Robbery attempt and rescue at Roxbury laundry
An 18 year old woman was attacked by two Chinese men in a Roxbury laundry on Westminster Street. Patrolman Wallace intervened, subduing one suspect, Ching Fong, who is held at the station. The second man, Ching Eng, escaped through a window. Fong, aged 55 with a white wife, awaits Roxbury District Court hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Kirk
Appleton Street
Ching Fong
Ching Eng
Chinatown
Miss Kirk
Wallace
Fong
Malden
Roxbury
Kirk
Public Hearing Set for Weymouth Policeman Walsh
The Weymouth selectmen plan a public hearing at Town Hall on Friday night January 9 for Police Officer John D. Walsh who has been suspended over alleged department rule violations. Earlier a fist fight with Henry Dugan of Braintree police at Ferncroft Inn led to both men being confined to their homes and suspended by their respective chiefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weymouth
John D. Walsh
Town Hall
Henry Dugan
Braintree
Ferncroft Inn
Walsh
Patrick Butler
Dugan
Made Sick by Postage
George Harrington of Malden suffered a severe sore throat after licking thousands of postage stamps during the Christmas rush. He worked in a Malden drug store where the pharmacy sold $650 worth of stamps and Harrington claims he licked about three quarters. Friends estimated he could have licked around 3000 stamps during the rush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Harrington
Laurel Street
Malden
Harrington
Osteopaths Back Eugenic Marriage Examinations
The Southwestern Osteopathic Association adopted a resolution in Wichita calling for rigid physical exams before marriage. Delegates opposed sex hygiene education in public schools, favoring home instruction by mothers. Dr. H C Wallace of Blackwell Oklahoma was elected president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Southwestern Osteopathic Association
H. C. Wallace
Blackwell
Okla
Crawford House Palm Room Luncheon and Dinner Dining
Delighted women and men enjoy meals in the Palm Room at Crawford House in Boston. The real Boston corner for luncheon dinner and after theatre. Food and service unequalled at the price. Located at 8 Q and Brattle Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Casey Corner
Crawford House Bcollay
Brattle St
Regulations Expand Exemptions for Married Couples Tax Returns
Washington December 30 regulations set exemptions for married couples at four thousand dollars if living together and three thousand dollars each if separated. Details cover joint and separate estates, required returns, and liability when income exceeds thresholds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Reward Offered in Cruelty Case to Massachusetts Horse
A $100 reward from the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals seeks tips to identify who nearly severed the tongue of Abra ham Gilfenbain’s horse. Gilfenbain, a small teaming operator, found the injury at his Endicott street stable Saturday. police and society officials are pursuing the investigation through agent Splaine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Abraham Gilfenbain
Bladwin Place
North End
Gilfenbain
McDermitt
Gavin
Society
Adleman Stable
Endicott Street
Splaine
Wilson Sends Condolences for Swedish Queen Dowager
President Wilson in Pass Christian Miss offered sincere sympathy from the United States government and people to King Gustave IV of Sweden in the death of his royal mother Queen Dowager Sophie. The State Department notified the American chargé d'affaires in Stockholm and relayed the message to the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Pass Christian, Miss
Gustave IV
Sweden
United States
Sophie
State Department
Stockholm
Mississippi
Express driver and bartender held for grand jury in silk larceny
William J. Dallan and Frank W. Whelan were held for the grand jury by U S Commissioner Hayes in a case arising from the larceny of a silk package worth 60 dollars in interstate shipment. Dallan faces larceny charges while Whelan faces receiving charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Dallan
Frank W. Whelan
United States
Hayes
Dallan
Whelan
Local Grocery Ad Lists Tea Coffee and Pastry Prices
An old newspaper ad fragment lists High Grade Coffee 30c per lb Very Best Coffee 35c per lb High Grade Teas 35c per lb Very Best Teas 60c per lb O K Special 6.25 per barrel and 7c per pound Flake White 5.98 per barrel and 76c per bag Best Pastry 5.49 per barrel items include Commons Ginger Grahame Lunch O Clock Teas and Peanut items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grahame
Jack Binns Award Upheld in Portrait Copyright Case
Albany December 30 The Court of Appeals sustains a judgment of $12 500 against Vitagraph for using a fake portrait of Jack Binns the wireless operator hero of the Republic disaster and exploiting the supposed likeness in a moving picture two days after the collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Jack” Binns
Republic
Court of Appeals
Vitagraph Company
Binns
Jack
Binns Lawsuit Over Motion Picture Company
Binns sued the motion picture company for 50000 dollars. Trial jurors awarded 12500 dollars but the judge set aside the verdict as excessive and demanded a reduction to 2500 dollars. He refused and appealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binns
Motion Picture Company
Fainting Woman Falls to Death on Subway Tracks
Miss Mildred Zimmerman daughter of Gustave Zimmerman once a famous rifle shot fainted on a subway platform edge in New York and fell onto an express train track dying instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mildred Zimmerman
Gustave Zimmerman
Leonard Martin and Margaret Maguire Wed in St John Church
At St Johns Church Canton a nuptial mass united Leon Martin and Miss Margaret Maguire of Ponkapoag with Rev. John J Farrell officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
St. John’s Church
Leon Martin
Margaret Maguire
Ponkapoag
John J. Farrell
Everett Force Faces Shakeup in Police Reorganization
Chief William E. Hill rearranges Everett police with major shifts on January 1. Three driver shifts will run constant patrols to operate the automobile, amid ongoing patrol controversy and staffing changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Hill
Everett Police
Richardson
Smith and Crocker
Bruce
Patrol schedule reorganization shifts patrol routes
In Everett square duties are resumed by a returning officer and Patrolman Card takes over Manning’s Charlestown and Everett line. A wholesale shift of other patrolmen accompanies the changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Square
Card
Manning
Charlestown
Everett
Workmen Hurt in Gunpowder Explosion at Quarry
Albion Mac kay aged 35 of 72 Pine street and Oscar Niami aged 29 of 254 Orange street were seriously burned when a seven pound can of gunpowder exploded in a Bullock street quarry shack. The building was destroyed and Mac kay likely to lose sight while Niami was burned head to foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Albion Mackay
Pine Street
Oscar Niami
Orange Street
Bullock Street
Mackay
Niami
For the Red Ant Pennant in Sun Day Post Magazine
FE Hugh Pendexter crafts a brisk tale for next Sunday’s Post Magazine that sets the pulse throbbing as suspense tightens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE Hugh Pendexter
Next
Post Magazine
Youngster Confesses Killing Farmer While Firing on Bird
Peru Vermont December 30 Edward Reed Jr a 14 year old boy confessed that a rifle discharge killed John Waite a farmer on November 24 He said he fired at a bird and fled after hearing the groan Waite's body was found in a woodland lot by a head wound.
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Peru
Edward Reed,Jr
John Waite
Waite
Statue for Capitol Park Concord New Hampshire
Bronze statue of President Franklin Pierce to be erected in Capitol Park Concord by native New Hampshire man. Model by Augustus Lukeman of New York. design accepted by the state commission. Contract price 14500 dollars. work to be completed for dedication in October 1914.
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Concord
N. H
Franklin Pierce
New Hampshire
Capitol
Augustus Lukeman
New York
Lukeman
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M. O'Keeffe Inc
Jack Binns
Martin—Maguire
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Hill
Capitol Park
Vorenberg
Boston
Paris
Guyot
Chester and
Bull Dog
Coats
Odels
Kenyon
House of Value
Hanover
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