Boothbay Harbor Treasurer Charged with Embezzling 7000
Fred C. Blake former Boothbay Harbor treasurer from 1906 to 1909 was arrested on embezzlement charges amounting to about 7000. He pleaded not guilty and the case was continued to December 20 for further hearing. The action stems from a deficit revealed when he left office and bondsmen covered the earlier shortage. Unpaid taxes and bookkeeping lapses are blamed for the alleged deficiency. Blake also served as treasurer of the Boothbay Harbor Water Company.
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Boothbay Harbor
Fred C. Blake
Sawyer
Amone
Blake
Boothbay Harbor Water Company
Fire at Independent Congress Rubber Shoe Co. in Malden
A mystery fire started in the shipping room of the Independent Congress Rubber Shoe Company on Pearl Street Malden last night. Employees in the packing room extinguished it. damage was about 32500 with water. watchmen warned but alarm failed to register. No cause yet given for the previous year’s larger blaze.
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Congress Rubber Shoe Company
Pearl Street
Malden
Irish girls troupe opens national tour at the theatre
Six young singers and dancers arrived from Ireland aboard the Franconia under Lou ise Agnese. A six month tour begins next week with a musical on Irish peasant life at the National Theatre. The troupe features Gladys Cooney 16 Eileen Cooney 14 Hardee Fitzsimmons 19 Nellie Gordon 17 Edith McGovern 18 Adeline McGovern 19, with origins in Dublin and Antrim. Nellie Gordon billed as Ireland's champion jig dancer and Gladys Cooney praised by officials as among the prettiest girls admitted to this port.
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Emerald Isle
Franconia
Louise Agnese
Dublin Girls’ Choir
National Theatre
Gladys Cooney
Eileen Cooney
Hardee Fitzsimmons
Nellie Gordon
Edith McGovern
Adeline McGovern
Dublin
Antrim
Ireland
Immigration and Customs
Hard Blow for Divorce Reform in Kansas City
In Kansas City on December 7, divorce reformers were startled as W. W. Wright the newly appointed proctor to investigate uncontested divorces was barred from a suit. Judge Guthrie sustained the objection noting the proctor had no direct involvement in the case. The row follows Wright’s efforts since last month when few legal separations have been granted amid sharp criticism. The article also targets moral judgments about "parasite class" of women.
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Kansas City
W. W. Wright
Guthrie
Parasite label shocks suffrage pledge tracker
Mrs. L. O. MacDaniel wife of a Syracuse manufacturer and cousin of WPU officer caused confusion when she listed occupation as parasite while pledging to march in the May suffrage parade. She defended the self description saying she condemns women who live on husbands' wealth as parasites.
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New York
Women's Political Union
L. O. MacDaniel
Syracuse
John Winters Brannan
Women’s Political Union
Mrs. MacDaniel
Penny Postage Now Planned for Newspapers and Magazines
James J. Britt announced from the Cleveland Association of Credit Men that the Post Office Department will urge Congress to raise newspaper and periodical rates from one to two cents per pound, with gradual increases toward cost recovery. He noted a $62 million annual surplus on first class mail and a $66 million annual deficit on second class, and suggested a one cent letter rate after second class readjustment.
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Cleveland, O
Post Office Department
Hitchcock
James J. Britt
Cleveland Association of Credit Men
Special Postal Commission
Congress
Britt
Department
Fire accident ends with child rescue by patrolman
Florence Dalton four years old was rescued from severe burns by Patrolman Tower at Broadway station last night after she toppled a lighted lamp in the absence of her mother Mrs Annie Dalton of 151 West Sixth street South Boston.
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Florence Dalton
Broadway Station
Annie Dalton
West Sixth Street
Boston
Man Killed By Electric Car In Salem On Highlands Ave
John W. Brennan 45 of 10 Hutchins Court Lynn was struck and fatally injured while crossing Highlands avenue near the old Toll House. He was nearly decapitated and identified by letters in his pockets. Police reported the incident occurred tonight.
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Salem
Highland Avenue
John W. Brennan
Hutchins Court
Lynn
Double Negative May Upset Father's Will
In Allentown Pennsylvania on December 7 a contest looms over the will of Thomas Remaly of North Whithall. He disinherits his five children by a first wife and leaves a $20,000 estate to his second wife and her six children. A clause reads These children shall not receive no part or share of my estate whatsoever. Attorneys say the double negatives could support a will contest and alter the disposition of the estate.
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Allentown
Penn
Thomas Remaly
North Whithall
Ramaly
Morphine Used On Hens To Prompt Egg Setting In Thomaston
Thomaston Connecticut authorities investigate a poultryman who admits giving morphine to his hens to force setting. He claims the method was legal and aimed at producing early pullets. He reports twelve eggs placed in a nest and a large hen selected for treatment. Three daily hypodermic morphine injections in the leg were given. On one occasion the hen walked to the house, raised her leg, received a dose, and returned.
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Thomaston, Conn
Three Burned in Mill Fire at Chartley Jewelry Plant
A fire at the Sturdy jewelry factory in Chartley destroyed the two story brick building causing $15,000 in losses. Two men J D Goslin and Arthur Cummings and employee Eva Brunner were burned and cut as they escaped via a ladder and roof route. They all survived with severe injuries. A volunteer fire brigade could not save the structure and insurance covered the loss.
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Eva Brunner
Goslin
Cummings
Miss Brunner
Chinese death costs $2066
The widow of Lee Howe, living in China since her husband's death, will receive his entire estate of 2066 a sum paid by the Canadian Railroad Company after a train accident in 1907. Her fingerprint substitutes for a signature on the receipt filed with the public administrator Harry W. James. Judge Grant approved the final account.
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Lee Howe
China
Canadian Railroad Company
Lee
Harry W. James
Grant
Woman Sues Cambridge For 6000 Damages
Jean ette I. Fountaine of Cambridge files a $6000 suit in East Cambridge against the city over injuries from a sidewalk defect on Sch street near Windsor street on Sept 1 1911.
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Cambridge
City of
East Cambridge
Jeanette I. Fountaine
Sch Street
Windsor Street
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