Taft Enjoys Marblehead Yacht Week Spectacle
President Taft relaxed at his summer cottage veranda in Beverly as Marblehead hosts race week. Yachts and small sender class boats dot the bay ahead of regattas and a German Emperor's Cup race. Taft recalls once enjoying yachting but says a bitter Shelter Island episode cooled his interest.
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Taft
Salem Bay
Marblehead
Shelter Island
Long Island
The
United States
Charlie’ Taft
North Shore
Dory
Sylph
Fighting Tenth Arrives for War Maneuvers in Massachusetts
The six troops of the Tenth United States Cavalry the Fighting Tenth arrive by train at Fitchburg and move through Leominster and Sterling toward West Boylston Worcester and Providence en route to New Bedford for war games. Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood leads the maneuvers with 7000 militia joining from New York Connecticut New Jersey and the District of Columbia. War will last Aug 14 to 21 with Blue and Red forces and extensive military practice across Plymouth county and Boston area.
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United States Cavalry
Fitchburg
Fort Ethan Allen
Leominster
Sterling
West Boylston
Worcester
New Bedford
Ryan
Blackstone Valley
Providence
Leonard Wood
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Army of Defence
R Ryan
Plymouth County
Boston
Brigham
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Reds
New York
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New Jersey
District of Columbia
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Artillery
Signal Corps
Corps of Cadets
Hingham
Coast Artillery Corps
Salem
Battery A
Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ad Warns of Bladder Trouble
An old newspaper ad urges prompt attention to bladder and kidney signs and promotes Swamp Root by Dr Kilmer and Co. It claims the remedy reaches the disease seat and strengthens the body, offering a sample bottle and a booklet by mail.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Father Logan Returns Home Priest Tells Of China Trip
The Rev. Leo Logan son of Colonel Logan of the Ninth regiment arrived at 660 Broadway South Boston after ordination in Austria. He described his China journey visiting Pekin with John O Donnell and noted wages, schooling, and attitudes of locals. he also taught in the Philippines for two years and studied four years in Austria before reporting to Archbishop O Connell.
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China
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John O’donnell
Harvard College
Philippines
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Wellman Balloon Repairs Finished for Polar Expedition
Reports from Spitzbergen indicate the Walter Wellman Polar expedition air ship shed, damaged by a June storm, has been repaired and a gas apparatus installed. Wellman began inflating the balloon on July 31.
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Norway
Spitzbergen
Walter Wellman
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Wellman
Ex-Gov John D. Long to Speak at Hamlin Memorial
Ex-Governor John D. Long of Massachusetts accepts invitation from the Maine Loyal Legion to attend the August 27 dedication of the Hamlin memorial tablet at Paris Hill. He will join Governor Fernald and others in brief addresses. Long was born in Buckfield.
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John D. Long
Massachusetts
Maine
Loyal Legion
Paris Hill
Hamlin Memorial
Fernald
Long
Buckfield
Treasury to test employees with new efficiency survey
Washington Aug 9 The Treasury Department launches a sweeping efficiency survey led by three assistant secretaries appointed by Secretary McVeagh. Cards are sent to every employee and division chief to report on work quantity and quality and the basis of each appointment.
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Nagel
Department of Commerce and Labor
Treasury Department
Dublin
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MaccVeagh
Salem Cruiser Salem to Undergo Standardization Tests
Rockland Maine August 9 The scout cruiser Salem with rebuilt turbines will face new standardization tests for her propellers on a measured mile off the harbor. The ship arrived from Rockport via East Lamoine and will also undergo a water consumption test in Penobscot Bay tomorrow.
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Salem
Birmingham
Chester
Newport
R. I
Rockport
Mass
East Lamoine
Penobscot Bay
Whales on the Warpath Off Cape Tiatteras
Captain Fritz Borge of the Danish steamer Chlotilde Cuneo reports a large school of mackerel with about 2 percent whales chasing them off Cape Tiatteras. The crew watched as the whales fed on the fish before the steamer moved out of sight.
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Cape Tiatteras
Fritz Borge
Chlotilde Cuneo
Borge
Labor to convene in Wells Memorial Hall for politics vote
Secretary treasurer Dennis D. Driscoll announces a large state wide convention of the State Branch A F L will gather in Wells Memorial Hall to decide if organized labor should enter politics this fall. The meeting aims to defeat lawmakers who opposed labor bills and vetoed the eight hour measure. Philip H. Sweet will preside as Driscoll reports on campaign policy and strategy.
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Wells Memorial Hall
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Legislative Committee of Organized Labor
Organized Labor
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Legislative Committee
State Branch
Driscoll
Philip H. Sweet
Poisoned by Ice Cream at Salisbury Beach
Mrs. Heywood Whiteway of 178 Bailey Street Lawrence Massachusetts fell ill after eating ice cream bought at Hampton Beach New Hampshire. She was taken to the Lawrie cottage at Salisbury and later improved. puré food authorities may investigate the ice cream source.
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Hampton Beach
N. H
Heywood Whiteway
Bailey Street
Lawrence
Lawrie
Bumper Crops Coming
Washington reports a government crop outlook for corn and wheat showing over 3.0 billion bushels of corn and 723 million bushels of wheat. Corn condition slipped to 84.4 from 89.3 in July due to heat drought and floods. Spring wheat at 290 million, winter wheat harvest near complete at 432.92 million, about 5.6 million below 1908. Wheat prices fell on the data.
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Washington
Car Cuts Off Lawyer's Hand in Boston Area Accident
E Sumner Mansfield a Boston lawyer living at 198 Pleasant street Brookline had his right hand severed when he slipped while alighting from an inward bound Auburndale car at the corner of Brighton avenue and Pleasant street Brighton. Harry D Woolover of 4 Arcadia street Jamaica Plain witnessed the incident and Mansfield was rushed to Massachusetts General Hospital.
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Miners to Strike Tomorrow in Cumberland Coal Field
The United Mine Workers at Cumberland Coal and Railway voted to strike tomorrow. They demand recognition of their union. Aug. 9 report from Spring Hill, N. C.
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United Mine Workers
Cumberland Coal and Railway
Public buildings work backlog shown in new report
Washington report notes 263 authorized buildings have not been touched with plans none made. One hundred sixty begun but not completed and 21 completed with 16 additions finished last fiscal year. Shortage of staff blamed for delays may affect future public building appropriations.
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Washington
Congress
Bar Sulphur Dioxide in Food Products
Boston importers were notified yesterday by the United States Department of Agriculture that the pure food law relative to the use of sulphur dioxide in food products will be enforced rigorously. Sulphur dioxide is the fumes of burning Sulphur and is used as a preservative or coloring material in certain kinds of foods.
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Boston
United States Department of Agriculture
Fireworks end Italian Feast display at North End Park
The Italians of the North End concluded a three day Feast of Maria dele Grazie with a fireworks show at North End Park. A large crowd watched from rooftops and streets as a prominent display featuring the Italian and American flags and a St Ciriacco emblem lit the sky.
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North End Park
St. Ciriacco
J B Fitzpatrick Recovers at Summer Home
J B Fitzpatrick longtime Boston Democratic leader has been seriously ill at his summer home in Hull for several days but was much improved today and able to sit on the piazza receiving many Boston friends who visited after the news of his indisposition.
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Hull
John B. Fitzpatrick
Boston
Mayor Hibbard’s Health and Campaign Plans Reported
Ill health keeps Boston’s mayor from returning to desk before Labor Day. A doctor’s tests deny tuberculosis and confirm larynx inflammation amid poor condition. Daughter Miss Adelaide Hibbard aids care as he recuperates at home and plans to actively campaign for charter Plan No 2 with an eye toward re election. Official business is handled from his Dorchester home each morning.
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Pine Woods
Maine
Dorchester
Adelaide Hibbard
Boston
Lodge to retreat to Tuckernuck Island refuge
Lynn August 9 Senator Henry Cabot Lodge plans to leave his Nahant summer home for Tuckernuck Island on the Cape to escape persistent politicians. The island will be closed to others without credentials and the Nahant Lynn railroad provides the nearest access.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Nahant
Tuckernuck Island
Cape
Washington
Tuckernuck
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