Warden James E. MecCuster Dies in Rhode Island
Warden James E. MecCuster of the Rhode Island State Prison died after a long illness in Providence. A prominent Republican figure, he was appointed to the prison two years ago after 12 years on the State Board of Charities and Corrections. Born in Lanarkshire, Scotland in 1857, his death marks a significant loss to state leadership.
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Providence
James EF. MecCuster
Rhode Island State Prison
State Board of Charities and Corrections
McCuster
Lanarkshire
Scotland
Father John’s Medicine Cures Cold and Lung Troubles
A brief notice touts Father John’s Medicine as a safe strength tonic that aids children and adults, claiming it cures cold symptoms and throat and lung troubles and notes it has been in use for 50 years.
Olive Tablets Promote Liver Health and Prevent Headache
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets offer a vegetable remedy to cleanse liver and bowels without calomel or harsh laxatives. A nightly dose is claimed to prevent headache pimples bad breath constipation and general disorder. sold by The Olive Tablet Company Columbus Ohio 10c or 25c per box.
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Edwards
Calomel
Olive Tablet Company
Columbus
Swindlers Netted 1 500 000 Says Swindlers Netted 1 500 000
Six men including Thomas Fishwick of Mattapan were arrested in six cities on a government sweep into a large swindle tied to the Chicago Debenture Company. Over 1.5 million in three years, with brokerage firms lining up profits from stock schemes. Probes target J R Long and J G Malcolm as associates fled to Canada. Fishwick, denying fraud, remains jailed on bail.
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Clara Krenage
Cincinnati
Thomas Fishwick
Mattapan
Chicago
Indicted men linked to Chicago Debenture scheme
Fishwick, recently from Cincinnati, and five others connected with Minyard Kessler Malcolm and related firms face federal indictments in Cincinnati. The alleged plan used mail to defraud investors by selling stock guaranteed by the Chicago Debenture Company. Hannaford led the Chicago firm, charging 1 percent of par value for guarantees, with other principals named in the charges.
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Fishwick
Cincinnati
Minyard, Kessler & Malcolm
Krenage
Federal Grand Jury
United States
Marshal Ruhl
Central Post Office
F. D. Minyard
George S. Hannaford
Chicago
H. B. Warden
American Redemption Company
Rochester
N. Y
Mason G. Worth
New York
Virginia Doctor Endorses Renova For Drunkards
An unnamed Virginia physician claims Renova helps alcohol victims and suggests secretly giving the remedy to a patient without their knowledge. He urges readers to obtain Renova from Riker-Jaynes and request a free sample from the Renova Co. in New York to test its effectiveness.
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Virginia
Renova
Riker-Jaynes
Renova Co
Broadway
New York
Examiners at Banquet Highlight Medical Talks in Boston
The Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters held its annual dinner at the Quincy House with nearly 100 medical examiners present. Dr. Abner Post spoke on Infectious Diseases and Dr. John Howes on The Diagnosis of Early Pulmonary Tuberculosis by General Practitioners.
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Order of Foresters
Quincy House
Abner Post
John Howes
James Dignam
Edward N. Clancy
To Cure a Cold in One Day Bromine Quinine Tablets
Potion advertises laxative bromosine quinine tablets offering a one day cure for colds. Druggists refund money if it fails. Each box bears GROVF'S signature and is priced at 25 cents.
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Grovf
Supreme Court rules no monopoly in unpatented product of patented machine
The Supreme Court, in a landmark bathtub trust case, holds that no monopoly can exist in the unpatented product derived from a patented machine under the Sherman anti trust law. Justice McKenna writes for a unanimous court striking down license agreements among manufacturers that controlled about 85 percent of sanitary galvanized ironware.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the
United States
McKenna
Government views patent license move as pivotal in antitrust probes
Officials praise a court ruling allowing the use of a patented dredger under license with price and territory limits. The decision is seen as shaping investigations by Attorney General Wickersham into the moving picture trust and United Shoe Machinery while challenging pure trust bans and holding company structures in key cases.
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Department of Justice
Wickersham
Moving Picture Trust
United Shoe Machinery Company
Standard Oil Company of
Ohio
Northern Securities
Standard Oil and Tobacco
Popular vote on capital punishment shows strong support
A letter to the Editor notes statewide and county results from Oregon and Ohio votes on capital punishment, citing Multnomah, Marion, Union, Linn, and Clackamas counties. It argues the results reflect the American preference for enforcing law even when it involves death, signed by Eben W. Burnstead, secretary of the Massachusetts Civil Alliance, Boston, November 18, 1912.
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Sir
Vermont
Ohio
Oregon
Navy
Multnomah County
Portland
Marion County
Union County
Linn County
Clackamas County
Eben W. Burnstead
Massachusetts Civil Alliance
Boston
General Miles Witnesses Farm Laborer Killed in Explosion
Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles, while surveying his farm near Westminster, watched a dynamite blast kill a farm hand named Daly and injure Will C. Melvin of Leominster with a fractured arm. Miles was unharmed, though sand and gravel struck him from the blast.
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Westminster
Nelson A. Miles
Red. Daly
Will C. Melvin
Leominster
Miles
Hi bernians host reception for Suffolk county president
Division 34 of the Ancient Order of Hi Bernians Boston will host a reception for Frederick J. McLaughlin newly elected Suffolk County president Sunday night at its Hall Boylston Place The event honors his service in the order and his new role with addresses Irish melodies and a collation Ahern Michael J will preside as master of ceremonies with invited officers from other divisions in the Boston area.
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Frederick J. McLaughlin
Suffolk County
White Studio
Division 34
Order of Hibernians
Boston
Boylston Place
Michael J.ahern
Governor and BranDeis meet on railroad situation
Governor Foss and Louis D. Brandeis held a conference on the Grand Trunk and New Haven situation. Secretary Eastman of the Public Franchise League and Grenville S. Macfarland were present. Details were not disclosed.
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Foss
Louis D. Brandeis
Grand Trunk
New Haven
Eastman
Public Franchise League
Grenville S. Macfarland
Brandeis
Monsignor Moriarty Attends Dedication With Cardinal O Connell
The Post corrects an error about Monsignor J Moriarty of St Thomas Church Jamaica Plain being ill. He assisted at the dedication with Cardinal O Connell of St Aidan's Brookline on the prior Sunday.
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J. Moriarty
St. Thomas’ Catholic Church
Jamaica Plain
South Street
Monsignor
Moriarty
Cardinal O’connell
St. Aidan’s Church
Brookline
Major General Henry Merriam Dies in Portland at 88
Major General Henry Clay Merriam U.S.A. retired, died at his Portland residence after a nearly two year illness. Born 1837 in Houston, he graduated Colby College and was a 1862 Twentieth Maine captain awarded three brevets and the Medal of Honor for gallantry at Antietam. He rose to major general in 1899 and commanded the Department of Colorado in 1901. He also served in expeditions against Indians and in the Rio Grande conflicts of 1873-6.
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Portland
Henry Clay Merriam
Merriam
Houston
Colby College
Twentieth
Maine
Antietam
Congressional Medal of Honor
Thirty-eighth United States Infantry
Department of Colorado
Rio Grande
Miss Barker Church Bride
Miss Burridell Frances Barker and Robert Jordan Snow of Dorchester were wed at Christ Church Dix Street in an evening ceremony. Rev. George F. Pratt presided. ceremony featured a double ring service and bridesmaid Miss Ruth Judkins attended in Nile green.
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Burridell Frances Barker
Robert Jordan Snow
Dorchester
Christ Church
Dix Street
George F. Pratt
Ruth Judkins
Killarney
Mary Elizabeth Brackett
James Frederick Brackett
Charles Frederick Barker
George W.’. Barker
Double Wedding in Roxbury Home on Dec 25
Mr and Mrs Isaac Bornstein of 39 Intervale Street Roxbury announce the engagement of their daughter Miriam Vera to William Irving Cohen of East Boston. Miriam and William will wed at the Bornstein home on December 25 in a double wedding with Miriam's sister Sadie marrying Mark Abrams at the same ceremony.
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Isaac Bornstein
Intervale Street
Roxbury
Miriam Vera
William Irving Cohen
M. H. Cohen
Boston
Miss Bornstein
Mr. Cohen
Miss Sadie
Mark Abrams
Let Us Fix Homes and Help Our Peers
A 1918 verse by Walt Mason urges readers to abandon grand political rhetoric and focus on practical, everyday improvements. It advocates tending homes, providing for families, and supporting ordinary citizens over partisan debates, with a call to mend porches and pumps and neglect grand campaigns.
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Walt Mason
Revere Girl Engaged to Rector Edenborg
Miss Mildred M. Gray daughter of General Superintendent George H. Gray and Mrs Gray of the Bay State railroad is engaged to Rev Henry BE Edenborg rector of St Ann's Episcopal Church in Revere. The engagement is noted in local society circles with praise for the couple.
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Revere Society
Mildred M. Gray
George H. Gray
Bay State Railroad
Gray
Henry BE. Edenborg
St. Ann’s Episcopal Church
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United Mine and Smelting Co
Burrell Manufacturing Company
Bradley, Ill
W. H. Morey
Rockford
J. G. Malcolm
Canada
J. G. Minyard & Co
Minyard, Kessler & Co
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Clerk
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Hannaford
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W. L. Douglas
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Portland St
Supreme Court
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John H. Pray & Sons CO
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