Deluxe book swindle linked to European band, inspectors allege
Government inspectors disclosed astonishing details about the deluxe book operation, tying local fraud to a Europe wide band chased from the continent by international police. They say the scheme profited from art and tapestry, spanning Russia to Italy, with millions lost by royalty and high society.
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Italy
Roy
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Liverpool
Cherbourg
Hamburg
America
Delux art swindle tale and Boston opera fire mix
A long report traces European and American swindlers behind deluxe art and rare book sales, with a Countess and vast forgeries. It also narrates a Boston Opera House blaze at Putnam Chambers, where 100 performers fled in nightgowns as Olga Olshansky led an improvised performance and rescuers saved people and pets including Bessie the dog and Peter the cat.
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Bernardo Olshansky
Boston Opera House
Bessie the Dog
Peter the Cat
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Putnamy Chambers
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Putnam Chambers
Putnam
Olshansky
New York
Sacchetti
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Sunday Post
Tosca
Conservatory of Music
Peter
New England Conservatory of Music
Mr. Olshansky
James Kerr
Rockingham Park
Jewelry Factory Ad Promises Mesh Bag Makeover
A Boston advertisement from John L. DesLauries' Jewelry Factory offers to gold plate mesh bags to look like solid gold, claiming silver bags can be transformed. Customers can trade in uncalled for mesh bags valued at $5 to $25, with prices from 50 cents to 3 dollars and a small deposit holding for Christmas.
Woman to Argue Before Massachusetts Supreme Court
A non attorney, Christina D. Page, may address the full Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today in a historic move. Page, agent for Mrs. Sarah C. Shapley, seeks to overturn Probate Judge Braley’s ruling in the $250,000 estate matter of Frank Stevens, administrator of her late husband’s estate. If allowed, Page could speak instead of counsel Coggan to press for reopening the case and appointing a new administrator, with United States District Attorney Asa P. French as an alternative.
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Plan of Division for Elementary Teacher Salary Increases
The Boston Elementary Teachers Club outlined a plan to distribute 145000 tied to length of service and salary rating, favoring higher increases for top earners. The School Board preferred an equal per-teacher raise and will decide at the December 16 meeting after reviewing the proposal.
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Boston Elementary Teachers’ Club
Handwriting Linked to Clergyman in New Sweden Murder
In Houston on December 9 the court heard that the handwriting on a death note near C. August Jacobson's body at New Sweden, dated June 12, 1911, resembled that of Rev. Charles N. Emelius. Emelius, the widow and son are on trial for Jacobson's murder, based on testimony from William E. Hingston of Boston, a handwriting expert.
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C. August Jacobson
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Charles N. Emelius
Jacobson
William E. Hingston
Boston
MISS WELD DEBUTANTE AND TRIAL NOTES IN COURT
Testimony focused on handwriting allege d to match Emelius and Jacobson note. Defense claims defendant could not have killed Jacobson and that death resulted from his own actions. Debutante Miss Theresa Weld introduced to society at Copley Plaza with 700 attendees, Bay trees and palms, vanity boxes and silver keepsakes.
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Edgar Jacobson
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A. Winsor Weld
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New York
Richard H. Weld
Miss Weld
Samuel Parker
Robert Winsor, Jr
Frederick M
Burnham
No Honesty in G. O. P Declares Roosevelt in Illinois
Colonel Roosevelt told Illinois legislators that no honest man can be in the Republicans and urged Progressive lawmakers to stay in the fight to the end. He warned against attempts to lure progressives back into the GOP and stressed their crucial role in Congress and state legislatures.
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Illinois
Legislatures
Congress
Tudor Tea Healthful Beverage Ad Promise
A vintage style advertisement extols Tudor Tea as healthful and safe to enjoy freely, urging readers to trust their doctor’s endorsement and savor the fragrant blend without restraint.
No Nobel Peace Prize Award Made This Year
In Christiania on December 9 the Nobel Peace Prize will not be awarded this year. It marks the first time since the prize began in 1901 that the Norwegian parliament committee found no person worthy of the award.
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Christiania
Nobel Foundation
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