Kidnapped Salesman Mystery Draws Family Inquiry
Milford announces Mrs. A C Kinney claims her nephew Charles H Davenport Jr of Springfield is held for ransom by professional kidnappers after vanishing following a Feb 10 departure from the Waldorf Astoria. Davenport Sr of South Hadley Falls is said to be in New York with the ransom money.
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Milford
Charles H. Davenport, Jr
Springfield
A. C. Kinney
Waldorf-Astoria
New York
Minneapolis
Missing salesman Davenport vanishes after Waldorf dinner
Robert C Kinney returns from New York after aiding the search for missing salesman Mr Davenport of Worthy Paper Company. Davenport left the Murray Hill Hotel with a stranger after dinner at the Waldorf Astoria and has not been seen since, though relations with the company were satisfactory. Mrs Kinney hinted more news may come.
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Robert C. Kinney
Mr. Kinney
New York
Waldorf-Astoria
Edgar
Bliss
Worthy Paper Company
Davenport
Paper Company
Mrs. Kinney
Charles H. Daven
Lieutenant Colonel Talbot Dead in New York
Lieut Col Thomas Talbot prominent woolen manufacturer and former Massachusetts Republican State committee chairman died of pneumonia in New York at 45. He led the First Corps Cadets, served in militia for 15 years, and once commanded that unit after Edmands retired. Funeral processions will form at 11, with services at Arlington Street Church before interment in Billerica.
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North Billerica
Thomas Talbot
Massachusetts Republican State Committee
New York
Talbot
First Corps
Bermuda
lLieutenant
Edmands
Republican State Committee
Glover’s Corner
Columbus Avenue
Commonwealth Avenue
Arlington Street
Billerica
Chickering
Kidnapping Case Cultivates Traveler Quest for Ransom
Port Jr. remains missing since Feb 10 as kidnappers demand ransom. A formal demand was sent about a week ago. Davenport’s father left Minneapolis on Sunday bound for New York with the demanded sum, the amount undisclosed.
Roosevelt Case Appeal Decision Reached by Cabinet
Washington Feb 25 The Cabinet agreed that the Department of Justice will appeal Judge Houghs Circuit Court ruling quashing the indictment against the New York World in the World Roosevelt libel case, seeking court of last resort review.
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Department of Justice
Hough
Circuit Court
New York
New York World
State House Blamed For Delay In Suffrage Meeting
Senator Mahoney and Sergeant at Arms Pedrick faced censure at a legislative committee session as delays kept speakers from being heard. Resolutions of regret cited time limits, while three escapee inmates from Nashua and Manchester faced prior sentences for burglary and drunkenness. The escape involved improvised saws and bedclothes ropes, with pursuit hindered by 24 degree cold.
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Mahoney
Legislative Committee
Sergeant at-Arms Pedrick
Three Men Escape Grasmere Jail In Gripping Chase
Manchester New Hampshire February 25. In bitter cold a trio of men thinly clad sawed their dormitory door at Hillsboro county House of Correction Grasmere and fled through the snow to the Manchester bound railroad track. One fugitive with a peg leg eluded pursuers.
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Joseph Buregard
Nashua
Wilton
Paddy” Brown
Manchester
Herbert Quimby
Institution
Hey
Buregard
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Hillsboro
Miss Harding Delights Boston Audience at Steinert Hall
Miss June Harding formerly of Cleveland O pleased a large audience with dramatic readings at Steinert Hall last evening. She has recently moved to Boston and will reside at 583A Dale Street Roxbury.
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June Harding
Cleveland
Steinert Hall
Cab Driver Hurt When Cab Collides With Truck
Fred F. Brown, a cab driver, was thrown from his carriage and severely injured when the cab collided with a big auto truck at the corner of Federal and Franklin streets about 6 o'clock last night. The horse ran away and was finally stopped after several people tackled it near the scene.
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Fred F. Brown
Federal
Franklin Streets
Protests High Phone Rates Drive Uniform City Tale
Representative Charles A. Dean of Wakefield urged a uniform five cent city rate in the metropolitan district to curb high charges. He compared Boston and London rates to criticize the New England Telephone Company, noting larger Boston charges and hour rate differentials. He cited 1908 and 1969 net revenues and urged action ahead of highway commission consideration.
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Charles A. Dean
Wakefield
Committee On Mercantile Affairs
London
Boston
New England Telephone Company
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company
Dean
House
Bayley
Highway Commission
Protest by Boston Chinamen over restaurant age rule
A Boston delegation of Chinamen protested at the State House against Representative John L. Donovan's bill banning women under 21 from Chinese restaurants and requiring male escorts for women over 21 who enter with a Chinaman. Donovan cited 150 girls who attended Peddock's Island picnic as gathered in Chinatown.
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Boston
State House
John L. Donovan
Donovan
Peddock’s Island
Chinatown
Infected Clothing as Beds at Lakeside Pest House
Wakefield February 25 A watchman investigating noises at the Lakeside smallpox pest house found two tramps about to sleep on a pile of discarded bed clothes awaiting incineration.
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Wakefield
Lakeside
John Ryan
Tramps raid pesthouse cellar. alarms police
Ryan confronted intruders who forced open a cellar door and fled as bricks and a stick were hurled toward his head. He summoned police while three patients remain in the pesthouse uneffected by the break in. Patrolmen Taintor and Poland were dispatched but the trespassers escaped.
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Ryan
Taintor
Poland
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