Russian Fleet Evades Port Arthur in Major Sea Battle
Reports from Chefoo and Tokyo detail the Russian Port Arthur squadron escaping pursuit by Japan. A severe all day engagement is described with unclear results, as battleships Retvizan and Pobieda were sighted outside Port Arthur and a large sea battle is implied. Parker outlines campaign issues.
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Chefoo
Chefoo Harbor
Port Arthur
London
Tokio
Retvizan
Pobieda
Boston detectives seize two yeggmen and a suspected accomplice
Joseph Gardell and Fred Novak, believed members of a Boston area burglary gang, were turned over to Waltham police and charged with burglary. A young woman known as Fannie Noonan, tied to the South End, was jailed as an alleged accomplice. Detectives say two more gang members remain at large as loot items are held for owners.
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Watts
Boston
Joseph Gardell
Fred Novak
Waltham
South Fend
Fannie Noonan
Temple Street
Burr
Morrissey
Sheehan
P. J. Norton
Division 3
West End
Novak
Gardell
Thomas F. Bannon
Crescent Street
McKenna
South End
Parker Accepts Democratic Nomination at Rainy Rosemount
Judge Parker accepted the Democratic presidential nomination at Rosemount Esopus New York in a rain delayed ceremony before about 600 attendees led by Champ Clark. The speech touched on trusts tariff imperialism and absolutism and pledges to refuse renomination if elected.
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Alton B. Parker
National Democratic Notification Committee
Esopus
N. Y
Judge Parker
Champ Clark
Missouri
Terriory
Union
Clark
Parker
Rosemount
New York City
Tammany Hall
Albany
Kingston
Sagamore
Boston’s streets gay with bunting for encampment week
Boston decorates despite rain with a wave of bunting across business districts. Washington Street and major stores display portraits and mottoes, while shops along Newspaper Row School Street and Tremont Street also shine. The State House and Congregational House show their finest preparations as lights brighten public spaces ahead of the G A R encampment.
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Boston
Washington Street
Jordan, Marsh Co
A. Shuman & Co
James A. Houston
Filene
Shuman
Newspaper Row
School Street
Houghton & Dutton
Tremont Street
State House
Capitol
Congregational House
Man confesses theft in New York hunger motive
James H. Gaffney of Lowell Massachusetts aged 28 walked into the East Twenty second street police station and confessed to stealing $50 from Sprague Lumber Company in Watertown Massachusetts. He claimed he forged the president's name on a check to obtain the money two weeks ago and fled to New York. A Watertown warrant issued July 23 seeks his arrest with plans to bring him back for trial.
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New York
James H. Gaffney
Lowell
Mass
East Twenty-second Street
Watertown
Sprague Iuimber Company
Gaffney
Sprague Lumber Company
Generally Cloudy Boston Forecast
The report indicates generally cloudy conditions over Boston and surrounding areas with a likelihood of showers. Today several neighborhoods may experience brief rain bursts as the day progresses, with temperatures near seasonal norms and light to moderate winds.
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Boston and
Vicinity
Prevents Heat Prostration With Horsford’s Acid Phosphate
An advertisement promotes Horsford’s Acid Phosphate as a delightful acid tonic to quiet and strengthen the nervous system and induce refreshing sleep, claiming it prevents heat prostration.
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Horsford
Strike Breakers Flee River in Beef Plant Attack
New York Aug 10 Two hundred strike breakers headed for Schwarzschild and Sulzberger plant were attacked by beef workers described as fat men who clean up after regular workers. They fled into the East River or were rescued from the water. Police reserves were summoned but no arrests were made.
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New York
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger
East River
Revere Beach Amusement Venues Win Licenses
The Board of Selectmen granted licenses for Sunday and weekday performances to every amusement venue at Revere Beach, including the Crescent Gardens Theatre, after a lengthy meeting. The majority vote was reported as more than sufficient despite exhaustive arguments.
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Revere Beach
Crescent Gardens
Board of Selectmen
Lightning Kills Man in Brooklyn and Strikes City
A thunder storm in New York city and vicinity claims William Hagen, 27, killed while driving a truck in Seventh street Brooklyn. An unidentified boy is said to have died in Brownsville. St. John s Evangelical Wutheran Church in Hoboken suffers a bolt hole in its steeple, and a trolley car on Rockaway avenue is struck and catches fire with 5 or 80 passengers aboard. Fire causes minor injuries and weather remains heavy with continued rainfall reported.
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New York
William Hagen
Seventh Street
Brooklyn
Brownsville
St. John's Evangelical Wutheran Church
Sixth Street
Hoboken
N. J
Rockaway Avenue
Men's Thibet and blue Serge Suits Sale at Gray & Co
In a Washington and Hanover street sale Gray & Co offers men’s fine Thibet suits reduced from 12 to 5.90 and men’s blue serge suits from 15 to 7.90. All wool pants priced at 1.99 and 2.90.
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gGray & Co
Washington and
Hanover Streets
Eliot Street Man Found Insensible At City Hospital
Thomas Dawes a 74 year old crippled man was removed from 120 Eliot street in an insensible state yesterday. At Relief Hospital doctors diagnosed cerebral hemorrhage and he was moved to City Hospital where he was placed on the dangerous list.
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Eliot Street
Thomas Dawes
Mystery Man Found Unconscious Near Brookline Tracks
An unknown man was found unconscious beside the Boston and Albany tracks just above Brookline station. An outbound passenger train crew reported him, he showed no signs of intoxication or injury, and he could not identify himself before being taken to Massachusetts General Hospital for treatment.
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Boston & Albany
Brookline
Carroll
Massachusetts General Hospital
Delicious Ginger Lemonade Recipe Note
A simple drink mix using lemon juice and ice water with Sanford's Ginger for a spicy note. The combination creates a bright refreshing beverage suitable for warm weather and casual gatherings.
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Sanford
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Oku
Nodzu
Kuropatkin
Parker Speed
Boston Post
Women’s Relief Corps
Gray & Co
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