Great Market for Specialties
The New York market rose with substantial turnover and gains in many specialties led by Illinois Central and Missouri Pacific amid rumors of control over St. Louis & San Francisco. Norfolk & Western and Chesapeake & Ohio advanced while Manhattan weakened on potential labor issues. Other notes include Dominion Iron and Steel activity and a record July for Dominion Coal Company with strong copper sector moves and gold nugget finds in Colorado.
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Wyoming Oil Co claims rich oil district in Wyoming
The Wyoming Oil Co asserts the Union Pacific line land contains premier mineral oil. government tests place value at 6 to 10 dollars per barrel. The firm owns over 10 000 acres with wells on multiple sections and projects high profits from 40 barrel daily wells, totaling about 576 000 dollars yearly for ten wells.
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United States
Union Pacific R. A
J. W. Beverly
Interior Department
Wyoming Oil Co
Lion Stunt in Grand Opera House Shocks Lobby Crowd
Stage hands and patrons watched a lion jump toward footlights during cage transfer. The keeper stood firm as the animal charged, a bulb exploded, and attendants guided the beast back into a shifting box where meat lured it inside.
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Grand Opera House
Notre Dame Saved as Seine Flood Fails to Doom Cathedral
Paris aug seven floodwaters undermine Notre Dame but pumping and foundation reinforcement avert Venice like collapse. Engineers report water removed and supports stabilised the structure amid river level rise.
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Seine
Notre Dame
Venice
Stage News Roundup Of Theatre Moves And Returns
Marian Chapman to star in Quincy Adams Sawyer. Laurence Irving to meet E H Sothern on Richard Lovelace. John B Schoeffel reports fierce manager competition and booking woes. Mme Scalchi sails Aug 23 for vaudeville tour. George Bowles leads The Chaperons era. new Perley scheme planned. Mascagni’s opera to Boston Oct week. Ellen Burg joins Robert Edeson in Soldiers of Fortune. David Warfield near full recovery ready for September Auctioneer. Blanche Walsh prepping Adirondacks season with Salambo and What Will People Say. Worcester Festival to open with Ossip Gabrilowitsch Oct 2.
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Laurence Irving
New York
E. H. Sothern
Richard Lovelace
John B. Schoeffel
Tremont Theatre
Rochester
N. Y
Mme. Scalchi
George Bowles
Frank L. Perley
Mascagni
Boston
Ellen Burg
Robert Edeson
David Warfield
Blanche Walsh
Adirondacks
Stanislaus Stange
Salambo
Boston Theatrical Season Bright with Big Names and Openings
The Tremont and Music Hall host gala crowds as Gilbert's Engaged and The Fool's Revenge play to large audiences. The cast includes Willis Sweatnam at Keith's and How ard Hall in The Man Who Dared at the Grand Opera House. Henry W. Savage plans a Tremont season of English grand opera singers starting Sept 22.
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Nickelodeon
Henry W. Savage
Tremont Theatre
Boston
Father and son share poignant visit in Salem jail
In Salem on August 7 John C. Best met his 68 year old father for the first time in years at the jail guard room. The elder Best, dressed in black and visibly grieving, spoke with his son for 90 minutes while officers kept distance. The father promised to return tomorrow as Best mourns a heavy ordeal.
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John C. Best
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Colonel Johnson
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Post
Burglaries Plague Chester Mill for Sixteen Years
Chester Vermont August 7 C H Waterman owner of a grist mill explains using a spring gun to catch intruders after a 16 year spree of break ins. Clarence Adams, town resident, was shot when the gun discharged during an attempted theft. Local stores stations and homes suffered losses.
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C. H. Waterman
Clarence Adams
Mr. Waterman
Grasshopper Invasion Brings Up on Noddle Island
East Boston faces a surge of grasshoppers carried into the city by Westbound trains. Locomotives are coated with insects. children scoop them for bait along tracks, while crews struggle to clean engines amid dust and grease.
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Noddle Island
Boston
Boston & Albany Road
Art in Advertising at Wolf's Corner
A colorful daily hand painted poster graces Wolf's My Clothier window at Hanover and Portland streets. The striking dashy images attract attention as passersby check the corner daily for new art and terse slogans.
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Wolf's
Hanover
Portland Streets
Portland Street
Remarkable Swim by 14YearOld Miss Talbot at Contoocook
Miss Marjorie Talbot of Roxbury Hutchings street surprised residents and summer colony at Fast Jaffrey New Hampshire by swimming from the lake’s foot to the island, over a mile, a feat never achieved by a girl of her sex. At only 14, the achievement is all the more remarkable.
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Hutchings Street
Roxbury
Fast Jaffrey
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Lake Contoocook
Fire Department Announces Transfers and Recognitions
Fire Commissioner Henry S Russell announces transfers of several privates and commends two men while appointing another. John J Murphy of Chemical Engine 12 Roxbury praised for stopping a runaway horse and receives an extra day off. WH L McCartee of Combination Ladder 9 West Roxbury also rewarded. Michael J Fallon of Engine 22 moves to Ladder 1. Patrick J Malone replaces him at Engine 22. Peter J Donovan Ladder 6 and A J G McKee Engine 33 also changed. Henry C Swett named call substitute to Engine 16 Dorchester.
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Warren Avenue
Friend Street
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Dorchester
Kaiser and Czar Dine Reval
Emperor William and the Czar dined aboard the Standart after a state dinner on the Kaiser’s ship. They watched night gun practice on the Russian fleet by flashlight and later toured the Minin to view fleet evolutions at sea before returning to lunch.
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Hohenzollern
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Standart
Mqmperor
Motorman Barnes Held on $1000 Bond in Arlington Fatality
Albert L. Barnes who ran the car that killed William Mead at Arlington Wednesday night was arraigned in Cambridge District Court. Barnes posted a $1000 bond for appearance Saturday.
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William Mead
Arlington
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