Charge Sale of Dummy Store Enthralls Cambridge Victims
Boston police arrested John C. Taylor and William L. McKay after a Cambridge store scam repackaged as a real business lured dozens of investors. Victims paid money only to receive promissory notes later worthless. police say $450 was stolen in three counts plus conspiracy.
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Cambridge
Boston
Morris Wolf
Joseph Loughlin
Beacon Security and Adjustment Company
Beacon Street
John C. Taylor
Essex Street
William L. McKay
Julian Street
Roxbury
Malden Ex Alderman Levi Rockwell Reaches 88
Malden native Levi Rockwell of 484 Salem Street celebrated his eighty eighth birthday yesterday. A Corvallis County native who came to the city in 1872 he became one of Malden’s largest real estate owners and served on the board of Aldermen in 188? and 1886.
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Malden
Levi Rockwell
Salem Street
Corvallis County
N. S
Barber of Seville Wows Boston Opera House Cast Shines
A large Boston audience applauded Rossini's Barber of Seville at the Opera House with an acclaimed cast including Constantino Lipowska Sibiriakoff and Fornari. Critics praise Lipowska's brilliance and the lively Beaumarchais inspired comedy. The performance drew vigorous recalls and strong audience enthusiasm.
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Boston Opera House
Rossini
Conti
Beaumarchais
Constantino
Mr. Fornari
Sibiriakoff
Basilio
Miss Lipkowska
Mozart
Rossha
Rosina
Boston
Delay Curfew in Dorchester Plea Referred to Committee
Mrs. John Fowle urged a curfew bell in Dorchester at a city council meeting. She noted an unused bell in Engine House 21 on Columbia road could serve as the curfew bell. The brief 10 minute meeting had five members present and offered sympathy to Councillor Buckley on his mother’s death.
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John Fowle
Old Dorchester
Reconciliation after injury between Buckleys in Charlestown
Jeremiah Buckley of Somerville, reported to have a broken neck, reconciled with his wife after an afternoon discovery on Chelsea street. At the Relief Hospital, his wife visited and stayed by his bedside as Buckley told doctors they had settled their differences following a lengthy discussion.
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Jeremiah Buckley
Somerville
Buckley
Chelsea Street
Charlestown
Relief Hospital
Money Gone Tries to Die in Neponset River
William Lyman an English immigrant in Boston with no friends or work found himself in the Neponset River near Granite Avenue Bridge yesterday. Francis Parkhurst leapt to save him. Lyman, exhausted from hunger and sleep deprivation, did not resist. He was brought ashore near unconsciousness and is hospitalized at City Hospital with expected recovery. He is 45 and unmarried.
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William Lyman
America
England
Boston
Neponset River
Granite Avenue Bridge
Francis Parkhurst
Lyman
Parkhurst
City Hospital
Cambridge Couple Wed In City Home Ceremony
Miss Lillian Frances Beunke of Cambridge married Kennedy Park Jr. at the home of Mrs. Seth T. Gano in Cambridge. The bride, a Cambridge High School class of 1905 graduate, wore ivory satin with lace and carried lilies of the valley. she and her sisters attended as members of the wedding party. The newlyweds will live at 225 Franklin Street Cambridge.
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Lillian Frances Beunke
Cambridge
Kennedy Park, Jr
Park, Jr
Seth Thomas Gano
Walter Badger
Raymond N. Skilton
Horace Skilton
Herbert Dayton
Richard Grant
Clifton Farrington
Rachel
Katherine Seavey
Olive
Nell Folsom
Louise Harries
Seth T. Gano
Frost Terrace
George W. Bicknell
Franklin Street
Fatal S Curve Relocation Near West Boston Bridge
The approach tracks to the West Boston bridge at Charles and Cambridge streets are removed as officials prepare to relocate the fatal S curve where a recent crash killed four and injured about fifty.
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Boston Bridge
Charles and
Cambridge Streets
Sailors Cheated at Cherbourg and Brest
United States sailors faced rapacious traders in Cherbourg and Brest, with the Journal condemning them for overcharging the bluejackets of the American fleet and noting the sailors were burdened with fake coins.
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Paris
le Journal
Cherbourg
Brest
Ay Can
Newton Athlete John J. Cody Jr. Dies After Training
The Church of Our Lady hosted funeral services for John J. Cody Jr. the Newton athlete who died after a breakdown while training for the National all round championships in Chicago. Newton Y M C A was represented by H W Bascom A H Waitt David Webster and William McPherson. A solemn high mass was held and burial followed at Holyhood Cemetery Brookline.
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Church of Our Lady
John J. Cody, Jr
Chicago
Newton Y. M. C. A
H. W. Bascom
A. H. Waitt
David Webster
William McPherson
Holyhood Cemetery
Brookline
Man of 86 Hangs To Runaway Horse
Jairus Mann of Somerville, 86, was dragged 50 feet after an axle broke on Medford Street. He clung to the reins to prevent a crash and escaped with a slight head cut and a stomach injury.
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Jairus Mann
Somerville
Medford Street
Mr. Mann
Pretty Win trop child Ethel Ballen named among nine siblings
Ethel Ballen a 5 year old daughter of Henry J Ballen and wife of 30 Main street Win trop is described as one of the prettiest children in Greater Boston with brown hair dark blue eyes and a healthy strong frame. She swims and rows a dory daily and values pleasure trips with her father on the bay. She has three sisters and five brothers all strong and husky.
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Wintrop
Ethel Ballen
Henry J. Ballen
Main Street
Greater
Boston
Crothers of Somerville Dies at 47
William J. Crothers 47 son of the late W J Crothers of Cambridge died at his Somerville home 11 Rogers Avenue November 25 He leaves a widow and one daughter Mrs W Winthrop White of Dorchester He worked in meat and provision business in Cambridge and Boston for 30 years Funeral services were held at his home and conducted by Rev Robert Walker of Concord Interment was at Cambridge Cemetery Heirs were nephews.
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William J. Crothers
W. J. Crothers
Cambridge
Rogers Avenue
Somerville
W. Winthrop White
Dorchester
Plan for Freight Rate Advance Across the West
Transcontinental railroad officials meet in Chicago to consider a freight rate increase of 25 to 35 percent affecting Chicago New York Boston and Pacific coast routes. The plan would raise Chicago to coast rates and narrow the advantage of Atlantic seaboard shippers while increasing Chicago to Pacific costs by 50 cents per 100 pounds and adding a dollar from New York to the coast. Major lines involved include Union Pacific Southern Pacific Great Northern Northern Pacific Denver Rio Grande Atchison Topeka Santa Fe and Chicago Milwaukee St Paul with broad industry impact.
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Chicago
New York
Boston
Pacific Coast
Atlantic Seaboard
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pacific
Harriman
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Hill Lines
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Denver & Rio Grande
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
United States
Prosecution of Sugar Trust Prompts Long Legal Battle
Government sues the sugar trust claiming it dominates 98 percent of refined sugar use and details a multidecade battle led by James M. Beck. Key figures include H. O. Havemeyer and the National Sugar Refining Company, with plans to acquire four independent plants.
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American Sugar Refining Company
H. O. Havemeyer
New York
National Sugar Refining Company of
New Jersey
National Sugar Refining Company
B. H. Howells Son & Company
New York Sugar Refining Company
Long Island
Clay Bosher
Mollenhauer Sugar Refining Company
Brooklyn
W. J. MccCahan Sugar Refining Company
Philadelphia
Post
Havemeyer
Woman Found Poisoned In Boston Home
Mrs. Alice Hersey, 35, was found unconscious in her West Newton street room last night. Police batterd down her door from Station 16 after neighbors notified them of her long absence. officials have not identified the poison. She lived apart from her husband Frederick G. Hersey of Boston.
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Alice Hersey
West Newton Street
City Hospital
Frederick G. Hersey
Boston
Hersey
Mary Babson
Crystalis Hair Grower Sparks Big Stir in Tests
A reader praises Crystalis for regrowing hair in 30 days, calling it miraculous. The testimonial notes prior failures with tonics and remedies and cites a man who had been bald for years, noting his father was bald at 34. Claim includes a mail‑in coupon for a free trial.
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George
Crystalis claims promise in hair growth discovery
An ad touts Crystalis as a breakthrough for hair growth and color restoration. It reports dramatic results within four to six weeks for hair growth and 10 to 14 days for color return, plus cures for dandruff and itching. Readers are urged to mail a coupon for free information from Cres to Laboratories in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
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Crystalis
Boston Post
Cresto Laboratories
Dept. c
Scranton
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Wm. B. Towles
S. S. Pierce CO
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Nambart
Jordan Marsh & Co
Oo Waeae & Co
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Iver Johnson S. G. Co
Dame Stoddard Co
Ebruyvtot
F. Vorenberg
R. H. Whi Co
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Mark Cross Co
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J. B. Varick Co
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the Barber
Money Gone
Beunhke
U. S
Athletic Winthrop Child Beauty Gallery
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Newton
Sugar Trust
James M. Beck
Army of Counsel
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