Stowaways Foiled Aboard Canopic at Hoosac Docks
An attempt by 15 Italian stowaways to reach America aboard the White Star liner Canopic was foiled at the start. An aboard employee is under arrest awaiting heavy punishment. Eight Italians were found secreted in ship parts before Naples departure. Sevens more were found after leaving Naples and ashore at the Azores. Contained among 55 saloon passengers were US consul George Pickerill and long time Madeira consul Colonel Thomas C. Jones. The Rev Francis Banfil traveled with data on Vesuvius eruption. The voyage included fog and a wrecked Norwegian bark Undal later sighted.
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Hoosac
Naples
Azores
George Pickerill
United States
Ponta del Gada
Pickerill
Para
Brazil
Youngstown
Ohio
Thomas C. Jones
Madeira
Frankfort
Francis M. Banfil
South Bend
Ind
Palestine
Heyat
Italy
Rome
Mt. Vesuvius
Sealby
Undal
Mother seeks return of money and belongings in elopement case
Mrs Catherine McCormack tells a Milton Post reporter that her daughter Mary eloped with George Forsythe taking her $350 in valuables and cash, watch worth 1380, and clothing. Mary admits guilt in New York and offers to return home but refuses to testify against her daughter.
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Milton
Mary
Catherine McCormack
Post
George Forsythe
L. Crossman
Dorchester Avenue
New York
Quincy
Miss McCormack
New England Telephone Company
Milton Exchange
West Thirty-seventh Street
George
Archie Roosevelt Sails to Newport in Sloop Spray
Archie Roosevelt son of the President arrived at the Newport naval torpedo station after a five day voyage from Oyster Bay aboard the Spray. He traveled under Captain Joshua Slocum who has circled the globe. Archie sought access to Commander Albert Gleaves and the voyage received presidential permission. Captain Slocum praises Archie as a capable sailor and swimmer.
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Newport
R. I
Archie Roosevelt
President Roosevelt
Naval Torpedo Station
Oyster Bay
Spray
Joshua Slocum
Slocum
Archie
Albert Gleaves
Uise
Sheriffs May Seize Maine Town Property
Bangor Maine August 6 The small town of Mattamiscontis faces seizure of its property for 1905 unpaid county taxes unless settled by August 15. No town officers have been elected for 1906 and no funds have been raised to pay state taxes this year.
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Maine
Bangor
Mattamiscontis
Mrs Roosevelt Washes Her Own Laundry in Paris
Paris is abuzz as Madame Fallieres, wife of France’s president, is said to wash her own clothes and even scrub the front steps. She reportedly handles laundering, dishes and china repairs herself, sparking jokes about her hands on official household duties.
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Paris
Madame Fallieres
France
Madame
Doctor narrowly escapes death in auto fire at Dedham
Dr. John F. Farr of Cambridge was pinned under his Maxwell-Briscoe auto after it veered at Court and Washington streets, turning turtle and catching fire from oil in the badly damaged carriage. He freed himself and watched his car burn, marking a second auto fire in Dedham this year.
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Dedham
John F. Fair
Cambridge Street
Cambridge
Court
Washington Streets
Gertrude Phillips Elopes to wed Harry Wetherell
In an Aug 6 report from Attleboro, Miss Gertrude Phillips travels with Harry Wetherell to New York and marries there last week. The couple kept the union secret until Saturday evening when Wetherell reserved a room for himself and wife at the Onset Hotel in Onset Bay. Later Mrs. Wetherell phoned her sister with full details.
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Attleboro
Gertrude Phillips
Harry Wetherell
New York
Why Grand Duchess Olga Gave a Guard Her Doll
A governess recalls Grand Duchess Olga Nicolaivna's gentle kindness at the Russian court. The chaperone describes how Olga, unaware of looming state troubles, gave a guard a girl doll when asked for a doll to keep on duty.
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Olga
Olga Nicolaivna
Maria
Old Love Song Leads to Lost Husband Romance
South Framingham woman Nellie Clark advertised in Boston Sunday papers with a message from an old song to locate her missing husband, an English liner officer. The couple had a long, happy marriage. the song title Tell Me and the couple’s English heritage frame the tale of a hopeful reunion after his three month absence.
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Boston
Nellie Clark
South Framingham
How a Half Score Years Have Treated Mrs. Bryan
Aged changes in Mrs. William J. Bryan are chronicled as the presidency campaigns cast long shadows on family life. The article contrasts her 1896 portraits with a more mature image, noting hair and facial lines and the overall aging impression.
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Bryan
United States
Mark Harina
William J. Byran
Mrs. Bryan
Marriage Broker Got Bride For the Marquis Townshend
London reports a judicial inquiry into the Marquis of Townshend reveals a scheme by marriage brokers to marry the heir to debts. Lady Fawcett and E O Dunne arranged a marriage for $135,000 with Miss Gladys Sutherst, whose father funded the plan. A later lunacy ruling placed the marquis under his wife and family control, while Dunne sought and sold his commission and the story to a newspaper.
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London
Hunter
Marquis of Townshend
Fawcett
E. Oten Dunne
Dunne
Gladys Sutherst
England
Brook Street
Dunnet
Sutherst
Marquis
Bar Human Form Divine in Next Art League Book
The Art Students' League plans a new catalog for distribution among its clients. It will omit half tone images of femininity that drew complaints from Anthony Comstock. An officer said the league has circulated similar catalogs for years with postal consent. The league deems the photographs proper for art study and legal, but fears raids.
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Next Art League
New York
Art Students’ League
Anthony Comstock
Comstock
League
Cata
Art League
Hartje Divorce Proceedings Open In Pittsburg Court
The Hartjes case began before Judge Frazer with lawyers for both sides presenting rapid arguments. Emotions ran high as references to the children moved the couple and Mrs. Hartje grew pale at assertions concerning not kissing their children for a year. The judge planned to take the matter up tomorrow with Ferguson Freeman and Acheson arguing for the respective sides. a fall decision is expected.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Hartje
Frazer
Augustus Hartje
John Marron
Mr. Marron
Acheson
Delegates Fly to Providence for Catholic Abstinence Meet
Delegates from the Boston archdiocese prepare to depart from the South station on the 7 04 train to attend the Catholic Total Abstinence Union national convention in Providence starting tomorrow. Notables include Rev. Francis J Butler of St Leos Dorchester Rev John T Mullen Cathedral rector and Rev Father Doody of Cambridgeport.
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Boston
Catholic Total Abstinence Union
Providence
South Station
Francis J. Butler
St. Leo’s Church
Dorchester
John T. Mullen
Cathedral
Father Doody
Cambridgeport
Dense fog blankets Long Island Sound in New Haven
In New Haven on August 6 fog described by boat captains as the thickest in years shrouded Long Island Sound early today reducing visibility for vessels and challenging navigation.
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New Haven
Conn
Long Island Sound
Mayor in clash as pauper board defies removal request
The Board of Pauper Institutions Trustees refused Mayor Fitzgerald's request for a conference on James English's removal as superintendent of the Long Island Almshouse. The board, led by Prentiss Parker, vows to remove English by next Friday August 10 if he does not resign. English plans to seek a hearing and conference with the Mayor upon his return to Boston to contest the action.
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Board of Pauper Institutions
Fitzgerald
James English
Long Island Almshouse
Dobbins
Collins
English
William J. Sullivan
Prentiss Parker
Parker
Sullivan
Boston
Secretary Root Visits Government Offices in Sao Paulo
SAO PAULO Brazil Aug 6 Secretary Root spends the day touring government offices and schools. The Governor will host a reception in his honor tonight.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Root
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William J. Bryan
Marquis Townshend
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