Auto yeggmen battle Bridgewater police in fog chase
A band of bandits in a fast automobile roamed New England, attempting to rob Bridgewater post office. Night Officer Frank La Barron and Patrolman John Witherell engaged in a pistol duel, driving the thieves away as fog cloaked the pursuit. An alert statewide search followed for the "auto yeggs."
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New England
Secret Service
Knights of the Road
Bridgewater
Frank la Barron
John Witherell
Postoffice
Central Square
Bridgewater Inn
la Barron
Witherell
East Bridgewater
Failing Bail for Lowell Debtor in Mail Fraud Case
Solomon Robitschek, an eccentric Lowell clothes dealer, remains jailed on charges of using the mails to defraud after failing to secure bondsmen. He was held with Bennett Silverblatt, a young attorney, in $1000 bail set by United States Commissioner Hayes. Silverblatt is expected to appear July 20 while Robitschek returns today to court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomon Robitschek
Lowell
Charles Street
Bennett Silverblatt
United States
Hayes
Robitschek
Silverblatt
Connecticut Auto Gang Suspected in Post Office Heists
Police and federal officers chase a band believed linked to robberies across Avon Kingston Plymouth Chiltonville and western Massachusetts. Inspectors cite portland safecrackers as possibly the same crew with Providence and Albany ties. fog hampers pursuit after a fast vehicle spotted in Bridgewater.
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Avon
Kingston
Plymouth
Chiltonville
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New York
Goggs
Portland
Jennings
Boston
George von IL. Meyer
Lawrence Letherman
Providence
R. I
Albany
N. Y
Secret Service
la Barron
Bridgewater
Boots and Smith Dry Goods Sale At Worcester Roxbury
DOYLE BROS 291 Main Street Worcester and SMITH DRY GOODS COMPANY 634 Warren Street Roxbury announce sold out stocks this week now on sale. Merchandise advertised as lowest prices with Skeleton Suits at 2.00 and Outing Suits advertised at 4.75 with larger sizes and higher priced items.
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Doyle Bros
Main Street
Worcester
Mass
The
Smith Dry Goods Company
Warren Street
Roxbury
Old Home Week Reception Promised at Hotel Somerset
Handsome engraved invitations announce an Old Home week reception at the Hotel Somerset on Monday evening July 29. The joint committee of patriotic societies organized the event with a blue and white city seal motif. Officials fret over whether warships will visit port, as navy maneuvers and Jamestown Exposition occupy fleet time, though a last minute effort seeks a suitable naval display for Western visitors.
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Hotel Somerset
Joint Committee of Patriotic Societies
Old Home Week
Navy Department
Wedding kept secret by couple in Cambridge Church ceremony
Grace Agnes Moore 21 of Waterhouse Street and James H. Niles Jr. of Fairlee Street wed July 3 at St John?s Roman Catholic Church North Cambridge. Parents learned of the marriage only after a Post reporter’s inquiry. The bride works at the Cambridge telephone exchange and plans to return to work Monday.
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Grace Agnes Moore
Waterhouse Street
James H. Niles, Jr
Fairlee Street
West Somerville
St. John’s
North Cambridge
Edward F. Ryan
Post
Niles
Cambridge Telephone Exchange
Somerville
Lightning Strikes Plymouth House Sets Fire
A lightning bolt struck Winslow Sears house on Stafford street during a storm on July 12. The chimney was damaged and Mrs. Edwin Nutter and her 10-year-old son were knocked unconscious. Nearby, James McLaughlin was kicked in the stomach by a frightened horse at Enwood's stable.
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Plymouth
Winslow Sears
Stafford Street
Edwin Nutter
James McLaughlin
Enwood
Hull Auto Enthusiasts Nabbed for Overspeeding
Hull July 12. Eright auto enthusiasts including former Chief J L Mitchell now Hull fire chief were trapped by Hull police and will likely be arraigned in Hingham Court next week on overspeeding charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hull
Eright
J. Ll. Mitchell
Hingham Court
Three Stokers Arrested in Freight Theft Case
Eastern Steamship Company officials reported an organized gang was stealing freight after opening it. Three stokers were caught in the act with about 300 pounds of nigiran seized. Arrested men Joseph Stanley 26 of Dartmouth Place James B McGuinness 24 of Brooklyn NY William A Bakewell 19 of Beacham Street Everett will be photographed and fingerprinted. Inspectors Rooney Wolf and McAuley made the arrest.
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Eastern Steamship Company
Iran
Joseph Stanley
Dartmouth Place
James B. McGuinness
Brooklyn
N. Y
William A. Bakewell
Beacham Street
Everett
Rooney, Wolf and McAuley
Mayor must aid Whitney in primary fight
The article states Mayor Fitzgerald must back Henry M. Whitney at the upcoming primaries to avoid strong opposition. Most allies favor Whitney, including two cabinet members Josiah Quincy and Judge Corbett. Democratic city committee Chairman McClellan backs Whitney and will speak when ready, per a congressman’s report.
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Fitzgerald
Henry M. Witney
Whitney
Josiah Quincy
Judge Corbett
McClellan
Democratic City Committee
H. M. Whitney
General Bartlett
Women Trade Unionists Meet in Three Cities
The National Women’s Trade Union League calls a conference for women labor leaders to meet simultaneously in Boston New York and Chicago tomorrow afternoon. The Boston session at Catholic Union Hall Worcester square begins at 4 with Mrs. Morton Kehew presiding and speakers from the league and various unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women Trade Unionists
National Women’s Trade Union League
Boston
New York
Chicago
Women of Organized Labor
Catholic Union Hall
Washington Street
Worcester Square
Morton Kehew
Massachusetts
League
John F. Tobin
International Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union
Arthur Huddell
Boston Central Labor Union
M. K. O'Sullivan
Henry Sterling
Typographical Union
Henry Abrahams
William F. Kinder
Cigarmakers’ Union
Household Surgeon Oil heals sore feet, refunds offered
Druggists refund money if Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil fails to cure sore and tender feet as advertised by The Household Surgeon. Product priced at 25 cents with promise of complete satisfaction or refund.
Publication of a Poem Leads to Legal Action Demands
The cases stem from a poem of 20 verses and a demand for 30 000 dollars to stop distributing thousands of copies. The piece attacked the Salvation Army's work aiding the poor and downtrodden and prompted lawsuits against two men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Arrest In Lowell Poem Copyright Case Draws Local Attention
Captain A. E. Armstrong of the Low ell division led the arrest after failed peaceful efforts to obtain copies and the copyright. Robitschek, a fringe Lowell figure running an old clothes shop, is described as a Christian Jew with notable literary output. Bennett Silverblatt, a young Lowell attorney, denies statements and cites a misunderstanding as the case unfolds.
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A. E. Armstrong
Lowell
Army
Robitschek
Bennett Silverblatt
Grand Street
Samuel
Silverblatt
Paving union president urges workers to buy picnic ticket
James P. Timilty, re elected president of Paving Department Union 6751, A F of L, told Mayor Fitzgerald to ensure all workers in paving and public grounds buy a picnic ticket or face a day's pay deduction. Other officers named include Vice President A Roche and secretaries J H Barry and W Brennan.
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James P. Timilty
Paving Department Union
A. F. of
Fitzgerald
A. Roche
J. H. Barry
W. Brennan
W. H. Condry
Labor Notes from Boston Building Trades Council Meeting
The grievance committee heard favorable reports from affiliated unions. Laundry Workers' Union 66 voted to join the Labor Day parade with Lida McFeaters as chairman. Hatters' Union 5 approved a referendum on an international death benefit system and pledged weekly assessments to aid the Boston Teamsters on strike. G. Devoe was elected president of Typographical Union 13 book and job branch with S. E. Cummins as VP, Thomas J. McNeill as secretary, and Arthur Boyce as treasurer. The New England District Council of Electrical Workers convenes at Wells Memorial at 10 this morning and runs through tomorrow. Cigarmakers' Union 97 discussed admitting cigar fantoe strippers' unions to the International Cigar Makers Union, with decisive action deferred to the next meeting.
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Boston Building Trades Council
Cashman
Laundry Workers’ Union 66
Boston Teamsters
G. ©. Devoe
Typographical Union 13
S. E. Cummins
Thomas J. McNeill
Arthur Boyce
New England District Council of Electrical Workers
Wells Memorial
Cigarmakers’ Union 97
International Cigarmakers’ Union
Miss S L Day and Kate Lamon Visit Gulic School in Madrid
After four months abroad the two American board missionaries report the Alice Gordon Gulic School for girls in Madrid is flourishing with new buildings and modern facilities. They toured Spain visiting other missionaries before two months in France. Hammond Lamont and family arrived on the Cymric after three months in Europe.
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S. L. Day
Kate Lamon
Spain
American Board For Foreign Missions
Alice Gordon Gulic
Madrid
Cymric
France
Hammond Lamont
the Nation
Thomas Lamont
Tough Luck for Policeman on Hanover Elm Attack
Patrolman John A. Toomey, stationed at Court Square, was roughhanded near Hanover and Elm streets after a man named Edward Burns of Tremont Street and an unknown woman assaulted him from the front and rear. Burns was arrested but the woman escaped after breaking his grasp and ruining his clothing.
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Edward Burns
Tremont Street
John A. Toomey
Court Square
Hanover
Elm Streets
Burns
Everett Mayor Sears Announces Marriage to Nathalie Polister
Everett July 12 President Paul Sears of the Board of Aldermen and a real estate and insurance figure announced his marriage to Miss Nathalie Blanche Polister. The ceremony occurred this morning at the First Universalist Church parsonage with Rev. George G. Hamilton officiating.
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Everett
Paul Sears
Board of Aldermen
Albert W. Sears & Co
Nathalie Blanche Polister
Nellie Polister
Baker Road
First Universalist Church
George G. Hamilton
Four Officials Draw $800000 in Company Salaries
Four officials of the American Steel Founders Company will draw salaries and bonuses totaling just over 800000 for the last fiscal year. President William Kelley of Chicago leads with about 340000 in bonus and pay. The other executives Robert P. Lamont W. W. Butler and George E. Scott will receive 165000 to 170000 each.
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New York
Wall Street
American Steel Founders Company
William Kelley
Chicago
Robert P. Lamont
W. W. Butler
George E. Scott
Requiem for Father Dempsey Held at Church of Our Lady
A high mass of requiem was sung in the Church of Our Lady of Victories on Isabella street for Father Alden FE Dempsey 8 M who died recently at Nampa Idaho The services were largely attended and the remains were taken to Holy Cross Cemetery Malden for interment.
Arrested Just After Release in Forgery Case
Harry Aaronson 22 of 10 Call Avenue Winthrop was arrested in New York by Patrolman Barry and returned to Boston after a New York court freed him on a post office robbery charge. His brother Simon says Harry forged orders at Collins & Fairbanks on February 1 for a $100 muff and $75 scarf and at Otto J Piehler & Co. on February 5 for a $175 mink set. He will be arraigned in court this morning.
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Harry Aaronson
Call Avenue
Winthrop
New York
Barry
Station 2
Boston
Aaronson
Simon Aaronson
Harry
Collins & Fairbanks
Simon
Otto J. Piehler & Co
Grace Crittenden Dies After Auto Crash in West Haven
Grace Crittenden, 25, died today from injuries after being struck by an automobile driven by Vance Schurer of Bridgeport in West Haven last night. The accident occurred in New Haven area. Schurer faced investigation by local authorities.
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Grace Crittenden
New Haven
Vance Schurer
Bridgeport
West Haven
New Catholic Church Study to Be Published in Fall
The Angel Guardian Press of Boston will publish a three volume work titled Our Church Her Children and Institutions edited by Henry Coyle and Theodore Mayhew. It will feature instructive articles on the Catholic church and religion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angel Guardian Press
Boston
Our Church
Henry Coyle
Theodore Mayhew
Cuticura Remedy Cited By Family For Eye Ulcer Relief
A Oswego County family recounts eight months of failed care for their child’s eye ulcer. After trying five doctors and various diagnoses, they credit Cuticura remedies with rapid improvement and claim the eye could have been saved if used sooner. The letter promotes Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent with prices and company contact.
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Oswego
Fulton, Oswego Co
N. Y
President Roosevelt may visit Newport in August
Newport society buzzes over a proposed late August visit by President Roosevelt to honor Prince William of Sweden aboard the Swedish cruiser Fylgia. The president may attend a Newport ball organized by the fashionable set led by Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish during the stay in Newport Harbor.
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Newport, R. L
Roosevelt
Prince William of
Sweden
Fylgia
Newport Harbor
Newport
Stuyvesant Fish
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Raymond
P.S
Yours Truly
Bolt
Eastern S. S. Co. Claims
Lowell Salvation Army
LABOR
Harrison
Harrison’s
A. Harrison CO
Beach St
Father Dempsey
Eczema
Potter Dry & Chem. Corp
Sole _Props
B.D
U.S
Erlanger Bros
Worth & Church Sts
New York City
Tremont ST
Blake Dental
New England Mutual Life Insurance Company
Uest
Charles H. Flood
Ome
Albert H. Curtis
Federal St
Radium Corn Cure Co
Summer St
Tel. Rox
Frederic J. Crosby
Warren St
Crowell
Dorchester
Jared W. Crowell
Third Massachusetts Cavalry
Gettysburg
Forest Hills Cemetery
Johnson
Amesbury
John A. Johnson
Lawson
Brookline
Peter H
Janet Lawson
Dollar
Scot
Naples Road
MacDonald
Ronald MacDonald
Broadway
McGillen
Margaret
Owen
Annie E. McGillen
Fitzpatrick
Sea Foam Avenue
Stanton
William J
Catherine Stanton
Havre Street
Wetmore
William N, Wetmore
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