Rockefeller Denies Perjury in Gladden Case
John D. Rockefeller's private counsel dismissed Dr. Washington Gladden's charge as false and garbled. The statement clarifies Rockefeller testified he was not in the South Improvement Company, a separate Pennsylvania entity, and notes two distinct corporations with similar names.
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New York
Starr J. Murphy
John DD. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Washington Gladen
Lloyd
South Improvement Company
Standard Oil Company
John D. Rockefeller
Gladden
New York Senate
Southern Improvement Company
Pennsylvania
Milwaukee Stifled Bank Run Restored Confidence After Bigelow Confession
Milwaukee banking tempers cooled after a run on the First National Bank and Milwaukee Trust Company following Frank G. Bigelow’s defalcation confession. A Clearing House probe, bank director statements, and Chamber of Commerce support reassured depositors. Mayor Rose paraded with 500000 in cash to underscore liquidity.
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Milwaukee
Wis
First National Bank
Milwaukee Trust Company
Frank G. Bigelow
Trust Company
Milwaukee Clearing House Association
Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce
Wisconsin Street
Chicago
Frank J. Kipp
Henry G. Goll
Mr. Bigelow
Auction pitch on Nasha Wena Island ends with fire
New Bedford April 25. The crowded auction pitch game on Nasha Wena Island ended abruptly when a grass fire swept toward the improvised table. Sid Parker and lawmakers including Senator Chace and Representatives Goggin Hibbard Willetts fled flames as the crowd scrambled for score and cigars.
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Sid
Willetts
Ann
Sid Parker
New Bedford
New York Savings Bank Investment Law Passes Senate
Albany April 25. The savings bank investment bill passed the Senate and goes to the Governor. It creates a general standard for investments by savings banks and trust funds covering city and railroad bonds. It legalizes bonds of all cities now allowed and adds Manchester New Hampshire Lawrence Massachusetts Lynn New Bedford Somerville Bridgeport Waterbury Connecticut to the list.
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Albany
N. Y
Savings Bank
Senate
Manchester
N. H
Lawrence
Lynn
New Bedford
Somerville
Mass
Bridgeport
Waterbury
Conn
Fever Closes Lincoln Grammar School Classes
Wakefield April 25 By order of the Board of Health two grades at the Lincoln Grammar School were closed to prevent further spread of spotted fever which has claimed two victims in the past 24 hours. The second and fifth grades were shut and fumigated as four cases have appeared in recent days with two deaths yesterday.
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Wakefield
Board of Health
Lincoln Grammar School
Maxine Elliott Makes Success in London
London crowd at Lyric Theatre celebrates Maxine Elliott's return in Clyde Fitch play Her Own Way. Notables including Earl Granby Ladies Hamilton Alington Rothschild Burnham Young and Forbes Robertson attend as Miss Elliott earns a personal triumph with breezy Americanisms delighting the audience.
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London
Clyde Fitch
Lyric Theatre
Maxine Elliott
Wlondon
Earl Granby
Hamilton
Alington
Rothschild and Burnham
Sir William Young
Forbes Robertson
Miss Elliott
Nashawena Island site eyed for Massachusetts prison and leper colony
April 25 New Bedford reports a prison committee tour to Nashawena Island to inspect Governor Douglas proposed site for the state prison and leper colony. Visitors weigh gravel soil water and isolation advantages while Warden Bridges remains noncommittal and optimistic officials favor the location as suitable for future facility needs.
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New Bedford
Nashawena Island
Douglas
Massachusetts State
Chace
Charlestown
Nashawena
Commonwealth
Manley
Hancock
Taylor
Nantucket
Lexington
Dukes County
Hart
Bridges
Boston
Concord Reformatory
Bigelow questions missionary fitness and motives
Professor Poultney Bigelow of Boston University Law School criticizes many missionaries as unqualified and driven by emotion or self interest. He cites ministers, traders, and naval officers as factors that hinder effective mission work while noting some genuine accomplishments and recurring misperceptions.
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Poultney Bigelow
Boston University Law School
First Charge Under New Law in Springfield
Springfield April 25 The local police court hears charges against Mrs Kate Hurd and Mrs Susanna Sarkus on orders to remove them to the State hospital at Tewksbury. The State pauper agent Hubert O Moore seeks compulsory care, claiming Hurd is sickly and Sarkus unable to support herself. Pleading will occur, and removal to Tewksbury may be ordered unless a defense is shown. This marks the first use of the 1908 statute.
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Springfield
Kate Hurd
Susanna Sarkus
Hubert O. Moore
Tewksbury
Ocean Grave for Cattleman Saville Aboard Michigan
George Saville, a Fall River textile worker and cattleman from Hyde, England, died of heart failure aboard the Warren liner Michigan on April 17 and was buried at sea after the ship halted and the Church of England service was read by Captain William J. Eynon. His body disappeared beneath the waves four hours later as the vessel continued. The steamer carried 24 cattlemen and a Baltimore stowaway, George Harrington, with Saville’s friends at 437 South Main Street notified.
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George Saville
Fall River
South Main Street
George Harrington Ofaltimore
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