Former minister to be sentenced for land larceny
The Rev. Fra C. Baker a former Waterbury Conn Congregational minister was to be sentenced next Tuesday for land larceny connected to a loan scheme with partner Wiley. The two men allegedly induced victims to pay fees for “searching” titles for properties offered as loan security with Baker and Harney keeping the fees. Baker 50 an attorney living in Brooklyn.
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Associated Press
New York
Fra C. Baker
Congres
Waterbury
Conn
Harber
Wiley
Econ
Iites
Baker
Harney
Brooklyn
Gaelic League Officials Arrive in United States
Thomas and Dairmuid Lynch, Gaelic League officials from Ireland, arrived in New York for a year long lecture tour. They aim to rekindle use of the Irish language and expect home rule to shift education to Irish control, enabling league efforts.
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Associated Press
New York
Thomas
Dairmuid Lynch
Gaelic League
Ireland
League
United States
Lynch
New Foot Remedy Promises Quick Relief
Advertisement touts "TIZ" as the sole cure for tired aching feet with claims it draws out poisonous exudations and stops swelling. It promises instant relief from corns calluses bunions and foot soreness, selling a year's comfort for 25 cents with smaller shoes after one use.
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Tment
Irish girl vindicated in Cunard Campania case verdict
Miss Catherine O Rourke, a 20 year old Irish girl, won a Nassau county supreme court suit against the Cunard Steamship Company for 35000 dollars after being suspected of being the mother of a baby born on board the Campania during a voyage in April 1911. She was held in the ship's hospital for days before the real mother was found.
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New York
Catherine O’rourke
Nassau County Supreme Court
Cunard Steamship Company
Campania
O’rourke
Simple at home recipe to stop hair loss and promote growth
A home remedy claims to halt hair loss and stimulate growth for most scalps not yet damaged. mix bay rum glycerine Barbo Compound with water then apply 2-3 times weekly to darken gray hair and improve softness and shine.
Widow Bereft Of Her Fortune In House Fire
Special to The Item Montgomery February 25 An early morning blaze destroyed Mrs H C McRees large boarding house at 522 Adams Street unknown cause. Loss estimated at four thousand dollars with no insurance leaving her destitute though she kept a philosophical view. The owner Mrs Charles Spear suffered five thousand dollars in losses but was insured.
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Montgomery
Ala
H. C. McRee
Adams Street
Charles Spear
Comrades in War Die Together at Soldiers' Home
Two veterans from the Civil War era died within hours of each other at the Soldiers' Home in Kearney New Jersey. John De Forrest 70 and Michael Clark 73 were lifelong friends since Gettysburg in 1863. De Forrest, from Iowa, served as a nurse while Clark, from New Brunswick NJ, was in the infantry. They met at the home and remained bunkies with De Forrest assisting Clark who suffered asthma. Clark fed on and in his later years De Forrest cared for him.
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Associated Press
Kearney
N. J
Gettysburg
John de Forrest
Michael Clark
de Forrest
Clark
New Brunswick
Iowa
New Jersey
Old Idiers
Bunkie
Agriculturists in Convention at State Capital Alabama gathering eyes boll weevil fight
The Association of Southern Agricultural Workers met in Montgomery with about fifty delegates from nearly every Southern state. Texas Commissioner Ed R. Kane discussed boll weevil control through cultivation and crop diversification. Dr. Cr. G. Hopkins, soil chemist, is among notable attendees as the convention runs through tomorrow.
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Montgomery
Ala
Association of Southern Agricultural Workers
Business Men's League
South
A. Cary
Auburn
Ed R. Kane
Texas
Kane
Cr. G. Hopkins
Illinois Experiment Station
Baltimore
Association
Negro Cut In Davis Avenue Fight Leaves Man Injured
Richard Nelson was cut and seriously injured Tuesday afternoon by Joe Jackson in a fight on Davis Avenue. Nelson was taken to the city hospital and Jackson was arrested.
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Richard Nelson
Joe Jackson
Davis Avenue
Nelson
Jackson
Horse Fails in Parade. Marshal Hurt by Streetcar
Augustus Lyons of Hickey & Lyons, a parade marshal, was severely bruised when his horse was struck by a street car at Government and Lawrence streets during the O. C. M. parade. The horse died. motorman R Rolleston was arrested.
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Augustus Lyons
Hickey & Lyons
Government and
Lawrence Streets
Mr. Lyons
No. 9
Broad Street
R. Rolleston
Car Barn Incident Injures Worker Near Convent
J. W. White of the Mobile Light and Railroad Company was slightly hurt Tuesday night at about 11 o'clock in the car barns near the Convent when a car backing out struck him. He was taken to the Southern Infirmary for treatment. A separate collision at Jackson and Dauphin streets involved an automobile and an Ashland Place street car but caused no injuries. The auto was spun around. the chauffeur maintained control.
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J. W. White
Mobile Light and Railroad Company
Saeda
Ashland Place
Jackson
Dauphin Streets
L and N Switchman Injured by Caboose
Curtis Brannan a Louisville and Nashville railroad switchman was struck by a caboose near Choctaw Point Tuesday night about 9.00 p.m. He suffered severe back and hip injuries and was treated by Dr. Marion Inge before being sent home to Oak Grove.
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Curtis Brannan
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Brannan
Choctaw Point
Marion Inge
Oak Grove
Fashionable people rescued as fire hits River side View APARTMENTS
A blaze at the River side View apartments on the Fenway caused about 25 000 in damage early today. Firemen carried sixty people down ladders in the freezing conditions as temperatures fell below zero, medical aid, and evacuation followed amid the dramatic blaze.
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Associated Press
Boston
Riverside View
Fenway
Supreme Court Reaffirms Federal White Slave Law
The Supreme Court again upholds the federal white slave law in Wilson cases from Chicago. The decision notes the issue of whether the law is limited to commercial vice was not involved.
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Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
Wilson
Chicago
Wilsons Guilty in Immoral Transport Case
Zoe and Charles Wilson alias Willard found guilty in Chicago federal court of transporting Floe and Frances from Milwaukee to Chicago for immoral purposes. Sentenced to three years penal servitude each. Case appealed up to the supreme court.
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Chicagqy
Purse snatch on Dauphin Street nets $9 and a check
J. C. Calloway, bookkeeper for A. D. Davis, told police Tuesday night his pocket was picked on Dauphin Street. A purse containing $9 and a check were taken.
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J. C. Calloway
A. D. Davis
Police Department
Dauphin Street
Man’s hobby talk prompts hiring a ball for showcase
A humorous say about overblown hobby depictions suggests hiring a ball to accompany a boastful narration. The quip implies showmanship can overwhelm content and mocks prolonged self advertisement.
Dying Judge James Inglis Hears Funeral Sermon
In Paterson New Jersey on February 25 the dying former judge James Inglis listened to his wife's funeral service by telephone from his bed. The service was read in his home parlor as he lay too weak to ascend stairs. He died Sunday from pneumonia shortly after the ceremony.
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Associated Press
Paterson
N. J
James Inglis
Hil
Inglis
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