Heavy losses feared as Jewellers National Bank closes
North Attleboro December 20. The closing of the Jewellers National Bank ties Plainville and North Attleboro financially. Mason Box Company suspends, 200 workers laid off, fraternal and church groups suffer. Postmaster Harry D. Hunt is liable for 1200 in government funds. some jewelry firms ferry money from town. A director says only furniture remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Attleboro
Jewellers’ National Bank
Plainville
Mason Box Company
Harry D. Hunt
Bank Receiver Appointed as Harrington Dies in Shock
Ernest L Harrington wealthy jeweller collapsed from apoplexy at 9 am while discussing bank condition. Hl S Currier Malden named receiver to straighten muddled books. Bank doors closed. town faces severe finances. Assets tied up include 30000 and 3200. temporary loan 3500. If deficits erase capital stock, stockholders face assessments, burden on President Wiggin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest L. Harrington
Hl. S. Currier
Malden
Currier
A. L. Parker
W. FE. Barden
Plainville
Mr. Sargent
Wiggin
Owl Adopts New Roost After Trade With Parker
A screeching owl that invaded the district attorney’s office was moved by a swap between Jerry Watson and former Attorney-General Parker. Parker paid $2 for a cage, sent a canary to Watson, and the owl will roost in a sycamore tree at Lancaster rather than on Watson’s kitchen stove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Watson
Parker
Jerry
Mr. Watson
Lancaster
Cohen-Driscoll Fund Receives Substantial Contributions
The Cohen-Driscoll fund, raised for the families of Edward Cohen and Dennis D. Driscoll shot in the State House offices, has reached $1,485 with expectations of several thousand more next week. Contributions are being tallied from unions and local organizations through Kidder, Peabody & Co., including Boston Central Labor Union, Cambridge Central Labor Union, Carpenters unions, Electrical Workers, Lamplighters, Newspaper Wagon Drivers, Pattern Makers, Plumbers, and others. amounts vary, with notable gifts from The Boston American and individual donors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Cohen
American Federation of Labor
Dennis D. Driscoll
John A. Steele
State House
Kidder, Peabody & Co
Boston Central Labor Union
Cambridge Central Labor Union
Peter Athe
Aens
Sebseen
Carpenters’ District Council of Geerleparoseon
Boston
Carpenters
East Hoston
the Post Publishing Company
iWlectrical
Vises
Rorg Aehe
Prinsow
Ales Ibe
Masons
International Union Quarry Workers of
N. A
P.ff
McCarthy
Barre, Vt
James M. Prendergast
Aed
Electrical Workers’ Union
The
Boston American
Edward F. McSweeney
G. Herbert McNeill
Banker Shoots Broker then Ends His Own Life
James H. Oliphant senior partner of Oliphant & Co. died from a bullet wound inflicted by customer Charles A. Geiger from Beaufort South Carolina who then killed himself. Geiger owed $5 000 and sought credit to carry 5 000 shares but was refused. Geiger left notes showing a hoped fortune of 3 000 000 by 1908 while having almost nothing. Oliphant's firm offered settlement options, but no final agreement is clear. Oliphant lived at 415 Clinton Avenue Brooklyn and held prominent posts in business and social circles. The firm includes his son J Norris Alfred L Norris and Floyd W Mundy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James H. Oliphant
Stock Exchange
James H. Oliphant & Co
Charles A. Geiger
Beaufort
S. C
Oliphant
Geiger
Oliphants
Holland House
Orphants
Steel Common
Piedmont Hotel
Atlanta
The
Fifth Avenue Bank
Clinton Avenue
Brooklyn
Lafayette Tire Insurance Company
St. Lawrence River Real Estate Association
Title Guarantee & Trust Company
Chamber of Commerce
New York Athletic Club
Mareanne Silsbee Montgomery
Winslow Lewis Montgomery
Aubndon Road
Boston
Hfe
Beaufort Man Charles A Geiger Linked to New York Shooting
Beaufort resident Charles A. Geiger who shot J. H. Oliphant in New York today had lived in Beaufort for two years. He communicated daily with Oliphant via telegraph except during the telegraphers strike. Geiger, born in 1862 in Roswell Georgia, claimed to have been court physician to King Menelik of Abyssinia and friend of Count Szechenyi, with portraits and African curios in his Beaufort room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaufort, S. C
Charles A. Geiger
J. H. Oliphant
New York
James H. Oliphant
Atlanta
Roswell
Baltimore
Helen H. Barnwell
Beaufort
S. C
Menelik
Abyssinia
Count Szechenyi
Miss Vanderbilt
Africa
Harvard President urges Jews to pursue outdoor life and athletics
In a Harvard Me norah Society address, President Eliot argued Jews are physically inferior due to hardship but capable of becoming strong fighters. He urged joining the militia, embracing athletics, and using opportunities in freedom to develop physically and educationally. He cited past captivities and welcomed Chinese students to Harvard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard Menorah Society
Eliot
Harvard
Gold Shipment From Coronda Reaches Boston Harbor
The steamship Coronda delivered 1,950,000 in gold bullion to East Boston. Four tons of double eagle coins in 78 iron‑banded boxes were transferred to wagons after arrival from Buenos Ayres and Montevideo. The cargo, consigned to the Second National Bank of Boston and routed to the Bank of New York, will be moved to New York by rail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coronda
National Storage and Warehouse
East Boston
Buenos Ayres
Second National Bank of
Montevideo
Guardian
Frank H. Wright
Second National Bank
Banco Aleman Transautlantico
A. V. Burner
Adams Express Company
Express
Boston
New York
Longshoreman Wrecks Cambridge Store Window
John O'Brien a South Boston longshoreman hurled a cobblestone at W H Higgins dry goods store on Cambridge street Cambridge near Prospect street wrecking the plate glass and causing excitement. He threatened by drawing a knife as bystanders pursued him and was arrested by Officer Canney on a drunkenness charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John O’brien
Boston
W. H. Higgins
Cambridge Street
Cambridge
Prospect Street
O’brien
Canney
O'Brien
Spring Street
Coasting Accident Injures 11YearOld Ida Baker
Ida Maud Baker eleven, daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles I Baker of 326 Winthrop Avenue Revere, suffered a compound fracture of the skull and jaw and minor injuries after colliding with a automobile while coasting on Green Street parkway last evening.
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Ida Maud Baker
Charles I. Baker
Winthrop Avenue
Revere
Green Street
Girl Struck By Auto On Parkway Near Green Street
A little girl and companions coasted down a Parkway hill near Green Street and collided with an auto driven by Charles E. Whitten of Lynn. The Baker girl was treated by Dr. Andrews and moved to Frost Hospital Chelsea in critical condition. Police released Whitten, citing blinding electric lights impaired his vision.
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Parkway
Green Street
Baker
Dr. Andrews
Revere
Frost Hospital
Chelsea
Charles E. Whitten
Central Avenue
Lynn
Boylston Street
Boston
Reynolds Crew Arrives Safely at Liverpool
A cablegram to the Gardiner B. Reynolds captain’s wife confirms the crew and Captain Parsons reached Liverpool aboard the schooner Gardiner B. Reynolds. The vessel had earlier been reported abandoned and on fire in Portland, Maine.
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Portland
Liverpool
Parsons
Gardiner B. Reynolds
Hanged and Drugged Patients Allegations Reach Lunacy Commission
New York hearings before the Lunacy Commission investigate cruel treatment at Manhattan State Hospital Ward's Island. Dr John C McCarthy cites cases of attendants knocking down, kicking and torturing patients with hanging or drugging methods, targeting small and weak individuals.
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New York
Lunacy Commission
Hughes
Manhattan State Hospital
Ward's Island
John C. McCarthy
McCarthy
David Currie Schooner Sinks Off Duck Island
The two masted schooner David Currie of Hartford bound from Portland sprang a leak near Crane's Reef off Duck Island and sank. The master and three crew left before the vessel went down and rode a yawl to Saybrook Point where they landed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westbrook
Conn
Duck Island
David Currie
Hartford
Portland
Crane's Reef
Saybrook Point
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Jewellers
OWL
Watson
Cohen-Driscoll Fund
N. Y
Old South Clothing Co
Hanover Street
Pres. Eliot
F. H. Wright
Holland. Wine Co
Green River
Bond
Old Crow
Hermitage
Port
Budweiser
Tier Bros
California
Holland
Boylston St
Davis
Sternau
Keen Kutter
Portland and
Sudbury Sts
Ward’s Island Hospital
Edison Light
School St
Suffolk Supply Co
Prompfield DE Boston
Fort Hill
Rochester
Best Lool
Washington St
Columbia Theatre
Shuman &’ Co
Shuman Corner
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