Plant Declares War on Shoe Machine Trust
The Plant Company sues United Shoe Machinery, seeking an accounting and rentals for leased shoe machinery used in April and May. The suit claims U S M C owns patents worth over 25 million dollars and charged long leases forcing manufacturers to use its machines. Plant Defends its plan to use Wonder Worker machinery amid a broader conflict over monopoly and patent rights in the shoe industry.
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Shoe Machine Trust
United Company
Goodyear
United Shoe Machinery Company
Thenk Werengins
Thomas G. Plant
Plant Company
Boston
Wonder Worker
Wonder Worker Shoe Machinery Company
Wonder Company
Suffolk County
Dorchester couple wed in club ceremony for China voyage
Miss Minnie Shikes of Dorchester and Tsaiah Leo Sharfman Harvard 07 wed last night at the Dorchester Women's Club. The couple plans to sail July 12 for Tien Tsin China where Sharfman will teach in the Imperial Pei Yang University economics and law department. Sharfman, a Massachusetts bar member, is a Boston Latin School and Harvard Law School alumnus.
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Minnie Shikes
Dorchester
Tsaiah Leo Sharfman
Harvard
Dorchester Women's Club
Dorchester Women’s Club
Sharfman
Imperial University
Tien Tsin
Medicine Chest For Vacation
Traveling tips urge carrying Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as a compact medicine chest for vacations. Advertorial claims it treats chills fevers colds dysentery diarrhea nausea sunstroke and summer ailments while aiding water purification and typhoid prevention.
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Duffy
Hotel rogue Shook flees after multiyear thefts and charges
The acclaimed choir singer described as exceptionally successful allegedly ran up debts at the Hotel Commonwealth and other spots including the Hotel Rexford and Summit dining room. He vanished about May 1 after leaving a trunk full of clothes and letters, with a photo of his hand on a Bible turned over to the police.
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Boston
Hotel
Commonwealth
People’s Temple
Rexford
Summit
Mabel
A. Haskell
Catherine Back
Hancock Street
South End
Crafts
Shook
The
the Commonwealth
Rogues
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey Promotion Claims Health Benefits
Advertisement touts Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as strengthening the heart and improving circulation, claiming fifty years of reputable use. It notes pleasant taste, suitability for delicate stomachs, and that bottles are sold sealed or shipped for $1.00 per large bottle by the Duffy Malt Whiskey Co. of Rochester, New York.
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Duffy
Duffy Malt Whiskey Co
Rochester
N. Y
Sunday Post embroidery craze charms New England needle women
The Sunday Post reports a new embroidery transfer process for designs that only needs soap and water. A baby’s French bonnet pattern will be featured next Sunday in The Strange Adventures of Mr. John Smith in Paris by Futrelle, with a magazine preview of his Thinking Machine tales.
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Sunday Post
New England
Baby
John Smith
Paris
Futrelle
Post
Kingdom sheriff clash as Holy Ghost sect seeks ship Kingdom
In Portland Maine a group of Holy Ghost and Us Society members from Shiloh rowed for 12 hours toward the bark Kingdom offshore after a writ of habeas corpus was issued for Syrian girl Sarah Josephs aboard. A fog and rough seas hampered progress while baggage waits at South Freeport and Sheriff Trefethen pursues the vessel. The group believes Rev Sanford may be aboard and plans to sail to a foreign port once all disciples board.
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Holy Ghost and Us Society
Shiloh
Bark Kingdom
Trefethen
Sarah Josephs
South Freeport
Sandford
Woman Ends Life After Distress Signal Found
Despondent woman poured poison into a cup and drank it in her Melrose home early this forenoon. Neighbors, including Mrs Gerrish, discovered the lifeless body when checking the distress signal, noting she had appeared sociable but private.
Five Dollar Gold Pieces for Teamsters Identifying Teams
The Post will publish pictures of 15 more teams next Sunday and each driver who identifies his team will receive a $5 gold piece.
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