Police Report Exposes Slowing on Automobiles and Drunkenness
Boston Commissioner Stephen Q Meara releases his seventh annual police report detailing 1912 drunkenness arrests, nonresident participation, and liquor sources. He lists 2170 automobile prosecutions and argues speed as a primary factor in rising injuries and deaths, noting limited impact of small fines.
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Boston Police Department
Stephen Q’meara
Boston
O’meara
Department
Prisoners Asked About Poison Sources Questioned Seriously
Out of the total, 127 refused to reveal where they obtained poison, 77 could not or professed inability to tell. In every case the prisoner questioned treated the inquiry seriously, and 644 of the arrested persons answered that they had…
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Boston
OTIS
Trust Funds Involved in Pew Bank Tangle
The City National Bank collapse splits trust funds from J S Ayers estate. William A Pew and Father Healey faced scrutiny as stock pledges and loans tied to bank stock drained a $150000 trust. Minor stockholders Elizabeth Leighton and Isaac Nutton also faced losses while the comptroller monitored federal actions. A plan to organize minority stockholders to seek an injunction against liquidating agents was proposed as lawsuits and equity actions unfolded.
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Gloucester
William A. Pew
Father Healey
J. S. Ayers
Pew
City National
Isaac Nutton
United States Treasury
New York
Washington
City National Bank
Cutting Speeds South on Honeymoon Newlyweds Linus Cutting
Mr and Mrs George Linus Cutting travel south for their honeymoon after a quiet Brookline wedding held Wednesday at the Church of Our Saviour Brookline The bride Harriet Lyman Milliken daughter of William H Milliken of 455 Audubon road was attended by no one due to the recent death of her mother The ceremony was performed by Rev Reginald Heber Howe D D rector of the church
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George Linus Cutting
Back Bay
Brookline
Road
Church of Our Saviour
Reginald Heber Howe
Harriette Lyman Milliken
William H. Milliken
Audubon Road
Arrest in Atlantic City Fueled by Wicked Plot
New York reports District Attorney Whitman denounces the capture of George A. Sipp in Atlantic City as part of a wicked plot to undermine his grand jury testimony. Sipp had testified he paid for police protection at his resort. He later claimed two lawyers paid $700 to flee the county courts.
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New York
Atlantic City
George A. Sipp
New Jersey
Whitman
Sipp
Gas Explosion Shocks Hotel Pelham
A gas machine on the third floor of Hotel Pelham at Boylston and Tremont streets exploded about 7 PM causing windows to blow out on the Boylston side. Guests fled in panic as a fire followed. Expensive gowns burned, total loss about 1200 dollars.
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Hotel Pelham
Boylston
Tremont Streets
Boylston Street
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Lord and Taylor
Mark
Pew Bank
Elizabeth Leighton
Comptroller
William 4A. Pew
Unitarian
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J. C
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Cuttings
Honeymoon
Steinert
Victor-Victrola
New England
Arch ST
Boylston ST
Franklin and
Milk Sts
Steinert Hall
M. Steinert & Sons Company
Om Omeer
Victor
Victor Victrolas
Victor Talking Machine Company
Camden, N. J
Frieda Hempel
The
Royal Berlin Opera
Washington St
R. H. White
White Dental
P. FP. Bonney Sons
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R. H. White Co
Madras
Gilchrist
Washington and
Winter Sts
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