Prince of Wales and Sir William Gordon Cumming Face Trial Fallout
London June 4 the Tranby Croft baccarat scandal trial enters its fourth day with the Prince of Wales attending and counters owned by him central to the case. Arthur Stanley Wilson testifies about alleged cheating and table setups while witnesses describe liquid refreshments during play and the mounting public interest in the high court proceeding.
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Clarke
Wale dna Courship and the Prince of Wales Love Match
A Victorian tale from the Commercial Advertiser recounts how Albert Edward fell for a Danish princess after seeing a carte de visite of her, leading to a royal betrothal. On the Gravesend shore crowds cheered as the prince kissed Alexandra aboard the royal yacht, a moment described by a Yorkshire onlooker.
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Foster Bond Plan With the Bankers Debated Extension at 2 Percent
New York June 4 Special to the Post. Secretary of the Treasury Foster met with leading bankers to discuss extending maturing 4 1/4 per cent bonds at 2 percent interest to aid currency for moving crops. The meeting adopted a resolution urging extension, with mixed views on feasibility and bank profits.
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E. K. Wright
National Park Bank
Joel B. Erhardt
Jesse Seligman
Coe
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Government funds and bond policy discussed at meeting
The group noted losses on high coupon bonds would hinder par value maintenance. A Chemical Bank executive agreed the 144 percent bond could not sustain itself at par, aligning with the majority view. The secretary stated the government has power to preserve gold payments, including purchasing gold if needed.
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Chemical Bank
New Shreve, Crump & Low Building Opens to Public
The Shreve, Crump & Low Company opened its new Tremont and West streets building to the public on Tuesday after a prior invited inspection by press and guests. Floors showcase diamond setting, engraving, antique furniture, gas and electric fixtures, with a Parisian textile backdrop, and a basement vault storing goods worth hundreds of thousands. The sixth floor houses a diamond room, engraving area, and a clock with a Marie Antoinette style brilliants circle. other floors display antique furniture, modern bronzes, and a vault protecting vast stock and value.
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Italy
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Sioux Falls
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America
Loom Weaving Wage Case Yields $287 For Walsh
In Fall River on June 4 Judge Blaiswell ruled in favor of James Walsh backed by the Cotton Weavers' Protective Association against Chase Mills. Walsh was paid for cloth left on looms after discharge, totaling $287 at 28.7 cents per piece, highlighting no standard practice for measuring unfinished loom cloth.
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Cotton Weavers’ Protective Association
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Obituary: Judge William Allen of Massachusetts Dies
The Hon. William Allen, judge of the Massachusetts Supreme Court, died suddenly at his Northampton home from neuralgia of the heart. Born March 31, 1822 in Brunswick, Maine, he studied at Bowdoin, Amherst, Yale Law, and Northampton. He served on the Superior and then Supreme Judicial Court, leaving a widow and one daughter. Funeral Saturday at 3 p.m.
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Deaths of William Knollin and John Robash
After two weeks of typhoid fever William Knollin of Maplewood died. Born in St John New Brunswick in 1826 he migrated to the United States around 1850 and rose from a Boston Post compositor to a longtime Horace Dodd & Co advertiser overseeing the Dial. An Alderman of Malden 1887–91 and 1891 Board of Street Commissioners chair he left a widow a son and two daughters. John Robash longtime trapper and guide died at Farmington Maine aged 71, reputed the best informed man in Northern Maine about its wilds.
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Farmington
Maine
A day for toil an hour for sport
A fragmentary line from an old Carlsbad Sprudel Salt advertisement appears in sparse OCR read, suggesting a slogan about balancing work and leisure and linking health to a longer life. The text is incomplete but indicates marketing copy from a salt product.
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Carlsbad
Lawsuit Seeks Receiver for Golden Grail Endowment
Harriet M. Leslie files in Superior Court a suit seeking a receiver for the Golden Grail endowment, alleging misissued certificates, improper payments, and insolvency. Judge Dewey grants a temporary injunction against the order, officers, and banks holding funds. case to be heard later.
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Webster P. Edwards
Frank E. Stedman
Edward 5. Chase
North National Bank
Suffolk Trust Company
Commonwealth Loan & Trust Company
General Court
Bank and Trust Companies
Marriages Armstrong Doyle and Chipman Jones
In this city, two marriages occurred this month. Thomas Armstrong wed Mary Doyle in a ceremony conducted by Rev. D. M. Waldron. Charles W. Chipman married Louise Jones in a ceremony by Rev. A. J. Gordon on the thirtieth.
Deaths and obituaries from various Massachusetts towns and beyond
Death notices from Boston area papers list Marcia Boutton aged 70 in Reading Lucy W. Danforth aged 84 in Reading George Draper 58 in Quincy Lydia Gooch widow of Nathaniel Gooch 71 in Longwood Lewellyn Hatch 42 in Malden Robert Nelson 59 in this city William T. Osborn 66 in Brighton William Knollin 65 in Malden Laura Whitman Laselle daughter of Edward Laselle of New York in Whitinsville Marland Coggswell Hobbs 28 in Brookline funeral at St Pauls Brookline June 5 at 3 o clock
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Hobbs
Brookline
Marland Coggswell Hobbs
St. Paul’s Church
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