The New Tremont Temple Fireproof Interior Plans Revealed
A Post reporter tours the Tremont Temple construction describing fireproof construction by Blackall and Newton. Details include a 72 by 134 foot main hall, extensive ducted ventilation, two elevators, a large organ chamber, and floors devoted to mission groups, offices, and Memorial Hall.
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Tremont Temple
Tremont
Messrs
Blackall & Newton
Blackall
American Baptist Missionary Union
Women’s Missionary Societies
Memorial Hall
New Trémont Temple
Charms of Bar Harbor Social Day Draws Elite
Bar Harbor, Me. hosts a yacht filled afternoon as the Corsair of J Pierpont Morgan arrives from New York. Charles T How of Boston hosts a lawn tea at the Cedars for a fashionable gathering and Mrs William Lawrence Green of Albany posts a luncheon. Tonight a private ball honors Natalie Barney at Berry-Bryn with Governor Morton and the diplomatic corps in attendance.
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Bar Harbor
Corsair
J. Pierpont Morgan
New York
Charles T. How
Boston
the Cedars
William Lawrence Green
Albany
N. Y
Albert Clifford Barney
Washington, D. C
Natalie
Ban-y-Bryn
Morton
Diplomatic Corps
U S Sends War Vessel to Foil Cuban Filibusters
Washington Aug 6 The United States has dispatched the warship Cincinnati to deter Cuban filibustering expeditions, honoring pledges to Spain to curb departures from the United States. The move aims to prevent these ventures and uphold diplomatic assurances.
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Washington
Spain
United States
Cincinnati
Woman Dies on Street in Heart Disease Case
At about 7 30 last evening Mariah Conlon age 30 of 8 Falmouth street collapsed and died on the corner of Huntington and Massachusetts avenues. Death attributed to heart disease. Undertaker Jones attended the aftermath.
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Mariah Conlon
Falmouth Street
Huntington and
Massachusetts Avenues
Jones
Closing Out Sale of Fine Ready Made Clothing
A local store announces a closing out sale to make room for fall clothing. Suits and outfits are heavily discounted with prices like $4.60, $1.05, and $1.60, plus boys’ wear reduced to low cents. The ad emphasizes reduced inventory across men’s and boys’ apparel with limited sizes and selections.
Seam and Co Clothiers Varnishers Notice
A fragment refers to SEAM & CO Clothiers and Varnishers with unclear signature Ot WARK on. The readable portion hints at a business or notice involving the firm name and a person or initials, but key details are missing.
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Seam & CO. Clothiers and Varnishers, Aae-Ae “Ot Wark
Woton On
Death Attempt by Henry Pasteur Ends in Custody
Henry Pasteur a German born baker living at 217 East One Hundred Twenty Fifth Street attempted to hang himself after disputes with his wife who often stayed out late. Patrolman Schlamp interrupted the act, Pasteur was found strangling himself on a bed post and was taken to the station after crying that his heart was broken.
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New York
Henry Pasteur
Twenty-fifth Street
Schlamp
East One
Pasteur
Pastéeur
Coming Woman Divorcement? Gravius Seeks Household Exemption
Lizzie Gravius sues for divorce from George Gravius. He answers with a cross suit saying she is a "coming woman." He has been compelled to wash dishes scrub children and do all drudgery. He asks the court to uphold old-fashioned male domestic control.
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Cincinnati
Lizzie Gravius
George Gravius
Gravius
Claus Spreckels's Son Marries in Surprise Ceremony
Rudolph Spreckels, 23, youngest son of sugar magnate Claus Spreckels, wed Nellie Joliffe, 29, a noted San Francisco society figure, in a noon ceremony conducted by Vicar General Pendergast. The groom formerly oversaw the Spreckels Philadelphia refinery and Hawaiian plantations.
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San Francisco
Rudolph Spreckels
Claus Spreckels
Nellie Joliffe
Pendergast
Spreckels
Philadelphia
Trust
Lovers Die Together in Paducah Tragedy
In Paducah Kentucky Will Sims and Lucy Perry argued as he began to depart. She drew a revolver from her dress and fatally shot him in the head. She kissed the corpse then, when officers approached, fired two shots into her own head and killed herself.
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Paducah
Will Sims
Lucy Perry
Sims
Two Girls Lash by Wife on Motorman Window Kiss Incident
In New York on August 6 two girls known as Dutch Lena and Dora Geische threw kisses at George Staude, a West Hoboken motorman. Mrs Staude confronted them at Walnut and Spring streets, striking with a rawhide and delivering a severe lashing as the pair fled.
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New York
Dutch Lena
Dora Geische
George Staude
Walnut and
Spring Streets
West Hoboken
Woman strikes husband after alimony hearing in Brooklyn
In Brooklyn a heated alimony and counsel fees motion heard before Judge Van Wyck ended with Carrie E Burckhardt striking Henry Burckhardt in the eye after he refused to talk. Court officers contained the scene as the judge reserved decision on the separation suit.
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New York
Brooklyn
van Wyck
Carrie E. Burckhardt
Henry
Burckhardt
Stole His $200. Anderle seeks arrest of woman for housekeeper theft
John Anderle, a Brooklyn machinist, asked Justice Murphy for a warrant to arrest a woman known as Gisella Morton, alias Bardick, alias Mengelyz, who he says swindled him out of $200 after he advertised for a housekeeper in Maspeth.
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New York
John Anderle
Justice Murphy
Lee Avenue
Brooklyn
BE. C
Gisella Morton
Bardick
Mengelyz
Anderle
Maspeth
Bride Runaway Leaves Groom After Theft
Anderle employed and proposed to a woman who asked for $200 to buy home goods. She consented, but two days later left after he found the house stripped and the promised bride gone. Justice Murphy required a warrant in Maspeth where the burglary occurred.
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Anderle
Betamie
Justice Murphy
Maspeth
Daughter Rescues Father From Military Draft and Marries
Herman Kimpinski, a Rus sian immigrant who became rich, was jailed in Kalisa for evading military service. His daughter Sadie, later aided by the U S minister and Secretary of State Blaine, secured his release after ten months. She then married Max Stein, a barber, at 28 Broad Street in Bridgeport.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Herman Kimpinski
Russia
Kalisa
Sadie
St. Petersburg
United States
Kimpinski
James G. Blaine
Max Stein
Broad Street
First Day of Police Parade Drill in West Armory
Two companies of bluecoats began their first day of drill for the police parade on October 17 in West Armory Irvington street. Drills at 1:30 and 2:45, each company of forty men, with Captain Donovan assisted by a lieutenant and two sergeants. The new United States army tactics were observed, unfamiliar to many, but the units showed credit and promise with practice. Plans for parade formation are still under consideration, and two bands will perform, marking an anticipated improvement over last year.
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Bluecoats
West Armory
Irvington Street
Donovan
Leutenant
Brockway
New Haven
Connecticut
Yale
United States
Smith and
Doyle
Benedict
United States Securities
Andrew Carnegie urges Britain to burn railways for American model
The piece discusses large Fitchburg Freight Engine 5 Mogul, its dimensions 19x26 inch cylinders with 63 inch drivers, weight 114000 pounds on drivers and 214000 with tender. It credits J Medway for design ideas and notes changes in cab position, smoke stack height, and safety valve placement. Also reports on Fitchburg shop remodeling, en route personnel movements, new timetable, and track news from the era.
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Andrew Carnegie
Great Britain
Fitchburg Road
New England
Fitchburg
J. Medway
Mr. Medway
Med
Keene
W. D. Ewing
Essex
A. W. Martin
Old Colony
Mr. Allen
McKinnon
Concord
N. H
D. J. Flanders
Newport
Gloucester
Boston & Maine
Southern Division
Nashua
Boston & Maine Railroad
Concord Junction
Mass
Nashua & Acton
O. W. Greeley
Concord & Montreal
Union Station
Moonlight Sail for Pitts Kimball Lewis Employees
About 400 workers and guests from Pitts Kimball Lewis general dry goods dealers enjoyed a moonlight sail aboard the Baltimore from Snow's Arch Wharf. The trip was arranged by the firm to show appreciation for their staff.
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Pitts, Kimball & Lewis, General Dry Goods
Washington Street
Baltimore
Snow’s Arch Wharf
American pilgrims visit Rome city sights today
Rome on August 6 reports American pilgrims touring the city with plans to visit historic landmarks. The travel group explored key sites and prepared for continued itineraries through Italy.
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Rome
King of Counterfeiters Nabbed in Hoboken Raid
Secret service agents captured four of five counterfeiters in Hoboken on Saturday night. The gang flooded the United States and Canada with one and five dollar fake notes. William E. Brockway, deemed the nation’s most expert forger, and Tom Ballard led the operation. Brockway’s long criminal history marked him as a perennial menace to authorities.
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New York
Secret Service
Hoboken
Canada
United States
William E. Brockway
Prin
Signal Corps Telegraphic Signaling From Armory Tower
Lieutenant Tolman of the signal corps explains a Morse based signaling system used from the South Armory fire tower. A postman witnesses light cues representing dot dash and space as tests for riot readiness. Tolman trains 25 men and plans a fall drill, aiming to make the corps second to none in the militia.
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Irvington Street Fort
South Armory
Leutenant
Signal Corps
Tolman
Signal Sérvice
Second Brigade
Bristol Street
Hill
O. K
Notorious counterfeiter Brockway and gang leaders exposed
Details of a wide counterfeit operation center at 642 Ann street Hoboken led by Brockway alias Colonel Spencer with Dr O B Bradford Libbie Smith and Sid ney Smith. Arrests followed discovery of plates and paper and a history tracing Brockway from Yale to a career of forged bonds and electrotype plates.
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Cipal
Brockway
O. B. Bradford
Third Avenue
Libbie Smith
Bradford
Sidney Smith
Libtie Smith
William §. Wagner
Smith
Ann Street
Hoboken
Colonel Spencer
United States
Romaine
Jersey City
Chinese Confront Foreign Riots In Fo Keaen Province
Dispatch from Consul Jernigan reports outrages in China with missionaries killed amid planned mob attacks. Fo-Kien rebels threaten foreigners as Fung Fook mission house burns. survivors recount diabolical cruelty in Whasang massacre. gun boats awaited to protect Foo-Chow settlement.
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Washington
State Department
Fterngan
Jernigan
China
Hixon
Yungszh
Kuchéng
Foo-Chow
Fo-Kien
Kucheng
B’oo-Chow
Fung Fook
Whasang
Weather Heat Waves Hit Boston In August Slump
The piece chronicles an 89 degree day in Boston during the dog days with heat reflected across crowded sidewalks and trolley cars. It notes residents seeking relief with ice and fans as temperatures swing from morning to late afternoon and records a hot day at the Weather Bureau tower.
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Boston
Weather Bureau of the United States
Cambridge man attempts suicide with laudanum
George C. Dudley, 50, living with brother in law James H. Fuller at Windsor Street Cambridge, took a dose of laudanum at the Howard House. An empty bottle and a full bottle bearing W. W. Robbins Worcester were found. Dudley was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital and is not expected to live. Police traced prior detention at Worcester Insane Asylum after escape, motive unknown.
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George C. Dudley
James H. Fuller
Windsor Street
Cambridge
Howard House
Howard Street
W. W. Robbins
Worcester
Dudley
Massachusetts General Hospital
Cambridge Police
Worcester Insane Asylum
Subway Work Resumes On Street Side Fencing Model Shown
Subways pushed along with concrete work likely to start today along the street side. The streeter at Park square end of the Common is in operation doing good work. A model fence for the on end of the subway was shown yesterday at the garden.
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Park Square
Knights Templars Prepare for Boston Conclave and Grand Stand Contracts
The Knights Templars at 28 School street plan pending preparations for the Boston triennial conclave. Contracts for the grand stand are ready for General Lawrence, lodging houses register guests, and Somerville hosts Sir Knights including De Molay and Boston No. 2. Delegations from Illinois Missouri and Ohio arrive by special trains, with exhibitions and receptions scheduled through August 27 at various city venues.
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School Street
Knights Templars
Lawrence
Committee On
Termiplar
Iowa
Massachusetts Avenue
Knights
Elwood
Springfield
Rufus L. Berry
Boston
Maxwell
Pullman Palace
Union Station
Marlboro Street
Hugh de Payens Commandery
No. 5
Rt. Joseph
L. C. Barnes
Éoffimander
Union Depot
Ashburton Pladé
Peoria Commandery
Peoria
E Reed
Dayton
Russell Johnston
White Mountains
Hotel Bartol
Reed
Brockton
Winslow Lewis
Salem
R. Em
John A. Warner
Ohio
Massachusetts
Terre Haute Commandery
John C. Warren
la Valette
Evansville
Palestine Commandery
Paris
Huntington Avenue
Back Bay
Grand Commandery
Indiana
Cotillon Hall
Mechanics’ Building
People's Party caucus nominates two senators in Roxbury
A Roxbury Populist Club meeting at 2319 Washington Street nominated one state senator from each of the seventh and eighth Suffolk districts. Charles T. Scott, Roxbury Young Men's Club president, is the ninth district nominee with supporters Robert I. Carney and W. A. Downey. The eighth district nomination went to Was. Nominated for Senator from the eighth district, with Joseph Sharpe and W. W. Knox as his committee.
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People’s Party
Suffolk
Roxbury
Washington Street
Charles T. Scott
F. A. McAlduff
Joseph Sharpe
W. W. Knox
Conference on Sidewalk Encroachments Discussed
The Board of Police sets a Thursday at 2 PM for a conference with a Fruit and Produce Exchange committee to discuss enforcing city ordinances on sidewalk obstructions and to seek a remedy for the issue engrossing the exchange members.
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Board of Police
Fruit and Produce Exchange
Ordins
Cambridge Residence Looted After Vacation
Ewen R. McPherson of Chestnut street returned from a seaside vacation Monday to find his Cambridge home looted. Thieves took heavy marble clocks silverware fur garments and assorted household items. Loss estimated at $2000.
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Ewen R. McPherson
Chestnut Street
Sear Shore
Actor and playwright dead in New York on Bright's disease
New York, Aug. 6. Charles Foster, an old time actor and author of stage dramas including Twenty Years Dead The Swamp Angel The Q14 Sitren Manland, died today of Bright's disease. Foster was known as a lively playwright with a string of works across classical and contemporary stages.
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New York
Charles Foster
Bright
Sitren
Manland
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