Asphalt bribery hearings reveal altered testimony
Worcester July 15 hearing on asphalt bribery shows Dwight Allen recounting that Gazette reporter Callahan first asked for money to keep quiet, with sums ranging from 500 to 150 over several meetings. Allen describes interactions with city officials and Post reporter Smith, while noting prior discussions in the mayor's office and various city hall encounters.
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Worcester
Dwight P. Allen
W. E. Callahan
the Gazette
Harry C. Smith
The
Post
Smitch
Callahan
Allen
Ernest H. Vaughn
Arthur H. Rugg
Letcher
Charles A. Vaughn
John M. Kendall
John J. Power
City Hall
Gazette
Barrett
Sullivan
Gazette and Post
Smith
Rugg
Prior
Vaughn
Witness recounts Callahan offer to silence papers
The witness said he met Callahan again Friday morning and Callahan offered to hold up both papers, promising to take Smith into it and keep quiet until after Monday night. The hearing was adjourned to 2 o'clock.
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Callahan
Smith
Dedham Mystery Man Leaves Wife After Secret Farewell
Richard R. Reed assistant janitor at Dedham courthouse and railroad worker disappeared July 4 leaving a note and bicycle trunk and dress suitcase. Wife believes he planned to elope with a former acquaintance in New York, while both maintained modest income from work and poultry sales.
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Dedham
Richard R. Reed
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
New York
Reed
Washington Street
Boston
Duel of Saurians at New York Zoo Pit Ends in Death
A Florida alligator eight feet nine inches arrived at the New York zoological park and fought a nine foot seven inch rival named Pete for hours. Pete choked Ike to death with a fatal bite after a violent struggle in a 10 by 25 foot pit. Keepers lassoed Pete to end the fight.
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New York
Filord
Hi Ik
Ike
Pete
Down
Pte
Ihe
Bucksport Merchant on trial in Ware case murder
William Treworgy, a Bucksport merchant, pleads not guilty to causing the death of Mrs Sarah Ware. Ellsworth jury selection proceeds as Judge Emery presides. Prosecution aims to prove disappearance, violent death, and Treworgy’s role, with witnesses Cooper and Sheehan testifying.
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Bucksport
Ellsworth
Sorth Ware
William Treworgy
Hancock County
L. A. Emery
Treworgy
O. F. Fellows
Buecksport
Charles J. Hutchins
Brewer
Gen. Selders
Portland
Bedford Tracey
Winter Harbor
Talesmen
George A. Surrey
Tremont
Abram Gilpatrick
Mr. Deert
Boatman
Edward E. Greenlaw
Deer Isle
Willis G. Rich
Surry
Emery
Sarah Ware
County Attony
Bedford E. Tracey
Cay
Tracey
Mites
Philip H. Coomb
Bangor
Catharine Sheehan
Miles
Miss Sheehan
Globe Newspaper buys Advertiser building in Boston
Boston July 15 Washington and State street real estate saw decisive sales today. The Globe Newspaper company acquired title to the Advertiser building at 246 and 248 Washington street, adjoining the Globe building, after prior rumors of sales to other parties following the fire. The deal was arranged by T Dennie Boardman and Reginald Boardman.
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Boston
Washington and State Street
Globe Newspaper Company
Advertiser
Washington Street
Globe Building
T. Dennie Boardman
Reginald Boardman
Lowell City Council Debates Paving and Damages Measures
The Lowell council debated paying several injury and damage claims including Catherine O Connell for a street fall and Philas Lanade for sewer overflow damages. They discussed paving Merrimack and Pleasant, and Kirk Paige and Lee streets, with divisions over asphalt and tar macadam. An ordinance restricting motor cycles to muffled, fully covered engines was introduced and referred. Adjournment was set for next Tuesday.
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Marie Correa
Committee On
Harry Prescott Graves
Huntington Hall
Catherine O'Connell
Eleventh Street
Philas Lanade
Grant
Laporte
Legare
Worcester
Pickering
Lowell
Casey
City of
Greenwood
Merrimack
Pleasant
Kirk, Paige and
Lee
Pinder
Hilliard
Central
Middlesex
Merrimack Street
Pleasant Street
Dillon
Roche
Belvidere
Yeas
Adams
Donohoe
Finnerty
Fontaine
Hill
Taylor
Welsh
Cronan
Daly
Fairweather
Little
Brown
Henderson
Palm
Park
Charles Street
Aiken Street
Beecham's Pills Ad Promises Beauty and Anxiety Relief
An advertisement argues that beauty comes from Nature and anxiety can be averted. It directs readers to pamphlets wrapped around each Beecham's Pills box and notes the product is sold at drug stores in 25 cent boxes.
Mrs Jennison Released After Kidnap Charge Dropped
New York reports Mrs Elizabeth D Jennison, arrested at her husband Frank E Jennison s request over the alleged kidnapping of their four year old daughter Alice C was discharged from custody by Magistrate Cornell. The husband withdrew the charge after Gov Odell declined extradition papers to Connecticut.
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New York
Elizabeth D. Jennison
Frank E. Jennison
Alice C
Cornell
Jennison
Odell
Connecticut
Supreme Court upholds street railway tax law
Boston July 15 The full bench enjoys a constitutional ruling in Springfield vs Springfield street Railway and Worcester vs Worcester Consolidated Street Railway. The 1898 statute taxes all street railways and relieves them from street repair duties unless repair is a condition of original grant. Cities Springfield and Worcester argued unconstitutionality.
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Boston
Supreme Court
City of
Springfield
Springfieldtreet Railway Company
Worcester
Worcester Consolidated Street Railway Company
General Street Railway
Pollard & Co Offer Boys Blouses and Cheap Knee Pants
Our Point in Boys Blouses and Waists emphasizes quality and pleasing style at popular prices. We feature permanent color lines in pinks reds and blues, stripes in percales, black and white cheviot, and black mercerized fabrics. Also offering boys knee pants in strong cotton covert for ages 3 to 9 years at 15 cents a pair.
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Ae G Pollard & CO
Dean's Ointment Heals Irritating Leg Sore
A short notice notes a running itching leg sore treated with Dean's Ointment. The remedy relieved burning and itching and produced a lasting improvement reported by W. Leshart of Bowling Green.
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Dean
W. Leshart
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Colonial Comic Opera CO
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Lowell Gas Light Company
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Frank E. Dunbar
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