Colonial Days Christmas Sale Aids Dorchester Free Home
The Colonial Days Christmas sale opened at Hotel Somerset to support the Dorchester Free Home for Consumptives. Tables by many neighborhoods, tableaux led by Mrs. A Cloug, and a tambourine dance by 14 year old Miss Mary McDonough highlighted opening night. Proceeds run through today and tomorrow with further tableaux planned.
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Dorchester Free Home
Hotel Somerset
A. Cloug
Penelope
Penwick
Mary McDonough
Jamaica Plain
Cartago floats after grounding off Atilla Island
Belize dispatches say the steamer Cartago that grounded off Atilla Island was successfully floated. The report comes as maritime recovery efforts proceed.
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New Orleans
Belize
British Honduras
Atilla Island
Mystery Loans to P S Trainer Cloud Oil Case
Federal efforts to uncover details of 22 million dollars in loans to P S Trainer by Southern Pipe Line Company a Standard subsidiary failed in cross examination of John D Archbold in the government suit to break up the oil trust. Kellogg pursued every trail for over a year but remained unable to clarify the loans purposes.
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New York
Federal Council
P. S
Southern Pipe Line Company
Standard
John D. Archbold
Frank P. Kellogg
Lodging House Commission Open House Draws 250 South End Locales
The new Lodging House Commission held an open house at the Theodore Parker Memorial drawing about 250 landlords landladies and lodgers from the South End. They discussed creating a licensing board for lodging houses and a public parlor required by law in every lodging house. Sanitation concerns were raised with about 20 attendees presenting.
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New Lodging House Commission
Theodore Parker
South End
Cronin and
Post
Boston
Archbold Reports on Loans and Rail Rebates in Oil Case
Archbold testified he knew of no reason for loans tied to refining companies and denied knowledge of funds. Cross examination covered railroad rebates in early years, with Archbold arguing terms were a matter of bargaining and no favored tariffs for Standard. Next witnesses listed include H. M. Tilford and J. A. Moffett, followed by William Rockefeller.
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Archbold
Trainer
Standard
H. M. Tilford
Standard Oil Company of
California
J. A. Moffett
Indiana
Mr. Archbold
William Rockefeller
A. J. Cassatt
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Road
Cassatt
The
United States
Licensing Lodging Houses Topic Sparks City Meeting
Mrs. Cornelia Post and allies pressed against licensing as lodging house keepers voted for it. Joseph Lee warned of a complaint department to police reputable houses, a shift that swayed the debate. Chairman Lee cited sanitary and moral concerns amid protests and lively speeches.
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Cornelia Post
Joseph Lee
Lee
New England
WIFE DEFENDS STROZZI AS HUSBAND SENTENCED FOR KILLING
Mrs Salvatore Strozzi a Somerville woman declares her husband Salvatore was not to blame for the March 24 killing of Peter J Wilson a teamster. Judge Hardy sentences him to ten years in State prison. She vows to support him through the long term and hopes for a new trial.
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Wilson
Salvatore Strozzi
Somerville
Peter J. Wilson
Stro
Bondsmen Surrender Alleged Chinese Smuggler Philip M Springer
Bondsmen holding Philip M. Springer of Somerville surrendered him yesterday after learning he planned to flee. Springer, charged in a conspiracy to bring Chinese men into the country aboard the schooner Freddie W. Alton, was seized last month at Pensacola and is jailed on $5000 bail in Charles Street Jail.
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Surender
Philip M. Springer
Somerville
Freddie W. Alton
Pensacola
Charles Street
Saloon Uproar Ends With Fake Police Arrest
William Malone entered a South End saloon with a stolen police badge on his lapel. Patrons panicked as he drank heavily and attempted arrests. Real police intervened. Malone was jailed and sentenced to one month in court.
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William Malone
South End
William
Windward
Bill
Yours
See Overcoats: Morse's Stock Offers Wide Selection
See Overcoats promotes Morse's as the place to buy with a large stock and many styles. It touts over thirty distinct $20 styles and a broader $10 to $50 range. It highlights over sixty $20 suit styles and a Boys Department offer of reefers in sizes 3 to 16 years for $5.00.
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Dept. Reefers
Cambridge Society Girl Secretly Weds in Lowell
Miss Beatrice J. Hill daughter of Boston hotelier George W. Hill married Walter G. Willard known as Walter Woolard in a June ceremony at Lowell with friend Jeremiah Riley. The couple later announced the marriage and are living at the Cantabrigia on Massachusetts avenue.
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Cambridge
Beatrice J. Hill
George W. Hill
Boston
Majestic Apartments
Massachusetts Avenue
Miss Hill
Walter G. Willard
Walter Woolard
Willard
Mr. Willard
New York
South Station
Lowell
Jeremiah Riley
Portsmouth
N. Y
Mrs. Willard
Cantabrigia
Necklace stolen in Memphis recovered in New York
Police Inspector McCafferty seized a pearl necklace valued at $15,000 after a tip from a friend’s son led to its recovery today. The chain of custody traced the item from Memphis burglars to a Los Angeles pawn broker who sent it to a dealer in musical instruments in New York. The owner is Garrett E Lamb of Clinton Iowa.
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New York
McCaffertty
Garrett E. Lamb
Clinton
Iowa
Los Angeles
Cal
Memphis
Tenn
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Headquarte
Ren’ S
Waltham
Ers
Madras
Seel
South End Green Clothing House Department Store
Washington Street
M. Lavelle
Dorchester
I. Pratt
North
A. J. Crotty
East Boston
A. Niland
East Cambridge
E. Norton
Milton
C. Hernberg
M. McCormack
St. James
P. J. Shea
MccGillicuddy
West End
J. Littlejohn
J. Burke
Nurse
M. Crowley
North End
McKenna
L. Tortorella
Roxbury
McNamara
Rebecca
Agnes Doyle
Margaret Hartigan
Candy Camp
T. T. McDonough
Palm Room Cafe
Mexican Express
W. J. Fitzpatrick
Strozzi
Washington St
Bacon’s
ST. Opp. Bacon’s
Rochester Clothing CO
Man
Rounders
Adams Square
Wolf’s
My Clothier
Hanover
Portland Streets
Beatrice Hill
Cambridge Springs
Raman
America
Schloss Bros. & CO
Baltimore and
Washburn Department Store
Washburn Credit House
Essex St
Lynn
Union St
Eres
Plimpton-Hervey Co
Rand
Rogers Bros
Meriden Brita CO
Arthur
Speemeny
Carter
Ade
Arthur Sternburg
People's Credit cOoMy
Cor
Wolf's
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