Vail and Clowry Subpoenaed in New York Telephone Probe
Theodore N. Vail president of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company and Robert C. Clowry president of the Western Union Telegraph Company have been subpoenaed to testify before the state legislative inquiry into telegraph and telephone systems in New York. Vail will testify tomorrow.
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New York
Theodore N. Vail
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
Bell Interests
Robert C. Clowry
Western Union Telegraph Company
Vail
Eczema patient ends battle after year of pain and illness
A person suffered for a year with raw watery irritation on hands and face. Prescriptions failed to help and the condition worsened to the point of scratching till blood and quitting work.
Completely Cured by Cuticura Remedies
A Reading Pennsylvania woman reports eczema lasting a year with painful sores on hands face and arm. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent she is cured. she credits the products and notes she spent months unsuccessfully with doctors and other medicines.
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Nora Shultz
North Third St
Reading
Nab Alleged Gem Thieves
Police seized a jewelry haul after arresting Charles Thompson 22 of Howard Street and Herbert Rosenthal 17 of Thorndike Street Everet t in the West End. The total value nears $140 with items including jet necklaces rosary beads neck chains bracelets cuff links pins breastpins and buckles.
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Charles Thompson
Howard Street
Thompson
Herbert Rosenthal
Thorndike Street
Everett
West End
Carrie Nation Wrecks Bar at Union Station
Mrs. Carrie Nation arrived to monitor Congress and used a hatchet to smash about 50 dollars worth of bottled whiskeys in the Union station buffet. She was arrested and jailed for destroying private property as a large crowd watched the disturbance.
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Washington
Carrie Nation
Congress
Union Station
House of Detention
Kermit Roosevelt Arrives in Nairobi
Kermit Roosevelt arrived in Nairobi on December 3 addressing British East Africa officials and reporting progress from his expedition roving through the region with Colonel Roosevelt’s party.
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Nairobi
British East Africa
Kermit Roosevelt
Archbishop O Connell Celebrates 50th Birthday in Boston
In Boston the Feast of the Immaculate Conception and Archbishop William H. O Connell s 50th birthday were celebrated. A pontifical high mass at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross was followed by greetings and telegrams including one from Cardinal Merry Del Val. Archbisop O Connell spoke of his decades of service and asked for prayers to continue his duties. He was born in Lowell on December 8 1859 and rose through St Charles College Boston College Rome American College to become bishop of Portland before serving as Boston archbishop since 1907.
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Boston
William H. O'Connell
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Washington Street
Granby Street
Back Bay
Merry del Val
Rome
Mgr
George J. Patterson
V. G
Michael J. Scanlon
John J. Crane
T. L
James A. Walsh
Thomas H. McCoy
James J. Raddington
M. J. Splaine
C. J. Sullivan
Lowell
St. Charles College
Maryland
Boston College
American College
Father O'Connell
St. Joseph's Church
Medford
Archbishop Williams
St. Joseph’s Church
West End
American College At
Portland
Bishop Healey
Japan
O’connell
Williams
Horace R. Butts
Providence
R. I
U. S. Army
Duffy
Duffy Malt Whiskey Co
Rochester
N. Y
Will Urge Fund to Fight San Jose Scale
The incoming Legislature will be asked to appropriate a large sum of money for the suppression of the San Jose scale.
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San Jose
Sugar Refining Case Links Six Ex-Workers to Duty Fraud
New York December 8 testimony tied six former employees of the American Sugar Refining Company to underweighing sugar and evading duties. Customs official James Conlon testified he warned superiors over a decade ago, but no action was taken until after H. O. Havemeyer’s death.
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New York
American Sugar Refining Company
James Conlon
H. O. Havemeyer
Kehoe Implicated in Manipulating Scales by Witness Testimony
Conlon testified that he saw Thomas Kehoe adjust the scales with a special device on two occasions. He seized the instrument, but Kehoe pleaded and it was returned. He later reported the matter but observed no resulting action.
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Thomas Kehoe
Conlon
Kehoe
Taft Uses Red Cross Stamps On Christmas Mail
President Taft posts Christmas mail with a large number of Red Cross stamps. The practice is being followed by many district residents as December eight reports.
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Washington
Taft
Jury Frees Steel Men in Suffolk Conspiracy Case
Jury clears nine individuals connected to noted steel firms as free of conspiracy charges. Six corporations are also found not guilty of bid collusion or monopoly. Trial cost county about 25000 dollars with defendants and firms facing substantial expenses.
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Suffolk
Frank D. Cluett Identified in Hotel Death Scene
The body of Frank D. Cluett was identified today in Woonsocket Rhode Island after being found in the same room as Mrs Octavia Sylvestre St George at the Commercial Hotel last night. Authorities pursue details of the deaths and possible connection.
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Woonsocket, R. I
Octavia Sylvestre St. George
Commercial Hotel
Frank D. Cluett
Hebrews Plan a New Israel in Turkey Move
Dr Reu ben Brainan of Berlin claims Hebrews intend to found a new country and acquire a large tract of land in Turkey. He says negotiations with the Young Turks are under way and about 7 000 000 Hebrews now in Russia will migrate once closed.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Reuben Brainan
Berlin
Europe
Turkey
Brainan
Russia
Belgian King Leopold Improves Slightly Despite Paralysis
Private Brussels reports say King Leopold’s right side remains paralyzed with limited ability to sign documents after yesterday’s attack. physicians visit the palace thrice daily as rheumatic pain lingers.
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Paris
Brussels
Leopold
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