Actress Blanche Ring's diamonds recovered in Scranton theft
Jewelry valued at 1650 allegedly stolen from actress Blanche Ring while she stayed at Casey's Hotel Scranton on October 4 last year. Detectives Sergeants Gleavey and Linton recovered the gems after arresting Marie Gilliam of 529 Dupont Street Scranton.
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Blanche Ring
Casey’s Hotel
Scranton
Penn
Gleavey
Linton
Marie Gilliam
Dupont Street
Deep Mystery: Loss of the Erne and Related Frauds
A wife of a waiter linked to a theft is sought in Berwick Park house near an Erie wreck tale. Survivors dispute mutinous desertion theories while investigators trace a stolen gem set and other jewels totaling about 2 450 dollars amid shipboard tensions and missing crew.
Scheme to Defeat Foss Charged in Seaver Case
Testimony in Superior Criminal Court ties Augustus Seaver and Patrick F. Sheehan to a scheme by Charles H. Innes and other Republicans to defeat Governor Foss in the last fall election. Patrolman Macksey recalled Sheehan saying the plan aimed to beat Foss, with Seaver to be paid $2000 for the work. Seaver reportedly gave money to an actor and directed signature manipulation for ballots.
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Charles H. Innes
Augustus Seaver
Superior Criminal Court
Seaver
Patrick F. Sheehan
Foss
J. J. Macksey
Sheehan
State House
Ballot Law Commission
State Street
Edward J. Hanlon
North Essex Street
Lynn
Hay's Hair Health advertised to restore natural color
An early 20th century ad urges readers to combat gray hair with Hay's Hair Health. It promises gray strands will disappear and color return, claiming a youthful appearance. The offer costs $1.50 at drug stores or by mail, with a 10 cent trial bottle request and orders addressed to Philo Hay Spec. Co. Newark New Jersey.
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Hay
Philo Hay Spec. Co
Newark
N. J
Malone seeks separate support over hot water assaults
Mrs Mary A Malone testifies in Probate Court that her husband Edward A Malone a Charlestown liquor dealer frequently hurled hot water and other liquids at her. She recalls a near miss when he grabbed a tel pot and raised it to strike her before their son Louis intervened and blocked him.
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Mary A. Malone
Edward A. Malone
Charlestown
Louis
Percy the Mechanical Man Invades New England Scene
Percy the Mechanical Man headlines a curling game on next Sunday in New England, thrilling readers of the Sunday Post and drawing attention as a quirky funmaker.
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Percy
The
Sunday Post
New England
Divorce Says Gas Leaks End Marriage
Mrs. Fannie Shirley of Somerville seeks a divorce from Edwin M. Shirley in East Cambridge Divorce Court. She testified she endured beatings and that gas jets were opened at night on two occasions, leading her to leave. She noted meals for herself and the children consisted of crackers and water or cheese.
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Shirley
Chicago
Ethel M
Mildred H. M
Mary _E. Devlin
Cambridge
Peter F. Devlin
Maud Black
Somerville
James J. Black
Boston
James Alexander Squires
Everett
Tryphenia
Henry Schofield
Waltham
Nisi
Sarah
Lawrence
Nora Horsman
Malden
Warren J
Sophie Grealish
Medford
Dickerson N
Fannie Shirley
Edwin M. Shirley
East Cambridge
Dana
War Flags Repair Fund Bill Is Killed In Vote
A bill to appropriate 1000 dollars for repairing and preserving war flags at the State House was killed by a voice vote yesterday afternoon. The military affairs committee had reported adversely citing the flags will last many years in their current condition. Debate followed on a substitute bill by Mayor Fitzgerald to place steamboat companies operating between state ports under the State Board of Railroad Commissioners, but substitution failed 50 to 56 on a rising vote.
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Robert Hay
Frank Cushman
State Street
Boston
Buenos Ayres
Elliott
State House
Committee On
Catholic fichu gown earns instant favor at reception
New York readers learn of a gown worn at Cardinal Farley’s reception that defies a papal edict by using a marines fichu to cover a low neckline. The simple chiffon lace piece, matched to gown trim, may become widely adopted for Catholic affairs with fringe and artificial flowers as common ornaments.
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New York
Cardinal Farley
Rome
Mother Attacks Man After Abduction Hearing in Somerville
Joseph T. Benway remained jailed after failing to post bonds on an abduction charge involving Helen T. Bennet. The girl's mother, Mrs. Galvin, struck Benway with an umbrella near the police station, smashing it, as officers stood by. The girl, 15, a Somerville High freshman, had vanished with Benway, who is a widower. The case could proceed Friday when the juvenile appears.
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Joseph T. Bennay
Farrell
Somerville
Helen T. Bennet
Bow Street
Benway
Somerville High School
James Street
Partridge Avenue
Suffolk Law School May Give Degrees
The Senate rejected an inquiry about whether Suffolk School of Laws meets standards to grant degrees. The bill advanced to a third reading and likely to the Governor, after a 22 to 8 vote led by Senator Stearns of Cambridge.
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Senate
Stearns
Cambridge
Board of Education
Suffolk School of Laws
Miss Marion Bowman Becomes Mrs Minot
John Clair Minot and Miss Marion Bowman wed last evening in Cambridge at 1010 Massachusetts Avenue the home of her uncle and aunt Julius and Mrs Akeroyd. Minot, Bowdoin graduate and Youths Companion editor, married by Rev John C Hall before about 560 guests. The bride wore princess lace over white satin and was given in marriage by her uncle, with sister Mrs Harold B Warde as matron of honor.
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John Clair Minot
Marion Bowman
Julius Akeroyd
Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge
Minot
Is. A. Bowdoin
John C. Hall
Medfield Congregational Church
Harold B Warde
Murder threat to be introduced in De Graff retrial aboard Glendower
The government plans to use a public expression of dislike for Captain Wyman and an overheard threat to kill, offered as new evidence against William De Graff, cook on the coal hargs Glendower, retried in federal court for murder on the high seas aboard Captain Charle D. Wyman’s barge.
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Captain Wyman
Boston
William de Graff
Hargs Glendower
Uniteds State District Court
Charle D. ‘Wyman
DeGraff Trial Hears Motive Claim and Threat Report
U S District Attorney French said no motive evidence exists but notes a Philadelphia remark by DeGraff about Captain Wyman and a street utterance threatening to kill before reaching Boston. Juror seclusion and court safety were debated as trial paused with Captain Frank H Camp testifying about the slain Glendower captain.
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DeGraff
United States District
French
Philadelphia
Wyman
Mr. French
Boston
John P. Feeney
William L. Putnam
Congress
United States
Frank H. Camp
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