Jury Chosen for New Haven Railroad Monopoly Trial
Twelve tentative jurors were selected for the trial of William Rockefeller and other directors of the New York New Haven & Hartford Railroad on charges of conspiring to monopolize traffic in New England. The panel included nine men with prior ties to business and transportation groups and only one employee, with court adjournment expected to finish selection tomorrow.
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New York
William Rockefeller
Lewis Cass Ledyard
Edward D. Robbins
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
New England
Daniel M. Flanigan
Max Hartman
Albert B. Weldon
Charles B. Gleason
George B. Raymond
William D. Tucker
Fred F. Waters
Joel Krause
Peter Wagner
James F. Pegnam
William G. Accles
Andrew L. Grace
New York Edison Company
Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Transportation Club
New Haven Road
Woman Killed Crossing Train in Anderson Crossing
In Nashua New Hampshire October 14 Mrs Thomas E Howard of Derry New Hampshire was killed and her husband seriously injured when the automobile they rode collided with a Worcester and Portland express at an Anderson New Hampshire crossing. Howard a box manufacturer at Derry was taken to St Joseph Hospital Nashua where his chances for recovery were said to be slim.
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Nashua
N. H
Thomas E. Howard
Derry
Anderson
Howard
St. Joseph Hospital
Elevated plan aiming to ease Dudley street congestion
Public Service Commission hearing in Roxbury Dorchester Mattapan and Jamaica Plain discussed an Elevated proposal to build a loop and prepayment area at Egleston square station and reroute Mattapan cars there from Dudley street. Estimated 80 000 dollars cost and six months work.
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Elevated
Dudley Street
Dorchester
Jamaica Plain
Egleston Square
Public Service Commission
H. B. Potter
Mattapan
W. P. Parker
Roxbury
Geneva Avenue
Norfolk Street
Potter
Grove Hall
Fitzgerald
Executive Department
The
Sullivan Square
United Improvement Association
Boston
Solomon Llewenberg
Harvard Improvement Association
Improvement Associations of
Tremont Street
Pleasant Street
Harrison Avenue
Blue Hill Avenue
Macleod
Commission
Harvard Law Men Open Clubhouse The Old Bailey
The Old Bailey society, formed by Harvard Law School second year students, opens a clubhouse at 1590 Massachusetts Avenue with reception dining and music rooms. It will house members and admit first year men after the first semester to encourage cross country study and fellowship.
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Old Bailey
Harvard Law School
Massachusetts Avenue
Harvard
Belt Line Wanted as Remedy for Metropolitan Transport
Mayor Curley urged a single great union station and electrification of all trains within the metropolitan district to unify steam and trolley lines for better passenger and freight service. He called for a belt line in a 15 mile Boston zone and central control of terminal interests. The hearing at the State House included John N. Cole and others from regional business groups.
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Union Station
Curley
Terminal Commission
State House
Boston
John N. Cole
Industrial Development Board
M. H. Gulesian
Huntington Avenue
Business leaders press for improved Boston freight terminal system
Hyde Park association president reports Boston as New England’s market and manufacturing hub with 600 million dollars in goods produced in 1914. He cites 4000 plants employing 175000 plus and 60 000 tons of daily freight, urging a belt line and better rail connections to cut delays for less than carload shipments.
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Hyde Park Business Men’s Association
Boston Real Estate Exchange
Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange
Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange
Roxbury Board of Trade
Chamber of Commerce
Boston
Cole
New England
Boston & Albany
Grand Junction Railroad
New Haven
Henry F. Arnold
Hyde Park
Captain Salvages Bank Roll
William White of Roxbury a retired sea captain turns fence for a thief but seeks rightful owner for a fat roll of greenbacks. The tale follows how the captain salvaged the money and tried to trap the pirate who took it in an intriguing yarn.
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William White
Walnut Park
Roxbury
Captain Chase Recovers Lost Cash After Chase
Captain White sought help at the Post to locate a man who snatched a roll of cash near Atlantic Avenue and State Street. The thief fled toward State Street at high speed, dropping the money near the Customs House before vanishing into an office building. The captain recovered the roll but kept the amount undisclosed.
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Customs House
Boston Harbor Rescue Hero Brings Home a Nest Egg Prize
An elderly mariner, recently retired after decades at sea, revealed plans to use a robbery loot as a nest egg for a householder. He identified the thief when called, recalling moments before the theft. Previously, he captained the disabled powerboat rescue on a coastwise voyage aboard the Hazel L. in Boston harbor.
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Mariner
Hazel L
Boston Harbor
Oku l ite eye brightener claim advert
A drugstore advert touts liquid okulite to remove yellow and bloodshot eye appearance in under a minute. It cites a prominent physician and promises a money-back guarantee if the product fails, urging readers to buy at local Riker Jaynes Drug Stores.
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Riker-Jaynes
Lime Medication in Tuberculosis Proposed as Cure
In the December 5 1914 issue of the N S Medical Record Dr John North of Toledo argues lime starvation is a prominent cause of tuberculosis and calcium deficiency underpins incipient cases. He recommends Eckmans Alterative as a lime rich treatment to be tried with proper diet fresh air and hygienic living conditions noting it contains no opiates or habit forming drugs and can be obtained from a druggist or Eckman Laboratory Philadelphia.
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N. S
John North
Toledo
Eckman
Eckman Laboratory
Philadelphia
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Harko
All America Shoe Shops
Summer St
Tremont St. Willson’s Shoe Shop
Washington St
Harvard Law Men Open
J.N. Cole
Terminal Board
Genuine Union
Liggett’s
Prrug
Liggett
Clee Company
Starry Emile
Rexall
Allston
Brookline
Tiggett
Fom
Liggett’s Seidlitz
Washington and
Avona Streets
School
Harvard and
Brighton
Coolidge
Americas
Wen
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