Reform Preacher Urges Wilson to Address Lynching at Home
Rev M W Thornton of the A M E Church urges President Wilson to focus on domestic racial violence. He cites 34 lynchings and burnings in six months and criticizes Wilson's foreign policy and Carranza recognition as weak.
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Germany
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Tennessee
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Charles Street
Park Street
United States
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Villa
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Doctors Needed to Aid Creditors Says Judge Morton
Judge James M. Morton Jr. told the Boston Credit Men's Association banquet at Young's Hotel last evening that creditors should seek more doctors for business guidance and fewer undertakers. He argued bankruptcy prevention would yield higher asset recovery and nearer true stock value than auctioned salvage.
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James M. Morton, Jr
United States Court
Young's Hotel
Boston Credit Men’s Association
Adoption Battle Over Nurse in Cambridge Suit
Mrs. Mary Jane Cooke of Cambridge favored marrying or adopting her late husband’s 37-year-old nurse Thorlief S. Cooke. The 70-year-old widow testified in the Supreme Judicial Court at East Cambridge as the adoption revocation fight continues. Cooke, born Pedersen, sues executor Thomas J. Emery for $30,000 amid the ongoing case.
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Mary Jane Cooke
Cambridge
Thorlief S. Cooke
Supreme Judicial Court
East Cambridge
Cooke
Pedersen
Thomas J. Emery
Judge urges creditors to diagnose bankrupt firms before liquidation
Judge Morton cites liquidations as costly for creditors and argues many bankrupts could be saved if creditors investigated the root causes and aided firms to rebound. He notes lawyers often lack the skill to assess stock and assets and proposes using a sharp businessman to diagnose defects while the business operates.
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Morton
Education curbs youth gambling says noted psychologist
A respected psychologist in the Sunday Post Magazine argues that proper education prevents children from gambling. The piece emphasizes early awareness, critical thinking, and lifelong learning as tools to resist risky behavior.
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Sunday Post
Widow Mrs Cooke and nurse Pedersen in 1912 case flashback
Witnesses recount how Mrs. Cooke, widow of Rev Henry A Cooke, claimed she never knew love until Pedersen entered her life. Pedersen, adopted in 1909, described his rise from Swedish immigrant to Mrs Cooke’s nurse who financed him and later received Mrs Cooke’s fortune upon death.
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Pedersen
Berry Berentsen
Cambridge
Sweden
Miss Berentsen
Italy Declares War on Bulgaria
Rome announces Italy has declared war on Bulgaria. Havas Rome report says the move follows Bulgaria opening hostilities against Serbia and allying with Italy’s enemies. Count di Cellere told the State Department war exists, with another neutrality proclamation likely and U.S. handling Italian interests in Bulgaria.
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Italy
Bulgaria
Stefani
Paris
Havas
Serbia
Washington
Count di Cellere
State Department
United States
Mayor Flee as Alligator Slips Into City Office
A two foot alligator, a gift to John J. Murphy, assistant secretary to Mayor Curley, frightened the mayor when it arrived in an express package to his outer office. Officer Doherty secured the creature before it was sent to the South Boston Aquarium.
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John J. Murphy
Curley
South Boston Aquarium
Thomas F. Murphy
Company A
Nirth Regiment
Florida
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Funeral for Mrs. Martha E Libby Held at Somerville Home
Funeral services for Mrs. Martha E Libby age 83 were held yesterday at the Somerville Home for the Aged. Rev Harley D Mixwell of the First Universalist Church conducted the service and she was buried in Cambridge Cemetery. Born in Boston, she was among the institution's oldest residents.
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Home For the Aged
Somerville
Harley, D. Mixwell
First Universalist Church
Cambridge Cemetery
George II Tufts of Charlestown Celebrates 90th Birthday
George II Tufts of Charlestown former treasurer of the Warren Institution for Savings marked his 90th birthday at his home 21 Oak Street. He enjoyed good health as friends sent flowers and a dinner party was held by his children with a few close friends present.
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George II’. Tufts
Charlestown
Warren Institution ‘For Savings of
Oak Street
U S Flag And German Unite In Film Finale
A Tremont Row theater shows a German produced war film set featuring German army actions in Belgium and a finale with both the American Stars and Stripes and the German flag saluting. The footage, labeled Lion Film War Correspondence, includes neutral battlefield scenes and captions introducing German idioms translated into English.
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Belgium
von Hindenburg
Truce Declared Between Mayors For Tremont Temple Meeting
Mayor Curley softens feud with former mayor by inviting him to speak at the Democratic ratification rally in Tremont Temple on Saturday night October 30. The occasion marks their first public reunion since Curley’s election as he pledges unity for Governor Walsh’s re election drive.
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Curley
Curley-Fitzgerald
Tremont Temple
Sor
Boston Democrats
Walsh
That Movie Queen Nation zine release sparks wide interest
A new zine titled That Movie Queen Nation draws attention for its playful exploration of cinema icons. Readers expect colorful spreads, vintage film stills, and cheeky essays appealing to fans of classic screen queens.
Woman Fights for Life After 20 Foot Fall
Alma Peterson of 48 Bay Street Roxbury lies between life and death at Symmes Arlington Hospital after a 20 foot fall from a second story window on Plymouth Street Arlington while washing it. Authorities say she broke her neck in the incident and her chances of recovery are slight.
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Bay Street
Roxbury
Symmes Arlington Hospital
Plymouth Street
Arlington
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