Explorers Stefansson and Anderson Sail From Arctic
Two men from the Mackenzie River trail report Vilhimar Stefansson and Dr. R. M. Anderson of Iowa have boarded a whaling vessel bound for Seattle after four years in the Arctic for the American Museum of Natural History. They left New York in 1908 and expected to return in 1912 with surveys of Langston Bay and Horton River. Stefansson found blond Esquimaux on Victoria Land.
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New York City
Hudson Bay
New York
Langston Bay
Horton River
Victoria Land
Stefansson
Blond Esquimaux
Former City Architect Edmund Wheelwright Dies at 50
Edmund M. Wheelwright, renowned Boston architect, died at Elmwood Sanitarium in Thompsonville Connecticut after a two year illness. He had been a patient there for nearly a year. his family and close friends knew only of his condition. He suffered from melancholia. His wife, two sons and a daughter were present at his passing.
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Edmund M. Wheelwright
Boston
Elmwood Sanitarium
Thompsonville
Conn
Architect Wheelwright dies after long Boston career
Boston architect Wheelwright died at his Dedham home after a storied career shaping the City Hospital Cambridge bridge and Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Born Roxbury 1854 he led Wheelwright Haven and Hoyt and served as city architect 1891 95. He is survived by wife Elizabeth Brooks and three children with cremation planned per his wishes.
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Wheelwright
Wheelwright, Haven and Hoyt
Boston
Matthews
City Hospital
Cambridge Bridge
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Cleveland
Museum of Arts
Massachusetts General Hospital
New Hartford Bridge
Hartford
Conn
Roxbury
George William
Hannah Tyler Wheelwright
Harvard
Elizabeth B. Brooks
Dedham
Pitmen Join Union In Boston Street Carmen Shop
Nearly 100 pit men in Boston Elevated Railway shops and barns joined the new shop mechanical branch of the Boston Street Carmen's Union. The branch now exceeds 325 members as a meeting at 724 Washington Street featured leaders from the national and state unions and announced restoration of strikers to previous positions and pay.
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Boston Elevated Railway Company
Boston Street
Carmen’s Union
Washington Street
Fred Fay
P. F. Sheehan
Brockton
William French
Lynn
Alexander Smyth
Reading
John H. Reardon
Worcester
International Executive Board
Fitzgerald
New York
Ice House Destroyed By Fire In Crisfield
Crisfield Ice & Electric Company's plant and storage warehouse valued at 100000 dollars burned today. Insurance on the property stood at 40000 dollars. Clarence Wright a deck hand on the schooner North Carolina was injured when a smokestack fell.
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Crisfield
Crisfield Ice & Electric Company
Clarence Wright
North Carolina
Harrison Co. Half-Price Fall Suits at Washington Street
A fall stock sale offer urges quick purchase of 1100 fall suits at exactly half former prices. The Harrison wholesale stock, carried over from last season, promises savings for fall and winter apparel. Visit 666 to 672 Washington St., corner Beach.
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Harrison
S. H. Harrison Co
Washington St
Cor. Beach
Fall Suits Harrison Wholesale Stock On Sale
Fall suits from last season offered on the street floor at exactly half price by S. H. Harrison Co. The sale includes men's suits at a 50 percent discount. Located at 666 to 672 Washington Street.
Eleanor Gordon to Enter Vaudeville in Boston
Miss Eleanor Gordon, popular with Boston audiences from stock company days, will enter vaudeville for a short engagement. She opens next week at B. F. Keith's Boston theatre in a new playlet titled Light Housekeeping offering her opportunity to showcase her talents.
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Eleanor Gordon
Boston
B. F. Keith
Boston Theatre
Heat Prostrations Add Three More Victims
Three more heat prostrations were reported. Bridget Bradley, 14, at Tufts Street near Faneuil Hall, collapsed while marketing and was sent to the Relief station. Mary McPhee, 28, of Shawmut Avenue, fainted in a Winter Street store and later returned home. Frank L. Richardson, 63, of Harvard Street, Brookline, suffered heat exhaustion on Tremont Row and was moved to the Relief station.
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Bridget Bradley
Tufts Street
Faneuil Hall
Mary McPhee
Shawmut Avenue
Winter Street
Frank L. Richardson
Harvard Street
Brookline
Tremont Row
United States Submarine G-4 Launched at Cramp Yard
The G-4 submarine, first of its type built in the United States, was launched at Cramp shipyard. Two workers fell overboard briefly when the boat listed on launch, rescued by a motorboat after striking a submerged log. Sponsor Miss Grace Anna Taussig, granddaughter of William Cramp.
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Philadelphia
United States
Cramp
Grace Anna Taussig
William Cramp
Cramp Company
Mail Woman in Accident on Pittsfield Route
Florence Markham a 40 year old mail carrier on the Stockbridge Interlaken route was involved in an accident when G Brickett Blaisdell hit her wagon with an automobile. No injuries. Mail delayed. Markham has 65 000 miles in 23 years on the job and has never missed a train with the mail. Her horse Fanny is 17 years on the road.
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Pittsfield
Florence Markham
Stockbridge
Interlaken
G. Brickett Blaisdell
Henry Avenue
Miss Markham
Fanny
Akin Speech Expunged From Congressional Record
Washington Aug 15 The House voted to expunge speeches by Representative Akin of New York inserted under leave to print. The speeches attacked Secretary Wilson and Weather Bureau Chief Willis L Moore. Akin asked if Congress was a free masonry joint where a member cannot speak against another.
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Washington
Representative Akin
New York
Congressional Record
House
Wilson
Willis L. Moore
Weather Bureau
Akin
Mrs Walsh Summoned in Bankrupt Case
Mrs Walsh widow of Martin Walsh a New York gambler is summoned as a witness in bankruptcy proceedings against Big Bill Kelcher related to looting the National City Bank of Cambridge. Referee Olmstead of the U S Bankruptcy Court will hear her this morning.
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Walsh
Martin Walsh
New York
Big Bill
Kelcher
National City Bank of
Cambridge
Olmstead
United States Bankruptcy Court
Thomas Johnson dead at 66 after long illness
Thomas Johnson aged 66 of Summer street Chelsea died yesterday at his daughter Mrs. John Higgins’s home 23 Ambrose street Revere after about two years of illness. A former chemist he served two and a half years in the British army and took part in the Crimea and the China war.
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Thomas Johnson
Summer Street
Chelsea
John Higgins
Ambrose Street
Revere
Crimea
China
Marines to Rescue Aiding Nicaragua Crisis
The collier Justin arrived at Corinto with 350 marines under Major Smiley Butler. Captain Terhune of the gunboat Annapolis is empowered to handle the military situation affecting American interests. The force was believed dispatched to Managua, six hours from Corinto by rail.
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Washington
Justin
State Department
Corinto
Smiley Butler
Terhune
Annapolis
Nicaragua
Managua
Bombardment of Managua and U S Marines in Nicaragua
As delays in cables reach officials, American Minister Weitzel may hold Managua with marines and reinforcements from Panama and Denver en route. The State Department condemns shelling of non-combatants and property, noting General Mena's revolt has lost sympathies. Casualties include 12 women and children wounded or killed as Zeledon’s forces and government troops clash.
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Navy
State Departments
Weitzel
Managua
Panama
Denver
Corinto
State Department
Mena
Zeledon
Murillo
Rostran
Thomas
Emilio Chamorro
Zeled
Mrs Robinson Averts Serious Harm For Aiding Bruised Boy
In Newport Rhode Island on Thames street Mrs Charles L F Robinson wife of a millionaire pistol maker helped after a dray riding boy George Warner jumped from a wagon and was struck by her car The chauffeur halted but the impact bruised the boy medically he was not seriously hurt and was cared for by Mrs Robinson until an ambulance and hospital help arrived
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Newport
R. I
Charles L. F. Robinson
Colonel Robinson
Thames Street
Bailey’s Beach
George Warner
Robinson
Star Stricken in Last Act and Dies
Brockton, Aug. 15 Miss Burke Eldredge leading lady of the Prince Ellwood theatrical company died here suddenly today while acting the last act of Sunset Trail. She was wife of Fred Martell of the same company. Medical Examiner W O Faxon performed an autopsy. body sent to Eliot, Maine for burial.
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Brockton
Poslam Claims Rapid Skin Relief for Eczema and More
Advert says Poslam cures eczema acne tetter and salt rheum quickly with a short treatment. Claims overnight results for common troubles like pimples and sunburn. Poslam Soap praised as antiseptic nursery soap. Available from druggists. sample requests addressed to Emergency Laboratories New York.
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Emergency Laboratories
West 25Th Street
New York City
Ellen Terry Scoffs at Age and Acting Return
London Aug 15 Ellen Terry the famed actress said she would never be too old to act again. She noted aging is real but feels young, citing limited walking due to a motor car and insisting no real actress will doubt herself and retire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Ellen Terry
Chelsea
Suicide in City Sanitarium Linked to Abuse Claim
A note found in the purse of Mrs Hallie F Forrest widow of a son of General Nathan Bedford Forrest says she was abusively treated while in a strait jacket at City Sanitarium. She killed herself in a park yesterday afternoon. The hospital superintendent says she was cared for in a straitjacket by women attendants only.
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ST. Louis
Hallie F. Forrest
Nathan Begford Forrest
Fiancee of Soldier Arrives for Connecticut Funeral
Miss Wealthy A. Richards of Cambridge is at the Dorchester home of Private Oliver H. Jones's parents for his funeral. Jones was drowned during war manoeuvres in Connecticut. the couple had become engaged three years earlier and planned to marry in October with the ceremony already arranged.
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Wealthy A. Richards
Cambridge
Oliver H. Jones
Connecticut
Dorchester
Fire Panic In Forest Hills House
A late night blaze at 26 Tower Street Forest Hills drove ten residents from a three story wooden building. Mrs. Andrew Cavanaugh and her three month old child were overcome by smoke. The fire caused $2600 damage and threatened adjacent houses as flames spread from a toppled candle in the spare room on the third floor. Firemen wetted nearby structures to prevent ignition. The roof area was partially consumed before discovery roughly ten minutes after ignition.
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Andrew Cavanaugh
Tower Street
Forest Hills
Canal bill up again today
Washington Aug 15 The Panama canal bill agreed to by conferees will be pushed for final action in both houses tomorrow Opposition is expected from those who oppose free tolls to coast wise ships or who object to railroad and anti trust provisions of the bill.
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Washington
House
Senate
Organ Pioneer S D Smith Dies at 82 in West Roxbury
Samuel D. Smith founder of the Smith American Organ Company dies at his West Roxbury home aged 82. A pioneer organ builder, he retired twenty years ago after amassing a fortune in manufacturing. He is survived by a widow and two children living in the West.
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Samuel D. Smith
Smith- American Organ Company
West Roxbury
West
Train Robber Secures $3000 on Southern Railway
A lone robber boarded a Southern Railway train at Biltmore station from Spartanburg and, after disarming the express messenger with a revolver, secured $3000 and escaped this evening in Asheville North Carolina.
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Asheville
N. C
Southern Railway
Spartanburg
Biltmore Station
Man Frightened to Death by Policemen in Baltimore
Joseph Brown, a colored man, collapsed and died of heart trouble while police questioned him about a woman. He appeared nervous when officers spoke to him and fell to the floor, dying before they could assist.
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Baltimore
Joseph Brown
Brown
Senate approves funds to expand Portland quarantine facilities
Washington Aug 12 The Senate passed a bill directing the Treasury Secretary to provide increased quarantine facilities at Portland Maine with a cost not to exceed 43 880 dollars, outlining upgraded capacity and safety measures.
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Washington
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Portland
Senate approves fur seal treaties with three nations
The Senate, after four hours of debate, passed a bill implementing fur seal treaties with Japan England and Russia to protect seals in the Pribilof Islands. Pelagic sealing is banned and land killing on the islands is barred for 10 years by a committee amendment adopted by a 42 to 18 vote.
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Washington
Senate
Japan
England
Russia
Pribylov Islands
Lodge
Root
Nelson
Minnesota
Hitchcock
Shively
Friend of Beecher and Whitman Dies in Brooklyn
William Berry Woolsey aged 72, longtime U S customs official and close friend of Walt Whitman and Henry Ward Beecher, died today at his Brooklyn home. A lifelong Republican, he attended every presidential inauguration since Lincoln except Taft's.
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New York
William Berry Woolsey
Walt Whitman
Henry Ward Beecher
United States Customs Service
Brooklyn
Mr. Woolsey
Lincoln
Taft
Tragic Freight-Engine Death in Pittsfield
Thomas Dolan of New Haven Conn was struck and instantly killed by a Boston and Albany freight engine near the railroad station in Pittsfield. Dolan, a 35 year old carpenter, died at the scene.
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Pittsfield
Boston & Albany
Thomas Dolan
New Haver, Conn
Dolan
Save Your Eyes Book Promises Eye Health Without Glasses
An advertisement promotes a book titled Save Your Eyes from Okola Laboratory Rochester NY claiming it teaches self administered eye strengthening methods to avoid or discard glasses. It cites testimonials of people who regained clear sight and invites readers to request the book by mail for plain wrapper postpaid delivery.
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Okola Laboratory
Dept
Rochester
N. Y
Tuberculosis Medicine Saved This Man's Life
A Philadelphia man credits Eckman's Alterative with a life saving recovery from a severe abscessed lung after pneumonia. The letter claims three years of renewed health and urges use for bronchitis asthma hay fever throat and lung issues. The pamphlet promotes the product and lists Riker Jaynes and Houghton Dutton Drug Stores as sellers.
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Eckman
Phila
Reilly
Riker- Jaynes Drug Stores
Houghton & Dutton Drug Dept
Eckman Laboratory
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Congress
Doe
Paul Thompson
Organ Pioneer
S.D. Smith
Beecher
Whitman
Vorenbergs
Hanover and Elm
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