Potter's Field Placed Under Mt Hope Care Amid Economy
Mayor Hibbard ordered immediate improvements at Potter's Field in Mt Hope Cemetery citing budget cuts. Trustees reportedly resistant but no resignations received. Sections show varied upkeep from neatly hedged original plots to recently dug third section with 25 graves. Chairman Phipps says conditions are satisfactory and Alderman Parker was misinformed.
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Hibbard
Board of Cemetery Trustees
Potter’s Field
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Potter's
Hope
Sullivan
Public Grounds Department
Phipps
Alderman Parker
Mayor's actions provoke trust's considerable soreness
The mayor's recent moves have stirred notable discontent within the trust, causing irritation and concern among its members about governance and leadership direction.
Will of Walter F Baker Is Allowed After Compromise
The late Walter F. Baker from Bogota New Jersey whose death from poison stirred the city had his will allowed by the Supreme Court yesterday. The document leaves a large fortune to Natalie Hurd as part of a compromise among interested parties.
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Walter F. Baker
Bogota
N. J
Supreme Court
Baker
Natalie Hurd
Will ignored by legatees from Walter Baker estate
It is understood the will drawn by Walter Baker has been largely ignored by legatees. Baker's estate was estimated at nearly $1,000,000.
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Walter Baker
Baker
Miami widow packs light for three months in Europe
Mrs. E. C. McAllister of Miami arrives in New York with a single small suitcase containing a minimal wardrobe for a three month European tour. She explains it avoids delays at customs and avoids heavy baggage while traveling.
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New York
Miami
Fla
E. C. McAllister
Irene
Worcester Society Women Withdraw From New England Fair Race
Prominent Worcester socialites buckled under pressure and will not ride astride in hurdle racing at the New England Fair. The move ends a planned attraction as photographers loomed and public scrutiny grew. Riders named include Miss MacInnes Upham Strauss Chickering Cook and Mrs Henry M Witter Jr.
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Society Women of
Worcester
New England
Clasen
Garfield
Brookline
Worcester Society
MacInnes
Upham
Strauss
Chickering
Cook
Henry M. Witter, Jr
New England Fair
Schoo
Cook and Chickering
Immigrants Face Deportation As Utah Group Remains Detained
Sixteen disheartened Mormons linger in immigration detention awaiting admission to join friends in Utah. Nine are slated for deportation a week from tomorrow, with others likely to follow, says Commissioner George Billings. Mr and Mrs George Roth cannot support their six children, and Christina Hemmingson defends polygamy.
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Immigration Bureau
Utah
George Billings
Post
George Roth
Christina Hemmingson
Cucumber Championship Has New Claimant
Wollaston reports T. W. Ward ley of Wollaston wins the cucumber championship with a non professional giant. The cucumber measures 13 12 inches and weighs 312 pounds. Wardley, a Boston businessman, touts American seed and amateur garden culture as the source of the record fruit.
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Wollaston
T. W. Wardley
Wardley
Boston
Post
Europe
Tragic 5 year old killed by coal wagon in Jamaica Plain
Five year old Johnnie McDermott was crushed to death on Brookside Avenue when a Bradford Coal Company wagon ran over him after frightening horses. The driver Simon Frasier delivered coal at the McDermott home and police said the boy or his brother startled the horses with a switch. Medical Examiner deemed death instantaneous.
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Johnnie McDermott
Brookside Avenue
Jamaica Plain
Simon Frasier
Bradford Coal Company
McDermott
Peter
McDonald
Mormon Emigration Row Over Deportations and Detentions
Boston officials rate 4 of 20 discharged Mormons as admissible after west coast investigations found no illegality. A Salt Lake City probe is ongoing for six detained girls, with health and funds cited as barriers to entry. Reed Smoot’s Boston visit aided the ordeal. eight of nine facing deportation might have left if their cases differed.
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Republic
Boston
Washington
America
Boston Immigration Board
Billings
Reed Smoot
Salt Lake City
Justice charged with seizing woman's baby in court
Duryea justice Gregory Babitz is accused of taking a six month old baby from a prisoner mother and keeping it under his desk for 24 hours while she served time. The prisoner mother says he would not accept bail and seized the child when the $8 fine could not be paid.
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Wilkesbarre
Penn
Gregory Babitz
Duryea
Mothersill Seasick Remedy marketed for travel comfort
Sea and car sickness quickly cured by Mothersill's Seasick Remedy. Sold in gelatin capsules 50c and $1.00, recommended on steamships and in drug stores. Detroit distributor address and Boston retailers listed with prices and guarantees.
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Mothersill
Grin Ople
Mothersill Remedy, Ltd
Cleland Building
Detroit
Mich
Boston
Jaynes Drug Co
Washington St
Cor. Hanover
Cor
Bedford
Cor. Warrenton
Summer St
Cor. South
Theodore Metcalf
Tremont St
Boylston St
Copley Vega
Thaw Order Denied on Transfer to Other Jail
Poughkeepsie N Y Sept 3 Justice Morschauser refused to grant an order transferring Harry K Thaw from Dutchess county jail to another institution The move was sought by Sheriff Robert W Chanler counsel alleging the jail unsuitable for a prisoner committed as insane Judicial comity kept him from overturning the commitment by the prior justice
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Poughkeefpsiha
N. Y
Morschauser
Harry K. Thaw
Dutchess County
Robert W. Chanler
Thaw
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Potter's Field
Arlington Company
Bedford Street
Carters
Hay
Philo Hay Spec. Co
Newark
Riker-Jaynes’ Drug Stores
Houghton & Dutton
Rudolph Clasen
Roy M. Garfield
State Mutual Life
Smoot
Hub
Catherine
Margaret Roe
Christina Hemmingsen
Delphina Dodsworth
Guessepina Mangi
Liberina Onofine
Justice
Plymouth
England
Mr. Madden
Boston Post
Empire City
Remick
Tremont Row
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