Evans Fleet Rehearsal Delayed by Maine Flagship Accident
In Rockport on August 14 the North Atlantic squadron aborted the Portland sham battle after the Maine sustained a steering gear mishap twenty miles out. Admiral Evans ordered in for secret signal practice while spectators, including many summer residents, watched maneuvers and a unique, undisclosed signaling system in use this season. A reception followed at Town Hall with Judge Sumner D. York and several flag officers in attendance.
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Rockport
Portland
Maine
Evans
Davis
Sumner D. York of
Roeport
Charles H. Davis
John H. Pillsbury
Nathan BE. Niles
Edward Taussing
Indiana
Samuel B. Comly
Alabama
B. Pf,tilley
Iowa
C. C. Pendleton
Kearsarge
W. J. Barnette
Kentucky
Marblehead Sailboat Trial Yields Fluky Results in Roosevelt Cup
The Eastern Yacht Club’s second trial race of the Roosevelt cup defense saw the Cod win with Caramba second, Chewink third, and Sally fourth while Spokane placed 12th. Offshore breeze vanished into a calm, offshore course controversy left boats on Half Way Rock untested. start delayed and inshore races preferred for a square test.
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Marblehead
Y. C
Massachusetts Bay
Cod
Chewink
Sally
Spokane
Auk
Manchester
Corinthian
Boston
Eastern Club
Boston 1906 tax rate set at 15.90 under Mayor Fitzgerald
Boston’s 1906 tax figures show a rate of 15.90 per thousand, down ten cents from 1905. Mayor Fitzgerald, after reviewing the Board of Assessors’ report, notes the rate would be 16.20 if the city had appropriated the full legal amount but credits economy in appropriations for the reduction. State taxes and county charges rise due to metropolitan parks and water works assessments, magnifying total obligations beyond city controls.
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Boston
Board of Assessors
Fitzgerald
Old Orchard
Mitchell
Metropolitan Water Works
Metropolitan Parks
The Cod Wins Second Roosevelt Cup Sender Race
The Cod secures a second victory in the Roosevelt cup sender boat trials amid ongoing regatta challenges. Crooked work now charged in national regatta with officials pursuing charges.
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Angus Pointer
Boston
Southampton
Huntington Avenue
Pittsburg
Tenney
Manchester
Lowell
Willets
Detroit Tigers
Nelson
Gans
Harvard
Thames
Saratoga
Cured Lung Trouble and Cough by Father Johns Medicine
A resident of Reading Pennsylvania reports relief from lung trouble and cough after using Father John’s Medicine. Signed by E S Daly 338 Wood Avenue Reading. PA ORES A Rai Sa
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John’s
E. S. Daly
Wood Avenue
Reading
Penn
Boston Woman Believed to Be Pirates' Gold Swindler
Boston police tie Mrs Verrault Mason alias Sadie Mason to a sensational pirates treasure scheme. Reports say she disappeared from 81 Waltham Street last March while courting investors for a claimed two million worth of gold and gems buried by pirates in the Gulf of St Lawrence. G Allen Mason, claimed as her brother, is named by investigators as an ex convict linked to prior badger game activity.
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Bina F. Verrault
Helen Hamilton
Sadie Mason
New York
Boston
Waltham Street
South End
Verrault-Mason
Crooks
Banco
United States
Carmody
Springfield
Mass
Duggan
G. Allen Mason
George Allen Mason
Frank Algerton Mason
Allens
Mason
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Fern
Fred Chapman
Weather forecast for Boston and Washington regions
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for fair weather on Wednesday and Thursday with light westerly winds. Washington area also expects fair conditions with high west winds. Steamship routes to European ports anticipate light variable winds and fair weather toward the Grand Banks.
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Boston
Washington
New England
European
Grand Banks
Charles H. Cole Sr Dies After Illness in Prison
Charles H. Cole Sr former president of the Globe National Bank died at St. Margaret's Hospital Louisburg square at 8 20 last night after a week's confinement from acute general tuberculosis contracted while in prison at Greenfield. Mrs Cole and son George witnessed his passing. Charles H. Cole Jr ex police commissioner headed to Chicago from Montana and will learn his father is at rest today. Remains will be taken to the family home in Hingham for interment this morning.
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Charles H. Cole, Sr
Globe National Bank
St. Margaret’s Hospital
Louisburg Square
Greenfield
Cole
Hingham
Cole Dies After Turbulent Bank Crash Career
Boston banker Mr Cole died after protracted illness linked to the Globe National Bank collapse. Once jailed at Greenfield for misappropriation of funds, he faced eight years with counts detailing misappropriated stock and bonds totaling about 824 604.70. He passed at St Margaret's with family present after a failing vitality and a final lucid moment.
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Cole
Globe Bank
St. Margaret’s
Greenfield
United States Mining Company
Niagara Mining and Smelting Company
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Harry B. Center
Half Way Rock
Boni
Associated Sunday Magazines Incorporated
Post
Fea
Texas
Rai Sa
Verrault
Nova Scotia
Thompson's Spa
Washington Street
Mrs. Cole
Mr. Cole
Pharsday
Framingham
Boston & Worcester
Park Square
Chestnut Hill
Charles H. Cole
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