Oral Betting Not a Crime in New York Ruling
Court of Appeals rules oral betting is not bookmaking under anti racing track laws and upholds discharge of Orlando Jones and Sol Lichtenstein. Judge Haight notes distinction between betting and gambling and says laying odds alone does not constitute a crime.
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Albany
N. Y
Court of Appeals
Orlando Jones
Sol Lichtenstein
Kings County
William J. Gaynor
Appellate Division
Second Department
Haight
Somerville Foreman Arraigned In Payroll Padding Case
William W. Smith Jr a street department foreman in Somerville was arraigned on larceny of 48 dollars by payroll padding. He testified Street Commissioner Asa Prichard received half the money. Smith faces two more charges. Prichard denied involvement and Mayor Woods pledged a full probe. The case was continued for sentence with bail raised to 400 dollars.
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William W. Smith, Jr
Somerville
Judge Wentworth
Asa Prichard
Smith
Prichard
Woods
La Boheme Starred by Nielsen and Constantino at Boston Opera House
Alice Nielsen and Signor Constantino sing the principal roles in Puccini's La Boheme at the Boston Opera House on Thursday evening The performance is tied to Boston's opera house movement and Rusell's 1907 Park Theatre production Also featured is John Mogan of Waltham a noted figure in music circles
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Boston Opera House
Alice Nielsen
Signor Constantino
Puccini
Boston
Russell
Park Theatre
San Carlo Opera Company
John Mogan
Waltham
Mimi
E. Chickering
Rudolfo
Mishkin Studio
New Opera Traffic Rule Aims to End Delays at Boston House
Boston Opera House will assign private vehicles to Huntington Avenue entrance and public carriages to Opera Place via St Stephen Street. The change, effective with Aida, follows a night when long carriage lines and foot passages caused delays after La Gioconda.
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Boston Opera House
Opera Place
Huntington Avenue
Opera House
Aida
St. Stephen Street
Boston Cab Company
Kenney & Clark
Motor Taxi Company
Wallace Goodrich to Debut as Boston Opera Orchestra Director
Wallace Goodrich, the local musical director, will lead the Boston Opera Company Orchestra for the first public performance at the Sunday evening concert.
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Wallace Goodrich
Boston Opera Company
Orchestra
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised By Gardiner Women
Letters from Lydia E. Pinkham's remedy users in Gardiner Maine and nearby report relief from female ailments after three months of treatment. The advertisement touts the product as a standard 30 year old cure made from roots and herbs and encourages others with similar troubles to try it.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Gardiner
Maine
Lydia EK. Pinkham
A. Williams
R.E.D
Box
West Harbor
Lillian Robbins
South West Harbor
Lydia
E. Pinkham
Catholic Encyclopedia expands with new field opening in New York
Reader inquiry from Robert at 30 W 38th New York City requests a complimentary Prospectus and full information as the Catholic Encyclopedia opens a new field.
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Robert Appleton Co., Publishers
West 38Th Street
New York City
Robert
Fall River Man Admits Killing and Dismembering Girl
In a dramatic court confession Hill details luring Amelia St Jean to his store, giving her money with the letter carrier, and after a fatal outcome dismembering the body. He describes disposing of parts near Tiverton and the head on Robeson Street before recovery was halted awaiting the head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill
Frank
Stevens
Swift
Fall River
Amelia St. Jean
Bulgermarsh
Tiverton
Higgins
Herbert Munroe
Munroe
East Douglas
Lynch
Stafford Road
Globe
State Avenue
Bay Street
Robeson Street
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
Gompers Case Appealed By AFL Leaders
Toronto reports the American Federation of Labor heads Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and Frank Morrison may seek U S Supreme Court review of injunction contempt cases. The AFL executive council urged an appeal in Bucks Store and Range Company actions and conspiracy contempt. Re election of the leaders is anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Ont
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Executive Council
Federation
United States Supreme Court
Bucks Store
Range Company
New York Merchants Back Loebs Customs Measures
Merchants of New York endorsed the drastic steps taken by William Loeb Jr the port of New York collector to curb smuggling by importers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indorse Loeb
New York
William Loeb, Jr
Dr Maguire Resigns to Join Army Medical Corps
Dr Daniel Francis Maguire, longtime resident surgeon at East Boston Relief Hospital, resigns to enter the U S army medical corps as first lieutenant. Dr William J Brickley will succeed him at the outpatient department of City Hospital. Maguire, a Dorchester native, educated at Boston Latin School, Harvard College, and Harvard Medical School, is part of Boston medical lineage alongside Brickley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Francis Maguire
East Boston
Medical Corps
United States Army
William J. Brickley
City Hospital
Maguire
G. A. Keenan
Daniel F. Maguire
Dorchester
Dorando Pietri Visited by King Victor Emmanuel at Cascine
In Pisa Italy on November 9 King Victor Emmanuel hosted marathon star Dorando Pietri at the Cascine Di San Rossore hunting lodge. The king recalled Pietri’s earlier feat of running 21 miles in two hours and Pietri noted he had achieved better times in recent years, especially at the English Marathon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pisa
Italy
Victor Emmanuel
Cascine di San Rossore
Dorando Pietri
Dorando
Noted Actor's Wife Dies Suddenly in New York
Mrs Louis Allen Collier wife of comedian William Collier died at her New York home today She was 24 a native of the city and an actress of considerable reputation though not as well known as her husband.
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New York
Louis Allen Collier
William Collier
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