Portland stenographer testifies in Bay State Co. case
Miss America G Pricy of Portland testifies in the conspiracy trial regarding the Bay State Co assets. She admits limited knowledge of fishing, says she briefly owned one share and did not transfer it to Diggr, and recalls resigning soon after the company’s organization. She mentions other stock and officer roles in related firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Payson & Virgin
Portland
Diggr
Dyer
Bay State
Massachuses
Mr. Webber
Freezone Corn Remedy Claim Promises Instant Pain Relief
The text touts Freezone as a quick solution for corns and calluses with no pain or irritation. It claims instant relief and rapid removal of the affected skin, suggesting it works on sore areas such as fingers and toes.
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Spain
Portland figures in Dirigo Company stock and financing
Melville W. Trefethen of Portland testified as witness in a trial stating he was president and director of the Dirigo Fish Company. He described talks in 1918 with John Burns Jr about options on leases at Portland wharf held with William Verrill. The Dirigo Company was formed, with Ernest James receiving the certificate and Bay State Company of Maine acting as treasurer. Verrell testified his share was turned over and about $20,000 was advanced to buy fish in storage, funded by about 5000 shares of Dirigo stock sold by the Bay State Company of Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melville W. Trefethen
Portland
Dirigo Fish Company
John Burns, Jr
Portland Cold Storage Company
Woodbury’s
William ©. Verrill
Burns
Boston
Trefethen
Dirigo Company
Ernest James
Bay State Company of
Maine
William O. Verrill
Dorchester Church Marks 50th Anniversary and Dedication
The Greenwood Memorial Church in Dorchester celebrated its 50th anniversary with a Women’s Missionary Society jubilee prayer day and lunch in the vestry on Washington Street. Speakers included Mrs. E. O. Davis and Mrs. F. H. Morgan. Tomorrow night the mortgage will be burned, and Sunday at 4:30 the church, erected 18 years ago, will be formally dedicated by Bishop Edwin H. Hughes. cornerstone laid in 1900.
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Greenwood Memorial Church
Woman's Missionary Society
Washington Street
Dorchester
E. 0. Davis
New England Conference of Home Missions
F. H. Morgan
Boston District of Foreign Missions
Henry Winston
Edwin H. Hughes
Lomasney Outs Independent Democrats in Ward 8 Clash
Galvin, powerful in Ward 8, faced Martin Lomasney who rallied a young Independent Democratic faction. They challenged Galvin’s forces and ultimately routed them in a notable political confrontation.
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Gus
Galvin
Old Ward
Martin Lomasney
The Career of Martin Lomasney in Boston Politics
The piece profiles Martin Lomasney and rival Galvin on the 1883 municipal scene. It notes Galvin's bold ward battles against Boss Maguire, Lomasney's unyielding drive toward mayoralty, family life of Galvin, and close bond with brother Joseph P. Lomasney. It hints at ongoing political strife and a forthcoming continuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Lomasney
The
Boston Post
Martin
Galvin
Suffolk
Patrick Maguire
Maguire
Joseph H. O’neil
Federal Trust Company
Lomasney
McLean Street
Massachusetts General Hospital
Mr. Lomasney
Edward J. Donovan
John C. Kiley
Kiley
Ward 8
Mr. Kiley
Fitzgerald
Joseph P
Joseph P. Lomasney
Joe
Lithuania Seeks Food Aid as People Reported Starving
A wire dispatch from New York states Lithuania plans to buy 15 000 tons of wheat 2000 tons of preserved meat 2000 tons of condensed milk and 500 tons of fats for delivering via Memel and Libau. Payment would come from American Lithuanians or Lithuania upon arrival of goods. The note says the people are starving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Baker
Monmouth Memorial Hospital of
New Jersey
New York
Lithuania
Vincent Jankus
Lithuania National Council
America
Body of Providence Aero Sergeant Found
The body of Sergeant Walter Fleming of Providence Rhode Island, 267th Aero Squadron, was recovered in Fayetteville New York after a January 7 crash into the Cape Fear River near here. Lieutenant H H Pope remains missing.
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Fayetteville
N. Y
Walter Fleming
Providence
R. 1
H. H. Pope
Becford
Ind
Cape Fear River
Pope
Victory brides bloom in Cambridge marriages
Cambridge reports a big crop of marriages with 45 local women wed to servicemen since January. In ten weeks 62 sailors and 13 soldiers married Cambridge girls, a tally blamed in part on Harvard Radio School trainees nearby. The army expects a stronger showing when the 6th division returns in April.
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Cambridge
Cambridge City Hall
Harvard Radio School
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BAY State CO
Miss Amerlca G
Prrcy
Cosi OG Fish
Tts. & Cook Company
H. A. H Company
Pany
George H. Spencer
Underwood & Underwood
Ignace Jan Paderewski
United States
G. W. Atkinson
Anthony Caminetti
Commissioner of Immigration
U.S
Wm. E. Mason
Illinois
T. Alphonsus Wallace
British Naval Medical Service
Tron
William FB. Mason
Mason
Gecee
Atkinson
Oart O Jaime
Washington
Sarvice
Congress
U. S
de Ged Eee
George Hi Baker
Jan Paderewski
Poland
Caminetti
Ater
Martin M. Lomasney
Gus” Galvin
Mr. Taylor
Daily and Sunday Post
Grove
Wildroot Co.,, Inc
Buffalo, N. Y
Navy
South America
Santiago
Great Britain
Europe
Pape
Iim
Healing Honey
Paris Medicine Company
Hayes
St. Louis
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