Broker Bares Life Mystery in Hartman Theft Case
George Graham Rice, a New York stock broker, is charged with stealing 721 from Rudolph W. Hartman of Mansfield, Ohio. He claims his life history includes prison terms and a securities business moving 35 million in two years, and that Hartman’s funds may have been lost in his office. He admits the alias Simon Jacob Herzig and outlines a large operation with 150 to 200 staff on two floors in 1917 and 1918.
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New York
George Graham Rice
Rudolph W. Hartman
Mansfield
Rice
Hartman
Simon Jacob Herzig
Boston
Murder Indictment Nolle Prossed in Prince Street Killing
District Attorney Joseph C. Pelletier nolle pressed the murder in the first degree indictment against Nunzio Colella for the stabbing death of Antonio D Angeles on Prince Street in June. Pelletier states no jury would convict as the deceased allegedly attacked Colella’s home after learning of attention to his daughter.
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Joseph C. Pelletier
Nolle
Nunzio Colella
Antonio D'Angeles
Prince Street
Mr. Pelletier
Colella
D’angeles
St Jacobs Liniment promises fast relief for aches
A vintage advertisement touts St Jacobs Liniment for backache cold congestion rheumatism pains and sprains. It claims rapid relief without skin burning or injury and urges a trial bottle from any drug store to loosen up and return to regular duties.
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St Jacobs
St. Jacobs
Reduction in prices of butter and eggs noted
The article records a fall in butter prices with best fresh tub butter at 75 cents per pound and lightly salted at 80 cents. Eggs show a surplus and easing prices with fresh eggs ranging 90 cents to $1 a dozen and storage eggs at 65 cents. It also lists diverse current prices on fruits, vegetables, and meats across markets.
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Denmark
Florida
Dry Orator’s Meeting Broken Up in Wales
Anti prohibition demonstrators disrupted a temperance conference in Ton y Pandy Wales. They entered the hall where Dr Henry an American prohibitionist spoke, beat a drum and played instruments while singing football songs forcing the speaker to abandon his address.
Song Leader School Expands as Attendance Grows
The War Camp Community Service reports high demand for its free song leader training. Classes moved from Faciien Hall to larger quarters at the Prince School in Huntington Avenue and Exeter and Newbury streets. Lessons continue nightly at 7 o clock through Monday January 19 under Rufus D. Smith.
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War Camp Community Service
Free School
Faciien Hall
Huntington Avenue
Prince School
Exeter
Newbury Streets
Rufus D. Smith
Metropolitan War Camp Community Service
Injunction Denied in Hopkinton Row
In Hopkinton a school committee dispute ends without an injunction as Thomas J. Elliott seeks to bar Patrick H. Dolan from printing ballots for a special election. Judge Wait in Boston refused the restraining order amid arguments that Elliott’s term lasts until March and the meeting is a schemes to oust him.
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Hopkinton
Thomas J. Elliott
Middlesex Superior Court
Patrick H. Dolan
Wait
Boston
Elliott
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