Wall Street Sees Heavy Liquidation Across Markets
Last week traders suffered declines across bulls and bears as Union Pacific and Southern Pacific led the rout while Steel remained steady. Analysts doubt a single cause, noting crop data and Congressional sentiment as factors and warning of potential panic if the decline persists.
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Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Wall Street
Chicago
Congress
England
Germany
Calendar for today dividends payable and book closes
Dividend notices show N Y and W company paying 2 percent. Book openings for U S Steel preferred and closes for American Glue preferred.
Old Red Mill in Stoneham Destroyed by Fire
Fire swept the Old Red Mill near the Melrose line in Stoneham about 10:45 this morning. The 100 year old two and a half story dwelling on park land housed Louise Weeks and her nephew Charles Haywood. Haywood sustained burns while guiding occupants from the house and alerting the Central fire station. Firefighters fought the blaze using 1500 feet of hose from a distant hydrant, but only partial walls remain with losses estimated at 2004.
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Stoneham
Melrose
Washington Street
Haywood’s Rubber Mills
Metropolitan Park Commission
Louise Weeks
Haywood
Charles Haywood
State Park Commission
Park Roads
State Park Department
Astor Fiancée Attend Church Then Sail on Norma
Colonel Astor and Miss Madeleine Force share luncheon on the steam yacht Norma after services and leave for New York. Mrs Force and daughters remain. Miss Force heads to complete her wedding trousseau while the couple enjoys a belated Newport season and future fishing trips aboard the Norma.
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Colonel Astor
Norma
New York
Newport
Mrs. Force
Miss Force
Trousseau
Madeleine Force
Newport Clergymen Defend Society Against Astor Force Marriage
Newport leaders reject Dr. George Chalmers Richmond of Philadelphia accusing the social set of Newport of sin. The Rev. William Safford Jones says John Jacob Astor should not remarry Madeleine Force. clergy denounce the accusation and defend the wealthy community as not all social idlers.
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Richmond
Newport Society
George Chalmers Richmond
Philadelphia
William Safford Jones
Channing Memorial Church
John Jacob Astor
Madeleine Force
Colonel Astor
Astor
Miss Force
E. P. Porter
Emanuel Church
Pastor Supports Divorce Viewpoints At Warren Avenue Sermon
Associate pastor Rev. Joseph E. Perry argued divorce reflects morality and that condemning marriages like Astor’s is unwarranted. He defended divorce as a safeguard for women, criticized hasty elopements, and urged a broader moral standard beyond biblical grounds.
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Warren Avenue Baptist Church
Miss Force
Astor
Colonel Astor
Jesus
Church
Episcopal Church
Morgan
Greer
Extracts of a harsh bishop letter to Dr Richmond
The bishop condemns Dr Richmond in harsh terms, recalling a relative nicknamed Crazy Richmond and accusing him of vanity, self advertising, and insubordination. He warns of future scandals and questions Richmond’s usefulness while urging a path to decency and respectability.
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Richmond
Sidewalk Snapshots No 30 Judge Frederick Dodge
Judge Frederic Dodge of the United States District Court is a diligent and courteous Massachusetts jurist. He sits six days a week, rarely leaves his Federal Building chambers, and travels to Belmont where he resides. Known for fairness and restraint, he helped a distressed friend at personal cost, which reportedly cost him a Circuit Court seat.
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Frederic Dodge
United States District Court
Finglander
Massachusetts
Federal Building
North Station
Belmont
District Court
Arrest 24 in a Gambling Raid
Lynn August 13 Twenty four Chinese men were arrested in a gambling raid on a Chinese grocery store at 192 Oxford street at 3 o clock this afternoon. They are charged with gambling on the Lord's Day. They were bailed out about an hour later by Yee Wah the Mayor of Boston's Chinatown. The cellar rooms are hard to reach and a warning bell system is alleged. A large number of gambling implements were seized yesterday in addition to the arrests.
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Lynn
Oxford Street
Boston
Chinatown
Yee Wah
Carman Saved Life By Bay State Motorman’s Quick Brake
Leo Dolando aged 14 of Revere owes his life to Motorman John McKinnon of the Bay State Street Railway Company who, after a boy ran behind a car, slammed on the brake just before 6 pm on Central avenue Revere. The striking car knocked him to the ground but he escaped with severe bruises.
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Leo Dolando
Mountain Avenue
Revere
John McKinnon
Bay State Street Railway Company
Central Avenue
McKinnon
Doctor Charged With Manslaughter In Patient’s Death
Lowell reports Dr Sumner P Smith arrested for illegal surgery on 88 year old Miss Katherine G Roark. Charge upgraded to manslaughter after Miss Roark died at a Boston hospital. Roark was a longtime evening school teacher in the city.
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Lowell
Sumner P. Smith
Katherine G. Roark
Miss Roark
Boston
Frick Still in Business Despite Retirement Talk
Henry Clay Frick of Eagle Rock with Mrs Frick and friends left Aug 13 in the Frick private car Westmoreland for a four week trip to New York and Redwood New Jersey He denies plans to quit business though he has dropped some lines of activity and says he has not intended absolute retirement.
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Prides Crossing
Henry Clay Frick
Eagle Rock
Jury illness leads to farm hand murder
In Durham Connecticut Arthur Jackson shot and killed Archer Walker as he left a barn. The only grand juror was ill preventing action on a complaint over an assault at Mynott Bailey’s farm. Jackson acted after failing to obtain redress in court.
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Arthur Jackson
Jackson
Archer Walker
Mynott Bailey
Two Miners Saved After 48 Hours Beneath Big Mine Run
Pottsville, Aug 13. After 48 hours of confinement, two of three miners trapped in the Big Mine Run near Ashland were rescued alive. John Dolan of Big Mine Run and Anthony Tomashitos of Girardville were uninjured. a third, Peter Zemenskie, was believed buried. Families embraced as crowds wept at the reunion.
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Penn
Big Mine Run
Ashland
John Dolan
Anthony Tomashitos
Girardville
Peter Zemenskie
Overthrow of Alfaro Regime in Equador Reported
Washington says Alfaro government in Equador was toppled by a revolution supported by Estrada backers. A provisional government led by the Senate president was formed with few casualties. Minister Young in Quito says conditions are quiet and Estrada’s arrival is anticipated. Alfaro and family seek refuge at the Chilean legation.
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Estrada
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Quito
Legation
British Cruiser Cornwall Grounded by Uncharted Rock
Wireless dispatch from Cape Sable reports the British cruiser Cornwall ran aground after striking an uncharted rock near Cape Sable. The government cruiser Petrel located the rock between Southwest Ledge buoy and Bon Parlage buoy, west by north, three and a quarter miles from Cape Sable Light.
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Cornwall
Cape Sable
Petrel
Southwest Ledge Buoy
Bon Parlage Buoy
Cape Sable Light
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