Fresno Inferno Destroys Raisin Plants Incendiary Suspected
A massive Fresno fire destroyed the Forsythe Seeded Raisin Company packing plant and spread to several nearby raisin seeding houses and related facilities. The blaze, fanned by strong winds, caused about 600 workers to lose jobs and an estimated $600,000 in damage, with several Chinese workers severely burned and presumed dead. The fire also damaged or destroyed railroad cars, trackage, and freight depots, and investigators suspect incendiary origins while the exact loss remains undetermined.
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Fresno
Cal
Southern Pacific Railroad
Mariposa Street
Mono Street
Forsythe Seeded Raisin Company
Mariposa
Tulare
O and
Forsythe Packing House
Phenix Company
Tulare Street
Phenix
Phenix Packing House
National Ice Company
Einstein Grain Warehouse
Robbs & Parsons Raisin Packing House
Forsythe’s
Harper
Forsythe Company
Phenix Packing Company
Farmers’ ‘Warehouse
Einstein
Hobbs & Parsons
Southern Pacific
Rich placer diggings reported on Pine Creek in Canada
A discovery on Pine Creek near Atlin Lake, Canada, draws about 1000 prospectors. Walker Carter reports four men shovel twenty six ounces in two days with beds of bedrock yielding up to 3 dollars per pan. creek runs about fifteen miles, width around seventy five, current rapid.
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Juneau
Alaska
Seattle
Wash
Pine Creek
Atlin Lake
Lake Tagish
Northwest Territory
Canada
Walker Carter
Pire Creek
Murder over cash ends in Beatrice lender death
Frontier county coroner reports Thomas Jansen found murdered in a well on Andrew Hawkins farm near Stockville Neb. Jansen a Beatrice money lender with over a thousand dollars in cash and securities disappeared weeks earlier. Hawkins held. further arrests expected.
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Lincoln
Neb
Frontier County
Stockville
Thomas Jansen
Andrew Hawkins
Jansen
Beatrice
Hawkins
Bass Point At Nahant Draws Big Shore Crowd
Thousands visited Bass Point Nahant for a sunny day at the shore boosting Nahant line Bass Point House and booth profits. Lafricain's Naval Brigade Band drew crowds with a strong concert amid crowded piers and bandstand seats. Encores and solo numbers pleased listeners in a lively coastal outing.
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Bass Point
Nahant
Nahant Line
Bass Point House
Lafricain
Naval Brigade
Two-Year-Old Arrested in Quarrel Case
John Learello aged two of 6 Endi cort street was arrested by Station 1 officers last night charged with threatening to shoot Rafaele Favimo of 20 Morton street during a quarrel. He flourished a revolver but fired no shots. The cause of the quarrel remains unclear.
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John Learello
Endicort Street
Rafaele Favimo
Morton Street
Learello
New Pride of the Navy Battleships Unveiled in Detail
The article outlines the new U.S. battleships with length 368 feet on load water line and beam 72 feet 2.5 inches. It notes a 16 knot contract speed, 12 140 tons full load displacement, four 13 inch main rifles and fourteen 6 inch secondary guns in barbette turrets with Harveyized armor, plus electric systems and twin triple expansion engines with two screws. It highlights barbette protection, turret sweep, and sophisticated ammunition handling all powered by electricity, with auxiliary guns for torpedo boats and topside defense.
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United States Navy
New England
Canada
Sorensen
Philadelphia
Sunday Post
Abbie C. Stubbs
New York
Guantanamo
Cuba
Jerseymoaqr
Mediterranean Sea
Fiske’s
Norfolk
River Platte
William Donohue
Paris Street
Boston
Sele
P. J. Grady
Noddle Island
William 8. Durkee
Honeybrook
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Port Johnson
Salem
Durkee
Brookline
American Association of Masters and Pilots
United States
Cleveland
Stampede to Rich Gold Strike Draws Miners South
Victoria B C August 14 The steamer Cottage City arrives from Skaguay with news of a rich gold strike seventy miles below Lake Tagish. A stampede of miners from Dyea and Skaguay follows the report. Canadian troops at Hudson Bay post beyond Glenora are on one third rations due to supply difficulties.
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Victoria
B. C
Cottage City
Skaguay
Lake Tagish
Dyea
Hudson Bay Post
Glenora
Steam Schooner Albion Reports Yukon Railroad Town
The Albion arrives from Norton Sound Alaska and reports a syndicate has founded Bitair a town five miles from the Unakiklik River mouth. A mission and reindeer station already exist there. A railroad to a Yukon River port is planned from Bitair saving seven hundred miles of travel and opening earlier by four to six weeks.
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Albion
Norton Sound
Alaska
Bitair
Unakiklik
Yukon River
Brixham Arrives Quietly From St Michaels No Gold Reported
Seattle Aug 14 The steamer Brixham arrived from St Michaels with few passengers and no gold. Reports of starvation at St Michaels are unfounded. On July 17 the river steamer Mabel Lane towed toward St Michaels by South Portland was lost with thirteen aboard and later rescued. Mabel Lane owned by Lane and Clark of Chicago.
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Seattle
Wash
Brixham
St. Michaels
Mabel Lane
Dutch Harbor
South Portland
Ner
South
Casson Farewell Sermon Precedes Ruskin Colony Move
The Rev. Herbert N Casson bids farewell at the Labor Church Lynn before leaving for the Ruskin Cooperative Colony Tennessee to study co operative living and to edit the Coming Nation. He urges patience for socialism amid war and criticizes militarism while calling for justice and mercy.
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Lynn
Labor
Herbert N. Casson
Ruskin
America
Spain
Cuba
United States
Portugal
Manila
Merrimac
Santiago
Roosevelt
Caney
Shafter
Don Quixote
Sancho Panza
McKinley
Bryan
Casson
Labor Church
Gentlemen Duped By Slick Stranger At Mystic Wharf
A small theft scheme at Long Wharf ends with two businessmen losing $12 to a confident impostor posing as a ship captain. The fraudster claimed a wrecked vessel required diving work, while another scam fooled a grocer out of $3.
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Long Wharf
Mystic Wharf
Boston
Grand Junction
Yarmouth
Lewis Wharf
St. John
N. B
International Line
St. Croix
Prince Edward
Nova Scotia
South Boston
Dominion
New England
Canada
Hast Bos
Hibernian Divisions Form In Suffolk County
Two new divisions of the Ancient Order of Hibernians were instituted in Suffolk County with Division 60 at Irish American Hall Broadway extension. About 100 charter members were initiated and representatives attended from 59 divisions. Officers elected included James A. Punch president Patrick B Connors, vice president. William O Connell recording secretary. William P Donovan financial secretary. John J Shine treasurer.
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Order of Hibernians
William J. Cronin
Suffolk County Directory
Broadway Extension
Hibernianism
William O’connell
Charles O'Connell
Ed Galvin
Jeremiah W. Shine
William P. Shine
George A. Alexander
Michael Grady
Thomas P. Curtin
John G. Walsh
Charles D. Moore
Thomas F. McGivern
Arthur J. Manning
Abner J. McCulloen
D. F. Barry
D. F. Donovan
William Looney
Timothy Hurley
William P. Buckley
Thomas Cotter
P. Moran
John D. Diggins
Peter E. Carr
Stage Talk Highlights Boston Theatre Season
Stuart Robson commands his best support this season with Marie Burroughs and Harold Russell among the cast. John E Kellerd Theodore Hamilton and Louise Muldener join, while George E Lothrop returns from vacation. The column notes many productions including Way Down East Still Waters Run Deep and What Happened to Jones with strong local ties and other acts at Tremont Mu seum Sans Souci and Keith's.
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Stuart Robson
Marie Burroughs
Harold Russell
John E. Kellerd
Theodore Hamilton
Louise Muldener
Mrs. Robson
Gertrude Perry
John B. Mason
Viola Allen
George E. Lothrop
Howard, Bowdoin Square
Grand Theatres
Augustin Daly
Leland T. Powers
Chautauqua
de Wolf Hopper
Montreal
Sousa and Klein
Charlatan
Russia
Nella Bergen
Alice Judson
Adine Bouvier
Mark Price
Alfred Klein
Katherine Carlisle
Edmund Stanley
Harry P. Stone
New York
the Tremont
Boston
Division 61 A D A organizes in West End Union Hall
County President William J Cronin leads the instituting of Division 61 A D A at 161 Canal Street West End Union Hall assisted by Suffolk County Directory members and an investigating committee. New officers include Edward J McCauley president James O Connell vice president Eugene J O Leary recording secretary Denis J McCarthy financial secretary and John Ahearn treasurer.
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West End
Denis J. McCarthy
James J. Shea
Thomas Casey
Jerome Donovan
Denis Ryan
Joseph Ryan
Robert Hannisen
Jeremiah Hayes
Michael J. Foley
John Hicks
Daniel Collins
James J. Fitzgerald
John A. Quinn
Peter Dolan
Edward J. McCauley
James O’connell
Eugene J. O'Leary
John Ahearn
John A. Ryan
Jeremiah J. Coleman
John A. Quin
Boston
John Dolan
Roxbury
Cornelius J. Keyes
Cornelius Spellicy
Martin J. Roche
Thomas F. Fitzgerald
South
Thos. F. McGuire
John B. O'Higgins
James Mantle
Michael O'Connor
Denis J. Cronin
Hugh E. Seanlon
Timothy Horgan
Roger F. Scannell
John J. Daly
Martin J. Padden
Jeremiah J. Manning
James Corness
Thomas Kelly
Daniel Sullivan
Denis C
Quarantine Telegram From Captain Clark In Tampa
Captain Thomas F. Clark of the U S Signal Corps reports from quarantine in Tampa that he does not know his next assignment after returning from Santiago. He notes all is well and asks that his family be notified. His detachment of about sixty men awaits War Department direction amid postwar uncertainty.
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Rgmont Key
Fra
the Post
Tampa
Captain Clark
Signal Corps
Thomas F. Clark
United States Signal Corps
Signal Service
War Department
Santiago
Army
Bennington Street
Boston
Clark
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Jones
Policeman
Imogene Comer
Maggie Cline
Sans Souci
Tom Clifford
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Longfellow
John Smith
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