Smuggling Ring Narrows as White Tests Jury
New York June 21. United States Attorney Wise expects evidence to trace 52000 worth of gems smuggled via underground routes. George C White, jailed with the Kilgannon group, may testify to grand juries in New York and Trenton. Indictments are anticipated against two women on smuggling charges.
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New York
United States
Wise
Federal Grand Jury
George C. White
Atlanta
White
Grand Jury
Federal Building
Trenton
N. J
Banking For The Multitude And Small Deposits
The Exchange Trust Company of 33 State Street invites small savers with as little as $100 to open an account. It offers full banking facilities, modern services, and sound advisory support, aiming to extend the benefits once limited to large depositors. Chartered after the 1867 panic, it reports over 1500 depositors and easy access for out-of-town clients via trolley or tunnel.
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Exchange Trust Company
State Street
Progressive Trust Company
Hunyadi Janos Water Promoted as Laxative Remedy
An editorial style advertisement extols Hunyadi Janos Water as a natural laxative to prevent constipation. It claims quick thorough action without griping, notes low cost per bottle, and warns buyers to insist on the genuine product to avoid substitutions.
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Hunyadi Janos
Mayor Brown awarded nine thousand in libel suit
The jury awarded $9000 to Mayor Brown in the libel suit against John H. Harrington owner of the Lowell Sun. Harrington has demanded a new trial and a second motion will be argued at 1:30 tomorrow before Judge Pierce. The defence had previously used a star witness to expose an alleged frame-up by Brown’s enemies.
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Lowell
Brown
John H. Harrington
Lowell Sun
Pierce
Dennis J. Murphy
City Hall
McBrayne
Commonwealth
Lowell Great White
Boston
YEGG IS SEEN AT MILFORD
Milford reports Ralph R Harding wanted for the Oxford killing of Constable Albert E Miller was seen at his South Milford home. Neighbors identified him and said he and his brother Albert were headed toward Woonsocket Rhode Island to reach Providence for a New York train.
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Milford
Ralph R. Harding
Oxford
Albert E. Miller
South Milford
J. J. O'Neil
Ralph
Albert
Woonsocket
R. I
Providence
New York
Homage Paid to Sioux Chief Plenty Horses on Departure
The body of Chief Plenty Horses, famed Sioux leader slain last Saturday, was sent West after lying in state at Roxbury. Over 2000 mourners viewed the ornate coffin as Susie Little Elk Plenty Horses and their son attended. The remains were placed aboard the Chicago Limited for burial at Wounded Knee, with all expenses covered by the Miller Brothers.
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Chief Plenty Horses
Alfred G. Ochs
Dudley Street
Roxbury
Susie Little Elk Plenty
Wounded Knee
Chicago Limited
South Station
Miller Brothers
Reward Offered for Bennett's Body in Naples
The American consul in Naples has been notified that relatives offer a $200 reward for the recovery of Holland Bennett of Boston who disappeared from the steamship Berlin between Genoa and Naples on June 10.
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Naples
Caspar
Crowinshield
Holland Bennett
Boston
Berlin
Genoa
ASK HOLIDAY CHANGE AS RELIGIOUS BOOM
Worcester clergymen from 14 bodies present a petition to the Worcester Merchants Association seeking to move the weekly summer half holiday from Friday to Saturday citing religious observance benefits for about one third of the city’s population.
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Worcester
Local police trap suspects in Webster shooting case
Frank Harding Sr identified his dead son shot in a Sunday morning fray. A missing man linked to the Webster raid was found at Lancaster House Worcester with blood stained towels and water. he claimed no Oxford shooting involvement. Detectives report no clue to Ralph Harding, 19, described within 100 miles of Webster. Police hold two revolvers, money from Calder bakery robbery, and expect eventual identification.
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Frank Harding
Frank
Ralph
Lancaster House
Worcester
Miller
Oxford
Milford
Murray
R. C. Calder
Webster
Ralph Harding
Bennett End an Accident on Berlin Cruise
The Berlin of the North German Lloyd docked at Hoboken with Mrs Lucetta Upham Bennett and Yale professor William H Sallmen aboard. Holland Bennett, a Boston lawyer, disappeared June 10 and was presumed to have fallen overboard after exhaustive shipboard search found no trace.
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New York
Lucetta Upham Bennett
William H. Sallmen
Yale
Berlin
Lloyd Line
Mr. Bennett
Bennett
Lowell High School names Curry Lowell Essay prize winner
At Lowell High School graduation in the Opera House Miss Tessie Gertrude Curry won the first prize for the essay Lowell, the Site for a Beautiful City. Second prize went to Miss Geneva Mertice Coggins.
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Lowell
Lowell High School
Lowell Opera House
Tessie Gertrude Curry
Lowell Historical Society
Geneva Mertice Coggins
Van Camp's Milk Promises Pure Richness For Less
An advertisement extols Van Camp's evaporated milk as purer, richer than raw milk and cheaper than milkman supplied milk. It claims sterilization and sanitary dairies, with two thirds of water evaporated to mimic Holstein milk, and asserts safety from germs and tubercular cows.
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van Camp’s
van Camp
Noth
Scouring Country for Sigel Murderer
A Chinese suspect questioned in Elsie Sigel murder case is reported arrested then declared not the man. Police traced a Chinaman to New York addresses and a Chi nese grocery purchase scheme before confirming the suspect’s identity. The Sigel burial at Woodlawn was private with family in attendance.
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New York
Leon
Chung Sin
Amsterdam
Chu Hoy
Pell Street
Bayard Street
Chu Wu
South Bend
Ind
George Lee Kin
Mihawaka
Chicago
Garrett
Elsie Sigel
Two New York Arrests in Opium Den Raid
In New York, June 21, Trosile Suey, 23, white wife of Lewis Suey, a Chinese laundryman, was arrested with her husband after a raid on Suey’s laundry where police allege they found an opium den. A white woman found in a bunk was also taken into custody. Josie Suey, said to have been a missionary worker with Elsie Sigel, was named as a witness in the Sigel homicide case.
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New York
Trosile Suey
Lewis Suey
Suey
Josie Suey
Elsie Sigel
Miss Sigel
Chinese aid in hunt for Sigel slayer in New York
In Dover Street mission Chinatown converts meet to plan reward for Miss Elsie Sigel's killer. A committee will seek subscriptions while Rev Fung F Mow says Leon Ling was not linked to the mission. Thirty Chinese Sunday school scholars attend ready to help police.
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New York
Chinatown
Elsie Sigel
Dover Street
Mow
Leon Ling
Sigel
Rmnurderer
Chinatown settlement work blamed on Western women
Yee Sing Wah editor of the Chinese Reform News argues in New York that bad conditions in Chinatown stem from Western women seeking to uplift with lax morals. He says native women tempt Chinese men, young girls are misled by slumming parties, and Chinese residents are indulgent. He defends Chinese communities and Mission work and denies a Chinese role in Elsie Sigel’s death.
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New York
Chinatown
Presbyterian Sabbath Mission
East Thirty-first Street
Elsie Sigel
Hutchins Displaced at Malden High School Change Sparks Protest
Arthur Lee was chosen by the Malden school board to succeed John W. Hutchins, longtime Malden High principal who was reduced to sub-master amid protests after a mass meeting opposing the change. The announcement came June 21 in Malden.
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Hutchins
Malden High
Malden
Arthur Lee
Hyde Paris High School
John W. Hutchins
Malden High School
Taft Accepts Gloucester Invitation for August Festival
President Taft accepted an invitation to be guest of Gloucester on August 4 for an outdoor festival The Canterbury Pilgrims will be staged at Stage Fort Park George von L Meyer Secretary of the Navy will attend with several North Atlantic Squadron warships and Tafts yacht Mayflower to parade in the harbor
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Gloucester
Taft
Cambridge
Stage Fort Park
George von L. Meyer
North Atlantic Squadron
Miss Mona Belle Welch Elocutionist Dies After Appendix Operation
Miss Mona Belle Welch a prominent Lynn elocutionist and social figure died at 6:30 after an appendicitis operation. Born in Lynn 27 years ago she led a school of elocution at 117 North Common Street drawing pupils from elite families and gaining wide local renown.
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Lynn
Mona _ Belle Welch
Miss Welch
North Common Street
The Proper Care of the Hair
Advice from a Woman's Journal feature on hair care suggests brushing, airing, and sun exposure with loose hair, and recommends simple home shampoos and a quinine hair tonic. It cites a canthrox shampoo and a quinola tonic to prevent dandruff and promote growth, noting supplies from druggists.
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Yegg
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Body of Chief Plenty
Mrs. Bennett
Lowell Essay
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Marine
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van Camp Packing Co
Indianapolis, Ind
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YouRs
Cary
Wellville
Mona B. Welch
Elocutionist
Madelaine
Woman's Journal
Cascarets Roc
Valeska
Wilson Bros
Court St
Hay
Philo Hay Spec. Co
Newark
Rikrer-Jaynes Drug Stores
Houghton & Dutton
Luby Bros
Tremont St
Muneral
Browning Avenue
Bernard Street
St. Leo's Church
Esmond Street
Dran
Charlestown
Francis A. Dran
S. N
St. John’s Church
Devens Street
Thompson Square
Portsmouth
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J., Thefove
Daniel
Mary Donovan
St. James
County of Cork
Ireland
Drake
Everett
Herman
Jane Drake
Bradford Street
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Foristall
Revere
William J. Foristall
Waite Street
Revere Street
North Station
Toland
Neil J
Katherine A. Toland
Woodbine Street
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