Sugar stock scheme ties two witnesses to King trial
Two women testified yesterday that they bought Sugar stock through Cardenio F. King’s office and did not receive delivery. King arrived with his sons C I King Jr and H Cabaniss King, who sat beside him all day. The elder son authored A Boy's Vacation Abroad.
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Cardenio F. King
King
C. I. King, Jr
H. Cabaniss King
Mr. King
Holmes
R. S. Bolton
Sims
James S. Jenkins
Greenbush
King’s Office
Mr Holmes
Jenkins
Lee M. Friedman
Parker
Friedman
Co. F. King
Courtroom antics highlight stock sale case testimony
Witty exchanges between defense counsel Herbert Parker and prosecutor Michael J. Dwyer enliven a Boston trial over stock purchases that defendants say never delivered. Witnesses described buying shares through King and receiving only delayed or no certificates while King faced mortgage disclosures and bankruptcy questions.
Bank defalcation probe widens in Somersworth
Bank Examiner N S Bean resumed work at the First National Bank where a defalcation of 85000 was announced and cashier Fred M Varney was arrested. Varney had several thousand dollars in brokerage accounts in Boston which may lessen the shortage.
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Somersworth
N. H
N. S. Bean
First National Bank
Fred M. Varney
Varney
Boston
Industrial education urged by Frederick P Fish at Wellesley Club
Frederick P Fish assailed public schools in a Copley Square speech urging practical industrial education for students. He argued grammar graduates lack real preparation and predicted industrial training would join public schools within 50 years, as in Germany. New Wellesley Club members named Eben Pitman Leon E White and W H Brainerd.
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Frederick P. Fish
Wellesley Club
Copley Square Hotel
Fish
United States
Germany
Eben Pitman
Wellesley Farm
Leon E. White
M. D
Wellesley
W. H. Brainerd
Woman's Testimony Against Night Riders
Testimony details the lynching of Rankin and the coordination of a mob including Garret Johnson and eight defendants. Fehringer described rope and whip use, the ride to a Walnut Log Hotel, and the execution at the slough with gunfire. The court ordered armed guards and pending further actions as the case proceeds.
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Pinion
Fehringer
Thurman
Johnson
Slough
Ranken
Bob Hoffman
Sam Applewhite
Jess Carter
Colonel Taylor
Garret Johnson
Jones
Caldwell
Marine Eye Remedy An Hye Tonic Soothes Alling Eyes
Early notes describe Marine Eye Remedy as a tonic claimed to soothe aching eyes and relieve redness. Advertisements emphasize gentle formula and quick comfort, urging daily use for clearer vision and refreshed sight.
Youth Blames Sleuths Aids Inexpress Wagon Theft Case
William Jf. Howard faced a rehearing after being charged with stealing from an express wagon. Prosecutors said two convicted youths aided detective John O'Donnell in catching thieves, with Paris testifying he would be paid 15 dollars for each thief caught. Judge Wentworth declined jurisdiction and sent the case to the grand jury with bail set at 500 dollars.
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William Jf. Howard
Wentworth
Sargent
John O’donnell
Expressmen’s League
O’donnell
Paris
Corcoran
Brooks
O'Donnell
Finn
Howard
Porter Street
William H. Howard
Grand Jury
Hartley Girl Laid At Rest At Somerville Funeral
The funeral of Miss Maud H. Hartley, victim of jealousy linked to James B. Harmon, was held at her mother's home in Somerville. Reverend Gardner led services, Harmon’s father attended, and burial followed at Forest Hills Cemetery with pallbearers named.
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Maud H. Hartley
James B. Harmon
Cherry Street
Highland Avenue
Somerville
R. Agnes Hartley
William B. Gardner
St. James Episcopal Church
North
Cambridge
James M. Harmon
Harmon
Forest Hills Cemetery
Osgood’s Holiday Offers Big Bargains at E Osgood Co
The CC E Osgood Company at 744 756 Washington street advertises a Christmas sale to clear overstocked holiday merchandise before Christmas. The windows showcase music cabinets smoking stands parlor desks and morris chairs with further price reductions. Customers spending 25 or more receive a free finely finished rocking chair for children this week. The store preserves its liberal terms for its many patrons across New England.
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E. Osgood Company
Washington Street
Morris
C. E. Osgood Company
House of Osgood
New Engand
Boylston Street auto hits 9 year old on Belvidere corner
Johnny Twohig aged nine of 24 Cambria Street Back Bay was brought to Boylston Street Police Station after his mother said he was knocked down by auto 17 240 at the corner of Belvidere and Dalton streets.
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Johnny Twohig
Cambria Street
Back Bay
Boylston Street
Belvidere
Dalton Streets
One Day Cold Cure Claims Laxative Bromo Quinine
Ad claims a cure for a cold in one day using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with money back from Druggists. Mentions E. W. Grove as signer on each box and a batch of 25 rushed to meet a train.
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E. W. Grove
Poison In Little Girl Body Probed In Somerville Case
Autopsy on 12 year old Catherine Kelleher in Arlington exhumed remains sent to Harvard for poison tests as police probe a string of deaths. Her mother Mary Kelleher faces arson charges after allegedly setting fire to A J Lovell’s Cambridge home. Bail set at 1200 to 3000. alienists consult. potential exhumations discussed.
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Catherine Kelleher
Somerville
St. Paul’s Cemetery
Arlington
Harvard Medical School
William D. Swan
4 Post
Harvard College
Durell
Cambridge
Mary Kelleher
Kelleher
Almy
Gordon
Lovell
Longwood and Lexington Oppose Insane Asylums Sites
Wealthy residents in Longwood and Lexington resist plans by the State Board of Insanity to locate hospitals for the insane in their towns. Longwood seeks 100000 feet of land near Brookline avenues while Lexington eyes the Rail Oaks estate near the town center at about $20000.
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Longwood
Lexington
State Board of Insanity
Brookline Avenues
Katherine E. Lawrence
Rail Oaks
Brookline Society
Longwood Cricket Club
Emmett Ainley to Rewed His Former Boston Wife
Providence Rhode Island reports that Emmett Ainley plans to wed Nellie Conway his previous Boston wife now living in Olneyville Their past marriage was annulled after his English wife challenged the divorce proceeding and a new marriage license signals renewed union plans amid old legal drama
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Emmett Ailey
Boston
Providence
R. I
Rhode Island
Emmett Ainley
Nellie Conway
England
Ainley
Miss Conway
Ainley No
Reginald
Wheel breaks on Ontario & Western train near Summitville
A passenger train on the Ontario and Western railroad lost a wheel two and a half miles above Summitville. The wheel broke from the axle as the train descended toward Summitville, and the train traveled the downgrade at about 60 miles per hour.
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Middletown
N. Y
Ontario & Western Railroad
Summitville
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Herbert Parker
Michael J. Dwyer
Thomas J. Tobin
Johanna
Dwyer
Tobin
Johanna A. Tobin
George P. Davis
Robert&. Cochran
Nahant
Ehrman Manufacturing Company
Boston Ely
King’s Mortgages
Brookline
Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Company
George H. Staples
Frederick H. Conant
Palmer
American Woolen Preferred
Ehrman Manufacturing Company Preferred
Nelson J. Sims
Foxboro
South Royalston
Alfred W. Neale
American Woolen Company
Union Pacific
American
T the King
H.cabaniss King C.F King
C.F. King JR
Laura A. Bailey
J. S. Bailey
Cashier
Sleuth
Hartley
Osgood’s Holiday
Famous Furniture House
Harvard
Fair Oaks
Lawrence Estate
Table
Emperor of
King of
Prince of Wales
Spain
Crescent Park
James O. Fallon
City Registrar’s Department
Olneyville
Morris & Butler
Summer Street
Ram
Bridgeton
N. J
Willis Bateman
Fairfield Township
Chicago
Riker-Jaynes Drug Stores
Ahaari
Bay State Herting Co
Barstow Stove CO
Portland St
Othe
Ail Dealers
Chauncy S Street
Bailey
West Roxbury
Laura A
Jason
Driscoll
East Boston
Kerrens Driscoll
The
North Fund
Saratoga Street
Star of the Sea
Drohan
Roxbury
John I
Edward T
Elen Walsh Drohan
Whitney — Street
Maia
Mission Church
McEguire
Edward
Annie McGnee
Riverside Street
St. Francis de Sales’ Church
Vernon Street
Perkins
Dorchester Lower Mills
Amos G. Perkins
Richmond St
Berlin
Bridgiom
Mary
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