Story of a Bad Boy serial in the Portsmouth Post
The Portsmouth Post prints Thomas Bailey Aldrich's Story of a Bad Boy in serial form with rights held by Mrs Mary Elizabeth Aldrich and Houghton Mifflin. Critics regard it as humorous autobiographical fiction linked to Treasure Island and Tom Brown.
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Mary Elizabeth Aldrich
Houghton, Mifflin Company
The
Post
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Robert Louis Stevenson
Hughes
Tom Brown
Rivermouth
Portsmouth
N. H
Story of a Bad Boy Chapter I from Tom Bailey
The narrator introduces himself as Tom Bailey recounting boyhood at a Rivermouth school. He jokes about being mischievous yet amiable, recalls naming new classmates, and imagines former peers as adults or figures in distant roles. He pauses to remember friends now gone while inviting the reader to join his reflective sketches.
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Wibird Hawkins
Bessee Islands
New England
Tom Bailey
Higgins
Wiggins
Spriggins
Langdon
Wallace
Blake
Phil Adams
Adams
Shanghai
Wang Wang
Whitcomb
Pepper Whitcomb
Little Pepper Whitcomb
Fred Langdon
California
Binny Wallace
Old South Burying Ground
Jack Harris
Army of the Potomac
Temple Grammar School
Rivermouth
Conway
Unneutral stance on arms exports by Lime i ia
International law condemns any arms export ban as unneutral. Austria’s arguments are dismissed as unfounded. The piece notes that during the blockade of South African ports Germany and Austria supplied Britain, and that Germany and Austria have long earned profits selling arms.
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Austria
Germany
Great Britain
Riots on State Pier as Italian reservists embark Canopic
Large crowd at Commonwealth pier roars as 1430 Italian reservists board the Canopic. Stones, bullets and trampling erupts after jeers toward stewards from the Cincinnati. Police forcefully restore order amid injuries and chaos on the dock.
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State Pier
Commonwealth Pier
Cincinnati
I Was Born North Yet Shaped by the South
The narrator recalls a Southern upbringing in Louisiana and New Orleans after a New England birth. He rejects being sent North for schooling, clinging to Southern identity, recalling Aunt Chloe and a sweltering garden surrounded by orange and magnolia trees. The piece hints at unresolved origins and regional tensions.
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Rivermouth
New England
New Orleans
Tichowter
South
Chloe
Louisiana
Marster
Sunday toll of waters claims 13 lives in New England
The harbors, rivers, and ponds across New England killed 13 people yesterday, mainly while swimming. Roslindale resident Wilfred A. Curran died when a canoe tipped at the Dedham Needham line. his companion P J Kelley survived.
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New England
Wilfred A. Curran
Roslindale
Charles River
Dedham-Needham
P. J. Kelley
Kel
Germans Plot to Influence U S Opinion in War
New York World exposes a broad German propaganda network in the United States showing correspondence between German officials and agents. It reveals that Berlin officials, including Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg, participated in secret undertakings aimed at swaying U S policy and aiding Germany.
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New York
United States
Germany
The
New York World
Herr von Bethmann-Hollweg
German Empire
Berlin
United States Foresees Embargo on Arms If Attacked
The State Department released Lansing's reply to Austria Hungary denying claims that U.S. munitions exports violated neutrality. It cites past shipments to Britain and insists the U.S. maintains strict neutrality while preserving access to arms in its markets if attacked. The note requests Vienna consider the reply and references continued report on page 12.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Lansing
America
Austria
Germany
Great Britain
England
Department of State
Royal Foreign Office
Austria-Hungary
Day's progress and celestial observations noted
Morning report from Day 13h 55m records a decline since June 22nd and lists astronomical observations for Venus and Jupiter. It notes lights at 7:16 p m and other vehicles at 7:46 p m with references to a store in Batorn.
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Batorn
Venus
Jupiter
Bennington Battle Day and Historic Milestones
A compact note lists Bennington Battle Day in Vermont and a series of historic anniversaries: the 1777 battle, Detroit’s 1812 surrender to Britain, the first Atlantic cable message in 1883, and a note marking a Russian advance a year ago involving Austria and Germany.
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Bennington
Vermont
Detroit
Austria
Germany
Weather forecast for Boston area shows fair skies
The forecast calls for fair conditions in Boston and surrounding areas on Monday and Tuesday with light south to southwest winds.
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Boston
Vicinity
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