How a wagon driver flourished as a banker
A long courtroom narrative traces Betts and Fisher in a brokerage fraud case. Evidence includes referrals, mail fraud orders, and seized Bankers' and Mercantile Agency papers. Fisher testifies about starting at 89 State Street, sharing profits, and the partners' arrangements as Betts advances the brokerage scheme. Betts and Fisher, both wealthy, face legal scrutiny while their Quincy and Braintree homes are noted.
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William B. Snow
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Bankers’ and Mercantile Agency
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Snow
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American Express Company
State Street
Massachusetts
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Off for Europe Today Steamer Saxonia Departs Boston
The Cunard liner Saxonia, commanded by Captain Robert C Warr, sails from East Boston at 8 30 AM for Queenstown and Liverpool with 65 in second class 164 in steerage and a list of first class passengers including Lanne Bers, M D Angus, Charles H Ban, David Beevers, and many others, along with several children and clergy.
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Saxonia
Cunard Line
Robert C. Warr
Boston
Queenstown
Liverpool
Cambridge janitor confesses theft at city hall
William B. Brown a 29 year old colored assistant janitor and elevator man at Cambridge City Hall appeared in District Court yesterday on charges of larceny of 180 in money and 120 in checks from Night Watchman Hazlett. Brown confessed to the theft and was held under $500 for the grand jury after waiving examination. About 20 applicants have applied for his $6 to $7 weekly job. A temporary elevator supervisor was named by Mayor McNamee.
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William B. Brown
Cambridge City Hall
Hazlett
City Hall
Brown
Clement G. Morgan
McNamee
Granite State Prison Sentences In Dover Case
In Superior Court Judge Young presiding two State prison sentences were handed down. Charles Spooney receives not less than five and not more than ten years at hard labor for breaking and entering. Thomas Budlong gets not less than three and not more than five years at hard labor for breaking and entering a freight car in the Boston and Maine yards in this city.
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Charles Spooney
Concord
Thomas Budlong
Boston & Maine
Zola Dies of Gas in Paris Home From Defective Stove
Paris reports Emile Zola, famed realist novelist and defender of Dreyfus, found dead from asphyxiation in his Paris residence after fumes from a malfunctioning heating stove filled the room. Mme Zola barely survived. Police state accidental poisoning. blood and room analyses ordered.
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Zola Career Beginnings and Early Life
Emile Zola was born in Paris on April 2, 1840 to an Italian engineer father who soon moved the family to Aix after his birth. The elder Zola supervised a canal project there, later named for him, before Emile returned to the capital.
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Emile Zola
Paris
Aix
President progresses in wheel chair at White House
Washington Sept 29 The President spent an uneventful day in a wheelchair moving to different rooms. He is progressing satisfactorily tonight with only Dr Lung visiting. Misses Alice and Ethel Roosevelt joined him and Mrs Roosevelt at the White House. Governor Crane Secretary Root and other officials visited briefly.
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Governor Crane
Massachusetts
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Payne
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General Land Office
Hermann
Crane
Pittsfield
Hard Work for Crimson Eleven
Crimson coaches from Farley Lewis and staff worked with the team at Soldiers Field after Yale fears, drilling players including Hoag Mason Newell Dean Garrison Murchie Hayes Upton. Graydon starred at fullback scoring and breaking tackles, Meier added a second TD, and three new players Matthews Stillman Clark joined the session.
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Boston leaders call for saloon curbs beyond homes
Siding officer introduced the evening speakers including Most Worthy Patriarch William H. Williams, Past Grand Worthy Patriarch George W. Penniman, Representative C. H. Adams of Melrose, Judge Joseph D. Fallon of South Boston and Benjamin F. De Butts of Revere. Fallon and Adams urged keeping saloons outside residential areas to address conditions in Boston.
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George W. Penniman
C. H. Adams
Melrose
Joseph D. Fallon
South Boston
Benjamin F. de Butts
Revere
Fallon
Adams
Boston
Not the Picture of Mrs Pickle in Sept Post
The Post reveals the Sunday Sept 21 image of Mrs Margaret Pickle, a witness in millionaire Nicholas Fish's New York murder case, was misidentified. The photo actually showed another New York City woman with no connection to the case, the error arising from taken-for-mrs Pickle photo.
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Sunday Post
Margaret Pickle
Nicholas Fish
New York City
Storm of protest greets Chase's salary cut proposal
Boston educators loudly opposed Expert Accountant Chase's plan to slash teachers' salaries by ten percent to save one percent in city expenditures. Principals and teachers argued pay cuts would be unjust, noting rising costs and that salaries already reflect heavy workloads, with many urging defense of education funding.
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Dorchester
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Live Wire Kills Lineman in Everett Accident
Eastman Leonard of the Malden Electric Company was fatally struck by a live wire at Broadway and Maine Avenue Everett at 7 35 this morning. The injured worker had only days on the job and recently moved from Haverhill where his wife resides.
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Malden Electric Company
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Malden
Haverhill
Plumber Burned In Dorchester Street Explosion
Harry J. Daley a 30 year old plumber was badly burned on hands face and arms yesterday afternoon when a stove exploded during work on the second floor of a wooden three story dwelling at 11 Dorchester street South Boston. Firemen saved the home and damage amounted to 725. City Hospital doctors report Daley will recover.
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Harry J. D’aley
Royal Blue Line Tour via Fall River Line
Delightful personally conducted tour leaves Boston October 23 for a week long trip to Washington Philadelphia and New York. The package costs $27 covering all expenses including five days of hotel board and stop-over privileges. Application details provided to Joseph P. Taggart at 211 Washington Street Boston.
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Fall River Line
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New York
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Railroad restored to Pekin and sea route opened
On September 29 the Pekin Shan Nai Kewen railroad was restored to Chinese control with allied consent. Guards maintaining the Pekin to sea communication line will be kept indefinitely as part of the protocol terms.
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Pekin Shan Nai Kewen
Pekin
Gardner gains ground in sixth district recount
Prabody Sept 29 The recount for votes for the congressional Republican delegates in the sixth district shows no change except a relative gain for Gardner who already leads.
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Congressional Republican
Gardner
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