Swig Then Disarms Him Held in $10,000 Bail
Nicola Sciaraffa a former North End banker was held in $10,000 bail by Judge Parmenter after an unsuccessful attempt to kill Benjamin H Swig treasurer of Tremont Trust Company and Julius J Shapiro another bank official on the banks directors room on the second floor yesterday afternoon.
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Nicola Sciaraffa
North End
Parmenter
Benjamin H. Swig
Tremont Trust Company
Julius J. Shapiro
Tremont Trust Co
Building Trades Vote to Strike in Boston
Boston building trade employees will strike at 5 PM January 19 on all construction jobs managed by the Building Trades Employers' Association. The United Building Trades Council made the decision at a 386 Harrison Avenue meeting after the Employers' Association announced a 10 percent wage cut to take effect January 20, 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Building Trades Employers’ Association
United Building Trades Council
Harrison Avenue
Protest Over Brock Killing Sparks Citywide Tension
In New Haven a thousand colored residents fought to enter Music Hall to protest the shooting of Joe Brock a colored waiter who had earlier attacked a restaurant with a cleaver injuring several and stabbing Officer Bernard O Neil The officer fired wounding Brock who died Coroner Eli Mix praised the shot saying it saved lives A mass meeting at Webster Hall condemned the killing as inhuman and criticized the coroner s verdict as insulting to the colored citizenship of the city
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New Haven
Music Hall
Big Joe Brock
Josephine Brown
Winchester Avenue
Bernard O'Neil
O’neil
James White
Dixwell Avenue
Brock
O'Neill
Mix
Fire Destroys Griffin Car Wheel Plant in Chelsea
A blaze of undetermined origin last evening damaged the Griffin Car Wheel Company at 40 Gierrish Avenue Chelsea. Losses total about 13000 with 3000 in building damage and 10000 in stock and patterns for railroad car wheels destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griffin Car Wheel Company
Gierrish Avenue
Chelsea
Woman Dies After Prolonged Gas Poisoning Recovery
Mrs. Catherine Ganley aged 63 died at Lawrence General Hospital after being unconscious for more than sixty hours from gas poisoning. She had been found in a lodging house on Essex street last Tuesday and pronounced dead by police before revival by firemen and hospital admission.
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Lawrence
Catherine Ganley
Lawrence General Hospital
Ganley
Essex Street
Central Fire Station
Palmoter
Trolley Car Plunges At Lebanon Bridge Near Attleboro
A trolley car jumped the track at Lebanon bridge three miles from Attleboro and plunged toward the water. The front vestibule struck the river, while the rear end remained braced by a steel girder and support box, sparing a dozen passengers from injury or death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attleboro
Lebanon Bridge
Local Transit Car Deluge Traps Motorman and Passengers
The motorman was locked in a vestibule submerged in water as passengers were forced to stand on their heads. Percy Titus of West Street Attleboro was involved in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Titus
West Street
Attleboro
Brookline American Legion won't discipline Payson Dana
Brookline Post executive committee debated Payson Dana Civil Service Commission chair remarks made Jan 5 about the veterans' preference bill. They dis approved the quoted remarks but found he spoke as an individual and public official, not as a legion member, and voted no action. The post will urge lawmakers to back the civil service bill favored by the American Legion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookline Post, American Legion
Payson Dana
Civil Service Commission
Brookline Post
The
American Legion
Aeronauts Return Home as Inquiry Opens
Secretary Daniels orders a naval court of inquiry at Rockaway air station to probe the flight and loss of the naval balloon and to examine the conduct of its personnel. Lieutenants Kloor Farrell and Hinton were carried to Hudson Bay shores after the voyage amid cold and rain as residents welcomed them back home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniels
Washington
Naval Court of
Rockaway
N. Y
Kloor
Hinton
Farrell
Hudson Bay
Here
Parading in Rain the Returned Heroes Rally Home
Rain drenched a long parade from the railroad station to the air station six miles away as three victorious officers sped in an open car against a 40 mile wind. Bands, 400 auto horns, and crowds celebrated with wives and a fiancée riding nearby.
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Farrell
Hinton
Kloor
Leonard Defeats Mitchell in Six Rounds at Madison Square Garden
Benny Leonard, the lightweight champion, stopped Richie Mitchell in the sixth round at Madison Square Garden. Leonard wobbled early after sending Mitchell to the mat three times in the first round, while promoter Anne Morgan barely kept the bout under control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Benny Leonard
Richie Mitchell
Madison Square Garden
Anne Morgan
Mitchell
Steel workers to form new organizing campaign nationwide
Washington January 14 Representatives of the international and national unions in the steel industry met to launch a campaign to organize iron and steel workers across the country. They said unemployment and prevailing conditions would not delay the plans and vowed to counter any move by United States Steel Corporation to cut wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Associated Press
United States Steel Corporation
Middleton Farmer Held Up in Danvers
FE S Hutchinson of Middleton was robbed at gunpoint by three armed men on Dayton Street Danvers while returning from Boston with wagon produce. They took $130 in cash and fled in a buggy late tonight.
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Middleton
Danvers Danvers
Jan
Boston
FE. S. Hutchinson
Dayton Street
Dead man revived disrupts burial plans in Atlantic City
Joseph Staub, a 68 year old Hungarian immigrant arriving from New York, was pronounced dead by a traveling physician. After his body was taken to the baggage car and an undertaker summoned, Staub revived on a New Jersey railroad platform, waving to the waiting hearse as arrangements were upset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N.J
New York
Joseph Staub
United States
Hungary
Staub
Elderly Passenger in Baggage Car Falls Ill on Rail Trip
An elderly man on a Trenton bound train collapsed in the baggage car after a fluttering right hand, a baggage man summoned a physician who treated him with smelling salts. Staub, the passenger, recovered later, with a doctor attributing the episode to stress from a 26 year family reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Staub
Yettie Limver
Swindles Linked to Boston Bank as Frauds Rise
One time city official named in marks fraud cases as Boston is described as the world bank during early 1920. Reports reveal millions lost to Ponzi schemes and imitators, with further sums sunk in swindles from shipbuilding to pseudo film projects and dubious control plots centered in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Ger
Waverley Oil Works in Pittsburg Threatened by Fire
Firemen from multiple city districts battled a blaze at the Waverley Oil Works in Lawrenceville Pittsburg discovered in two large stills shortly before 1 AM The plant covering an entire city block faced possible destruction as a general alarm sounded and firefighters rushed to the scene with teams from all sections responding
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waverley Oil Works
Pittsburg
Waverley Works
Lawrenceville
Corkh Mayoral Deportation Ordered by State Department
Washington reports Corkh's Lord Mayor O Callaghan to be deported following a dispute between the State and Labor Departments. A telephone exchange between Secretaries Davis and Wilson confirmed the order will be obeyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corkh
O'Callaghan
Cork
Departments of State and
Labor
Order
Prohibition Agent Berensack Indicted for Bribe Conspiracy
Federal grand jury indicts Samuel M. Beres nack a top prohibition agent under William J. McCarthy on charges of conspiracy and asking and accepting bribes. Government circles react to the sensational development yesterday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Grand Jury
Samuel M. Beresnack
Prohibition
William J. McCarthy
Grand jury returns two bills against Beresnack and Berman
Two true bills allege Beresnack conspired with agent Aleck Berman of Malden in a bribery scheme. Counts charge Beresnack with accepting and receiving sums from Oscar J Russell Ida Blesofsky Celia Booke. Also indicted Daniel Ryan of Worcester on four counts for accepting bribes. All payments tied to Beresnack's investigations under Volstead act.
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Beresnack
Aleck Berman
Malden
Beresniack
Oscar J. Russell
Ida Blesofsky
Celia Booke
Berman
Daniel Ryan
Worcester
Abraham Rabinovitz
Lewis Kuntzman
Lewis Kunin
Wallace Levenson
United States
German naval gains and stock prices noted in 1915 context
The page mentions German forces capturing six vessels north of the Aisne during 1915 and cites a Chicago corn price around 1.455 a bushel. It also recalls Ireland’s municipal elections won by Sinn Fenners and notes time stamps and light rules for nightly vehicle operations as part of a dated observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aisne
Chicago
Ireland
Sinn Fenners
Boston Area Weather Outlook Saturday Turns Colder
Forecasts for New England and New York regions call for rain ending Saturday, then clearing and colder conditions through Sunday. Strong winds from the south to west accompany the gale conditions offshore, with storm movement from the Great Lakes toward the Atlantic coast and coastal warnings in effect north of Boston.
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Washington
New England
New York
Sandy Hook
Hatteras
Lake Huron
Mississippi River
Boston
Delaware
Great Lakes
Atlantic
New England States
Weather Forecasting Old Farmer Predicts Change
An old farmer forecasts the day’s weather after a misty morning. He expects improvement and fairly good conditions for the rest of the day and night, but also predicts it will become considerably colder and quite windy.
Temperature Report From Thompson's Spa
Yesterday's temperature data from Thompson's Spa shows average yesterday at 41 degrees with figures for 6 pm and 8 pm values, plus prior year comparison. The snippet includes scattered digits and times referencing daily readings and pages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson's Spa
Wicuss
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Shapiro
Him
Dreyfus
F St
Wash
Owen F. Farley CO
State Street
Columbus Ave
MR. Marlow Hotel
R. I. State Line
Legion
Milk St
Children’s Hospital & Convalescent Home Endowment Fund Committee
Jack Clantern
Solan CoTtace Farm Bridge
Brookline
Teel’s Brook
Dansel
Hotel Pennsylvania
Canada
Ontario
Alexandra Flowerton
Stephen A. Farrell
Eugene
Louis Kloor
Walter Hinton
Aeronauts
Leonard
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Stodder
Cordovans
Allen
Penn
Lord
HUB Dry
Jefferson-Johnson
P.M. Bao
Vicinity
Elmer Flagg
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