Ketchup Discarded into City Sewer by Officials
Twenty nine barrels about 1500 gallons of alleged ketchup seized as unfit for food were emptied into the Hanover and Commercial streets sewer by U S Deputy Marshal James Waters. The condemned ketchup had been shipped from New York for sale in Boston area.
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Hanover
Commercial
United States
James Waters
New York
Boston
Constitution Wharf
John Morrissey
Forty Five Additional Postal Savings Banks Named
Postmaster General Hitchcock designated 45 additional post offices as postal savings depositories across 45 states and territories. Named towns include Bristol Connecticut Waterville Missouri Rockport Massachusetts Dover New Hampshire Westerly Rhode Island Barre Vermont.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Bristol
Farmer in East Greenbush Die by Self Immolation After Loss
Fred Kipp a farmer in East Greenbush Albany area set fire to his house and barn alone in his dwelling last night then crawled into the stable with his horses and allowed himself to burn to death following the death of his wife and daughter within a year.
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Albany
N. Y
Fred Kipp
East Greenbush
Blacklist Proposal Targets Tax Dodgers in Boston
Ex-Councilman Frank A. Goodwin urged Mayor Fitzgerald to create a Boston tax dodger blacklist to pursue those who might leave the city to dodge taxes and to chase them until they are driven out of the state if needed.
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Boston
Frank A. Goodwin
Fitzgerald
Letter to John F Fitzgerald urges bold tax reform in Boston
East Boston March 28 1911 letter from Quincey A Shaw urging Hon John F Fitzgerald to push assessors to aggressively assess personal property. The missive claims $1 000 000 000 of personal property escapes taxation and warns lax assessors deny funds, urging oath takers and a public blacklist of tax dodgers to fund city development and curb wealth flight. It stresses shifting burdens onto the wealthy and preserving small homeowners and businesspeople.
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Boston
John F. Fitzgerald
Board of Assessors
Quincey A. Shaw
East
Charlestown
South Boston
Brighton
Court Finds Both Deserted in Divorce Case
Judge Raymond dismissed the cross libels for desertion by Mr and Mrs John D Malcolm after both testified they signed a separation agreement in 1906 and made no effort to reconcile for their two children. He reserved ruling on Edith Stromblad v Carl Stromblad for non support and abusive treatment amid testimony of long neglect.
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Raymond
John D. Malcolm
Malcolm
Rochester
Halifax
N. S
Edith Stromblad
Carl F. Stromblad
Stromblad
English actor Sydney Brough dies in London
Sydney Brough an English stage actor born in London in 1868 died today. He was part of the Brough acting family and made his American debut in 1886 with the Violet Cameron Opera Company before later returning to star at the Knickerbocker Theatre in New York in 1901 in Quality Street.
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London
Sydney Brough
Lionel Brough
Mary Brough
R. S. Boleyn
Fannie Whiteside Brough
Casino
New York
Violet Cameron
America
Knickerbocker Theatre
Valentine Brown
Quality Street
Taft and Aldrich pressed Lorimer for Illinois seat
Edward Hines testified before the Senate inquiry into Illinois bribery that Taft and Senators Aldrich and Penrose urged William Lorimer's election to the U S Senate to aid passage of the Payne tariff bill. Hines described Kinship with Lorimer, Aldrich's push, and White House interest before Springfield adjournment.
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Springfield
Taft
Aldrich and
Penrose
William Lorimer
Illinois
Edward Hines
Chicago
Senate Investigation Committee
Lorimer
Illinois Deadlock and Taft Urged Senatorial Action
Testimony shows President Taft and Senator Aldrich worried about Springfield deadlock delaying Illinois Senate selection. Taft pressed speedier election amid tariff bill. Hines recalls Penrose asking in mid April 1908 about an Illinois Senator, noting uncertainty and lack of knowledge about the situation.
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Senate
Illinois
Lorimer
Aldrich
United States
Springfield
Taft
Hines
Penrose
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Digest Food Quickly
An old advertisement extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets for rapid relief in overloaded stomachs. It claims the tablets mimic natural gastric juices to digest food, rest the stomach, and provide harmless, systemic digestion without curing illnesses. Sold by druggists everywhere for 50 cents. Marshall offer for a trial package is hinted.
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Stuart
F. A. Sig
Marshall
The Sovereign Power serial advances in Sunday Post Magazine
Max Lee Luther’s new serial The Sovereign Power moves toward an exciting stage in the Sun Day Post Magazine. The synopsis will allow readers to begin with the next Sunday instalment.
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Max Lee Luther
Sunday Post Magazine
Mother of Five Seeks Missing Husband
William Shannon of 71 Lowell Street has vanished from his Boston home since Tuesday. He was last seen at 8 pm at Boston & Maine Yard No. 3 near Mystic Wharf. An overcoat and tools found on the wharf the next morning raise fears of a drowning or suicide, leaving his wife and five children in destitute circumstances.
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Reading
William Shannon
Lowell Street
Mystic Wharf
Boston
Shannon
Boston & Maine Railroad
Murdered Greek man found in Chicago after confession
Chicago police recovered the dismembered body of George Barbaresos, a Greek laboring man, in a clothes basket. Achilles Tentarakis and his wife Angeliqe were arrested in Kansas City after Tentarakis confessed that Barbaresos insulted his wife, triggering the murder.
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Chicago
George Barbaresos
Achilles Tentarakis
Angelique
Kansas City
Tentarakis
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Hallet & Davis
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Chickering & Sons
Tremont St
Col
Northampton
Mass. Ave
Goodwin
Mr. Goodwin
Big Sam
Andy
Gene Carr
Ator
Mr. Lorimer
Liberty
P.A
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco CO
Winston-Salem, N. C
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