Forgery claim roams courtroom in Rousseau hearing
Lizzie Vice of the Rousseau family testified that detective Fielding told her she was accused of forging letters in the Messina case. She said she would testify for $5 a day plus expenses and identified letters and a tintype, while other witnesses questioned the claim and accused Russell and Almy of pressuring statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Vice
Rousseau
Messina
N. Y
Russell
Middlesex
William C. Russell
Ferdinand B. Almy
James Delbert Rousseau
Fielding
New York
Liz
Leslie A. Simpson
Daniel Blake Russell
Vice
Simpson
Lawton
Edward Rousseau
Jim
William Rousseau
Jim Rousseau
James Rousseau
Nason
Edward
Clamant
Mr. Simpson
Boston
Rousseaus
Daniels Blake Russell
Commonwealth
Armstrong
James
John K. Berry
Harris
Louis
Mrs. Vice
Mr. Fielding
J. D. Russell
Lizzie
Five desperadoes blow open Spencer post office safe
Spencer residents live in fear as five men believed to be the Yeggs blow the village post office safe and imprison two officers at the Town Hall. The band's escape and violent methods spark a statewide hunt and residents arm themselves amid rumors of links to a prior Athol raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
John Norton
Joseph Collette
Goggs
Athol
Cure a Cold in One Day Promote Laxative Bromide Quinine
Advert ises a patent cold remedy promising cure in one day. It claims refunds if ineffective and features E W Grove signature on each box. Product priced at 25 cents and sold by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Grove
Burglary Gang Overpowers Night Officers and Robs Town Safe
Five men ambush two night policemen on duty at 8 a m and lock them in the town lockup. They disable the fire alarm, break into the post office, and drill the safe. Two explosions wake Mrs. Haynes. Loot removed includes $80 in money and stamps. inner safe holds $2000 in cash and stamps. Officers Morton and Collett sustain injuries. suspect Mary L. Prouty is mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.S. Haynes
John M. Morton
Joseph Collett
Mary L. Prouty
South Boston Boy Fined for Stolen Rides and Vandalism
In South Boston District Court yesterday James Murphy of 5 Sayward Place was fined for stealing rides and five dollars for throwing missiles at a Boston Elevated surface car on Dorchester Avenue last Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Boston
James ¥. Murphy
Sayward Place
Boston
Dorchester Avenue
Yeggs Battle Officer At South Spencer Station
A night break at the post office led three to five yeggs in long coats and slouch hats to battle South Spencer Officer Harry Lyford at the railway station. Shots exchanged, Lyford uninjured but $14 taken from Officers Norton and Colette. The robbers fled along the tracks into darkness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yeggs
South Spencer
Harry Lyford
Goggs
John M. Norton
Joseph Colette
Lyford
Dr Kilmer Swamp Root kidney liver bladder remedy ad
A long advertisement extols Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney liver and bladder issues including Bright's disease and lameness back pain and frequent urination. It promotes sample bottles and a free information book mailed from Binghamton New York and claims nationwide recognition in the Boston Daily Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Killmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Boston Daily Post
Taunton Bridgewater Canal Survey Progress Report
Government engineers in Bridgewater at Taunton reported progress in surveys for a 30 mile sea level canal from Taunton to Bridgewater and onward to the South shore near Plymouth Hingham or Scituate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgewater
Taunton
Plymouth
Hingham
Scituate
Debate over cost of projected waterway and route options
Officials estimate the project at about 30 million dollars or five times the Cape Cod canal. The Plymouth route offers most advantages with favorable terrain and harbor access. The plan requires dredging from Weir Village to Bridgewater for a 25 foot depth and 250 foot bottom width.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Cod Canal
Buzzard's Bay
Cape Cod Bay
Narragansett Bay
Boston
Bridgewater
Plymouth
Taunton
Mt. Hope Bay
Fall River
Taunton River
Weir Village
Terrible Suffering and a Family's Cure Claim
Mrs Inez Lewis of Baring Maine recalls severe infant eczema at four months and a later outbreak at sixteen months. She credits Hood's Sarsaparilla with a complete recovery and promotes its liquid form and Sarsatabs for blood diseases, offering 100 doses for $1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Inez Lewis
Crusade Against Rats and Puffs Widespread
Department stores and others ban head dresses worn by women while doctors condemn rats and puffs as unhygienic dust and germ catchers. They claim these styles cause hair loss and scalp disease, advocating Birt's Head Wash as a restorative remedy with full formula on every jar.
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Sleuth
Johnny Vice
Spencer Yeggs
W. 8. Haynes
R.white Co
Witse
Felton
Bond
U. S
Felton & Son
Luther Felton
Scott
Prists
Sead Jr
Our Beautiful Savings Bank
Scott & Bowne
Pearl St
N.Y
David J. Ingraham
David J
Ingraham
Temple Place
A. Shuman & Co
Nature
Baby
Earth
Cascarets
Traymore
Atlantic City
N. J
D. S. White
Pres
Chas. D. Marquette
Mgr
Ward
Franklin St
Anderson
Robert Anderson
Hotel Piscopo
Marble Street
Freeman
Somerville
George Edwin Freeman
Cambria Street
Greenport
Long Island
Hayes
Bar Warbor
Ellen Hayes
Bartholomew Hayes
Charlestown
Mass
Malden
Kelly
Roxbury
Ann
John F. Welly
Terrace Street
A. m
Mission Church
McPhee
Neil
Catherine McPhee
Porter Street
Church of the Most Holy Redeemer
Delling
Waltham
William KE. Oelling
Louise Oellug
Weinz
Warren
Beaver Street
Worcester
Lowell
Sheehan
Mary Franela
John
Mary Sheehan
Miller Street
Dorchester
St. Peter’s Church
Meeting House Hill
Tessier
Brookline
Arthur
Minnie E. Tessier
Lyons
Naples
St. Mary’s of the Assumption
White
Cambridge
Charles A. White
Mary M. Dolson
Fourth Street
James Smith
Boston Lodge No
Knights of Pythias
Lewis Jones
Lagrazze Street
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