Boston Girl Swims Four Miles At Newport
Miss Elean Sears of Boston wins a sea swim from Bailey's Beach to Boston's Beach covering four miles in three and a half hours. She was escorted by Philip A. Carroll and a life-saving crew in a life boat along the Rough Point course. Spectators followed from the cliff as the water ran smooth. Sears comes from a prominent athletic Boston family. her uncle Richard Sears is a former national lawn tennis champion.
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Newport
R. J
Eleanor Sears
Boston
Bailey's Beach
Philip A. Carroll
Rough Point
Frederick W. Vanderbilt
Easton's Beach
Miss Sears
Richard Sears
Des Moines Butler Sets Record with Sixth Wife
Des Moines 25 year old butcher Lewis Brindley lives with his sixth wife. His prior five marriages ended in divorce as each spouse left him after losing affection, reflecting a volatile domestic pattern in a single man.
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Des Moines
Dlewis Brindley
Brindley
Lovers Married After Half Century Apart
In Roanoke Virginia on August 8 Mrs Maria W Black aged 68 wed Thomas H Nance 71 of the Indian Territory after 58 years apart. The couple were schoolmates once sweethearts but parental objections drove them apart. Nance had two previous wives and Black two prior husbands.
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Roanoke
Helena
Maria W. Black
Thomas H. Nance
Indian Territory
Reward Up To Twenty Thousand For Woman's Arrest
Public sentiment in Indianapolis drives a reward of twenty thousand dollars or more for the arrest and conviction of the woman’s murderer. The appeal underscores a strong demand for swift justice in the case unfolding this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Indianapolis teacher murder reward fund grows to $20000
Indiana educators unite behind the Bedford case seeking the slayer of Miss Sarah Shafer. Superintendent Cotton and Judge Wilson spearhead the appeal, confident the $20000 reward will be surpassed as the murder investigation stirs the state.
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Tion
Sarah Shafer
Bedford
Cotton
Wilson
Bedford Circuit Court
Woman Lawyer Beats Husband After Divorce
New York Aug 8 The return of Mrs William J S Roddy and Miss May Coleman the woman lawyer who had spoken for the wife reveals a dramatic end to a divorce suit slated for swift action in the South Dakota Kansas area. Roddy a son of the former Alderman went to Sioux Falls a year ago after announcing he would rid himself of his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William J. S. Roddy
May Coleman
Miss Coleman
Postum Cures Coffee Ailments, Kansan Claims Relief
A Kansan describes chronic headaches pain and heart and rheumatic problems blamed on coffee. After switching to Postum the sufferer reports renewed health and no bed days in two years while praising Postum as essential and tasty. The advertisement notes Postum by the Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan and urges readers to get The Road to Wellville book in each package.
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Bright
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Father visits accused stepmother in strychnine case
William Krauss, whose daughter Crystal died from strychnine, visited his jailed wife’s alleged accomplice today and broke into tears while pleading for truth. The accused denied administering the poison despite the husband’s grief and evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
William Krauss
Crystal
American Slum Evangelist Weds British Heiress
Chicago reports the marriage of C. McC. Alexander American singing evangelist and Moody Institute alumnus. While on a Birmingham UK campaign he wooed Helen Cadbury, daughter of the late Richard Cadbury, a Birmingham candy manufacturer. She is an heiress with charity work among revival converts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
C. McC. Alexander
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Birmingham
Eng
Helen Cadbury
Richard Cadbury
Clara Sulzer’s wedding gown becomes her shroud
New York Aug 8 Death ends the romance of Miss Clara Sulzer at German Hospital. The gown for a Sept 7 wedding at St Andrew's Episcopal Church will now serve as her shroud. She was daughter of Herman Sulzer and niece of Congressman Sulzer. William Gibson, introduced by Senator Frawley, was to marry her. she fell ill with appendicitis.
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New York
Clara Sulzer
German Hospital
Miss Sulzer
Herman Sulzer
Congressman Sulzer
William Gibson
Frawley
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Mamie Gilroy Actress Dies in New York
Mamie Gilroy, noted actress and singer with American stage credits, died at her mother's home in New York City after a brief illness from heart disease. She previously starred as leading woman with the Girard Avenue opera company in Philadelphia and later with the Bowdoin Square stock company in Boston, and had planned a road production upcoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mamie Gilroy
Miss Gilroy
Girard Avenue Opera Company
Philadelphia
Bowdoin Square Stock Company
Boston
Princess of Monaco Robbed in Paris
Paris reports Princess Alice of Monaco robbed of a $12,000 diadem and other jewels and cash while abroad. Police secret corps investigate as hotel staff are questioned. the princess, daughter of a New Orleans Turkish banker, is staying briefly in the city.
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Paris
Alice
Monaco
New Orleans
Girl Returns Man Arrested In Runaway Case
Anna Hickey an 11 year old girl returned to 2 Corey street Charles town after she ran away. James Monahan a brakeman was arrested on a charge of abusing a female child and held on 2000 bond for hearing Aug 23. Police seek three other runaways Mary Goodrich Anna O Keefe and Lillie Eldredge.
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Anna Hickey
Corey Street
Charlestown
James Monahan
Mary Goodrich
Anna O'Keefe
Lillie Eldredge
Monahan
Tudge Ely
Munroe
Joy Street
Girl Rescued After All Night On Rocks Island
A young woman signaling distress with a white petticoat was spotted by the tug Long Island near Blackwell's Island. Rescued and taken to Long Island City she swore out a warrant for arrest of several unknown men whom she alleged left her on the rocks all night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Long Island
Long Island Railroad
Blackwell's Island
Long Island City
Woman Held in Larceny of Seven Library Books
Miss Grace E F Kettles 80 formerly of Faulkner and Sau gus now 39 Pleasant street Boston was in Malden court charged with stealing seven books from Miss Mary J Barr who runs a circulating library in Faulkner district valued at 10 50. Kettles denied the crime and said the books were at her Boston home. She was placed under 200 bonds and held for trial tomorrow pending investigation.
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Malden
Aug
Grace EF. Kettles
Faulkner and Saugus
Pleasant Street
Boston
Mary J. Barr
Faulkner
Gentleman Robber Suspected After Newport Jewel Heists
Newport detectives and Pinkertons investigate a series of $200,000 in stolen gems from high society at balls and dinners. Notable victims include Mrs. Reginald Vanderbilt, Mrs. John Jacob Astor, and Mrs. Charles M. Bull. Guards and hidden observers have failed to identify the thief, with focus on a possible "gentleman thief" operating during social crushes and a separate $35,000 Hitt house burglary. A nationwide circular offers rewards and requests police cooperation.
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Newport
Reginald Vanderbilt
John Jacob Astor
Charles M. Bull
Pinkertons
Mesdames Astor and Bull
Fef. C. van Horne
John R. Drexel
William E. Carter
J. Stewart Barney
Hitt House
Hitt
Chiefs of Police
Partial List of Cosily Gems Stolen From Newport Mansions
A partial list details precious items reported stolen from Newport mansions. It includes a pearl collar with diamond clasp valued at 20 000, two pearl ropes with diamond rondels, a pearl brooch with pink white and gray pearls, a ruby and diamond bracelet made by Tiffany Paris, turquoise brooches, and several rings featuring rubies sapphires and emeralds. The list mentions large pearls, various clasps, and karat estimates for stones.
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Tiffany
Paris
Jewelry dealers and pawnbrokers seek valuations on pledged gems
Form wholesale and retail jewellers and pawnbrokers in their cities announce efforts to dispose of jewels in original settings or removed. If offered to pledge or sell, retain the goods long enough for valuation and notify by telegraph telephone or messenger.
Harbor Busy As Liner Hindoo Arrives At Charlestown
The Hindoo from Hull brings seven returning cattlemen and four stowaways. Captain R L Webster commands his first port visit here. The Allan liner Corean from Glasgow docks at Mystic with 11 days at sea. Regina Elena from the Mediterranean discharges cargo at East Boston. Exports last week totaled 1 178 713 dollars while imports stood at 1 501 828 dollars. Tugs Dunbar and Clemena from Ogdensburg will assist Daly and Hannan in harbor dredging work off Castle Island. The City of Rockland was towed for repairs after grounding near Mussel Ledges. The Austrian steamer undergoes temporary repairs and may sail to Glasgow by Aug 17.
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Wilson
Hindoo
Hull
Eng
Frank Brown
George Ellis
Joseph Jeiger
Thomas Brown
Hoosac Tunnel
Charlestown
R. L. Webster
Mediterranean
Baltic Seas
Wilson Line
Catain Clark
Toronto
Admiralty
North Sea
Forth
Corean
Thomas Pickering
Glasgow
Mystic
Winifredian
Shepard
Boston
Regina Elena
Rizzo
New York
Boston & Maine
Metropolis
T Wharf
Elsie J. Rowe
Lawrence Murdock
Mary T. Falion
Joseph P. Johnson
Bertha M. Bailey
Bertha Miller
Edward A. Rich
Lucy E
Diana
Joseph Warren
Alice M. Guthrie
Bessie
Evelyn L. Smith
Ida S. Brooks
Gloucester
Haddock
Martan
Charles F. Dunbar
Cclemena
Argo
Ogdensburg
N. Y
St. Lawrence River
Daly & Hannan
Castle Island
Dunbar
City of
Rockland
Mussel Ledges
Penobscot Bay
Mercury
Underwinter
East Boston
Allan Line
Shipping News Mini Almanac Calms Transatlantic Tide
Shipping news lists multiple steamers and schooners from New York to Europe and Britain, with cargoes and passengers. It notes arrivals at Frederic Leyland Co. and various ports including Glasgow Halifax St. John and Charleston, along with tides, sunrises, and sail statuses. Cleared steamers Chattahoochee and Old Dominion and sailings of Calvin Austin Prince George Whitney and Beaver.
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Calvin Austin
Portland Me
St. John
N. B
Prince George
Yarmouth
N. S
HH. M. Whitney
New York
Frank Barnet
Brunswick
Clifford N. Carver
Philadelphia
Charleston
Josephine
Bear River
Beaver
Halifax
N. 8
Pinkerton Agency Declines Reward in New York Case
An August 1 1904 Pinkerton notice from No 57 Broadway New York states that the agency will send a representative to investigate expenses but will not accept any portion of the reward in connection with a case involving Robert A Pinkerton of New York.
Point of Pines Rebuilds Engines for Saturday Collision Show
The work of reconstructing engines for the postponed head on collision at Point of Pines was completed yesterday. The grounds will be fenced this week to keep the crowd from the danger line. A rustic theatre program drew a good attendance with Al Bellman, Lottie Moore, Al Anderson, Billy Briggs, Bennett and Rich, and Kittie Bingham delivering a storming rendition of Sylvie.
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Point of Pines
Rustic Theatre
al Bellman
Lottie Moore
al Anderson
Billy Briggs
Bennett
Rich
Kittie Bingham
Sylvie
Crescent Gardens Bill Delights Afternoon and Evening Crowds
Despite threatening skies, large audiences enjoyed a Crescent Gardens rustic theatre bill featuring Bennett and Rich as clever conversationalists, the Ushers playing two barrel-dwelling newsboys with pathos and humor, the Alabama quartet performing polished song and dance, Coppinger and White and Crowley and Foley scoring laughs, plus Colonial moving pictures. The program repeats daily all week.
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Crescent Gardens Rustic Theatre
Bennett
Rich
the Gardens
Alabama
Coppinger
White
Crowley
Foley
Boston
Moving Pictures
Launch explosion victim’s body recovered near Revere Beach
The body of Merton F. Ladd, a Rever e man killed Monday evening by an explosion on his naphtha launch at Revere Beach, was found yesterday in a cave near Superintendent West's house around 5 o'clock. An abrasion on the forehead suggests he sank after being knocked by a piece of the exploded tank.
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Merton F. Ladd
Revere
Revere Beach
Superintendent West
Ladd
Revere Old Mill Loss Estimated At 20000
Thomas N. Foster of New York owner of the Old Mill at Revere Beach visited the ruins yesterday and estimated his loss at 20000 with no insurance. He may not rebuild as the season is nearly past and no fatalities are confirmed though debris must be cleared.
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Thomas N. Foster
New York
Revere Beach
Revere
Foster
Trustees Seek Receiver for North American Trust
John Marshall Barry and Francis C. Webster two trustees of the North American Trust have filed in the Supreme Court for the appointment of a receiver to wind up the trust They claim recent publicity from arrests makes continued operation unwise and cite trustee dissent over asset distribution including Lewis contributions A hearing is set this morning in the Supreme Judicial Court with Justice Morton presiding.
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John Marshall Barry
Francis C. Webster
North American Trust
Supreme Court
Frank E. Lewis
Lowell
Barry and Webster
Lewis
Supreme Judicial Court
Morton
Denunciation by Methodist and Catholic Dignitaries over Potter
New York Aug 8 Bishop Potters opening of the Subway Tavern provokes strong church opposition and fuels the prohibition drive. A high level Vatican and Protestant meeting planned at Spring Lake N J to decide on church stance toward Potters action and a constitutional liquor amendment.
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New York
Potter
Spring Lake
N. J
Ocean Grove
Cardinal Gibbons
Cardinal Satolls
Ireland
Redwood
New Zealand
Fitzgerald
Ocean Grove Association
Wilson
S. H. Cummings
Baltimore
Martin Maloney
United States
Shipping rate dispute heard before ICC over St Louis jobbers
The New England Shoe and Leather Association charged discrimination in freight pricing as the Merchants and Miners line faced an ICC inquiry. Hearing in the Federal Building, with about 50 manufacturers, explored Kanawha Despatch arrangements and alleged back charges from New England points to Boston. Adjourned for further notice as J C Whitney of Merchants and Miners joined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
New England Shoe and Leather Association
Charles A. Prouty
Interstate Commerce Commission
Merchants and Miners’ Transportation Company
Federal Building
New England
George R. Nutter
Association
Kanawha
Boston
W. H. Emerson
W. D. Brackett & Co
Nashua
N. H
R. F. Spencer
St. Louis Jobbers’ Association
Prouty
J. C. Whitney
Baltimore
Whitney
Corcoran Burial Held in Clinton Obsequies
Funeral services for the Hon. John W. Corcoran were conducted this morning in Clinton. The obsequies were described as the most imposing ever held in the city, with widespread attendance at St. Church.
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Clinton
John W. Corcoran
Services Planned For Dr Donald By Dying Wishes At Trinity
Funeral services for the Rev. E. Winchester Donald D. D. former rector of Trinity will be held at 11:20 this morning in Trinity Church under the arrangements made by Dr. Donald while dying. Rev. William R Huntington D. D. will lead assisted by Bishop William Lawrence and several pastors in an honorary capacity. Honorary pallbearers and ushers from Trinity parish will participate.
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E. Winchester Donald
D. D
Trinity
Trinity Church
Donald
William R. Huntington
Grace Church
New York City
Phillips Brooks
William Lawrence
Dee
Massachusetts
Huntington
Storrs
Leighton Parks
Milo
Nantasket Beach Steamers Offer Regular Harbor Trips
Nantasket Beach visitors have ample entertainment as the famed steamers run hourly from Rowe's wharf to the Nantasket pier with a touch at Pemberton. Mid summer holidays include band concerts by the Martland Brockton Band, surf bathing, and border amusements along the reservation, all ensuring a high class seaside experience.
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Nantasket Beach
Rowe
Martland Brockton
Rowe's Wharf
Nantasket
Pemberton
Sail to Plymouth on the Old Colony Steamer
The new steamer Old Colony sails daily at 10 a m for Plymouth reaching about 1:00 p m. It ties at Rowe's wharf until 3:30 p m and returns, arriving home around 6:50 p m. The all day water trip combines with a Plymouth excursion to see historic sites and forefathers memorials. The vessel, built for this Plymouth route, offers modern safety and comfort.
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Old Colony
Plymouth
Rowe
Massachusetts Bay
Old Town
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Mrs. Astor
Newport Society
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Shipping News
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Rogers
Sumner
Shepherd
Liverpool
Frederick Leyland & Co
Pickering
Ital
Webster
Ellis
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P. E
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C. B
Huron
Ingram
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City of Rockland
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Underwriter
City of Gloucester
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Cape Ann
Godfrey
Kennebec
Colby
Bath
Hector
Keene
Cora
Mentspont
Nias
McLean
Beatrice
Trahan
Weymouth
Sagamore
Bangor
Smith Tuttle
Bryant
George J. Keene
Mt. Desert
Seth Nyman
Gouldsboro
Red Jacket
Morrill
Renorter
Anderson
Ipswich
M. L. Wetherell
Collins
Daly
St. Lawrence
Montreal
Quebec
Colemana
Bovard
Shawanese
Metaldrick
Perth Amboy
Bravo
Buoyant
Byssus
Joshua Lovett
Baker
Vineyard Haven
Chattahoochee
Savannah
Old Dominion
ALPHA
Alpha Shoe Store
Hanover $St
Scollayquare
Crescent Gardens
Revere Old Mill
American Trust
F. G. Fessenden
Greenfield
P. Tf. O’brien
C. L. S. Hammond
J. J. O'Keefe
Joseph J. Hanselman
Holy Cross College
Worcester
J. W. Corcoran
H. Gates
Reuben Kidner
St. Andrew's Church
Edward S. Travers
Franklin Dexter
Russell S. Codman
John H. Storer
A. Lynde Cochrane
Edward H. Sears
John Lawrence
John Parkinson
P. A Chase
Frank Gamell
Charles A. Coolidge
Barrett Wendell
Harvard
Charles H. Allen
Porto Rico
Ww. C. Brownell
Frank D. Lewis
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