Secret service foils penny counterfeiting ring
Agents tracked a long running counterfeiting gang that produced pennies using a crude kit. The operation centered on Winer and associates with parts moved to a store basement and a second hand shop on Main street. Dies were not recovered, profits estimated high as copper was circulated through disbursements and a fire halted the operation. Flora’s romance in Chinatown is also touched on in the surrounding copy.
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United States
Secret Service
Postoffice
Winer
Barker
Stoes
Main Street
Baltimore
Brooklyn
Israel
Port
Gino
Cambridge Street
Thos O Caillaghan Co Moves to Bigger Location
The carpet rug and upholstery house highlights its aim to satisfy customers. They report thousands of satisfied customers have already found them at the new location, with trade growing beyond expectations.
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Thos. O’caillaghan &* Co
Noted 1901 Film Sparks Intense Romance Appeal
A telegraph review from September 7 1901 praises a new film for its brilliant performance and lived in characters. The critic notes high coloring and uniform intensity with a romance that holds compelling power and broad popularity.
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Philadelphia Telegraph
Goon Woe's Wife Gone in Chinatown Evening
A local report tells of Goon Woe, an Americanized Chinese man in a raglan coat with queue, roaming the town last night with a friend in search of his white wife. It recalls his rumored luck at fan tan and other games and his surrender of gambling for love.
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Chinatown
Flora
Goon Wee
Chelsea
Geon
Harrison Avenue
Raines Law
Bard House
South End
Sayre
Aneer
Shawmut Avenue
Tim Jdra
Peret Butalas
Massachusets
Goon Woe
Fan Tan
Avenue
Goon
Bis Sums Lost in Fisher Blind Pool
Victims of the brokerage firm M. Fisher & Co. are surfacing as missing financiers evade authorities. Offices at 89 State Street were empty and government officers could not locate the principals, leaving clients waiting in suspended commerce.
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Bis
M. Fisher & Co
State Street
Busi
Stenog
Weather forecast for Boston midweek warm and cloudy
The forecast calls for fair to warm conditions with increasing cloudiness. Expect a warm Wednesday followed by more clouds and continued mild temperatures on Thursday with light to moderate winds.
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Oca
Boston
Bath
Boston Scandal Involving J M Fisher Co Collapse Attracts Crowd
Investigations reveal J M Fisher Co accused of fraudulent pools and lost investor funds after a year of rapid wealth. Post office inspectors gather mass of evidence as victims flood in with stories, while offices remain sealed and no books seized. Fisher and Betts, once prominent Quincyans, deny wrongdoing.
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Post Office
J. M. Fisher’ & Co
J. M. Fisher
F. EB. Betts
George A. Adams
J. M. Fisher & Co
Consolidated Stock Exchange
York
Fsher
Betts
Quincy
Fisher
Bicycle
Boston
Tran , ¢Cycle Company
Sgaleaman
Fon
Averill and Joslin Face Further Indictments and Confessions
District Attorney plans further investigations into caucus frauds as Averill and Joslin may reveal more names at the November grand jury. Authorities expect additional arrests for Ward 21 repeaters and related schemes, with Kane and Hart pending actions Friday. Police and prosecutors continue weaving a wide net as Widely implicated politicians and printing plant intrigue surface.
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Averill
Joslin
Grand Jury
Stevens
Kane and
Hart
Bievens
Post
Court House
Charles LeClair
Division 9
Sheehan
Lynch
Horace G. Allen
Roxbury Court
Boleter
Grandary
Daring Burglary Ends With Teen Victim Bound
Two unknown men forced entry at 148 Emerald Street after using a ladder. They gagged and bound 9 year old Gertrude Lambert as they ransacked the home seeking valuables, then fled as police laid siege later. The girl, traumatized, recovered enough to describe two suspects about years old, one tall and one short.
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John Lambert
Emerald Street
Gertrude Lambert
Hold Up on the Common Strikes Again
A second daring holdup in one week occurred on the Common last night. Edward Duggan of 67 Boylston Street Jamaica Plain was held up by three men who covered his eyes and relieved him of a gold watch chain and charm.
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Edward Duggan
Boylston Street
Jamaica Plain
Police Dragnet in South End Target Snatch Thieves
Boston police conducted a sweeping dragnet in the South End with detectives in plain clothes and patrolmen. Chief Watts ordered officers to patrol alleys and keep cars on duty from 6 p m to midnight, with three men from each station aiding the operation to capture suspected colored snatch thieves.
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Rollvall
Watts
Boston
Drarnet
Bourke Cockran Hurt In Horseback Accident
Bourke Cockran was badly injured after being thrown from his horse at Long Island. He sustained head bruises and other hurts, was treated at home, and his condition was described as serious but not life threatening. The incident occurred as he prepared to speak at a Carnegie meeting tonight.
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Bourke Cockran
Long Island
Cochran
Carnegie All
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