Wickersham aims to force open anti-trust hearings
Attorney General Wickersham plans to press Congress for legislation requiring open hearings in anti-trust cases. He opposes a Boston District Court ruling to close hearings in the United Shed Machinery Company suit, a move he says would bar the public and press and sets a dangerous precedent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jashington
Wickersham
Congress
United States District Court
Boston
United Shed Machinery Company
Boston Federal Court
Attorney General Opposes Private Precedent Move
The attorney general voiced strong opposition to allowing a private order to set a precedent, arguing it could undermine public policy and established legal standards.
Going West to Be Married Annie Wray to wed in Muncie
Annie Wray of Southport England travels on the express to Muncie Indiana for her marriage to Alexander F Bright. detained by immigration until friends from Somerville arrived to vouch for her. She was placed in transit custody to Shelburne Falls en route as fiancé Bright had settled in Muncie six months ago.
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Annie Wray
Southport
Eng
Muncie
Ind
Alexander F. Bright
Franconia
East Boston
Somerville
W. H. Spear
Nickel Plate Road
Shelburne Falls
Miss Wray
England
Fire Destroys Coal Shed No 7 In Mystic Yards
Charlestown firemen faced a two mile detour to reach coal shed No 7 in Mystic freight yards. Watchman Michael Coleman alerted headquarters after discovering the blaze. Four hoisting engines were ruined and total damage neared $10,000 on Boston and Maine Railroad property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlestown
Mystic
Michael Coleman
The
Boston & Maine Railroad
Appraisal of Joseph Pulitzer Estate Filed in New York
The New York probate filing lists total gross estate at 18.5 million with net value 16.84 million after debts and expenses. Pulitzers presses hold 4990 shares at 604 each in Press Publishing Co and 9164 shares in Pulitzer Publishing Co of St. Louis at 1,115,717 total. par value 100 per share. A quoted discussion notes limited goodwill value for the stocks and compares managerial salaries to Pulitzer’s legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph Pulitzer
of the World and Evening World
Pulitzer
Stone
the World Company
Taylor
Press Publishing Company
John D. Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
Ralph Pulitzer, Jr
Seward W. Pulitzer
Kate Davis Pulitzer
Ralph
Joseph
Herbert
Portrait of Pulitzer Legacy and World Newspaper Valuation
An appraisal based on Melville E. Stone’s testimony estimates value and goodwill for the World and Post-Dispatch papers. The report details bequests to Robson heirs, trustees, and favored institutions, plus substantial sums for journalism education and public works.
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Joseph I. Berry
Melville E. Stone
Pulitzer
Mr. Stone
Jay Gould
Eleanor Wickham Pulitzer
Edith Pulitzer Moore
Constance Pulitzer
Jabez Cunningham
the World
The
Post-Dispatch
Thomas Jefferson
New York City
Columbia
School of Journalism
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Philharmonic Society of New York
Charles H. Taylor
Boston Globe
Stone
The Secret of Success in Medicine Advertising
A local druggist praises Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a medicine with real curative value that often shows immediate results. He notes its high sales and claims it treats kidney liver and bladder issues and neutralizes uric acid. A free trial bottle offer is extended by mail from Dr Kilmer & Co. Binghamton NY. Regular bottles are 50 cents and one dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
B. and M. Train Kill Greek at Miller's River
A Greek man, Simakottouls, aged 382 years, was found beside the Boston and Maine tracks near signal bridge No. 7 at Miller's River with his right arm and leg severed. He was taken to North Station then Massachusetts General Hospital where he died at 7:30 p.m. His address is unknown.
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Athen Simakottouls
Boston & Maine Railroad
Miller's River
Massachusetts General Hospital
Sleuths Hid Deserter Arrested in Harboring Case
James W. Otto and an operative of the same agency were arraigned on charges of harboring naval deserter William M. Joslyn on July 19, 1911. Joslyn was said to work as a Boston restaurant waiter when the suspects abducted him. The government says they used him for gain before delivering him to authorities. Both defendants testified for the government in the trial of Harry A. Wright, a detective agency operator awaiting sentence for harboring another deserter.
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James W. Otto
United States
Hayes
William M. Joslyn
Joslyn
Boston
Harry A. Wright
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New England
Peoples Credit Company
America
Aew
Richard System Clothes
A. B. Fashion Clothes
Rochester
N. Y
Strouse & Bros
Baltimore
Griffon Clothes
Addy
Lincoln Brand
Frankel System Clothes
Adler’s
Milwaukee
Washington ST
Cor
West ST
Providence Establishment
Westminster St
Rockefeller
Wolf’s
J.p.s.shoes
Albert FE. Andrews
Gilchrist’s Men's Store
Zoc
Chinchilla
Oxford
Norfolk
Chinchillas
Ors
Winter St
Hamilton Place
Gilchrist
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