Insanity Numbers Rise Faster Than Population in Massachusetts
State Board report shows 2710 more insane patients from 1905 to 1909, a 23.23 percent rise, while state population grew 13.07 percent. In 1909 there were 14,874 insane in state institutions, about one per 227 residents, with Massachusetts housing 38,003,635 people in 1995 and 11,664 insane patients overall.
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State Board of Insanity
Owen Copp
Massachusetts
Mark Twain Estate Worth $611,135, Heir Named
In Redding Connecticut the probate inventory lists Samuel L. Clemens as leaving $611,135, with $70,000 in real property. The Mark Twain copyrights are tied to the Mark Twain Company, valued at $200,000. The sole heir is Clemens's surviving daughter, married to Ossip Gabrilowitsch. Next Sunday's Post.
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Redding
Conn
Samuel L. Clemens
Mark Twain
Mark Twain Company
Ossip Gabrilowitsch
Receipt requirement for registered mail begins December
Washington October 26. A new post office order requires recipients to voluntarily request a receipt for registered mail. The sender now has the option to insist on a receipt starting December 1, eliminating unnecessary work and reducing mail volume by stopped receipt forms.
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Washington
Potoffice Department
Miss Morgan Denies Cupid Engagement Report
New York October report claimedMiss Anne Morgan daughter of J Pierpont Morgan was to wed a titled British suitor. She denied the rumor saying she is not engaged and will not be engaged. She spoke after returning from Paris aboard the Oceanic denying matrimonial plans.
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Anne Morgan
J. Pierpont Morgan
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Paris
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Cymric to Dock at Charlestown Harbor Today
The White Star liner Cymric, Captain Fr M Howarth, from Liverpool and Queenstown, was 35 miles east of Boston Light yesterday. She will dock at Hoosacpliers, Charlestown, at 10 this morning. On board are 18 saloon and 475 steerage passengers.
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Fr. M. Howarth
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Queenstown
Boston Light
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Portugal to Lessen Taxes
Lisbon, Oct 26. Finance Minister Jose Relvas announces sweeping reforms to curb corruption from the old regime. He pledges dismissals for former government workers, replacing the king’s $800,000 civil cost with a modest presidential salary. Taxes on necessities would fall while luxury taxes rise, the rich will be watched, and church state separation aims to be completed within a month.
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Lisbon
Jose Relgas
Senhor Relvas
Publisher Hulda Loud to have conservator named
Judge L E Chamberlain of Plymouth County Probate Court has appointed Selectman Henry A Baker of Rockland as conservator for Hulda B Loud. The Rockland Independent editor, famed for sharp editorials, has admitted diminished physical and mental vigor in her later years.
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Brockton
L. E. Chamberlain
Plymouth County Probate Court
Rockland Independent
Hulda B. Loud
Henry A. Baker
Rockland
Mies Loud
County hatchery eggs seized from private park traps
State Superintendent Arthur Briggs of Winthrop conducted a second raid on Thornton park in Rumford to remove 40 000 trout eggs. The eggs will be sent to the Oquossoe hatchery as part of a planned third trip.
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KR. J. Virgin
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Rumford
Arthur Briggs
Winthrop
Oquossoe Hatchery
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