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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 19, 1911

Page

6

Tobacco Trust Plans Win Out

New York court memorandum states there will be no intervention by independents in the American Tobacco Company plan of reorganization. independents may present objections at a public hearing on October 30 and briefs must be filed before the hearing. The petition is filed in the name of the National Cigar Leaf Tobacco Association the Cigar Manufacturers' Association of America and the Independent Tobacco Salesmen's Association of America.

New York American Tobacco Com- 8 United States Circuit Court Felix H. Levy Louis D. Brandeis Independents National

Lawson Financier Faces Jury In Lottery Case

Thomas W. Lawson, financier from Scituate, stands trial in the Superior Criminal Court before Judge Quinn and a jury on a charge of maintaining a lottery. He appeals a $100 fine from a lower court as spectators note his attire and presence at Plymouth court.

Plymouth Thomas W. Lawson Superior Criminal Court Quinn

Lawson Case Opens as Watch and Ward Prosecutes Lottery

Former judge and congressman Robert Herris leads three counsel for the prosecution in a crowded Boston court. Witnesses describe a 10 000 ticket distribution and a horse and phaeton prize linked to the Marshfield fair. The defense plans 20 witnesses as the trial proceeds over two days.

Superior Court Robert O. Herris Mth Massachusetts Homer Albers Henry F. Hurlburt Boston Byron Johnson Watch and Ward Society of Boston Lawson Joseph M. Taylor Marshfield Albert F. Barker Edward A. McSweeney Boston Post Congressman Harris Levi T. Lyons Brookline Howard Matthews Scituate Mqnor Matthews

Lady Gregory to speak on The Making of a Play

Lady Gregory will discuss The Making of a Play at Fenway Court this afternoon at 4 o clock, presented through the courtesy of Mrs. Gardner.

Lady Gregory Fenway Court

Why Most Shampoos Ruin the Hair

Oak land Tribune quotes Mae Martyn advising against soap shampoos and dry powders. It urges a homemade remedy using can thrax dissolved in hot water, claiming it cleanses, dries without streaking, adds brightness and fullness, and prevents baldness.

Oakland Tribune Mae Martyn

Thinness Easily Overcome Health Cure Promises Weight Gain

Daily evidence claims a tablet combining new chemical elements with hypophosphites helps abnormally thin people gain 10 to 30 pounds after three or four months. The popular three grain hypo nuclane tablets are sold in sealed packages at apothecary shops with full directions for self administration.

Blackburns Pain Away Pills Promoted for Headache Relief

A brief advertisement claims Blackburns Pain Away Pills relieve headache and neuralgia without harm and directs readers to buy at local drug stores.

Blackburn

Raymond Moore Sicks in Boston and Penniless

Raymond Moore famed American songwriter of Sweet Marie is confined at Massachusetts General Hospital as a dying patient with no money. Miss Mae Murray star of Echoes of Broadway at the New National Theatre has launched a fund among Boston actors and actresses to aid him and has given the first donation. She urges fellow performers to contribute flowers letters or small sums when paid to support the ailing artist.

Raymond Moore America Sweet Marie Massachusetts General Hospital Mae Murray New National Theatre Moore Boston Marceau

United Shoe Company Sued Over Sherman Act Case

Charles A. Strout of Portland Maine files suit in federal court seeking 2 000 000 against United Shoe Machinery Company of Boston and three officers for allegedly driving Goddu Sons Metal Fastening Company out of business. Goddu was formed in 1897 to manufacture shoe machinery. UE executives allegedly bought Goddu stock, gained control, and blocked operations to protect a monopoly as Goddu assets faded and patents near expiration.

Charles A. Strout Portland United Shoe Machinery Company of Boston Goddu Sons Metal Fastening Company United States Goddu Company United Shoe Company Goddu United Shoe Machinery Company Sidney W. Winslow George W. Brown Edward P. Hurd. Strout

Weld Estate Valued At 773000 Instead Of 5 Million

Dr Charles G Weld of Brookline and Newport Rhode Island left 773000 in his will to Boston and Brookline for parks. Real estate 198000 and personal property 576000. Beneficiaries include Massachusetts General Hospital Boston Dispensary Boston Lying-In Hospital Peabody Museum of Salem Boston Museum of Fine Arts and MIT.

Charles G. Weld Brookline Newport R. I Dedham Boston Dr. Weld Massachusetts General Hospital Boston Dispensary Boston Lying-In Hospital Peabody Museum of Balem Boston Museum of Fine Arts Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Wreck of Rosedale Claims Seven Passengers and Crew

The Australian coaling steamer Rosedale was wrecked on the north coast of Sydney with nineteen people lost. News of the disaster arrived in Victoria, British Columbia, via the Zealandia which reached port today.

Victoria B. C Sydney Australia

TIZ Foot Remedy Delivers Remarkable Results

Mrs. Crockett of Jeffersonville walked downstairs one foot at a time after two TIZ treatments, ending five years of difficulty. The ad claims rapid relief, urges use for all foot ailments, and lists Walter Luther Dodge & Co. Chicago as the distributor selling 25 cents per box.

Walter Luther Dodge & Co Chicago

Psychic belt theft nets $1000 loss and arrest

Mrs. Caroline B. Shippee of Providence alleges a psychic belt cost her $1000 after she never received it. Robert E. King, also known as George H. Bradford, was arrested yesterday as an alleged associate of Professor Charles H. Clay, the clairvoyant palmist now sought by federal authorities.

Caroline B. Shippee Westminster Street Providence R. I Robert E. King George H. Bradford Charles H. Clay

Prisoner named in mail fraud case at Boston post office

United States Deputy Marshal James Ruhl arrested a man in the Boston post office corridor after he asked for Charles H. Clay’s mail. The expected registered letter with $500 from Mrs. Shippee instead yielded a decoy letter from Post Office Inspector Charles M. Perkins accusing the man of using the mails to defraud. Authorities misidentified him as Clay until he denied the name and Mrs. Shippee later identified him as Robert B. King whom she had met in Providence two years earlier and had given $100 in the past.

King United States James Ruhl Boston Charles H. Clay Shippee Post Office Charles M. Perkins Clay Robert B. King Professor Clay Providence

Man swindles by promising psychic belt from Professor Clay

Mrs Shippee alleges she paid $1000 to a man who claimed to be Henry C Clay and promised a personal magnetism belt via Professor Clay. King, charged after calling for a registered package, pleaded not guilty and was held in $500 bail awaiting Friday hearing.

Professor Clay King Henry C. Clay Clay United States Hayes Charles Street

Liners Race Across Ocean From Queenstown Harbor

The White Star Cymric and Cunard Ivernia left Queenstown harbor yesterday and race across the Atlantic toward this port, due this week. The Ivernia, on her first trip in five months after Daunt's Rock damage, has undergone repairs. Captain W D Irvine takes command replacing Captain Thomas Potter.

White Star Cymric Ivernia Queenstown Atlantic Cunard Daunt’s Rock W. D. Irvine Pannonia Thomas Potter

Woman Doctor Released on $3000 Cash Bail

In Malden District Court Dr Catherine W Castle of 43 Florence Street Malden was freed on a $3000 cash bail charged with performing an illegal operation Samuel A Morrison of Reading faces an accessory before the fact charge and is to be arraigned with Castle today

Malden Catherine W. Castle Florence Street Samuel A. Morrison Reading

Danderine Promise for Dandruff Hair and Scalp Repair

An ad promises Danderine cures dandruff and itching, stops shedding, and grows new hair. It claims immediate scalp relief and visibly fuller, softer hair after use, urging readers to buy a 25 cent bottle from drug stores or toilet counters.

Ately Knowlton

Submarine Sturgeon to Sink 200 Feet in Maine Test

Portsmouth dispatch reports the United States sub Sturgeon will be sunk in 200 feet of water in Penobscot Bay off Rockland Maine to test its strength. The vessel is held by rough weather and will proceed when conditions improve with Casco and a lighter alongside.

Portsmouth N. H United States Penobscot Bay Rockland gCasco Maine New England

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