Findlay pleads guilty in Oxford Linen Mills fraud case
Samuel F. Findlay, one of eight defendants, pleads guilty during trial in a federal case charging defrauding investors in Oxford Linen Mills stock. The Sterling Debenture Company allegedly misused the mails to raise 1.5 million by promising a new linen thread process. Enos Kimber testified about a mailing list of one million names and a large mail-out operation.
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New York
Samuel F. Findlay
Oxford Linen Mills
Findlay
Sterling Debenture Company
Enos Kimber
Woman Slayer Sentenced To 2 To 21 Years In Kentucky
Mrs. Maude Taylor 30 was sentenced in Pikeville to two to twenty one years for the killing of Cleve land Huffman. The case is noted in Kentucky mountain trouble history and she is among few women convicted of manslaughter in the state.
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Pikeville
Maude Taylor
Cleveland Huffman
Kentucky
Tyler
Rantoul Woman Rules Out Reunion After Divorce Denial
Mrs. Lois Burnett Rantoul told the Post she will not live with her husband Edward L. Rantoul again after a divorce denial by Judge Hardy at East Cambridge Court. She declined to reveal plans to appeal or how she will pursue custody of her children.
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Lois Burnett Rantoul
Rantoul Case Leaves Open Questions Deciding Custody
Mrs. Rantoul and her husband face a custody dispute after a sensational trial. Attorney Thomas W. Proctor returned to Boston without comment on appeals. Chester Chapis Rumrill plans a Europe trip amid talk of a possible out of court settlement and shared parental rights.
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Thomas W. Proctor
New York
Boston
Chester Chapis Rumrill
Mrs. Rantoul
Mayor Curley Targets Overtime in City Services
Mayor Curley orders department heads to scale back overtime payments, a practice long urged by the Finance Commission during the Fitzgerald era. The move aims to save city funds on extra salary costs while reducing earnings for many city workers.
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Curley
Finance Commission
Fitzgerald
Mayor’s next targets hinted in city reshuffle plan
Rumors of removals circulated as the Mayor hinted at more axing of departments including health and building. He noted to announce specific names today while noting planned cuts to inspectors nurses and physicians and pending reshuffles in the collecting and assessing units. In Franklin Field 36 of 42 life guards were ordered to level a frozen hill as six failed to appear.
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Health Department
Park and Recreation Division
Franklin Field
Travel to California and North Pacific Coast Points
Advertises round trip rail fare for March 14 to April 14 aboard Grand Trunk Railways. Promises electric lighted Pullman cars, leather upholstery, and daily departures on fast trains. Office of EB Boynton in Boston offers illustrated folders.
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EB. H. Boynton
New Ete Agt
Grand Trunk Ry
Boston
Workers Quit Amid Snow Storm Disruptions
A snow storm left three workers quitting on the spot after hours of work. Others were laid off for the day and those absent or who quit will be dropped from payrolls. Remaining workers will be reassigned to level the hill today.
Fair lawyer files Norfolk divorce libel by a woman attorney
The first divorce libel filed in Norfolk Superior Court by a woman attorney is by Carrie E. Morgeson of Houghs Neck Quincy seeking a divorce from Leander B. Morgeson. Emma L. Fall of Malden, daughter of ex mayor George H. Fall, filed the case. Morgeson is said to be deserted and is now at large. The couple married December 24 1898 and lived in Everett and Malden.
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Norfolk Superior Court
Carrie E. Morgeson
Hough's Neck
Quincy
Leander B. Morgeson
Emma L. Fall
Malden
Miss Fall
George H. Fall
Morgeson
Ghovix Cures Cold in One Day with EW Signature
A bold claim from EW on a miraculous cold cure named Ghovix Cures Cold in One Day. Advertisements tout Laxa tive Bromo Quinine as the genuine formula with a limited time offer.
Soup Kitchen Planned for South End At Ford Hall Meeting
A large soup kitchen is expected to open in the city soon likely in the South End. The Ford Hall town meeting raised focus on poverty with a committee including William Horton Foster and Mrs. Foster, A D Skelding, Jacob VY Loudon, Y M C A, Mrs. George B Gallup, Mrs. Eva Hoffman, and Leonard Martin directing. Local restaurants have offered soup and coffee donations.
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South End
Ford Hall
William Horton Foster
George B. Gallup
Commonwealth Avenue
Eva Hoffman
Leverett Street
Leonard Martin
British Troops Battle Tribesmen in Africa
London dispatch reports two clashes between British troops and tribesmen in Africa. In the first skirmish Major James Lyonel Joyce Conry of the Connaught Rangers, a Distinguished Service Order recipient in 1900, was killed near Wadai Hadi in the Soudan.
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London
Africa
James Lyonel Joyce Conry
Connaught Rangers
South Africa
Wadai Hadi
Soudan
British Officers and Soldiers Suffer Wounds in African Conflicts
Major Conry led a contingent of Egyptian army Arabs as outlaws were killed and the rest captured. In the clash British losses included three killed and four wounded. In a second engagement Lieutenant Jones was shot in both legs by Abyssinian raiders at a stockade. his men fled save three orderlies, who later retook the post. Two native soldiers carried Jones 500 miles to his post, but blood poisoning followed.
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Conry
Jones
British East Africa
Journey to Nairobi after rhino attack injures Jones
Jones was moved to a new post where a doctor awaited but absent. En route, a stretcher was charged by two rhinos. the orderlies killed them. At Nytiri a doctor and nurse found Jones whose leg was now four inches shorter due to muscle shrinkage. Doctors deem his survival miraculous.
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Jones
Nairobi
Nytiri
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