O Connell claims persecution over polling-card case
Congressman Joseph F. O Connell of Dorchester and a Fitzgerald ally were fined for distributing circulars near a polling booth in Ward 20 during last January’s election. He accuses Police Sergeant Prendergast of orchestrating a long standing vendetta tied to a Charlestown dispute with Mayor Fitzgerald. O Connell’s brother Dan says the Dorchester ruling is a Prendergast revenge plot, while noting political pressure around appointments and ward 20 leadership.
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Joseph F. O’connell
Dorchester
Fitzgerald
Ward 20
Sergeant Prender- Bast
Prendergast
Sergeant Prendergast
Charlestown
Dorchester Court
O’connell
Congressman O'Connell
Democratic Committee
All Who Would Enjoy Good Health by Right Living
An old fashioned health note promotes right living as the path to good health. It touts timely simple remedies and argues medicines can be avoided with proper habits. It then extols California Fig Syrup Co. Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as the genuine laxative, urging purchase only from the company.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Campfires and Floods Strain Cold New Brunswick Refugees
Refugees in Dalhousie endure mud drenched tents and crowded shelters twelve miles from the town as a fire district crisis spreads. An elderly railway pensioner tends a six person tent, while others wear soaking wraps in wet beds. Sanitary doctors race to counteract exposure and starving conditions as a thunderstorm halts relief, and a raving driver from the explosion tragedy spirals into an asylum. The town fights through supply shortages with limited meat and ice, while a steamship hosts nearly 100 stranded in lodging and meals at high prices.
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Dalhousie
Intercolonial Railway
New Brunswick
Han
Fire Sufferers Fund Nears 5000 Mark
Boston nears a $5,000 Campbellton relief fund total as exact receipts rise to $4,506.81 with several new contributions reported this day. The campaign urges further donations to reach the milestone and support those afflicted.
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Boston
Campbellton Relief Fund
Expatriate Mary Van Alen Faces Light Customs Duty
Mary Van Alen, recently living in New York and Newport, arrived in Boston after four years in Europe with only 19.50 paid in customs on champagne. She gifts the wine to her father James J. Van Alen, son-in-law of the late Mrs. John Jacob Astor, while bringing a Parisian wardrobe to the United States amid a lengthy inspections process.
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Mary van Alen
New York
Newport
Boston
Europe
James J. van Alen
John Jacob Astor
Joe Shirres Killed After Being Struck by Train
Joe Shirres, an employee of Frank W. Harding, a Wisconsin cattle owner, was struck by a Boston & Maine train near Littleton and died en route to Massachusetts General Hospital. Initial reports misidentified him as Mr. Harding.
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Joe Shirres
Frank W. Harding
Wisconsin
Boston & Maine Railroad
Littleton
Massachusetts General Hospital
Mr. Harding
Biscuit Men Take A Sail
The second day of the Independent Biscuit and Cracker Manufacturers Association convention featured a sail down the harbor to Salem Willows and Bass Point with a dinner and sports. A Grubbs resolution to back a Panama Canal exposition in New Orleans in 1915 passed unanimously. The South Shore sailed 150 members families and guests with a band to Salem Willows, returning via Rockport and Bass Point for shore dinner and athletic events.
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Independent Biscuit and Cracker Manufacturers’ Association of the
Mgg Rock
Baster’s Point
Bass Point
Chained Days to Wash Tub
A 10 year old boy Rosario Nichitto was found bound to a family wash tub with a four foot iron chain attached to his ankle. He told Justice Wyatt at court he was chained there by his father three days earlier and slept under the tubs with no food except a crust of bread his mother threw him.
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New York
Rosario Nichitto
Agent Leggett
Children’s Society
Kaiser Expels 21 Mormon Missionaries From Germany
Berlin July 22 Herr Dallwitz minister of the interior signed orders for expulsion of 21 Mormon missionaries most of whom are Americans or Englishmen They were sent to the frontier The move follows a 1903 dispute between Germany and the American embassy over the missionaries teachings being subversive of morality and an agreement for withdrawal.
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Berlin
Herr Dallwitz
Germany
Foreign Office
Grace Moore in Sleep Walk Descent From Denver Hotel
Grace Moore an 18 year old hotel employee in Denver slipped from a room in a somnambulistic state this morning. She descended four stories along a fire escape dropping eight feet then walked two blocks to a street car. A policeman woke her noticing her unusual attire. She remained hysterical briefly but confirmed frequent sleepwalking.
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Denver
Grace Moore
Jinny
Bath Tub Trust Is Summoned in Sherman Case
Washington July 22. The Department of Justice announced a government suit filed in equity in the United States Court at Baltimore against 16 manufacturers of sanitary enamelled ware known as the bathtub trust. The action relies on the Sherman anti trust law.
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Washington
Department of Justice
United States
Baltimore
Bathtub Trust
Nationwide suit targets sanitary enamel ware cartel
Edwin P. Grosvenor leads a government action against 50 manufacturers led by Standard Sanitary Manufacturing of Pittsburgh. The case, filed under Alaska request, charges a nationwide price fixing cartel forcing jobbers to sign uniform contracts and penalizing departures with penalties to a common fund. The operation began June 1, 1910, and the suit aims for a fall hearing.
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Edwin P. Grosvenor
Department
Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company
New Jersey
Pittsburg
Alaska
Wickersham
United States
Paying Depositors Of the Looted Bank
Edward A. Paul teller of National City Bank Cambridge has paid about 140000 in dividends to depositors after the Cambridge bank looting by George W. Coleman. Checks totalling just over 90000 remain to be paid, after which the first dividend of 86 percent will be distributed.
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Edward A. Paul
National City Bank
Cambridge
George W. Coleman
Mutiny at Madrid Penitentiary Sparks Troop Deployment
At Carcel Models in Madrid nearly 3000 inmates rose in a three hour riot triggered by strict prison measures. Troops and prison officials restored order after confiscating arms alcohol and anarchist literature found among inmates.
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Madrid
Carcel
Senor Navarro
Prison Mutiny in Spain Prompt Troop Strikes After Outbreak
In a prearranged prison mutiny 2800 inmates broke out, breached doors, and charged the director’s office. Troops fired in the air to quell the revolt, ringleaders punished, justice minister to investigate, as Spain faces unrest ahead of the 1909 Barcelona riot anniversary with miner strikes and staged counter demonstrations.
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Senor Navarre
Spain
Barcelona
Bilbao
Navy Tests Ames Flyer in Chesapeake Bay Demonstration
Annapolis Md July 22 Congress man Butler Ames of Massachusetts unveiled an oddly shaped flying machine staged on the Bagley torpedo boat and tested by Naval Academy officers. Demonstrations showed working parts and water resistance at speeds up to two knots per hour with lifting power tests planned for tomorrow and next week.
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Annapolis
Butler Ames
Massachusetts
Naval Board
Frank Lyon
Charlton R. Kear
Charles P. Snyder
Chesapeake Bay
Bagley
Congressman Ames
Naval Academy
Elwell Fight for Son Settled Out of Court
The case of William A. Elwell of Somerville versus Mary Elwell of Rowley, seeking custody of their 10 year old son after alleging unlawful restraint, has been settled out of court.
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William A. Elwell
Somerville
Mary Elwell
Rowley
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