Smith Accused of Perjury by Court
George Pray Smith of Newtonville, defendant in a Superior Court suit, was ordered into custody on a perjury charge after a dramatic courtroom moment. Plaintiff Stephen H. Blodgett alleged he sold 14 blooded horses for 4000 in stock in Imperial Ore Reduction Co. of New Mexico, later found worthless. Smith contended no misrepresentation was made as the trial unfolded and bonds were set at 4000 dollars. He remains in custody awaiting next month’s appearance.
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George Pray Smith
Newtonville
Superior Court
Harris
Smith
Stephen H. Blodgett
Imperial Ore Reduction Company of
New
Mexico
Indiana
Estes
N. M
F. S. Elliott
Superior Criminal Court
Fragmented OCR Brief Teases Numbers and Names
Readable fragments show figures 27000 28000 50000 and scattered terms including Ceres and Eevee like references. The text lacks coherent context or clear event, person, or organization details to form a full news item.
Banker from New York Returned in Bank Case
Antonio Crisafulli, linked to the defunct Banca Siciliana, was brought from New York to Boston on an indictment warrant. He is charged with receiving deposits tied to selling steamship tickets for foreign remittance without bond to the state treasurer. The bank, operated by Crisafulli Sciacca & Co., closed after losses to North End depositors.
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Banca Siciliana
North Street
North End
Antonio Crisafulli
New York City
Boston
Armstrong
Proctor
State Police
Crisafulli
Commonwealth
Sciacca & Co
Two Plymouth Civil War vets meet after forty years
Plymouth, Feb 13. William M. Lapham and Otis L. Bonney, both of Company E, Thirty-second Massachusetts Infantry, exchanged memories and a fraternal handshake at the Probate Court door yesterday marking their first reunion since the Civil War era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
William M. Lapham
Otis L. Bonney
Company E
Thirty-second
Massachusetts Infantry
Probate Court Room
Rag Time Debasing Provokes Strong School Debate
Boston Normal School yesterday heard Car roll Brent Chilton of the Music Lovers' Library urge reformed musical education for women students. He argued rag time degrades youth and praised playing masterpieces to build taste and listening for higher music, noting music’s fleeting nature challenges study compared with literature or art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll Brent Chilton
Music Lovers’ Library
Boston Normal School
Judge Pleads for Agreement in Massachusetts Divorce
Worcester February 13 Judge Stevens in the Superior Court withheld his decision in the contentious divorce case Fred D Hamilton of Athol versus Charlotte K Hamilton of West Springfield He urged counsel to reconcile and return to live together granting Mrs Hamilton custody of their child Mrs Hamilton is eager to mend the differences while the husband’s counsel opposes a private settlement until a court ruling is issued The judge stayed his decision to push reconciliation and protect the family unit.
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Worcester
Stevens
Fred D. Hamilton
Athol
Charlotte Kes Hamilton
West Springfield
C. C. Milton
Hamilton
Prayer Instead of Doctors For Girl
Estella Smith, principal of the Zion City school, was gravely burned by a lamp blast. Her parents and church deacons offered prayers rather than medical care, and elders prayed at her bedside as her condition remained hopeless.
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Chicago
Estella Smith
Zion City
Tabernacle
Rescue of crew from Jennie Lockwood schooner wreck
The Jennie Lockwood of Thomaston Maine bound from Boston to Brunswick Georgia ran ashore near Pea Island North Carolina. Captain Hawthorne and six crewmen were rescued by life savers using the breeches buoy after great difficulty. The wreck is reported high on the beach but the vessel remains in fairly good condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Norfolk
Pea Island
N. C
Jennie Lockwood
Thomaston
Brunswick
Hawthorne
Battle over Provident Bank assets to begin in Colorado
Receiver Alfred S. Hall plans a two month to possibly longer visit to Denver after leaving for Colorado to assess the Provident Bank holdings. He aims to determine contracts, value holdings, and may take the matter to court with counsel, while coordinating with Mr. Weed and monitoring Gurley’s actions on the Shenandoah property and local ditches and farming prospects.
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Provident Bank
Messrs. Gurley
Willoughby
Milford Steele
Alfred S. Hall
Denver
Charles D. Gurley
New York
Colorado
Shenandoah Company
Weed
Gurley
Hall
Shenandoah
Providence Wife Seeks Divorce in Worcester
Worcester February 13 Judge W B Stevens weighs jurisdiction in the case of Ethel I Haynes of Providence against George W Haynes of Providence She seeks divorce on cruelty claiming abuse in Providence January 27 and filed her libel in Worcester January 30 asking whether she gained domicile here and the court's authority to hear the case
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Worcester
W. B. Stevens
Superior Court
Ethel I. Haynes
George W. Haynes
Providence
Fore River Shipbuilding Company Elects Officers
At the annual election yesterday Fore River Shipbuilding Company named directors including Gordon Abbott Francis Bowles Wallace Denham F C Dumaine William Gaston Robert Winsor Arthur Wainwright William Endicott Jr W C Fish and elected an executive committee and officers Francis Bowles president H C Smith manager J A Sedgwick treasurer Samuel MacQuarrie clerk All listed were reelected except Wallace Denham who joined the board as a new member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Gordon Abbott
Francis T. Bowles
Wallace B. Denham
F. C. Dumaine
William A. Gaston
Robert Winsor
Arthur Wainwright
William Endicott, Jr
W. C. Fish
Banquet and Ladies Night Held by Americus St Francis Degree
Members of the Americus St Francis degree staff M C O F held their second annual banquet and ladies night at the Quincy House. Covers for 30. Guests included High Chief Ranger Daniel A Cronin and High Secretary Treasurer John J Leonard. Toasts featured Cronin Leonard Brown Haley Welch Donahue and others. Ladies present included Mrs Brown Mrs Forester Mrs Tremble and Misses Cronin Gallagher McNulty Welch Kiley McQueen. The program ended with staff quartet and violin selections by Foley and Miss Cronin.
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Americus-St. Francis
Quincy House
Daniel A. Cronin
John J. Leonard
John W. Brown
Cronin
Leonard
Marshal John W. Brown
Thomas F. Haley
Peter A. Welch
Joseph J. Forester
Timothy J. Hurley
James J. Manning
Thomas F. Tremble
Dennis J. O’leary
Annie Cronin
Margaret Goodwin
Annie O’loughlin
Susie Kiley
Bessie McQueen
Messrs. Haley
Welch
Donahue
Brown
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Harry Payne Whitney
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Hinckley Bldg
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