Rhode Island Fraud Case Details in Pawtucket Inquiry
In Providence Superior Court Miss Oliva Bedard testified that contractor Jas Beach defrauded Pawtucket of 400 dollars via a false voucher. She said William Barclay the Pawtucket postmaster paid her 200 to flee and not testify. Barclay allegedly pursued her to Springfield and Montreal before she changed her name and joined another convent. Beach’s trial was expected to continue through the week.
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Providence
Rf. I
Superior Court
Oliva Bedard
Jas, Beach
Pawtucket
Miss Bedard
Wm. H. Barclay
Springfeld
Barclay
Montreal
Beach
Beecroft Plans Arctic Quest to Vindicate Cook Claim
Chester Beecroft from Pelham New York sails June 15 with Captain Bernier to Utah and then Etah Greenland to seek Dr Cook’s missing records and artifacts. He aims to verify Bradley Land and Cook’s North Pole claim, hoping to recover original documents and undertake a perilous ice crossing if feasible.
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New York
Cook
Chester Beecroft
Pelham, Manor
N. Y
Utah
Bernier
Itah
Beecroft
Etah Mene
Bradley Land
Arctic Sea
Pole
Dr. Cook
North Pole
Etah
Upernayik
Greenland
Denmark
Real estate boasts. settler recalls booming 1600s town
An old settler muses on land values rising from 450 to 5000, while noting a single lot bought for 10 is now worth 75 and lies in a cemetery. He quips that he lost more by not dying forty years earlier, reflecting on investments and fortune.
$25 000 Air Race Offer Between Chicago and New York
The New York Times says it arranged with J. G. Shaffer of the Chicago Evening Post an offer of $25,000 for an aeroplane race Chicago to New York. The flight must occur before October 31. This follows an $80,000 offer by the New York World and a St. Louis Post-Dispatch challenge for a New York–St. Louis flight.
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New York
New York Times
J. G. Shaffer
Chicago Evening Post
Chicago
New York World
St. Louis
Black Hand Murder Shock in New York
A young girl discovers a mutilated Italian man on an East 101st street roof. Throat slashed and skull crushed, fingerprints missing as he tried to defend himself. Letters on the corpse are addressed to Giuseppe Florio of New London Connecticut. Detectives pursue a Black Hand motive with a city-wide dragnet and a New London inquiry.
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New York
East 101St Street
Giuseppe Florio
Bank Street
New London
Mr. Kessen Burns $190,000 in Bank Bills
R B Kessen curator of St Stephen s Bank burned 190000 in bills mostly tens and fives witnessed by John Knight director of the Canadian Bankers Association. Bank liabilities remain in circulation notes about 40000 and redemption is described as a speedy process with asset realization to follow.
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ST. John
R. B. Kessen
St. Stephen
Kessen
Many Cases of Rabies in Ontario
Ontario faces a serious rabies issue warned J A Amyot director of the Provincial Board of Health Laboratory. He cited danger to summer resort areas and the spread to Manitoba and Saskatchewan via transported Ontario dogs. From March 4, 137 brains were tested with 65 to 70 positive. 61 received Pasteur vaccination. Western Ontario between Hamilton and Essex Centre holds most cases.
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Toronto
Ontario
J. A. Amyot
Provincial Board of Health
Canadian Medical Association
Muskoka
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Board of Health
Pasteur
Hamilton
Essex Centre
Artist Ferdinand Earle Faces Delayed Release of Marriage
New York judge refused to grant release for the divorce annulment in the Julia Kuttner affair. Justice Fitzgerald will validate the 1908 Venice ceremony under Italian law before proceeding. The case follows Earle publicized claims of a soulmate and his earlier separation from Emile Fischbacker Earle amid alleged cruelty and crash in happiness.
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New York
Ferdinand
Pinney Harle
Julia Kuttner W Harle
Justice Fitzgerald
Supreme Court
Venice
Fitzgerald
Emilie Fischbacker Earle
France
Earle
Julia Kuttner
Wile
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N. Y Sagaté
Boston
Harvard
YALE
India Wharf
Pier 9
North River
Rector St
City
Long Island Sound
Metropolitan Line
Commonwealth Hotel
State House
Boston, Mass
New England
Commonwealth Hotel Inc
Storer
F. Crafts Gen
Rhode Island
Motherafil
Motherall Remedy Co
Cleland
Detroit
Mick
Quebec
Liverpool
Lake Manitoba
Lake Champlain
Lake
Ree
St. John N. BR
JK. Matthews
Charlottetown
Charles Riley
Furness, Withy & Co., Ltd
London
Halifax
Havre
Kan Ree
Allan Ec
Appahannock
St John's Kanawha
Shenandoah
Weems Tabasco
Ulunda
Alenarana Neth
SV Lue Eeogee
Tabasco
Blackhand
Carter
Carters
Packard
Mon-Ami
LR. Packard & Co., Limited
E.E. Griswold
Basin Ship Yard
Babylon
Long Island
May
Philo Hay Spec.Co
Newark
N.J
U.3
E. A. Foster
A. W. Reddin
Sunnyside
Canada
Province of
Prince Edward Island
Maria Hayden
Vernon River
Queen’s County
Maria Slayden
Bank of Nova. Scotia
A.D
D. C. Meleod
Co. G. Duffy
Administratrix
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Dominion
Rites
Oakley Baron
P. E. I. Railway
D'ly
North Wiltshire
Honter
Emerald
Kensington
Summerside Ly
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Plm
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Murray
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Jas. Kelly & Co
Drwtf
Wilkes
America
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Wilks
Baron Wilkes
Onward
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Amherst
Kent St
King Square
McKie
Hhlrtutte
MR. Kessen
Dodds
Aira
Dominion Atlantic Railway
Yarmouth
Nova Scotia
Truro
Windsor
Halif
Digby
Midland Division
Midland Dry
Interolonian
Royal
Maritime Provinces
Long Wharf
Kentville
W.K Rog
Rsco Ltd
Mananger
Charlotteton
Calvin Austin
Eastport
Lubec
Portland
Union Wharf
St.John
Thompson Tlr
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Lucerne
All Right
Royal Hotel Stables
Montague
Perpillian
Summerside
Money Maker
Pretoria
Owna
A.ef. Smith
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E. F. Purdygursm
FE. W. South Sid
Taylor
Babbitt
James Robertson Co
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N. B
Brucetewart
Dr, Lay
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