Carrabelle Storm Devastates Gulf Town and Rail Corridor
Carrabelle and surrounding communities suffered extensive destruction from a fierce cyclone. Widespread damage hit boats, wharves, mills, and roads with rail lines suspended as winds and rain inundated the region. Unconfirmed reports claim the steamer Crescent may be lost between Apalachicola and Carrabelle. one mill hand and another man were drowned in McIntyre and St Marks, with crews unsure of total fatalities.
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Tallahasser
Fla
Carrabelle
Gulf of Mexico
Lanosk
Crescent
Apalachicola
St. Theresa
McIntyre
Curtis Mills
Tallahassee Gulf
Tallahassee
Gulf Ports
Othiocknee River
MclIntyre
Crittenden
St. Marks
Crescent City
Chattahoochee River
Tornado Hits Elizabeth New Jersey Unroofs Theatres
A wide tornado tore through Elizabeth New Jersey causing major structural damage and unroofing theatres and several churches. The First Presbyterian Third Presbyterian and Central Baptist towers collapsed while the Lyceum Theatre was unroofed and the Star Theatre roof blew away. A shirt factory lost its roof and collapsed with workers inside, causing panic. Skeletons and skulls surfaced in a churchyard as graves were disturbed by earth upheaval. The wind reached eighty miles per hour and streets were jammed with debris.
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New York
Elizabeth
N. J
First Presbyterian
Third Presbyterian
Central Baptist
Lyceum
Star Theatre
Reinhardt
First Presbyterian Church
Yellow fever reports rise near Santiago Cuba
Four American civilians sickened with yellow fever over four days near Santiago. General Wood remains calm as officials note most cases are among immune individuals or isolated outside town. Port and municipal quarantine rules are strictly observed and only Wood and his staff remain in the other health area.
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General Wood
Santiago
Cuba
General Weedtan Club
Eee Wood
Bongo
Privcipe Jeuve
Fiat
Aivision
Etsteiant
Gibson Father of a Boy
A cryptic OCR fragment references Gibson as the father of a boy with unclear context and possibly a unique color description. Details are insufficient to determine date, place, or event.
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Gibson
Breakage on Columbia Topsail Mast After Race Incident
Reporters observed the port spreader fail under strain as the topmast collapsed after tacking near Point Judith. The hull sustained a dent but remained sound. rerigging costs loom. Onboard notables included Nat Herreshoff and Admiral Sampson, with Defender crew urged to clear the wreck and resume.
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Iselin Saya
Columbia
Sema
Point Judith
Mra. Iselin
Nat’ Herreshoff and
Mesers
Woodbury Kane
Herbert Leeda
Newbury Thorne
Iselin
Barr
Wrecking of Columbia's Upper Fabric Explained by Mr Iselin
Newport reports Mr Iselin detailing how Columbia’s training sloop was rebuilt with a steel mast and new rigging after the clash with Captain Barr and Defender. He claims Defender’s vessel was superior and disputes a shared crew dispute in the trouble between Barr and his crew.
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Mr. Iselin
Columbia
Capt. Barr
Omega Oil advertised as universal pain remedy
An Omega Chemical Co advertisement compares pain to fire and claims Omega Oil can quell pains in the neck back shoulders arms chest joints and feet. It urges rubbing the affected area with Omega Oil as the remedy available from druggists, priced around 500.
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Omega Chemical Co
Boston
Mass
Iselin Assesses Ocean Yacht Collision and Repairs
Iselin estimates Columbia led by three minutes before the accident as the port spreader failed and toppled topmast. The brigantine towed to Bristol for mast repair. Columbia considered superior in new rig, better windward, and faster in light wind beats Defender.
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Columbia
Iselin
Newport
Brenton's Cove
Mr. Iselin
Bristol
New York Yacht Club
Columbia Stricken Mast Joins Bristol Race Plans
The Columbia arrives in Bristol with a bent mast and stripped rigging. A Fall River Archer will remove the broken mast and an Oregon pine mast will replace it, with Nat Herreshoff coordinating repairs. Fifteen billman riggers prepare to return Columbia to racing trim ahead of the Shamrock race, with the Vigilant and Navahoe also set to race.
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Bristol
R. I
Columbia
Herreshoffs
Archer
Fall River
Nat Herreshoff
Vigilant
Boston Meeting Presses Jewett Anti Lynching Effort
A Boston gathering, led by Mrs. A. K. Jewett, backed by Rev. J. Allen Kirke and Isaac B. Allen, urged support for Miss Jewett's anti lynching mission to South Carolina. Speakers praised white allyship, called for fundraising, and planned a return meeting for August 10 to organize the league.
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Jewett Ure
Baker
South
Mr. Dart
South Carolina
Miss Jewett
Jewett
Providence Nex
League
Providence
Farris
S T. Paul's
America
A. K. Jewett
Lillian Clayton Jewett
J. Allen Kirke
Wilmington
N. C
Boston
Joan of Arc
New England
Bonner Will Divides NY Ledger Owner’s Estate
The will of Robert Bonner, New York Ledger proprietor, is filed. Emma Jane Forbes, his daughter, receives the West Fifty-sixth Street residence, with her brother Frederick Bonner sharing the stable and horses on West Fifty-fifth Street. The Tarrytown farm goes to Robert Edwin and Frederick Bonner, with four equal shares for residuary legatees and funds for grandsons Robert Allen Bonner and Lawrence Kip Bonner.
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New York
Robert Bonner
The
New York Ledger
Emma Jane Forbes
Francis Forbes
Bonner
West Fifty-sixth Street
Tarrytown
Robert Edwin
Frederick
Robert Edwin Bonner
Frederick Bonner
Robert Allen Bonner
Lawrence Kip Bonner
Andrew Bonner
Irish girls head for Southern convents aboard Teutonic
Twenty eight young Irish women arrived in New York on the Teutonic to join communities of sisters of charity. Twenty three go to the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word in Galveston, two to Victoria, one to Houston, and two to St. Louis. Relatives urged some to return, but most proceed to convents in the South and West.
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New York
Ireland
Teutonic
Sisters of Charity
Mother Machtilda
Teresa
Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word
Galveston
Tex
House of the Order
Victoria
Houston
St. Louis
Maggie Skelly
County Longford
Fall River
Draw Outweighs Scant Crowd In Rochester Boxing Bout
In Ithaca New York August 2 the replacement fighters Mike Donovan of Rochester and Steve Morrissey of Syracuse boxed eight of twenty rounds after Timmy Kearns of Boston was unavailable. Neither sought a knockout and the match ended in a draw. The preliminary between Jack Dean of New York and Tommy Cavanagh of Rochester ended with Dean winning in the third round.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Mike Donovan
Rochester
Steve Morrissey
Syracuse
Timmy Kearns
Boston
Imperial A. C
Jack Dean
New York
Tommy Cavanagh
Dean
Navy to fit up torpedo boat Sommers bought in Germany
The Navy Department will spend about $6000 to fit up the little torpedo boat Sommers, purchased in Germany during the war, rather than abandon her.
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Geeee
Sommers
Washington
Navy Department
Germany
Elmwod Tavern Banquet Honors Brewery Employees
First annual banquet of Elmw Spring brewery workers held at Elmwood Tavern last night. Event followed a fishing party on July 38 for day of 120 staff members. receipts from the fish funded the banquet. Attendees included William Smith Sr and C Smith, plus other company personnel and guests.
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Elmw Spring
Elmwood
William Smith, Sr
Fe C. Smith
Ation
Peprel
Smith & Bons Brewery
General Alger Homecoming Draws Largest Detroit Reception
Detroit honored General Alger with a massive parade and welcome home. Thousands lined the streets as militiamen veterans and civic groups escorted him from the Michigan Central station to City Hall. Governor Pingree and Mayor Maybury praised his service and the crowd cheered the former secretary’s return.
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Detroit
Mich
Russell A. Alger
Lions
Alger
General Alger
Toledo
Bana
Citg Ners
Eneral
Eneral Alger
Michigan Central
Fairbanks Post
Sprveral
G. A. R. Comes
Maybury
Pingree
Phillippines
Cuba
Porto Rico
City Hall
St Josephs Church Picnic Hosts Amateur Meet at Apollo Garden
More than twelve hundred parishioners from St Josephs West End attended the annual parish picnic and track meet at Apollo Garden. The program featured open handicap races in the afternoon with several finals including a close 100 yard dash won by W A McDonald of East Boston A A over W Hines of St Josephs A A. J B Riley of St Josephs A A led the quarter mile, while D J Buckley won the 88 yard dash. McLennan led the mile until late, with Freno of St Josephs finishing ahead. In the broad jump Charlie Kiley won with 11 feet 11 inches, Hugh McGrath took second.
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St. Joseph’s Church
West End
Apollo Garden
W. A. McDonald
East
Boston
A. A
W. Hines
St. Joseph’s
McDonald
Hines
J. 8. Riley
St. Joseph's
Freno
Mercants
Readville
Vudee
Charlie
Ne” Kiley
Hugh
Burglars Hit Comfort Home Of Local Official
Thieves broke into Frank A. Fales, chair man of the Board of Selectmen, taking silverware after removing drawers from a sideboard onto the lawn. They left much valuables and fled, as police link the burglary to a two week Dedham area gang. The entry was gained through an open rear window.
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Norwood
Aus
Frank A. Fales
Board of Selectmen
Fales
Dedham
Rice's Regiment Ready for Manila Deployment
Colonel Rice telegraphs that the Twenty-sixth Infantry has reached full strength and will be organized immediately. The regiment is expected to start for Manila by September 1.
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Washington, D. C
Rice
Corbin
Twenty-sixth
Manila
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