Hall A Thief When A Clerk Southbridge March 9
John F Hell former treasurer of Southbridge Savings Bank faced defalcations totaling 640000 dollars. A legislative committee report showed a 20000 dollar shortage before he became treasurer and a pattern of theft beginning when he was a clerk. He took 100 dollars in his first month eighteen years ago and 20000 more after promotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southbridge
John 4. Hell
Southbridge Savings Bank
Hall
Halley's Comet Visible Briefly Before Sunset
Halley's comet nears Earth becoming visible with opera glass in the western sky before sunset. Observers can spot it from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. as it sets, with Harvard astronomers noting the object in Pisces and sharing precise coordinates for March 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halley
Harvard Observatory
Romance and Bankruptcy Clash Over Boston Lumber Firm
Marion C. Treworgy and her fiancé Walter Merchant face Bankruptcy Court proceedings tied to the sale of six Back Bay properties within two weeks of her departure. The real estate at 67 Mountfort street and 17 33 41 43 and 45 Ivy street, moved to J. H. Gerlach and FE Arthur Robinson, is challenged as part of her creditors claims. Merchant, a fugitive from justice, is said to have been indited in Brooklyn and later bailed in Miss Treworgy’s Boston office with plans reportedly fled to South America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion C. Treworgy
Lumber Commission
State Street
South America
Walter Merchant
United States District Court
E. F. Aldrich
Back Bay
Mountfort Street
Ivy Street
J. H. Gerlach
Boston
FE. Arthur Robinson
Newton
Gerlach
Robinson
W. H. Pierson
Water Mill
N. Y
Oscar L. Lorentzen
United States District
William H. Garland
United States Circuit Court
Miss Treworgy
Merchant
Federal Grand Jury
New York
Brooklyn
United States
Hayes
Bessie
Exchange Building
Gloucester
Marion
Lipkowska as Lucia Again Scores Success at Boston
The Boston Opera House presented Lucia di Lammermoor with Miss Lipkowska and Mr. Constantino delivering acclaimed performances. The chorus maintained a high standard and the mad scene drew repeated recalls. Tomorrow's program features Don Pasquale and Rachmaninoff’s Miser Knight with Baklanoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucia di Lammermoor
Boston Opera House
Miss Lipkowska
Mr. Constantino
Constantino
Rachmaninoff
Mr. Baklanoff
Non-Union Men Rally in City Strike Action
Reported leadership claims nearly six thousand Baldwin plant workers joined the open shop strike. Company figures dispute the total, while strikers boast of future accessions. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company rejects arbitration. employers anticipate the national strike may fade. Some firms resume work or wait for events to unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Gompers Silent After Newcastle Labor Resolution
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor declined to discuss the Newcastle Penn resolution adopted by the Pennsylvania State Federation of Labor. The Chicago conference with George Heidrick John R Alpine and other labor leaders yielded no public remarks and Gompers planned a departure for Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Newcastle
Penn
Pennsylvania State Federation of Labor
Gompers
George Heidrick
New York
National Brotherhood of Painters
John R. Alpine
May bar pocket pistols bill in liquor law push
Senate excitement surrounds passage of a bill substituting an adverse committee report to forbid saloons from selling liquor in bottles. The measure, aimed at restricting liquor sales, is seen as the largest anti saloon action in the legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Committee On
Senators fight over new Boston temperance bill debated
Senator Evans of Everett opened the debate naming Harvard President Eliot and Boston University President Huntington among backers of the legislation. He argued the bill would keep women out of saloons and cited 1770 arrests on Boston Elevated cars last year. Senator Teeling of Charlestown opposed, warning of licensing shifts and lost city revenue of 275000 annually. Evans replied briefly and the bill moved forward replacing the committee’s adverse report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evans
Everett
Eliot
Harvard
Huntington
Boston University
John D. Long
John Q. A. Brackett
John. Bates
Boston
Teeling
Charlestown
Tidy Streets Costs Hit Boston Show Raises in 1909 to 1910
A Boston report shows street cleaning costs rose under Mayor Fitzgerald. Payroll up to March 1 from $368,989.24 to $436,534.49 as effort to improve efficiency after heavy snowstorms, not due to more workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Fitzgerald
Witzgerald
Unnatural Thinness Cleared Up by Cardamene Remedy
Advert reads a method to gain 10 to 40 pounds using essence of pepsin syrup of rhubarb and cardiamene compounds. It promises 1 to 3 pounds weekly with meals and water, claiming health and vigor improvements for ages 16 to 55 and recommends a tincture recipe and dosing.
Dublin May Consider Freedom of City for Roosevelt
The Lord Mayor of Dublin has received a public letter proposing that Theodore Roosevelt be granted the freedom of the city. The letter claims he has done more for the Irish people and American Catholics than any prior leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Theodore Roosevelt
America
Captain Caldwell Named Quartermaster of Fifth Regiment
Captain Jackson Caldwell was appointed quartermaster of the Fifth Regiment M V M by Colonel Cutting. A long-time head of Jackson Caldwell & Co furniture and Troop A Cavalry member for 20 years, he is a well known Western Massachusetts figure and active in the K P and Odd Fellows organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Caldwell
Cutting
Caldwell
Jackson Caldwell & Co
Troop A Cavalry
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Home Furnishers’ Association
K. P
Elk Starvation Crisis Spurs Wyoming Officials Move
Governor Brooks and three state officers left for Jackson's Hole country to aid thousands of starving elk trapped by deep snow. The ten day journey will be made by sleds and snowshoes over the mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Wyo
Brooks
Jackson's Mole Country
Cambridge Water Board Under Grand Jury Probe
Cambridge city officials and water board members appeared before the Middlesex grand jury in East Cambridge to be questioned over purchases of supplies including coal. The water works also faces internal employee troubles triggering a hearing planned for today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Water Board
Middlesex Grand Jury
East Cambridge
Grand Jury
Cambridge Water Board
Water Department
Professor Lowell Talks Comets and Halley’s Mystery
Professor Percival Lowell of Flagstaff will address the Technology Society of Arts at Huntington Hall on comet science. He will explain Halley’s comet and its Earth impact prospects around May 18, and discuss its characteristics with a focus on potential dangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percival Lowell
Flagstaff
Arizona
Technology Society of Arts
Huntington Hall
Halley
Lowell
Elmer A. Sperry
New York City
Also Mentioned on This Page
Star
Panama
Cunard
Copenhagen
Bos
Edison Phonograph
Edison
Edison Phonographs
Edison Standard Records
Edison Grand Opera
Edison Standard
Amberol
Vigilient National Phonograph Co
Lakeside Avenue
Orange
N. J
Page
Gram Rapids
Michigan
Lipkowska
Lucia
Sperry & Hutchinson Co
T. A. Sperry
M.V.M
Prof. Lowell
C. P
Be. F. CO
Lees Sa
Washington Street
Bond
Felton & Son
Luther Felton
Philo Hay Spec.Co
Newark
N.J
U.S.A
Houghton & Duatton
Want Drug Co
S & Stores
Woodward Drug Co
Epstein’s
Walker & Rintels Co
Manine
Manine Co
Maine Bldg
St. Louis
Morris Dental CO
Edward A. Marx
Albany, N.Y
Crawford House
Reo
Traymore
Atlantic City
Traymore Hotel Co
D. S. White
Marquette, Mer
Detroit
Mich
Rengo Co
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!