Brother Receives $10,000 Check from Westward Brother
Charles Blonde of Lee receives a $10,000 check from his brother Joseph Blonde of Anchor Wyoming. Joseph left Lee twenty four years ago to seek his fortune in the West and now owns 21000 cattle 2000 sheep 30 horses and a kennel of 10 wolf hounds. He promised a present if he made good and the check fulfills that pledge.
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Lenox
Charles Blonde
Lee
Joseph Blonde
Anchor
Wyoming
Joseph
West
GetSIT Corn Cure Promises Painless Quick Relief
An old advertisement touts GETSIT as a safe painless corn cure that shrivels the corn in moments. It claims to avoid bandages plasters or razors and also offers wart and bunion use. Sold for 25 cents a bottle by E. Lawrence & Co. in Chicago with Boston availability through Riker Jaynes Drug Stores.
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E. Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Boston
Riker- Jaynes Drug Stores
Dean's Kidney Pills touted for backache relief
Boston resident Mrs. P. J. Rounds testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills relieve kidney backache and lumbago. She praises the remedy for family and personal use and endorses its advertised claims. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. is the U.S. agent in Buffalo, New York.
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Dean
Boston
P. J. Rounds
Emerson St
Medford
Mass
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan
Father John's Medicine Promises Strength and Vitality
An advertisement touts Father John's Medicine as a food medicine that nourishes and strengthens the body. It emphasizes that the product contains no alcohol or injurious drugs and urges readers to buy a bottle for increased strength.
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Father John
Campaign to Defeat Foss Vetoes in State Senate
A plan to rush all major corporation bills to Governor Foss for simultaneous vetoes emerged in the Senate. Officials describe a solid phalanx of votes opposing the railroad light and power street railway and western trolley measures.
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Senate
Foss
State Board of Health
Civil Service
Legislative Vetoes and Bills Dominate Session
The vetoes on light and power and street railway stock trigger delays as railroad and trolley merger bills advance or are rejected. Western trolleys expands New Haven control. other measures include civil service techs, inspectorate reforms, and a $500,000 street widening project in West Roxbury.
Johnson shouts defiant gesture in court as shoe firms face dissolution
Jackson Johnson president of the International Shoe Company, a $25,000,000 St Louis firm, stepped down from the witness stand and shook his fist at Sidney W Winslow president of the United Shoe Machinery Company, the defendant in a government dissolution case.
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Jackson Johnson
International Shoe Company
Corporation of
St. Louis
United States District Court
Sidney W. Winslow
United Shoe Machinery Company
Johnson
Winslow
United Company
Frank Rand
Rand
Charles F. Choate
James A. Fowler
United States
Charles E Barber Dies At 64 In Connecticut
Charles I Barber county commissioner for Windham County died at his Central Village home at 2 PM after illness. A Republican and longtime politician he spent winters in Florida and had lived in the village four years. He leaves a widow and headed the Charles E Barber Company hardware firm.
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Central Village
Conn
Charles I. Barber
Windham County
Florida
Rhode Island
Charles E. Barber
Millionaires clash in reopened court session and showdown
A recess ends as Johnson and Winslow face off near the bench in a tense exchange. Rand testifies that Winslow offered a payment scheme to keep machines or force independent use. Rand details high prices for discs and legs, while government lawyers clash over patent claims and pricing evidence.
Caldwell Faces $10,000 Suit for Alienation of Affections
William Banks sues Waltham dealer William M. Caldwell for $10,000 claiming Caldwell alienated the affection of Mrs Banks. Caldwell commented that there is a lot of smoke and little fire after being informed of the suit.
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William M. Caldwell
Waltham Automobile
Post
William Banks
Newton
Caldwell
Caldwell linked to bank case in libel sequel
The article recounts Caldwell as a central figure in a libel case linked to a Banks divorce saga from 1912. It notes prior decrees, an annulment petition, and allegations of a conspiracy between Caldwell and Mrs Banks. It also mentions Caldwell’s residences at 73 Ash Street and 6 Palmer Street.
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Caldwell
Roosevelt
Banks
Hall
Cambridge
Income Tax Defect Promptly Addressed By Senate
Washington June 4 The Senate finance sub committee will amend the Underwood tariff income tax provision to fix a constitutional defect. The 1913 date for income taxation cited from January 1 was improper since the constitutional amendment was not proclaimed until February 25 1913. An amendment is expected. Some argue taxable income should accrue from July 1 or later though legal to compute 1913 income from March 1.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Finance
Barbers Strike Conference Deferred As Shops Stay Closed
I W W barbers attempted a meeting at 104 Hanover street the strike committee HQ but few employers showed up and the conference was postponed. Over 100 barber shops remain closed as the strike continues.
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I. W. W. Barbers
Hanover Street
Barbers Strike and Wage Pact Split Across Downtown Shops
Downtown shop owners formed a temporary committee to present a wage agreement of 18 dollars weekly minimum and sharing overtime pay, but smaller shops resist joining. The union reports most employers signed, except one large School Street shop, while barbers visit shops citywide to recruit members and pressure reopening.
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School Street
Boston Suffrage Rally Disrupted by Disruptive Protester
A Boston open-air suffrage meeting led by prominent women including Mrs. Glendower Evans, Mrs. Parks, Miss Luscomb, and Miss Josephine Maloney, was interrupted when a non supporter forced onto the platform and shouted. The group moved to Berkely and Tremont, resuming as a horn-honking street car lingered nearby.
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Boston
Pleasant
Tremont
Glendower Evans
Mrs. Evans
Post
Suffrage Party
Evans
Parks
Lus
Disruptive youths disrupt meeting as suffragists clash
Hoodlums disrupted a meeting prompting chaos as a youth climbed an electric light pole near the speaker. Mrs Evans and Miss Luscomb intervened while bystanders jeered and a flag bearing Votes for Women was moved. Police were sought amid clashes and laughter at the scene.
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