Oldest Massachusetts firm dissolves after 95 years
The Boston and Roxbury Mill Corporation, Massachusetts' first business corporation, voted to dissolve after 95 years. It built a dam linking Charles Street to Sewall's Point, helped fill Back Bay, and paid high dividends. Officers included S Lothrop Thorndike and Francis C. Welch. remaining assets are minimal with only one outstanding mortgage to settle.
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Boston & Roxbury Mill Corporation
Busines Corporation
Massachusetts
Beacon Street
Back Bay
S. Lothrop Thorndike
Francis C. Welch
John A. Bennett
Morris Gray
Charles*. Curtis
Henry B. Cabot
Robert Treat Paine
Charles J. Upham
Supreme Court
Charles Street
Sewall’s Point
Brookline
Charles River
Bay State Road
Bank Clerk Sought for Embezzling 80000 Dollars
John W. Sturgis, 21, formerly a bookkeeper at the National Safe Deposit Savings and Trust Company in Washington, is sought by police to answer to a charge of embezzling 80000 dollars from the trust company. He has two years of experience in trust firms and was active in athletics and church circles.
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Washington
John W. Sturgis
National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company
Sturgis
Harvester Withdrawn After Third Heat At McDowell Stakes
In Lexington Kentucky on October 13 The Harvester once unbeaten was pulled from the McDowell stakes after breaking in the third heat. Lady Jones won the heat then the final two heats as The Harvester, examined by a veterinarian, showed potential serious lung issues from a sudden temperature change and was excused from further racing.
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Lexington
Harvester
Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders
Walnut Hall
Lady Jones
Geers
Arlington High second team defeats Mitchell Academy 12 to 6
Billerica October 13 Arlington High School second team beat Mitchell Academy 12 to 6 in a fast, interesting game.
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Billerica
Mitchell Academy
Arlington High School
Blood Purifier and Tonic Made at Home
From the National Home Monthly. A home recipe for a blood purifier and liver tonic using kardene mixed with sugar alcohol and hot water to make a quart. A tablespoonful before meals and at night claimed to purify blood, arouse the liver, clear the skin, restore appetite, and strengthen the system.
Voter registration falls in Boston wards as city edges toward state polls
Final registration shows 108,462 eligible voters, down from 110,382 last state election and 110,656 a year earlier. Twenty of twenty five wards show losses with gains mainly in Republican strongholds, notably Ward 12, Ward 9, and Ward 10. Republicans lead in net changes by about 1,500 votes.
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Boston
Donovan
Democratic City Committee
Montague
Republican City Committee
Lomasney
Fitzgerald Bailiwick
Ada
Eeeeseen
Vicrdescarmee
Eectsceatioet
Accient
Kept Marriage Long Secret Revealed in Notice
New York reports that Miss Gertrude Leavitt, daughter of the late Edward Leavitt of Woodbury Connecticut, and Carl Hanna of Cleveland grandson of Marcus Hanna, were secretly married July 30 at Bridgeburg Canada. The couple, who had announced their engagement last summer, will live in Duluth. The marriage was delayed until Hanna entered business.
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New York
Gertrude Leavtt
Edward Leavitt
Woodbury
Hanna
Buffalo
Bridgebure
Lve
Duluth
Old Indian Fighter Bates Dies in New York Hospital
Major-General Alfred Elliott Bates U S A retired and once Paymaster-General died in Miss Alston's private hospital West Sixty-first Street after a stroke. Born Monroe Michigan July 15 1840 he graduated West Point and served on the frontier before becoming army paymaster in Texas Dakota Washington New York and San Francisco. He was military attache in London in 1897 and became pay master general in 1899 with brigadier general rank. Two days before retirement he was promoted to major general on January 1 1904.
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Alfred Elliott Bates
U.S. A
Miss Alston
West Sixty-first Street
General Bates
Monroe
Mich
West Point
Second Cavalry
Department of Texas
Dakota
Washington
San Francisco
London
Dartmouth to Inaugurate Ernest Fox Nichols as Tenth President
Hanover October 18. Ernest Fox Nichols will be inducted tomorrow as Dartmouth College president with a vast gathering of scholars led by hundreds of college presidents. The ceremony includes a chapel service, a procession to Webster Hall, an inaugural address, honorary degrees, a benediction, and a celebratory luncheon and dinner for delegates and alumni.
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Hanover
N. H
Ernest Fox Nichols
Dartmouth College
Nichols
Columbia
Dartmouth
William Jewett Tucker
Francis Brown
Union Theological Seminary of
Rochester
N. Y
Webster Hall
Frank S. Streeter
Concord
Board of Trustees
James Bryce
Henry B. Quinby
New Hampshire
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Charles D. Adams
Horace Russell
New York
Dartmouth Alumni Association
Charles W. Tobin
Boston
Ethelbert Talbot
Episcopal
Bethlehem
Penn
College Hall
Tech Freshmen Triumph Over Dean Academy 5 to 0
After a hard fought struggle that ended in the second half, Technology freshman football team defeated Dean Academy yesterday afternoon at Dean’s ground by a score of 5 to 0. Tech showed strength in rushing and confined Dean’s offense with stout line play, preventing any significant gains.
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Technology
Dean Academy
Tech
Academy
Marmola Tablets Promised Fat Loss and Ease
An advertisement extols Marmola Tablets as a fat reducer that digests food properly without dieting. It claims the liver’s health governs fat accumulation and promises 12 to 15 ounces of fat loss per day, urging readers to buy by mail from The Marmola Company, Detroit.
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Marmola Company
Dept
Detroit
Mich
Missing Girl in Gotham Reunited with Father After Seizure
Irma Cuneo nine years old, daughter of Giovanni Cuneo, vanished for three weeks. She was seized by her mother on route from school and taken to New York. Father, with lawyer Albert B. Fopiano, located Catarina Rovegno and child. Attorneys agreed to place the girl in a New York school and bring the case to court.
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Irma Cuneo
Giovanni Cuneo
North End
New York
Albert B. Fopiano
Cuneo
Catarina Rovegno
Summer Street
Michael Orini
New York City
Ford Hall Bill May Lead To Complications
The city faces who pays for Ford Hall used as a courtroom for part of the steel cases. Superintendent Morrison says he will not cover the bill, placing potential cost on a court house official or a special city council appropriation may be required.
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Ford Hall
Morrison
Court House
Fifteen Thousand Peach Trees Broken by Snow
Heavy early snow in Lockport New York snapped thousands of peach and other fruit trees. Officials estimate about 15 000 trees will need replacement.
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Lockport
N. Y
Razoo May End in Strike at University of Maine
Orono Me Oct 13 There is excitement at the State University over the suspension of nine men including G R Woodberry Beverly Mass and K Richardson Greenwood Mass for a razor incident on campus despite faculty and trustees edicts Student sentiment runs high with a possible further strike anticipated as mass meetings protest the suspensions could trigger another walkout tomorrow
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The
State University
G. R. Woodberry
Beverly
Mass
K. Richardson
Greenwood
Earth Caves Buries Man at Pleasant Street Crossing
Maiden reports Dominic Morbo a Pleasant street grade crossing worker residing on Charles street was buried alive when a sewer trench embankment caved in during a morning shift. Earth slid into the ditch striking him as he climbed out, throwing him back. fellow workers extricated him from the hole.
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Maiden
Dominic Morbo
Pleasant Street
Charles Street
Henry C. Rowland's Parted Curtain to Start Sunday
The Sunday Post Magazine will premiere Henry C. Rowland's remarkable story The Parted Curtain in its next issue. This feature unfolds in a two part sequence, drawing readers into a suspenseful narrative with rich period detail and character intrigue.
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Henry C. Rowland
Sunday Post
Rexall Orderlies Claim Safe Constipation Relief
An advertisement promises Rexall Orderlies will permanently relieve chronic constipation with a money back guarantee if unsatisfied. It attacks laxatives and claims the product tonifies nerves and muscles of the large intestine, avoiding purging and habit formation. Sold in Boston at Rexall Stores Riker Jaynes Drug Stores.
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Rexall Orderlies
Boston
Rexall
Riker Jaynes Drug Stores
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