Missionaries Safe After Yachowfu Looting Incident
The American Baptist Foreign Mission Society received a cable from Roy D. Stafford in Shanghai reporting looting at Yachowfu in West China. The missionaries there are safe and property undamaged, with danger deemed over. The station is run by Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Openshaw and Rev. and Mrs. J. C. Humphreys. Officials say other stations in China remain undisturbed.
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American Baptist Foreign Mission Society
Roy D. Stafford
Shanghai
West China
H. J. Openshaw
J.C. Humphreys
Yachowful
China
Tibet
Seely quadruplets birth cries mark hospital welcome
The Dorchester Cottage Hospital celebrated the Seely quadruplets first vocal cries as they began their quartet of crying. Nurses welcomed the event, noting the babies survived the four day wait before voicing their views on the world.
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Dorchester Cottage Hospital
Four Daughters May Have Double Twin Carrier in Future
Mrs F H Seely of 60 Sawyer Avenue imagines a baby carriage for quadruplets four daughters would share. Miss Flora Welch notes Boston could see the first such quartet. if they grow, the girls may intrigue teachers and even entertain in vaudeville as a novelty.
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F. H. Seely
Sawyer Avenue
Boston
Flora Welch
Conspiracy Charge Against Willey Linked Boston Firm
Francis Vernon Willey son of former Bradford Lord Mayor and head of Francis Willey & Co. facing arrest by U S Deputy Marshal James Tighe for conspiring to bring English immigrants into the United States in violation of alien contract labor laws. Willey, British subject and Boston representative, also treasurer of Barre Wool Combing Co. with factory at South Barre employing about 600 workers.
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Francis Vernon Willey
Francis Willey
Bradford
England
Francis Willey & Co
London
Boston
United States
James Tighe
281
Summer Street
Barre Wool Combing Company
South Barre
Willey Arrested in Alien Labor Case Linked to Saville
Federal authorities arrest Willey after testimony at the federal court as part of an alien labor law probe. He is charged with conspiring with Arthur Saville to bring three immigrants from Montreal to the United States under the alien contract labor laws. The three newcomers James Keh oe, George O Neil, and Frederick John Stone were brought to court. Willey denied knowledge of them.
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Willey
Barre
Federal
Arthur Saville
Saville
Montreal
Hurley
Boston
James Kehoe
George O’neil
Frederick Johnstone
Mayor to Receive 50-Pound Snapper Gift
Mayor J. F. Fitzgerald is slated to receive a 50 pound snapping turtle as a peculiar present. The 50 pound reptile, old and tough, was bought by Frank A. Barrett of Boston and shipped from Pawtucket for exhibition in the new aquarium. Barrett will deliver the speech of presentation this morning.
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J. F. Fitzgerald
Frank A. Barrett
Boston
New Aquarium
Pawtucket
Barrett
Kosher Meat Price Rises Amid Boston Boycott
Tensions between kosher meat boycotters, retailers, and rabbis push wholesale beef prices up one cent per pound and threaten reduced supply for West End Chelsea and Malden co operatives. Rabbis say the boycott injures sacred observance as many Jewish residents face rising prices and strained access.
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West End
Chelsea
Malden
Greater
Boston
Wolf's My Clothier soars with three month sales gain
In July Wolf's My Clothier at Hanover and Portland streets reports 13 159 more sales than a year ago. When combined with June gain of 20 415 and May gain of 6 071, the three month total rises to 39 645 more sales, signaling strong growth.
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Wolf's
Hanover
Portland Streets
Mrs Grogan sues sister for estate in East Cambridge suit
Elizabeth W Grogan widow sues Caroline C Eastman wife of Professor Charles R Eastman for trust breach over Brookline street property. Guardian appointed for Grogan joins suit as next friend. attachment seeks 20000 dollars. Grogan alleges mis management and unauthorized mortgages and transfers by Eastman and sister.
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Richard Grogan
Charles R. Eastman
Harvard
East Cambridge
Grogan
Elizabeth W. Grogan
Eastman
Brookline Street
Cambridge
Caroline C. Eastman
Mrs. Eastman
Mrs. Grogan
No Trust Cash Yet To Wilson
New York Aug 9 No corporate contributions to Governor Woodrow Wilson's campaign fund have been received so far and none is expected. Rolla Wells former mayor of St Louis heads to New York as treasurer of the national Democratic committee. Wilson says no corporate gifts with strings attached have arrived and expects no such contributions. Wilson spent seven hours in a studio while an artist prepared a campaign portrait and a physician offered to study his physiognomy. He walked Fifth Avenue and joined William F McCombs in an auto ride in Central Park. He plans to meet Brooklyn Democrats tomorrow at Sea Gate and says speaking engagements likely start after September first.
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New York
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Rolla Wells
St. Louis
National Democratic Committee
Wells
Sea Girl
Fifth Avenue
William F. McCombs
Central Park
Brooklyn
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