Coleman On Witness Stand In Bank Scandal Trial
Ex judge presiding as master resumed the hearing on the Bates suit against Edwin P. Dresser and bank directors seeking damages for losses from George W. Coleman misusing funds at National City Bank of Cambridge. Coleman spent a night in East Cambridge jail and was brought to the Federal building for witness duties. Two former chums testified about Coleman's money use and ties to a stock broker. Coleman was to testify in the afternoon and was due to return today. Van Blarcom linked to Reinhardt brokerage and Coleman’s stock plunges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert O. Harris
John J. Bates
National City Bank of Cambridge
Edwin P. Dresser
George W. Coleman
Coleman
East Cambridge
Federal
W. W. Lockhart
Frank van Blarcom
William J
Big Bill
Eithers
van Biarcom
J. Thomas Reinhardt
Boston and Maine facing shared repair plant decision
At the annual stockholders meeting of the Boston & Lowell railroad under a 99 year lease to the Boston & Maine, the old board was re elected. A February vote will decide which line finances the new repair shops at Billerica costing 3 million dollars. The plant serves most of the Boston & Maine system though located on the Boston & Lowell line. Directors elected include Charles Francis Adams II Henry B Cabot T Jefferson Coolidge Charles E Cotting William C Endicott George A Gardner and Francis L Higginson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Lowell Railroad
Boston & Maine
Lowell
The
Maine
Billerica
Bostom & Lowell
Boston & Lowell
Shaps
Charles Francis Adams, 2d
Henry B. Cabot
T. Jefferson Coolidge
Charles E. Cotting
William C. Endicott
George A. Gardner
Francis L. Higginson
Ten Story Fireproof Home for Columbian National
The Columbian National Life Insurance Company plans a ten story fireproof office building at Arch and Franklin designed by Parker Thomas Rice. It will feature Indiana limestone exterior, white statuary marble entrance, imported marble corridors, quartered oak interiors, three high speed elevators and a ventilating plant. Tenants include Columbian National Life on basement to fourth floors and Massachusetts Lighting on floors eight to ten. work to start soon with occupancy expected next fall.
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Columbian National Life Insurance Company
Arch and
Franklin Streets
Parker, Thomas & Rice
Massachusetts Lighting Companies
Columbia
National Life Insurance Company
Cadman
Zina Brozia Debuts as Mimi in La Bohème at Boston Opera House
A large audience including Boston City Club members witnessed Zina Brozia’s first Mimi in Puccini’s La Bohème with Florencio Constantino as Rodolfo at the Boston Opera House. The performance, conducted by Wallace Goodrich, drew praise for Brozia’s singing and the production’s vivacity, while noting minor staging slowdowns in Act II.
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Boston City Club
Boston Opera House
Zina Brozia
Mimi
Florencio Constantino
Rodolfo
Fely Dereyne
Mussetta
Messrs. Polese
Mardones
Pulcini
Luigi Tavvecchia
Alcindoro
Benoit
Bernardo Olshansky
Luigi Cilla
Wallace Goodrich
Mme. Brozia
Miss Dereyne
Brookline Man Weds in London
Harry Lamprey Brown of Brookline Massachusetts and Helen Stoney of San Francisco wed at St George's Hanover Square London. Brown, 37, Harvard graduate, has held posts from Islesboro Inn to Waltham Watch Company treasurer. He is active in hotel and social clubs.
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London
Harry Wlamprey Brown
Brookline
Mass
Helen Stoney
Gaillard M. Stoney
San Francisco
St. George’s
Hanover Square
Catherine
William G. Gunn
Harry Lamprey Brown
Hiram A. Brown
Auburn Street
Lynn
Harvard
Harvard Law School
New England
Islesboro Inn
Dare Harbor
Enterprise
Back Bay
Waltham Watch Company
Brown
University Club
Boston
Hotel Men’s Mutual Benefit Association
The
Maine Hotel Association
Massachusetts Hotel Association
Reopen Mail Fraud Case In North American Rubber Sale
Government reopens charges of using the mails to defraud in the North American Rubber stock case. Warren B. Wheeler and Stillman Shaw face renewed scrutiny as postal authorities seek new evidence. A Justice Department representative arrived in Boston to oversee the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren B. Wheeler
Stillman Shaw
North American Rubber Company
Department of Justice
Washington
Boston
Two Boys Drown Skating on Sydney River
Skating on the Sydney River in New Glasgow County New South Wales led to the deaths of 11 year old Arthur Boutilier, son of John H. Boutilier, and 17 year old Donald McAulay, son of Donald J. McAulay, when the ice broke.
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Sydney
N. S
Arthur Boutilier
John H. Boutilier
Donald McAulay
Adamson's Balsam Promoted for Graveyard Cough Relief
An advertisement touts Adamson's Balsam as a sure cure for a persistent rasping cough. The copy markets the remedy to readers seeking quick relief.
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Adamson
Confidence Revives Amid Chinese Court Struggles
In Pekin on January 3 the imperial court shows renewed confidence as 80,000 ounces of gold move to Premier Yuan Shi Kai. The Chinese nation remains timid and the public believes fighting may resume soon. Yuan Shi Kai awaits a reply from Wu Ting Fang in Shanghai on telegraphic negotiations.
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Pekin
Yuan-Shi-Kai
Wu-Ting-Fang
Shanghai
Imperial delegates cite terror in Shanghai and hopes for constitutional monarchy
Delegates returning from Shanghai report a reign of terror there and no support for a constitutional monarchy. In the imperial government’s circles Hu Peh and Hu Nar provinces are unhappy with the foreign educated leadership in Shanghai. They hope those provinces will again back a constitutional monarchy if Yuan Shikai makes progress against the rebellion this month, unlocking more treasure for the Manchu princes and the imperial court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Hu-Peh
Hu-Nar
Yuan-Shi-Kai
Fall Fatal to Gridley In Malden Home Incident
Oliver Gridley died at Malden Hospital from injuries after falling down stairs at his home 28 Gould Avenue Malden in the afternoon of December 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Gridley
Malden Hospital
Gould Avenue
Malden
First Presbyterian Church of Boston Origins and Pastors
The article traces the First Presbyterian Church in Boston from its Scottish roots in 1852 through its evolution from Knox Church to its present home opened in 1877. It highlights key pastors including Rev. James Dunn and Rev. W. M. Tufts and notes the church’s notable size, funding, and relocations amid city development.
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First Presbyterian Church OF
Boston
William M. Tufts
D. D
First Presbyterian Church
Columbus Avenue
Berkeley Street
United States
Colonial Committee
Free Church of Scotland
Adam Muir
Melodin Hall
Washington Street
Freeman Place Chapel
Presbytery
Halifax
N. S
Montreal
P. Q
Presbytery of
Knox Presbyterian Church
Freeman Place
Moonian Hall
Tremont Temple
David Magill
Beach Street
Harrison Avenue
James Dunn
Dunn
Green
Princeton
Lewis
Adams
Hershey
Alexander
Boston Herald
Tufts
W. M. Tufts
Dalhousie
Montreal Presbyterian College
British Museum
New College
Edinburgh
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Cambridge
Fouraineg
Collee Sn
la Touraine
W. S. Quinby CO
Chicago
Houghton & Dutton CO
Wilde
Boston Rubber Shoe
Columbian National
Zina Brozia Perfect
Watch Company
California
Gridley
Churches of
Greater Boston
First Presbyterian
Borden
Yy RF
Lottte
Borden’s Condensed Milk CO
New York
Geo. W
Sunday Post
Post
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