Widespread mill cloth theft scheme uncovered in New Hampshire
Police in Manchester Suncook and Norwich reveal a plot by mill workers to steal cloth from Amoskeag Stark Suncook Norwich mills. A home search for stolen sofa pillows turned up vast quantities of factory cloth hidden in Michael Ballum’s house, suggesting a common transfer network.
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Manchester
N. H
Suncook
Norwich
Michael Ballum
Amoskeag Cotton Manufacturing Company Mills
Derryfield Lane
Amoskeag
Stark
Suncook Mills
N. Hy
Norwich Mills
Stark Companies
Organized theft ring eyed in Manchester cotton cloth raids
To aid the Manchester police uncover what is believed to be an organized endeavor to pilfer large quantities of cotton cloth from looms for retail and wholesale sale. Michael Ballum was arrested and will appear in local court tomorrow morning. He and his wife gave contradictory stories about the large amount of cotton cloth found at their home.
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Manchester
Michael Ballum
Ferris refuses more troops for copper strike district
Governor Ferris declined to dispatch additional troops to the strike zone after a telegram from Special Prosecuting Attorney Nicholls. The message said the Houghton county sheriff requested more troops, but the governor ordered the sheriff not to request troops unless completely unable to cope with the situation.
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Lansing
Mich
Ferris
Nicholls
Houghton County
Pegoud Demonstrates Passenger Loop in Airship Car
Paris December 11 Adolphe Pegoud the French aviator demonstrated at Buc aerodrome that looping the loop with a passenger aboard is not harder than with only a pilot. The airman rode with journalists and a photographer on three trips and executed several successive loops.
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Paris
Adolphe Pegoud
Buc
Maynard Couple Weds In Home Ceremony
Miss Ethel May Parker daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph K Parker and Frank Earl Taylor son of Mrs Bertha Taylor were married at 23 Elm Street Maynard in a home ceremony conducted by Rev Arthur B Papineau rector of St George's Episcopal Church.
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Maynard
Ethel May Parker
Joseph K. Parker
Frank Earl Taylor
Bertha Taylor
Elm Street
Arthur B. Papineau
St. George’s Episcopal Church
Pattern for a one piece yoke with making instructions
A full size pattern of a one piece yoke with instructions for making appears in next Sunday's Post.
Two Elopements After Divorce in Greater Boston
The article reports that Ernest W. Thompson of Cambridge and Tyler H. Bliss of Springfield secretly wed in Hartford on January 28 1913 and March 5 1913 respectively, after Thompson’s November 29 1912 divorce from Cary W. Wade Thompson. It notes Bliss married Cary Wade Thompson, the former Mrs Thompson, and that both couples faced possible bigamy concerns.
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Boston
Ernest W. Thompson
Cambridge
Tyler H. Bliss
Springfield
Hartford
Conn
Justices of the Peace
Bliss
Cary W. Wade-Thompson
Ernest W Thompson
Thompson
Marion Johnson
Dorchester
Thompsons
East Cambridge
Thompson- Bliss
Johnson-Thompson
Cary W. Wade
Augustus Wade
New England
American Tobacco Company
Trafalgar
Wades
Virginia
Edgar J. Bliss
City Registrar of Marriages
Summer Street
Ernest W.thompson
Washington, D. C
Edward H
Ada A. Ward- Thompson
Cary L. Wade
Baltimore
Augustus
Annie ‘Tucker-Wade
George M. Young
Washington Street
Wbel
Tyler Bliss
Thomas J Spellacy
Edna G. Russell
Frederick G. Carnachan
Harvard
Cary W. Thompson
Gustavis
Annie T. Tucker- Wade
Edgar J. and
Catherine Luke-Bliss
Edward J. Steele
George L
Lavinia Starkey-Johnson
New York
Blisses
Wife Ashes Divorce From Architect
New York December 11 Harold van suren Magonigle renowned New York architect faces a divorce suit filed today by his wife Rebekah Harrison Magonigle. Court papers in the case were sealed.
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New York
Harold van Suren Magonigle
Rebekah Harrison Magonigle
Batley’s Daughter Engaged to Edgar A Butters
Mr and Mrs Albert Batley of Maynard announce the engagement of their daughter Irene E Batley to Edgar A Butters son of Dr and Mrs George S Butters of Auburndale. Mr Butters is a Wesleyan University graduate, class of 1910.
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Albert Batley
Maynard
Irene E. Batley
Edgar A. Butters
George S. Butters
Auburndale
Mr. Butters
Wesleyan University
Woodrow Wilson Case Sparks Courtroom Ultimatum
In a city police court Judge Creed demanded proof of identity from a man claiming to be Woodrow Wilson. For the second time this month the defendant, intoxicated, insisted his name matched the President’s. A probation officer was called to verify antecedents as the judge threatened suspended sentence pending verification.
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Woodrow Wilson
Judge Creed
United States
Wilson
Woodrow
Court frames Woodrow In the Dock name dispute
The court examines the Wilson family genealogy and the case of a man known as Woodrow In the Dock. It warns that if he does not use his real name he could face a long jail term.
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Wilsons
Woodrow
Heps Sing Tong Declares Leaderless and Defunct
Boston Chinatown sees no Tong war as Hep Sing Tong lacks a leader and is described as defunct, while rival On Leong Tong flourishes with a near monopoly, according to police and local merchants.
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Boston
Hep Sing Tong
Heps
U S to Give Panama Hat to Girl s Papa
Washington December 11 Lottie Lester a Seattle schoolgirl who saved 63 cents to buy a Panama hat for her father’s Christmas will soon receive a new hat from Assistant Secretary Hamlin of the Treasury. She wrote that a Belgian hare bunny damaged the old hat and ate it making her request.
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Washington
Lottie Lester
Seattle
Wash
Treasury
Hamlin
Lottie
Loomis Family Sells Waycross Power Plant Interest
Burdett Loomis Sr. of Hartford and family sold their stake in the Waycross power and light plant to Stuyvesant Fish of New York who becomes sole owner, ending Loomis involvement in the project.
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Waycross
Dec
Burdett Loomis, Sr
Hartford
Conn
Stuyvesant Fish of
New York
Furnace fire triggers false alarm on Riverside Avenue
Medford firefighters rushed to an alarm on Riverside Avenue after a pedestrian reported a house fire at James Adler. They found Adler in the basement tending a furnace fire, nullifying the emergency run.
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Medford
James Adler
Riverside Avenue
Mr. Adler
Miss Sally Currier Debuts in Boston Society
Miss Sally Currier daughter of Mr and Mrs Guy Wilbur Currier of Commonwealth avenue was presented to Boston society at an at home at the Hotel Somerset yesterday afternoon. There was dancing from 4 40 to 7 o'clock.
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Sally Currier
Guy Wilbur Currier
Commonwealth Avenue
Boston Society
Somerset
Children's party menus enliven next Sunday Post
The next Sunday Post features menus for children's parties along with cooking recipes and household helps for readers planning festive gatherings and daily tasks.
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