Grace Studley Confesses Taking Baby for Reward
Providence police report 14 year old Grace Studley confessed she took 10 month old Robby from a department store vestibule to obtain a reward. She blamed a man named Earl Johnson and said a woman, Mrs Rubin, pressed her to reveal the plan. Robby is back home. Johnson detained as a suspicious person.
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Providence, R. I
Grace Studley
Little Robby
Grace
Earl Johnson
Johnson
Horton
Kidnapping Charge In Attleboro Case In State Court
The charge concerns kidnapping the child Robby Rubin, son of Julius and Dora Rubin of Attleboro Massachusetts. The state specifies a maximum penalty of life imprisonment and a minimum of five years.
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Little Robby Rubin
Julius and
Dora Rubin
Attleboro
Mass
New Location for Chelsea Monument
The Soldiers and Sailors monument in Chelsea moves from Union Park after 42 years to Bassett Square near the new City Hall. Erected in 1869 by public subscription to honor local defenders, the relocation follows a campaign by Post 3% G A R led by Commander Allen P. Lake and fellow veterans.
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Chelsea
Soldiers’ and Sailors
Union Park
Bassett Square
New
City
Allen P. Lake
Framingham treasurer Lombard linked to forged note case
Lombard who served prison time and was once town treasurer admitted forging the Selectmen’s names on a $25,000 note dated October 29 1908. The note was indorsed to Franklin Savings Bank with Mead and Cummings involved. Bank and town officials testified as the case resumes.
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Lombard
Franklin Savings Bank
Framingham
William H. Walsh
Frank P. Stockwell
Charles S. Cummings
Cummings
John H. Sturgis
Mead
Hemenway
Hemingway
Proctor
Edwin A. Mead
Frank E. Hemenway
Sturgis
Woman Convicted in Infant Death Concealment Case
Mary Lima of 56 Elm Street Lowell was found guilty in the Superior Criminal Court East Cambridge of concealing the death of her infant born October 13 1911. Judge McLaughlin sentenced her to 11 months in the East Cambridge House of Correction.
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Mary Lima
Elm Street
Lowell
Superior Criminal Court
East Cambridge
McLaughlin
House of Correction
Refusal of Garage Permit Sparks City Hall Tug of War
Brockton officials deny a permit for a large Cottage Street garage after work began without city approval. The partially built structure will be torn down, and officials vow tighter permit enforcement to prevent future unauthorized construction.
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Brockton
City Hall
Cottage Street
Tragedy in South Bethlehem: two die in porch shooting
In South Bethlehem Pennsylvania Elmyra Koch aged twenty was shot and killed on her front porch by Earl Kiefer aged twenty one who then shot himself. The two deaths occurred after Koch refused Kiefer’s marriage proposal. The event is described as a double tragedy at the girl’s home.
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Bethlehem
Penn
Elmyra Koch
Earl Kiefer
Kiefer
Convict Admits Forgery in Boston Framingham Suit
John B. Lombard former Framingham treasurer and Charles S. Cummings longtime Boston note broker testified in a $25,000 Franklin Savings Bank suit against Framingham. Lombard spoke on the stand while Cummings, then in state prison, quipped he would not shave until release.
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John B. Lombard
Framingham
Charles S. Cummings
Boston
Franklin Savings Bank of
Superior Civil Court
Bell
East Cambridge
Lombard
C Mmings
State Institution
A Reasonable Plea For the Stomach
An advertisement extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as natural digestive aids to restore stomach and intestinal function. It claims tablets supply gastric agents, are chemical-test proven safe, and capable of digesting large meals, urging readers to buy a fifty cent box or request a free sample.
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Stuart
Chemical Laboratory
London
Central
Cullum St
Fenchurch St
E. C
F. A. Stuart Co
Clerkenwell Road
B. C
John R. Brooke
F. GS
United States
Canada
Stuart Bldg
Marshall, Mich
Testimony Continuation in Lombard Town Case
On the stand, Charles S. Cummings is expected to be followed by Lombard who is anticipated to testify again as the town's case proceeds.
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Charles S. Cummings
Lombard
Brookline Couple Celebrates 60th Anniversary
Major and Mrs. Benjamin B. Corlew of Allston marked sixty years of marriage yesterday. They received letters and bouquets from Brookline friends and were joined by their son Frank B. Corlew and daughter Elizabeth J. Corlew. The groom, a G A R figure, once served as aide de camp to Commander in Chief John K. Gilman and helped found Hawes School Boys Association. Mrs Corlew was formerly Juliet Snow of Truro. the couple wed in South Boston.
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Benjamin B. Corlew
Allston
Brookline
Frank 8. Corlew
Elizabeth J. Corlew
Corlew
John Kk. Gilman
Hawes School Boys’ Association
South Boston
Juliet: Snow
Truro
Double tragedy on scene of wedding
In Minneapolis a man, Christ Goehringer, aged 20, killed his wife Minnie Gamelgard, 22, and then shot himself in a hotel room where they had been wed years earlier. Officers found the two after four gunshots woke guests during a reconciliation attempt.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Christ Goehringer
Minnie Gamelgard
Goehringer
Monument for Wendell Phillips Urged by Boston Reader
A Boston reader argues Wendell Phillips deserves a life size memorial on his 100th birthday. He urges a statue to present Phillips as he was, not words, calling the city to act with a lasting tribute.
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Sir
Boston
Wendell Phillips
Max Henry Newman
Harvard Denies Emmeline Pankhurst Speech at Hall
Harvard College officials refused to grant a lecture hall to Emmeline Pankhurst saying it could spark acrimonious political debate. Boston suffragists criticized the decision as anti suffrage and narrow minded, noting Pankhurst’s invitation by students.
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Harvard College Corporation
Emmeline Pankhurst
Boston
Pankhurst Talk Slated Despite Committee Scramble
Mrs Pankhurst was billed to speak on December 6. The invitation committee, chaired by Walter Taylor Fisher, 13, now seeks excuses to justify her arrival at the new lecture hall where Florence Kelley spoke a month earlier. President Lowell avoided comment as suffrage leaders claim a hidden reason.
Pardon sought for ex policeman Eben Wae Jr
Efforts are under way to obtain a pardon for Eben Wae Jr the former policeman sentenced to one year in the House of Correction for extortion. A petition is being circulated among friends of the ex officer and members of the Watch and Ward Society. It will be presented to Governor Foss soon.
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Sears Lynn
Eben Wae Jr
House of Correction
E Watch and Ward Society
Insurgents May Fight Cushing In House Speak Contest
The Frothingham-Walker slate weakened as James F. Cavanagh and Roger Walcott withdrew to back Cushing. Remaining rivals Robert Washburn and John Haigix may seek an insurgent coalition to defeat him.
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Cushing
Frothingham-Walker
Grafton Cushing
James F. Cavanagh
Everett
Roger Walcott
Milton
Robert Washburn
John Haigix
Unitarian Church Names New Pastor in Providence
The Westminster Unitarian Church in Providence selects Rev. G. E. Hathaway of Manchester New Hampshire to succeed Rev. George Kent who resigned after 11 years to take a post in New Orleans Hathaway a Havard Divinity School graduate assumes duties soon.
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Providence
G. E. Hathaway
Manchester
N. H
Westminster Unitarian Church
George Kent
New Orleans
Mr. Hathaway
Harevard Divinity School
Pape’s Diapepsin Promises Quick Indigestion Relief
Advertises a 50 cent package of Diapepsin as a fast cure for indigestion gas and stomach pain. Claims it digests food, improves appetite, prevents constipation, and leaves the stomach feeling clean and fresh. Warns of future cravings for the product and urges immediate purchase.
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