Trial of Borges Reveals Alleged Bribery Schemes and Contracts
Day two of Ferdinand B. Borges trial features heated objections as prosecutors present letters showing plans to bribe International Trust Company employees and a contract with Ubero-linked La Puerta entities. Defense acknowledges misstatements while Borges, in a cage, exchanges sharp notes with counsel amid ongoing testimony from trust officers and witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferdinand B. Borges
Ubero
Borges
International Trust Company
Baker
Chase
William D. Owen
Western
la Puerta
la Puerta Development
Old Colony Trust Company
Young's
Boston Obero
la Puerta Development Company
Boston
Cr. P. Sampson
Tremont Building
Owen
Obero Company
James A. Parker
Mock-milk bath craze explained by a home skin recipe
A writer shares details of a so called mock milk bath using oatmeal soap borax and perfume. The concoction is stored in cloth bags placed in 12 gallons of water to soften the bath and stimulate the skin leaving a violet scented glow and a refreshed mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna
Park Theatre Reopens With Earthquake Film Display
Boston patrons will witness moving pictures of the San Francisco disaster shown at the Park Theatre tonight. Miles Bros. filmed the quake damage and city flames with on site artists. Special prices make the show accessible. screenings will run this afternoon and evening after the first tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
San Francisco
Park Theatre
Wages Raised at Greylock Mills and Berkshire Cotton
North Adams workers receive a ten percent wage increase for 400 Greylock cotton mill employees and 2000 workers in the Berkshire Cotton Manufacturing Company weaving department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Adams
Greylock
Berkshire Cotton Manufacturing Company
Diver Repairs Schooner Vineyard Haven
Diver George Edwin of Nantucket pumped out and patched the schooner driven ashore here last March. The vessel will sail to New Bedford for repairs. damage described as slight.
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Vineyard Haven
George Edwin
Nantucket
New York
New Bedford
Fishing Season Opens at Lake Mansfield Trout Club
Burlington Vermont May 15 The fishing season opened yesterday at the Lake Mansfield Trout Club Fifteen men caught 80 pounds of trout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington, Vt
Lake Mansfield
Adoption of Tax Committee Order by Senator Seiberlich
Senator Seiberlich’s order establishing a taxation committee was adopted yesterday, authorizing a Senate committee to sit and review tax measures. The action formalizes committee membership and procedural steps for future hearings.
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Seiberlich
Belcher Rides In Caboose In California Relief Effort
Lieutenant Robert E. Belcher of the Signal Corps rode a Boston & Albany freight caboose en route to San Francisco to accompany a 50000 shoe shipment for the Massachusetts Association for the Relief of California. The relief committee arranged cabooses across rail lines. Belcher plans a Pullman return as he travels to assist needy Californians and report experiences.
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Robert EB. Belcher
Signal Corps
Boston & Albany
Albany Street
San Francisco
Massachusetts Association For the Relief of
California
Belcher
Back
Relief Association
Liutenant Belcher
Allston
Leutenant
Fate in Hands of Governor
With two days left to accept names for Charles L. Tucker’s commutation petition, Governor Guild will decide Saturday. Councillor Sullivan will deliver Tucker’s innocence argument from jail, while Tucker’s lawyers press for Samuel V. Cole’s signature to boost support. A Boston petition group led by Ida Hall gathered 236 names, and Fitchburg railroad engineers and firemen signed 100. A final total count arrives Friday, then heads to the State House on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. Tucker
Guild
Executive Council
M. J. Sullivan
South Boston
Tucker
Samuel V. Cole
Wheaton Seminary
Greater
Boston
Ida Hall
Fitchburg
State House
Grocer Carlos Wilson Dead, Napoleon History Collector
Carlos Wilson a South Boston and South End grocer died at his 209 West Springfield street home. Born November 28 1840 in Bradford Vermont he amassed 2000 volumes and 2000 portraits and prints on Napoleon and built a life in retail grocery and import sales.
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Carlos Wilson
Springfield Street
Bradford
New York State
Boston
South End
Miss Laura Horton Leads Revival Into Lynn
Lynn may 15 Miss Laura Horton 17 year old evangelist opens revival meetings at Wesley Evangelical Church drawing large crowds. Converts include people from all classes as she seeks to purge sin from Lynn and continues a purity tour of New England.
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Imperial Studio
Laura Horton
Lynn
Wesley Evangelical Church
Miss Horton
Vesuvius May Not Erupt Soon Says Explorer
Professor Thomas A Jaggar Jr returned from Italy stating Vesuvius is unlikely to have a serious eruption for years. He noted no fatalities in the recent event, described how lava breached the cone and debris crushed a church, and urged a dedicated earth science laboratory.
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Vesuvius
Thomas A. Jaggar, Jr
Jaggar
St. Paul’s Church
Italy
Alexander Agassiz
Agassiz Museum
Harvard
Public dispute over Boston gas rate regulation and old State House use
Letter writers critique a proposed sliding scale for the Boston Consolidated Gas Co arguing for fair returns rather than speculative rates. They compare to other Massachusetts gas firms and urge keeping public service fair and service oriented. The second letter defends repurposing the Old State House for practical public use, opposing reverent worship of the building and dated relics. May 14, 1906.
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Sir
Boston Consolidated Gas Company
Boston Gas
Massachusetts Gas Commission
Worcester
Springfield
Fall River
Lowell
Lynn
Cambridge
Edward R. Warren
Hazard Stevens
Transit Commission
Old State House
Washington Street
Edwin A. Bell
Worcester to Boston Car Hog Targeted by Letter
A Worcester reader complains about a rude male passenger on the 9 55 car from Worcester to Boston on May 14. He discards wraps over a lady’s lap, orders a window closed while a traveler is car sick, and claims a seat in another car, shoving past women with a suitcase. The writer urges Boston and Worcester papers to publish the note, asserting the offender’s coat would fit the sender.
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Worcester
Boston
Shy My Pastor Into the Ring Suggestion
A reader letters Rev Dr P S Henson urging lively preaching to keep congregations awake. The writer claims content, not seat comfort, will wake parishioners whether in chairs or on fence rails. May 14 Lawrence Mass.
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P. S. Henson
P. J. Mahoney
Lawrence, Mass
Woman's Kidney Troubles and Lydia E Pinkham Remedy
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound promoted as the sole remedy for women's kidney troubles. Letters from Mrs Samuel Frake and Mrs J W Lang praise cures of kidney disease and backache. The article invites women to contact Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free advice from the daughter-in-law of the founder.
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Heine
Lydia E. Pinkham
Samuel Frake
Prospect Plains
N. J
Pinkham
Lydiaydia E. Pinkham
D. Pinkham
Lyla E. Pinkham
J. W. Lang
Third Avenue
New York
Lydia E
Legislation Legalizes Marriages With Deceased Wife Sister
London May 15 The colonial marriages bill passed second reading in the House of Lords without division. It aims to legalize in the United Kingdom marriages with a deceased wife's sister that were contracted legally anywhere in the British possessions.
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London
House of Lords
United Kingdom
Dear Miss Champagne Anxious Seeks Advice On Breaking Engagement
A 20 year old writes about ending a year and a half engagement to a 24 year old. The adviser urges frank talk to spare feelings and suggests returning gifts if they were given in connection with the engagement.
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Miss Champagne
Brea
WANTED HUSBAND Dear Miss Champagne
A country girl aged about 30 asks Miss Champagne for advice on finding a husband. She has little social experience and worries about bashfulness and the lack of gentleman friends, hoping the right suitor will come with time.
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Miss Champagne
Miss Champegne
Do Not Wait for Fate Seek Partners Attend Social Gatherings
The text advises women to avoid passivity and to actively socialize to find a husband. It urges attending gatherings, meeting congenial people, and balancing shyness with sociability. It cites Mark Twain on virtue and emphasizes that effort increases marriage chances for sincere, determined women.
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Micawber
Mark Twain
Is Sadie Manning Detained as Mentally Unstable
Relatives fear Sadie Manning is mentally deranged while she is detained by Philadelphia police. Her sister and brother dispute the alarm, noting family deaths and that she is 37 and able to care for herself. Manning wandered from home, sleeping on a streetcar and claiming New York as her home.
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Sadie Manning
Philadelphia
Sadie
Mary Gately
Albany Street
Miss Manning
New York
Dennis J. Manning
Winslow Street
Catherine Manning
Providence
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Trust Companies
Trust Company
Virginia Stanley Lee
North Adams Mills
Frisco
Faneuil Hall
John F. Moors
Oakland
Fitzgerald
United States
Massachusetts
Moors
Boston Schoolmasters’ Club
Boston Submasters’ Club
Kidder, Peabody & Co
J. F. Lewis
Professor Jaggar
Olden State House
Castoria Ferson
Mildred Champagne
Gigtaee
Watterson
Thomas Watterson
St. Francie de Sales
Roxbury
Jordan Hall
New England
Conservatory of Music
Carters
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