Progress Toward Peace at Portsmouth Conference
The Portsmouth conference shows rapid progress toward ending the war. Japan gains control of Korea and Liaotung while Manchuria returns to China. Indemnity and Sakhalin remain unsettled, with a plan to revisit Sakhalin next week and final terms likely forthcoming.
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Portsmouth
Roosevelt
Japan
Russia
Corea
Liaotung Peninsula
Manchuria
China
Sakhalin
Sullivan at Chicago Irish gathering delivers unscathed address
A factitious interest surrounded Hon. John A. Sullivan as the orator at an Irish Nationalists meeting at Ogden's Grove in Chicago. Personal political bitterness stirred threats but none of the promised demonstrations spoiled his delivery yesterday. The address is noted as finding a place in the record.
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John A. Sullivan
Ogden’s Grove
Chicago
Sullivan Lectures on Ireland and Tariff Politics
The Massachusetts Congressman presents a philosophical view on Ireland's status within Britain, arguing for Irish freedom as an absolute ethical standard. He frames his talk as an academic address with no nods to American politics while predicting tariff reform will drive Massachusetts and a Democrat victory in November amid GOP splits.
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Ireland
Great Britain
Massachusetts
Sullivan
Ogden’s Grove
Emancipation Hope Amid Russian Jewish Persecution
The piece urges pressuring Russia to grant Jews full citizenship and end oppression, citing Jewish bankers in Portsmouth and Sergius Witte's support for liberal policy. It cites anti Semitic riots in Russian Poland and calls for timely, moral action by the American public.
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East
Portsmouth
New York
Russia
Sergius Witte
Russian
Poland
Reciprocity Meeting in Chicago Seeks Trade Extension
Massachusetts and New England business representatives gather in Chicago to press Congress for broader reciprocal trade. The meeting stresses nonpartisan aims, urges tariff reform, and seeks strong relations with Canada and other nations including Europe and Asia.
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Chicago
United States
Congress
Massachusetts
New England
Dominion of Canada
South America
Graft in Boston Board of Aldermen
District Attorney Sughrue may seek grand jury action on bribery charges amid a Boston Board of Aldermen inquiry. The aim is impartial clarity without presuming graft pervades the board, hoping no indictments arise yet to illuminate an obscure, serious issue.
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Sughrue
Board of Aldermen
Grand Jury
Boston Board of Aldermen
Governor Higgins Talks With Gas and Power Commissioner
Governor Higgins meets Frederick E. Gunnison president of the State commission of gas and electricity in Albany. Gunnison plans to tour Massachusetts to study its commission methods.
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Albany
N. Y
Higgins
Frederick E. Gunnison
State Commission of Gas and Electricity
Gunnison
Massachusetts
Kronberg portrait on public view at Cobb's gallery
The portrait of Lillian Lawrence by Louis Kronberg is on public exhibition at Cobb's art gallery 346 Boylston Street drawing notable attention. European travel becomes commonplace as time and fares shrink a New England era readers note.
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Lillian Lawrence
Boston
Louis Kronberg
Cobb's Art Gallery
Boylston Street
Effective Method Asker Why Do You Have So Many Lamps
Sparker Sh explains the lamps dazzle people at night making them unable to move out of the way. The exchange centers on why so many lamps are present and their effect on bystanders.
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Asker
U S Advises Germany Against Discrimination
Washington Aug. 15 Ambassador Tower is instructed to tell Germany that the United States imposes no country discrimination on customs dues and American lumber imports should be treated equally.
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Washington
Ambassador Tower
United States
Germany
Reciprocal Trade Conference Opens in Chicago Delegates Arrive
A large delegation from across the country travels to Chicago for the opening session of the conference on reciprocal trade with foreign nations. E. N. Toss of Boston will address the convention.
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Chicago
E. N. Toss
Boston
Tug Rescues Crew Of Capsized Schooner Garland
Word comes from Lingan Head that Captain Hosmer and the Garland crew reached Port Moriene after the schooner capsized. Tug D. H. Thomas towed Garland to Mira Bay today, aiding the crew's recovery.
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South Sydney
Hosmer
Garland
Lingan Head
Port Moriene
D. H. Thomas
Mira Bay
Gettysburg Battle Casualties Reported by Reader
A reader from Millville dated August 14 186? reports Union casualties at Gettysburg as 23 186 and Confederate casualties as 31 621. The letter seeks total killed and wounded on both sides.
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Gettysburg
Millville
Union
Confederate
Belle risks of automobiling amid new engagement tale
The fragment notes a risky view on driving with a posed question about safety as Bill, a friend, reflects on three months since an engagement. The terse lines mix dialogue and a personal timing reference.
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Belle
Bill
Final Diary Entry of a Hunter Ends in Tragic Death
A hunter writes a last diary entry describing a self inflicted wound after a failed attempt at a hunting kill. He records his pain and love for his wife Sylvia and children Lillian and Johnny. Neighbors later discover him with the diary and he is brought home to his wife.
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Clarence W. Rowley
West
Nevada
Portland
Ore
Rowley
Sylvia
Brown Bess
Mr. Clay
Lillian
Johnny
Papa
Society Notes Lunching Abroad and traveling families in August
Mrs George von L Meyer ambassadorial wife remains at Hamilton estate then Newport visits with Mrs Frederick O Beach of New York. The incoming Arabic brings Francis L Higginson Jr Hetty Sargent and Mrs Lucius M Sargent to Manchester by the Sea and Lucerne hosts Mrs William B Sewall. Tables of illness tell of Mrs Hartman Kuhn at Hillside. Various families depart for Europe and summer hotels from Boston to Brookline and beyond as social season continues.
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George von L. Meyer
Russia
Hamilton
Newport
Frederick O. Beach
New York
Meyer
Charlestown
Francis L. Higginson
Hetty A. Sargent
Higginsons
Manchester-by-the- Sea
Hugh Ogden
Lisbeth Davis
Concord
Lucerne
William B. Sewall
Commonwealth Avenue
Sewall
Beau Rivage
Hartman Kuhn
Lenox
Hillside
Boston
Kuhn
Grace Cary
Campobello
A. F. Manning
Cohasset
Europe
Joseph C. Stedman
Pond Street
Jamaica Plain
William A. Rolfe
Automobile Clubs
Saxonia
Arthur D. Little
Upland Road
Brookline
Nathan Anthony
White Mountains
Daniel K. Snow
Walnut Street
George F. Baldwin
Chicago
Mount Washington
Magnolia
Lesperus
Poess Seem to Be Working About Ben Over Time
A playful verse tale from New York Mail and Life jokes about Abou Ben Witte and Abbie Ben Adams. A correspondent reports hopeful war peace coverage while Ben Witte questions the dream and the press, then a Vision lists “Our Best People” who depart for fashionable watering places.
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New York Mail
Abou Ben Witte
Ben Witte
Witte
Abbie
Letter on Dance Halls and Evils from a Maiden
A Malden Observer reader, age eighteen, writes about dance halls. She cites disruptive players at dances and describes disgust with conversations and kissing. She condemns the spread of loud flirtation and urges caution for girls seeking respectability.
Dear Miss Champagne Provide Honest Advice on Engagement Dilemma
A 17 year old asks if it is right to break an engagement after developing feelings for another. The adviser says a young woman may grow and change but warns against deceiving the betrothed. If she truly loves the other suitor, be frank and explain, after ensuring the change is not a passing whim.
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Bradstreet
T. B. Shea
Board of Health
T. B
Erudite Boston
Washington Street
Columbia Theatre
Northampton Street
Dudley
Chicago
Bjekasstra
Montenegro
United States Census Bureau
Bass Point
Fleet Auto
Lynn
Miss Champagne
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