Lost Money Speculating in Stocks Lands Bank Teller in Trouble
Granville M. Leighton, teller at National Traders Bank in Portland Maine, is held for the grand jury on a defalcation charge After admitting he took funds to the extent of about 43000 he pledged to aid in the investigation and to return the money He faced US Commissioner Bradley pled not guilty and was bound over at 18000 bail Officials say the bank losses may total around 19000 with assets including a 10000 indemnity bond, real estate and stock holdings.
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Portland
Granville M. Leighton
National Traders Bank
Leighton
United States
Federal Court
Pearson
Old Orchard
Bradley
Foster
District Court
Hatch
Bonding Company of
North America
Montreal
De Wet and Steyn Cross Rail Line Movement Report
Despatch from Heilbron Orange River Colony reports General De Wet and Vice President Steyn crossed the main railroad line during the night of March 9 five miles north of Wolverhoek as they move westward.
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Heilbron
Orange River Colony
de Wet
Steyn
Wolverhoek
Royal Visit to Ireland Postponed by Cabinet Advice
London reports the planned royal visit to Ireland this year has been cancelled on cabinet advice. A Moscow savings bank opens to help would‑be brides secure dowries, with expected sums from £100 to £1500 to attract husbands.
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London
Ireland
Moscow
Insist on Troff's Extract Not Cheap Substitutes
An advertisement from EISNER & MENDELSON CO. Sole Agents in New York urges buyers to insist on Johann Troff's Extract and reject cheaper substitutes, claiming the alternatives offer only price appeal without quality.
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Johann Troff
Eisner & Mendelson CO
New York
British Opinion of Mr Howells in The Book World
The Times Literary Supplement and New York press critique Mr Howells in iN THE BOOK WORLD. They question his insistence on Nice Girls and mock his flirt ideas, noting Latins and Russians favor older heroines. The piece cites Dickens and American links, remarking Howells notes post American influence on English virtue.
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New York Mail and Express
Mr. Howells
Times Literary Supplement
M. Paul Bourget
Thunderer
Dickens
Anti-Cigarette Society
New York
Book Buyer highlights and reviews in March issue
The March issue of The Book Buyer features likenesses of Robert Bridges and Edith Wharton, plus a Roosevelt portrait. It covers Local and National Types in Fiction, Forgotten Nature Studies, Modern Ghost development, and a Agnes and Egerton Castle profile in Surrey. Literary reviews by Audrey and Bullock, plus sections on Critics and Criticism and fiction writing business.
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March
Robert Bridges
Benjamin
Edith Wharton
Gibson
Roosevelt
Mary Twombly
Margaret Fenn Robinson
Marjory MacMurchy
Agnes
Egerton
Surrey
England
Book Review
Audrey
Literary News of England
Mr. Bullock
the Rambler
Duane Mowry
Myrtle Reed
Frank Norris
Folger Barker
Novel by Mary T Wright Soon to Be Published
Mary Tappan Wright wife of Harvard professor John H Wright is the author of Aliens a strong Southern life novel forthcoming from Scribner's. Wright, raised in Cambridge society, comes from a notable Keath college family. Her first long work follows her success in Scribner's Magazine and the Atlantic. Other forthcoming titles from Houghton Mifflin include works on Ruskin Douglas Nature Emerson Norton Lowell Rolfe and Quida.
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Mary Tappan Wright
The
Scribners
John H. Wright
Harvard University
Society of Cambridge
Wit
Ke ‘Th College
Steubenvil
Wright
Scribner’s Magazine
the Atlantic
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
John Ruskin
W. G. Collingwood
Stephen A. Douglas
William Garrett Brown
Riverside
Ellen Russell Emerson
Charles Eliot Norton
James Russell Lowell
W. J. Rolfe
Europe
Town Meeting Warrant Covers School, Roads and Taxes
East Pepperell voters prepare for Monday March 17 town meeting with articles to choose a moderator hear reports of seven town officers decide on sums to raise for schools highways poor and town charges mention extending High street and fire alarm system plus sewer and drainage work and tax collection methods. The town also notes Memorial day funding and high school graduation costs and street improvements.
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High Street
Pleasant Street
Frank Ward
Heald Street
Townsend Street
Prospect
J. Slammon
Boston and Maine
Cottage Street
Prescott Orange
Townsend
Memorial Hall
H. W. Smith
Page
Ayer
Senator Tillman
Tillman
Middlesex-Worcester - Pomona
Prescott Grange
Postal Savings
P. J. Pépparell
Nome
James Hildreth
Lunenburg
Pillsbury
Ashby
H. O. Wing
Liton
Thomas Gilson
Groton
New Orleans
F. S. Young
Eperell
Charles Spaulding
Atepperell
Geal Dix
Iscussion
Refarmer
Myron P. Swallow
Alden Perky
Leominster
William F. Dennen
Pepperell
Henry J. Tolles
Dunstable
Cora Greenleaf Townsend
J. M. Scarborough
Fitchburg
John E. Gifford
Sutton
Geo. P. Parker
Katherine Lent Stevenson
Book News on The Colonials and Other Works
Publication note on The Colonials by Doubleday and Co with rapid sales and multiple printings. Also references Edith Wharton’s The Valley of Decision at 680 pages in two volumes and contrast with The Touchstone. Includes a praise clip about Ernest Thompson Seton from an Iowa newspaper.
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Iowa
Ernest Thompson Seton
England
Edith Wharton
Young A G Nash Impresses With Dabney and Reed
In West Acton Middlesex County observers note the ascent of Assistant Attorney General Nash. The Boston Record praises Nash's talents when seen alongside L. S. Dabney and T. B. Reed, calling him more than ordinary.
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Nash
L. S. Dabney
T. B. Reed
Mr. Nash
Boston Record
Local notes and society events headline in town
Miss Jennie Wheeler visits her aunt in Littleton. The A's B's and C's of the Unitarian society plan an upcoming vestry supper and entertainment. The infant child of Mr and Mrs Fred Davis of Townsend was interred at Brookside cemetery. Mr Henry Gates conducted a livestock and hay sale last Thursday. A grange lecture is set for next Tuesday evening.
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Jennie Wheeler
Littleton
Unitarian Society
Fred Davis
Townsend
Brookside Cemetery
Henry Gates
Grange
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Grand Jury
DE Wet and
Johann Hoff
Ogogoctu
Bodogoose Goog
Joosoiogoooos
East Pepperell
Francis Brow
Doubleday, Past
Middlesex County
West Acton
STOW
Courier
the Citizen
Charles Morris
Morris
Courier-Citizen CO
Lowell
Merrimack Street
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