Moran First Brought Crocker Will Case Bribery Charges
Indictments target Hartnett and others linked to the Crocker will case with arrests and evasion. Crocker family figures and long court fight tracing back to 1904 are noted, including prior trials, appeals, and settlements, as District Attorney Pelletier pursues higher figures in a statewide exposure.
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Moran
Crocker Will
Post
Matthew J. Killion
John W. Cronan
Killion
Watts
Hartnett
Canada
Arthur D. Hill
Hill
Harris
Pelletier
Crocker
Commonwealth
Ariel H. Crocker
George A
Joseph B
Edgar Crocker
Annie J. Fitzgerald
Charlestown
Supreme Court
Josiah H W. Benton
Alfred Hemenway
Evacuation Day Festivities Open With Banquet and Parade
Evacuation Day events begin tonight at Bethesda Hall with a South Boston Citizens Association reception and banquet. Brigadier General Isaac R. Sherwood and Lieutenant Richmond P. Hobson arrive to speak, with Governor Draper and Mayor Fitzgerald among guests. a 2 pm parade with 4000 troops follows tomorrow along a five mile route.
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Boston
Lord Howe
South Boston
Isaac R. Sherwood
Richmond P. Hobson
Congress
Ohio
Alabama
Draper
Fitzgerald
Navy Yard
Dorchester
South
John Franklin McInnes
George
Women Rescued From North End Fire After Heavy Smoke
A four story brick building on Chapel Place burned with straw hair and feathers filling the upper floors. Mrs. Hanlon and Mrs. McLaughlin were rescued by neighbors and fire crews endured extreme smoke as Deputy Chief Grady and others were carried from the building. The blaze caused thousands in water damage and an estimated $20,000 loss to the building and contents.
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Roosevelt
Ethel
Kermit
Africa
Kitchener
H. H. Asquith
Elfin
United States
San Francisco
Theodore, Jr
New York
Slatin Pasha
Pink
EB. EF. Bernard
P. R. Phipps
Bishop Gwynne
Cuthbert Quilter
Lord Erroll
Patrick Hanlon
Chapel Place
Kate McLaughlin
No. 7
John O'Neil
Hanlon
McLaughlin
Mullen
Canal Street
Friend Street
Chaple Place
Grady
Madison
Emos
Dowd
Bateman
West
Fleming
Canney
O’brien
Aeron
Charles Flemming
Charlotte Baker Estate
Maurice F. Horen & Co
John M. Mann
Boston Curtain Company
John F. Meserve & Co
Paine Furniture Company
Bust Developing and Wrinkle Removing Secrets Free
An American businesswoman from Providence reportedly obtained a Japanese secret for bust development and wrinkle removal. She claims dramatic neck and chest filling, improved bust size, and facial rejuvenation, and offers free full particulars to readers who mail a stamped request to Miss Janet Gilbert in Providence.
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Providence
Janet Gilbert
Jkc
R. I
O'Meara Sa ves Officer From a Dismissal
The commissioner finds Patrolman Samuel J. Sweetland guilty of misconduct for stopping to talk with his wife and sending a sober woman to the station on a mistaken intoxication charge. Mercy shown: 210 hours punishment duty and a reprimand in general orders, with eight years of service noted.
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Sweetland
Police Department
Samuel J. Sweetland
James A. Houston's Spring Opening Showcases New Styles
The James A. Houston Company announces its 1916 spring opening featuring gowns, millinery, waists, coats, linens, silks, satins, and fabrics. New millinery, foreign models, Parisian inspired hats, and elegant suits mark a low-price, high-style season with extensive trims and hand embroidery on select pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Houston Company
Vienna
London
Berlin
Strife Play Abandoned in Philadelphia Amid Labor Tensions
A New York company cancels a Philadelphia run of Strife the week due to labor strikes and safety concerns. Henry Clay, Philadelphia director of public safety, advised postponing amid current disturbances in the city.
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New York
Philadelphia
Henry Clay
Public Safety of
Roosevelt Visits Battle Site at Omdurman
President Roosevelt tours the Omdurman battlefield five miles down the Nile aboard the Sirdar’s yacht Elfin. He mounts a camel before a silent Sudanese cavalry platoon, comparing the ride to a bucking bronco and a rhinoceros in a tense moment.
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Roosevelt
Sheik
Slatin Pasha
Omdurman
Desert
Roosevelts
Sirdar
Swindling Uncle Sam Described in Post Magazine
An upcoming Post Magazine article by William Lawton Curtin explains a method of defrauding the government and how such schemes are carried out, signaling caution to readers about potential schemes exposed in depth.
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Sam
William Lawton Curtin
Next Sunday
Post Magazine
Possum Dispenser Skin Remedy Advertised for Pimples
An advertisement for Emergency Laboratories' possum skin treatment asks readers to request a free sample from 32 West 25th Street New York before buying. The 50 cent possum product sold at Riker Jaynes and Houghton Dutton drugstores claims to cure eczema acne tetter blotches scaly scalp hives barber’s itch and other skin troubles with a flesh colored non greasy formula. Soap and water are said to worsen conditions.
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West 25Th Street
New York
Riker-Jaynes
Houghton & Dutton’s
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Mr. Crocker
Old South
Conroy
Leach
H. F E. Spiller & Co
Robert Grant
Washington and
Winter Streets
Gost
Carmore
Carpenter
Morton
New England
Boston Mass
Sil
Coystal Rock Tailoring CO
Dorchester Ave
Pethes
North End
O’meara
James A. Houston’s
Keto Beret Co
Kabo Corset Co
Chicago
Carter
Carters
Sullivan
Morris Dental CO
Washington Street
Rengo
Rengo Co
Rengo Bldg
Detroit
Mich
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