J A Wood Declares Bankrupt in Cambridge Case
James A. Wood a wholesale lumber dealer at 1691 Massachusetts avenue Cambridge filed for bankruptcy yesterday with liabilities listed at 437310 and assets of 322658. Secured creditors total 419916, unsecured 166222, accommodation paper 1560 with assets mainly real estate in Boston Cambridge Somerville Malden and Reading worth about 7150, odd notes and cash 213, ...
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James A. Wood
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Cambridge
United States District Court
Boston
Somerville
Malden
Reading
Eastern Trust& Banking Company
Bangor
M. E. Sprague
Drew
M. L. Wood
Maine
Mprague
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Eliot National Bank of
New England National Bank of Boston
National Bank of the Republic
National City Bank of Cambridge
Puritan Trust Company
South End National Bank
Harvard Trust Company
Charles River National Bank of Cambridge
Lechmere National Bank of Cambridge
National Banks and Trust Companies
Vicinity
Edwin B. Hale
James M. W. Hall
Workmen Find Damaged Trolley Line Trestle Near Middlebury
In Winsted on January 24, workmen for C W Blakeslee and Son on a Woodbury to Middlebury trolley line discovered a swamp crossing with a missing temporary trestle and trees on both sides leaning as if ready to fall, signaling dangerous conditions on the route.
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Conn
C. W. Blakeslee & Son
Woodbury
Middlebury
Betz Brewer Bequest Grants Weekly Salary to All Employees
In Philadelphia on January 24, the will of the late John F. Betz, a wealthy brewer, bequeaths each Betz brewery staff Betz building and Betz wood farm employee one week's salary. The distribution covers all employed by the Betz enterprises.
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Philadelphia
Betz Brewery
Betz
Betz Wood Farm
John F. Betz
The Major Had Run His Last Race
An aging Major is killed saving his master and child as a runaway tragedy unfolds on a railroad embankment. Edward Leighton fights to reach the wreck, the child is saved but the Major dies from injuries, leaving a somber, rural vista behind.
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Lawton
Ted
Edward Leighton
Limited Express
Rexford
Leighton
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Express
Somerville Girls Clash in Bright Everett Debate
In Everett High School Hall two female students led Somerville High School against Everett High in a rare all sighted debate. Miss Nina F. Gilley and Miss Elinor Neison argued for Somerville while Ernest W. Davis Raymond W. Noon and Forrest C. Gates spoke for Everett. The judges favored Everett though Gilley and Neison impressed the crowd. Miss Gilley’s rebuttal drew laughs and swayed many to doubt an Everett win.
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Everett High School
Somerville High School
Somerville School
Nina F. Gilley
Elinor Neison
Harry Cohen
Ernest W. Davis
Raymond W. Noon
Forrest C. Gates
Somerville
United States
Cohen
Miss Gilley
Miss Nelson
Sallles
Death Claims Bread Winner
David Quinn, 44, of 671 Harrison Avenue, died yesterday morning after sliding down stairs. Five hours later his wife found him at the foot of the stairs. Medical Examiner Magrath ruled natural causes. The family widowed by his sudden death was overwhelmed as she pleaded for a word.
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Quinn
Harrison Avenue
Magrath
Combine to Beat Bryan in Washington
William J. Bryan is due in Washington to assess reports that most Democrats in the House and Senate back two points. First that Bryan will nominate himself at Denver and can do so. Second that he cannot be elected. Bryan supporters fear opposition from Sheehan Smith and Murphy arriving to urge him to step aside. There is talk that Parker’s friends drive the discouraging reports.
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D. C
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Senate
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Denver
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James Smith, Jr
Charles F. Murphy
Congress
Funeral services for Harvard Dental professor Thomas Lillebrown
Funeral services were held at 2:15 PM for Dr. Thomas Lillebrown a longtime professor of operative dentistry and oral surgery at Harvard Dental School and an original 1869 graduate. Fire incidents reported in Newburyport andUxbridge damaged rooms and furniture with minimal damage.
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Thomas Lillebrown
Harvard Dental School
Newburyport
Wolfe
Uzbridge
Hudson House
South Main Street
Charles Macker
Mt Royal Passengers Seen as Jonah Amid Montrose Delays
St John New Brunswick January 24 The Canadian Pacific liner Montrose returning with 300 original Mt Royal passengers is now three days overdue. Agents remain calm yet locals fear a modern Jonah is aboard the emigrant party.
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Missing Amsterdam Passengers Safe In Hook of Holland
All passengers and crew of the steamer Amsterdam were recovered and brought in safely at Hook of Holland today after the incident.
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Holland
Amsterdam
Heroines Rescue Three From Death In South End Fire
Two women inmates of a burning residence on Dilworth street, Mrs. Jom Madden and Miss Josephine Stacy aided by Mrs. Charles Jolly, rescued two children and an invalid Mrs Nolan then led them to safety on a neighbor’s roof. Fire caused 500 dollars in damage.
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Dartmouth professor links athletics to student amusement
Professor Lord of Dartmouth told the N E Alumni Association at the Somerset that athletics provide necessary amusement for students as essential as meals. He contrasted Dartmouth with Harvard, stressing sport as part of character building. The meeting included a Glee Club performance and elections for officers: Royce president, Stevens Clark Wallace Potter as vice presidents, Chase as treasurer, Coxie as secretary.
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Dartmouth
N. E. Alumni Association
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Harvard
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William B. Stevens
Isaiah R. Clark
Sumner Wallace
Himer C. Potter
Henry M. Chase
Channing H. Coxie
Girls Hoisted In Chimney At Willimantic
Miss May Everest and Miss A Jones climbed the high eastern Connecticut chimney at the American Thread Company mill while male workers refused to enter. The ascent was part of an erec tion process and highlighted their bold effort in a hazardous task.
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Willimantic, Conn
American Thread Company
May Everest
A. Jones
Connecticut
Prologue to Great Autobiographies by Ho ward Griggs
The opening lecture by Professor Ho ward Griggs on Great Autobiographies begins this morning at Tremont Temple. It introduces a 10 lecture course and focuses on how autobiography informs understanding of personal life.
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Howard Howard Griggs
Tremont Temple
Stoddard Bequeaths Housekeeper in Probate Will
May Elizabeth Jordan, longtime housekeeper for the late Richard T. Stoddard, will receive five hundred dollars and an upright piano in the probate filing yesterday.
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Elizabeth Jordan
Richard T. Stoddard
Mildred Champagne on Love and Fate Advice Column
A 23 year old writes Mildred Champagne seeking guidance on a past romance. She regrets spurning a man nine years older, wonders about his current attitude and fate, and asks if writing to him was unmaidenly. The adviser urges moving on, valuing present suitors, and reframing memory as incidental to future happiness.
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Miss Champagne
President off on his trees in the Sierras
Naturalists dispute President Roosevelt article on red woods in the Sierras claiming no redwoods grow there. Painters poets professors and forestry students say redwoods lie only on the coast in the fog belt from Santa Cruz to Del Norte. Women's clubs in San Francisco criticize the piece.
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Roosevelt
Sierras
Santa Cruz
del Norte
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