Windfall of 36000 for Barber
Joseph Stevens a young colored barber of Middleboro with a one chair shop on Cambridge street discovered he holds a fee certificate valued at over 20000 and about 16000 in back dividends. He invested 200 in 20 shares of oil stock while in the navy and after recovery of the stock’s value learned it was selling at 100 a share. The stock has risen to 104 and he plans to keep barbering drawing about 800 yearly from dividends and stock value.
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Middleboro
Joseph Stevens
Cambridge Street
Stevens
United States Navy
San Francisco
Baltimore
Boston
Defends Janitors in Flag Controversy in Boston Schools
A letter to the editor defends janitors against accusations of unpatriotic conduct over flag displays in Boston public schools. The writer argues janitors protect school property and must balance keeping flags safe from wind and weather with displaying patriotism, asserting Boston teaches real patriotism and welcomes foreign element citizens to become law-abiding under the flags.
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Aed
Boston
Brother Skelton
United States
Former treasurer dies after escape from custody
Ardennis Shuman, former Union town treasurer acquitted in a 140 embezzlement case, died by suicide after fleeing a nurse at his home and jumping into the Georges River. A civil suit by Union to recover 1400 was pending.
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Union, Me
Ardennis Shuman
Georges River
Union
Salted peanut proves fatal to child in Marlboro
A two year old, Bamborges Jacques, son of Dr. J A D Jacques, died in Marlboro hospital after a salted peanut became lodged in his windpipe. Attempts to remove the obstruction failed.
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Marlboro
Bamborges
Curious Feature in News of Day Teetotalers After Street Renumbering
Residents in Middleboro face liquor delivery refusals after town selectmen renumbered streets to new consecutive numbers. Old numbers are no longer valid, causing crates of liquor addressed to outdated addresses to be returned or held. The change enforces new, official addresses and blocks delivery unless corrected.
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Middleboro
Boston
Burglar in Disguise as Statue Foils Bank Heist
In Pittsburg on January 27 a burglar alarm alerted police to a break in at the Fidelity Loan Company on Federal Street where gems and jewelry valued near fifty thousand dollars were stored. A sheeted statue in an artist's studio masked the thief until Policeman John Keenan struck it, revealing the culprit Fred Fitch who is now held on burglary charges.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Fidelity Loan Company
Federal Street
John Keenan
Keenan
Fred Fitch
Keep Kicking Urges Governor in Speech
Governor Wilson spoke at a welfare conference in the Y M C A auditorium urging persistent effort. He said people are as big as their actions and called for active use of city knowledge to improve Trenton.
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Trenton
N. J
Wilson
Utah
Woman Seeks 4000 for Hugs in Court Drama
In a St Louis Circuit Court scene, Minnie Lampe described Henry Vogelsang’s hugs as a pressing, four thousand dollar infliction. She testified the contact followed his wife’s death and caused her mental distress, prompting the lawsuit.
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ST. Louis
Minnie Lampe
Fisher
Henry Vogelsang
Vogelsang
Volegsang
Woman disguises as husband to keep marriage
In St Louis a woman known publicly as Gus Seib and as hypnotist Prince Gallano lives as her husband Mrs Seidenberg. For nine years she wore men's clothes and worked as a man while posing as her spouse to curb suspicions and prevent divorces.
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St. Louis
Gus Seib
Prince Gallano
Seidenberg
New York
Johan Hoch
Chicago
Bluebeard
One Day Cure Claims for BromO Quinine Laxative
An advertisement touts Bromo Quinine as a universal laxative and cold cure. It features the signature of E. W. Grove and asserts worldwide use. The claim centers on a single dose remedy promising rapid relief.
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E. W. Grove
Warning signs urge speed control on mountain road
In San Jose California on January 27 a large roadside display shows the message eye for an eye and a life for a life to curb speeding motorists. Skull and crossbones add menace as mountaineers threaten to take the law into their own hands if the nuisance continues.
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San Jose
Cal
Santa Cruz
Girl Fined For Wide Brimmed Hat On Vienna Street
Vienna January 27 a man scratched by a hatpin carried by a girl prompted police action. The girl, arraigned with the same hat and pin, argued the pin did not protrude. The magistrate fined her 36 cents or 12 hours’ arrest for the brim’s dangerous projection.
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Vienna
Church Clergyman Blasts Methodist System
Knoxville report cites Rev. Henry Spencer Booth of Centenary Methodist Morristown resigning and publishing an open letter accusingMethodism of watered stock and excess organization. He says the church has crushed true religion and calls preachers to oppose the ecclesiastical machine.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Henry Spencer Booth
Methodist Church of
Morristown
Goodwin Divorce Case Questions State Court Jurisdiction
Nat Goodwin argues the New York divorce action should be heard in California where he resides and his wife Edna Goodrich is said to live. At a closed hearing Referee J Campbell Thompson heard testimony from Mrs Goodrichs mother that they lived at several New York hotels for years. Goodwin did not appear.
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New York
Nat Goodwin
Edna Goodrich
New Sewer Regulations Prohibit Explosive Gases
Mayor Fitzgerald was notified by Henry H. Sprague of the metropolitan water and sewerage board that new rules forbid introducing explosive gases into the metropolitan sewers. The Mayor ordered strict enforcement and said a copy would go to Superintendent of Streets Rourke. The measure bans naphtha gasoline and other explosive substances in the north and south sewer systems.
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Fitzgerald
Henry H. Sprague
Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board
Rourke
Protone Flesh-Increaser Claims 30 Pound Gain in 30 Days
An advertisement touts Protone as a miracle flesh-increaser promising solid, healthy growth at a rate of one pound per day, claiming astonishing results and rapid physical enhancement.
Clean Hogs Grow to Be Exclusive
Hogs raised on a brain producing diet in sanitary pens at the State experimental station in Wooster Ohio were found to be more cleanly and produce pork of the highest quality after a year long study. Forty hogs fed prepared grain showed isolation behavior when released from pens and experts pronounced the meat the most succulent and tender ever known.
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Wooster
Chapin Urges School Banks Plans Soaring in State
Bank Commissioner A. B. Chapin told a legislative committee there is no opposition to school savings banks. He noted in other states over a hundred banks with deposits above $100,000 exist, and described stamp and direct-child systems with pros and cons. He predicted strong student interest if adopted.
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A. B. Chapin
Laurena S. Lea Celebrates 100th Birthday in Pittsfield
Laurena S. Lea, Berkshire county's oldest woman, marked her 100th birthday at daughter Caroline F. Cummins’ home in Pittsfield. Family sent 100 roses from eight grandchildren and great grandchildren, with bouquets from the local W C T D. Lea has long been a member.
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Pittsfield
Laurena S.lea
Berkshire County
Caroline F. Cummins
Holmes Road
Lea
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