Deluxe book racket probe hits Boston investors
Federal and local officials describe a long running scheme selling expensive deluxe book sets as safe investments. Agents used lavish tactics to lure elderly women into $85,000 losses and hundreds of lower valued volumes. Investigations target leaders and involve Boston Cambridge Brookline New York Philadelphia and Chicago cases with multiple suits and grand jury actions.
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New York
Boston
Federal
Bostor
New England
J. S. Rogers
Brookline
Pelletier
McKisaac
Suffolk County Grand Jury
Frederick G. Carnachan
Harvard
Westmorely Halis
Cambridge
Harvard Men Targeted by Deluxe Book Dealers on Gold Coast
Harvard students on the Gold Coast faced a wave of book agents selling deluxe editions at high prices. Accounts include Chester Walton Jenks of Brookline resisting a Gibbon edition, Gouverneur Carnochan of New York declining offers, and other locals warned by dormitory notices. The scheme drew warnings across Harvard dorms as signs labeled book agents appeared.
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New England
Gold Coast
Harvard
Chester Walton Jenks
Brookline
Brentford Hall
Gibbons
Jenks
Gouverneur M. Carnochan
New York
Frederick G. Carnochan
Lenox
Flo
Tey
Moliere
Dante
Post
Black art man indicted for fraud in Chicago case
Feliks Markiewicz, known as an alleged expert in black art, is indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of deceiving foreign residents in New York and Chicago. He sold secrets for amounts from 1.25 to 7.75 dollars claiming to offer powers such as invisibility and mind reading.
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Suffolk Grand Jury
Boston
Mane
Frank T. Daniels
Walter V. Dunton
Silas Waite
Post Office
Raymond Grey
Federal Grand Jury
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Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Chicago
William Swain
New York Post Office
Inspector Swain
Mark Twain
H. M. Levingston
Saratoga Springs
Levingston
Frank H. Brooks
St. Johnsbury
Suffolk County
Clara E. Waters
High Street
Newburyport
Kate M. Fager
Dudley Street
Roxbury
William Davis Miller
Harvard
Harold Blanchard
Boylston Street
Jones E. Bacon
William J. Hartley
United States
Asa YP
French
Cooper
Cone Man
Felicks Markiewicz
Markiewicz
Grand Trunk
New England Commission
Boston & Maine
Federal
Interstate Commerce Commission
New England
Pilgrim Publicity Assoc to Build Club at Bromfield Site
The Pilgrim Publicity Association plans a new club building on the Bromfield Street Church site, with reports that $400000 was paid for the property. President Carroll J. Swan announced the news at a dinner in the American House.
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Pilgrim Publicity Association
Bromfield Street
Carroll J. Swan
American House
Swan
Charles Stueblin
Boston
Boston Harbor
Plymouth
New England
Publicity House to House Boston Ad Firms Offices
The new building named Publicity House will house the association and serve as offices for Boston advertising firms. Financing is provided by undisclosed investors, with Coffin & Taber overseeing the project and A. H. Bowditch as architect. Construction starts Jan 1 with a target opening by April.
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Boston
Coffin & Taber
A. H. Bowditch
Swan
Cascarets Offer Quick Night Relief For Stomach ills
Advertises Cascarets as a night time remedy to cleanse and regulate the stomach and bowels. Claims to remove sour undigested food and bile, ease indigestion and gas, and leave users with a clear head by morning. Notes 10 cent box and child friendly taste.
Boston Bound Wheat Withheld For Shipments From Buffalo
About 715 million bushels of Boston bound wheat wait in Buffalo due to car shortages. A Boston exporter has chartered four steamships to ship directly to Europe, with Holmeside bound for Copenhagen and Daleby for Rotterdam. The port’s 11 months to Nov 30 show 12.6 million bushels of wheat, 1.78 million corn, and 922 thousand oats shipped, below 1911 totals.
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Buffalo
Boston
Copenhagen
Rotterdam
Miss Hubbard Weds Rector at Cambridge Home
Elizabeth K. Hubbard daughter of Mr and Mrs Phineas Hubbard of 36 Arlington Street Cambridge and graduate of Wellesley class of 1911 married Rev Edward H Bonsall Jr rector of the Church of the Atonement Morton Penn last night The ceremony was performed by Rev George H Hubbard uncle of the bride with several clergy in attendance The Rev Bonsall Harvard graduate class of 1909 will reside in Glen Olden Penn with his bride forever afterwards
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Elizabeth K. Hubbard
Phineas Hubbard
Arlington Street
Cambridge
Wellesley
Edward H. Bonsall, Jr
Morton
Penn
George H. Hubbard
Haverhill
Vincent Ravi
North Avenue Congregational Church
Charles C. Pierce
D. D
St. Matthew’s Church
Philadelphia
Elizabeth Warner
Secane
Marjorie Dick
Arlington
Rodney Bonsall
Mr. Bonsall
Harvard
Glen Olden
Middlesex Bar Holds Fourteenth Annual Dinner
The Bar Association of Middlesex county held its fourteenth annual dinner at Young's Hotel last night with many prominent lawyers in attendance. Samuel K. Hamilton, president, served as toastmaster and welcomed Ezra R. Thayer, Homer Albers, and numerous judges and professors as invited guests.
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Bar Association of
Middlesex County
Young’s Hotel
Samuel K. Hamilton
Ezra R. Thayer
Harvard Law School
Homer Albers
Boston University Law School
Robert J. Peaslee
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Frederick Lawton
John W. Hammond
Samuel Williston
William H. Wilson
Robert E. Clapp
Samuel c. Bennett
Alonzo R. Weed
William B. Stevens
Lemuel FE. Hitchcock
Jabez Fox
Danderine Promises Lustrous Hair at 25 Cents
An advertisement touts Knowlton’s Dandeline Danderine as a 25 cent hair treatment that cleanses dust and oil, reduces dandruff, and promotes growth. It claims immediate beauty improvement and strong, long hair from routine use and root stimulation.
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Knowlton
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