New Steamship Line to Open From Boston to Gothenburg
Sir Steven Furness announces a new steamship service next year linking Gothenburg Christiania Boston Newport News and Philadelphia. Two vessels Norvega and Texas about 4900 tons each and four years old will operate carrying 100 cabin passengers. This marks Boston’s first passenger route to Norway and Sweden.
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Sir Steven Furness
Furness, Withy & Co
New York
Gothenburg
Christiania
Boston
Newport News
Philadelphia
Norvega
Texas
Norway
Sweden
Storm Tossed Vessel Reaches Hampton Roads After 35 Days
The three masted schooner Bradford C French from Vieques near Porto Rico bound for New York with molasses arrived in Hampton Roads seeking harbor after 35 days at sea. Struck by a coast storm near Hatteras she was 200 miles from New York and had burned all fuel aboard. She was without wood or water upon reaching the Virginia Capes.
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Norfolk
Bradford C. French
Vieques
Porto Rico
New York
Hampton Roads
Hatteras
Virginia Capes
Dalton Tells of Fur Trade
The Hon. Charles Dalton of Prince Haward Island and a Cana dian cabinet council member was guest of honor at a Copley Plaza Hotel banquet hosted by Boston friends. He spoke on Canadian fur farming and contrasted old trapping methods with modern breeding for pelts.
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Charles Dalton
Prince Haward Island
Copley Plaza Hotel
Boston
Dalton
Hudson Bay Company
Woman dies saving child at Altoona station
Miss Mabel Keller aged 32 and four year old Marjorie McCarthy were killed at the East Altoona passenger station as the child ran onto the tracks. Keller leaped in front of an oncoming express to save the girl, but both were struck and killed. The tragedy occurred while the pair waited for a train.
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Altoona
Penn
Mabel Keller
East Altoona
Marjorie McCarthy
Danderine Hair Cleanse Claimed To Improve Hair
An advertisement touts Knowlton's Dandeline as a 25 cent hair cleanser. It promises removal of dandruff, cleansing of dust and oil, and silky, lustrous hair gains after a single application. It asserts roots become stronger and hair grows longer and thicker.
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Knowlton’s
Bell Telephone seeks Supreme Court ruling on royalties dispute
After 30 years of litigation, American Bell Telephone asks the Supreme Court to determine royalties and rentals owed to Western Union Telegraph Company under the 1879 contract ending their rivalry in the telephone business. The amount involved exceeds $5,000,000.
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Washington
American Bell Telephone Company
Supreme Court
Western Union Telegraph Company
Western Union Bell royalties dispute over stock stake
Under a 1879 contract Western Union agreed to retire from renting telephones and sell its telephone patents to Bell. Bell would pay 20 percent of rentals and licenses, plus 85 percent of stock in licensees. Western Union seeks 20 percent of the stock acquired. lower courts ruled for Western Union and a high court ruling is expected within two weeks.
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Western Union
Bell Company
St Louis Minister Acquitted After Preliminary Hearings
The Rev. John G Brodt pastor of the Third United Presbyterian Church was released in the Court of Criminal Correction after a preliminary hearing. A 16 year old boy had charged him but the judge did not believe the boy under oath and ordered no defence.
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ST. Louis
John G Brodt
Third United Presbyterian Church
Court of Criminal Correction
Oregon Woman Represents State in Washington
Miss Fern Hobbs the private secretary to Oregon's governor and a lawyer appeared in Washington as the representative of Oregon to adjust school and swamp land claims and to close pending cases. She is among the first women sent to the capital as a state official.
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Washington
Fern Hobbs
Oregon
Executive Department of
Street work delay sparks city hall clash
In Norfolk Centre street and Orient Heights a heated discussion unfolded as Mayor Fitzgerald and Commissioner Rourke defended the Elevated in delaying paving and track relocations. President Bancroft joined the critique, arguing company delays hinder street completion aligned with highway widening plans.
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Norfolk Street
Centre Street
Orient Heights
Fitzgerald
William A. Bancroft
Elevated
Rourke
Public Works Department
Miss Marion Bracket Puffer Weds Walter F. Gray in Winter Hill
Miss Marion Bracket Puffer of 14 Dartmouth street Somerville married Walter F. Gray of Brooklyn New York former Somerville resident last evening at Winter Hill Universalist Church. The ceremony was performed by the bridegroom’s father Rev Francis A Gray of Akron Ohio and assisted by Rev Hendrix Vossema the church pastor.
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Marion Bracket Puffer
Dartmouth Street
Somerville
Winter Hill Universalist Church
Walter F. Gray
Brooklyn
N. Y
Francis A. Gray
Akron
Ohio
Winter Hill Church
Hendrix Vossema
Arrest 3 as express looters in New Haven raid
Three New York men believed to be part of a gang that stole thousands of dollars in freight and express packages were rounded up in New Haven by Deputy U S Marshal Charles E Bancroft and special agents. The suspects were Domanic Crego John Hartley and David Jager all middle aged men.
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New York
United States
Charles E. Bancroft
New Haven Road
Donanic Crego
John Hartley
David Jager
Arrests on Congress Street After Wagon Chase
A dramatic pursuit led to the arrest of Hartley Jager and another man as Deputy Bancroft and aides intervened when Crego’s gang attempted to elude capture. Robert Herlihy aided officers by grabbing a fleeing suspect after a jump from a wagon. Bail set at 5000 each for a hearing on October 27, with all three jailed for trial. Federal reports note widespread loss of freight and express packages from New York valued in the thousands.
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Robert Herlihy
Bancroft
Crego
Congress Street
Herlihy
Aids
Hartley
Jager
Federal Building
East Cambridge
New York
Beiliss Guiltless, Kiev Chief Testifies in 1911 Murder Trial
Kiev October 22 The former Kiev police chief Krassovsky testified at Mendel Beiliss murder trial for the 1911 Christian boy Andrew Yushinsky case. He said his investigation found no evidence implicating Beiliss and refuted claims of failing to seek proof.
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Kiev
Russia
Krassovsky
Mendel Beiliss
Andrew Yushinsky
Beiliss
Roosevelt Guests of President In Rio de Janeiro
Colonel Roosevelt visits the Supreme Court and attends a breakfast at Cattete Palace hosted by President Hermes Fonseca. He sits beside the president with Edwin V. Morgan to his left as Brazilian officials join the event.
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Rio Janeiro
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Cattete Palace
Marshal Hermes Fonseca
Edwin V. Morgan
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Margaret Roosevelt
Pao de Assucar
Military College
H Building
Young Men’s Christian Association
Contempt Proceedings Target Banker Henry Munroe
Contempt proceedings were begun against Henry Whitney Munroe of Munroe & Co in New York and Paris by the federal grand jury in U S District Court. Munroe appeared as a witness in an inquiry into Mrs Mary A Dolan who runs a Back Bay fashion shop as Madame Dolan. He refused to supply checks drawn by Dolan or her agents on orders of the grand jury.
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Henry Whitney Munroe
Munroe & Co
New York
Paris
Federal Grand Jury
United States District Court
Munroe
Grand Jury
Mary A. Dolan
Back Bay
Madame Dolan
China Seeks New 100 Million Dollar Loan for Industry
A Pekin despatch to the Daily Telegraph reports the Chinese cabinet plans talks with the five-power group for a new 100 million dollar loan to be used for industrial purposes.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Five-Power Group
Miss Kolb and Mr Baker Wed At Roslindale Home
Miss Emma M. Kolb daughter of Mr and Mrs Louis K Kolb of 77 Malcolm Street Roslindale and Harry Otis Baker son of Mr and Mrs Manlius Baker of Boston were married at the bride’s parents home by Rev Paul Smith of West Roxbury last night.
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Emma M. Kolb
Louis K. Kolb
Malcom Street
Roslindale
Harry Otis Baker
Manlius Baker
Boston
Paul Smith
West Roxbury
Court Messenger Weds Cambridge Resident
Frank L. Corcoran a Middlesex Superior Court messenger married Mary Louise Donovan once a Gore School teacher last night. The ceremony tied two locals from Cambridge and Gore School circles in a quiet city event.
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Frank L. Corcoran
Cambridge
Middlesex
Mary Louise Donovan
Gore School
Perfect Biscuit Brand Promises Protected Trade Marks
An advertisement for National Biscuit Company promotes a wide range of products including crackers cookies wafers snaps cakes and jumbles. It highlights trademark protection and delivery in attractive tins or glass-front cans with a confident claim of consistency.
Croxone Claims Quick Relief for Kidney and Back Pain
An advertisement touts Croxone as a fast, guaranteed remedy for kidney and urinary problems, backache, rheumatism, and related ailments. It says the medicine soaks through walls to cleanse kidneys, works from the first use, and can be returned if it fails in any case.
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Bell- Western Union
State OF
New York City
Glens Falls
Albert E. Flint
Abbott B. Rice
Daniel L. Robertson
John D.H. Myers
Tremont St
Gen. Bancroft
Brazil
China
Baker—Kolb
Delft
Wistaria
Reseda
Jordan Marsh Company
National Biscuit
Croxone
Aus
Aney Oe
Springfield
Mass
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