End lives by poison in hotel in St John New Brunswick
Herbert MacIntosh of Newburyport Massachusetts and Miss An derina Finley of Haverhill Massachusetts died in St John New Brunswick after swallowing poison in a hotel. The pair were reported to have a pact to end their lives and left behind a wife and step child for MacIntosh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. John, N. B
Herbert MacIntosh
Newburyport
Mass
Anderina Finley
Haverhill
St. John
Couple Dies After Poison Meal in Hotel Room
MacIntosh is found dead in his hotel room with Miss Finley unconscious beside him. She dies soon after at a local hospital. A half empty poison bottle reveals the cause. The pair had arrived together a week earlier and were barred from returning by U.S. immigration inspectors. A sister in Haverhill said Miss Finley believed MacIntosh was unmarried and they planned to marry. MacIntosh was once a Newburyport street car conductor and later worked in Amesbury where Miss Finley also was employed.
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MacIntosh
Finley
United States
Alexander Thompson
Primrose Street
Haverhill
Miss Finley
Newburyport
Amesbury
Mass
Two Held for Disloyalty in Espionage Act Case
New York reports first indictments under the espionage act by a federal grand jury. Louis G. C. Fraina a socialist speaker and Edward Ralph Cheyney son of a University of Pennsylvania professor are charged after a September 27 mass meeting where Cheyney chaired and Fraina spoke. They allegedly sought to incite insubordination and mutiny in U.S. military and naval forces. Trial is expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Federal
Louis GC. Fraina
Edward Ralph Cheyney
Professor Cheyney
University of Pennsylvania
Cheyney
Fraina
United States
Gambling on Weather Pool Fined in Utica Case
Robert A. Davis, Utica garage owner, was fined 150 by Judge Morton in the US District Court for shipping lottery tickets tied to the Albany weather pool. Participants picked 16 cities weekly from weather reports and won prizes from 2750 to 200 based on a six day tally of daily temperature differences. Each guess cost 10 cents.
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Robert A. Davis
Utica
Morton
United States District Court
Pittsfield
Albany
Department of Agriculture
Lst
British Casualties 21 179 During Week
London reports for the week ending today total British casualties at 21 179 with 161 officers killed or died of wounds and 8773 enlisted men killed or wounded or missing 531 officers and 16 724 enlisted men.
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London
Teacher Declared Alien by Brockton Draft Board
Brockton October 2 The Division 2 draft exemption board found George B Hefler an alien though he asked to be treated as a citizen. Hefler an instructor of sciences at the high school has a dependent wife and child and declined to file first papers. He is a Canadian who previously worked for the United States Bureau of Fisheries in Alaska.
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Brockton
George B. Hefler
Hefler
George M. Hubbard
Remarkable clearance sale on men's coats and suits
Bargains rivaling real cash with deep cuts on topcoats overcoats suits and trousers. The store slashes prices on thousands of items from $1.77 to $6.97 with final sale terms no exchanges and no orders. Sale begins Thursday on the Third Floor Men’s Clothing.
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Charles G. Bancroft
Bolivia
Goodyear Welt
Tollet Goods
Europe
Prince Albert Tobacco
Connor
Brookside
Henfield
Campbell's
Globe
la Touraine
Favorite
John T.conorco
Weir Store Company
Taunton
Brockton Fair
Montague Glass
Boston Sunday Post
the Czar
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