Denials Filed In United Shoe Machinery Trust Case
Twenty three individuals and nineteen corporations in the United Shoe Machinery case answered the government bill in equity charging unlawful combination and monopoly. Demurrers were filed by nine corporations. the rest and all individuals denied Sherman act violations. The United Shoe Machinery Corporation argues it is a fusion of non competing firms for economies and simpler patent disputes. The holding company says it does not engage in interstate trade and denies antitrust aims. The named individuals include Sidney W Wins- and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Shoe Machinery Company
United States District Court
United States
United Shoe Machinery Corporation
Sidney W. Wins
Samuel Weir
Frank Wood
William Woodward
Harold G. Denham
Edward N. Chase
Frank N. Babbett
United Shoe Machinery Company of
New Jersey
Maine
United Shoe Repairing Machine Company
United Xpedite Finishing Company
Booth Brothers
J. K. Kreig Company
W. W. Cross & Co
O. A. Miller Treeing Machine Company
The
Ross- Moy. Company
Hyomei touted as cure for catarrh and deafness claims
An advertisement extols Hyomei as a penetrating remedy for catarrh, promising relief within days and claiming it reaches ear nasal passages and lungs. Complete outfit priced at $1, with a bottle available for 50 cents. The text also lists directors of United Shoe Machinery entities and notes a director denied holding office.
Prince of Wales to spend months in Paris with Breteuil
The Prince of Wales departed London for Paris to stay with Marquis de Breteuil and his wife Edith Garner, daughter of the late William T. Garner. An American colonel in Paris follows the prince as he aims to complete his education in France. The Breteuils’ mansion on Avenue du Bois de Boulogne will host the young royal, who travels incognito as the Earl of Chester.
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London
Prince of Wales
Paris
Marquis de Breteuil
France
Edith Garner
William T. Garner
New York Yacht Club
Viscountess de Breteuil
Edythe Grant
Marchioness de Breteuil
Avenue du Bois de Boulogne
Edward
Earl of Chester
Revere Wins Suit Over Water Rates
The Supreme Judicial Court rules Revere not bound by Lynn Saugus rate agreement and may set its own water charges. Rose RE Merrill sued for excess payments since 1905, claiming overcharge. The ruling clarifies general power to fix rates for water takers.
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Revere
Saugus
Lynn
Rose RE. Merrill
Supreme Judicial Court
Bentley elected President of Boston Baptist Social Union
Charles N. Bentley of the Ruggles Street Church was elected President at the Boston Baptist Social Union annual meeting in Ford Hall. Other officers were chosen for the coming year. A banquet was held before the election and committee reports were read and filed.
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Charles N. Bentley
Ruggles Street
Boston Baptist Social Union
Ford Hall
One Month's Free Deafness Cure Appeal
A Victorian era ad claims spring weather speeds deafness treatment by Osmo-Chemic Physicians. Letters from Presque Isle residents Mr. O Randall and Mr. G S Everett describe successes and urge others to seek cure for deafness from this clinic.
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O. Randall
Everett
Presque Isle
Boston
Randall
OsmO CHeMiC System of Medicine Office Listing
J L Plunkett M D chief consulting physician lists specialties including eye ear nose throat chest and chronic diseases. Free pamphlet offer. Permanent offices Suite 8 9 10 entrance 18 Boylston Street Boston hours 10 pm to midnight 2 to 4 pm and 6 to 7 pm closed Sundays.
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J. L. Plunkett
M. D
Boylston St
Boston
Mrs Smith Outwits Bachelors in Odd Tax Bill Tale
Mrs Charlotte Smith exposed a group of bachelors who tricked her and Representative J L Donovan of South Boston who proposed House Bill 1588 taxing bachelors for aid to aged and impecunious spinsters. She outsmarted them in the end.
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Charlotte Smith
J. L. Donovan
South
Boston
Community satire as Massachusetts bills target bachelors
Mrs. Smith head of the Woman's Homestead Association presents thanks to Mr. Donovan for backing a bill to tax bachelors. A broad, humorous resolution claims bachelors are arrogant and unsuitable for public office and vows to keep bachelors under scrutiny until retired to private life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Smith
Woman's Homestead Association
Woman’s Homestead Association
First Woman Stage Driver Begins Duty Between Meeker and Buford
Miss May Robertson a 21 year old claimed to be the first woman stage driver in the United States begins a year long contract to operate the Meeker Buford 30 mile route. She will transport passengers and mail over a dangerous mountain road.
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Meeker
May Robertson
United States
Buford
Arbuckle Heirs Seek Will After Death of Coffee Magnate
New York April 1 The estate of the late John Arbuckle coffee merchant is estimated at 20 million dollars but no will is found The relatives Mrs Robert Jamieson Miss Christina Arbuckle and their children are in Pittsburg for the funeral William Jamieson and William N Dykeman top Arbuckle counsel plan to convene upon return The absence of a will surprises many given his careful business record and charitable causes including East River lodging houses and a New Paltz farm
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New York
John, Arbuckle
East River
New Paltz
N. Y
William N. Dykeman
Park Superintendent Thrown From Gig in Brookline
Superintendent David H Sheehan of the Brookline park system was thrown from his gig when his horse spooked by a passing automobile. He suffered a fractured rib a broken bones in his right hand and several minor injuries.
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David H.sheehan
Brookline Park System
Sheehan
Kent
Station Streets
Two Women Held on Infantile Murder Charge in Calais
Leona May Marshall of Calais and Ida Blanche Mercier of Princeton both 21 were arraigned in Municipal Court on murder charges for strangling or drowning a week-old child believed to be the Marshall woman’s infant. They waived examination and were held without bail for the April term of the Supreme Court.
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Calais
Leona
May Marshall
Ida Blanche
Mercier
Princeton
Supreme Court
Marshall
Violinist Loses Suit Against Boston Elevated Railway
Mark Bursteen was legally barred from recovering damages from the Boston Elevated Railway after he dropped his violin while boarding at Park Street and the car failed to stop until Scollay Square. He sued for failure to stop and for false imprisonment but was denied relief.
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Mark Bursteen
Supreme Judicial Court
Boston Elevated Railway
Park Street
Scollay Square Station
Scollay Square
Bursteen
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United Shoe People
Catarah
Social Union
Nate
Mrs. Smith
Donovan
Massachusetts
Certificate of Health
Adamson
Tim
Arbuckle
Will
Day
Brockton
Hyde Park
Worcester
New England
Kuppenheimer
Kennedy Booster Club
O’coats
Kennedy’s Special
Oxford
Kennedy
Summer Street
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