Backing a Mystery Charlestown Syndicate Draws in Widows
A Boston Post report exposes the Franklin Syndicate in Charlestown promising weekly profits of 1 to 10 on investments as low as $10. Women, clerks, and laborers pour savings from banks into the scheme at the Harvard Hotel parlor on Main Street. Investigators trace cash, commissioned recruitment, and the alleged operator L Powers while warning locals of the risks and dubious headquarters.
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Harvard
Main Street
Charlestown
Colored Sentinel
LL. Powers
Franklin Syndicate
Jernegan
Pilgrim Park
Cape Cod
Post
Brooklyn
Boston
Mainstreet
L. Powers
Jay Gould
Vanderbilt
Wall Street
Wiliam F. Miller
Powers
McDonald
Patrick Mahoney
Seaver Street
Joseph F
Katherine Kelly
Everett Street
Savings Bank
Everett
Willy-Nilly
Harvard Hotel
Miller
Mployd Street
Steamer Winifred Arrives With Cotton Hold on Fire
The American tramp steamer Winifred commanded by Captain Langhorne arrived from Galveston with cotton in hold No 2 on fire. Fire trimmed to smoldering in the hold but was checked by steam jets. cargo discharge and inspection planned as fireboats stood by.
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Winifred
Langhorne
Galveston
Mystic Wharf
Boston Flats
Pier 4
Boston Towboat Company
R. M. Lavender
Lawrence and
Lowell Mills
Insurances Company of North America
British and Foreign Marine Insurance Company
Atlantic Mutual
Bath
Trolley Car Collision In Hanover Street Incident
Trolley car 2143 driven by Motorman 151 collided with a wagon owned by grocer Warren F. Witherell at 201 and 206 Hanover Street. John A. Knubley jumped free as the wagon box was knocked off its wheels and the horse bolted briefly before being halted.
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Warren F. Witherell
Hanover Street
John A. Knubley
Juvenile Misreporting Recounts Lead to Street Return
A confusing account involving a claimed nine year old Michael Coffee who altered his stated age to eighty and then escaped from benches. He was eventually returned home to Charlies Street after authorities clarified the record and traced him.
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Michael Coffee
Charlies Street
Neckline Crepe and Silk Creations Promote Bargain Hosiery
Gilchrist & Co offers ladies garments with fine crochet trimming and high necks alongside men s fleece lined shirts and drawers at special sale prices. The promotion highlights pearl buttons double stitching suspender tapes and gussets plus fleece lined hose and colored stockings at reduced rates, stating regular prices and current sale values.
Predicts England Defeat in Boer War Murmurs by Irish Rebel
In New York a Report on Patrick J. Tynan known as No. 1 of the Phenix Park murder asserts he aids the Boers and plots against England. He proclaims love for England yet vows vengeance, predicting Mauba Hill or more defeats, with praise and pity for Irish fighters and criticism of English policy.
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Patrick J. Tynan
South Africa
England
Majuba Hill
New YO
Land
Phenix Park
Clan-na-Gael
Africa
Lordederick Cavendish
Ireland
Thomas Henry Burke
Scotland Yard
No. 1
Patrick Joseph Tynan
Australia
New York
Paris
Cunard
Chicago
St. Louis
Boston
Scotland ‘Yard
Edward Ivory
Tynan
Ivory
Audubon Park
Transvaal
Mauba Hill
United Kingdom
America
Ain
Arma
War Office of
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Streay
Michael
Healers
Yhawmu Furniture CO
Tremont St
Gilchrist & Co
Ea Enone
Teel
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