Whitney fires hot shot at Lawson in Boston political clash
A Boston exchange pits investor and candidate Lawson against critic and reformer accusing him of stock manipulation and free advertising. The speaker defends legitimate enterprise while challenging Lawson to prove charges and questions his role in the Republican campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitney
Lawson
Metropolitan Steamship Company
West End Land Company
Boston
New England Gas & Coke Company
Dominion Coal and Steel Companies
Trinity Copper Company
Commonwealth
Lodge
Republican Party
New York
Williams
Grape Arbor Trap Gun Incident In Jamaica Plain
A 16 year old, Harry Cantwell, is wounded in leg after a trap gun placed in a grape arbor explodes. Frank Seiberlich, a veteran, reports the rifle used was an old army weapon loaded with blanks to intimidate youths. Police seek to determine whether Cantwell was shot or frightened and injured by the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica Plain
Grape Arbor
Harry Cantwell
Frank Seiberlich
Young Cantwell
Station 13
Boylston Street
Blake
City Hospital
Heath Street
Cantwell
Harry
Frank Sieberlich
Arbor
Dear Tom letter hints at staged tour plan and scheme
A handwritten plea proposes a statewide trip to promote Henry M. Whitney with an advance agent, hall fees, and a penny-per-person entry. The writer suggests copying Flint Peasley’s tactic of presenting briefly on stage and sharing profits with associates who advised investment moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry M. Whitney
Jerry Watson
Flint Peasley
Amalgamated
Trinity
Raymond Hats Offer Value in Classic Soft Styles
A Raymond shop advertises pearl, brown and black soft hats at 95 cents each, claiming identical quality to hats selling for $2.00 elsewhere. The offer emphasizes guaranteed sameness and low price.
Boy Stabbed by Playmate in Street Fight
Francesco Diasi, 15, of 12 Parmenter Street, is hospitalized at Relief with a deep left groin wound from a large jackknife wielded by a fellow youth. Antonio Farrello, 13, of 198 North Street, is sought by police after allegedly stabbing Diasi during a group of lads playing in the streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francesco Diasi
Parmenter Street
Dliasi
Antonio Farrello
North Street
Farrello
Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Promoted in Newspaper Ad
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a cure for lame back and kidney trouble. It offers free sample bottles and a booklet by mail, instructing readers to mention the paper and send their address to Dr Kilmer Co in Binghamton New York. It notes the product comes in fifty cent and one dollar sizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilmer
Bright
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
New England Briefs Spread Across Cities
A slate of items from Worcester to Salem covers band moves, new weather stations, accidents, court actions, and local notices. Highlights include Steve John band trips, a Greenville weather station, an East Providence rail car report, a fatal lamp accident in Farmington, speed fines in Fall River, a Providence auto collision, a Secrelette fishing party rescue, and broad local police and court actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Steve John
Dead Horse Hill
Albany
Portland
United States Weather Bureau
Greenville
Moosehead Lake
Maine
Eastport
Farmington
N. H
Emma Locke
Providence
RH. I
Lincoln Today
East Providence
Old Colony Company
Rhode Island Company
Fall River
James Orr, Jr
Charles E. Hellier
Beacon Street
Boston
B.1
C. G. Reynolds
Jaspar Gray
E. Fielding Jones
East Greenwich
R. I. Reynolds
Portsmouth
N. E
Secrelette
Fort Point
Newcastle
Jerry's Point
New Haven
Supreme Court of Errors of Connecticut
Simeon E. Baldwin
Brockton
Maurice Clugg
Relief Hospital
South Norwalk
Conn
Russell Frost, Jr
Frost
Martin Kellogg
Bey
Potrland
Turner
Thomas Lewis
John Tilden
Newburyport
W. M. Tibbetts
Purchase Street
South Framingham
John J. van Valkenburgh
Keystone
Foxboro
Miller
Franklin
Newton
Newtonville
Mt. Lebanon
Milford
Parker
Natick
Concord
Dedham
Elizabeth Morton
Walter E. Lawrence
Hyde Park
Grover
Lawrence
Augusta
Northern Railway of Maine
Bangor & Aroostook Railroad
Plymouth
Sept
Fire damages first floor awning at 1105 Washington St
Fire on the awning of a three story brick dwelling at 1105 Washington Street, owned by Mark H. Lyons, caused $19 damage. George Lee of 54 Carver Street was arrested on a warrant for larceny of three automobile tires worth $150 from Richard H. Pope’s car at the rear of the Hotel Touraine on Sept 16. Arthur E. Bayley and Charles W. Small of Salem filed for bankruptcy with liabilities of $2209 and assets of $925 in U S District Court. Hebrews of Greater Boston celebrated Succoth, the ninth day of the feast. Suffolk county civil courts opened for 1907 08 with Judges Murray Ely and Forsyth. no notable business, adjourned early.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Street
Mark H. Lyons
Station 4
George Lee
Carver Street
Richard H. Pope
Touraine
Arthur E. Bayley
Charles W. Small
Salem
Naumkeag Paper Company
United States District Court
Greater Boston
Suffolk County
Murray, Ely and
Forsyth
Judge Grants Mistrial In Perkins Case In Superior Court
Judge Raymond in the second session of the Superior Criminal Court declared a mistrial in the Lorenzo Perkins case. The deposed Deer Island master, on trial with Orrin Pray, had the jury discharged after defense and prosecution argued over pretrial newspaper coverage. The Post story was deemed not illegal but a sanguine inference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond
Superior Criminal Court
Lorenzo D. Perkins
Deer Island
Orrin Pray
Jesse M. Gove
Felix McGettrick
Post
Doyle
Marguerite Carter Said to Have Multiple Suicide Attempts
An intimate friend says Marguerite Carter who recently drew attention by attempting suicide at John Jay White's home made fourteen further attempts. She reportedly claimed French noble lineage as Marguerite Louise Marie De Maribeau, with a mother who died at her birth and a life raised by her grandmother. Married in 1893, she was allegedly deserted shortly after the wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Marguerite Carter
John Jay White
Marguerite Louise Marie de Maribeau
Summer Colds LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Box Ad
An old advertisement promotes LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE for summer colds. It features the full product name and credits E. W. Grove on the box, priced at 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Grove
Two Americans Stranded in Costa Rica Return Home
James Arden of Savannah and James Justin of Lowell, stranded in San Jose Costa Rica, were brought back to the United States by Captain Pederson of the steamer Esparta after the US consul in Port Limon explained their case. Arden had worked in the Panama Canal area and Costa Rica as a banana plantation laborer. Justin, a former crew member of the Crown of Germany, deserted at Frisco and endured a 70 mile Costa Rican mountain trek before reaching Port Limon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pederson
Esparta
Long Wharf
Costa Rica
San Jose
United States
James Arden
East Henry Street
Savannah
James Justin
Lowell
Arden
Panama
Canal
Justin
San Francisco
Europe
Frisco
Punta Arenas
Costa Rican
Port Limon
Boston
Sea Serpent Sighted At White's Corner Reservoir
Five Boston and Worcester Street Railway employees report a monster sea serpent over eight feet long seen in White's Corner basin at Southboro over the last four days. Witnesses describe a large eel like body eight feet exposed, a visible back fin, and furious splashing as the creature moved near the shore. Others confirming sightings include Conductor Frank A. McNiff Motormen Edward Wavelle James Shanks and Guy Lane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. MccNiff
Edward l Wavelle
James Shanks
Guy Lane
Dyspeplets Promise Comfort After Meals
This line invites relief from indigestion by taking Dyspeplets to enjoy meals without discomfort. It suggests eating heartily and assures the product will aid digestion and enjoyment.
Dyspeplets Sugar-Coated Tablets Sold in Bonbonniere
Advertisement notes dyspeplets as sugar coated tablets offered in a beautiful aluminum bonbonniere priced at 10 cents.
Hood's Tooth Powder Promises Pearl Whitens Teeth
The advertisement extols Hood's Tooth Powder for extraordinary tartar prevention and whitening effects, claiming superior dental care through its formulation and proven results.
Owes Its Rising Sale to Refined Consumer Recommendation
The article notes that the product’s growing sales are driven by recommendations from refined consumers who regularly use it, shaping broader interest and demand.
Independent milk dealers blocked by railroad car rule
Independent milk dealers and individuals planning to counter the milk trust by raising prices to 10 cents a quart face a setback. Railroads are not obliged to furnish refrigerator cars for Boston shipments, according to Railroad Commissioners. They will ensure no rate discrimination but cannot compel car supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milk Trust
Boston
Adrift Four Days in Dory Off North Sydney
Benjamin Gervoir and Patrick Nolan of the Gloucester schooner Judique were rescued after four days adrift in a dory without food or water. They arrived at North Sydney on the Muriel M. Young, after leaving their vessel on September 6. Gervoir was exhausted and near unconscious. Nolan boarded with assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Sydney
C. B
Benjamin Gervoir
Patrick Nolan
Gloucester
Lunenburg
Muriel M. Young
Gervoir
Nolan
Anemia of development touted as cure by pink pills
A vintage ad extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure for anemia in growing girls outlining symptoms such as weakness paleness and breathlessness. A Davenport Iowa girl Esther Durbin recounts recovery after years of illness and two doctors failed. Pills sold at 50 cents per box or six for 2.50 from Schenectady NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady
N. Y
Death notices for Barrett Clark Floyd Hanley Morse OConnor Xavier
Obituaries from the city dated Sept 22 28 announce deaths of Nellie G Parett Catherine Clark Jennie Floyd Michael Hanley Abby H Morse Rev Charles A OConnor Emma J Xavier. Funeral details list churches streets times and interment plans with family invites and flower omissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanley
Waltham
Michael Hanley
Hall Place
St. Mary’s Church
Calvary
Morse
Roxbury
Abby H
Charles R. Morse
Rockland Avenue
O'Connor
Rockland
Charles A. O'Connor
Church of the Holy Family
South Station
St. Patrick's Cemetery
Stoneham
Xavier
Somerville
Highland Road
Emma J
Anthony F. Xavier
Brockton
Mass
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Dreamword
State Street
Royal Republican
Marshfield
General Bartlett
Democratic Party
Moran
Wescott
Seaverns Avenue
Seiberlich
Perrins
Tom
North End Youth
Jackknife
NEW England News
Fitchburg
Carmello Nutile
Black Hand
Mrs. Carter
Boro Basin
C. I. Hood Co
Lowell, Mass
Hood
Ferdinand
Los
Morris
Profonger
Frank Ferdinand
Washington and
Warren Sts
Dudley Street
Washington St
Jarren St
Home Furnishers’ Association of Massachusetts
BLUE
Frigerator
Dory
Glouces
Ter
DR. Joseph
Grady
Sun
Iowa
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