Massive Chelsea Fire Destroys One Third of City
An early morning blaze in Chelsea, fanned by a forty five mile gale, leveled over a third of the city. Five hundred dwellings and public buildings burned, fifteen hundred families were displaced, and up to twenty lives were reported lost or missing. Fire departments from Chelsea, nearby towns, and Boston battled the wind for hours as the blaze raged across a wide ellipse from Everett Chelsea boundary to Chelsea Creek. The causing rag fires and spontaneous combustion are suspected. insurance losses may reach five million dollars.
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Boston
Chelsea
iHlitia
Agidnes
Charleson Navy Yard
Mass
Kelsea
Everett
Chelsea Creek
Chelsea Square
Boston Blacking Company
New York Delegates Instruct Hughes Support
New York state Republican convention indorsed Governor Charles E. Hughes as the party's presidential nominee. Four delegates at large and alternates were chosen to the Chicago convention and urged to pursue Hughes' nomination. Delegates include Gen. Stewart L. Doodford, former Mayor Seth Low, Frederick R. Hazard, and Edward H. Butler. Resolutions urged tariff revision and praised Congress for not revising it piecemeal.
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New York
Charles E. Hughes
Stewart L. Doodford
Seth Low
Frederick R. Hazard
Syracuse
Edward H. Butler
Buffalo
Congress
Roosevelt to Tour World After Presidency
President Roosevelt plans extensive travel after leaving office with a first year abroad if desires are realized. The itinerary is not fixed but may cover rugged foreign lands and popular tourist routes. He is said to enjoy hunting big game, a detail noted by confidants.
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Roosevelt
World
Washington, D. C
United States
Australian mining fortune heirs reach Dubuque claim
The Needham and Finney families in Dubuque Iowa stand to inherit about 2 million from two Australian bound brothers who died without spouses after amassing 10 million there during the mining boom. Attorneys work to prove the claim as heirs in America prepare to receive wealth. The Goodman brothers left Iowa in 1852 for Australia and built a vast fortune. A cable from Sydney confirmed the holdings and heirs in Spokane area are notified. señales.
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Dubuque
John R. Needham
James Finney
Australia
Goodman Brothers
Iowa
Spokane
Sydney
America
Cassville
Wis
Spokane counsel seeks fortune of Goodman brothers heirs
Mrs. Mary Needham recounts family hopes of Lawrence and Owen Goodman who left in 1852 for California and Australia. Spokane attorney gathers proof to claim up to 10 million dollars, with quit claims for all property after long search. A Cassville reunion is planned as relatives await word from Australia.
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Spokane
Australia
Goodmen Brothers
Mary Needham
Needham
Lawrence
Owen Goodman
California
Mother
Owen
John Finney
Spokane Wash
James
Finney
Cassville
Millionaire Guests Cited For Tub Wash At Gotham Hotel
Hotel Gotham managers urge patrons to use the hotel laundry after reports wealthy guests wash silk hosiery and lingerie in bathtubs. A petition may curb high plumber bills and preserve the laundry. several named names appear among the affluent guests.
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New York
Gotham
Frederick Neilson
Tracy Dows
Henry Burden
Herbert Carpenter
Frank G. Bourne
W. S. Draper
Knickerbocker
Uptown
A Morning Lesson
A brief quip from the N Y Weekly notes that the husband of the woman in the fine dress has fled to Canada, adding a dash of domestic irony to a morning reading.
Navy enlists 18 inch mascot Nick the white Spitz dog
Kansas City report tells of Nick a 27 pound white Spitz Eskimo dog enlisted as a ship mascot in the U S Navy. Owner E E Weaver hospital steward plans sail from San Francisco to Manila with the dog. Nick named for Nicholas Longworth and Roosevelt marriage. Nick’s siblings Teddy and Alice born near Fort Leavenworth.
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Kansas City
United States Navy
Navy
Nick
E. E. Weaver
Nicholas Longworth
Miss Roosevelt
Teddy
Alice
Fort Leavenworth
Army
Weaver
Effingham
Kan
San Francisco
Manila
Nicholas Longworth Weaver
Forest preservation faces UK indifference due to coal fuel shift
It is difficult in England to arouse interest in preserving forests because coal has universally replaced wood as the fuel source.
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England
The Sun Shaft Poem and July Miscellany
A lyrical poem extols the sun shaft as it threads through spring skies and greening landscapes, ending with a hopeful wish that joy bathe the speaker. The page then rolls through quips, anecdotes, and brief jokes from various locales, including a minister tale about sermons, barbershop humor, a Panic era anecdote, and light etiquette quips.
Hospital State University Iowa Former Interne
Formerly interne hospital state university of Iowa listed with office contact numbers at Black, 263 Black, Atlanta.
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Interne Hospital
State University of Iowa
Black
Black, Atlan
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Hughes
Stereograph
Underwood & Underwood
N. Y
Alexander Graham Bell
Washington
Bell
Baeddeck
Nova Scotia
Walden Fawcett
iSpitz
Joe, Wsis
Wcoll
Wwe
Keke
Silly-Billy
Ichabod Crane
Irving
Ichabod
Bruddern
Caldwell
Mich
Ooo
Oklahoma
Missouri
Edmond
Okla
Brown
Taure
Farm Journal
Millstadt
Bok
Cardo
Chas, A. Grubb
Atlantic
Proba
San Banly
G. R. Miller
Gillespie Building
C, G, Clark
Dr, R, A, Gamble
Opera House
Towa
T. B Swan
Tentansken
Atlaunatin
Obaa
D. Finley
Josephine Cook Finley
DRS. Finley & Finley
The
Atlantic Infirmary of Osteopathy and X-Ray Laboratory
Bell Phone
Leam
Butler
M. H. Butler
L. L. Nutt
Walnut Ste. Musson
Jake Lang
Son Rass
Cass
South Dakota
Musson
J. Litterst
Walnut Street
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