Wealthy Taunton Woman Accuses Broker of Bond Defrauding
Mrs. Jennie Briggs testifies in Superior Criminal Court that Augustus Barnard defrauded her of 15600 in bonds by false representations. She says she never authorized sale but deposited bonds for collateral and later vanished. Evidence includes notes, stock dealings, and a corrob doc from her sister. Case continues as Bond list and missing assets detailed.
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Taunton
Barnard
Augustus H. Barnard
State Street
Superior Criminal Court
Briggs
McGettrick
James H. Vahey
Charles Barnard
Minneapolis, Lyndale & Finnetenka
Utah Light & Power
Peoria & Pekin
Kanawaka
Rocking Valley
Madison County Gas
Milwaukee Gas
Suburban Gas
Philadelphia
Battle Creek
Norfolk & Southern
Fonda Johnstown
Leigh F. Clarke
Lee, Higginson & Co
Naturalization of Dominick Staula Ends with Interpreted Aid
In Dedham Norfolk Superior Court Dom inick Staula faced a tense naturalization exam hindered by unfamiliar terms. An Italian interpreter assisted after the judge and clerk tried to explain the complex words, leading to Staula's witty exchanges and the witnesses confirming his eligibility as a U S citizen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dedham
Dominick Staula
Norfolk
Dominick
America
Staula
T. P. Shine
John F. Shine
United States of America
Canada Accepts Proposal on Second Class Mail Rate
At a Washington conference Postmaster-General Le mieux of Canada and United States Postmaster-General Meyer reached an agreement to amend the postal convention. Canada accepts the tentative U S proposal that second class matter mailed in one country and addressed to the other may be charged one cent for each four ounces or fraction thereof per prepaid bulk package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lemieux
Canada
United States
Meyer
Captain Macklin Sees Innocence in Brownsville Shotings
Captain Edgar A. Macklin of the Twenty-fifth Infantry testifies before the Senate military affairs committee in Washington on the Brownsville investigation. He states he no longer believes the negro soldiers were guilty of the Fort Brown shooting after being moved from Fort Brown to Fort Reno.
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Washington
Edgar A. Macklin
Company C
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Brownsville
Macklin
Fort Reno
Fort Brown
Burdett College Holds Year End Banquet
Burdett College of Business and Short Hand hosted its annual reception and banquet for hundreds of night school students to celebrate the close of the evening classes. President Burdett and Mrs Burdett were joined by faculty and their wives. addresses by President Burdett and Secretary Pease accompanied Mendelssohn quartet performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burdett
College of Business and Shorthand
Pease
Mendelssohn Quartet
Dr Miles Heart Cure Relief Claims and Guarantee
An advertisement touts Dr Miles Heart Cure for palpitations and irregular heart action. It claims to strengthen heart nerves and muscles and relieve distress with a money back guarantee if it fails to benefit. A testimonial from Mrs Mary C HahlER of Sullivan Missouri is included. Miles Medical Co. Elkhart Indiana markets the remedy.
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Miles
Mary C. Hahler
Sullivan
Miles Medical CO
Elkhart
Ind
Women Share News of a Day in Chicago Deserts
Ernest P. Bicknell head of the Chicago Bureau of Charities reports about 20 000 deserted wives in Chicago due to the rising cost of living. He says decreasing salaries and rising expenses push men to abandon wives, increasing desertions.
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Chicago
Ernest P. Bicknell
Chicago Bureau of Charities
Bicknell
Directors to decide Ryther successor at Dummer Academy
In Byfield on April 1 the Dummer Academy directors will meet to choose a new principal. Leon E. Ryther, admired teacher and disciplinarian, is a bachelor. directors want a wife for the matron role. If Ryther must quit, faculty threaten to resign with him.
Widowed Ada Gulliver To Run Local Grist Mill
Ada Gulliver aged 26 plans to operate the Mt Gilead grist mill within a week after purchasing it at auction. She supports two small children and says her health and experience from her late husband will help her keep the mill running where others failed.
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MT. Gilead
Ada Gulliver
New York Wife Proposes Dishes to Cure Husbands
A New York woman suggests appetizing dishes to pacify husbands of police court defendants. She lists foods linked to traits such as flirting, wife beating, cold feet, bad temper, drinking, and gambling with specific pairings like onions, jelly cake, buckwheat cakes, sausages, and marmalade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Woman burglar hypnotized by Chopin at Butler mansion
In New York a young woman burglar, identity unknown, rummaged Mrs. Butler at 143 East Thirteenth Street yesterday afternoon. Caught by Mrs. Butler during a piano recital, she was locked inside the room and police were summoned. The suspect claims Chopin’s music hypnotized her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chopin
William Butler
East Thirteenth Street
Strange case at Bellevue Hospital Mrs Jack sneezes into insanity
In New York on April 1 physicians at Bellevue Hospital were alerted to a remarkable case involving Mrs Joseph Jack of Trenton who allegedly sneezed herself into insanity last night. Doctors believe a burst blood vessel in the eye caused vision issues and the strange episode prompted immediate treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bellevue Hospital
Joseph’ Jack
Trenton
Miss Maud Ingersoll Rescues Horses On Broadway
Miss Maud Ingersoll daughter of the late Colonel Robert Ingersoll stopped an enraged Broadway driver to stop cruelty to two overworked horses. She held the horses heads until police arrived and arrested the driver on cruelty charges.
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New York
Maud Ingersoll
Robert Ingersoll
Broadway
Eight Trains a Day to Buffalo on New York Central Lines
Pullman car reservations offered at city office 366 Washington St. Phone Main 1611. Advertising notice promotes daily service and booking details for travelers heading to Buffalo via New York Central Lines.
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Buffalo
New York Central Lines
Pullman
Washington St
Dispute Rages Over St Peter's Tomb
Rome April 1 A renewed controversy over St Peter's burial site arose after archeologist Orazio Marucchi lectured in the crypt beneath St Peter's. He challenged the tradition that Gianiculum Hill marks the apostle's death, despite Bramante's tomb there.
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ST. Peter’s
Rome
St. Peter
Orazio Marucchi
St. Peter's
Gianiculum
Bramante
Deaf mute father wins custody in Shaw v Church case
Judge Grant rules in favor of William E. Shaw, father of the child, in a Probate Court custody dispute notable for most witnesses being deaf mutes. Shaw, expressing joy, plans to patent electrical inventions to aid the deaf community.
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Judge Grant
Shaw
Grant
Church- Shaw
William E. Shaw
Lucy T. Church
Dwight Niles Likely to Die After Wife Killing
Dwight Niles, the railway brake operator who shot and killed his wife last Saturday, was moved from Richford to Newport jail where he cut two throat wounds with a jackknife. His condition grew serious, with doctors fearing death. Funeral services for Mrs. Niles are planned for Wednesday.
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Newport
Dwight Niles
Richford
E Il
Rich
Avery Niles
Newport Centre
Maine Ice Harvest Near One Million Tons
Maine estimates the winter ice crop ranges from 700000 to 800000 tons with 409000 from the Kennebec River and about 100000 from the Penobscot. The balance came from smaller streams and ponds. the record Maine harvest was 2991300 tons in 1890.
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Gardiner
Maine
Kennebec River
Penobscot
Archbishop bans faithful from French Theatre in Montreal
In Montreal on April 1 Archbishop Bruchesi forbade the faithful to attend performances at the French Theatre citing church discipline and authority. The prohibition affects parishioners across the city and signals a religious stance impacting cultural events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Quebec
Bruchesi
Hodgson Spirit Messages Described By Hyslop
Professor Hyslop reports a written message from the late Dr. Hodgson via Mrs. Piper, describing death shock and proof of identity through spirit communication. The article quotes Hodgson’s posthumous remarks and notes mixed scientific opinion on supernatural contact and the role of non-human sources.
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Hyslop
Hodgson
Piper
Professor Hyslop
Professor Hodgson
Hodggon
Spirit Message Sparks Debate on Immortality Belief
The Rev. Herbert Johnson of Warren Avenue Baptist Church speaks on a spirit message, endorsing the idea of Dr. Hodgson's identity, while deferring further opinion. He asserts belief in immortality and notes the Society for Psychical Research, linked to Professor Hyslop, remains conservative in this area.
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Herberts. Johnson
Warren Avenue Baptist Church
Hodgson
Society For Psychical Research
Hyslop
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M&a H Barnared
la Mae Ay
Burdett College
Ingersoll’s
Agers
J. C. Ayerco
Manufacturing Chemists
Lowell, Mass
Deat
Heslop
William Harmon van Allen
Church of the Advent
Hell
Henry Siegel Co
Buster Brown and
Tige
Y. M
C. A. Hall
Berkeley and
Boylston Sta
Henry
Saan He
Oxena
The
Shinola Company
Rochester
N. Y
da Oro An
Minard
Levi Minard
Francis N
Penn St
Providence
R. I
Williams Optical Co
Duate
Sharon
Boylston ST
Boston
Mass
Wilson Bros
Wedding Rings Jewellers
Court St
Wilsons
Hanover St
Marsters Washington
Fall River
Our
Marsters Vacation Tours
West 30Th St
Santa Clara Prunes
Dock Square Grocery CO
Dock Sq
Adams
Cuelen
Ahan Waterman
Lechaies
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