Impostor Sought for Loan Scam Targeting Boston Businesses
A young impostor claiming to represent Gonzales Padin Company of San Juan Porto Rico seeks loans from manufacturers in Latin American trade. The 23 year old, light skinned man named Albert Lee charmed his way through factories in Boston and was paid $25 before fleeing with funds. The same ruse hit a Boston real estate broker and a Lynn businessman.
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Turer
San Juan
Gonzales Padin Company
New York
Boston
Lynn
Kaiser's Illness Shocks London As War Rages in Europe
Reports detail the Kaiser’s worsening health and restless front-line movements from Flanders to Poland. German and Russian operations intensify across Poland and Galicia with Lodz contested and Passchendaele alleged near Ypres. Allied pushbacks at St Eloy and Passchendaele raise hopes amid heavy battles and shifting fronts.
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Kaiser
Allenstein
Flanders
von Hindenburg
Poland
Berlin
Reichstag
Lodz
London
Europe
German Official War Statement From Berlin December 8
Berlin dispatch reports the German headquarters describe road conditions hindering troop movements on the Flanders coast and notes slight progress north of Arras. It cites a burned war hospital at Lissle likely an arson, French attacks near Argonne denied, Malincourt captured with garrison casualties, Nancy area repulsed, and sustained pursuit of Russians in Poland with about 1500 prisoners and 16 cannon lost.
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Berlin
London
Flanders
Arras
Lissle
Argonne
Malincourt
Varennes
Nancy
Poland
Lodz
French War Office Reports Progress in Belgium and France
Paris officials say German attacks in Belgium near Ypres and Yser were repulsed and artillery actions continued. They note gains at Vermelles in Arras region and small advances in the Argonne and surrounding forests with no other notable incidents along the front.
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Paris
French War Office
Belgium
St. Eloy
Ypres
Argonne
Yser
Arras
Austrian Official War Statement Issued from Vienna
An Austrian official war statement released from Vienna through Amsterdam and London on December 9 reports new developments. The message notes strategic moves and diplomatic channels, with emphasis on the ongoing conflict and official positions.
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Vienna
Amsterdam
London
Russian Relief Drive Appeals for Direct Soldier and Family Aid
Readers urged to send contributions to Mrs Curtis Guild at 124 Marlborough Street for the Russian relief fund. Funds will go to the Russian embassy in Washington and then to Petrograd for the Empress to distribute to widows and soldiers.
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Curtis Guild
Marlborough Street
Washington
Petrograd
Mari Feodorovna
Empire
Ae Ee
Roxbury Ladies' Aid Charity Ball Draws Large Crowd
More than 800 attendees including state and city officials and prominent Hebrews from Greater Boston attended the Roxbury Ladies' Aid Society ball at Paul Revere Hall Mechanics Building last night.
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Greater
Boston
Roxbury Ladies’ Aid
Paul Revere Hall
Mechanics’ Building
Red Cross Benefit Raises Over 150 at Hotel Belevu
Over 150 was raised for the Red Cross Society at An Evening Entertainment at the Hotel Belevu last night. The show was directed by Alton Briggs of the Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange with entertainers Misses Jennette Phillips Marion and Gertrude Proctor.
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Red Cross Society
Belevu
Alton Briggs
Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange
Jennette Phillips
Marion
Gertrude Proctor
Laxative Brom Queenine Ad Claims Superior Tonic Effect
An old ad promotes LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE as superior to ordinary quinine for any use. It promises tonic and laxative effects and asks readers to look for the signature of E W GROVE on the box. Price noted as 25¢.
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E W Grove
Pri
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Rte
Lone
Shirvans
Mossul
Iran
Beloochistans
H Mack
Axminster
France
Kolaski
Kalicz
Czenstochowa
Warsaw
Koluski
Russia
Nicholas
Passchendaele
Roulers
Sir John French
Austrian War Office
Galicia
Dobczyce
Wieliczka
Piotrkow
Carpathians
Vorenberg’s
Vorerberg
Washington, Hanover and
Elm Streets
F. Gray
Vermelles
Autoire
Aisne
Champagne
Grurie
Pont-a-Mousson
le Pretre
Ball of
RED Cross
Edison
Arnold Electric
Cuttler-Hammer
Jordan Marsh Company
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