Scully Assault Case Reaches Verdict In Lowell Court
In a session closing the long St. Patrick’s Day assault case, John Scully, John W. Scully, Lawrence Scully, and Michael Grogan faced Judge Hadley as the jury found probable cause to bind them over to the superior court on charges of assault and battery against Thomas Kelley. The affray on Sept. 28 left Kelley with a fractured left ankle after a series of blows. Grogan and Scullys reportedly attacked Kelley and Draddy in Richardson avenue, Lowell, with Draddy also injured. Bonds were set at $500 for each defendant, and the case moves to the March term for further proceedings.
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John
John W
Lawrence Scully
Michael Grogan
Thomas Kelley
Hadley
Superior Court
D. J. Donahue
Jewett Street
John Draddy
Richardson Avenue
Centralville
John Scully
Complainant
Draddy
John W. Scully
Scullys
Grogan
Lowell General Hospital
Kelley
After the Outlaws Burglar Shootout in East Boston
Boston reports John Donovan Metropolian Coal watch man injured by burglars at East Boston office. He and Police Inspector Burke traveled to Ipswich to identify two suspects arrested there as possible companions of the burglar shot dead in the police battle. Boston police expanded searches. several suspicious characters were detained briefly.
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Boston
John Donovan
Metropolitan Coal Company
Ipswich
Burke
Suit Seeks 6000 From Railroad Over Passenger Injury
James J. Murphy of South Lowell sues New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad for 6000 alleging injuries aboard the Rhode Island Flyer on February 9, 1903. He claims a dropped eccentric caused a sudden stop, squeezing him between seats and injuring back and head. case set for January term in Cambridge Superior Civil Court.
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James J. Murphy
South Lowell
James F. Owens
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Providence
Boston
Rhode Island
Fires in Moore Street tenement and Cottage Place house
Small blaze at Moore Street tenement owned by Mr G H McElroy started when a cloth used to clean a stove was dumped into a closet. Firemen quenched the flames with minor damage. Fred Church held the insurance. A defective chimney caused a second fire at John Gray's Cottage Place residence yesterday at 5 pm with no damage.
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Moore Street
G. H. McElroy
Fred. Church
John Gray
Cottage Place
Lincoln Street
Fire destroys Lewiston street railway rolling stock
A massive fire destroyed nearly all rolling stock of the Lewiston Brunswick and Bath street railway in Lewiston. Twenty five cars and four snow plows burned, leaving only five cars operable across Lewiston Auburn Sabattus and Brunswick. Loss estimated near 50000 dollars, partially insured, with building insured for 8500 and stock insured by blanket policy. Power halted but restored later with limited service.
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Lewiston
Brunswick & Bath Street Railway
Auburn
Brunswick
Bath
Lisbon Falls
Lake Grove
Sabattus
McKeesport Wood Plant to Start Up Bringing 600 Jobs
McKeesport Pennsylvania December 19 1919 W De Wees wood plant of the American Sheet Steel company will start up in full on Monday next, adding 600 men to employment. Portions of the plant have been shut down for months and the full operation means every mill in town will be running with about 15000 workers.
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McKeesport
American Sheet Steel Company
Scott Named Chief of Washington Library Division
George Winfield Scott of Stanford class of 1896 has been appointed chief of the new division of law at the Library of Congress in Washington. The administrative post pays 3000 dollars yearly. He will travel to Europe in January for about ten months for government work and book collection, then go to South America. Scott, a New York native, has held scholarships at Columbia, Cornell, Chicago and the University of Pennsylvania.
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San Francisco
Cal
George Winfield Scott
Stanford University
Library
Washington
Europe
South America
Library of Congress
Scott
New York
Columbia
Cornell
Chicago
University of Pennsylvania
Beotch steel makers fix ship plates boiler plates angles prices
London December 19 A conference of Beotch steel makers led to an agreement to sell ship plates boiler plates and angles branded as iron at fixed rates 60 cents to $1.25 a ton above current quotations. The move ends ruinous competition.
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London
Beotch Steel Makers
Russia Moves to Avert Break With Japan in Paris
Paris reports that Russia has made another move toward avoiding a rupture with Japan and is expected to submit a second proposal within days, aiming to ease the present strained situation.
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Paris
Russia
Japan
Boston Grocers Listed With Addresses in City Directory
A fragment lists EI Azh ar Cc, B Convan and Co and multiple grocers with Boston branches and street addresses including Middlesex Street 455, Mammoth Road, Bridge Street, Broadway and Liberty Street, noting firms such as G Coburn, J Hardy & Co, Rawlett Grocery Co and Richardson Sons among others. The entry reads like a directory snippet detailing shop names and locations.
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Boston
Middlesex
G. Coburn
Mammoth Road
J. Hardy & Ge
H. W. Locke
Bridge
F. D. Munn
Rawlett Grocery Ce
Butten Street
Broadway
Central
Church Sts
J. B. Richardson
Sons
Liberty
Russell & Paynton
Frisco Reaches New Orleans Through Frisco-Southern Alliance
Negotiations completed for a Frisco Rock Island system entry into New Orleans via a joint line with Southern railway. Plans include extensive terminals costing 12 to 14 million dollars, with current progress and prior derailments noted. Route would use Mobile & Ohio and New Orleans & Northeastern connections, with Tupelo and Jasper as transfer points.
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New York
St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad
Rock Island‘Frisco
New Orleans
The
Herald
Southern Railway
Frisco
Memphis
Baton’ Rouge
Gould
Iron Mountain
Yoakum
Spencer
Southern
Mobile & Ohio
Northeastern
St. Tanisa & San Frascisco
St.Louis
Chicago
Birmingham
Rock Island
Gulf
Galveston
Harriman North
South’ Texas
Tupelo
Jasper
Miss
Ala
Mobile& Ohio
Meridian
Rotute
Mississippi River
Wreck on Tremont & Suffolk Line Blocks Merrimack Mills
A shifter leaving Tremont & Suffolk mills in Merrimack caused rails to spread at a curve into Dutton Street. Three pony flat cars piled, delaying entry to boarding houses. Engineer Herbert Arey and Fireman Walter Whitney escaped injury as crew cleared the track by 1 o'clock.
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Tremont & Suffolk
Dutton Street
Merrimack Corporation
Herbert Arey
Shifter 8
Tremont & Suffolk Mills
Arey
Walter C. Whitney
Duiten Street
Worker Hurt as Plate Falls at Middlesex Street Station
Eugene Walker of 859 Geriam Street suffered a severe crush injury to his left toes when a street plate weighing 806 pounds fell onto his foot during the forenoon shift at a Middlesex Street station. He was treated at the emergency hospital.
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Middlesex Street
Eugene Walker
Geriam Street
Fire Destroyed Conspicuous Hudson Mansion, New York
Fire at Fort Washington avenue and One Hundred and Ninety fifth street leveled the Muschenheim residence. Wm Muschenheim and two servants escaped via ladder. two women leaped from third floor windows. Loss heavy as the mansion burned with rich furnishings while nearby C K G Billings stables faced sparks danger.
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New York
Wm. Muschenheim
Fort Washington Avenue
Hundred and
Ninety-fifth Street
Hudson
Muschenheim
C. K. G. Billings
Lou Dillon
Immense rock slide reshapes Mount Tacoma area
A Tacoma report from Olympia states that a massive rock slide near Mount Tacoma altered the mountain’s shape and possibly reduced its height. Initial Tuesday slide was followed by smaller falls through Wednesday night, with audible roars noted. Some observers doubt the extent, noting that such a slide on that portion may be impossible.
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Tacoma
Wash
Olympia
Mount Tacoma
Mob Hangs Suspect in Ripley Jail Outrage
In Ripley Tennessee on December 19 a mob of about 100 men seized Joseph Brake from the county jail and hanged him to a tree near the jail. The Black man, arrested for the killing of Chester Conner of Ashport, was shot multiple times before the mob cut him down.
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Ripley, Tenn
Joseph Brake
Chester Conner
Ashport
Campania Wins Mail Race Ahead of St. Louis
The Cunard steamer Campania, sailing from New York December 12, arrived at Queenstown December 19 and secured this week's mail race. Campania's letters were delivered by first mail this morning, while the American line steamer St. Louis delivered at 1.30 this afternoon after leaving New York earlier.
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London
Cunard Line
Campania
New York
Queenstown
American Line
St. Louis
Secret Service Net Expands with Arrests in Bogus Half Dollar Ring
In San Francisco on December 19, Secret Service Agent Hazen and federal officers arrested four men alleged to run a counterfeit half dollar operation. Leader Charles Callan allegedly orchestrated the plant found in his home.
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San Francisco
Secret Service
Hazen
Charles Callan
Natchez Hangs Man for Murder in Vidalia
Natchez Mississippi reports Girard Smith, a middle aged Black man, was hanged in Vidalia Louisiana yesterday for the September murder of Benjamin Rapport, a Hebrew peddler at Fair View. Before the gallows he confessed to killing two other Black men but asserted innocence of the hanging crime.
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Natchez, Miss
Girard Smith
Vidalia
Benjamin Rapport
Fair View
Investigators Journey Beyond to St Louis and Philadelphia
Clinton Rogers Woodruff, who has been investigating land frauds, departed for St. Louis last night and will proceed to Philadelphia, his home. Charles J. Bonaparte, his chief, also left for Kansas City to deliver an address tonight.
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Muskogee
I. T
Clinton Rogers Woodruff
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Charles J. Bonaparte
Kansas City
Justifiable Homicide Verdict In Chassier Killing
Los Angeles detectives Murphy and Cowan were involved in the killing of Joseph and Louis Chassier. A coroner's jury ruled the act justifiable after a five hour inquest, during which they visited the scene and heard multiple witnesses.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Joseph
Louis Chassier
Murphy
Cowan
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Ad Encourages Home Cough Remedy
The ad urges mothers to have Ayer's Cherry Pectoral on hand for a child with the croup or hoarse barking cough. It promises prompt relief when a dose is given at the first hollow bark and emphasizes not being left alone in a health scare.
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Ayer
Lowell Kiss
Erie Tax Litigation Resumes in East Cambridge Hearing
A judiciary hearing in East Cambridge addressed the Erie tax cases against Asa C. Russell J W C Pickering and the estates of Francis Jewett Levi Sprague and James W Bennett. The Lowell city seeks dismissal of exceptions and entry of judgment, with potential further suits against Western Telephone Company as successor to Erie. Lawyers for plaintiffs included William F Hogan and the Richardson firm. defendants' new counsel faced scrutiny over bills of exceptions.
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East Cambridge
Wait
Harrington
Lowell
Asa C. Russell
J.W. C. Pickering
Francis Jewett
Levi Sprague
Erie
Erie Telephone Company
Erie Company
Charles E. Adams
Supreme Judicial Court
Charles J. Glidden
Glidden
U. S. Supreme Court
Washington
United States
Massachusetts Court
Harvey N. Shepard
Boston
James W. Bennett
Western Telephone Company
J. W. Bennett
Mr. Pickering
F. W. Quay
Albert S&s. Howard
William F. Hogan
George F
George R. Richardson
Opposition Ahead Money Order Plan Unveiled
New York December 19 The bank money order committee of the American Bankers association representing 7000 banks agrees on a system allowing sums up to 100 to be sent by mail and cashed by any member bank. It will compete with the post office money order division and likely reduce government revenues. The plan mirrors current exchange sales and will be guaranteed by a guarantee company. The committee will submit its report to the executive council at the April meeting.
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New York
Bank
American Bankers’ Association
Post Office Department
Treasurer Wanted as Brown Company Fails
New York Dec 19 An investigation by Receiver Frank L Crocker into the James Freeman Brown company cotton jobbers insolvent Dec 7 shows assets about 20000 and liabilities near 80000 The treasurer Edward H Willett has not visited his office since Dec 3 and the receiver asked his bond surety company of 10000 to aid in securing an interview Willett family in Glenridge N J say he fell and is in retirement but in daily contact The failed company was capitalized at 200000 and did about 1000000 annual business
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New York
Frank L. Crocker
James Freeman Brown Company
Edward H. Willett
Willett
Glenridge
N. J
Formal Demand Sent Over Alexandretta Incident
Rear Admiral Cotton sailed from Beirut on the San Francisco with Consul Davis to Alexandretta after Davis was insulted by local police while escorting a departing steamer. Davis left Alexandretta as announced, and Minister Leishman has discussed the affair informally with Tewfik Pasha, seeking a settlement and reparation without yet filing a formal demand.
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Constantinople
Cotton
Beirut
United States
San Francisco
Davis
Alexandretta
Attarian
Leishman
Tewfik Pasha
Firefighter dies after fall during Brooklyn rescue
New York report says Lieut. John Freele of the fire department was fatally injured when he fell three stories from a fire escape while rescuing 25 women and children from a Brooklyn tenement fire early today. His bravery saved many from suffocation.
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New York
Brooklyn
John Freele
Skating Boots Promised For Gentlemen And Ladies
We offer winter skating boots for both gentlemen and ladies with a two inch higher cut than standard walking boots. The design features damp proof heavy soles and grain uppers to endure winter sports. Prices range from two to four dollars depending on size and style.
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Scully
Porter
Charles Porter
Cecil Rhodes
Statesman
Deputy Welch
Welch
Union Pacific Railway
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Ogden
Utah
Sycamore
Emma Hayes
Zeigler Street
Concord
N. H
Albany
Market
Central Streets
Marie Louise Duchane
Mary L. McGee
Marie Louise
Dominick Cyr
Oliver Fournier
Denis O’brien
Victor Gelinas
Samuel Hudson
Sarah A. Moore
Donovan
Upper Lawrence Street
Michael McDonald
Thomas F. Roach
Mary Culkins
D. T. Sullivan
Pest
Outlaws
East Boston Bandits
Consolidated Road
Sheet Steel Co
Ei-Azhar
Cc, B. Convan & Co
TEL
Kaiser
Crown Prince
William of
Germany
William
Hudson River
Mount
ERSE
Western Telephone Co
Banks
Turkey
Sullivan Bros Co
Ladies’ Gentlemen's
Q’sullivan Bros. Co
City Hall
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