Hancock School Girls Terrorized by Leather-Clipping Thief
Boston area report details a hair clipping thief dubbed Jack the Hair Clipper targeting Hancock Grammar School girls on Parmenter Street. Police heighten patrols near school hours while Principal Ellen Sawtelle warns students to conceal braids and watch for strangers as about 750 pupils in the Hancock School district face repeated incidents.
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Hancock Grammar School
Parmenter _ street
North End
Jack
Hanover Street
Ellen Sawtelle
Bertha Smith
Commercial Street
Hancock School
New Orchestra Band Organized in Waltham
Waltham Jan 2 Over 20 well known local musicians responded to a call for a new brass band. George F Brigden presided with Frank Aimley among the active members. Under Brigden leadership the band held a satisfactory rehearsal and will give public appearances soon with frequent practices.
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Waltham
George F. Brigden
American Watch Company Band
Frank Aimley
Crescent Band
Brigden
Woman Prisoner Chooses Death by Fire in Jail
BELLINGHAM Pa Jan 25 Edna Cook confined for vagrancy in the County Jail attempted suicide by setting fire to newspapers in her cell The blaze was discovered in time to save her She fears foul play and has refused food and sleep for days She threatened Sheriff Williams with a penknife in the jail corridor
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Bellingham
Penn
Edna Cook
Williams
Letters disclose Carter Greene Gaynor schemes
In Savannah on January 25 the Greene and Gaynor trial featured letters from Captain Carter. They describe a pneumatic jack Carter believed would be worth millions by replacing horsepower and electricity in streetcars and enabling other triumphs. The prosecution argues Carter sought profitable investments and that he along with Greene and Gaynor shared knowledge of so called good deals.
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Savannah
Greene and Gaynor
Carter
Greene
Gaynor
Harvard Germanic Museum Seeks $500,000 Endowment
The Harvard Germanic Museum seeks a $500,000 endowment to further the bond between modern Germany and modern America. Curator Kuno Francke says current space is inadequate to display German art and fund needed expansion.
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Harvard Germanic Museum
Germany
America
Kuno Francke
Tiffany workers craft gifts for Miss Alice Roosevelt wedding
At Tiffanys city shop and Forest Hill plant skilled staff under Superintendent Von Posal labor through night and day on elaborate designs for Miss Alice Roosevelt. A 10 strand pearl collar worth 31000 and a 600 stone diamond tiara join two diamond collars and bow knots. Two major items include a silver service for Rough Riders and a solid 22 karat gold Krag rifle modeled after one used by Company H New Jersey. The monogram will be set in diamonds. rifle will fire gold bullets.
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New York
Tiffany’s
Forest Hill
von Posal
Alice Roosevelt
Tiffany
Miss Roosevelt
Rough Riders’ Association
United States Army
Company H
First
New Jersey
Vermont Governor Bell Spins Wit At Boston Banquet
Governor Charles J. Bell of Vermont joked about simple living and a large Mormon monument at the Vermont Association of Boston 20th annual banquet. Speakers included Speaker John N. Cole and Gen Charles W. Bartlett as officers were elected led by President Nelson L. Sheldon.
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Vermont
Governor Bell
Green Mountain State
Hotel Vendome
Vermont Association of Boston
Charles J. Bell
John N. Cole
House of Representatives
Charles W. Bartlett
Albert Clark
Ira Niles
Norrisville
Nelson L. Sheldon
Arthur L. Robinson
Isaiah R. Clark
Ira R. Kent
Charles K. Darling
William R. Shipman
Ralph A. Steward
Esmond A. Burnham
Eugene N. Foss
Milk Inquiry Clears Milk Collectors of Collusion
The Board of Health ruled that charges of collusion between milk collectors and dealers are unproven after completing their investigation. Mayor Fitzgerald initiated the inquiry after a discussion with Chief Inspector James O Jordan, who indicated no evidence of collusion. The board will file its report with the mayor.
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Board of Health
Fitzgerald
James O. Jordan
Milk Inspection Department
Jordan
Society at Pink Exhibit in Horticultural Hall
The 14th annual American Carnation Society exhibit in Horticultural Hall drew society ladies in richly tinted gowns as they admired carnations led by cultivars Robert Craig Lieutenant Perry Lady Bountiful and White Lawson. Carriages autos and hacks lined the streets while a late meeting in the lecture hall concluded the day and an invitation from Toronto’s mayor for 1908 was received. organizers called the exhibit the best ever.
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American Carnation Society
Horticultural Hall
Robert Craig
Perry
Bountiful
Lawson
Toronto
Promoter Convicted in New York Over Bonds Scheme
New York January 25 C Augustus Seton convicted of larceny for stealing 6800 from the Houston Galveston Inter urban Railroad and for circulating about 3 million dollars in bonds He said if the road were financed he would be worth 150000 Seton remanded to jail.
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New York
C. Augustus Seton
Houston, Galveston & Interurban Railroad Company
Seton
Touraine Bill Up Next Week
The liquor law committee visited Hotel Touraine and Winthrop School for a practical view of the Touraine bill. It would permit liquor sales in hotels with 200 rooms within two streets of a school despite the 400 foot rule. The committee postponed action a week, though a majority may favor passage to seek unanimous support, with some objecting it is special legislation in general terms.
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Legislative Committee On
Touraine
Winthrop School
Legislature to Decide Dock Trust Question
The railroad commissioners after hearing the Dock Trust petition yesterday will await legislative action before ruling on laying tracks in East Boston. Representative Douglass from Ward 2 has a bill to ban laying tracks for ten years.
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Dock Trust
Boston
Douglass
Ward 2
Bribe Case Probes Expand With Three New Witnesses
Chelsea aldermen investigate bribery claims in city elections as three new witnesses join 49 summoned. Justin Bartlett, Benjamin Silber, and Mrs Mary Clark to testify at City Hall while Sergeant Shannon controls access.
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Board of
Chelsea
Mary C. Clark
Post
Clark
Shannon
Tests life preserver strength at Slocum trial
New York January 25 cork life preservers used on the General Slocum are again central to testimony. Oscar Kahnweller, maker of the cork life preservers, demonstrated how an excited person might tear the cover to expose the cork. He noted that rough handling could ruin the device and admitted a panicked woman could tear one with comparable strength.
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New York
William H. van Schaick
Oscar Kahnweller
Catarrlets Marketed as Superior Antiseptic Tablets
Advertisers claim Catarrlets are far more effective and economical than lib erated solutions for relieving nasal catarrh curing sore throat cleansing the mouth and sweetening the breath They say the immediate agreeable effect has yielded unprecedented satisfaction and users would not be without them as a douche gargle daily mouthwash or general antiseptic in toilet and bath.
Catarrlets Claim Fast Cure For Cold In Head
A gentleman reports his cold in the head of offensive catarrhal character was removed by three applications of Catarrlets by douche and is entirely cured after less than a week of use.
Hood's Nasal Douche and Remedies Advertised in Lowell
Are of great service in the treatment and prevention of tonsillitis, diphtheria, spotted fever, and other contagious diseases. Price 50c. a box. Hospital size, $1. Hood's Nasal Douche, 115c. Of druggists or promptly by mail of C. I. Wood Co., Lowell, Mass.
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Hood
C. I. Wood CO
Lowell
Mass
Mrs Russell defends Rutland sanatorium in inquiry
Brockton January 25 Mrs B B Russell trustee of the State sanatorium for consumptives at Rutland expects official notice of a governor appointed investigation into the institution. She believes trustees will emerge with flying colors and invites constructive suggestions. She says the sanatorium is running finely and denies recent newspaper criticism.
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Brockton
B. B. Russell
Winthrop Street
Rutland
Russell
Chelsea Track Walking Crackdown Seizes Three Offenders
Chief Hudson of Chelsea police vows to end track walking. Three offenders were arrested yesterday and face court today. Several others appeared in court yesterday and received probation.
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Chelsea
Hudson
Chelsea Police
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