Anti-American Boycott Takes Political Tone in Shanghai
Report from SoDo Chow notes the anti-foreign boycott in Shanghai gaining political overtones. The north China crackdown remains stern while Nanking's viceroy wavers. Soo Chow, a populous city 125 miles southeast of Nanking, hosts a large laundry trade and the Boxers’ patriotic movement sparked the 1900s unrest, now resurfacing with south China involved.
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Shanghai
SoDo Chow
Nanking
Soo Chow
China
Pekin
North China
South China
Fearful lemon famine eyed after scarce imports
Prices soar in Boston with lemons trading at 385 cents a dozen while the average is 40 cents. Poor harvests in California and Sicily shrink supply as 14 000 Sicily boxes head to New York and 5000 more awaited. The Palermo and Messina crops are nearly exhausted and many grocers report no lemons for some time.
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Boston
California
Sicily
Palermo
Messina
New York
Crippled Child Affected Divorce Granted After Cruelty
In Oakland on August 13 Mrs. Adam Shade of Fruitvale placed her 2 year old child’s hand on a red hot stove to correct the youngster. The infant suffered permanent disfigurement which was shown to Judge Waste and led to a divorce for C W Shade on grounds of extreme cruelty.
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Oakland
Cal
Adam
Shade of Fruitvale
C. W. Shade
Towboat Boom At Boston Harbor Spreads With Four New Crafts
The Commercial Towboat Company awards Bertelsen & Petersen of East Boston a contract to build an 80 by 18 foot tug for bridge work on coal barges and other vessels in Fort Point Channel and nearby rivers. It will have an 18 by 24 inch engine, a 13 by 6 boiler, 115 psi steam, 503 square feet cooling, water heater, pumps, and a 6000 gallon water tank. Delivery is in six months.
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Bertelsen & Petersen
Border Street
Boston
Fort Point Channel
Charles River
Mystic River
Wounded Syracuse Girl Identified After Bellevue Hospital
A Syracuse girl shot on Riverside Drive Friday night was identified today after her detention in Bellevue hospital’s prison ward. She has refused to name her assailant or herself, delaying motive and suspect details.
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New York
Riverside Drive
Bellevue Hospital
Woman Missing After Leaving Syracuse With Friend
At a hospital Dorothy W LarSen also known as Delia W Lytter of Syracuse N Y left with a girl named Graham whose father is sought with Paterson N J police help Reginald C Smith knew her in Paterson Smith says she wrote three notes to Kid McCoy addressing him as Raymond Selby before leaving town The first note went to a saloon at Broadway and Fortieth Street with the manager involved.
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Syracuse
Kid McCoy
Dorothy W. Larsen
Delia W. Lytter
N. Y
Reginald C. Smith
Paterson
Raymond Selby
Norman Selby
New York Hospital
Broadway
Fortieth Street
Is McCoy Friend or Foe in Saratoga Case
Detective Wren questions Miss Hall about McCoy and a revolver found in grass. Two .22 caliber bullets were fired at her, one grazing near the hip and another piercing the breast. blood trace on the weapon prompts concern though doctors say no death danger.
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McCoy
Wren
Miles Boom Gathers Steam in Democratic Race
The Miles campaign for Governor grows serious as Carroll and Burnett emerge as possible rivals. Carroll is seen as a strong statewide contender with Springfield roots and wide support, while Burnett and Miles vie for influence in central and western Massachusetts.
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Mr. McNamee
Miles
Mr. Carroll
Springfield
Carroll
Warships Open for Public Visit as Wireless Telgraphy Fascinates Crowds
Thousands toured the North Atlantic squadron anchored in the upper harbor as the Massachusetts Alabama Illinois and Iowa under Rear Admiral Davis welcomed spectators. Passengers rode steam and gasoline launches amid lively shore crowds while jackies demonstrated a six inch rifle and wireless telegraphy tips. A 12 oared race from the Illinois to the Charlestown bridge drew spectators with the Illinois crew winning easily. The fleet’s itinerary includes Boston Aug 15 rendezvous Isles of Shoals Aug 16 Provincetown Aug 18 Newport Aug 20 open to public Aug 28 Provincetown Sept 10 target practice off Provincetown start.
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North Atlantic Squadron
Massachusetts
Alabama
Illinois
Iowa
Davis
Atlantic Avenue
Oriers
Charlestown Bridge
Provincetown
Boston
Isles of Shoals
Newport
Jilted Lover Daly Took Poison in Desperate Moment
Ned Daly 24 attempted suicide by taking atropine sulphate after a love affair with Katherine Earle ended. His aunt Annie Collins recalls the heartbreak at Crescent Beach, Daly's mother died in April, and he was treated at Boston City Hospital before being released.
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Ned
Annie Collins
Sixth Street
South
Boston
Edward J. Daly
Boston City Hospital
Mary Hudson
Bowen Street
Dedham
Collins
Daley
How It Feels to Be Struck by Lightning
Mrs. Charles Bradbury of 184 Grove Street was struck by lightning Saturday afternoon as she cooked at her kitchen range. The bolt came down the chimney and struck her lower limbs, rendering her unconscious for about thirty minutes. She remains nervous and under a physician’s care in Melrose.
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Melrose
Charles Bradbury
Grove Street
Seek author of letter claiming Tucker suicide
Authorities seek the writer of a letter to Mrs. Lucy Tucker announcing the supposed suicide of Charles L. Tucker, who is jailed in East Cambridge. The note stating Come to Middlesex fail. Charles has committed death by own action caused Mrs. Tucker to faint and prompted an official investigation.
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Lucy Tucker
Charles L. Tucker
Mabel Page
Weston
Sheriff Fairbairn
East Cambridge
Tucker
Middlesex
Charles
Christian Alliance collection exceeds last year in Maine camp
The Christian Alliance camp meeting at Old Orchard Maine on August 13 reported a foreign missions collection of 46264 dollars. The total is 59 dollars over last year's offering and most gifts are pledges to be redeemed within a year. New England alliance branches participated in the pledge list.
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Old Orchard
Christian Alliance
New England
The
Alliance
Orange Riots Break Out in Ireland During Derry Relief Celebration
Fierce Orange riots in Londonderry mark the relief of Derry celebration, the worst in years. Many injured, houses damaged, attacks on Nationalists, police stoned, no deaths reported, foreshadowing possible nationwide unrest.
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Londonderry
Ireland
Derry
Insurgent Rebellion Suppressed at Sevk-el-Hamis
From Constantinople dated Aug 10 Marshal Feizi Pasha commanding Yemen troops reports repulse of insurgents after an all day battle at Sevk el Hamis with heavy insurgent losses.
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Constantinople
Feizi Pasha
Yemen
Arabia
Sevk-el-Hamis
Bishop A Coke Smith Gains Slight Improvement
CHARLOTTE N C Aug 13 Bishop A Coke Smith of the Southern Methodist Church who is seriously ill here is slightly improved.
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Charlotte
N. C
A. Coke Smith
Southern Methodist Church
Indian Village Engulfed by Landslide on Thompson River
Ashcroft dispatch reports a disastrous landslide this afternoon in British Columbia’s Yale district. The Indian village of Ashcroft, population 500, was embedded and the river bed blocked. The village lies in the northwestern Yale district shading the Thompson River.
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Winnipeg
Man
Thompson River
Ashcoft
Yale District
British Columbia
President Lyman Hall of Georgia Tech Dying
Dansville New York August 13 President Lyman Hall head of the Georgia Institute of Technology remains in critical condition and the end seems near as cancer is reported.
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Lyman Hall
Georgia Tech
Dansville, N. Y
Georgia Institute of Technology
Old Home Week in Maine Observed This Week
Portland Maine marks Old Home Week from today through August 19. On Monday forenoon city officials and citizens will officially receive the officers of four United States battleships now in the harbor at City Hall.
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Portland
Maine
United States
Baxter
Found Ring Returned After Twenty Years
Munroe Goodspeed of Brookline on Marion street found a diamond ring valued around 200 dollars lost twenty years earlier. He had dropped it while raking straw in his stable basement on Washington street and after a long search it vanished. While gardening last Saturday he uncovered what looked like an umbrella ring, brushed off dirt and discovered the long lost gold heirloom.
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Munroe Goodspeed
Marion Street
Brookline
Washington Street
Mr. Goodspeed
50 More Fall to Yellow Jack
The yellow fever report from New Orleans shows 50 new cases today bringing total to 963 and 12 deaths for the day, with 14 new disease centres totaling 202. The drop in cases and centres boosts citizen confidence in the federal response as prayers rise in churches. Louis Cucullu Jr., cashier of the People's Bank, and Maurice Kenny, former legislator, are among today's cases, with Kenny's two daughters affected yesterday.
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Louis Cucullu, Jr
People’s Bank
Maurice Kenny
Kenny
Bakers in New York Strike Continues Despite Tentative Deal
In New York on August 13 a tentative agreement between striking bakers and employers failed as boss bakers returned to negotiations and decided to resist the strikers demands to the utmost, prolonging the dispute.
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New York
German Chess Congress Opens at Barmen
The German Chess Association congress opens in Barmen at the Concordia with entrants like American master F J Marshall fresh from Scheveningen, plus G Maroczy Hungary D Janowski S Alapin France C Schlechter and more from Austria England Russia and Germany.
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Germany
German Chess Association
G. Marco
da. Wolf
J. Berger
Austria
A. Burn
Ss. Leonhardt
England
M. Tschigorin
Russia
J. Mieses
C. von Bardeleben
M. von Gottschall
Editor Preston Shirley Dies of Typhoid Fever
Preston Shirley editorial writer for the Boston Advertiser died yesterday at City Hospital from typhoid fever. Born in Andover New Hampshire eighty years ago, he graduated from Dartmouth College in 1896. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at his birthplace in Andover. The Advertiser lauded him as an able honest indefatigable worker with a honored place in Boston journalism.
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Preston Shirley
Boston Advertiser
City Hospital
Mr. Shirley
Andover
N. H
Dartmouth College
The
Advertiser
Shirley
Boston
Man Found Dead in Chelsea Lounge
Delia Linsky of 29 Ash Street Chelsea found a man lifeless on her lounge at 6 30 yesterday morning. A physician pronounced death due to alcoholism and identified the deceased as John Martin, 38, of the same address.
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Delia Linsky
Ash Street
Chelsea
John Martin
Sunday Raid on Celestials Seizes Oxford Place Den
Sergeant Hall of the Lagrange street station with Officers Hanrahan and Hall raided 12 Oxford place last evening, battering in two doors and arresting eight Chinese men. Gaming gear including fan tan was recovered from a third floor den. The Celestials attempted to escape.
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Sergeant Hall
Lagrange Street
Hanrahan
Hall
Oxford Place
Fan Tan
Wounded Man At Party In Front Street Fight
A Polish man named Wadasilla is in Frost Hospital Chelsea after a Sunday party at 10 Front Street. During a dispute an axe was used to smash the place. Police were summoned but the assailants escaped.
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Wadasilla
Frost Hospital
Chelsea
Front Street
Brookline May Name New Fire Commissioner
At a Brookline Board of Selectmen meeting a new fire commissioner is expected to be appointed to replace B. W. Neal who resigned last week. Frederic Estabrook a Boston businessman is viewed as the likely appointee with several others also mentioned for the post.
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Brookline Board of Selectmen
B. W. Neal
Frederic Estabrook
Boston
Neal
William D. Paine
E. Frank Proctor
Charles E. Riley
John F. Fleming
Assumed Charge Against Patrolman Filed by Judge
Patrolman Dexter Littlefield of Division 4 faces an assault charge that was placed on file by Judge Bolster following proceedings with Patrick O Rourke a Roxbury marketman as the complainant.
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Dexter Littlefield
Division 4
Patrick O’rourke
Roxbury
Bolster
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