Warren Trial: Eleven Witnesses Testify in Newton Murder Case
In Newton on June 5, eleven witnesses testified in Superior Criminal Court at East Cambridge in the murder trial of Charles E. Warren for killing Walter G. Green. Key witnesses included John C. Fay a former US cavalryman and Newton letter carrier who captured Warren, and Effie Bearse Green’s cook.
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Charles E. Warren
Walter G. Green
Newton
Superior Criminal Court
East Cambridge
John C. Fay
United States
Pennsylvania
Warren
Effie Bearse
Green
Witnesses Describe Restaurant Shooting and Escape
Testimony recounts Warren shooting at Green after Ruby Stewart fled through the kitchen. Bearse, who employed Stewart, described Warren’s premerits and the moment of the firing as Postmaster Haskill heard rapid shots. Stewart testified later that jealousy motivated Warren’s act.
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Bearse
Ruby H. Stewart
Warren
Green
Miss Stewart
Mr. Green
Charles A. Haskill
Newton Centre
Ray
Haskill
Cloge
Green's
Romney
Exhibit A Will Kill Suffrage Rally Recount
Attleboro and nearby towns hosted anti suffrage rallies finishing with energetic speeches. Helen Todd the noted suffragist was derided as Exhibit A by Colonel John P Irish who claimed she sways voters more than all anti speakers together.
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Attleboro
North Attleboro
Gardner
Helen Todd
John P. Irish
Irish
Radical debates on suffrage swirl through Massachusetts tour
Speaker Miss Todd is praised as a rare proponent while anti supporters attack woman voting. Miss Marjorie Dorman argues against suffrage, citing country living and obedience to husbands. A rally in North Attleboro shifts to an anti-suffrage meeting as crowds hear opposing views and a Walpole anecdote is used as Exhibit B.
Brockton Fair Opens Amid Deluge Nets Thousands
The Brockton Fair opened despite heavy rain drawing about 25 000 visitors with 10 000 under 14. The crowd enjoyed the grandstand show auto display and a large horse show while events were postponed. The soaked youngsters still had a whale of a time as bands played and crowds roared through the rain soaked day.
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Brockton
Brockton Fair
Billy
Henry
Mollie
Bessie
Midway
Five Roxbury Boys Go Missing In Boston Area
Five Roxbury youths under 15 are missing after leaving for school Thursday. Names and ages: Joseph Murray 10 of 146 Highland Avenue James Casey 18 of 802 Parker Street Walter Doyle 14 of 17 Hillside Street Leo Maloney 13 of 16 Eldora Street and an unnamed boy. Murray previously ran away, later found in Salem crying on a street corner.
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Roxbury
Joseph Murray
Highland Avenue
James Casey
Parker Street
Walter Doyle
Hillside Street
Leo Maloney
Eldora Street
Murray
Salem
Breakdown on City of Atlanta En Route to Savannah
The Ocean Steamship Company passenger steamer City of Atlanta left Boston for Savannah Saturday and is proceeding slowly to Savannah after an early today machinery accident. The wireless message gave few details and the ship is expected to reach Savannah about tomorrow night.
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Savannah
Ocean Steamship Company
City of
Atlanta
Boston
Nursery Day at Radcliffe Highlights Senior Freshman Feast
Radcliffe seniors dressed in caps and gowns hosted a playful Day Nursery at Eliot Hall. They fed freshmen dressed as infants at a dinner party and presented red candy sticks and boukbons, a spectacle noted for its humorous contrast.
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Radcliffe
Eliot Hall
Navy Attache John H. Towers Weds Miss Carstairs in London
Lieutenant John H. Towers naval attache at the American embassy married Miss MIllie Carstairs daughter of Charles Carstairs of Philadelphia in a Savoy Chapel Royal ceremony in London on October 5.
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London
John H. Towers
VU. S. N
Millie Carstairs
Charles Carstairs
Philadelphia
Savoy Chapel Royal
Neal Institute Boston Promise In Three Days
Six years after opening the Neal Treatment has helped hundreds in New England. The program claims to remove alcohol craving in three days without injections or withdrawal. No charge for consultation. TEMEAL INSTITUTE 304 Newbury St Boston Back Bay 3970.
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Neal
New England
America
Boston
Temeal Institute
Newbury ST
Back Bay
Keating Announces Engagement of Mary J Keating
Judge and Mrs Patrick M Keating announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Mary J Keating to Dr Charles J Kickham of the Back Bay and Brookline. Miss Keating is a debutante and daughter of a Boston Superior Court justice educated at the Convent of the Sacred Heart. Dr Kickham, third son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Kickham, is a Tufts medical graduate and surgeon at Carney and St Elizabeth's Hospitals.
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Patrick M. Keating
Jamaica Plain
Charles J. Kickham
Back Bay
Brookline
Eliot Street
Mary J. Keating
Misa Keating
Superior Court
Boston
Convent of the Sacred Heart
Commonwealth Avenue
Kickham
Lawrence Kickham
Kendall Street
Tufts
Carney
St. Elizabeth's Hospitals
Lawyer Davis Is Disbarred in Suffolk Court
Simon Davis, admitted to the Suffolk county bar about 80 years ago, was disbarred from practice in New York courts. An order of disbarment followed a petition by the Boston Bar Association after Davis admitted the petition's allegations. The case claimed he exploited the trust of Mary K. Flint by accessing her safety deposit box and pledging securities with Edgerly & Crocker to cover margin debt.
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Simon Davis
Suffolk County
Boston Bar Association
Davis
Mary K. Flint
Edgerly & Crocker
Banker J F Pennell Dies After Illness in Cambridge
James F Pannell longtime president of the Charles River Trust Company died at Copp Hospital North Cambridge after a recent operation. He moved from Bath Maine to East Cambridge as a youth and later ran a hardware business with his father. He became bank president seven years ago after serving as a director for over two decades. He married Annie Work of Bath in 1877 and is survived by a daughter married to Lieutenant E Philip Adams Simpson USN.
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James F. Pannell
Charles River Trust Company
Copp Hospital
North Cambridge
East Cambridge
Bath
Charles River Bank
Annie FE. Work of
E. Philip Adams Simpson
U8. N
Fear Chaos In Business After War
Cleveland report from October 5 notes the need for national business unity to avert postwar chaos. Edward A. Filene urges preparation for capital shortages and smoother European war end effects. John H. Fahey calls for tariff reform, merchant marine, federal trade commission, rural credits, and unemployment focus. National Chamber directors approve creating an organization service bureau as a clearing house for business groups nationwide.
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Cleveland, O
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Cleveland
Edward A. Filene
Boston
Cleveland Chamber
John H. Fahey
National Chamber
Federal Trade Commission
Blindness of Virtue Extends at Castle Square Theatre
Due to strong demand the Cosmo Hamilton drama The Blindness of Virtue will run another week at Castle Square Theatre. Box office reports show mail and telephone orders flooding the lines as patrons seek seats for the powerful moral lesson.
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Castle Square Theatre
Becky
Cosmo Hamilton
Appeal for Children Left Destitute by War
The Children's Fund of New York asks American children to aid funds for French and Belgian boys and girls driven destitute by war. Thousands are said to be moving into Paris from evacuated northern towns. Send kits and contributions to 1 West Fortieth Street New York.
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Children’s Fund of
New York
France
Belgium
Paris
Children's Fund
West
Fortieth Street
Elvira Gannett Dies at 104 in North Scituate
Elvira Gannett widely known as Aunt Elvira died at her home at age 104 in North Scituate. Born November 12, 1811, she lived with son Freeman and daughter Ellen and was the Baptist Church’s oldest member, joining in 1882.
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Elvira Gannett
North Scituate
Elvira
Freeman
Ellen Gannett
Baptist Church
Eugenia defies mother over planned marriage with tango dancer
In New York Eugenia Kelly rejects her mother Mia Kelly and Edward Kelly's bid to stall her engagement to Al Davis. A city-parlor dispute ends with Eugenia declaring she will marry Davis once his divorce becomes final. Mrs. Kelly hopes court action on Davis's divorce delays or blocks the marriage.
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New York
Mia
Edward Kelly
Eugenia Kelly
al” Davis
Davis
East Sixty-third Street
Eugenia
Ja' Davis
Europe
South America
Kelly F
Unknown Woman in Custody at City Hall Station
A woman stating the name Margaret Concannon and about twenty five years old was taken into custody for safe keeping by City Hall Station police yesterday afternoon and sent to the Psychopathic Hospital for observation and treatment.
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Margaret Concannon
City Hall Station
Psycopathic Hospital
Father John’s Medicine Ad Promotes Cold Remedy and Strength
Advertisement claims Father John’s Medicine is an old family remedy dating to 1855 for coughs colds and body building. It states the remedy was prescribed by a physician to Rev Father John O’Brien of Lowell Massachusetts and spread through parishioners. A $25 000 guarantee is offered to any charity shown otherwise and the product is said to contain no alcohol or poisonous drugs.
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Father John
Father John O’brien
Lowell
Mass
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