Brewers Sued Over Mismanagement and Dividends
Everett Smith and Bernard Ferguson, stockholders in the McCormick Brewery Company, filed a bill in the Supreme Judicial Court against William A. Miller, alleging failure to pay dividends since 1904 and 1907 and mismanagement. They claim Miller let the West Virginia license tax remain unpaid and relief requires paying the penalty.
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Everett Smith
Bernard Ferguson
McCormick Brewery Company
Supreme Judicial Court
William A. Miller
Miller
West Virginia
Litigation alleges Miller mismanagement of Boston bottling firm
The suit accuses President Miller of operating the Boston bottling plant from 1902 to 1913 without approval, siphoning profits, and underreporting or misallocating funds. It claims tax delinquencies from 1910 to 1913 and improper sales at below market prices, harming the company's finances and goodwill. Smith and Ferguson hold 60 shares each. Miller controls a majority.
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Boston
Miller
Messrs. Smith and
Ferguson
Protests Cut Train Service on Stoneham Branch
Stoneham residents led by Representative Newhall oppose Boston and Maine cuts on the Stoneham branch. A petition to the Railroad Commission aims to stop the timetable changes ahead of the June 22 revision and preserve the 6 35 am and 6 29 pm trains. Electric-car travel delays add to commuting hardships for workers reaching Boston.
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Wellington Bridge
Newhall
Stoneham
Boston & Maine
Railroad Commission
Public Service Commission
Boston & Maine Railroad
Boston
Closing exercises at Suffolk Trade School on Rainsford Island
The Suffolk Trade School held its closing exercises on Rainsford Island with 15 boys performing The Noble Spy about Nathan Hale. An exhibition drill by two companies directed by Corporal Stewart followed, lunch for 300 visitors, and shop work in carpentry sloyd shoemaking printing tailoring and drawing.
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Nathan Hale
Suffolk
Rainsford Island
Stewart
Fort Revere
John J. Ryan
Real Daughter 95 Celebrates Birthday in Newbury
Ruth Sisley Short, 95, daughter of an American Revolution soldier, lives in a 17th century house at Ocean avenue and East High street. Relatives gathered to honor her 95th birthday in Newbury as comments noted her lineage and enduring home.
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Newbury
Ruth Sisley Short
Ocean Avenue
East High Street
Great Britain
Nantucket Bans Automobiles Islandwide
Nantucket votes 876 to 204 to exclude motor vehicles from all island roads. The move follows prior failed attempts blocked by a mail contractor and an approved special Legislature act, now law upon town acceptance.
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Nantucket
Horses Lost in Bay View Fire Reach Fourteen
The Bay View bottling plant fire last Wednesday killed fourteen horses after three of the four survivors were shot due to severe injuries. The lone surviving horse is Mollie, two years old and a blue ribbon winner in the recent work horse parade. Fourteen delivery wagons were also destroyed in the blaze.
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Bay View
Mollie
Recompensing an Innocent Convict Letter to the Editor
William East Blackstone from June 18 argues the state should reimburse Herbert T. Andrews for losses from a wrongful conviction. He urges payment of back salary, defense costs, and at least $10 per day for prison suffering.
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Herbert T. Andrews
East Blackstone
Manchester Tax Rate Increased
Manchester New Hampshire June 18 the local board of assessors announced the tax rate for the current year at 157, an increase of five cents from last year. The rise is attributed to higher state and county taxes.
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Manchester
N. H
Board of Assessors
German Foreign Minister Weds Countess in Frankfort
Gottlieb Von Jagow German foreign minister tied the knot with Countess Luitgarde Ernestine Zu Solms Laubach in Frankfort on the Main. Jagow aged 51 and the bride 41.
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Frankfort-On-The-Matn
Germany
Gottlieb von Jagow
Luitgarde Ernestine Zu
Dolan Estate Left to Philadelphia Family
The estate of the late Thomas Dolam, a wealthy Philadelphian, will be divided among his relatives under his probate will. Reported value ranges from twenty to thirty five million dollars, with the will admitted to probate today.
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Dolan
Philadelphia
Thomas Dolam
Hospital Ship Maine Still Fast Ashore
Glasgow June 18 The hospital ship Maine remains fast ashore in the Firth of Lorne on Scotland's west coast. She is badly damaged and the crew and patients, all British Navy sailors, were rescued by other vessels after being placed in boats.
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Glasgow
Maine
Firth of Lorne
Wes
Scotland
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Jacques) Short
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