Smith Charged Forger Linked to Saugus Millionaire Title
Boston police say Benjamin I. Smith, arrested Thursday, is the man linked to a Saugus rapid rise and the claim of being Saugus' millionaire. He surfaced in Lynn about five years ago then joined General Electric, claiming Charlotte, North Carolina, roots. He rose quickly to an assistant shipper position.
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Bostom
Benjamin I. Smith
Saugus
Smith
Lynn
General Electric Company
Charlotte
N. C
Local Mystery of a Saugus Millionaire and Missing Family
Neighbors in Johnson Street Saugus watched Smith and his wife with two children live in costly style with an automobile. Rumors spread he was a wealthy General Electric stockholder. He disappeared last fall after shipping out furniture, leaving unsettled accounts and several checks bouncing, including a $30 bill to Dr. Harmon of Lynn.
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Johnson Street
Saugus
Smiths
Smith
General Electric Company
M. A. Harmon
Lynn
Cured in Two Weeks by Cuticura Remedies
Mrs Strecker of South Haven Minnesota reports her twelve year old daughter suffered severe itchy eczema with pus vesicles and bleeding. After seven months with a doctor the rash worsened. Two weeks of Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills healed the hands, with dates April 1 and July 7 1908.
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M. Strecker
South Haven
Minn
Vi perisose M44 use as birth aid
A terse note indicates Vi perisose M44 are and may be used in birth related procedures. The text mentions medical usage but lacks details on administration or context.
Check forgeries tied to Boston ring nets suspect
Police link Benjamin L. Smith to repeated bad checks cashed at General Electric offices in New York and Pittsfield. Parcels marked paid turned up in Saugus and Lynn, later claimed by Boston merchants. An Atlantic Avenue lobsters order, then rejected, highlights the fraud. Smith arraigned in Superior Criminal Court and held for trial in $2000.
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Benjamin L. Smith
New York
General Electric Company
Pittsfield
Saugus
Lynn
Smith
Boston
Odd Fellows
Market = street
Benjamin Smith
Expressman
Atlantic Avenue
Superior Criminal Court
Middlebury Head Promotes Eliot Inspired Fund Raising
New York crowd hears Middlebury College President John M. Thomas speak at the Waldorf Astoria banquet. He defends fundraising, describing Harvard’s “higher begging” as a model and pledging to make Middlebury worth a million to Vermont and its youth. Also present are Governor George H. Prouty and MIT President elect Richard Maclaurin.
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New York
Middlebury
Waldorf-Astoria
John M. Thomas
Eliot
Harvard
Vermont
George H. Prouty
Richard Maclaurin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Menelik Illness Report Said Not So Serious
A dispatch from Abyssinia states King Menelik is ill but not in as grave condition as earlier reports claimed. The message notes his health is viewed with concern yet not critical.
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Rome
Abyssinia
Menelik
Senator Potter blocks Lincoln Day Lodge address in Senate
Senator Elmer C. Potter of Worcester amended an order to move Lincoln Day to Friday February 12, after changing it from Thursday February 11. The move risks a House change and possible deadlock, jeopardizing the invitation for Senator Lodge to speak. Lodge supporters react with alarm.
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Elmer C. Potter
Worcester
Lodge
Senate
Lincoln
Lincoln Birthday Holiday Vote Fails in Committee
Legislative committee on legal affairs reported against a bill to make the 106th anniversary of Lincoln's birth a legal holiday. The measure faces uncertain prospects despite public support in some circles.
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Legislative Committee On Legal Affairs
Lincoln
Quake Fund Totals Reach $184 304 04 Across Relief Sources
The Italian earthquake fund has raised $151 128 08 and the Red Cross fund totals $33 175 96. Recent gifts to Lee Higginson Co include Towle and Fitzgerald $250 Hull town $172 25 and Malden citizens $258. Combined relief funds amount to $184 304 04.
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Lee, Higginson & Co
Towle & Fitzgerald
Town of
Hull
Malden
Red Cross
Would Arrest Lawyer for Question in Court
In Dedham on January 29 Mrs Blanche Burns demanded the arrest of Lawyer D W Murray as she accused him of character insinuations during cross examination in a non support suit for Roscoe Mills of 77 Mt Hope street Fast Dedham The judge refused a warrant stating lawyers have rights in cross examination
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Dedham
Blanche Burns
Roxbury
D. W. Murray
Mrs. Murray
Sailor Drowns Jumping to Kentucky From Boat
A fireman aboard the battleship Kentucky fell overboard while jumping from a small boat to the ship ladder and drowned. He was buried ashore with the coffin escorted by detachments of French and American marines in Algiers.
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Algiers
Kentucky
Threatened to Kill Lord Northland in British Divorce Case
Mrs Atherton testified in the Stirling divorce cross-suit in Edinburgh. She said Mrs Stirling bought a revolver and vowed to shoot Lord Northland unless he wed her, a remark tied to Captain Yarde Buller who refused marriage after Atherton's divorce.
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Edinburgh
Salvation Army Wins Dismissal in Name Suit
In New York on January 29 Justice O Gorman dismissed the Salvation Army suit to stop the American Salvation Army from using its name and from publishing The American Salvation Army War Cry.
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New York
Salvation Army
United States
American Salvation Army
American Salvation Army War Cry
Man Shot in Portland Break Identified in Boston Hospital
Police from Portland, Maine identified a patient at Massachusetts General Hospital as Harry Reed, a man wanted in Portland on burglary charges. Reed, wounded by police while fleeing the burglary, is expected to leave hospital soon and will be moved to Portland under surveillance after recovery.
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Portland
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harry Reed
Reed
Maine
F. P. Storer Sentenced on Perjury Charge
Frederick P. Storer, longtime claim agent for the Boston T, was sentenced by Judge White of the Superior Criminal Court to two and a half years at the House of Correction after being found guilty of perjury.
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Frederick P. Storer
Boston “T
House of Correction
White
Superior Criminal Court
Storer
Aged woman fatally burned in Manchester kitchen fire
Mrs. Sara Frank Leach, 79, died after her dress caught fire from kerosene as she lit a kitchen blaze in her Manchester home. Her invalid daughter Ida Douglas was present but unharmed. the house sustained only slight damage. Leach’s husband led the firm Leach Annable & Co. in Manchester and Rost on.
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Manchester
Sara Frank Leach
Ida Douglas
Leach
Douglas
Keefe Confirmed as Commissioner General of Immigration
The Senate confirmed Daniel J. Keefe today for the post of commissioner general of immigration after a delay since December 8. The delay followed accusations that the nomination was linked to his help in securing labor votes for the Republican ticket.
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Washington
Daniel J. Keefe
Immigration
Senate
Keefe
Prince Ito Leaves Corean Residence for Japan Recovery
Seoul dispatch reports Prince Ito, Japanese resident general in Corea, is seriously ill and confined to his hotel. He has chosen to return to Japan for recuperation and will depart February 2 for home.
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Seoul
Prince Ito
Corea
Japan
Aviator May Win $110000
Canton Ohio January 29 W H Martin civil engineer and farmer who built an aeroplane has a chance for fame and cash W R Timken Canton manufacturer offers 100000 for a flight from Canton to Cleveland and back and 10000 more if he makes a 16 mile round trip to Massillon with no ground contact
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Canton, O
W. H. Martin
W. R. Timken
Canton
Martin
Cleveland
Massilon
Dangerous Smoke Stack Is Removed
The 28 foot section of the 112 foot smokestack on the old Herald building was lowered from the roof by a derrick. Workmen and onlookers watched as rust and weather had made the stack a danger, with the remainder to stay in place for now.
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Herald
Brakeman Killed in Freight Train Collision
John A. Vanderberg of Springfield a Boston and Albany freight brakeman was killed in a collision between two freight trains in North Wilbraham. Several cars were demolished and traffic on the Boston and Albany division of the New York Central railroad was blocked for hours.
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North Wilbraham
John A. Vanderberg
Springfield
Boston & Albany
New York Central Railroad
Streets official opposes illegal terms board action
Superintendent of Streets Emerson filed an answer to a bill in equity from the Metropolitan Home Telephone Company seeking a writ of mandamus to force street openings. Emerson contends aldermanic orders to open streets are illegal and would conflict with his duty to keep streets open and in repair.
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Emerson
Metropolitan Home Telephone Company
L conductor jailed after plea withdraws appeal
In Superior Criminal Court Herbert T. Greeley, a former Boston Elevated conductor, who was found guilty and sentenced to one month in the House of Correction for the larceny of car fares, withdrew his appeal and pleaded guilty.
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Superior Criminal Court
Herbert T. Greeley
Boston
House of Correction
Fallon
South
Vanguard to be launched Feb twenty second at Barrow
The Vanguard the seventh Dreadnought class battleship will be launched at Barrow on February 22. Her keel was laid down on April 12 of last year and several records are expected to be broken during construction.
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London
Vanguard
Barrow
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Benjamin F. Smith
Illey
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Sole Props
Mass
M. H. Friedman & Co
Eclipse
Thomas
Pes Ee
Piet Ae
Panama
Hanover
Wolf’s
Paris Point
Quake Fund Now
Salvationists
F. P. Storer
Wilson Bros
Court St
Wilsons
Hanover St
S. F. Leach
Burns
Clearing House
Chicago
Philadelphia
Washington St
Orpheum Theatre
Summer &T
Terms Board
Supt
Phone Co
Manhattan
Boylston St
Oxford
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