Woman Thief Plans Reform After Detours Across Cities
Mrs Maude Wilbur of Syracuse told State's Attorney Wayman she robbed major stores in New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh Cleveland Detroit and Chicago. A 21 year old graduate who served 10 months for stealing in Cleveland now faces trial on a State street department store theft charge. She plans to reform after any sentence and prefers jail to other outcomes.
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Chicago
Maude Wilbur
Syracuse
Columbus
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Detroit
Wayman
Ottawa
Mont
State Street
Walke Sets Sail for New York Naval Review
The torpedo boat destroyer Walke, badly damaged by a steam chest explosion last week, sailed from Newport Harbor for New York with only one engine, making 17 knots. Destroyers Perkins and Sterrett accompanied her. more ships were to depart later for the naval review, with Walke expected to be repaired in time to participate.
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Newport
R. I
Walke
New York
Newport Harbor
Perkins
Sterrett
Diapepsin Claims Quick Relief for Indigestion
A fifty cent box of Pape s Diapepsin promises fast cure for sour belching indigestion and stomach misery. The ad touts painless tasting tablets that aid digestion in five minutes and leave appetite healthy, with no need for laxatives or liver pills.
Eugenics Lectures Push Marriage Based on Fitness
Boston educators promote marriage only for the biologically and morally fit as part of a new School of Eugenics at 585 Boylston Street. Dr. Evangeline Young urges selecting mates like breeding stock, with public courses for working girls and mothers clubs, while advocating legislative sterilization for the unfit.
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Evangeline Young
Boylston Street
Parker Memorial
Boston
Women’s Clubs
San Francisco
America
Young
Mary Lovering Holman
Dr. Young
Luther Burbank
David Starr Jordan
Sanford University
Burbank
Washington
C. B. Davenport
NEW School OF Eugenics
Million Dollar Technology Gift Reaches MIT
Massachusetts Institute of Technology has received the first 1 000 000 of a 2 500 000 gift from a mysterious donor. The check was converted into cash, and President Maclaurin refused to reveal the donor’s name. Future installments remain undisclosed, possibly equal or larger.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Maclaurin
Warship Montana Collides With Ossabaw Off Quarantine
The United States cruiser Montana collided with the lumber steamship Ossabaw off Quarantine. The cruiser was undamaged while Ossabaw took on water but reached port unaided.
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New York
United States
Montana
Hudson
Trotol Mine Explosion At New York Harbor
A government test in New York harbor caused a premature trotol mine explosion. A nearby fishing sloop narrowly escaped. Water column reached 200 feet as the Fifty fourth Coast Artillery mine practice at Fort Wadsworth achieved a perfect score under Col. John V. White.
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New York
New York Harbor
Fifty-fourth Company
Coast Artillery Corps
Narrows
Fort Wadsworth
John V. White
Coast Artillery
Two Men Lost by Schooner Mary Reported
The schooner Mary under Captain Bart Whalen reached the pier with colors while two fishermen Thomas Driscoll and William Mullenson disappeared while hauling trawls. Fog and calm gave way to a strong breeze as the Mary searched for hours, but no trace was found and the men are feared lost.
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Mary
Bart Whalen
Thomas Driscoll
William Mullenson
Whalen
Wilson Club Forming in Somerville Tonight
A meeting at Bacon Hall Union square Somerville occurs tonight at 8 to organize a Wilson and Marshall club and ratify the Democratic State county and local ticket for the General Court. Mayor John F Fitzgerald Hon Charles S Hamlin Judge Thomas P Riley and others will speak. Seats are reserved for ladies until 8.
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Wilson Club
Somerville
Bacon Hall
Union Square
Wilson-and Marshall Club
John F. Fitzgerald
Charles S. Hamlin
Thomas P. Riley
Labor Leaders Appeal Contempt Case Ruling
Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and Frank Morrison filed a bill of exceptions alleging error by Justice Wright when contempt proceedings moved ahead before testimony finished. The move sends the case to the District Court of Appeals for review.
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Washington
Justice Wright
District Supreme Court
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
Supreme Court
District Court of Appeals
Mrs Muck Guest at Somerset Club Luncheon
Mrs Carl Muck wife of the Boston Symphony conductor appeared in Boston as guest of honor at a Professional Women's Club luncheon at the Hotel Somerset. She spoke in German but declined and asked for no English speech.
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Mrs. Muck
Somerset of Professional Women’s Club
Carl Muck
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Boston
Hotel Somerset
Mack
Frank Young
School Voters’ League
New Federation For Civic Betterment
Organi
Woman Forgers Confession Sought in $150000 Forgery Case
Rose Zindel, head of a manufacturing firm, pleaded guilty to forgery in the second degree. The court paused sentence awaiting full disclosure of the $150,000 and missing jewels and art works. A receiver had challenged the claimed records while the prisoner promised to reveal all.
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New York
Rose Zindel
Supreme Court
Blanchard
Zindel
Funeral for Retired Swedish Pastor in Cambridge
The funeral for Rev. Olaf Singh a retired Swedish Baptist clergyman of Cambridge who died in Sioux City Iowa last Saturday will be held this afternoon from his home 55 Orchard Street North Cambridge. The Rev J O Backlund of the Swedish Baptist Temple assisted by Revs N C Parsons and A E Palmquist Cambridge will conduct with interment at Cambridge cemetery.
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Olaf Singh
Cambridge
Sioux City
Orchard Street
J. O. Backlund
Swedish Baptist Temple
N. C. Parsons
A. E. Palmquist
Cambridge Cemetery
Children Exhibit Showcases Craft and Oil Painting Talent
The Siegel Handiwork Contest, in its fourth week, features remarkable work by girls as young as five, including needlework, basketry, and copper designs. Top prizes go to a 16-year-old for an Italian flower girl oil painting, with other awards for embroidery, linen goods, and mechanical drawings.
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Ture
Siegel
Morris Kagan
Salvation Army
Danderine Advertises 25 Cent Hair Dandruff Cure
Vintage ad touts Knowlton's Danderine for dandruff and falling hair. Claims scalp improvement after first use and visible new hair growth after weeks, urging purchase at drug stores or toilet counters. Mentions glossy, luxuriant hair and renewed vitality as the payoff.
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Knowlton
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Eugenics
Conference Committee On Moral Education
New England
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Trotol
Dorchester Women’s Club
Professional Women's Club
Roxbury Club
Brighthelmstone Club
Alice Taylor Jacobs
Dorchester
Flugene N. Foss
Franklin B. Dyer
Alice Nielsen
Louise le Baron
Katherine King
Professional Woman’s Club
Victor
Arch St
Boylston St
M. Steinert & Sons Co
Shepard Norwell
R. H. White CO
Talking Machine
Dee
Victor Talking Machine Company
Camden, N. J
Ernas. Teco. TA
Femer Thestre
Seigel
Tremont ST
Near
West St
Mass
Victor and Victrola
Keio
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