Charges of voter wholesale registration in Ward 8
Hyman W. Weinberg accused Ward 8 overseers of inflating voter rolls and called for a preliminary hearing today by the election commissioners. He cited lodging houses listing excessive names at 1 and 3 Lowell street and 19 Causeway street. Joseph Lomasney dismissed the charges as trash.
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Martin M. Lomasney
Hyman W. Weinberg
Weinberg
Lowell Street
Causeway Street
Joseph Lomasney
M. W. Burlen
Asquith Ban on Host Carrying Sparks Debate
London debates Premier Asquith’s ban on carrying the host during yesterday’s procession. Papal and British papers weigh political effects, with Irish priests awaiting nationalist action. Catholic leaders urge repeal of the law and changes to the sovereign’s oath amid reactions.
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London
Asquith
John Redmond
Cardinal Vannutelli
Bourne
House of Commons
Gates Buys $6000 Worth of Gold Finger Bowls
John W. Gates ordered 15 gold finger bowls at Tiffanys costing 6000 dollars. He designed the embossed G and watches the bowls being chased. The bowls complete a gold dinner service for his Plaza Hotel apartment alongside gold tureen dishes plates and utensils.
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New York
John W. Gates
Tiffany’s
Gates
Goldsmith’s
Principal ends hydrant hazing at Green Bay High School
Green Bay Wisconsin September 14 principal W O Brown bans water cure hazing after five freshmen were ducked under a hydrant and threatens to cut off the school water supply if the practice continues.
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Green Bay
Wis
W. O. Brown
Jewish residents honor Max Mitchell with gold medal
A delegation of prominent Hebrew businessmen and professionals presented Max Mitchell, superintendent of Hebrew Charities, with a gold medal in Chelsea for his relief work after the great conflagration. Committee members were Moses I. Salter M Berlin Jacob W Berman and Abraham Alpert.
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Max Mitchell
Chelsea
Boston
Hebrew Charities
Federated Hebrew Charities
Moses I. Salter
M. Berlin
Jacob W. Berman
Abraham Alpert
David
Suffield couple wed after breach of promise suit
Miss Mary Ellen Barry of Suffield married Timothy J. Curtin of Suffield in Hartford three weeks ago after Curtin bank account attachment in an $8500 breach of promise suit convinced Barry of his love.
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Winsted
Conn
Mary Ellen Barry
Suffield
Timothy J. Curtin
Hartford
Tobin on Labor Unions Emphasizes Growth and Fairness
President Tobin of the Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union extols unions as growing bodies like the church. He criticizes manufacturer efforts to curb hours, notes fair employers but flaws in some plants, and argues unions welcome diverse members while aiding organized progress. He sees unions in their infancy and expanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Ministers’ Conference
Tobin
Tabor
Blind man regains sight through rabbit eye graft
Hyman Cohen a piano tuner once blind since age nine has had a corneal graft from a rabbit performed by Dr Henry R Lesser at 4 West Ninety third Street. Cohen can count figures at twelve inches distinguish color and move about unattended after the operation.
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New York
Hyman Cohen
Henry R. Lesser
West Ninety Third Street
Cohen
Won Bride by Saving Girl From Big Fish
Miss Helen Marie Carroll of 54 Putnam Avenue Cambridge married Daniel J Desmond of Portland Maine in Cambridge yesterday. The romance began on a Peak Island fishing trip two years ago when Desmond rescued Carroll from a large fighting fish. The ceremony at St Pauls Church was conducted by Father Ryan with Miss Anna Carroll as brides maid and Joseph Walsh as best man.
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Helen Marie Carroll
Putnam Avenue
Cambridge
Daniel J. Desmond
Portland
Peak’s Island
Miss Carroll
Onions and a merchant director depart St. Louis
Miss Kate Burwell a Texas banker and store owner left St. Louis after a week in the city. She notes it is proper to eat onions with meals back home and adds courting youths may still dine on onions safely.
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ST. Louis, Mo
Kate Burwell
State Bank
Kottula
Tex
Onion Belt
Texas
Burwell
Woman Attacked Found Bound in Woods Near Galeton
Mrs. Joseph Wallcott 30 was found bound and gagged under brush after being chloroformed by two masked men. Her husband, returning from work, found their baby alone and then located his injured wife by her groans. She recovered and described the assault.
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Galeton
Penn
Joseph Wallcott
Derby Tragedy: Italian Man Fatally Shoots Woman Then Commits Suicide
Nicola Bolaro, an Italian, fired five shots at Mrs Terina Proda in Derby Connecticut. Three hits left her in very serious condition. Bolaro fled, then swallowed two ounces of carbolic acid as police closed in, dying 15 or 20 minutes later. Motive believed to be revenge.
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Derby
Conn
Nicola Bolaro
Tersina Proda
Bolaro
Devilish Fish Hooks Describes Odd Susquehanna Creature
Landed at Port Jervis Elmer Dietrich hooked a strange nine inch creature in the Susquehanna near Tunkhannock Pennsylvania. The front bore twelve tentacles each eight inches long while the back housed the eyes and the mouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Jervis
Elmer Dietrich
Susquehanna River
Tunkhannock
Penn
Three Held on Robbery Charge in Landis Case
Timothy Bresnahan Cornelius O Niel and John J. Ryan were arraigned yesterday on robbery charges before Judge Bell of the Superior Criminal Court. They pleaded not guilty and were held in 5000 dollar bonds. The trio are accused in the hold up of Joseph J. Landis that occurred weeks ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy Bresnahan
Cornelius O'’Niel
John J. Ryan
Bell
Superior Criminal Court
Joseph J. Landis
Woman Found Sleeping in Park in Waltham
Helen Davis twenty three-year-old was found asleep at Bicycle Park in Waltham this morning and was taken to the police station for safe keeping. She said she was seeking friends in the city and had been directed to the park. Police deem her weak minded and do not know her residence though said to have relatives in Maine.
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Wausau
Wis
John Hett
Waltham
Helen Davis
Bicyele Park
Maine
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Paine Furniture Co
Canal Street
Manly Market Square
van Nostra
Horence
Florence
Central
GIL & Gas Stove CO
Gardner
Mass
Jolly
P B. II
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Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union
Summer St
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