Mrs Nelson A Miles Dies At West Point At 62
Mrs Nelson A Miles, wife of General Nelson A Miles, died at West Point New York aged 62 after heart disease. She had accompanied her husband on many postings and campaigns and was noted for her domestic but progressive views on women's roles including business and professions. She left two children and was at her sickbed with family nearby.
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N. Y
Nelson A. Miles
General Miles
Sherman
Military Academy
Miles
Samuel Reber
Miss Fitch
Hoyt
Washington
Charles Sherman
John Sherman
Ohio
William T. Sherman
Mary Sherman
Don Cameron
Pennsylvania
Miss Sherman
Senator Sherman
Europe
Tampa
Cuba
Death of Mrs Miles Shocks Washington Military Circles
News of Mrs Miles death reaches General Miles with sorrow in army circles. Telegrams of condolence flow from officers on duty. Mrs Miles to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery near the Potomac. President Roosevelt sent sympathy to Lieutenant General Miles and his wife. The general and Mrs Roosevelt were well acquainted with Mrs Miles.
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Washington
Miles
General Miles
National Cemetery
Arlington
Potomac
Roosevelt
Grand Republic deemed death trap as Slocum probe ends
Inspector testifies the excursion steamer Grand Republic lacks usable ice saving gear and fire fighting apparatus. Life preservers and rafts are aged or defective, with many unsatisfactory items condemned. Commission ends hearings and plans to forward evidence to Washington.
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New York
James M. Todd
Grand Republic
Federal Commission
Fast River
Knickerbocker Steamship Company
Alumni oppose Harvard Tech Union in failed conferences
Alumni officials report no agreement on a proposed union between Harvard and the Technology Institute. Secretary Fay cites absent conference members and strong opposition, noting wills totaling over 2.5 million dollars may require the institute’s independence. Plans mention a Harvard school for lower science courses and use of the Mackay endowment income.
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Technology
F. H. Fay
The
Association of Class Secretaries
Fay
Middle Western States
Tech
Pritchett
Hotel Somerset
McKay
President cites conflict in reviewing G A R encampment invite
Lieutenant Governor Curtis Guild and General W W Blackmar led a Boston invitation to President Roosevelt to attend the G A R national encampment August 15 to 20 and review the parade on the 16th. Roosevelt appreciated the gesture but expected to decline due to public duties this year. A naval squadron of ten ships will be sent to Boston for the encampment, including the Massachusetts and Des Moines.
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Curtis Guild
Massachusetts
W. W. Blackmar
Boston
Roosevelt
Morton
Des Moines
Columbia
Hartford
Hull
Whipple
Truxton
North End girl, 12, saves drowning stranger at park
Miss Alice Smith of 3 Vernon Place North End recalled diving from a raft to rescue an unknown girl in the water about 10 feet from shore. She swam with one arm while supporting the girl, reaching shore and saving the swimmer as onlookers aided. The rescuer, daughter of Special Officer George L. Smith of 1732 T wharf, did not know the rescued girl’s name.
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Alice Smith
Vernon Place
North End
Miss Smith
George L. Smith
T Wharf
Maloney
Melrose
City Hall Square
Ell Pond
Death of the Virgin painting traced to life in Boston display
Inquiries in Nuremberg reveal Michael Wohlgemuth's Death of the Virgin was painted from life using two prominent local families as models. The work, now in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, links to German ambassador to the Quirinal as a descendant of the depicted Virgin. The piece remains in Boston, part of the Susan Cornelia Warren collection.
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Michael Wohlgemuth
Museum of Fine Arts
Germany
Quirinal
America
Albrecht Durer
Susan Cornelia Warren
Samuel D. Warren
Nureberg
Boston
The
Coal Miners Delay Strike Across District No. 1
Scranton Penn Aug 2 The United Mine Workers executive board district No 1 adjourned as District President Nicholls announced approval of the Pittsburg convention position and compliance with its instructions The board will reconvene only after officers investigate and report companies paying check weighmen and docking bosses in Wrights decision, with operators saying no further conciliation meeting until miners’ reps call it and accept the check weighmen issue in order.
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Scranton
Penn
United Mine Workers’ Executive Board
District No. 1
Nicholls
Pittsburg
Wright
Concord man leaves foreign photographs to library
In a will filed at East Cambridge yesterday Alfred Munroe of Concord bequeathed all his foreign photographs to the Free Public Library of Concord. Charles Francis Munroe of Concord is named as executor.
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Concord Public Library
East Cambridge
Alfred Munroe
Concord
Free Public Library of Concord
Charles Francis Munroe
Strange deaths in North Adams family mystery illness
In North Adams on August 2 a Courtney family death is attributed to ptomaine poisoning with James Courtney, 83, dead. George and Molly, 20, remain seriously ill while Edward Courtney’s other child and the father survive though ill. Doctors find no canned food link as cause. two children to be buried tomorrow.
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North Adams
Courtney
James
Edward Courtney
George
Molly
Tomor
McGough Sues Street Railway for 20000 Injury Claim
Mary McGough filed an attachment in East Cambridge Court against Boston and Northern Street Railway Company for 20000 in tort. She alleges she was alighting a Melrose car at Main and Grove on July 7 with caution when the car started early and threw her to the ground causing injuries.
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East Cambridge
Mary MccGough
Boston & Northern Street Railway Company
Miss McGough
Main and
Grove Street
Melrose
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