Investigation of Captain Christmas purchase charges begins
Washington March 30. A special House committee will begin inquiry next Tuesday into alleged charges related to Captain Christmas in the Danish West Indies purchase. Neils Gron will be first witness. WC Brown and Archer McKinley seek to testify. Secretary Hay will appear to deny any executive suggestion of payment to any person.
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Washington
Captain Christmas
Danish West Indies
Neils Gron
Richardson
WC. Brown
Archer McKinley
Hitt
Dalzell
State Department
Hay
Somerville police lock up three members of famed Boston area gang
Three arrests Saturday night in Somerville reveal a major gang of thieves active since last October, with leaders William and Orrin Aylesbury and the violent Thomas Golding, who challenged officers as detectives recovered stolen horses wagons and a trunk of women’s clothes. The case links to wide express robberies across Boston and nearby towns, with police noting large quantities of recovered goods and potential longer sentences for the elder Aylesbury and Golding.
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Somerville
Boston
Thomas H. Carter
Abbott and
Barry
Timothy Gelding
Aylesbury
William W
Boston Street
William Aylesbury
Golding
Orrin Aylesbury
Reformatory
Bill
William Bragg Watts
H. E. Burnham
Forest Street
Salem
W. H. McCormick
Carringe
Beverly
Hyde Park
Alice Nabbitt
Medford
EB. Boynton
Mallock
H. L. Newton
Orrin
Summer Street
Abbott
Barrie
Chambers Street
Lowell
Vision guaranteed free eye exams at David J. Ingraham
Framed as an eye care offer promising to correct astigmatism and refractive errors. Claims free examinations until further notice and extends shopping hours on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Advertises location 10 Winter St and contact telephone 1388 Oxford. Mentions price-cutting claim and widespread service in New York Providence and Boston.
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New York
Providence
Boston
DAVID J. _INGRAHAM
Winter ST
Tel
Oxford
Killed Girl in Corlears Park Case Ends in Self Destruction
New York report explains the Corlears Park killing suicide. Sigmund Blanc, a Philadelphia cigarmaker, and Ida Klobeck a city dressmaker, had known each other in Poland. Blanc promised marriage if his pay reached $18 weekly, but the envelope did not satisfy her, leading to a fatal walk in Corlears Park where Blanc killed Ida then killed himself. Blanc had two brothers in Philadelphia.
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New York
Corlears Park
Sigmund Blanc
Ida Klobeck
Philadelphia
Poland
Blanc
Ida
Rufino to surrender Mantla in Misamis island rebellion
March 30 report says Rufino who spent $20,000 to incite rebellion in Misamis island of Mindanao now offers to surrender with seven rifles to the native constabulary. General Chaffee to tour Samar April 10 and witness insurgent General Guevarra surrender at Samar April 15.
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Mantla
Rufino
Misamis
Islan
Mindanao
Chaffee
Manila
Samar
Guevarra
Mrs Archer Challenges Sabbath Laws At Berkeley Hall
Mrs Stella Archer a Boston elocution teacher drew a large Berkeley Hall crowd as she denounced Sunday legislation arguing church and state must be separate and warning such laws breed theocracy persecution and loss of liberty The meeting led by Benjamin F Bradbury heard no organized group backing the crusade and no committee was formed.
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Berkeley Hall
Berkeley and
Tremont Streets
Stella Archer
Boston
Benjamin F. Bradbury
Jesus Christ
Christ
Cesar
God
America
A. C. Russell
Soldier John J Bland Buried in Holy Cross Cemetery
John J Bland a United States Army soldier died February 21 and was buried after military ceremony in Holy Cross cemetery yesterday afternoon. He joined the service in 1899 and was stationed on the transport Sheridan in San Francisco harbor at death. Born in East Boston, he was 20 years old and educated in parochial schools. The funeral from Maverick street drew a large crowd led by Captain Thomas P Clark with a marching band, Joseph Hooker Post 2 and James A Weaver Post 159 G A R, Major Grady Camp Band, and troops from Fort Banks Winthrop. The cortege included firemen with bells tolling as the hearse was followed by soldiers and carriages ending at the graveside with a military salute.
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J. Bland
United States Army
Boston Bey
Holy Cross Cemetery
Sheridan
San Francisco Harbor
Boston
Maverick Street
Thomas PL Clark
Grady
Prosesssion
Sumner Street
Joseph Hooker
James A. Weaves
Grady Carho
Fort Banks
Winthrop
Jonn
Two Killed in Range Battle in Wyoming
Reports from Big Piney district Uintah county describe a clash between sheep herders and cowboys. Two sheep herders were killed and two cattlemen wounded. About 1200 sheep were reported killed as fences were erected beyond a summer line. The distance from telegraph points limits details.
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Evanston
Wyo
Big Piney
Uintah
Tell
Newport Blue Book Names 1920s Summer Cottagers
The 400 at Newport showcases its summer colony roster with many New York and Boston elites listed. Names include professors, doctors, and prominent Bostonians such as Alexander Asvassiz, J. Amory Codman, E I Cunningham, Henry A Rice, Florence Taylor, Nathaniel Thayer, George Weld, and others, linked to notable cottages along Bellevue and Ocean avenues.
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Society
Newport
New York
Boston
Sunset Lawn
Coddington Point
Jerome C. Borden
Fall River
Goose Neck
Ocean Avenue
Theodore Borlen
J. Amory Codman
Bellevue
Berkeley Avenues
E. I. Cunningham
Catherine
Cottage Streets
Herman H. Duryea
Grockline
Eds Hill
Beacon
Ellen E. Mason
Gibbs Avenue
E. Rollins Morse
Villarosa
Bellevue Avenue
Bradford Norman
Portsmouth
Haries KB. Perkins
C. Perkins
Florence Taylor
Hunter Avenue
Nathaniel Thayer
Lake View Avenues
G. W.wales
Yznaga Avenue
Cliffs
George W. Weld
de Blois
J. de Forres Parlerson
Swift
Ellevue Avenue
Immigrants Detained On Ellis Island Due To Holiday
About 1000 immigrants aboard the American liner St Paul and the Cunarder Umbria were detained at New York on Easter Sunday because Immigration Commissioner Witchie granted inspectors a holiday. The passengers protested but were kept aboard while ships cleared Bilis Island for landing tomorrow morning.
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New York
Witchie
Ellis Island
St. Paul
Bilis Island
Insurance offer for congress shoes with Hub Gore
Clever readers are offered life insurance for wearers of congress shoes containing Hub Gore plastic. The policy covers death from accidental injuries while traveling in any public conveyance, under a contract with United States Casualty Company.
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Congress
Hub Gore
U. S. Casualty Co
New York
United States Casualty Company
Courting on Board Ship in New York Engagement
J E Oglesby son of ex governor Richard J Oglesby arrived on the St Paul and announced his engagement to Miss Ida Rogers of this city. The couple met two days out of Southampton. A shipboard dinner hosted the engagement with guests William W W Coe Jr and J T Lodge. The wedding is expected within a month.
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New York
J. E. Oglesby
Richard J. Oglesby
Illinois
St. Paul
Ida~ Rogers
Thomas Rogers
Southampton
William W.W. Coe, Jr
Cambridge University
J. T. Lodge
Boston
Keene in Serious Illness in Lexington Visit
James R. Keene is seriously ill in Lexington though his condition improved enough to plan a trip to Castleton for several days. Doctors attribute the illness to dysentery worsened by climate and water changes from Florida.
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Lexington
James R. Keene
Castleton
Florida
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Double Insurance
Hub Gore Makers
Moore
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Ventura
Cal
Sven
A. M. Townsend
Raven
White Dental
Washington Street
R. H. White Co
LADIE
Eisbien
Branc
New Mongland
William W. Aylesbury
Timothy Golding
Orrin F
SOM
Berville
David J. Ingraham
Winter Street
Hingham Hingham
Wilder’s Pond
A. Arthur Batchelder
Garfield
James R. Garfield
President Garfield
Civil Service
Roosevelt
William A. Rodenberg
Aguinaldo
Mainila
Senor Valdez
United States- Philippine Commission
Subpena Aguinaldo
General Chaffee
Island
Mrs. Archer
John J. Bland
East Boston
I-95
Federal ST
Dows
A. W. Dows & CO
Mass
Womanic
Chase & Sanborn’s
Burraro Cuor
Formosa
Imorence Jayman
Webster
Keene
Coleman Dental
Washington $T
Essex St
Boylston St
Hotels
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Central Station
New York City
J. Newman & Sons
Tremont Street
Griffin
Mary E
John Griffin
Ken
Dennis Donnelly
Federal Street
Hudson Street
St. James Church
Mt. Benedict Cemetery
West Rareeh
J.s.waterman & Sons Cpmneral Undertak and Embalmers
Washington St
Dudley Street
Tel. Roxbury
Iplates Rep
King Dental Parlors
Cor
Avon
King Dental
Washington St. Cor
Jordan's
White's
Crosby's
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