King C F King’s Autobiography Targets Boston Stock Scandal
Exfinance figure Cardenio F King releases a dramatic opening chapter of his autobiography alleging corruption in the Boston stock market. He contrasts India’s thuggee with Wall Street, recalls his rugged childhood in Swepsonville North Carolina, and vows to reveal names once the manuscript is finished.
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Cardenio F. King
Boston
India
America
Wall
State
Waller State Street
Mothersill Seasick Remedy Promises Quick Cure
Sickness fears vanish with Mothersill's Seasick Remedy for sea and car travel. The capsules, priced 50 cents and a dollar, are said to be safe with no narcotics and widely endorsed by steamships. Available in ships, drug stores, or by mail from Mothersill Ltd. in Detroit and stocked in Boston locations.
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Mothersill
Mothersill’s
Promine
Moth
Fn Ae Co. Ltd
Cleland Building
Roit, Mich
Boston
Jaynes Drug Co
Washington St
Cor. Hanover
Cor
Bedford
Warrenton
Summer St
Cor. South
Theodore Metcalf Co
Tremont St
Boylston St
Copley A
Miss Kellermann Fails in Plucky Boston Light Swim
Miss Kellermann fails to reach Boston Light after swimming from Charlestown through a turning tide. With Sam Mahoney and James Sullivan guiding her in a press boat, she ends at Black Rock Beacon after 7 15 PM, noting the ebb tide would have required another half hour before high water.
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Miss Kellermann
Boston
Black Rock
Sam Mahoney
Revere
James Sullivan
Mahoney
Sullivan
Marion
Sam
Castle
Spectacle Islands
Deer Island
Charlestown Bridge
North End Park
T Wharf
Castle Island
Frank Greer
The
Illinois A. C
Constitution Wharf
Rowe's Wharf
Commonwealth Docks
U. S
Gloucester
Jackies
Dorchester Bay
Long Island Head
Nix
Gallup's Island
Jack Jacot
Boston Light
Black Rock Beacon
Navy Yard
Boston Harbor
Annette Kellermann
Gallup's
Louis Jacot
Post Letter Box urges higher car bars for faster loading
A Boston reader asks the Post Letter Box to raise the bars on the left side of open cars at Dudley street terminal and Elevated stations to speed unloading. He notes Northampton street as a model and asks the paper to help obtain the change.
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Post
Boston
Dudley Street Terminal
Northampton Street
HE. B. Merritt
Letter to editor correcting report on deputy sealers’ pay
Thomas A. Mullen writes to the Post denying any recommendation to cut deputy sealers’ salaries. He asserts he opposes reductions and defends his understanding of the department’s workload in his annual report.
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Thomas A. Mullen
Boston
Probe Corporations and Lodging House Keepers
Letter from E. H. of Jamaica Plain urges lodging house commissioners to focus on corporations that workers rely on. He argues higher wages would reduce crime and misery and improve conditions for the laboring class. Dated July 8.
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E. H
Jamaica Plain
Columbus Associates to Hold Annual Outing at Lake Massapong
Italian residents of the city anticipate the Columbus Associates of the North End hosting their annual picnic and outing at Lake Massapong Sharon next Tuesday. The event features music dancing sports and vaudeville entertainment with a bocchi contest among EB P Scigliano and Michael Leverone teams and a baseball match Benett Club versus Boston Grays.
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Columbus Associates
Lake Massapong
Sharon
North End
EB. P
Scigliano
Michael Leverone
Bennet Club
Boston Grays
Letters from Canada Corrects Brookline Race Claim
W W Rockwell of Cedar Lodge Georgeville P Q Canada objects to a Post item claiming Ida Russell and Ethel Converse would race at Revere Brookline. He says Miss Converse is his wife and dislikes being linked to swimming events, and he disputes the stated parentage and address.
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Ida Russell
Ethel Converse
Revere
Miss Converse
Charles H. Converse
Colchester
Beacon Street
Brookline
W. W. Rockwell
Cedar Lodge
Georgeville
P. Q
Canada
Brockton Shoe Workers to Press W L Douglas Over Back Wages
After an all day conference in Boston, 12 Brockton union business agents will seek back wages from W L Douglas Co for Brockton factory workers dating from January 1. They will then begin talks on a new union shop contract with the firm under the auspices of the Boot and Shoe Workers Union.
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Brockton Boot and Shoe Workers
W. L. Douglas Company
Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union
Boston
Louis D. Brandeis
John F. Tobin
Charles L. Baine
Boot. and
Shoe Workers’ Union
Brockton
State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration
Hill Afoot in Wiesbaden Waiting Waters
D B Hill of New York has arrived in Wiesbaden to take the waters. He arrives July 30 and will enjoy the spa and health waters in the German city.
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Wiesbaden
David B. Hill
New York
Knights of Pythias Army Set to Invade Boston Next Week
Boston readies for a grand Knights of Pythias arrival with a massive parade of uniformed rank from across the nation. Officials expect about $16 000 in prizes and an elaborate reception at Mechanics Hall and other venues, with registration at Faneuil Hall and hotel decorations citywide.
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GREAT
Knights OF Pythias Army
Boston
Knights of Pythias
Great Order
Hub of
Knights Templars
Rockies
Central
Middle West
Great Lakes
New England
Atlantic Seaboard
Order
Postoffice Square
Tremont
Mechanics’ Hall
Boggan
Somerset
Supreme Lodge
Faneuil Hall
Franklin
Federal Streets
Revere Beach
Wrong Woman Claimed Money in Dunthorpe Style Case
Two Ida M. Leonards, one from Brockton and one from Lynn, dispute a $2000 bequest from a Duluth man. The Lynn Ida M. Leonard was arrested for larceny after presenting the will and obtaining the funds from the Lynn Manufacturers' Bank. The rightful claimant is Ida M. Leonard of Brockton, while Brockton police detained the Lynn woman for trial.
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Lynn
Ida M. Leonards
Brockton
Duluth
Ida Leonard
Minn
Manufacturers’ Bank
Mowrey
Burches
Boston Tots Enjoy Day of Races at Medford Grove
July 30 in Medford saw 125 Boston South End tots hosted by Mrs. Charles F. Clarke at a grove on Boston avenue West Medford. Children from five years old to toddlers raced. Scottie Cose won the toddler race while Moses Bornstein vied with Charley Barlow in another event, making for a memorable day.
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Medford
Boston
Boston Avenue
West Medford
Charles F. Clarke
Arlington Street
Scottie’ Cose
Moses Bornstein
Charley Barlow
Two Men Implicated in Brooklyn Murder Case
Police linked two foreigners to the killing of an unidentified woman whose half charred body was found on the Greenpoint Avenue dump in Williamsburg. A laborer, Philip O'Brien, saw a covered wagon arrive at dawn and two men remove a mattress, pile brush, pour oil, and set it alight, suggesting the body was concealed inside.
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New York
Greenpoint Avenue
Williamsburg
Brooklyn
Philip O'Brien
Greenpoint
Cornerstone Laid For Malden's New $90 000 Church
Malden on July 30 witnesses the cornerstone ceremony for the First Universalist Church more than 500 Masons march in full uniform to the Elm and Pleasant streets site. Reverend William H McGlauflin delivers the oration while Dana J Flanders reads the contents box and the invocation is offered by Reverend Richard Eddy Sykes.
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Malden
Pleasant Street
Elm
Pleasant Streets
William H. McGlauflin
D. D
Chicago
George W. Storer
Boston
Richard Eddy Sykes
Dana J. Flanders
Board of Trustees
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Knights Templars
Moran Out to Win Race at Revere Track
The 30 mile motor paced event at Revere cycle track features Nat Butler James Moran and Elmer Collins. Moran seeks victory after a 20 mile workout drawing optimism from spectators. Collins shows strong improvement after Europe stay and may challenge for top placing.
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Revere
Nat Butler
James Moran
Elmer Collins
Moran
Europe
Farm owner weds buyer he advertised for after five weeks
Adolph Smidth of Winsted, a widower for five weeks, posted a wife wanted ad ten days ago. Yesterday he found a match in a woman from Itford and married her after meeting her during a trip, saying he could not do without a helpmate.
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Winsted
Conn
Adolph Smidth
Canaan
Itford
Glazi er Arrives at Sava Fiji From Ties With Fleet
The Glaier storeship of the US Atlantic fleet arrives at Sava Fiji and reports wireless contact with the battleship Georgia at 1200 miles. It hopes to link the fleet via Yankton in the Tonga Islands and Panther at Pago Pago Samoa.
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Sava
Fiji Islands
United States Atlantic Fleet
Georgia
Yankton
Tonga Islands
Panther
Pago Pago
Samoan Islands
15-Footers Race Planned at Marblehead August 11
By request of Commodore H. H. Wiggin of the Annisquam Yacht Club a Class T 15-footers race will be provided by the Boston Yacht Club in their open Marblehead event on August 11. Class T starts at 3 05 p.m. Prizes are $10 $5 and $3.
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H. H. Wiggin
Annisquam Yacht Club
Boston Yacht Club
Marblehead
Maps Flake Cereal Promises Digestive Health and Taste
An advertisement touts Maps Flake as whole wheat Washington wheat processed for 90 hours with six hours steam cooking and days curing. Each berry is flaked thin and toasted at 400 degrees to maximize digestion, claiming the cereal is all food and fully digestible while noting faster production would reduce digestion.
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Washington
Maps Flake Wheat Diet Adverts With Sales Pitch
Ad copy promotes wheat as the optimal nourishment in hot weather, advising meals centered on wheat for maximum nutrition with minimal heat. It urges daily wheat meals and offers Frease brand Flake product, claiming satisfaction if true and promising a refund if not.
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UNI
Kali
Red Hills
North
Caroline
Swepsonville
Hoy
Philo Hay Spec. Co
Newark
N. J
Riker-Jaynes
Carters
TES
W. EB. Crockett
L Street
Charlestown
Long Island
Dudley Street
Douglas CO
D. B. Hill
Old Boston
Ida M. Leonard
Boston Tots
South End
Iam
Sana
Bosto
BEST
St. Charles
Washington Street
Weybosset Street
Providence
Main Street
Fall River
Williams Street
New Bedford
Philadelphia
London
England
N. B
Boot & Shoe Workers Union
Boston, Mass
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