Arthur G Wells Appointed to Massachusetts Detective Dept
Arthur G Wells a prominent Lynn police inspector has been appointed by the Governor as a member of the detective department of the Massachusetts district police. He replaces George Dunham of Salem who has moved to Danvers after suffering an aberration of mind following a long period of insomnia.
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Lynn
Arthur G. Wells
Massachusetts District Police
George Dunham
Salem
Danvers
Merchants Association Adds Members and Debates Legislation
At the Boston Merchants' Association meeting the board unanimously admitted United States Trust Company Samuel Appleton United States manager Employers' Liability Association Massachusetts Breweries Company Edward F O'Brien W A Bacon Charles S Clark Dwinnell Wright Company Parsons Bros and Regal Shoe Company Inc Erwin H Walcott was elected secretary The session discussed House bills 534 863 348 and a proposed picketing bill with a special committee to study taxation of corporate commerce.
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Boston Merchants’ Association
United States Trust Company
Samuel Appleton
United States Manager Employers’ Liability Association
Massachusetts Breweries Company
Edward F. O’brien
Fitzgerald
Association
Valentine Garments Offer Bargains
A local advertisement promotes Valentine clothing with 7500 value units noted as Morse-made garments offering good service. It highlights trouser markdowns with prices dropping from five dollars to three dollars and seventy-five cents.
Lawson denounces copper war settlement amid $400 million asset claim
Thomas W. Lawson decries the Amalgamated Heinze copper deal as a mere patch-up of litigation. He asserts stock is planned on a $400 million asset tied to ongoing suits, with Heinze and Amalgamated stockholders pressing courts in New York Montana and New Jersey for clarification. The street, he says, misreads value while presenting grand consolidation schemes.
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Thomas W. Lawson
Amalgamated
Heinze
Montana
Lawson
United Copper Company
New York
New Jersey
Gale Explains Borges Loan in Providence Trust Setup
The article details Borges securing a $10 million rubber land venture using a Providence Trust Company charter bought in May 1908 and a $330,000 loan from Beacon Trust’s Gale to bolster his Rhode Island reports. It lists six Ubero staff securing loans totaling $330,000, including Maud M. Brown and Cass Levy.
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Ubero
Borges
Providence
Providence Trust Company
Rhode Island
Beacon Trust Company
Provident Trust Company
Gale
Maud M. Brown
Charles E. Richards
Henry A. Luce
Owens
Cass Levy
Gale Declares Loan Of 330000 Legal On His Responsibility
Gale states the loan of 330000 was made on his own responsibility and was endorsed by the directors as legal. The disclosure asserts his independent loan authority and the board’s formal backing of the arrangement.
Beacon Trust Company Defends Legitimate Loan to Multiple Parties
The Beacon Trust Company defends a $330,000 loan made not to Borges but to six parties, asserting it was legitimate, compliant with the law, and approved by directors after the fact. The loan was repaid in full with interest, and collateral was deemed satisfactory at the time. The executive explains name confusion arose from a creditor seeking commissions and alleges ulterior motives to tarnish the bank’s reputation.
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Beacon Trust Company
Borges
Beacon ‘Trust Company
Wright
District Fire Chief John Grady Earns Carnegie Medal Hope
District 7 Chief John Grady, noted for rescuing five girls in the Waltham street fire and earlier saving five lives at the Ames building blaze, is backed by friends seeking a Carnegie medal. His career spans 1869 with acts across 1880 to 1906, including halting powder explosions and guiding drill schools.
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Wilder & Hopkins
John Grady
District 7
Waltham Street
Grady
Boston
Congress Street
Lovell Store
Cornhill
Johnson Grocery Store
Washington
Northampton
Sawyer
Hotel Helen
Ames
Quigley
Charlestown
Daniel Frank
Everett School
Roxbury
Touraine liquor bill clears third reading in Massachusetts House
The Touraine bill authorizing hotels within a 400 foot schoolhouse limit to maintain a bar outside that limit passed to a third reading in the State House by 123 to 42. The measure drew a large crowd and featured a debate between Mellen of Worcester and Allen of Brockton. A related 12 o'clock bill was expected to be heard next, with supporters aiming to advance broader liquor legislation despite opposition from some Boston Democrats.
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Allen
Brockton
Lomasney
Ward 8
Mellen
Worcester
State House
Jim Mellen
Luce
Somerville
Quinn
Boston
Fitzgerald
Abbott
Barry
Bell
Brazzell
Buckley
Callahan
Clark
Conley
Conway
Doyle
Creed
Daly
Davis
Doogue
Douglas
Downey
Driscoll
Chelsea
Duane
Edwards
Ewell
Fennelly
Gethro
Glynn
Graham
Haggerty
Hancock
Houlihan
Weeks
W. E. Weeks
Power
Parks
Barrett
Grady
Scigliano
Leavitt
Ames
Orange
Easton
Andrews
Bailey
Barker
Cambridge
Bayard
Bennett
Saugus
Bkeunke
Birch
Blanchard
Uxbridge
3Zorawell
Bassidy
Bower
Brooks
Bullard
Hultman
Johnson
Jones
Stoneham
Keefe
Knowlton
Lamoreux
Leonard
Locke
Long
Lothrop
Macomber
McCann
McWhirdy
Meyers
Meeck
Moore
Morse
Muchlig
Nason
Nelson
Newhall
Norcross
O’connell
Packard
Peabody
Peloquin
Phelps
Poor
Potter
Putnam
Riley
Sandberg
Sawyer
Seward
Shackford
Sherburne
Sherman
Soliday
Sowle
Stalker
Stevens
Stoddard
Stowe
Streeter
Sullivan
Maynard
Tarbell
Terry
Thompson
Tilton
Tottep
Truedell
Turtle
Tuttle
Vinal
Vittum
Walker
Waltham
Wellington
Wheeler
Whiting
Weir
Willetts
Wineh
Woodhead
Woolreage
Wright
Young
Fire chief dismisses bribery talk over five day off plan
Fire Commissioner Wells laughed off Alderman Kneeland's suggestion that district chiefs in the fire department were offered 800 per year to spread a petition to rescind the ordinance granting firefighters one day off in five. The comment came as Wells spoke with a Post reporter at his Newbury Street home last night.
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Wells
Post
Newbury Street
Kneeland
Aldermen Clash Over Fire Department Summons
At yesterday's Board of Aldermen meeting Alderman Kneeland accused officials of circulating reports and sought a court order to compel fire chiefs and the fire commissioner to appear. The motion failed 6 to 5 and was set for reconsideration next Wednesday amid unrest among firemen. Chief Ryan of Brighton denied any contact with reporters.
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Alderman Kneeland
Board of Aldermen
Mr. Wells
Kneeland
Commissioner Wells
Curley
Abraham Lincoln
Linehan
President Grant
Supreme Judicial Or
Superior Court
B. W. Wells
William T. Cheswell
Doyle
Battis
Bromberg
Whelton
Baldwin
Bangs
Berwin
Carley
Draper
Former Bostonian Dies in Vermont
The mysterious death of Theodore Victor Flibotte in South Barton Vermont is under Vermont police inquiry for foul play. Found beside the tracks with a broken spine and two Boston tickets, the 69 year old had lived in Woburn with relatives and in Canada before returning with his nephew Eugene to visit his daughter Emma Vary of Lake Avenue Woburn. The nephew suspects the last car rear exit for fresh air led to the fall.
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Woburn
Theodore Victor Flibotte
South Barton
Vermont
Flibotte
Boston
Theodore Flicotte
Canada
Eugene
Emma Vary
IS Lake Avenue
Was Love Potion Poison at Fal mouth
In Fal mouth Massachusetts the death of Mrs Reuben Handy wife of a boatman sparks a statewide probe She reportedly took heart shaped violet tablets linked in family illness and suspected arsenic poisoning After Harold Hart was detained he was cleared pending toxicology from Dr Whitney Harvard Authorities await confirmation of poison and a county mystery deepens
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Falmouth
Cambridge
Reuben Handy
Mrs. Handy
Cape
Harold Hart
Hart
Dr. Whitney
Harvard
Barnstable County
Leo Nixon Found Guilty of Manslaughter in Polish Wedding incident
In Salem on Feb 14 Leo Nixon was found guilty of manslaughter for causing Albine Suchedoleski’s death at a Lawrence Polish wedding last July. He was also convicted on a related assault charge against Joseph Moisick.
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Salem
Leo Nixon
Albine Suchedoleski
Lawrence
Joseph Moisick
Jeffries Point Holds Eighth Annual Banquet
The Jeffries Point Association of East Boston held its eighth annual reunion and banquet at Amory Hall last evening. Attendees included D. J. Rowan and Margaret Burns, Gus Grant and Miss A Murphy, Maurice Fitzgerald and Miss Alice Burns, Thomas Leggett and Mary Leggett, H Lannery and Miss S Murphy, W Thornton and Miss K Walsh, J Corrigan and Norah Smith, and many others with couples listed throughout the guest list.
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Jeffries Point Association
East Boston
Amory Hall
D. J. Rowan
Margaret Burns
Gus Grant
A. Murphy
Maurice Fitzgerald
Alice Burns
Thomas Leggett
Mary Leggett
H. Lannery
S. Murphy
W. Thornton
K. Walsh
J. Corrigan
Norah Smith
Charles Storin
Clara Storin
D. Murphy
Mary Murphy
J. Larkin
Mc Leavey
E. Blain
K. Clark
I. Pope
M. Pope
J. Sullivan
M. Bovan
J. Callahan
E. Moore
J. Brophy
A. Brophy
T. Sullivan
M. Davy
Pichero Sentenced to Year in House of Correction
Mariano Pichero was sent to the House of Correction for one year by Judge Gas kill after being found guilty of breaking and entering.
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Mariano Pichero
House of Correction
Gaskill
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Dunham
Morse’s
Washington Street
Adams Square
Brattle Street
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Hayward Place
Lafayette Chambers
Oxford
French American Wine CO
Beacon Trust
the Beacon
Carnegie
Hawkins School
Stover Jacobs
Fire Commission
Touraine Bill
Boston Men
Ald
Bostonian
Jeffries Point
Pichero
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