Missing Man Found in Trunk in Ottawa Basement
The body of Charles Robinson of Brooklyn a bookmaker's clerk missing since the Connaught Park race meet was found in a trunk in a vacant case at 388 Somerset Street. Police launched a murder investigation as the trunk lay hidden under a pile of cake in a basement and the badly decomposed body prevented determination of the death method.
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Ottawa
Ont
Charles Robinson
Brooklyn
N. Y
Connaught Park
Somerset Street
Robinson
Matthews Heads Passenger Agents Group at Convention
R P Matthews of Kansas City was elected president of the American Association of Passenger Agents at its 41st annual convention in St Paul Minnesota. Other officers named include M F Bragg of Norfolk Virginia as vice president and E T Monett of Chicago as secretary-treasurer.
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Matthews
ST. Paul
Minn
R. Pbs
Kansas City
American Asociation of
M. F. Bragg
Norfolk
Secetary
E. T. Monett
Chicago
Woman Seeks Secret Service Post as Spy Claims Civil War Service
Chicago sept 9 Mrs Anna Laura Lewman says she served as a Union spy in the Civil War and asks Charles F DeWoody head of the DOJ in Chicago for a secret service agent job to handle Mann Act viol ations Her application was sent to DOJ officials in Washington for review9
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Chicago
Anna Laura Lewman
Charles F. DeWoody
Department of Justice
Secret Service
Washington
Mystery deepens as Brookline librarian vanishes
Miss H Ella Coldwell assistant in Brookline Public Library disappeared from her lodging at 11 Webster Street with no clear motive or clue. Her sister Bertha recalled Ella’s remark you wouldn’t be surprised if I didn’t come back, a statement once laughed at but now weighted by fears of foul play or accident. Police say no lead has emerged, money found differs from initial reports, and the case hinges on possible contact with a man, though none has been confirmed.
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H. Ella Coldwell
Brookline
Webster Street
Bertha Coldwell
a _ Post
Miss Bertha Coldwell
Miss Coldwell
Corey
West Roxbury
Ella
Roxbury
Mason's
SONS
Washington ST
Washington and Buggies
Fire at Lynn Destroys Grain Sheds and Stock
A blaze in Lynn destroyed three-story grain sheds and stock worth 25 000 belonging to John F Hunt on Columbia avenue. Fire raged over three hours threatening nearby Standard Oil barns and tanks. Standard Oil crew saved 22 horses from adjacent barns after suspected vagrants lit a match.
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John F. Hunt
Columbia Avenue
Lynn
Standard Oil
Jury in Coldwell Riot Trial Disagrees in Fitchburg
After nearly 12 hours of deliberation the jury disagreed today in the Superior Court trial of Joseph M. Coldwell leader of the Industrial Workers of the World at the Hopedale Draper plant. He is charged with inciting to riot following the recent strike.
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Fitchburg
Joseph M. Coldwell
Industrial Workers of the World
Hopedale
Draper Company
Duchess of Roxburghe baby born sugar diet claim
The Duchess of Roxburghe gave birth to a boy after months of avoiding sugar at her physician's urging Dr Leopold Schenk of Vienna advised a sugar free diet. The Duke and Duchess credit the diet while Boston obstetricians dispute the claim.
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Duchess of
Controversy Over Determining the Sex of an Unborn Child
Dr A K Paine Dr Howard T Swain and Dr Thomas F Greene discuss the unresolved question of sex determination in unborn children. They note no proven method and criticize speculative theories including Schenk's Vienna theory as unfounded. They cite medical consensus that sex cannot be determined or controlled.
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A. K. Paine
Commonwealth Avenue
Schenk
Vienna
Boston
Howard T. Swain
Marlboro Street
Back Bay
Russia
Thomas F. Greene
Warren Street
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
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