Canadians Capture Boston Parade Amid War Era Reverie
A Canadian force from the Forty third Regiment paraded through Boston in a mock siege, entering Trinity Church and the State House area while being hailed by onlookers. The event included a church service, a banquet at Beaconsfield, and toasts to Roosevelt, King Edward VII, and Ottawa figures, with dignitaries from British and Canadian veterans associations in attendance.
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Edward
Concord
Trust
Boston
Forty-third
South End
Back Bay
State House
Tremont Street
Boylston Street
Trinity Church
England
America
Forty-third Regiment
Courtenay
Woburn Band
Boston Fusilier Veterans’ Association
Highland Dress Association
Rhode Island
British Military and Lee Veterans of
Massachusetts
Duke of Cornwall’s Own Rifles
Rogers
Hotel
Beaconsfield
J. T. Stokes
British Veterans’ Association
A. P. Graham
C.S. Courtenay
W. A. Morse
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
William Wyndham
S. M. Rogers
William Stopford
H. L. Kinecard
Douglas
A. W. Woodhouse
E. Stantels
Amoskeag Vets
New Hampshire
J. H. Dewar
J. H. Berman
W. P. Anderson
Duke’s Own Rifles
Henry Walker
W. H. Oakes
Ottawa
Fred Cook
Frederick W. Borden
Lord Aylmer
Canada
Maynard Rogers
The
Ancients
United States
Stopford
Roosevelt
Edward VII
Commonwealth
Walker
Gillespie
Cook
Beacon Street
Japanese mass in Manchuria fronts Russian forces
In Manchuria the Japanese concentrate 430000 infantry and 1600 cannons before Russian armies. Excludes General Hasegawa’s Corea detachment and a separate unit with unknown destination. Weather is good and roads are drying.
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Lidiapudze
Manchuria
Hasegawa
Corea
Seek Gamblers in Chinatown
Police raids in Chinatown target gambling after tensions between Hep Sing Tong and On Leong Tong. Division 4 under Sergeant Hall conducted raids through the night visiting suspected gaming rooms. At 23 Oxford Street three Chinese were found with a deck of cards and the room’s fittings removed.
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Chinatown
Division 4
Stillman B. H. Hall
Homses
Oxford Street
Man claiming to be Enos arrested for assault in Cambridge
A man, alleged to be Anthony Enos of Charlestown, was arrested at Station 3 East Cambridge on charges of criminal assault against Mrs. Frank Gilchrist of 34 Second Street East Cambridge. She fought him off after he entered her home around 10 p m claiming to have found her dog's collar.
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Anthony Enos
Charlestown
Station 3
East Cambridge
Frank Gilchrist
Second Street
Fire Hero in a Fist Fight on Willard Street
In West End last night Samuel Alpert, hero of the Spring street fire, and Samuel Levine fought after Levine was chased away by a gang of boys. Levine cut on the arm by the fray. patrolman Campbell separated them and placed both in Station 3.
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Willard Street
West End
Samuel Alpert
Spring Street
Samuel Levine
Station 3
Levine
Alpert
Campbell
Wilson plans graft check
Washington Aug. 6 Secretary Wilson considers two rules to curb conflicts of interest in the Agriculture Department. One bars employees from owning a business tied to their department work. The other prohibits involvement with firms contracting with the department if the employee could influence or advise on awards. A bureau of animal industry probe continues.
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Washington
Bureau of Animal Industry
Salmon
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Miners killed in coal mine accident at Union Pacific mine
Cumberland Wyoming August 6 Two men were killed and six injured when a blast at an Union Pacific Coal Company mine triggered a mass of coal that fell So strong overhead coal collapsed as workers began shoveling it into cars crushing the men to the floor creating a deadly accident at the mine
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Cumberland
Wyo
Union Pacific Coal Company
Kilnane Believed Drowned at Battery Wharf
Patrick Kilnane a 45 year old East Boston longshoreman disappeared this morning while working on a Baltimore steamer at Battery Wharf. His hat was later found in the water and police grappled for the body without success. He was married and lived at 45 Cross street East Boston.
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Patrick Kilnane
Cross Street
Boston
Baltimore
Battery Wharf
Kilnane
Parrol Buried With Him in Brookline Obituary
Funeral services for John S. Richards horticulturist of Brookline were held at his Clyde Street home. His parrot Tommy, kept with him for 50 years, was chloroformed and buried beside him per Richards' dying wish. Interment followed at Walnut Hill Cemetery beside his wife.
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John S. Richards
Brookline
Clyde Street
Country Club
Leonard K. Storrs
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Tommy
W. P. DeFriez
Walnut Hill Cemetery
Train Hits Street Car Killing Several in Cleveland
The Pittsburg flyer struck an east bound St. Clair street car at the St. Clair street crossing around 9 10 tonight smashing the forward end and overturning the car. Reports vary with eight killed and about 30 injured. Gates were up and the conductor had moved ahead to throw the safety switch. He saw the locomotive approaching too late to stop the collision.
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Cleveland
Pittsburg
St. Clair
St. Clair Street
Cuba as a Powder Mine in Cuban Political Fight
Jose Miguel Gomez, governor of Santa Clara and Liberal presidential candidate, warns in an interview that Cuba is a powder mine with a lit fuse, claiming 1500 rural guards favor him while 1500 oppose. Military officers deny the claim, noting only the Santa Clara guards showed disaffection before relocation to Havana.
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Havana
Jose Miguel Gomez
Santa Clara
Cuba
Palma
Gomez
Barges and Tug Run Aground Off Fisher's Island
Two whaleback barges and a steam tug went ashore in heavy fog and high seas at the west end of Fisher's Island New London reports. The wrecker from New London says the position is not dangerous and the craft are beached about two and a half miles east of North Dumpling Island lighthouse.
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New London
Conn
Fisher’s Island
North Dumpling Island
Stolen Horse and Carryall From West Newton Family
At St Bernard's Church in West Newton on August 6 a thief took a carryall and a sorrel horse belonging to Eugene Conroy and family who were attending mass. The items valued at 250 dollars were taken while the family prayed.
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West Newton
Eugene Conroy
St. Bernard’s Church
Thousands of Canoes Fill Charles River Parks
About 5000 canoeists crowded the Charles River from Upper Falls to Waltham as park police reported. Picnickers lined groves and woodlands along the shore on a sunny Aug. 6.
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Charles River
Auburndale
Upper Falls
Waltham
Brave Boys Save Comrade in Cambridge River Rescue
Wryer Lorry and Emmett Sheahan, ages 12 and 10, saved John Creedon, 13, from drowning after Creedon entered the Charles River near the dizzy bridge in East Cambridge. Lorry leaped in and grabbed Creedon, then Sheahan fetched a pole to pull them to shore. Creedon soon regained consciousness and was taken home by ambulance. Onlookers credited both boys for the lifesaving act and praised Lorry’s prompt bravery and Sheahan’s quick thinking.
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Wryer Lorry
Emmett Sheahan
John Creedon
Cambridge
Creedon
Charles River
Brookline Street
Sheahan
Larry
Four Chinese Dead in Fight at New York Theatre
Four Chinamen were killed and several wounded in a pistol battle between rival Chinese societies inside a theatre on Dover Street in New York. Police arrested many in the Chinese district after quelling the riot, with Hip Sing Tong implicated in the assault amid a packed crowd.
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New York
Dovers Street
Elizabeth Street
Hip Sing Tong
200 Letter Carriers Outing At Lake Quinsigamond
The Boston Letter Carriers Association with about 200 members plus a 40 piece band traveled by special cars from Boston to Worcester for its annual event on the Shrewsbury shore of Lake Quinsigamond.
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Lake Quinsigamond
Boston Letter Carriers’ Association
Worcester
Boston & Worcester
Shrewsbury
Roosevelt Delivers Lay Sermon to Oyster Bay Christians
President Roosevelt spoke to the Christian Brotherhood of Oyster Bay in a Methodist Church Sunday school room. He urged sound character and duty to neighbors and God, reading from Matthew and James, stressing home life and community betterment. He concluded by shaking hands with members after the address.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Christian Brotherhood of
Methodist Episcopal Church
W. S. Bowman
Bowman
The
Christian Brotherhood
James
Roxbury Woman Suffers Brain Contusions After Fall
Ellen Carey, 63, a Roxbury widow residing at 63 Northfield street, fell down stairs yesterday morning and was found unconscious. A doctor diagnosed brain contusions and she was taken to City Hospital in a low condition.
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Ellen Carey
Northfield Street
Roxbury
City Hospital
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All Boston
Commonwealth Avenue
Joseph N. Blanchard
Marshall Underwood
Benjamin EF. Shedd
First
Heavy Artillery
Charles EB. Whitney
Fusilier Veterans’ Association
FE. H. Muldowney
British Military and Naval Veterans’ Association
Harry L. Kincaide
W. D. Riggs
Highlandress Association
L. T. J. F. Barrows
National Lancers
A. H. Young
R. A. Upham
British Military and Navy Veterans’ Association
Alexander Graham
C. S. Courtenay
C. E. Stanwood
J. S. Smith
George B. Perry
F. J. Mc Meekin
Tornese
J. D. Coady
Fred L. Whiting
Fifth Regiment
William H. Oakes
Mark EF. Smith
W. H. Wilson
Wighland Dress
Fusilefer Veterans
Castor
Parrol
el Rene
New England
MI. C. Gregor
San Washington Sr
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