Letters Declared Fraudulent in Probate Court Case
Albert H. Hamilton a chemist testified in East Cambridge probate court that certain exhibits in the Russell for tune contest are instruments created to deceive. Hamilton, long employed by the government and Post Office Department, testified for Daniel Blake Russell in the claim to half of a $500000 Melrose estate.
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Russell
East Cambridge
Albert H. Hamilton
Hamilton
Post Office Department
Daniel Blake Russell
Daniel Russell
Melrose
Joseph Rousseau
Stamp counterfeit claim tied to Medora envelopes
Witness testified two envelopes post marked at Medora North Dakota show irregular looped cancel and overlapping ends. He argued the stamp could not be genuine, noted plumbago writing under ink, and observed differing handwritings and faded cipher details on multiple exhibits. The court adjourned to Monday.
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Medora
N. D
Lawton
Goodyear Shoeworkers End Strike At A. E. Little Plant
Five hundred Goodyear operatives at the A. E. Little Company shoe factory in Lynn have settled their strike. They will return to their jobs next Monday, resuming positions left vacant four weeks ago.
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Lynn
Goodyear
A. E. Little Company
Briand Defends French Church Over State Education
Paris November 26 Premier Briand answered Abbey Gayraud of Finistere who defended episcopal actions on the public school issue and Catholic sympathy for the Pope Briand warned that bishops and priests under Rome may choose to act as Frenchmen rather than as Catholics, signaling a clash between church authority and state schooling.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Briand
Abbey Gayraud
Finistere
M. Briand
Rome
Gas Explosion Injures Woman At Crescent Street
Mrs. M. Berney of 16 Crescent Street was badly cut and burned when a gas range exploded in her kitchen. The blast embedded stove fragments in walls and ceiling, scalding her with boiling water from a overturned kettle. Doctors said she likely would survive.
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Lynn
Symphonic Review of Olins Downes Concert at Symphony Hall
The seventh public rehearsal of the Symphony Orchestra featured Olga Samaroff as soloist in a program including Mozart and Rubenstein works plus Wagner Rienzi Overture and Delius Paris a Night Piece. Samaroff delivered a scholarly pianism though at times her tone was unpleasant. Delius impressionist score impressed with timbre blends but lacked a distinctive personal voice.
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Symphony Hall
Mozart
Rubenstein
Paris
Fritz Delius
Rienzi
Wagner
Mme
Olga Samaroff
Mme. Samaroff
Delius
Charpentier
Louise
Hugo Wolf
Red Cross Christmas Stamps Demand Tops 50 Million
Washington reports the American Red Cross Christmas stamps have drawn more than 50 million orders with 38 million already distributed. Eighty percent of proceeds go to state and agency tuberculosis relief. twenty percent to the Red Cross treasury for related expenses.
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Washington
American Red Cross
Red Cross Treasury
Boston Horses and Cattle Decline in Assessors Report
The Boston Board of Assessors reported to the State tax commissioner that 500 houses were built in the year ending May 1, 1909, with 17,000 horses assessed last year dropping to 16,500 this year. Cattle numbers declined from 650 in 1908 to 630 this year.
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Boston
Boston Board of Assessors
State
Contractor James Coleman Wins Injunction Against Family
Local contractor James Coleman obtained a preliminary injunction yesterday restraining his wife Bridget and son Frederick J. Coleman from disposing of property located at 10 Torrey Street in Dorchester.
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James Coleman
Bridget
Frederick J. Coleman
Torrey Street
Dorchester
Coleman seeks return of property after alleged intoxicated deed
Coleman claims prior to March 17 1908 his wife and son compelled him to sign deeds to a third party who then deeded to his wife. He says he was intoxicated and unaware, but later paid to recover personal property. Real estate remains in the son’s name. he asks the son be forced to reconvey the property worth about 900. Trial slated for January.
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Coleman
Volcanic Activity Dims in Teneriffe Craters
Volcanic eruptions in Santa Cruz Teneriffe are diminishing with one crater ceasing activity. Lava has split into six streams and is advancing slowly, unlikely to threaten Santiago and Tamains for several days.
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Santa Cruz
Teneriffe
Santiago
Tamains
Bottled Letter Floats From Klondike to Scotland
A letter written by Captain Goodwin on the schooner Klondike off Georges Bank on July 23, 1908, after a 15 month voyage, was found on the Scottish coast November 7 and received at the Boston Post office.
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Scotland
Goodwin
Klondike
Georges Bank
Boston Post
Bottle finds off Askernish shore carries Cape Cod note
Edinburgh correspondent notes a bottle found on Askernish shore South Uist containing a note dated July 23 1908 from Captain Goodwin of the Klondike of Boston. The note says the bottle was cast 135 miles southeast of Cape Cod. The Gloucester boat Klondike has not reached port since spring.
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Edinburgh
W. J. Robertson
the Post
Askernish
South Uist
Scotland
Georges Bank
Cape Cod
Boston
Boston Daily Post
Captain Goodwin
Goodwin
Kerens Likely Ambassador to Vienna to be Named
Washington reports Richard C. Kerens of Missouri is likely to be appointed ambassador to Vienna when Congress convenes on December 6. The move would place Kerens in the Austrian capital to represent U.S. interests.
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Washington
Richard C. Kerens
Missouri
Vienna
Congress
The Quest to Quarantania and the American Monk
A traveler recalls ascent of Quarantania on the Jordan cliffs near Jericho. He discovers a hermit monastery inhabited by Greek anchorites fed by Jerusalem carriers. A white haired American monk shares a revealing tale, hinting at deeper exile and a stranger past.
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Sodom
Jordan
Mt. Hermon
Sea of Galilee
Moab
Gilead
Quarantania Mountain
Mars
Jerusalem
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