Markel linked to canal meal concession inquiry
Omaha dispatch details accusations that J. E. Markel of Omaha received favorable treatment from Panama Canal Commissioner Shonts via ties to ex secretary of war Paul Morton. It notes Markel's eating house business, railroad influence, and potential $50 million canal contracts affecting freight rates to the Pacific coast.
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Omaha
Neb
Roosevelt
Hudgins & Dumas and
Balfe & Co
Panama Canal
Shonts
J. E. Markel
Markel
Paul Morton
J. Sterling Morton
Nebraska
Morton
Western Railroad
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Oregon Short Line
Pacific Coast
Panama
Patent Lawyer Davis Slashes Throat in Street Struggle
Clarence Ladd Davis a famed patent lawyer and inventor lies in critical condition at Seney Hospital Brooklyn after a street clash with a young woman who tried to halt him from harming himself. He had shown signs of mental illness and had been under care of May Foster Kellogg for two weeks. Davis and his wife Scott Brown long connected by work and marriage separated by ten years.
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New York
Clarence Ladd Davis
Scott Brown
Seney Hospital
Brooklyn
Davis
May Foster Kellogg
Auto traps to bring speeders to Newton court
Newton September 10. Auto traps on measured courses across streets timed by the fire department in recent days will produce a number of alleged speeders in court tomorrow. Chief says many top names may appear, while smaller offenders are deferred to later hearings.
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Newton
Cell
Ort h Adams Woman Mails Letter in Fire Alarm Box
Mrs Haynes, 80, of a dall street mailed a letter in a new fire alarm box in front of her house. After unlocking the box she placed the letter inside and pulled the hook, likely thinking a pneumatic system would remove it. The incident reflects her unfamiliarity with recent improvements.
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Orth Adams
RTH
Adams
False Key Workers Raid East Boston Burglary
Police believe a Chelsea and Pade gang moved to East Boston sparking a Saturday raid in the Meridan Street area. Harry Ice reports his room entered and $40 in bills along with valuable Russian coins stolen during the break in.
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Harry Ice
Meridian Street
East Boston
Station 7
Chelsea
Pade
Stop That Head Cold in Ten Minutes Catarrhal Powder Ad
An advertising claim for Dr Agnew's Catarrhal Powder promises to stop a head cold in ten minutes and relieve acute and deep catarrh after one application. A testimonial from John H Dell of Paulding Ohio praises its quick and permanent relief.
Train Hit Car At Cohasset
Cohasset Sept 10 Loaded with Italians returning from railroad labor a passenger coach was struck by a train during a flying switch and stalled on a stream bank. Men were thrown forward as the car left the track and many were shaken badly. Workmen spent hours shoring up the truck end with only limited clearance by night.
Boston Man Secretly Weds in Boston
Pretty Blanche L. Geoffrion of Merrick and Charles Curtis DeLand of Boston secretly wed in Boston on Thursday. The ceremony was at Notre Dame des Victoires with Miss Catherine McDougall as bridesmaid and Dr. A. J. Woods as best man. A reception followed at 79 Appleton Street.
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Springfield
Blanche L. Geoffrion
Merrick
Charles Curtis DeLand
Boston
Geoffrion
Church of Notre Dame Des Victoires
Benjamin Allain
Catherine McDougall
A. J. Woods
Dorchester
Appleton Street
Auto Hit Boy as Women Waited In Car
Arthur Alden nine of Somerville was struck on Mt. Auburn street by an auto owned by H N Marshall of this town. Three women in the car screamed as the wheels passed over the boy who rode a bicycle and darted from a driveway. The chauffeur is not blamed. The boy was taken to Cambridge Hospital and is expected to recover.
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Watertown
Arthur Alden
Somerville
Mt. Auburn Street
H. N. Marshall
Cambridge Hospital
Ten Chinamen Arrested in Raid on Harrison Avenue Gaming Room
Sergeant Conney and four officers from Station 4 raided at 3 yesterday afternoon finding gaming implements. Ten Chinese men were arrested for presence at the scene at 16 percent Harrison avenue.
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Conney
Harrison Avenue
Wont Dedicate New School Opens Without Ceremony
Portsmouth New Hampshire September 10 The new high school building will open to scholars tomorrow without a formal dedication. Estimated cost about 110000. Corner stone laid December 6 1903. City government and building committee have clashed over reports. City auditor to publish all construction bills. Aldermen committee criticized for delaying final report.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Howard
Frantic Mother Seeks Lost Son in Boston
Mrs L Graham of 9 Trumbull Street asks the Boston Post to help locate her 14 year old son Frank Graham missing since June 24. Described as a capable boy with light brown curling hair blue eyes and a crooked nose he wears a dark plush cap overalls knee pants and a bright plaid shirt and is believed held out of town for work.
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L. Graham
Ps9
Trumbull Street
Boston Post
Frank Graham
Three Bullets Hit McDade in Waltham Altercation
Edward McDade was shot during an alleged clash with his stepson Edward Manning. Doctors report three bullets hit McDade: through the right calf, left knee skin wound, and a bullet lodged near the left hip. A third bullet is to be removed by operation as Manning is held by police.
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Waltham
the Waltham Hospital
Edward McDade
Edward Manning
Manning
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Burlington
Oregon Railway & Navigation Companies
Swade
Philippines
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Pacific Hotel Company
Horace G. Burt
Union Pacific Commissary
Elder Morton
East
Henry Siegel
Washington & Essex
Std
Siegel
Henry Siegel Lo
Cohasset
Arnold
Somerville Lad
M’dade
Waltham Man
Moller
Lafayette $Q
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