Six Sailors to Leave Jail for Pleasant Quarters
The six crewmen of the barkentine Herbert Fuller, long confined at Charles Street Jail, will be housed at Scituate as guests of the United States government. District Attorney Jones arranged the move with Marshal Swift, and the men will receive pay and guards while adapting to a freer life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Fuller
United States
Charley Weaterburg
Alias Brown
Frank Loheno
Henry J. Slice
Oscar Anderson
Folke Wussen
Hendrik Perdok
Charles Street
Sheriff Brien
Charles River
Jones
Scituate
Swift
Ruhl
Charlie Brown
Frank Lohenc
Loheac
Marshal Swift
Bicycle Crash Throws Chelsea Youth. Head Injuries
Louis Kraitz aged 19 of Cherry Street Chelsea fell from his bicycle on Broadway near Beé Gon Street when the front wheel broke. He was rushed to Frost Hospital by police ambulance with severe head injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Kraitz
Cherry Street
Chelsea
Broadway
Beéa- Gon Street
Kraitz
Frost Hospital
Baptist Grove Meeting Closes After Week of Camp Services
The seventh annual Baptist grove meeting in WBHIR S NH ends with 1000 in attendance at the afternoon service. A general conference features Rev W W Wakeman Medford Mass and others. Tomorrow begins six days of Winnipesaukee Camp Meeting Association camp events by Concord area Methodist churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wbhirs
N. H
Baptist Grove
W. W. Wakeman
Medford
Mass
Tenney
Newport
Hubbard
Wilton
Bixby
East Haverhill
Concord
American Bark C. C. Funk Wrecked Off Tasmania
Advices from Melbourne report the American bark C. C. Funk captained by Nissen, sailing from Tacoma May 22 to Melbourne, wrecked on Flanders Island Tasmania. Eleven aboard, including Captain Nissen his wife and two children, were drowned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Melbourne
C. C. Funk
Nissen
Tacoma
Flanders Island
Tasmania
Drowned Boy at River Creek Bathing Spot
Joseph B. Keene Jr aged 2 of 8 Charles street Somerville drowned while bathing in Miller's River Creek near the North Packing and Provision Company pumping station. Body recovered by Sergeant Cavanagh and Patrolman Simons of the Somerville police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph B. Keene, Jr
Charles Street
Somerville
Miller’s River Creek
North Packing & Provision Company
Joseph R. Keene
Cavanagh
Simons
Somerville Police
Terrible Noble county storm harms crops in Ohio region
A Sarahsville dispatch reports a fierce storm in Noble county Ohio with heavy hail. Flooded streams ruined crops including tobacco and wheat. hay stacks ignited by lightning. over half the wheat spoiled as stacks caught fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
Sarahsville
Noble County
Friends and Foes of Labor Sermon at East Boston Church
Rev. Charles A. Crane spoke on Friends and Foes of the Workingman at Sara toga Street Methodist Church East Boston last evening. He urged the value of a clean upright character and said Sunday should be a day of rest, criticizing Sunday papers and agitators while affirming religion as the lasting support for workers and all men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Crane
Saratoga Street Methodist Church
Boston
Europe
Seven Die As Night Train Derailed Near Bonvillers
A Paris dispatch reports a derailment on the railway to Liseux near Bonvillers. seven killed and forty one injured in the incident last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Liseux
Caen
Bonvillers
Violent Earthquake Shocks Messina Panic Ensues
Messina experienced a violent earthquake this morning causing widespread panic among residents as buildings trembled and streets filled with alarm. Reports describe intense shaking and fear across the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messina
Samuel Orr Dead Prominent Boston Hat Manufacturer
Samuel Orr a well known Chelsea social figure and hat maker from Boston died yesterday afternoon at his Tudor street Chelsea home after a long illness. Born in Hamilton Ontario fifty five years ago he came to the United States early and worked twenty three years in Hanover street Boston before settling in Chelsea. He held leadership roles with the Chelsea Review Club and belonged to several Masonic and fraternal orders. His obituary notes three children and funeral arrangements will be announced after services conducted by Palestine Commandery Knights Templars and related bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Orr
Boston
Tudor Street
Chelsea
Mr. Orr
Hamilton
Ont
Hanover Street
Chelsea Club
Chelsea Review Club
Robert Lash Lodge of
Masons
Palestine Commandery
Knights Templars
Napthali Council
Royal and Select
M Ters
Royal Arch Chapter
Shekinah
Mystic Widow
Palestine Comm
Raid on Bayboro gamblers wounds sheriff and kills five
Sheriff Fisher leading a thirteen man posse raided a crowd of about 75 to 100 negro gamblers at Bayboro, Moultrie County. The sheriff was wounded in the hand as shots were exchanged, two posse members were hit, and five negroes were killed with three mortally wounded and three more badly hurt after a fierce firefight involving two to three hundred shots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Moultrie
Cervera Heads to Annapolis After Portsmouth Visit
Admiral Cervera and his officers attended the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Portsmouth New Hampshire this morning. After a hotel luncheon they visited the navy yard for three hours before returning to the city. They plan further time at the yard tomorrow and depart for Annapolis Tuesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
N. H
Cervera
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Navy Yard
Annapolis
Captain Hamilton Dies at Age 74 in Waterbury
Captain David B. Hamilton prominent Waterbury citizen dies at his East Main street home after a brief illness at age 74. He served as president and treasurer of Rogers & Bro. Company silverware makers, led Manufacturers' National Bank, and held directorships in several firms. A Civil War veteran he belonged to G A R Army and Navy Club Connecticut New York Loyal Legion and local fraternal orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterbury
Conn
David B. Hamilton
East Main Street
Rogers & Bro. Company
Manufacturers’ National Bank
Army and Navy Club
Connecticut
New York
The
Loyal Legion
Burglars Loot Richford Post Office In Early Morning Breakin
The post office in Richford Vermont was burglarized at 2 AM. Thieves emptied the safe of stamps registered letters money and Postmaster McGregor’s private papers. An envelope with cash was found on the floor. Three unknown men were seen on the street after the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richford
McGregor
Purified Brandy Prices Offered by Cushing Process Co
The ad promotes pure California Brandy at 80 crs a quart and 3.00 per gallon with other rates. French Brandy priced from 1.25 to 4.00 per bottle. Sold only in packages. Cushing Process Co. Washington St. Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Cushing Process CO
Washington St
Boston
Artistic Adornments of Samoan Dancing Belles
In Samoa the dancing girls of Iva on Savali decorate with bright red snakes. They wear them around necks ankles wrists and across headdresses while dancing. Despite the grotesque display locals view the performance as a striking artistic tradition and a notable aspect of Samoan pageantry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Islands
Hawaii
Gilberts
Marshalls
Carolines
Philippines
Western Pacific
Samoa
Pacific
Upolu
Savail
Iva
Savali
Taupou
Aging suitor charged with disorderly conduct in Brooklyn
Seventy two year old George E Bolmar, a Greenpoint Ferry employee, faced Ewen Street Police Court in Williamsburgh on a disorderly conduct charge. He courted widow Carrie M Poole for months, sent ardent letters, trailed and proclaimed his love publicly, prompting her to seek a warrant and a court hearing that was adjourned to tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George E. Bolmar
Ewen Street
Williamsburg
Carrie M. Poole
Guernsey Street
Greenpoint
Bolmar
Greenpoint Ferry Company
Mother Wins Custody In Scotland Abduction Case
Mrs. J A Printy formerly Miss Alice Weir of Sidney and later Chicago won a custody suit in Scotland. Her husband abducted their two children in Chicago claiming they'd join a convent. She traced them to Darby Hill near Dumfries, traveled there, and after orders from the Edinburgh Supreme Court she regained custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binghamton
N. Y
J. A. Printy
Alice Weir
Sidney
Chicago
Scotland
Darby Hill
Maxwelltown
Dumfries
Supreme Court of Edinburgh
No Wife of His Says He Suit Seeks Divorce Claim
Thomas M. Fields, a Washington attorney, files suit seeking a court declaration that Wilhelmina A. Be. Von Olson, also known as Minnie Robert, is not his wife and that a marriage certificate be declared forged and annulled. The complaint seeks to bar her from alleging marriage and from using his name, arguing she tried to blackmail him by threatening arrest for bigamy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thomas M. Fields
Wilhelmina A. BE. von Olson
Minnie Robert
Mr. Fields
Lost pension case ends in bigamy arrest in Jersey City
James Cooper of First avenue and Thirty-fifth street New York was arrested in Jersey City on bigamy charges. He had married the Civil War widow of William Sharples after presenting a divorce claim. The widow had forfeited Sharples’s pension and faced complications recovering it once Cooper’s second marriage was discovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James Cooper
First Avenue
Thirty-fifth Street
Jersey City
William Sharples
Cooper
Sharples
Woman Convicts Cooper Over Bigamy Charge Proposition
Cooper was charged with bigamy when his divorce status was disputed. The accuser lured him to Jersey City where he was arrested. His first wife, now remarried, lives in Philmont New Jersey. Police Justice Potts released him due to weak evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooper
Jersey City
Philmont
N. J
Potts
Oldest American Die? Margaret Fallon Aged 117 In New York
Mrs. Margaret Fallon dies at Kings Ferry New York at 117 years old. Born in 1781 in Lufsuth parish Ireland she is believed to be America’s oldest. Survived by four sons and five daughters. Eldest daughter 80, eldest son 57. Two sons served in the Civil War one for the Union and one for the Confederates. The Confederate veteran survived. the other died in Libby Prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kings Ferry
N. Y
Margaret Fallon
America
Lufsuth Parish
Kings County
Ireland
Libby
Astors Dinner Hosts Vanderbilt at Beachwood
Aug 14 Newport society notes Mrs William Astor hosted a major dinner at Beachwood in honor of her son Colonel John Jacob Astor. The guest list included Cornelius Vanderbilt the ailing magnate attending his first social function since illness. Mrs Vanderbilt accompanied him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
William Astor
Beachwood
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Spiritual Convocation At Lake Pleasant Draws Big Attendance
The New England Spiritualist Association held a large Sunday convocation at Lake Pleasant with orchestral concerts by Boston's Ladies Schubert Quartet. J Clegg Wright of England spoke on Evolution and Religious Thought, followed by tests by Edgar W Emerson of Manchester New Hampshire. John Slater of California led the noon meeting and Rev B Fay Mills of Boston spoke on The Coming Church. The evening featured a progressive lyceum at the Temple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Pleasant
New England Spiritualist Association
Frates's Body Recovered After Alarming Injury
In Edgartown on August 14 the body of Frates, casualty from last Monday, was found yesterday and buried today. The remains show severe decomposition with most flesh eaten away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgartown
Frates
Disguised US Warships Foreseen by Spanish Press
The Spanish paper Bendera Espanola reports US Navy experiments with camouflage disguises for warships. Painted screens can cover batteries to imitate ships from major lines, aiding surprise or evasion. Yards have worked since last November. Ships like New York, Columbia and Minneapolis allegedly imitate German, Cunard, and other liners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
Bendera Espanola
United States
New York
Europe
Kaiser Wilhelm J
Lloyd
Columbia
Fuerst Bismarck
Hamburg-American Company
Minneapolis
Death of Mrs Heagney After Lingering Illness
Friends learn of the death of Mrs. Heagney after a long illness. Funeral from Hancock street Linden Malden Tuesday morning. A solemn requiem mass will be at St Joseph Maplewood. Interment in Holy Cross Cemetery Malden family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael J. Heagney
Hancock Street
Linden District
Malden
St. Joseph’s
Maplewood
Holy Cross Cemetery
Miss Mears Calls for Warship Gift by American Girls
Mary Mears of 528 Burling Street Chicago urges patriotic American girls to fund a government battleship named for them. She says dimes and dollars from girls are ready to flow to build a navy vessel in the nation’s honor. Her father John Mears is a hotel cashier and she is a pianist and Bible-class teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Mears
Burling Street
Chicago
John Mears
Great Northern Hotel
Christ Chris
Cami Cuba Libre
Yoseuilta
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Bram
Baptist Meeting
Lost
O. C. Funk
Miller's River Creek
Ohio
Nantucket
A. C. Russell
Cincinnati
Wilson & Silsbee
Mr. Crane
France
Georgia
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Captain Hamilton
Dancing Belles
Mother Love
Hartford
Price
Larrabee & CO
Temple Place
West Street
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