Swindler steals rings from Boston couple posing as doctor
Mr and Mrs John P Hunnefeld of Humboldt Place South Boston woke to a scam in which a man calling himself Dr Anderson, long a hospital doctor, sold them eyeglasses for cash then removed and vanished with the rings, including the wedding band worn 45 years and a keepsake from a dying daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Hunnefeld
Humboldt Place
South
Boston
Hunnefeld
Anderson
Post
Pink Pills Promise Blood Tonic Relief
An advertisement extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as a blood tonic that boosts oxygen absorption, tones nerves, and restores vigor. It cites Mrs Martha J Jordan of Maine reporting relief after four years of illness, and mentions a daughter helped by the pills. The company offers a free booklet and sells pills at 50 cents a box, six for $2.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha J. Jordan
Perham Street
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady
N. Y
A Few Facts About the Clan Sullivan
Boston hosts a large Sullivan population with 10 805 Sullivans. John L plans a major Sullivan reunion. Sullivans figure prominently across walks of life. The clan has enough members to capture Canada or staff the navy. One Sullivan is a Bay State Governor, another a general in Washingtons army.
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Boston
John L
Navy
Sullivan
Bay State
Washington
Army
Madison Square Garden
Europe
Canada
James Sullivan
John Sullivan
Sullivan Square
Larry Sullivan
The
Elks
D. F. Sullivan
John H. Sullivan
James D. Sullivan
Cornelius Sullivan
Parker House
T. J. Sullivan
Franklin Park
South Boston
Margaret Sullivan
BH. H. Sullivan
Dorchester
John IL. Sullivan
Sullivan reunion plan for world largest gathering
John L. Sullivan predicted a vast Sullivan reunion after his Europe trip. He stated the Mechanics' Building would be insufficient and Franklin Field would likely host the event. The goal is to unite Sullivan descendants and admirers worldwide in a monumental gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Franklin Field
Sullivans fill city and nation in one proud Bay State account
A former boxing champion extols Boston Sullivans, noting hundreds in the city directory and thousands statewide. He sketches a nationwide Sullivan influence from governors and generals to lawyers and judges, praising family breadth and local places named for Sullivans. He recalls figures from James Sullivan to John H. Sullivan and divers in business and public life.
George D Russell, Boston music publisher, dies at 87
George D Russell a longtime Boston businessman died at Mt Pleasant Home yesterday morning aged 87 years 10 months. He lived in Boston over 70 years and spent 49 years in business as a music publisher on Tremont Street opposite Park.
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George D. Russell
Boston
Mt. Pleasant
Tremont Street
Park
Scribblers Show Opens Tonight at Jordan Hall
Scribblers will debut in amateur theatricals tonight at Jordan Hall with a large scale amateur musical show. The cast includes top Boston area amateurs and Miss Catherine McManus of Cambridge praised by a German artist as a beauty. Featured acts include the International Opera Quartet Lilla Mae Poole ballet dancer William McMasters Norman Ritchie and Asanta Michelini with elaborate light effects.
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Jordan Hall
Boston
Scribblers
Catherine McManus
Cambridge
International Opera Quartet
Lilla Mae Poole
Boston Opera House
William McMasters
Norman Ritchie
Art Sketch
Asanta Michelini
Charlie Jones Dies in Woburn Bank Leader and Legislator
Charlie A. Jones, prominent Woburn banker and public figure, died at his Warren Avenue home at 5 p.m. The Boston native, born September 9, 1847, served as president of the Woburn Five Cents Saving Bank and held multiple posts including director at the Woburn Gas Light Co and First National Bank. He represented Woburn in the 1890 Legislature and was an active Mason religious and civic worker. He married Emily Eaton Tidd in 1870 and is survived by his widow and son Arthur Viall Jones.
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Woburn
Charlie A. Jones
Woburn Five Cents Saving Bank
Warren Avenue
Mr. Jones
Washington, N. H
Boston
Woburn Gas Light Company
First National Bank
Puritan Trust Company of
First Baptist Church
Mt. Horeb Lodge
Woburn Royal Arch
K. T
Massachusetts
New Hampshire Natives’ Club
Baptist Social Union
Emily Eaton Tidd
Arthur Viall Jones
Seek Site for Court House
East Boston faced another setback delaying a proposed 195000 court house and police station. Abandoning the Central square site, under counsel Babson the city saved about 6000 after the Hast Boston Land Company deeded the square as a public park and then waived restrictions for a price. Babson says the company had no legal right to such a waiver.
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Boston
Court House
Babson
Central Square
Law Department
Boston Land Company
Father Knappe Noted Scholar at City Inauguration
The Rev. Dr. Leo J. Knappe pastor of St. Stephen’s Church in the North End earns notice for his canon law doctorate and scholarly stature. Born in Boston in 1867, he studied in Jesuit and Rome institutions, became pastor in 1906, and is respected for his work in modern Catholic history and archaeology.
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Leo J. Knappe
St. Stephen's Church
North End
Fitzgerald
Faneuil Hall
Boston
Father Knappe
New England
Holy Trinity
Shawmut Avenue
Canishus College
Europe
Imperial Royal University
Innisbruck
Tyrol
Austria
Thomas I. Gasson
S. J
Boston College
Jesuits
Rome
American College
Father O'Farrell
Mgr. Wilpert
Mer. de Maal
Appollaire
Lega Sebastanelli
Father Grisar, &. J
Keith's Yacht Courier Found Leaking Off Cape Lookout
Word reached here yesterday that the steam yacht Courier, owned by B. F. P. Keith of this city, near Cape Lookout, is leaking and damaged. Surveyors advise towing to Wilmington for repairs. The Courier, cruising the coast on a pleasure trip, carries several of Mr Keith's friends aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F P. Keith
Cape Lookout
N. Y
Wilmington
Mr. Reith
Britons Will Watch Crete Crisis Erupt
British ship Duncan with Lancaster Minerva and Barham sails from Malta to Piraeus amid debate over Crete sovereignty and Greek national assembly moves. Powers Britain Russia France and Italy aim to enforce the Crete settlement while Turkey warns any Cretan delegation could spark a casus belli.
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Malta
Duncan
George Astley Callaghan
Lancaster
Minerva
Barham
Piraeus
Athens
Greece
Great Britain
Russia
France
Italy
Crete
Turkey
George
Constantinople
National Assembly
Porte
Horace Mann Alumni Plan Fancy Dress Party
The Horace Mann School for the Blind alumni form the Horace Mann Benevolent Association with a sick and death bene t fund. A fancy dress party to raise funds is set for February 21 1910 at Huntington Chambers with prizes for best costumes. Officers include President Hyman Lowenberg Vice President William Gill Secretary Arthur C Woods Treasurer John F Bruce and Maurice Cohan sergeant at arms.
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Horace Mann School For the Blind
Newbury Street
Horace Mann Benevolent Association
Huntington Chambers
Hyman Lowenberg
William Gill
Arthur C. Woods
John F. Bruce
Maurice Cohan
Sheriff must pay him 1500 in 1907 attachment case
Frank Eastman a Melrose deputy sheriff must pay Arthur Williams of Wayland 1500 after a Middlesex Superior Court verdict. Williams claimed Eastman attached leather stock machinery and shoes worth at least 30 000 in November 1917 to secure a 300 contract, alleging malicious excess and injury.
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Frank Eastman
Melrose
Middlesex County
Arthur A. Williams
Wayland
Superior Civil Court
East Cambridge
Hitchcock
Williams
Sait
Eastman
S. H. Couch Company
H Eastman
Becomes Bride Aboard Liners Ivernia in Boston Harbor
A Cunard liner from Liverpool and Queenstown arrived with 60 aboard including Eliza Lee a 17 year old from Sturbridge England and her fiancé Hugh Morse a Fall River foundryman who wed aboard ship with Jimmie Byrnes the dock parson presiding The voyage was praised despite cold heavy gales one steerage passenger was battered in a shipboard dispute Local dignitaries and travelers from Boston New England districts were among the arrivals with many Russians Finns and Scandinavians among the steerage passengers and about 69 detained by immigration officials for investigation
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Cunard
Liverpool
Queenstown
Eliza Lee
Sturbridge
England
Hugh Morse
Fall River
Jimmie” Byrnes
Boston
Charles Prince
J. H. Sedgwick
T. J. Edwards
Cunard Line
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John L. Will
Clan Sullivan
John L. Sullivan
Charlie Jones
Bank
Jordan Marsh Company
St. Stephen’s
Conlin
St. Stephen’s Church
North Ind
Keith
Horace Mann
Wayland Shoe Man
Ivernia
Hilton
Ine
Istone
Newark
Broad and
Market Sts
Philadelphia
Chestnut St
New York
Broadway
Uptown
37Th St
Washington Street
Temple Place
Blake Building
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