Utica Priest Targeted in Suspicious Kidnap Plot
Rev. Father Luck, acting pastor of Holy Trinity Parish, reports a failed kidnapping attempt after leaving a deathbed visit. A closed carriage with over a dozen parishioners allegedly tried to force him into the vehicle. he fled to Syracuse and notified police chief Brophy and Bishop Ludden.
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Utica
N. Y
Father Suck
Holy Trinity Parish
Father Pniak
Father Luck
Syracuse
P. A. Ludden
Brophy
City autos to be a nice pink color
Mayor Hibbard announced he would sign an ordinance requiring all city automobiles to be painted a distinctive color, likely pink, to curb joy riding. He denied a rumor that his own vehicle would be exempt and said chauffeurs must wear city uniforms.
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Hibbard
Foil Attempt To Smuggle Cutlery Foiled At Charlestown Dock
Customs Inspector Francis H Richardson uncovered a false bottom trunk among steerage baggage at the White Star dock Charlestown on the Crete. The trunk owner Afrio Primvitra of 230 Common street Lawrence claimed clothing but authorities weighed and seized the trunk containing cutlery.
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Francis H. Richardson
White Star
Charlestown
Afrio Primvitra
Common Street
Lawrence
Spencer Trask Loses Eye After Boston Car Crash
Saratoga dispatch reports Spencer Trask of New York has lost his left eye due to injuries from a June 23 automobile collision in Boston. The accident left Trask hospitalized and the extent of his injuries confirmed by attending physicians.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Boston
Spencer Trask
New York
Genuine Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna Ad
The Exceptional Equipment of the California Fig Syrup Co. and its chemists have created Syrup of Fig and Elixir of Senna by extracting pure medicinal plant principles and combining them with wholesome syrup. The Genuine article uses an original method known only to the California Fig Syrup Co. and bears the full company name on the front to ensure authenticity.
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California Vig Syrup Co
Senna
California Fig Syrup Co
California Pig Syrup Co
Navy ship saved by air tonic from Brenton's Reef
Newport R I Aug 2 Still another triumph for compressed air as a salvor of wrecked vessels was recorded tonight when the naval collier Nero was successfully floated from the rocks of Brenton's Reef. Pumped clear of water and buoyed up by compressed air, it was easy for five tugs and the submarine tender Nina to ease the Nero from her impaled position.
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Newport
R. I
Nero
Brenton’s Reef
Nina
Nero Stranded Off Provincetown After Fog
During a July 2 dense fog the Nero ran aground while bound from Bradford naval coaling station to the Atlantic fleet battleships at Provincetown. For three days the navy tried to refloat her before John Arbuckle Wrecking Company secured the contract to salvage.
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Nero
John R. Kennedy
Bradford Naval
Provincetown
John Arbuckle Wrecking Company
Solicitor
McAllister Brothers
Seabury
Harlin
Pontiac
Kept Wedding Secret Two Years in Saco Society
Saco society circles were stirred by the announcement of the marriage of Dr. Fitz Roy Pillsbury to Miss Ruby May Davis. The ceremony occurred two years ago before the Dartmouth Harvard football game. Pillsbury, son of Dr. Charles W. Pillsbury, earned his Dartmouth Medical School degree this year and belongs to Sigma Chi Alpha Kappa Kappa and the Massachusetts Medical Society. He has served at Boston City Hospital and is a resident house officer at Lowell Hospital.
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Saco, Me
Saco Society
Fitzroy Pillsbury
Ruby May Davis
Henry D. Davis
Dartmouth
Harvard
Pillsbury
Charles W. Pillsbury
Dartmouth Medical School
Sigma Chi
Alpha Kappa Kappa
Massachusetts Medical Society
Boston City Hospital
Lowell Hospital
Beautiful Boston Bride at Albermarle Horse Show
Charlottesville Va August 2 The ninth annual Albermarle Horse Show Association exhibition draws top exhibitors. Thomas F Ryan of New York enters Oakridge Farm Nelson County with a fresh string of thoroughbreds while William S Dupont Montpelier VA competes again. Mrs Reginald Brooks Boston will ride Castleman and Boxer, joining Mrs Allen Potts Richmond with five horses from Castle Hill stables and Castlehill hounds.
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Charlottesville
Albermarle Horse Show Association
Thomas F. Ryan
New York
Oakridge Farm
Nelson County
William
Dupont
Montpelier
Allen Potts
Richmond
Castle Hill
Potts
America
Castlehill
Fort Yates Tablet Dedicated in Springfield
In a civic ceremony with many veterans present the tablet on the Fort Yates site marking Grant’s 21st Illinois Infantry position in 1861 was unveiled. Governor Deneen and other speakers addressed the gathering.
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Springfield
Ill
Old Fort Yates
Grant
21St
Ilinois Infantry
Deneen
Quarantine on Kentucky Sheep Declared for Scabies Epidemic
Louisville Aug 2 Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has ordered a quarantine on Kentucky sheep due to an epidemic of scabies. The action aims to prevent spread of the disease to other regions and protect livestock.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Wilson
Maine Slashes Rates to Chicago Sets Lowest Freight Charge
Boston and Maine railroad cuts freight rates to Chicago to meet rival lines. Beginning September 5 the road offers the lowest Chicago freight charges ever in force, the third class rate cut and fourth commodity rate cut since the war began. Officials call the move a principle fight against discrimination toward southern ports. The B and M maintains current schedules but matches rival reductions.
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Boston & Maine Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio
Reading
Pennsylvania
Boston
Chicago
Boston & Maine
Boston Road
Rival rail rate fight prompts ICC intervention era
Rail carriers push a new differential rate system for Atlantic and Gulf ports. Boston and Maine challenges rival routes after rate cuts to keep Western business, with Baltimore and Ohio and New York roads slashing rates. Officials report ongoing adjustments as Sept. 1 and Sept. 3 changes roll out to meet competition.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Atlantic
Gulf Ports
New York
Chicago
Boston
Boston & Maine
Baltimore
Baltimore & Ohio
Washington
Atlantic Seaboard
N. York
Phila
Bos
Roxbury man sentenced for assault and drunkenness
Frederick Renehan of 194 Dudley Street faced Judge Williams in Roxbury Municipal Court yesterday. He was fined five dollars for drunkenness and sentenced to two months in the House of Correction for assault and battery on Special Officer Francis A. Higgins of the Boston Elevated Railway at the Dudley Street transfer station last Saturday night.
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Frederick Renehan
Dudley Street
Roxbury
Williams
House of Correction
Francis A. Higgins
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Stationary Firemen Plan Moonlight Outing in Boston
The International Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen Local 242 of Boston holds its second annual moonlight voyage on Wednesday Aug 4. The steamer Governor Andrews departs Otis wharf at 8 p m and returns at midnight with music dancing and refreshments. A 15 member committee led by Chairman Miner Heller and aided by a ladies auxiliary runs the affair.
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International Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen
Boston
Governor Andrews
Otis Wharf
Miner Heller
Woman Swimmer Drowns in Cobbessee Stream
Mrs. Cora Carson Moore aged 42 drowned while swimming Cobbessee stream in Gardiner Maine. Her body was recovered soon after. She was an accomplished swimmer and authorities believe cramps caused the accident.
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Gardiner
Cobbessee
Cora Carson Moore
Czar and Edward Meet Amid a Great War Fleet
In Cowes the Russian Emperor Nicholas and King Edward VII met aboard the royal yacht Victoria and Albert as a Russian squadron visited the British fleet off Spithead. Guarded heavily, Nicholas planned to stay aboard except brief shore visit, while British and Russian fleets and several American yachts filled regatta week with royal hospitality and joint diplomacy.
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Czar
Edward
Cowes
Nicholas
England
Victoria and Albert
Standart
Spithead
Great Britain
France
Russia
Emperor Nicholas
King Edward
Admiral Makharoff
Rurik
Peror Nicholas
Scotland Yard
Cowes Naval School
Morton F. Plant
Allison Armour
Jordan Mott
Anthony J. Drexel
Margarita
Leeds
Thomas Lipton
Erin
Eugenie
Thistle
Alexandria
Czarina
Queen Alexandra
Prince of Wales
Princess of Wales
Helen Keller Photo Highlighted by New England Photographers
The Whitman studio will display a notable photograph of Helen Keller at the New England Photographers Association convention on August 3 to 5 at Mechanics Building. Keller, visiting Maine for the summer, remains a figure of global astonishment for her fears and accomplishments. Harry Thaw’s claim that his mother aided Keller surprised Keller’s Boston friends, who noted she had many generous benefactors including the Pittsburg family.
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New England Photographers’ Association
Helen Keller
Whitman Studio
Mechanics Building
Miss Keller
Maine
Harry Thaw
Boston
Pittsburg
Whitman
Photographers’ Convention
Call to battle forests fires spreads across Cape Cod
Fire wardens and nearly 400 volunteers battle a fast moving blaze along Buzzards Bay from Falmouth to Hatchville and Forestdale. Homes and barns burn while officers warn road users and incensed residents fear arson as crews clear lines and rally more men.
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Falmouth
Hatchville
Ashumet
Forestdale
Sandwich
Buzzard's Bay
Pocasset
Cape
Snake Pond
Worestdale
Everett Benson
Joseph Wing
Arthur Davis
North Falmouth
George Noyes
Mill Road
James Hatch
Charles Turner
W. M. Robbins
William and Herbert Lawrence
W. N. Chadwick
Teatricket
Forest Fire Threatens Hatchville East End Meeting House
The Hatchville forest fire east of town, one of the worst seen by local fire fighters, drew help from Sandwich and Sagamore. Fire Warden Jerome Holway led crews around the East End Meeting House as wind slackened toward dawn, raising hope the village was saved unless winds return.
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Hatchville
Sandwich
Jerome Holway
East End Meeting House
Sagamore
Work Halls on Newton Church
The laying of the foundations for St. Marys Church at Newton Upper Falls is at a temporary standstill. Dispute reportedly exists between the contractor and a neighboring property owner.
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Newton
St. Mary's
Newton Upper Falls
Woman Dies After Rat Poison Poisoning in Personal Crisis
In Makleporo Aug 2 a 56 year old woman identified as Mrs Amelia Dean took rat poison during a personal crisis. She died today after neighbors found her in her tent. Her husband Fred Dean, separated for years, lives at Hanover Centre with a son.
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Makleporo
Amelia Dean
New Lincoln cents arrive at Boston sub treasury
About 500 coins reached the Boston sub treasury yesterday afternoon. Distribution begins today with a limit of 50 coins per applicant.
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Boston
Paderewski Elevated to Officer in Legion of Honor
Paris August 2 Ignace Paderewski the Polish pianist has been made an officer of the French Legion of Honor.
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Paderewski In
Legion of Honor
Paris
Ignace Paderewski
Thaw Case Hearings Move Toward End in Matteawan
Mrs Mary Copley Thaw testified as part of prosecutor Jerome s bid to prove Harry K Thaw insane In court today Dr Amos B Baker described Thaws behavior at Matteawan from 1908 to 1926 noting occasional irrational acts and a shift after early months of confinement The state plans to rest its alienists evidence soon and Charles Morschauser will urge Thaws own testimony as the hearing nears conclusion
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White Plains
N. Y
Mary Copley Thaw
Jerome
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Thaw
Matteawan Asylum
Amos B. Baker
Baker
Charles Morschauser
Harry Thaw
Matteawan
Dr.Baker
Morschauser
Dr. Baker
Justice Mills
After Summer Exercise and Pineal Cologne Use
After vigorous exercise in heat use a cold tub or sponge bath with pineal cologne. The pine fragrance refreshes, removes perspiration, and restores energy for the day. For infants and invalids pineal cologne comforts bath use, deodorizes sprays, and general toilet use. Riker Jaynes stores offer trial sizes at 15 cents and full half pint at 75 cents.
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Riker-Jaynes
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