Mellen recounts ignorance of Hall political meddling
Charles S. Mellen testified at the trial of eleven former directors of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad that he never knew of political activities by John M. Hall in pressuring legislation for the New Haven. He said letters Hall wrote were not known to other directors and officers.
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New York
Charles S. Mellen
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
John M. Hall
New Haven
Hall
Mellen
West
New
Slaven
J. W. Milter
New Haven Steamboat Company
Hall letters reveal long-hidden influence in early 1900s rail and steamboat battles
Government proof shows Hall missives detailing legislative influence to block rival rail lines and steer steamboat capacity. Testimony cites a 1901 contract that capped steamboat earnings and limited routes, with directors approving actions to dispose of boats to curb competition.
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Central of New England Railroad
Hall
Hartford & Connecticut Western Railroad
Central New England
New Haven
Hartford & New York Transportation Company
C. C. Goodrich
Hartford
Goodrich
Transportation Company
New York
Arrest of Cambridge Doctor Under Drug Act
Dr. Frank Stoll of Cambridge was arrested on complaint of the internal revenue authorities for unlawfully dispensing cocaine. Bail arranged as personal recognizance by United States Commissioner Hayes. First physician arrest under the new drug law, with Charles Moulton named as a government witness. Stoll, Austrian-born, residing at 351 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge.
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Frank Stoll
Cambridge
Internal Revenue
United States
Hayes
Charles Moulton
Moulton
Canada
Dr. Stoll
West End
Massachusetts Avenue
England
Court Officer Stricken in Courthouse Corridor
Court Officer William A. Norcutt collapsed in the corridor of Central Municipal Court while on duty and was rushed to Relief Hospital where he remained in critical condition yesterday after months of illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Norcutt
Central Municipal Court
I am Working Every Day Now
Miss Margaret Murphy of Albany New York endorses Father John’s Medicine after two years use for lung and throat trouble. She reports a three week cough improved with daily use and claims the tonic nourishes, rebuilds tissue and helps people gain weight.
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Father John
Margaret Murphy
Clinton Street
Albany
N. Y
Multinational Baby Contest Caps Indoor Fair at Mechanics Hall
American born babies from eleven nations won the beauty prizes at Mechanics Hall indoors fair event. Irish Swedish French Scotch English German Jewish Italian Dutch and Chinese families were represented among the contestants.
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Mechanics Hall
Baby Beauty Contest Winners Stir City Pride in Ireland Sweden
A Cambridge baby won first prize a lit tle curly brown headed doll with a finger in her mouth while the prize sewing machine declared a triumph for Ireland. Ellen Bowley won second prize a 47 piece silver set. The event highlighted international pride and varied young contestants from Boston area neighborhoods.
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Helen O'Connor
Prentice Street
Cambridge
Ireland
Ellen Louise Bowley
Mountain Avenue
Clifttondale
Sweden
Katherine Tillman
Winthrop Street
Winthrop
Robert Kershaw
Groveland Avenue
Groveland
L. M. Rich
Beauty prize winners in local pageant noted
Italian beauty Mary B. Avent, 21 months, of 464 Tremont Street won ninth prize. Joan Levy, 18 months, of 11 Williams Park Dorchester, took tenth prize with yellow hair and blue eyes. A special prize went to a Chinese baby praised by her 18 year old mother.
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Ellen McCarthy
Aucella Avenue
Revere
Ella R. James
Franklin Street
Chelsea
Teutonic Florman
Mary B. Avent
Tremont Street
Joan Levy
Lves
Williams Park
Dorchester
Aloe
Baby Show crowns King and Queen of Babyland in Lynn
Frances Goonyep, eight months old, at 1 Brightwood Street in Lynn, participates as a contender while girls aged six and seven compete in a white dress event in the evening. Yesterday every child received a doll as part of the show’s activities.
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Frances Goonyep
Brightwood Street
Lynn
Fire drill at Dorchester school triggers alarm
Firefighters rushed to box 714 in South Boston for a blaze at Joan A. Andrew School on Dorchester Street. The alarm was a false fire drill when a pupil turned the box key during a theoretical lesson. Pupils evacuated in under two minutes with orderly exits.
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South Boston
Joan A. Andrew
Dorchester Street
Joshua M. Dill
Salaries At Boston Elevated Railway For 1915 Revealed
The Boston Elevated Railway Company reported for the year ending June 30 1915 dividends of 5 12 percent on 22 879 400 of common stock and total salaries over 6000 a year of 253 000. Key officials include President William A Bancroft 87 440 Vice President Charles S Sergeant 20 000 and General Attorneys Gaston Snow Saltonstall 70 000 among others.
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Boston Elevated Railway Company
Public Service Commission
Gaston, Snow & Saltonstall
William A. Bancroft
Charles S. Sergeant
Matthew C. Brush
H.&. Lyons
H. H. Wilson
J. H. Neal
D. L. Prendergast
C. H. File
Edward Mahler
R. A. Sears
G. C. Travis
Paul Winsor
John Lindall
C. Hultman
Spaulding divorce granted over small alimony
Mrs. Laura E. Spaulding of Winthrop was granted a divorce from Everett A. Spaulding by Judge Morton in the Superior Court. Married in 1910, she testified his salary was 35 dollars a week with expenses, yet he gave only 2 to 3 dollars weekly, sometimes nothing, and left her last May.
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Laura E. Spaulding
Winthrop
Everett A. Spaulding
Morton
Superior Court
Spauldings
Maud Richardson
Frank R. Richardson
Wethersfield
Conn
Richardson
Photographs Identify Spaulding and Ally as Stevens couple
Judge Morton viewed photographs of Spaulding and the alleged correspondent who posed as Mr and Mrs H A Stevens. Frank Hanson, a janitor at 440 Newbury Street Back Bay, positively identified them as the Stevens pair who occupied a hotel suite from October 1 1914 to February 1 1916. Hanson noted Spaulding claimed to travel much. Margaret Hanson confirmed the identifications. Maud Richardson obtained a divorce from Frank R Richardson claiming desertion and abuse including a beating and a gun threat.
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Spaulding
Judge Morton
Frank Hanson
Newbury Street
Back Bay
H. A. Stevens
Hanson
New York Equipment Company
Battery Place
N. Y
Stevens
Margaret Hanson
Trial reveals hotel life ambiance in Clifton separation case
Albert G. Clifton a hotel waiter sought and won a legal separation from wife Pauline on drunkenness grounds. Witnesses included Walter Clifton a hotel bell boy and Albert I Clifton headwaiter, with dates from 1914 to 1915 showing Pauline’s repeated arrests and probation prior to her admission to jail.
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Albert G. Clifton
Pauline
Clifton
Hotel Plaza
Walter
Somerset
Albert I. Clifton
Water Gap
Delaware Water Gap
Penn
Charles Street
Pickpocket McGaffigan Is Sentenced To A Year
Patrick McGaffigan, a famed pickpocket, was sentenced to one year in the House of Correction by Judge Hall after a jury found him guilty. The case involved theft of $125 from an Italian man at West Boston station on the Boston, Shoreline & Lynn route. two accomplices escaped. Police captured McGaffigan as railroad workers aided the Italian during the robbery attempt.
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Patrick McGaffigan
House of Correction
Hall
Superior Criminal Court
McGaffigan
West Boston
Boston, Rovers Beach & Lynn
Lynn
Patrolman Green
Division 12
Public School Association Endorses Miss Curtis for Re‑election
Miss Frances G. Curtis of 28 Mt Vernon Street, longtime State Board of Charity member and current school committee member, was yesterday endorsed for re election to the school committee by the executive committee of the Public School Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances G. Curtis
Mt. Vernon Street
State Board of Charity
Public School Association
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