Used Woman to Get Peaslee to Confess
Boston detective McDonald testified in the Peaslee murder trial as the 15th witness of the day. He described deception to gain Morrison Peaslee’s confidence, involvement with two women in Providence, and a long chain of alleged schemes including blackmail and staged evidence.
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Peaslee
Boston
McDonald
Nathaniel Martin
Worcester
Martin
Ethel Peaslee
Belle Peaslee
Providence
Portland
Robert C. Murchie
Morrison A. Peaslee
John FE. Marshall
Henniker
Morrison Peaslee
Eugene Wood
Arthur R Corser
Ware
Herman Smith
Goffstown
Howard Peaslee
Clifton B. Hildreth
Manchester
Howard
Morrison
George A. S. Kimball
Concord
Albert R. McDonald
Sherman Agency
Murchie
Olga
Peaslees
Gloucester
Cole
Daniel M. Bowen
Hingston
Austria Crises Loom Over Congress as War Tensions Rise
Reported plan to bring the Austria issue before Congress sparks split among factions. One group urges equal coercive moves against Britain’s cotton blockade, while another pushes to cast international relations on the floor, questioning why Austria’s break is imminent while Lusitania’s sinking drags on. Senatorial debate is expected as pressure mounts from cotton interests and Republican leaders fear German backlash.
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Congress
Britain
Austria
Lusitania
Penfield
Vienna
State Department
Washington
Senate
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Germany
Savings Insurance Demonstration Shown At Bijon Theatre
A Massachusetts savings insurance exhibit shown at the Bijon Theatre last evening portrayed state officials in action and bank scenes to show policy benefits. The event, organized by the Massachusetts Savings Insurance League, featured Alice N. Grady as financial secretary and noted 11 000 policy holders with 4 500 000 in policies since 1907.
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Savings Bank Insurance
Massachusetts
Bijon Theatre
Massachusetts Savings Insurance League
Alice N. Grady
Stops Tobacco Habit in One Day Ad from Elders Sanitarium
Free book from Elders Sanitarium at 608 Main St St Joseph Mo explains a method to banish tobacco in one to five days at home. Claims by long time users over fifty years that it ends the desire for all forms of tobacco and improves health. Send name and address to receive a copy.
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Sanitarium
the Elders Sanitarium
Main St
St. Joseph
Addrean
Sace
Merchants Protest Boston Post Office Station Closures
Boston business groups pressed to block Postmaster Murray’s plan to close Essex street Back Bay and Fenway stations. They cite loss of convenient service in a major shopping district, urging Congress and Washington to rethink consolidations while a chamber committee reviews the plan.
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Chamber of Commerce
Back Bay
Murray
Essex Street
Fenway
Washington
Boston
Chamber
Huntington Avenue
Massachusetts Avenue
Copley Square
Park Square
Nashua Street
North Station
South Station
Congress Street Railway Post Office
Continental Clothing House
Washington Street
C. R. Talbot
The
Continental
New England
Federal Building
Providence Postoffice
Horace Bacon
W. & A. Bacon Company
Washington and
Essex Streets
Paine Furniture Company
Back Kay
J. W. Maguire
Pierce-Arrow Company
Boylston Street
Roxbury
Atlantic Avenue
Miss Ruth Fielding Declines Daring Wood Nymph Role
Cambridge dancer Miss Ruth Fielding age 17, a school student and Saturday theatre manager, declines to play a wood nymph in a Christmas concert. She fears misinterpretation by her 60 young pupils and their parents and will perform a toe dance and a skirt dance instead.
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Ruth Fielding
Cambridge
Larch Road
Blanchard Opens Lead in Cambridge Councillor Recount
Arthur F. Blanchard moves from two votes behind to lead David F. Corcoran by 13 in the Cambridge councillor at large recount. The recount ends tomorrow with no changes in other races from the announced results.
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Arthur F. Blanchard
David F. Corcoran
Cambridge
Roxbury Ladies' Bikur Cholim Hold Annual Concert and Ball
The fourth annual concert and ball in Otis Field Hall Roxbury last night raised funds for the Jewish charities. Proceeds go to the association’s charity fund.
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Roxbury Ladies’ Bikur Cholim Association
Otis Field Hall
Roxbury
Fund For Jewish Charities
Hakka Cream Surest for Grippe Rages Across Mass
Hakka Cream Surest for grippe colds and catarrh is sold in 200 doses at 50 cents. Available from druggists or the Hakka Chemical Co Grove Hall Station Besion Mass.
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Hakka Chemical CO
Grove Hall
Sta
Besion
Mass
Burke brothers arraigned in Lynn on vote buying charges
Former Representative Frederick W. Burke of West Lynn and his brother John F. Burke pleaded not guilty in a Lynn court yesterday to charges alleging they bought votes at the election on December 14.
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Harry Folwell
Nettle M. Dow
Harry Matthews
Eva L. Osgood
Frederick W. Shelton
Henniker
Howard Peaslee
Morrison Peaslee
John Falvey
Charles Carter
Blackhand
Aad
Branch
Cheney J. Cole
Chancey Adams
Concord
Peaslee
Frederick W. Burke
West Lynn
John F. Burke
Lynn
Two men arraigned on license no license conspiracy charges
Louis Cohen of Chelsea and Fred W. Burke faced warrants charging three counts of offering money for votes and conspiring to influence no license. Both appeared on recognizance as police served warrants unexpectedly. Burke, once a 1918 legislator, denied the charges and threatened suit. Cohen also threatened action. The hearing fixed for January 15.
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Louis Cohen
Chelsea
Lynn Licensees’ Association
Fred W. Burke
James J. Clements
Martin Shananan
Lynn
Cohen
Crossed Wires Tie Up Weymouth Fire System
Weymouth was patrolled all night by its motor fire apparatus with full crews on the lookout for fires. The patrol marks a first in town history. A storm caused two electric wires to cross, tying up the entire town fire signal system.
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Weymouth
Syastem
Somerville Mayor Moves to End Pension for Pollard
Mayor Cliff of Somerville seeks to release Somerville from paying Chief Pollard of Wakefield a pension after an agreement with Pollard’s counsel. Pollard has received 10.50 weekly pension due to prior disability, though now serving as Wakefield chief at 1500 dollars yearly. The city plans to suspend the pension, arguing the pension act is violated by continued payments while Pollard is not disabled.
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Cliff
Somerville
City of
Pollard
Wakefield
Chief Pollard
Miss Lukanoff May Recover From Suicide Attempt
Miss Bessie Lukanoff, a nurse at Malden Hospital, swallowed bichloride or mercury tablets Tuesday night in a suicide attempt. Doctors said recovery is possible but uncertain, with tests to determine her chances in a week or ten days. The self-inflicted wound was superficial, not fatal, and she cited weariness of life as the reason.
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Malden Hospital
Bessie Lukanoff
Hood's Sarsaparilla Aids Rheumatism Relief
Severe rheumatic pains fade as Hood's Sarsaparilla advertised as a blood tonic. The text claims rheumatism stems from blood acid due to digestion defects and asserts Hood's purifies blood and improves digestion, urging readers to act now.
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Hood
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