520 percent fraud
Brooklyn, N Y Oct 2. The case of 620 percent Miller who was jailed after exposure by the Boston Post has failed. Pardoned months ago he tried to rebuild a cafe but customers were too few to keep it alive and the stigma proved too deep.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Miller
Sing Sing
Boston Post
Fire chiefs inspect dangerous downtown district in city
Fire Commissioner Wells led Chief Engineer Mullen and six district chiefs on an inspection of the core downtown area from Winter to Tremont and Washington to Tremont streets. The tour aimed to familiarize new chiefs with conditions and plan attack methods in case of fire or explosion.
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Court Streets
Washington
Tremont Streets
Wells
Mullen
Grady
Sennett
Fox
Garrity
Ryder
Hamilton Place
Tremont Street
Orpheum Theatre
Province Court
Woman Seeks 16000 Damages in Berkshire Breach Case
Miss Emma Pill on of Waterbury testifies in Berkshire Superior Court that Albert E. Viger of Pittsfield wooed her then jilted her to marry others. She presents love letters and alleges engagement to multiple women while Viger denies the breach and claims he was free when he married another.
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Pittsfield
Berkshire Superior Court
Emma Pillon
Waterbury
Conn
Albert E. Viger
Miss Pillow
Viger
Lawrence
West Medford
Mass
Louise Carrity
Boston
Pilton
Adams minister sees possibilities in Indians
At the American Missionary Association session in Oberlin Ohio Rev J Spencer Voorhees of Adams Massachusetts argued the Indians should be developed as Indians to their highest capacity not as whites. He said there are undeveloped possibilities of a rare useful type of American citizen and rejected making a white man out of them.
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Oberlin
American Missionary Association
J. Spencer Voorhees
Adams
Mass
Vermont House Approves Woman Suffrage Bill
The Vermont House passed the woman suffrage bill 130 to 2 this afternoon. The measure would grant women the right to vote in town and city elections and has not yet reached the Senate.
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Montpelier
House of Representatives
Senate
Hurricane hits southwestern Japan. fleets missing
A hurricane swept over southwestern Japan yesterday. Several hundred coral fishing boats are reported missing, each boat manned by at least two sailors.
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Tokio
Japan
Doll's Day at Jordan Marsh Shoes Free Slippers for Dolls
In Boston the Lynn tanneries display glazed kid leather shoes as part of a doll day at Jordan Marsh on the fourth floor toy section. Each little girl with a dolly will receive a free glazed kid slipper sized to fit the doll, with adults present for the event lasting all day Saturday.
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Lynn Tanneries
Jordan Marsh Company
Dolly
Toy Department
Boston
Prison Point Bridge to Be Completed at Once
The Prison Point street bridge over the Boston and Maine railroad tracks from Cambridge to Charlestown is set for immediate completion. The Boston Bridge Company won the contract from the Boston and Maine. Work has been delayed for several years after starting about six years ago.
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Point Street
Boston & Maine
Cambridge
Charlestown
Boston Bridge Company
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Ecru
Wright
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Hub
Vermont
Winter Street
Dr. Bell
Munyon
Lisle Elastic
Prison Point
Santa FE
Topeka
Kan
J. E. Hurley
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
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Order O Zgal
Gilchrist
Cen Washington
Boughtes & Datston
Tremont Beacon
W. Philbrick & Co
Onan Main Street
Ben Ae John
Tremont
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