White Slaver Keegan Convicted in Massachusetts
Edward J. Keegan was found guilty of holding Mary E. Tenney in servitude and sentenced by Judge Sanderson to three months in the House of Correction. It marked Massachusetts first white slave conviction, uncovered by Boston police after an July 16 incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Criminal Court
Mary E. Tenney
Edward J. Keegan
Keegan
Sanderson
House of Correction
Massachusetts
Boston
Woman recounts years of abuse by Tremont Street man in court
In a courtroom yesterday the woman described repeated beatings by Keegan including knocked out teeth and a broken nose as she feared he would kill her after she refused money for a baseball game. Keegan denied taking her earnings and claimed to have lived modestly, with Judge Sanderson granting a lighter sentence. Keegan had previously been convicted in Municipal Court and had appeals reducing the term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eral
Tremont Street
Keegan
MacGilvary
Sanderson
House of Correction
Man vows to fight legal separation over marriage dispute
A New York man declares Ethel Croker his wife and vows to challenge any attempt at legal separation. He asserts the church will recognize the marriage if not the law and notes Ethel's father approved while other influences keep his bride apart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ethel Croker
Ethel
Riding instructor Breen tells tale of Miss Croker and an estranged marriage
John J. Breen recounts how he wooed Ethel Croker, daughter of Richard Croker, and details a years long separation aided by family money. He built a riding academy at Spring Lake, plans wealth, and says letters to his wife are intercepted while she stays abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Breen
Tammany
Richard Croker
Samuel Engler
Hoboken
Miss Croker
Breen
Crokers
Spring Lake
N. J
New Monmouth Hotel
Charles A. Schwartz
Morton L. Schwartz
Central Park West
Mr. Breen
Europe
Father John’s Medicine Promoted as Strength Builder
An endorsement from P J McCarthy of Boston claims Father John’s Medicine cures throat and lung ailments without alcohol or poisons. The advertisement states it strengthens organs, builds the body, and flushes impurities, distinguishing it from patent medicines and praising its success against bronchitis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father John
John
P. J. McCarthy
Nashua Street
Boston
Cymric Due to Arrive at Noon
The White Star liner Cymric, from Liverpool and Queenstown, should reach Hoosac dock Charlestown at noon if fog does not delay. At midnight she was 180 miles east of Boston Light, with 165 saloon and 820 steerage passengers aboard. Notables include Dr. N Le Roy Burton and Mrs. Burton among many travelers.
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White Star
Cymric
F. B. Howarth
Liverpool
Queenstown
Hoosac Dock
Charlestown
Boston Light
N. le Roy
Fires rage along Crows-Nest-Pass from Frank to Fernie
Serious bush fires burn across the Crows-Nest-Pass region from Frank to Fernie. For three days gangs of men have fought the blazes at Frank and nearby areas as crews battled the advancing flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Man
Crows-Nest-Pass
Frank
Fernie
Uniformity Urged in Weights and Measures Bill
Charles B Wooley city sealer and Arthur T Cumings Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange seek a national supervision system for weights and measures. Senator Lodge promised support after Wooley announced the plan yesterday. A year earlier a similar bill failed due to Southerners stance on standards. Berries and other produce entering Boston were found sold with nonuniform measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Wooley
Arthur T. Cumings
Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange
Congress
Senator Lodge
Wooley
Cumings
Boston
National supervision urged to curb interstate weight fraud
Mr Cumings and Mr Woolley push for a national system to standardize weights and measures across states and cities. Woolley cites wooden skewers and false weights in veal and lamb, claiming Boston overpaid $20 000 for inedible wood. The plan aims to hold dealers nationwide to one standard with warnings and prosecutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumings
Mr. Woolley
Woolley
Knights to Visit Genoa on White Star Liner Romatic
About 150 Knights of Columbus depart on a pilgrimage by ship to Rome Genoa and Oberammergau with incorporators and members from the United States and Canada. They will parade in Genoa banquet with American consul invited and later meet the Pope in Rome. Boston Knights host a farewell at Parker House with Mayor Fitzgerald and Gov. Council member Murray expected.
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Knights of Columbus
Rome
Genoa
Oberammergau
Order
M. C. O'Connor
William M. Geary
New Haven
James C. Monaghan
M. J. McGivney
Middletown
Conn
James N. Supple
Charlestown
M. J. Gorman
Ottawa
Canada
Daniel P. Toomey
B. Ellen Burke
Sunday Companion
New York
United States
America
Mer. Kennedy
Father McGivney
Boston Knights
Parker House
Fitzgerald
William F. Murray
Governor's Council
Oldest Pittsburgh Bankers Discontinue After 63 Years
Robinson Brothers, the city’s oldest private banking and brokerage firm since 1863, announced it will discontinue. The partnership expired August 1 and members chose not to renew. A. C. Robinson of the New York Stock Exchange is in Pittsburgh settling affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Robinson Brothers
A. C. Robinson
New York Stock Exchange
Miss Edith Deacon at bedside amid France hospital news
Beverly August report describes Miss Edith Deacon sister of Princess Radziwill visiting Miss Deacon aides Mr George Lee Peabody at Beverly Hospital as he undergoes rest treatment for a polo related nervous condition. The wedding to Newport is planned for early September with one attendant.
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Beverly
Edith Deacon
Radziwill
George Lee Peabody
North Shore
Mr. Peabody
Newport
Beverly Hospital
Miss Deacon
Mary J. Amory
Francis I. Amory
The
Cove
Hamilton
George von I. Myer
the Navy
Alice
Julia
Meyer
Rome
Deacon
Meyers
Peabody
Sadie Jones
Salem
Chelsea Officer Kicks Officer Inmate Sentenced 18 Months
William H. Carey of Chelsea was found guilty of assault and battery on Sergeant Gallate of the Chelsea police. Carey, a man who has spent much of the last 25 years in Commonwealth jails, was sentenced to 18 months. The incident occurred as Carey, drunk, fought a prisoner and kicked the sergeant in the stomach several times near a patrol wagon.
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Gallate
Chelsea
William H. Carey
Gallatc
Carey
Gallaic
Caledonian Grove Gets New License
The Boston license commissioners granted the Boston Caledonian Club a new grove license for their West Roxbury park after revoking the old one following a riot on July 27 in which a police officer was seriously injured during a St. Mary’s Catholic Church parishioners picnic. The new license requires ample police protection for picnics and field days.
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Boston
Boston Caledonian Club
West Roxbury
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
North End
Bates on Poison Train Mystery in Ludlow
Dr Charles W Bates disappeared from Ludlow on July 6 with a trained nurse after mortgaging his wife s automobile for 950 dollars He attempted suicide on a train in Pana Illinois He is believed to recover Bates had been arrested in Kansas City for taking mortgaged property out of Vermont The automobile belonged to his wife and had been mortgaged to George Parker and Sumner Page Bates a University of Vermont graduate has lived in Ludlow 15 years.
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Ludlow
Charles W. Bates
Pana
Bates
Kansas City
Vermont
George Parker
Sumner Page
Dr. Bates
University of Vermont
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Sev
Rina
Bargain
Washington and
Winter Streets
Remington Typewriter
Remington
Remington Typewriter Company (Incorporated
Franklin Street
Ethel Croker Breen
Met Ethel
Ireland
Paris
Walton’s Spa
Washington Street
Fountain
Columbus
France
Caledonian Grove
Eile ST
Wiernings
Wien
B. Z
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