Worcester Doctor Admits City Hospital Funds Embezzled
Worcester February report shows Dr. Charles A. Peabody confessing to taking 8400 dollars from City Hospital funds. Authorities, including Mayor Fletcher and Chief Stone, probe broader shortages and suspicious salaries, with Peabody held on 9000 dollar bond. Peabody’s ties to prominent locals and past service noted.
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Worcester
Charles A. Peabody
City Hospital
Old South Church
Peabody
Lynn
Dean Peabody
Essex County Superior Court
Tennessee
Worcester City Hospital
Edward F. Fletcher
William J. E. Stone
Police Department
Charles F. Mann
Board of Hospital Trustees
Philip J. O'Connell
Wr. Peabody
Massachusetts
Danvers
Bombay
Inta
United States
George F. Hoar
Joseph Walker
G. Stanley All
Clark University
Edward L. Davis
Sophis Salisbury
A. 8. Pinkerton
Samuel E. Winslow
A. B. R. Spr Que
H. H. Merriam
A. Z. Conrad
William H. Sawyer
Dr. Peabody
Central District Court
Mial Beats Conklin In Knickerbocker Billiards Duel
Dr. L L Mial of Mial wins over C F Conklin of Chicago at the Knickerbocker Athletic Club in New York in the A A U Class A billiard tourney. Final score 400 to 335 as the progress continues with Hendrick Hiller and Threshie Norris slated for upcoming matches.
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New York
Dr. L. L. Mial
C. F. Conklin
Chicago
Knickerbocker Athletic Club
Conklin
Mial
Ial
J. A. Hendrick
Dr. A. R. Hiller
Charles Threshie
Boston
Charles N. Norris
Kid Mc Portland Stops Otto Sieloff in One Round
New York’s Kid Mc Portland knocked out Otto Sieloff of Chicago in one round at Milwaukee. The six round bout ended after two minutes when a stiff right hand landed on the solar plexus. Sieloff fell and was carried to his corner unable to continue.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Kid McPortland
New York
Otto Sieloff
Chicago
Milwaukee Boxing Club
Sheloff
Southern Shoe Salesmen Banquet Highlights Boston Commerce
The Southern Shoe Salesmen Association held its 11th annual banquet at Parker House with 77 members present. Officers elected included A L Brooks as president, W J Parker Jr as vice president, and G R Jacobs as secretary and treasurer. Speakers urged home-based business unity, harbor improvements, and practical action to boost Boston’s commercial standing.
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Southern Shoe Salesmen’s Association
Parker House
A. L. Brooks
W. J. Parker, Jr
G. R. Jacobs
Hibbard
Boston
John F. Fitzgerald
Congress
Charlestown
State Street
Custom House Square
E. B. Callender
Dorchester
Vermont Veterans Dine At 14th Annual Banquet
The Vermont Veterans Association held its 14th annual banquet at Youngs last evening. President J Bliss introduced Governor Stickney who spoke of Vermonts Civil and Spanish War roles. He praised naval heroes including George Dewey and Captain Clark and predicted Captain Clarks name at the top of future naval history.
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Vermont Veterans’ Association
Young
J. Bliss
Governor Stickney
Vermont
George Dewey
Captain Clark
Cuba
Clark
D. W. Taft
C. E. Clarke
Association
Rufus A. Soule
Senate
Massachusetts
Alderman Miller
Collins
Boston
Butterfield
Captain Adams
John C. Burke
Lowell
Willam M. Olin
General Grout
Retail Grocer Clerks Ball at Odd Fellows Hall
The sixth annual ball of the Retail Grocery and Provision Clerks Association was held last night at Odd Fellows Hall with about 60 attendees. Grand march led by President Angus McGrath and Miss Katherine MacGuiness followed by H. Joseph Quinn and Miss 8. A. Cahill. Notables included Miss Annie Gibbliin, Miss Julia Griffin, Miss Molly Murphy, Mrs Tehan, and others.
Royalty's Gift to British Veterans at St John Dedication
The Boston Association of the British Naval and Military Veterans will dedicate a stand of colors presented by the Prince and Princess of Wales during their visit to St. John on February 19. The social committee of the association at the Copley Square Hotel set the event under their auspices, with Arcade Hall in Park Square chosen as the meeting rendezvous.
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Boston Association
Prince and Princess of Wales
St. John
Copley Square Hotel
Ladies of the Association
Arcade Hall
Park Square
Venezuelan government troops defeated near Baul Zamora
From Willemstad Curacao on February 4 reports say government forces were defeated near Baul in Zamora state. Numerous arrests were made January 7, seen as evidence the government fears deeper complications.
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Willembtad
Curacoa
Baul
Zamora
Drunkards Cured by Odorless Remedy in Food
A woman in Warnesville Ohio claims her father was cured of alcoholism using a tasteless odorless remedy secretly added to his meals. She describes the dramatic turn to sobriety, praises the discoverer Dr Haines and invites readers to request a free trial package and full directions from Cincinnati.
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Edith Williams
Warnesville
Ohio
Kate Lynch
Ellis St
San Francisco
Cal
Edith
J. W. Haines
Glenn Building
Cincinnati
Shaw Seeks Discretion on Government Funds in Banks
Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M Shaw outlines in a letter to Representative Sulzer that a surplus funds deposit plan with national banks should allow security beyond government bonds and avoid mandatory provisions. He favors discretion and notes concerns over capital limits and inflexible rules.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw
Sulzer
New York
United States
Leslie M. Shaw
Mother waits for Surbridge after disappearance
Since Randolph C. Surbridge vanished, his mother Mrs. Sawyer has lingered at his office daily, arriving first and staying until night. A business friend recalls talk of a telephone message guiding his actions and a possible trip from Washington after a discussion with someone in Boston.
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Randolph C. Surbridge
Sawyer
Mounted police withdraw from Brine Company escort duties
Yesterday Brine Company teams were no longer escorted by mounted police. Except for Captain Gaskin and two sergeants, no uniformed officers or plain clothes patrols were seen around the Brine Company office. Twenty two teams from South Boston and three from Charlestown were dispatched in the morning.
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Brine Company
Horseoask
Gaskin
South Boston
Charlestown
Brown baseball pitchers coached by Christy Mathewson
Providence Rhode Island February 4 The pitching candidates for Brown's baseball team will be coached by Christy Mathewson son of the New Yorks and he will begin work next Monday.
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Providence
R. I
Brown
Christy Mathewson
New Yorks
Boy Builds Brain and Body On Grape Nuts
A mother reports her son with a delicate stomach and past cholera infantum improved steadily after exclusively eating Grape Nuts. He now thrives at school and relies on Grape Nuts daily. The family also switched from coffee to Postum. Name may be provided by Postum Co. Battle Creek Mich.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Marvelous Hair Growth Discovery Promises Free Trials
A Paris and Covington physician proclaims a new compound grows hair on any bald head after years of work. The offer includes free trial packages to any writer who pre pays postage with a 2 cent stamp. Reports claim rapid regrowth and universal growth across ages and genders.
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Altenheim
Butterfield Bldg
Cincinnati
Ohig
City Briefs of East Boston Events and Incidents
Tonight The Rounders, a renowned East Boston club, hosts a grand dancing party at Lyceum Hall. The Montefiore Associates plan a first grand ball at Lyceum Hall on February 17. Alexander Ferguson, 31, of Cambridge, jailed for larceny of a carpenter's plane from B. E. Hiteh. Franklin P. Galvin injured at Charlestown unloading iron. Fire at 84 Bromley Park Roxbury causes $10 damage. Frank J. Keane, 27, of East Brookline Street, jailed for larceny from employer Robert P. Tillman. Frank Chinette, 87, Somerville, crushed foot by falling stone. Andrew Gilmore, 35, Quincy, received a facial laceration after fall from wagon. T. F. Fay, 82, Conant Street, treated for scalp wound at Emergency Hospital after assault by three men.
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The
Rounders
Fast Boston
Lyceum Hall
East Boston
Montefiore Associates
Division 6
Alexander Ferguson
Homer Avenue
Cambridge
B. E. Hiteh
Boston & Maine Railroad
Charlestown
Franklin P. Galvin
Donkin Terrace
Dorchester
Bromley Park
Roxbury
Catherine McCarron
Division 2
Frank J. Keane
East Brookline Street
Robert P. Tillman
Washington Street
Frank Chinette
Derby Street
Somerville
Andrew Gilmore
Quincy
T. F. Fay
Conant Street
Uniform plans for eight city school houses announced
A conference with Mayor Collins and the School House Commission, aided by eight architecture firms, approved a cooperative plan to design uniform, well ventilated, sanitary school buildings. The firms will collaborate to set modern standards, with plans due by spring and ground broken for eight sites.
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Collins
School House Commission
Whitman & Hood
East Boston
Everett & Mead
Wells
West End
Wheelwright & Haven
Huntington Avenue
Andrews, Jacques & Rantoul
School Street
Jamaica Plain
Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge
Heath Street
Sullivan, MacGuiness & Walsh
Westville Street
James Mulcahey
Columbia Road
Wales & Holt
Girls’ High School
Messrs. Bradley
Colby
North
Messrs
Wheelwright
Everett
Sullivan
Rantoul
Mulcahy
Wales
Seaver
Bradley
Colonel Bradley
Messrs. Paine, Pierce, Morris
Miss Barrett
Back Bay
Roxbury
Cook School
Norman
South Margin
Tinkham
Captain Miller's Wife Recalls Narrow Escape From Wreck
Mrs. Charles I. Miller, widow of Captain Miller, recounts how she did not join the Antelope voyage before its wreck off Long Island in a gale. She had sailed with him previously, is sure divine providence saved her, and notes he would have turned 51 next August. He had lived in Winthrop the past two years.
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Charles I. Miller
Captain Miller
Long Island
New York
Post
Charles T. Miller
Divine Providence
Boston Towboat Company
Antelops
Newport News
Boston
Winthrop
Body of Captain Miller Found After Barges Wreck
New York February 4 The body of Captain C L Miller of the barge Antelope washed ashore near Smith Point identification confirms Antelope among the wrecked coal barges from Cape Henry bound for Providence in tow of the tug Richmond. The other two barges’ fates unclear as the Richmond searches. The Tedmond tug belongs to Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.
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New York
Smith Point
C. L. Miller
Cape Henry
Providence
Richmond
Shinnecock
Tedmond
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Company
Willett
Liberty Island
New York Bay
Jeremiah Regan Dead in Charlestown Home
Jeremiah Regan brother of former Boston Assistant Chief John Regan died at 10 10 last evening at his son John T Regan’s home on Chestnut Street in Charlestown He was a hose maker by trade and had previously served with the Boston fire department for several years.
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Jeremiah Regan
John Regan
Boston Fire Department
John T. Regan
Chestnut Street
Charlestown
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets touted as universal cure
An advert explains Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a safe lozenge remedy for indigestion and gastric distress. It claims the tablets digest multiple times their weight in food, notes experiments with egg digestion, and cites a testimonial from Mrs. Skeels of Missouri. Sold by druggists for 25 cents per package with a free stomach-disease booklet available from I P Stuart Co.
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DR. Bull
Bull
A. C. Meyer & Co
Baltimore
Stuart
Sarah A. Skeels
Lynnville
Jasper Co
I’. A. Stuart Co
Marshall, Mich
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A. H. Curtis
Federal Street
King
King Dental
Washington St
Avon
Jordan's
White's
Crosby's
Oxford
Mary Ganeau
Nashua
N. H
Keefridge St
Houghl
TON & Dutton
Threshie
Norris
Sieloff
Hoagland
Rochester
N. Y
Fitzhugh Hall
McGrew
Frank Hert
Messer
Weir
Klobertanz
Wahl
O'Connor
Moore
Lovstein
Hart
Beat Maynard
Maynards
M'Govern
Louisville
R. C. Gray
Southern Athletic Club
Sam Harris
Terry McGovern
Dave Sullivan-McGovern
Southern Athetic
Bob Fitzsimmons
Southern
Annie Gibbliin
Julia Griffin
Molly Murphy
Mrs. Tehan
Grace Barlow
F. T. Gibblin
Louis A. Collins
A. W. O'Loughlin
Simon J. Griffin
al Neale
R. T. Thayner
John T. Tobin
Frank T. Gibblin
Tom Donlon
William Rother
Thomas A. Tice
Benj. Cleary
Michael King
Andrew A. Stork
Homer Atherton
Surbridge
Decetors
MLLE
Riva Geo
N. Thatcher
Avenue Des Champs Elysees
Paris
Covington
Femos
Suecday
Miller
Glines
Charles L. Miller
Capt. Miller
Pinehurst
N. C
James W. Tufte
High Street
Medford
North Station
R. H. White Co
U. S
Court ST
Scollay Square
Federal ST
A. Bawyer
Boylston Er
We Ieler & CO
Eee St
American House
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