West Swindler Linked to Diplomat Impostor Case
Brookline police identify Paul West as Harrison Hume West a Detroit banker and ex diplomat accused of forgery and larceny. He is said to have married a naval officer’s daughter and fathered four children while traveling as a swindler in New York Brooklyn Washington Baltimore Detroit and Brookline. Detectives and Secret Service say they tracked him for weeks trying to confirm his identity and link him to a $3000 bonds theft and a jewelry heist.
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Brookline
Paul West
Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
Harrison Hume West
Detroit
West
Washington
New York
Brooklyn
Stitt
Secret Service
A. K. Parris
Gault Jewelry Company
Massachusetts
Perry Street
Parris
Boston
Farrell
Big Tim the patriot cat joins G A R meetings in Lynn
“Big Tim” a six toed Maltese cat attends each General Lander Post No 5 G A R meeting in Lynn. Owned by J R Jee the post commander, Tim acts more like a pet dog than a cat following him from home to the store and tagging along when he goes out. Now seven years old and weighing 18 12 pounds.
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Big Tim
General Lander Post No. 5
Lynn
Post
J. R. Jee, Com
Mander
the Post
Tim
Cat OF
Lander Post
Acts as Peacemaker, Killed by Blow in Buffalo Street Brawl
Charles Schober aged 26 attempted to calm a street fight in Buffalo New York early today. He received a blow to the jaw that caused his death, authorities said.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Charles Schober
Unity of Catholics Emphasized at Cambridge Mass Meeting
Archbishop William H. O Connell led a mass meeting in St Peter s Hall Cambridge under Middlesex county Catholic Federation auspices drawing over 2000 attendees including many clergy and lay leaders. He urged unity to prevent disintegration of Catholic societies and stressed federation as essential to loyalty and common purpose.
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William H. O'Connell
St. Peter's Hall
Cambridge
Middlesex County
The
Catholic Federation
Edward J. Moriarty
St. Peter's Church
John Ff. O’brien
Sacred Heart Church
East Cambridge
Ir. Crowe
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Monsignor Moriarty
Cheverus
Fenwick
Ambrose L. Roche
Watertown
Fr. Roche
Children Blessed at St Joseph Mission
St Joseph's Church of Somerville hosted a large children’s mission with hundreds receiving a blessing from the missionary father. The four week series concluded yesterday with an estimated 23 000 to 24 000 communions received during the period.
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St. Joseph’s Church of
Somerville
Two Commissions Propose Bridge Cost Sharing in Boston
The Finance Commission recommends appointing two courts to apportion bridge maintenance costs between Boston and neighboring cities and street railways. It urges communities benefiting from bridges to pay share and notes the Elevated Railway may be exempt from such charges under a 1897 statute, with agreement as a possible solution.
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Supreme Judicial
Superior Courts
Ince Commission
Fitzgerald
Boston
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Stret
Finance Commission
Elevated
John A. Sullivan
Sullivan
Finance Commission Proposes Cost Sharing for Intercity Bridges
The commission urges appointment of a bridge cost apportionment panel covering Meridian street Boston Chelsea, Chelsea Charlestown Chel sea, Winthrop street Belle Isle inlet, and Malden Charlestown Everett. A second panel would allocate maintenance costs for water bridges tied to highways. It endorses shared liability among cities and towns for maintenance and seeks legislation to distribute costs to street and railway firms.
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the Finance Commission
Meridian Street
Boston
Chelsea
Charlestown
Winthrop Street
Belle Isle Inlet
Malden
Everett
Suffolk County
Finance Commission
Fitzgerald
Quincy
Milton
Dedham
Brookline
Watertown
Cambridge
Winthrop
Chelsea Street
Dorchester and Roxbury Pair Secretly Wed in Dorchester
Miss Marjorie Mulleney and Alfred Westcott announced their marriage yesterday. They wed on September 2 at St. Peter's Church Dorchester in a ceremony officiated by Rev. Marence Halloran. Parents learned of the marriage only now.
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Marjorie Mulleney
Dorchester
Alfred Westcott
Roxbury
Marence Halloran
St. Peter’s Church
2000 Cross to Rebels in Mexico
Galveston Tex Nov 20 Nearly two thousand Mexicans are known to have crossed the border into Mexico last night and today confirming rumors that the revolutionary party is carrying out well defined plans in the movement against the present administration. Many crossed the Rio Grande through regular gateways El Paso Laredo Brownsville Eagle Pass for there is no law against Mexicans returning to their own country but many others passed over at isolated points where the river is low.
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Galveston
Tex
Mexico
Revolutionary Party
Rio Grande
el Paso
Laredo
Brownsville
Eagle Pass
Mexican Revolutionaries Push Across Border into Mexico
A border incident report notes many detained at inspection while others crossed with arms. A group of 10 Mexicans evaded a crossing, entered Mexico, and were pursued by rural patrols. all but three were captured with guns and ammunition. Two rebels were wounded. Ferdinand Garcilas, a wealthy re electionist, crossed into Mexico, signaling renewed revolutionary activity from Texas bases.
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Mexico
Diaz
Revolutionary Army
Ferdinand Garcilas
Texas
Knox's First AID is Dead
Henry Martyn Hoyt councillor for the Department of State died at his Washington home from peritonitis. He fell ill in Canada during reciprocity negotiations and returned to the capital last Monday, remaining ill at home until his death.
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Washington
Henry Martyn Hoyt
Department of State
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Archbishop O'Connell
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Hewson
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Knox
State Department
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New England
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