City Hall payroll case ties Mulrey to Finneran fraud
Prosecutors rest after detailing missing payroll returns from 1896 97 in a Boston city hall fraud case. Witnesses describe seven and a half double teams paid to Thomas Finneran in exchange for city work while Mulvey allegedly routed papers and concealed fraudulent entries. Verdict pending Tuesday.
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Gleason
M. J. Kelly Lodge
Mr. Wells
Hurlburt
Counterfeit Grain O packages trigger Rochester court injunction
A Rochester New York court enjoined sale of Grain-O packaged to imitate Postum Cereal Food Coffee. The story details counterfeits, packaging seals, and alleged food value claims, plus a lengthy courtroom cross examination and proceedings involving city officials and witnesses.
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Boston elevated railway bill advances with twenty five year fare term
The House engrossed the Boston elevated railway bill after approving all non hostile amendments. The 6 cent fare term was extended to twenty five years and a free transfers provision was defeated. The Senate tabled the related free transfers bill. debate focused on mileage, delays, and municipal burdens as the bill moved toward engrossment and Senate consideration.
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Craigie Bridge
Railroad Case Seeks 30000 From New Haven in Death Claim
Eliza B. Young administratrix of Wilbur R. Young sues the New Haven railroad for 30000 claiming her husband was killed December 12, 1895, at Boylston station when struck crossing the tracks. The suit argues the railroad’s dangerous approaches made crossing the track necessary and seeks damages.
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Wilbur R. Young
Mason
Superior Court
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
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Boylston
Boston Woman Sues City Over Snow and Ice Fall
Catherine McCarthy of Wakefield sues the city of Boston for injuries from a Winter street slip on January 18 1896 alleging accumulation of snow and ice. Damages set at 600 dollars with attorney Henry F Nephen for plaintiff and John T Wheelwright for defendant.
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Wakefield
Boston
Winter Street
Henry F. Nephen
John T. Wheelwright
J Waldere Kirk Defends Taste Over Fashion Fame
New York diary excerpts show J Waldere Kirk, a 60 year old clothes watcher, insisting he is a businessman and connoisseur not a mere dress icon. He argues Westerners dress better than Easterners and rejects being labeled a freak or showman.
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New York
J. Waldere Kirk
Bondone
United States
Roxbury Atheneum Dissolved and Property Transferred
In Supreme Equity Court Judge Knowlton granted the dissolution petition for the Roxbury Atheneum. The decree assigns the association property to the Fellows Association of Roxbury, effectively a Roxbury branch of the Boston Public Library.
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Knowlton
Roxbury Atheneum
Fellows Association of
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