Adams Woolen Company Receiver Requested in Mass Court
Robert W. Smith and Benjamin P. Cooley doing business as Smith and Cooley of Stafford Springs Connecticut filed a petition in the United States district court requesting the appointment of a receiver for Adams Woolen Company manufacturers at Adams Massachusetts. The Adams Company has assented to the receivership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. Smith
Benjamin P. Cooley
Smith & Cooley
Stafford Springs
United States District Court
Adams Woolen Company
Adams, Mass
Adams Company
Magee Furnace Co In Receivers Hands
The Magee Furnace Company was placed in the hands of receivers Joseph O. Proctor Jr J A Lowell Blake and Ralph S Wentworth by Judge Morton in US district court. Creditors began bankruptcy actions last week with estimated liabilities around 375000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magee Furnace Company
Joseph O. Proctor, Jr
J. A. Lowell Blake
Ralphs. Wentworth
Morton
United States District Court
Gala Opera for Danish Royal Pair at Covent Garden
The Royal Opera House in Covent Garden hosted a gala in honor of the King and Queen of Denmark during their accession visit. The program featured scenes from La Tosca La Boheme and Aida with performers Melba and Emmy Destinn among the principals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Royal Opera House
Covent Garden
George
Denmark
Suffragette disruption at royal London theater
Leading figures of London society attended with King George and Queen Mary as suffragettes interrupted the performance. A protester shouted from the balcony stalls, was seized by nearby men, and removed while others scattered leaflets from the gallery. Royal box guests and diplomatic corps dominated the central seats, leaving most of the public in the upper galleries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
George
Royal Box
Queen Mary
Diplomatic Corps
Percival Roberts Escapes Bandits By Camel Ride To Naples
Percival Roberts of 81 Newbury Street Boston, Oxford College graduate and Harvard Law alumnus, arrived aboard the White Star liner Cretic from Naples after fleeing Tunisian desert bandits on camelback. His party, chased by Arab horsemen, spurred a swift retreat across the desert with camels and belongings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percival Roberts
Newbury Street
Boston
Oxford College
England
Harvard Law School
Naples
Roberts
Italy
Sfax
Tunis
Cimen
Oxford
Sealshipt Property Sale Authorized in Ancillary Proceedings
In ancillary proceedings Judge Morton of the United States District Court yesterday authorized the sale of the Sealshipt Oyster System property. The sale is set for Saturday June 20 at noon in New York.
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Morton
United States District Court
New York
Mass property firm seeks sale of diversified assets in 16 parcels
Receivers report a Massachusetts based company owning real estate in four states plus oyster beds and stock holdings. The order of sale lists 16 parcels with a $700000 minimum, subject to mortgages and liens. Net operating profit in five months was $46887.08. cash on hand $119516.55. estimated capital needs $500000 to reach normal output.
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Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
Pierre M. Brown
William H. Raye
Creditors Committee
5000 Teachers to Meet at Harvard Institute
Public school college and academy instructors numbering over 5000 will meet at Harvard Institute of Instruction in Boston for the first time. The convention opens with the Harvard summer school and many professors will address the meetings. Museums halls and student quarters will be opened to visitors with receptions and luncheons for members.
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Harvard Institute of Instruction
Boston
Harvard
Jap Ranch Hand Fatally Crashes In Aeroplane Fall
Subata a Japanese ranch hand was killed in a plane crash during his first flight without an instructor. He lost control at 50 feet, plummeted toward the earth, and could not recover before impact.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Subata
Woman Held on Forgery and Larceny Charges
Mrs. Marion Kendrick, 55, described as pale and gray haired, was arrested yesterday afternoon at the Temple Place branch of Old Colony Trust Company by Inspectors Farrell and Burr. She faces an indictment with two counts of forgery and two counts of larceny. Known to police and Pinkertons as a skilled forged check operator, she had eluded capture for several months.
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Marion Kendrick
Farrell and
Burr
Temple Place
Old Colony Trust Company
Pinkerton
Mrs. Kendrick
Widow’s tale of woe tied to forged checks and arrest
Mrs. Kendrick, a Georgia born woman once wealthy, describes a string of sorrows after her husband’s death as Pinkerton agents pursued her arrest for forging Edith M Ambrose’s name to a $25 check on July 2 and forging M L Collins to a $30 check on October 7. She faces larceny and fraud charges and will be arraigned in Superior Court today.
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Captain Armstrong
Kendrick
Edith M. Ambrose
Ola Colony Trust Company
M. L. Collins
Pinkerton
Benefit Performance for Boston Newsboy’s Family
Boston theatre stars join a Majestic Theatre benefit Sunday to aid Louis Gold’s family after his accidental death from a street shooting. Gold, a Granary and Haymarket figure, worked long hours to support his mother and seven siblings. The newsboys and papers support the fundraising efforts, with Eadawara D. Smith co operating.
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Boston
Majestic Theatre
Louis Gold
Granary Burying Ground
Haymarket Square
Gold
City Hospital
Louis
Eadawara D. Smith
The
Majestic
Newsboys
Jury in Gianini Case Reaches Verdict in Murder Trial
Merrimer New York May 11 The jury convict Jean Giagini of murder in the shooting death of schoolteacher Lida Beecher. Court records indicate the panel deliberated hours before delivering the verdict in the Giagini case.
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Gianini
Merrimer
N. Y
Jean Giagini
Thy Murde
Lida Beecher
Wheelwright will contest will with doctors testimony on sound mind
Boston physician Dr Elbridge G Cutler and Dr Oliver H Howe testified in Superior Court that Henry Wheelwright 86 at death in 1913 was of sound mind. Cutler recounted advising daily outings and stopping whiskey while noting no Brights disease. Howe said he treated Wheelwright from 1890 for hernia and later indigestion bronchitis.
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Elbridge G. Cutler
Boston
Oliver H. Howe
Cohasset
Henry Wheelwright
Cutler
Wheelwright
Underwood
Edward Wheelwright
Caroline B. Foster
Boston Common
W. D. Turner
Dr. Hows
Intelligent talk by Wheelwright noted by Dr. Cutler
In 1909 1910 1911 and 1912 Wheelwright met weekly with Dr. Cutler's suggestion. He spoke about weather crops inventions old New England families and other topics. Dr. Howe said he talked intelligently showed memory and sense of humor and read papers.
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Edward Underwood
Henry Wheelwright
Frank Underwood
Edward Wheelwright
Letter Carrier Charged With Theft of Letter in Boston
James H. Stretch a Roxbury substitute letter carrier attached to the central post office was arrested by U S Deputy Marshal Ruhl charged with embezzling a letter containing a 1 40 check for a Boston magazine subscription The letter torn found on Albany street by Inspector Jennings Stretch jailed at East Cambridge awaiting May 19 hearing with 1000 bail set
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James H. Stretch
Roxbury
Central Post Office
United States
Marshal Ruhl
Boston
Albany Street
Postoffice
Jennings
Stretch
East Cambridge
Dives to His Death in Elevator Shaft
Charles H. White a representative of a Des Moines life insurance company fell nine stories to his death in an elevator shaft in a Kansas City office building. His foot caught as he tried to enter the car and the operator moved it upward trapping him under the car. An undertaker's ambulance responded.
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Kansas City
Charles H. White
Des Moines
Rich broker robbed of $230 in Dedham train burglary
Timothy J. O Connor was arraigned before Chief Justice Bolster as George Bradford of Dedham, a retired broker, testified he was attacked in a baggage car at South station. Bradford said a robber seized $230 from his pocket, while $800 remained undiscovered. O Connor was held in $2000 bail until Wednesday.
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Timothy J. O'Connor
Bolster
George Bradford
Dedham
South Station
Bradford
O'Connor
Walton
Alleged embezzler released on bonds in Providence
Bruce W. Wilhoite, a postal clerk charged with embezzling funds from the gunboat Yankton, was released on his own recognizance for 500 in U.S. District Court. He was arrested in Newport on September 22 and tried in November, but the jury disagreed. he had remained jailed since then.
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Providence
Bruce W. Wilhoite
United States District Court
Wilhoite
Newport
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