Operators Last Witness In Philadelphia Coal Case
In Philadelphia on January 30 the coal operators wrapped up their case before the coal strike commission aside from statistics. Miners will begin rebuttal hearings next week, with three to four days planned. The commission has heard 49 witnesses. The Reading Company argued over wages data, citing an average of 652.82 dollars for 496 men at Indian Ridge colliery, while miners showed most earned far less. The session noted hours worked and pay, including a man who testified in Scranton losing his job due to absence.
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Philadiophia
Penn
Coal Strike Commission
Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Company
Reading Company
Indian Ridge
Gray
Scranton
Postal Progress League Holds Annual Meeting
The annual meeting convened yesterday afternoon at the Twentieth Century Club rooms with President Edwin D. Mead presiding. Officers for the coming year were elected: President Edwin D. Mead. vice presidents Edwin Ginn Josiah Quincy Albert E. Winship John DeWitt Warner Mahlon A. Winter Henry D. Lloyd Cyrus Northop. secretary James L. Cowles. assistant secretary Richard L. Gay. treasurer Hartley Dennett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postal Progress League
Twentieth Century Club
Edwin D. Mead
Edwin D.mead
Edwin Ginn
Josiah Quincy
Albert E. Winship
John DeWitt Warner
Mahlon A. Winter
Henry D. Lloyd
Cyrus Northop
James L. Cowles
Richard L. Gay
Hartley Dennett
Polish Countess accused in sensational baby heir plot
In EPRLIN on Jan 30, 57 year old Polish Countess Isabella Wesierska Kwilecki faces arrest for allegedly faking the birth of a son to claim an estate at Wroblewo. Report says two high rank accomplices procured a legitimate infant from Austria and aided the deception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eprlin
Isabella Wesierska Kwilecki
Wroblewo
Posen
Austria
Count Wesierska
Italy
Berlin
Dunning Refuses Answers in Creditors Examination
Edwin J. Dunning a State street banker and broker is accused of large scale larceny and declined to answer nearly every question at a creditors hearing before Referee Emory B. Gibbs. He refused to disclose sums spent, received, or the fate of collateral not listed on his schedule, citing his constitutional right. After over an hour with no information gained, creditors asked Judge Lowell for ruling on contempt and continued examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin J. Dunning
State Street
Emory B. Gibbs
Dunning
Lowell
Boston
Smith
Noyes Bros
Mr. Dunning
David W. Noyes
Lester Mills
Lawson Combine Seeks Crowley Fleet Sale Offer
The Coastwise Transportation Company reports a circular to Crowley fleet owners proposing sale of vessels at about 1 million dollars in stock value. Vessels are appraised at 997000 with goodwill also valued at 997000, indicating a total near two million dollars in stock and assets.
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Lawson Shipping Combine
The
Coastwise Transportation Company
Crowley
Malden Democrats elect city committee officers
The Democratic city committee met in Malden on January 30 and elected Dr. Charles Burleigh as president with Dr. George L. Farrell and Erastus B. Powers as vice presidents Frank E. Simpson as secretary and James Fitzpatrick as treasurer The finance committee reported all bills paid and a treasury balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malden
Democratic City Committee
Charles Burleigh
George L. Farrell
Erastus B. Powers
Frank E. Simpson
James Fitzpatrick
Finance Committee
Bargain Offer on Suits and Coats for Seasonal Wear
A retailer promotes a limited time deal offering suits and overcoats for 7.50 dollars usable for the next 60 days and suitable for next fall, noting they could reserve stock if allowed by policy so these items would fetch full prices later.
Carnegie Gift Sparks Reading Library Site Offer
Reading, Jan 30. Mr Andrew Carnegie has offered 12,500 for a public library building, on town site and annual appropriation. Mr and Mrs William Carter offer a large lot at High and Woburn streets as the ideal site. Town meeting in March may accept Carnegie gift and Carter land offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
William Carter
High
Woburn Streets
Quigley Found Guilty of First Degree Murder
In Pawtucket Rhode Island on Oct 4 last year Charles J. Quigley was convicted of first degree murder in the killing of Abraham A. Camac. Sentence deferred. Defense argued delirium tremens. Judge Wilbur urged careful verdict depending on Quigley’s mental state at the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. I
Charles J. Quigley
Abraham A. Camac
Pawtucket
Quigley
Wilbur
Women’s Club of Chelsea Stages As You Like It at Academy
The Women's Club of Chelsea presented Shakespeare's As You Like It to a full academy audience aided by Maud Gretchell Hicks from Emerson School of Oratory. Mrs Gertrude Randall as Rosalind and Miss Ethel Bourne as Orlando led with lively performances while Jaques and Touchstone drew strong notices. The show was organized by a literary committee led by Mrs Minnie C Hunnewell.
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Women’s Club of
Chelsea
Women's Club of
Academy of Music
Academy
Maud Gretchell Hicks
Emerson School of Oratory
Gertrude Randall
Ethel Bourne
Randall
Rosalind
Miss Bourne
Orlando
H. M. Towne
Jaques
Ethel Bittner
Touchstone
Minnie. C. Hunnewell
Frankie Disappears From Real Estate Office in Boston
Frankie, a 16 year old office boy for Ed ward T Harrington & Co at 293 Washington street, vanished January 27 with 50 in cash and checks. He wore a West Point gray uniform with gold lace and initials E T H Co. Police found no trace at his claimed address on School street and learned his dry goods store job in Roxbury was false. Circulars will be sent to police chiefs to locate him.
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Frankie
Edward T. Harrington & Co
Washington Street
Frank Leighton
West Point
School Street
Egleston Square
Timothy Smith
Roxbury
Dr Morrill Wyman Dead Cambridge Physician and Author
Dr Morrill Wyman longtime Cambridge physician died after brief illness at his Sparks Street home. He published books on medicine and ventilation and served as Harvard professor and consulting physician for Cambridge and Massachusetts General Hospitals. Survived by son Morrill Wyman Jr and daughter Mrs Charles F Walcott. Burial at Mt Auburn Cemetery. Born in Chelmsford, Harvard alumnus 1833, later LL D.
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Morrill Wyman
Sparks Street
Cambridge
Morrill Wyman, Jr
Charles F. Walcott
Mt. Auburn Cemetery
Wyman
Chelmsford
Jeffreys Wyman
Harvard University
Inles
Harvard Medical School
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Societies For Medical Improvement
Boston
Massachusetts General Hospitals
Widow learns of two years as bereaved after ad
Mrs. R Way Smith of Cleveland discovers she has been a widow for two years when a Los Angeles newspaper advertisement reaches her. Her husband, a prominent artist, left for health reasons and died suddenly among strangers two years ago, and she spent years searching the coast for him.
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Cleveland
R. Way Smith
Los Angeles
Ladd Explains Rings Case Valuation and Suit
Sherman W. Ladd disputes reports of high value rings from a recent case. He states the rings were only two pieces valued at 40 and 80 dollars, and explains he filed suit to recover his property after learning they would not be returned, seeking equity rather than notoriety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly
Sherman W. Ladd
Pritchett Addresses English High Students on Montgomery
President Henry 8 Pritchett of the Institute of Technology spoke to about 700 English High School pupils on Montgomery Street. He contrasted regional high school gender ratios and shared a Shanghai pigeon English anecdote to urge students to define their purpose at school and consider why they are there.
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Henry 8. Pritchett
Institute of Technology
Montgomery Street
Pritchett
Buffalo
Cleveland
Chicago
San Francisco
China
Shanghai
America
North
South
John F. Casey
Eliot
Harvard
Casey
Lost Springfield Girl Wanders NYC Seeking De Leon Family
A 15-year-old girl, Mollie Cummings from Springfield Massachusetts, was found wandering near Thirty-fourth Street and Broadway in New York City. She told police she came to visit the De Leon cigar family at an address she no longer had, and was taken to Tenderloin station as search efforts for her friends continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mollie Cummings
Springfield
Mass
Tenderloin
Spencer
Thirty-fourth Street
Fourth Avenue
George de Leon
Broadway
de. Leon
Grand Central Station
Girl Unable to Speak English Wanders Away in East Cambridge
A 12-year-old girl named Mary A Farana, living with her sister in East Cambridge, left home Tuesday morning without saying a word. She is described as dark-eyed and brown-haired, about 8 feet 6 inches tall with a chin scar, wearing ragged clothing and torn shoes. Authorities, family, and friends have no leads on her whereabouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A. Farana
North Street
East Cambridge
Greater
Boston
Vesper Services at St Mark's Brookline Begin Feb 15
Special vesper services to be held at St Mark's Methodist Episcopal Church Brookline near Coolidge Corner beginning Feb 15 at 4 30 pm. Selections from oratorios by the First Baptist Church quartet Commonwealth of Boston with St Mark's quartet and chorus from Boston area. Admission until 4 23 pm by ticket available at morning service or by mail to L W Burlin 1483 Beacon St Brookline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mark’s Methodist Episcopal Church
Park Street
Brookline
Coolidge’s Corner
First Baptist Church Quartet
Commonwealth of Boston
St. Mark's Quartet
Boston
L. W. Burlin
Beacon Street
Bradlees Heavy Load Carries 150 Prisoners to Deer Island
Nearly 150 inmates were ferried to Deer Island after two days of court-approved transfers by the Bradlee, Boston’s excursion steamer. Fog delayed trips. guards and turnkey staff labored to feed and supervise the prisoners before the voyage back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer Island
Down the Harbor Institution
J. Putnam Bradlee
Eastern Avenue
Tombs
Earth
Bradlee
Black Maria
Gerrish
Caution Over Doorbell Scheme Warns of Boston Boys
A warning notes that a small boy may ring doors, claim a telephone call from a drug store, and seek 10 cents for the information. The tactic, used by South Boston youths to raise funds, could spread to other city areas and rules advise caution.
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As Drug Store
Boston
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Washington St
Kwilecki
Lawson Combine
Malden Democrats
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Hotelglarendon
Goc
Holbrook
A. Anderson
Clarendon
Tremont St
Old South Clothing
South Chtren
L. Willard
G. B. Randall
A. E
M. G. Hicks
Celia
Andre
L. Rogers
EF. F. Bourne
H. M. Fowle
Minnie Co
Jacques
Hunnewell
DR. Morrill Wyman
MR. Ladd and the Rings
William H
New York City
Washburn's
Washburn
Credit Clothier
America’s Greatest Credit Clothiers
Oxford
South End Green
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