Storrow Silent on Indictment and Attacks
James J. Storrow, indicted by a federal grand jury for alleged Sherman act violations in the United Shoe Machinery probe, returned to Boston from Europe and declined comment. He said he would issue a statement by letter, and had no reply to Mayor Fitzgerald’s criticisms or the dock commissioner suggestion by Governor Foss.
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James J. Storrow
Federal Grand Jury
United Shoe Machinery
Boston
Europe
Mr. Storrow
Fitzgerald
Foss
Political Appeal Calls Campbell to Public Debate
Suffolk County voters are urged to judge Francis A. Campbell by his public platform presence. The author taunts Campbell for declining to answer charges, accuses him of hiding behind a Republican nomination, and asks voters to choose a candidate who has spoken publicly before.
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Francis A. Campbell
Clerk of Superior Court
Conan Doyle backs home rule in Belfast meeting
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, invited to support Ulster Unionists against home rule, stunned the crowd by endorsing home rule. He explained his past Unionist campaigns and said home rule should come with tested local institutions and an altered economic condition and temper among the people.
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London
A. Conan Doyle
Belfast
New York World
Lord Norton Opens Mind on Home Rule Amid Irish Debate
Unionist peer Lord Norton says he now has an open mind on Home Rule after opposing it previously. He cites perceived success of Home Rule in South Africa and compares Irish tensions to Africa’s racial strife, urging northern patience and unity to serve the empire.
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England
Ireland
South Africa
Treland
Africa
Canada
Lord Norton
Wonder-worker for sagging cheeks and chin from Woman's Magazine
A simple wash lotion claims to tighten sagging facial tissue. It uses powdered saxolite dissolved in witch hazel and is touted to contract loosened tissue, smooth folds, and refine coarse skin after first use.
Houdini to be locked in giant sea monster on stage
Harry Houdini accepts the challenge of 10 city businessmen to handcuff and leg iron him and seal him inside a sea monster weighing 1500 pounds, about 500 years old. The stunt is set for B F Keith's Theatre on Tuesday night September 26 1911 with ventilation guaranteed.
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Harry Houdini
Houdini
B. F. Keith
John F. Masters
Dominion Atlantic Steamship Company
A. M. Mecody
B. S. Snow & Co
Atlantic Avenue
George H. Hill
Beacon Street
J. A. Weegar
Ivan Chemical Company
Boylston Street
Stephen B. Wiley
B. Wiley & Sons Co
Long Wharf
Charles A. Phillips
M. Abbott Fraser Company
Sudbury Street
H. H. Ring
Splaine Brothers
State Street
A. A. Craft
E. B. Dickson
B. Gale
H. Wheepley
Mr. Houdini
Keith’s
Obese Woman Buried In Stoneham Cemetery
Crowds gathered in St Patrick's cemetery after the burial of Lena M Richards aged 33 who weighed 510 pounds. The Wakefield resident died Friday morning from obesity at 143 Vernon street. A 76 by 36 by 26 inch casket required special handling including a cut front door passage and derrick ropes to lower it into the grave.
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St. Patrick’s Cemetery
Stoneham
Lena M. Richards
Vernon Street
Wakefield
Father Mulhearn
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Richards
Weather Bureau official blamed for Charleston storm warning error
Washington reports a Weather Bureau inquiry found the Charleston warning insufficient for the recent storm and tidal wave that caused major damage and loss of life. Willis Moore states the storm was forecast. local observer H. C. Cole misjudged and declared danger over. Cole was transferred to Yankton, South Dakota.
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Yankton
Washington
Weather Bureau
Charleston
Willis Moore
H. C. Cole
Fire in South Boston warehouse injures firefighter and damages stock
Dense smoke from a blaze at Dominick De Stefano’s paper warehouse on Dorchester Avenue caused about 10 000 dollars in stock damage. One firefighter was injured by falling glass. others overcome by smoke as engines relayed and traffic blocked for three hours. Two horses were rescued from a nearby stable. a 290 gallon gasoline tank beneath a repair shop was noted.
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Dominick de Stefano
Dorchester Avenue
Boston
Mullen
Cavanaugh Bros
de Stefano
Hanrahaf
Donaghue
Thomas A. Elston
William Hart
Googan
Five-masted schooner Fannie Palmer towed afloat after grounding
The five-masted schooner Fannie Palmer, inbound from Baltimore, ran ashore near Portsmouth New Hampshire yesterday and was towed free by the tug Cumberland today after several hawsers parted. Officials say no serious injuries occurred.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Fannie Palmer
Baltimore
Cumberland
Bride's Bones in Express Box Shock Sacramento
In Sacramento a crematory opened a shipped box from Wells Fargo to Mrs. J. T. Wilson and found the skeleton of Emily Wilson, former wife of J. T. Wilson. She died in the late 1870s in Waco after a bridehood there. An expressman was told to burn the box or return it to the express office.
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Sacramento
City Crematory
Wells Fargo Express Company
A. K. Brown
Waco
Texas
Wells Wargo Company
J. T. Wilson
M Street
Emily Wilson
Farmer Questions Pricing Rules Addressed to Graustein
A letter from Lynnfield questions whether farmers may meet to set milk prices and compares with price setting by Standard Oil, sugar firms, and middlemen. The writer asks if such pricing is lawful and cites a $200,000 court fine for evasion of dease CUSLUING, seeking information.
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Standard Oil Company
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Fast Stomach Relief
An old advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a quick cure for indigestion and stomach misery. It claims relief in five minutes, with no sour belching or nausea, and urges readers to ask a pharmacist for a 50 cent case to digest foods as if the stomach were not there.
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Pape
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