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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1914
Page
14
Girl Held as Burglar Edna Knight in Lynn Case
Edna J. Knight, 22, arrested days earlier, is held for the grand jury on charges of breaking and entering the Spiller home at 111 President Street Lynn and stealing about 200 worth of jewels. She is also charged with receiving stolen goods. A neighbor testified to seeing two women in the Spiller yard. Three Boston merchants identified pieces of jewelry as from May 9. Mrs Spiller identified the jewelry. Knight previously lived in Lynn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna J. Knight
S. H. Spiller
President Street
Lynn
Lummus
Mrs. Knight
Boston
America
Hayner Distilling Co
High St
U. S
Mass
Net Distilling Co
High Street
South Station
Inventor of Film Electric Lamp Dead
London reports the death of Sir Joseph Wilson Swan at 86. He born in Sunderland England. Swan pioneered the incandescent lamp and in 1879 solved the problem of producing a practical light, enabling widespread electric lighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Sir Joseph Wilson Swan
Sunderland
England
Joseph
Gets-IT Corn Cure Delivers Quick Relief Says Ad Copy
An old advertisement promises GETS-IT will remove any corn swiftly with near magic. It proclaims the product beats all rivals, claiming quick, painless results and complete corn removal for users.
Get-IT corn treatment touted as painless cure
An ad proclaims Get-IT dissolves corns warts calluses and bunions in about two seconds without harming surrounding skin. It claims total removal and warns against bandages plasters or knives. Priced at 25 cents a kettle, sold by E Lawrence & Co Chicago and in Boston Hiker Daynes Drug Stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Boston
Hiker-daynes Drug
Cake lobbed at ex-fighter in Suffolk divorce case
Margaret Levin testified in Suffolk Superior Court that she hurled a birthday cake with 32 candles at ex-pugilist David Levin during the divorce proceedings. The incident drew laughter from the court as she described alleged abuses by her husband in denying cruelty charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Levin
Margaret
Suffolk Superior Court
Levin
Birthday Candle Fight Ends in Fractured Cake and Alarming Testimony
Testimony sketches a volatile marriage scene as a birthday cake is hurled amid accusations. A shooting occurred at Levin's Bromfield street business offices with a minor palm wound. A young witness, 18 year old Miss Lillian Martin, disrupts cross examination with blunt questions and sharp remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jorwith
Levin
Bromfield Street
Levins
Lillian Martin
Fitzgerald Speech Delights Foreign Trade Delegates
Washington May 27 Former Mayor Fitzgerald delivered the hit of the morning session at the foreign trade convention in the Raleigh Hotel His good natured sallies at New York followed by Dudley Field Malone kept delegates in tears He urged Hamburg America to send the boat to Boston for better harbor space and outlined New England commercial groups efforts to prepare for the foreign market The audience gave him a five minute ovation after his fifteen minute address
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Fitzgerald
Raleigh
New York
Dudley Field Malone
Boston
New England
Walker Chosen by Bull Moose for Ninth District
Former Speaker Joseph Walker of Brookline accepted an invitation from about 300 Progressive leaders from Somerville Chelsea Malden Everett Winthrop and Revere to be their Congressional candidate in the ninth district. The endorsement followed a banquet in the Malden Auditorium where Walker was assured other Progressive candidates would withdraw to unite against incumbent Republican Congressman Roberts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Walker
Brookline
Somerville
Chelsea
Malden
Everett
Winthrop
Revere
Congress
Walker
Roberts
Eugene N. Foss
Jamaica Plain
Cape District
Mr. Bird
Theodore Roosevelt
Bird
Roosevelt
Alvin T. Fuller
Progressive Committee
Arthur M. Huddell
Joe
C. W. Berry
Josiah Larsen
Congressman Roberts
Massachusetts
Matthew Hale
Fuller
Mr. Walker
Walker and Bird rally in progressive meeting for ninth district
In a lively note of a political gathering, Walker faces GOP roots while Bird defends the party. Progres- sive leaders cheer, pledge support, and attack amalgamation as they back Walker’s candidacy in the ninth district amid district-wide calls for unity.
Cooper's Defence Insanity in Bradish Murder Trial
Worcester May 27 The government closed its case today in the trial of Daniel J Cooper charged with the murder of Albert G Bradish in the woods near Upton on Oct 4. The defense outlined its case and began examining witnesses. The defense will enter a plea of insanity, as stated by Attorney John Ik Swift senior counsel for Cooper, who said he would show Cooper was of unsound mind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Clapp
Town Farm
Cooper
Ernest B. Scribner
Sheppard Cooper
Worcester Insane Asylum
Worcester
Daniel J. Cooper
Albert G. Bradish
Upton
John Ik. Swift
Fall River Girl Struck by Heat At Work
Miss Mary Ann Costa an 18 year old worker at Sanford Spinner Company collapsed from heat while at her job in Fall River. She was attended and later recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Mary Ann Costa
Supreme Court overrules Plant appeal in Hutchinson verdict
Salem May 27 A rescript from the Supreme Court overruled the exceptions filed by Thomas G Plant to set aside a May 1913 verdict of 109168 in favor of James A Hutchinson of Lynn The rescript simply states Exceptions over ruled and completes the judicial action on the case
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Supreme Court
Clerk of Courts
Thomas G. Plant
James A. Hutchinson
Lynn
Hutchinson Sues Over Commission in Plant Shoe Plant Deal
Hutchinson sued to recover 150000 as commission for securing two loans totaling 2500000 to fund Plant and United Shoe Machinery Company dealings. He claimed Plant promised the commission for securing loans from Boston banks and capitalists. Plant denied, saying funds were not secured. Jury awarded Hutchinson 109168.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutchinson
Plant
United Shoe Machinery Company
Boston
New York
Jobless Will Employ Lobby Democrats Push for Law Reform
The unemployed in Massachusetts met at the Common and voted to form a legislative committee to lobby for five pending bills aimed at solving unemployment. Morrison I. Swift proposed the idea, aligning with Governor Walsh’s earlier suggestion after the delegation gained a State House hearing. The bills cover reforestation, reclamation of waste land, and state regulation of wayfarers lodges among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Morrison I. Swift
Walsh
State House
Unemployment Jobless Committee to Study Relief Plans
A legislative committee of the Jobless will be appointed by the Governor to study the unemployment problem and draft bills for the next Legislature. The exact names of the committee members were not released, but Mr. Swift will reveal the committee and methods at the regular weekly Common meeting next Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift
Worcester’s May Heat Triggers Two Prostrations
Worcester reports a sweltering May day with official readings at 79 degrees and unofficial sun readings nearing 99. By noon two people had collapsed from heat, requiring ambulance attendance as the city endures its hottest weather in a decade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
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