Wells Held on Arsenic Murder of Two Children
Julius Wells is jailed in Franklin county on charges of murdering his two children Louis and Mary by arsenic poisoning last December. Police secrecy surrounds the arrest and grand jury sessions begin tomorrow, with Wells appearing calm at his Swanton home before transfer to jail.
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ST. Albans
Julius Wells
Franklin County
Louis
Mary
Wells
Swanton
Grand Jury
Ohio mother charged in arsenic death of two children
Anna Wells, arrested January 3 in Franklin county, is charged with dealing out poison with intent to kill after her four and six year old children Mary and Louis Wells died from arsenic poisoning. Police say rat poison was in a stable dish and a pork meal ingested by the family preceded illness and deaths.
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Mary
Louis Wells
Anna Wells
March Grand
Franklin County
Makes Your Hair Soft and Fluffy Advertisement
An advertisement quotes Mrs. Mae Martyn in the Los Angeles Star arguing common shampoos dry the scalp and brittle hair. It promotes a home remedy using canthrox dissolved in hot water to rub into the scalp, rinse, and leave hair soft and glossy at low cost.
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Mae Martyn
Los Angeles Star
Mystery in Savannah Girl's Death Sparks Probe
The death of 20 year old Marion Leonard a Boston chorus girl known as Marie Dumas is under investigation in Savannah Ga after morphine was allegedly injected by Ike Silvia a member of the Around the Clock company at the Bijou Theatre. Silvia is under arrest pending inquiry and fellow chorus girl Bessie Corey is held as a witness.
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Savannah
Marion Leonard
Boston
Bijou
Marie Dumas
Rutland Square
Billy Carlton
Moore Amusement Company
Silvia
Governor Foss denies offering prison post to Scott
Governor Foss said he had not offered the chairmanship of the Prison Commission to Joseph F. Scott and that he will not seek his resignation. A Albany despatch claimed Governor Sulzer would demand Scott resign over the Thaw scandal, which Foss disputed.
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Foss
Prison Commission
Joseph F. Scott
New York
Albany
Sulzer
Scott
Pettigrove
Governor Foss
Morton Maintains Serious Illness State
New York March 10 physicians announced former Vice President Levi P. Morton remains seriously ill with no material change in condition.
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New York
Levi P. Morton
Morton
Oakley Club Fire Damages Historic Building in Cambridge Area
Fire at Oakley Country Club on a hill overpowered the attic and dormitory, destroying the roof and causing extensive water damage. Chief Ahearn and squads from Watertown Belmont Cambridge aided as six hose lines fought the blaze. a summer dormitory storehouse ultimately burned, with losses over $1000. Investigators will review the outside-origin fire.
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H. M. Dean
Thomas Hucknall
Ahearn
Watertown
Belmont
Cambridge
Casey
Leonard
Oakley Country Club
Country Over
Pratt
Chief Ahearn
State Fire Marshal’s Office
Baltimore coroner hears dynamite blast theory at inquest
At the inquest into the Alum Chine explosion, A C Blum of the dynamite maker testified the firm did not manufacture percussion caps. Coroner Russell notes a theory that William Bornhardt, assistant foreman, may have punctured a cap box causing the blast and fire on the ship.
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Baltimore
Alum Chine
A. C. Blum
Russell
William Bornhardt
Inquest Hears Details of Alum Chine Cargo
Captain F J Anstey testifies no percussion caps in cargo and dynamite placed on a platform with an air gap above coal. Alfred Mains the second mate reports warning about careless stevedores and removing a worker for mishandling dynamite boxes. Inquest likely to run through week.
Wilson Nominates Four Postmasters And Two Officials
President Wilson sent nominations to the Senate listing Daniel C. Roper of South Carolina as First Assistant Postmaster General and Alexander M. Dockery of Missouri as Third Assistant. James I. Blakeslee of Pennsylvania named Fourth Assistant. Peter J. Hamilton of Alabama would be United States Judge for Puerto Rico and Charles P. Neill of DC as Commissioner of Labor Statistics.
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Washington
Senate
Wilson
Daniel C. Roper
South Carolina
Alexander M. Dockery
Missouri
James I. Blakeslee
Pennsylvania
United States
District of Porto Rico
Peter J. Hamilton
Alabama
Charles P. Neill
District of Columbia
Lewis Resigns as Federal Official in Taft Era Row
William H. Lewis the colored lawyer from Boston resigned today as an assistant attorney general. The move ends a heated public dispute sparked by his Taft appointment and a sensational fight over his American Bar Association membership.
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Washington
William H. Lewis
Boston
Taft
Lewis
American Bar Association
Hans Bauder Seeks Habeas Corpus in $500000 Fraud Case
Hans Bauder, wanted in Switzerland for bank frauds totaling about $500,000, sought release in Chicago today by writ of habeas corpus. The hearing is scheduled for next Thursday.
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Chicago
Hans Bauder
Switzerland
Boston Journal Sold to Matthew Hale Progressive leader takes control
The Boston Journal changed hands at noon yesterday when Frank A. Munsey sold it to Matthew Hale, Massachusetts Progressive party state chairman. Hale, backed by prominent progressives, plans staff changes gradually and may reestablish a Sunday edition and renewed illustrations.
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Boston Journal
Frank A. Munsey
Matthew Hale
Progressive Party of
Massachusetts
Hale
Journal
Charles E. J. Wingate
The
Boston Post
Herbert S. Underwood
Munsey
the Journal
Progressive Party
Boston
New England
Charles E. L. Wingate
Old
Boston Journal marks 80 years of publication history
The Boston Journal, founded in 1833 by John Ford, celebrates its 80th anniversary. The paper has shifted through editorial stances, moved locations, and seen leaders like Col. Rogers, S. N. Stockwell, Eben S. Draper, and C. E. L. Wingate. Frank A. Munsey purchased it in 1902, cutting price and guiding its evolution through morning and other editions.
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Boston Journal
John Ford
Camrell & Ford
State Street
Ford
Cambridge Chronicle
The
Lion
John A. Bolles
Law
Boston
John S. Sleeper
Journal
Charles ©. Rogers
Stephen O'Meara
Washington and
Water Streets
Colonel Rogers
S. N. Stockwell
Mr. Stockwell
Evening Journal
Evening News
Morning Journal
Manly
FE. D. Shaw
F. A. Walker
H. S. Underwood
Munsey
New Eingland
English High School Class of 75 Holds 38th Reunion
The 388th annual reunion and class dinner of the English High School class of ’75 was held at Young’s Hotel last evening with 21 attendees. President Alfred H. Bartlett served as toastmaster. M. C. Freeman of Roxbury High spoke on John Paul Jones and Fred K. M. Jones discussed “Queer Things I’ve Seen Around the World.”
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Young's Hotel
Alfred H. Bartlett
M. C. Freeman
Roxbury High School
John Paul Jones
Fred K. M. Jones
Says girls can live on $8 a week
Chicago March 10 William C Thorne vice president of Montgomery Ward Co told the Vice Cotilimen that a girl adrift can live on $8 a week listing costs: room rent 3.00 breakfast 0.40 luncheon 0.90 dinners 1.40 car fare 0.60 clothing and incidentals 1.70
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Chicago
William C. Thorne
Montgomery Ward & Co
Witnesses Contest $12 Minimum Wage for Women
The state commission heard testimony from department store representatives who say $12 a week would endanger two thirds of Illinois factories and cost many women their jobs. They argued $8 suffices for a woman to support herself and urged merchants to assist in reform.
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Commission
Beall
Thorne
James Simpson
George Lytton
Joseph Basch
John Basch
John T. Pirie
E. J. Lehmann
Henry C. Schwab
Albert Ellinger
Illinois
Barratt O’hara
State Street Retailers’ Association
Hood’s Sarsaparilla Fights Scrofula Says Patient’s Testimony
A New Hampshire man, Elisha E. Locke of No Barrington, reports scrofula relief after six bottles of Hood’s Sarsaparilla. He notes renewed ability to work and urges others to try the medicine in liquid form or Sarsatabs.
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Hood
Elisha E. Locke
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Slayer OF Babies
Oakley Club
F. J. Anstey
Roper
Asks Freedom
White CO
Paris
R. M. White CO
Progressives
Mr. Hale
Mr. Munsey
Matthew Haile
Ward 11
Back Bay
Harvard
Harvard Law School
Hale & Oveson
Ing
F. A. Munsey
Scott & Bowne
Bloomfield
M.J
English High
Jaul Thorne
Juul
Montgomery, Ward & Co
Kayser
Julius Kayser & Co
Makers
John T. Connor CO
Brookside
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