Silliman Will Awards Over 400 000 to Religious and Educational Causes
Horace B. Silliman of Cohoes leaves more than 400000 to philanthropic uses with half to William Moody to run Moody institutions at Northfield. The rest funds churches colleges and missions including First Presbyterian Cohoes Moody’s Northfield Seminary Park College Hamilton College Y M C A and Presbyterian boards in New York and missions abroad. He previously funded schools in Manila and major gifts to church missions.
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Albany
N. Y
Horace B. Silliman
Cohoes
William R. Moody
Dwight Moody
Northfield
Mass
Park College
Parkville
Missouri
Hamilton College
Cohoes Y. M. C. A
International Committees
Young Men's Christian Associations of
New York City
Presbyterian Board of Home Missions
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Presbyterian Board of
Presbyterian Board of Relief
Board of Missions
Presbyterian
Silliman
Manila
Presbyterian Board of Home and Foreign Missions
New York
Saturday Evening Post
Boston
Stein Bloch
America
Men’s & Young Men
Handsome Billy Noted for Perpetual Smile in Old Town Me
A 21 month old boy named Billy Murphy of Old Town Maine is praised by friends as the prettiest child with a perpetual smile. He has silky golden hair and large blue eyes and is the son of William J Murphy.
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Billy
Old Town
William J. Murphy
Peruna Receives Praise From Women Suffering Ailments
A longtime Peruna testimonial feature touts the tonic as relief for backache headaches and other female ailments. Letters from Ottawa Canada and Scottsburg Indiana recount dramatic recoveries after months or years of symptoms, with claims of renewed health and lasting remission.
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Joseph Lacelle
Bronson Sti
Ottawa
Ontario
Canada
Ella
Miskell
Scottsburg
Indiana
Jennie B Hogdon Returns After Arctic Voyage Fire Fight
Gloucester schooner Jennie B Hogdon completed a six month Arctic fishing trip and arrived at St John s Newfoundland after fighting a cabin fire sparked by a store upset. Captain C S Flagler led the crew through mountain seas rain and snow storms with the blaze extinguished without serious damage.
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St, John’s
N. F
Arctic
Greenland
Gloucester
Jennie B. Hogdon
C. S. Flagler
Floor collapses kill six cows at Cranston farm
On Phenix avenue farmer Henry G. Burlingame reported the barn floor gave way last night. Six cows fell into the cellar and died, two narrowly escaped as the stanchions trapped the others by their necks. The incident left no sign of prior floor weakness.
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Providence
Henry G. Burlingame
Phenix Avenue
Cranston
Mayor Fitzgerald Sues Over Graft Allegations
Mayor Fitzgerald ordered Attorney Francis M. Carroll to sue the Boston Transcript for published statements in the gubernatorial campaign claiming he demanded 25 000 from Eugene N. Foss for support. The mayor denounced the insinuations as unwarranted and vowed action.
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Fitzgerald
Francis M. Carroll
Boston Transcript
Eugene N. Foss
Cavalieri to sue for a divorce
New York report says soprano Lina Cavalieri plans to file for divorce from Robert Winthrop Chanler. Friends cite non-support and incompatibility as grounds while Cavalieri, wealthy in her own right, laments lost dignity and alleges Chanler pressed her to cover his debts and seized on her finances.
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New York
Lina Cavalieri
Song Bird
Robert Winthrop Chanler
Bob
Mme. Cavalieri
Chanler
Smythe Sent to Prison for Wide Swindle
James H. Smythe of 311 Lamartine Street Jamaica Plain was arrested in London and jailed for two years for a sprawling fraud network. The paper hanger-turned-miner swindled hundreds of thousands across Boston Denver and Alma Colorado, wrecking families and bankrupting several businessmen. His victims included prominent Boston figures amid a countrywide ruse.
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James H. Smythe
Lamartine Street
Jamaica Plain
London
Boston
Denver
Smythe
Alma
Col
Colorado
Smug mining promoter Smythe jailed for long fraud scheme
Charles Craft and William McDonald among victims in a Boston swindle tied to the Queen Bee Gold Mining Co. Promoter Smythe reputedly defrauded locals and English targets, raised funds at wheat parties, and promised partners profits. He fled to England before starting a two year sentence.
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Charles Craft
Buckingham Street
Smythe
Neil McDonald
Clifton — Street
Dorchester
William McDonald
Hiser
P Street
South Boston
Edward Gleason
Bowdoin
Bowdoin Street
William Smith
Dartmouth Chambers
Levéret Witter
Harlow Street
Kingston
Boston
Canada
England
New Zealand
Queen Bee Gold Mining Co
State Street
Colorado
Treasury
Lamartine Street
New York
Washington
Chicago
Denver
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MOODY
First Presbyterian Church of
Mooly
Mt. Hermon School For Boys
Moody's
Northfield Seminary
Hampton Normal Institute of Virginia
Tressie Nelson
N.5th Ave
Nashville
Tenn
Washington Credit Co
Washington Street
Hollis St
Hunter High
Cavalieri
Paris
Cobourg
Nimsen
Mr. Chanler
Henry Siegel Co
New England
Orchestra
Alfred Decker & Cohen
Henri
Siegel
New
Paork
Essex St
Ines
Avay
Siz
Telephone Oxford
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