Kimmel Case Goes to Trial in Life Insurance Dispute
In St Louis on February 6 the third trial of the Kimmel case began in federal court. The case involves a $25 000 life insurance policy on George A. Kimmel, with the bank receiver of a defunct Niles Michigan bank as plaintiff and a New York insurance company as defendant. Kimmel vanished in 1898 and is believed killed in Oregon. The insurer contends a man who served a New York prison sentence as A J White is Kimmel.
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United States
Niles
Mich
George A. Kimmel
the Plains
New York
Oregon
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A. J. White
Yale Professor Emeritus George Brust Dies at New Haven Home
George Jarvis Brust professor emeritus at the Sheffield Scientific School Yale and a director of the New York New Haven Hartford railroad died at his New Haven home after a lingering illness. He was born in Brooklyn December 15 1831 and graduated from Sheffield in 1852. He is survived by three daughters.
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George Jarvis Brust
Sheffield Scientific School
Yale
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Brooklyn
N. Y
Sheffield School
Took Pleasant Men Ready for the Flash
Graced by many state and city dignitaries and prominent Boston professionals, the second annual grand hall of the Newspaper Photographers' Association will be held in Copley Hall on the evening of February 8. The committee aims to surpass last year's success, and current indications favor that outcome.
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Boston
Newspaper Photographers’ Association
Copley Hall
Boston Retail Trade Board to push bill against fraudulent ads
At the Boston Chamber of Commerce Retail Trade Board meeting the board adopted resolutions opposing knowingly untrue advertising and authorized a three member committee to work with I. A. Foley and others to draft a bill aimed at fraudulent advertising for presentation to the Legislature.
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Retail Trade Board
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Boston
Francis P. O’connor
Pilgrim Publicity Association
Simple Kidney Remedy Promoted for Backaches and Stomach Ailments
An advertisement promotes a kidney health remedy claiming to ease back pain indigestion and rheumatism. It describes a homemade tincture using Juniper Berries Balmwort and Hypophosphites to cleanse the blood and relieve urinary symptoms and urges cautious use and avoidance of alcohol.
Mayor Invited to Association Event Alongside Notables
The guest list for the association includes Governor Eugene N. Foss Mayor John F FitzGerald the Hon David I Walsh Mme Maeterlinck Charlotte Walker Viola Allen Hazel Dawn and others. Officers for the coming year are W W Somers president T A Luke vice president Joseph Ruttenberg secretary A B Reed treasurer K Harrian financial secretary A G Williams floor director.
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John F. Fitzgerald
David I. Walsh
Mme. Maeterlinck
Charlotte Walker
Viola Allen
Hazel Dawn
Newspaper Photographers’ Association
W. W. Somers
Boston Post
T. A. Luke
Joseph Ruttenberg
Boston American
A. B. Reed
Boston Traveler
K. Harrian
Boston Herald
A. G. Williams
Weingartner Marcel Concert at Boston Opera House
On Sunday evening February 18 the Boston Opera House orchestra will perform under Felix Weingartner with Lucille Marcel as soloist. The program features Beethoven Mozart Berlioz and Weingartner works. Marcel is renowned across Europe for lieder and may appear in Boston only once, heightening interest. Weingartner's Beethoven is highly anticipated.
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Boston Opera House Orchestra
Felix Weingartner
Lucille Marcel
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Mozart
Berlioz
Weingartner
Boston
Hawthorne Recital: Pianist Ernest Hawthorne in Jordan Hall
Ernest P. Hawthorne performed yesterday in Jordan Hall playing works by Mozart Schumann Chopin Hawthorne Cui Debussy and Liszt. Critics say he shows talent but needs more preparation and his technique lacked color and individuality amid a fair audience.
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Hawthorne
Cesar Cui
Debussy
Liszt
Narrow escape as two-masted steamer nearly collides with Devonian
On a clear night Officer Knight and Captain Trant aboard the Leyland liner avoided a collision with a two masted steamer seen ahead on the starboard side. The other vessel crossed, but the Devonian’s helm was jammed and the bow passed within 25 feet. The Devonian carried nearly 100000 bushels of foreign potatoes, boosting Boston imports and prompting duty debates.
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Trant
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United States
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Maine
Michigan
Ireland
House
Senate
Devonian Narrowly Avoids Collision at Sea
The passenger steamer Devonian of the Leyland line from Liverpool narrowly averted a collision about 600 miles east of Boston Light last Sunday dawn. Captain Trant and Second Officer Knight swerved the ship after reversing engines as an unknown vessel came within 25 feet of its starboard side.
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Leyland Line
Liverpool
Boston Light
Trant
Knight
Alleged Forger Sternberg Nabbed by Boston Police
Julius Sternberg 38 of New York alias George Black Count Mosher H J Simpson J Simpson and H Harlow a check fraud operator was brought back to Boston by Inspectors Pelton and Waite after arrest at Sing Sing He faces 10 counts of forging 250 checks on Feb 95 1907 tied to a $2500 scam aided by a well dressed woman Miss Mary Callahan identified him.
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New York
George Black
Count Mosher
H. J. Simpson
J. Simpson
H. Harlow
Boston
Pelton and
Waite
Sing Sing
Sternberger
Auburn
Dix
Pelton
Mary Callahan
Washington Street
Peculiar After Effects of Grip This Year
Doctors report a nationwide grip epidemic with kidney distress and back pain. Local druggists cite high Swamp Root sales as many claim kidney relief. free sample bottles offered by Dr Kilmer Co. to readers who request them. Regular sizes 50c and 1.00. be sure to mention this paper.
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Bright
Kilmer
Advisers for the Freshmen at Wellesley College
The Wellesley Graduate Council closed a three day session and voted to reconvene in June at commencement. It urged the Alumnae Association to form four committees on organization finance publicity and Wellesley clubs and to report the advising system for freshmen involving faculty and senior volunteers.
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Wellesley Graduate Council
Wellesley
Wellesley College Alumnae Association
Pendleton
Secret elopement tied two families by Newton couple
George L. Edwards a 21 year old Newton man and Bessie Luurtsema 17 of Cambridge wed in Nashua New Hampshire last October. They announced the marriage at a Monday reception at the Edwards home surprising friends. The couple had dated since childhood and wed without parental consent after obtaining license Oct 2 and having the ceremony performed by Rev Edward C Strout.
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George L. Edwards
Newton
Bessie Luurtsema
Cambridge
Nashua
N. H
V. H. Edwards
Maple Terrace
Trinity Church
Boston
Grace
Episcopal Church
Peter Luurtsema
Madison Street
Edward C. Strout
Holmes Foils Thief Barricade Amid Life or Death Urgency
A dramatic moment in a Holmes tale sees three men at the door as Watson and Holmes race to prevent a deadly outcome. Holmes forbids the intruder, insisting they retreat and reclaim the dangered scene, highlighting a life versus death crisis.
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