Boston Bar Association linked to costly legal blackmail scheme
A Boston Bar Association grievance committee member asserts the association instigated the suit by Scott M. W. Paul against Attorney Corcoran to recover a $50,000 fee. The report details a wide blackmail operation with multiple lawsuits, extortion payments, and at least one suicide, involving prominent lawyers and a railroad executive, with further suits expected.
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Boston Bar Association
Scott M. W. Paul
Methuen
William J. Corcoran
Bar Association
Paul
Victor Albert Searles
Corcoran
Robert G. Dodge
The
William H. Garland
Garland
Boston
Annapolis Royal Fire Destroys Business District
A major blaze in Annapolis Royal Nova Scotia last night caused an estimated 500000 dollars in losses and left 22 families homeless. The fire destroyed several shops and offices including the Academy of Music telephone exchange Western Union Queen Hotel Town Hall and the central fire station while historic relic buildings were spared.
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Annapolis Royal
Canada
Academy of Music
Telephone Exchange
Western Union
Queen Hotel
Sieur de Monts
Nova Scotia
America
St. George Street
Queen’s Hotel
Why Men Take Yeast Vitamin Tablets to Clear the Skin
A health advert promotes two tiny yeast VITAMON tablets claiming rapid skin clearance and overall vigor. It asserts concentrated yeast vitamins plus fat soluble A and water soluble C improve digestion and skin conditions like pimples and eruptions without stomach upset.
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Justin
Mastin
Loughton & Dutton
Shepard Stores
Epstein’s
Walker Rintel's
Armstrong's
Liggett S
Young Bride Marion Garton Said to Be Marie Sosenko
Mrs. Stella Sosenko identifies a published photo as her daughter Marion now known as Marie Sosenko. She married Harold Barton at fourteen, had a daughter who died at seven months, and the union was annulled. Marie later studied nursing in Boston and spoke of an Italian detective and a Boston lawyer promising money from Frank W. Mansfield.
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Middlesex County
Bar Association
Boston
Ike F. W. Mansfield
Canton
Binghamton
N. Y
Stella Sosenko
Marion Garton
Post
Marion
Marie Sosenko
Harold Barton
Barton
Frank W. Mansfield
Mass
Otert
Sosenko family plans for Beaton residence after money transfer
Mrs Sosenko claims the entire Sosenko family including John, Marie, and nine children would move to Beaton once Marie secured funds from Mansfield. Marie allegedly fled to Boston after Marion Groom compelled marriage threats, while Groom pursued her to Elmira. The mother blames her husband’s mental state for the arrangement.
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Sosenko
John Sosenko
Marie
Beaton
Mansfield
Lost Love Suit Recounts Private Affairs
A fragment from a legal or personal drama notes a man who has kept details from his wife about a failed romance. The text hints at ongoing involvement with a partner and the man’s insistence on privacy within his family context.
Woman Reveals Matrimonial Strain Amid Car Affair
A 45 year old wife describes 28 years of marriage to Mr McDonald and a tense split after her involvement with Mr Kidder. She notes her son Walter is 25 and reacts to the father’s actions while Mr Kidder, a local ex pressman, says he was served with a writ and doubts further action.
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Mr. McDonald
Walter
Man Denies Damaging Affair in Suit Against McDonald
The defendant claims no wrong against Mrs. McDonald and asserts a clean life. He notes Sunday rides with the McDonalds and says a lawsuit may not be pressed, while attorney John M. Maloney declined to comment. McDonald and Kidder are active in Odd Fellow and Rebekah groups.
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John M. Maloney
McDonald
Kidder
Rebekah
Mr. Kidder
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Chicago
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R & V Knight
New England
Commonwealth Ave
R & V Motors of
James A. Brough
R & W Motor CO
East Moline, Ill
Mao
Elm Street
Wetmore-Savage Co
Bigelow & Dowse Co
Massachusetts Ave
Franklin St
B. Smith & Bro
Eastern Drug Co
Stillings St
Fulton St
Spekin
God
Cape Cod
Cape
Tripp
Tom Saint
Teddy Pond
Ayer
Peerless Union Sui
Peerless Union
Miore Shoes
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