Forts Hit by Fog Lit Naval War Game Off New York
In a summer war game off New York, 6000 artillerists and 1000 engineers reinforce eastern Long Island Sound forts as the North Atlantic fleet plans a nighttime assault through fog. Fort Adams and Fort Rodman command key positions while Army National Guardsmen man extra garrisons. The exercise tests range finding, wireless, balloon observations, and signaling as a feint to draw fire while ships pass unseen.
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York
Long Island Sound
North Atlantic
Engineers
Signal and Hospital Corps
War and Navy
Narragansett District
New London
Higginson
Vineyard Sound
Hasbrouck
Fort Wetherill
Fort Adams
Lundeen
McClellan
Fort Greble
Narragansett Bay
Adams
Wetherill
Massachusetts Heavy Artillery
Fort Rodman
National Guard
New York
Signal Corps
Plans for World's Largest Office Building Unveiled in New York
Architect Bruce Price outlines a $9 million project covering over one acre on a Broadway block north of Bowling Green. The 20 story plus two basement structure includes a Union Station for Sixth and Ninth Avenue lines, a Grand arcade to Broadway, and 900000 square feet of renting space across floors averaging 40000 square feet. Top floors house a caterer with hotel apartments for transient guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bruce Price
Broadway
Bowling Green
Stevens House
Morris Street
Manhattan Railway
Greenwich Street
Union Station
Ninth Avenue
Empire
Rector Street
South Boston Sailors Held on $300 Bond
Three South Boston youths Leo Sullivan James Burke and John Roche faced Commissioner Fiske after a sloop named Nelly C was taken for a spin to Governor's Island. Police tied the incident to larceny from a government building with $300 bonds set for September 9.
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United States
Fiske
South Boston
Leo Sullivan
James Burke
John Roche
Lawley
Nelly C
Sullivan
Governor’s Island
East Boston
Waters
Wadsworth-Hay Wedding Set for September Thirty
Washington reports the marriage of Miss Alice Hay to James Wadsworth Jr on September 30 at the Fells Newbury New Hampshire. Only close relatives and a few intimate friends will attend. After a brief wedding journey the couple will proceed to Geneseo New York for autumn.
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Washington
Alice Hay
James W. Wadsworth, Jr
the Fells
Newbury
N. H
Hay
Geneseo
N. Y
Independent Republican Club aids Rogers case in Durham
The Independent Republican Club of Massachusetts retains William H. Baker of Newton as counsel to oppose requisition papers for Munroe Rogers, a Brockton man charged with arson in Durham North Carolina. Baker will work with Clement G. Morgan as club officers meet at Hotel Cecil to discuss the case. The club officers include W H Turner John H W Stokinger T C Scottron and William P Wallace.
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Munroe Rogers
Brockton
Durham
N. C
William H. Baker
Independent Republican Club
Massachusetts
Hotel Cecil
Rogers
Newton
Governor Cummins Probes Rock Island Railway Reorganization
Governor Cummins announced an Iowa inquiry into the Chicago Rock Island Pacifie Railway reorganization. He questions capital inflation to 125 million dollars and asks how a New Jersey corporation may own Iowa railroad property. He cites stock exchanges and potential watered stock, warning centralized capital could threaten business interests.
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DPS
Cummins
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacifie Railway Company
State of
Iowa
New Jersey
Rock Island
Rock Island Company
Old
Iowa de Clares
Fifth Mt Washington auto ascent by Read and Clapp
R C Read and H E Clapp of Attleboro Massachusetts made the fifth automobile ascent of Mt Washington on August 1. Their ton weighing machine slipped back at the two mile post when the brake failed and sank into soft earth. It was extricated after a delay and the ascent took about three hours.
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MT. Washington
N. H
R. C. Read
H. E. Clapp
Attleboro
Mass
Chicago Aldermen Praise Boston Leaders During Visit
Chairman Frank I. Bennett said Boston is the nation’s greatest city and praised Mayor Collins and Superintendent Donovan for hosting the Chicago Aldermen. He claimed they sought facts, not favors, and noted New York’s transit efforts as a contrast. The delegation departs Boston for Chicago tonight and then heads to New York before returning home.
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Frank I. Bennett
Chicago
Post
Boston
United States
Bennett
New York
Collins
Donovan
Report Denies Archbishop Williams Succession Talk
A Sioux City report claimed Bishop Garrigan of Sioux City was forwarded to Rome as a possible successor to Archbishop Williams in Massachusetts. Clergy at the Cathedral dismissed the rumor as a pure canard. Williams remains vigorous. Garrigan recently consecrated a bishop.
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Sioux City
Garrigan
Rome
Williams
Massachusetts
Princeton's New Head Bound For New England
President Woodrow Wilson begins duties as head of Princeton University. Inaugural ceremonies planned for October 25. He departs for a month long trip to New England visiting Clifton Massachusetts Northeast Harbor Me and the White Mountains New Hampshire.
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Princeton
N. J
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton University
Wilson
New England
Clifton
Mass
Northeast
Harbor
White Mountains
New Hampshire
Gettysburg Command Indorses Guild for Lieutenant Governor
The Gettysburg Command Union Veteran Union passes a resolution endorsing General Curtis Guild for the Republican nomination for Lieutenant-Governor. It urges Civil War veterans statewide to support Guild as a token of old soldier loyalty and gratitude. The resolution is to be recorded and sent to the press, dated South Boston July 21.
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Gettysburg
Union Veteran Union
Curtis Guild
Commonwealth
Gettyspurge Command
Thos. M. Hogan
Fred A. Mohr
South
Boston
Battle rages in Colombia as 1000 die or are wounded
Panama reports heavy fighting between revolutionary forces under General Herrera and government troops at Agua Dulce Colombia starting July 2 with 1000 total casualties to date. Peace commissioners failed to proceed as fighting continued with intensified assaults and armistice talks.
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Panama
Colombia
Herrera
Agua Walee
Agua Dulce
Moreno
Salazar
Morales Berti
Berti
Firmin Army Advances on Port au Prince
The Firminite army commanded by General Jumeau reorganized after retreating to Arecadale moves toward Port au Prince. Four deputies form a quorum to verify the election validity.
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Firmin
Port AU Prince
Hayti
Aug
Jumeau
Arecadale
Secret Marriage Emerges in Jamaica Plain Vitriol Case
The Jamaica Plain vitriol case expands as Benjamin F. Leach and his wife Miss Flossie Lambert reveal they wed a year ago in secret. Miss Mabel Adams of Dorchester is held for Aug 19 on assault charges, while Leach also seeks an Aug 19 hearing on a warrant for alleged assault.
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Jamaica Plain
Miss Adams
Leach
Benjamin F. Leach
Flossie Lambert
Mabel Adams
Pleasant Street
Dorchester
West Roxbury
Howard
Roxbury
Order of Elks
New York & New England Railroad
New York, New Haven & Hartford Road
Leahh
Boston
Chicago
Lambert
Boylston Street
Post
Fresh Meat Dept Prices in 12 15 and 18 Cents
Meat department prices show hams at 12 to 18 cents per pound with 8 and 10 cent deals also offered. Local market signs advertise value cuts and daily specials to attract shoppers.
Boston Woman Faces Vitriol Case Beside Ex-Railroad Colleague
Miss Adams, a former private school teacher, was charged with intent to harm Leach after buying vitriol powder. Leach, a former yard supervisor, described prior tension with Adams and an ongoing legal pursuit, while both women attended court with tense stares and firm defiance.
Prophecy of Destruction Sparks Atlantic City Panic
In Atlantic City on August 1 a warned tidal wave prophecy by a black preacher sends residents into a stampede. Servants flee to higher ground, boardwalks empty, hotels fear collapse, and messenger boys rush to calm the panic as the city reels from the ominous forecast.
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Atlantic City
Messenger Boys
Mrs Mary Young Tries Death at Jamaica Pond
Mrs Mary A Young 34 of 44 Bromley Park Jamaica Plain attempted suicide by leaping into Jamaica Pond near Pine Bank yesterday afternoon. Patrolmen Hart and Ransell rescued her after a struggle and she was taken home by police ambulance. Her husband said she had been an invalid for four months but was in good spirits before the act.
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Mary A. Young
Bromley Park
Jamaica Plain
Jamaica Pond
Hart
Ransell
Mr. Young
Captain Gaskin Goes Away on Vacation
Captain Ned Gaskin ends months of work in Division 3 and takes a two week vacation to Bar Harbor. He leaves the district cleaner and in better order, having uprooted unruly houses and improved conditions significantly.
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Bute
Division 3
District’s resorts shut down as trials proceed
The article notes many questionable resorts closed and proprietors jailed, with others fleeing bail. Captain Gaskin, Superintendent Pierce, and the police commissioners credit Division 2’s cleanup, and salute Captain Ned for his effective leadership and vacation.
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Captain Gaskin
Pierce
Division 2
Ned
Sanford's Ginger Promises Pure Relief and Distinct Flavor
For loss of appetite digestive upset and travel fatigue Sanford's Ginger is described as priceless with French brandy imported ginger and aromatics. It claims superiority to inferior substitutes and urges purchase from druggists and grocers with the trademark on the wrapper.
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Sanford
Cameron Taken Bigamy Charged in Nashua
Eli Cameron also known as Lal Liberty Camarais and Bishop was arrested in Nashua on a bigamy charge after marrying Bertha Meegan last Tuesday night. He will be arraigned tomorrow. The Meegan woman was sent to the city farm for three months and Mrs. Cameron suspects drugging to force the marriage.
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Nashua
N. H
Eli Cameron
Lal Liberty
Camarais
Bishop
Bertha Meegan
Cameron
Meegan
City Farm
Death by Own Action for Family's Sake
George Waldo Jordan of 288 West Twenty-first Street son of W H Jordan of a car pet cleaning firm drank carbolic acid at Herald Square Hotel and died. An empty bottle was found, he was 33 years old and survived by wife and one child. He left a note praising sacrifice for family.
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New York
George Waldo Jordan
West Twenty-first Street
W. H. Jordan
Herald Square
Jordan
Geo. Waldo Jordan
Dinner Honoring Captain Peacock at Young's Hotel
Last evening a complimentary dinner was hosted for Captain Peacock of the yacht Al Hawwa at Young's Hotel. William C. Dillingham, clerk of courts for Middlesex County, presided, with attendees including Thomas F. Reddy Daniel MacDonald John D. Graham Guy G. Chadbourne and Tony Brunet.
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Captain Peacock
Young's Hotel
William C. Dillingham
Middlesex County
Thomas F. Reddy
Daniel MacDonald
John D. Graham
Guy G. Chadbourne
Tony”’ Brunet
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Mary Young
Chickering
E. F. Gaskin
Bar Harbor
Credit Clothier
D&wn
Jordan's
Philadelphia
Kneeland St
Cobb
Aldrich
Oxford
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