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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 23, 1915

Page

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Princeton Back Weds In Secret

Miss Gertrude Marie Cor liss became Mrs. Dickerman in a secret wedding at Bellows Falls Vermont on October 13. She is employed at Tower and Underwood in Burlington and plans to keep her job until her husband graduates from Princeton in 1917. Families deny the marriage as news breaks.

Bellows Falls Charlie” Dickerman Princeton Gertrude Marie Corliss Dickerman Tower & Underwood Devonshire Street

New German Warship Lost in Baltic Minefield

London reports one of Germanys biggest battleships struck a Baltic Sea mine and sunk Friday. All crew were saved except 33 who were drowned. The Daily Mail cites a Rotterdam correspondent as the source and calls the report reliable.

London Germany Baltic Daily Mail Rotterdam Baltic Sea

Allies Seek Greece Reply on Saloniki Guard Demands

London reports no definite answer from Greece to Entente demands for安全 guards for Anglo French forces at Saloniki and for Serbian safety. The note notes continued discussion and mentions near East Serbian front in context of the regional blockade.

Germany Italy Near East London Greece Saloniki

Germany Short of Men and Munitions

The Daily News cites ex Colonel Gadke in the Vorwaerts predicting a winter lull on both fronts. He notes shortages of manpower and ammunition require filling gaps and rebuilding stocks immediately behind the lines.

London The Daily News Vorwaerts Gadke

Liggett Made Head of Chamber

The president of the United Drug Company was elected president of the Boston Chamber of Commerce yesterday. The appointment places a notable business leader at the helm of the city’s business association.

Liggett United Drug Company Boston Chamber of Commerce

Commerce Chamber Chooses New Officers At Annual Meeting

At the Chamber of Commerce annual meeting in the chamber building Louis K. Liggett was unanimously named president. Henry S. Dennison became first vice president, Henry J. Harriman second vice president, John Mason Little treasurer, and James A. McKibben secretary. New executive committee members are Henry S. Dennison Walter C. Fish Henry I. Harriman Charles J. Hubbard Frank J. Ludwig and Charles F. Weed.

Chamber of Commerce Chamber Louis K. Liggett United Drug Company Henry S. Dennison Dennison Manufacturing Company Henry J. Harriman Chase & Harriman, Inc John Mason Little James A. McKibben Walter C. Fish Henry I. Harriman Charles J. Hubbard Frank J. Ludwig Charles F. Weed

Liggett Pioneer of Cooperative Drug Store Movement

Mr Liggett began in the drug business in 1895 through a headache remedy venture. His experiences selling competing preparations inspired a cooperative model for manufacturing and merchandising drug store goods. He joined the Chester Kent Company of Boston as traveling salesman and rose to general manager.

Mr. Liggett Liggett Chester Kent Company Boston

Roxbury Girl Corliss and Somerville Man Dickerman Marry

Records from the Bellows Falls city clerk show Miss Corliss of Roxbury and Charles Augustus Dickerman of Somerville secured a marriage license there on October.

Bellows Falls Corliss Roxbury Charles Augustus Dickerman Somerville

Fear Two Lost In Dory In Fog

Gloucester reports the probable deaths of two fishermen adrift in a dory on the fishing banks during last weeks storms. William Waters, with a family in town, and Dennis Hubbard, a less frequent bank visitor, were lost in fog. Captain Dan McDonald searched for hours but found no trace.

Gloucester Oriole Quero Bank William Waters Dennis Hubbard Dan McDonald

Dartmouth Presidency Discussed After Nichols Resigns

Dartmouth alumni meeting discussed the resignation of President Ern est Fox Nichols to join Yale in physics research. In the canvass two Boston men were named as possible successors to Nichols.

Dartmouth Ernest Fox Nichols Yale Boston

Alumni report on Nichols successor at college

Edward K. Hall, vice president of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company and a Dartmouth alumnus, along with Albert P. Fitch, president of the Andover Theological Seminary, are named in discussions. Trustees have not yet chosen a successor to Dr Nichols and alumni say no names have been proposed, with resignation a frequent topic.

Edward K. Hall The New England Telephone & ‘Telegraph Company Dartmouth Albert P. Fitch Ardover Theological Seminary M Harvard Dr. Nichols

Champlin Confesses Motorman Murder

Champlin confesses to killing Bishop in Providence after a long grilling. He admitted the murder following police clues from a badge and revolver holster.

Bitter fight at council session over Ward 19 playground funds

Councillors Coulthurst and Hagan denounced Mayor Curley while Watson and McDonald defended him at a tense city council meeting. The dispute centered on the mayor's refusal to sign a $200,000 order for enlarging the Ward 19 playground, with verbal clashes interrupting the proceedings and Watson briefly challenging President Coleman.

Curley Coulthurst Hagan Watson McDonald Coleman

Ward 19 order details sign veto linked to 200000 council appropriation

The Mayor refused to withhold his signature on a Ward 19 order concerning a 200000 appropriation. Commissioner Dillon faced charges of obtaining the funds from the council by misrepresentation.

Dillon

Widow's Questioning Tied to Murder Case in Providence

Providence police questioned Mrs. Bishop for nine hours after she admitted an intimate relationship with Champlin and that the revolver holster found at the scene belonged to Champlin. Peleg Champlin, a street car inspector, confessed to killing Frederick H. Bishop at his Westminster Street home.

Providence Peleg Champlin Frederick H. Bishop Westminster Street

Champlin Confesses to Murder After Police Interrogation

Champlin admitted owning the badge and holster lost in City Hall square. After hours of questioning he confessed he killed Frederick Bishop. Mrs. Bishop then confessed she and Champlin had been intimate and met secretly. the badge and holster were Champlin’s.

Champlin City Hall Square Information Bureau Exchange Place

City Takes Strip For Ferry Street Widening

The Everett Board of Aldermen voted to condemn a 15 feet wide strip a mile and a half long for widening Ferry street under eminent domain.

Everett Board of Aldermen Ferry Street

Temperature Report From Thompson’s Spa Yesterday

Temperature readings from Thompson’s Spa show an average of 49 yesterday with values ranging around 41 to 60 in unclear numeric fragments. Historical comparison notes indicate yesterday’s average was 35 a year ago, with scattered figures such as 42 and 44 appearing in the record.

Thompson's Spa

Give Up Search for Girl Elopement Case In Boston

A week after Angelina Royer 15 fled Winsted Conn with Louis Diamonte 34 police drop search as fruitless. Royer father Louis D Royer traced to Boston with his daughter's fiancé as authorities comb the North End for the missing pair amid a possible sighting on North Street Sunday.

Angelina Royer Winsted Conn Louis Diamente Louis D. Royer Boston North End North Street

Couple Vanish After Forbidden Marriage Bid in Winsted

Diamente and a 15 year old girl disappeared after her parents refused consent to an illegal engagement. They were seen in Boston and Everett before tensions rose, with the girl later claiming a change of heart and vanishing again amid police involvement.

Winsted Diamente Boston Hanover Street Everett Louis Calvechea Robbins Street Edgar T. Palmer Mast Cambridge Card Robbins House

Shots Fired in Exciting Auto Chase

After an exciting auto chase Chief of Police Patrick Beatty fired several shots and three men suspected of stealing cloth from a freight car at Flannan's Crossing were arrested in Aver tonight.

Aver Patrick Beatty Flannagan's Crossing

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