Harvester Wins Queen City Stakes at Fort Erie
Ed Geers drives unbeaten Harvester to victory in the $2000 Queen City trot at Fort Erie, sweeping four heats with fast early fractions. Genteel H., Carlokin, and Beatrice Billini chase in a crowded field amid light rain that slows the track. The Empire State stake and a second pace race follow, with Inner Guard and The Wolverine claiming top honors in their events.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Ed Geers
Harvester
Fort Erie
Carlokin
California
Durfee
Inner Guard
Gladys
A. McDonald
Empire State
the Harvester
Walnut Hall-Notelet
Moko (Geers
Mae Alee Se Zy
Snow
C.i.sienee
Beatrice Billini
Dickerson
Zomalta
B. m
McDonald
Fenky Geter
Azell
Br. S
Walter We
Little Frank
Dammy
King Wilton
Geers
Pil
B. G
Bosun
Cox
Why
Ada F
Fre
Salinger Building in Rochester Burns for $100,000 Loss
The four story wooden Salinger building on Central square Rochester was destroyed by fire. The blaze started in the basement furnace and quickly consumed the structure, with Isidore Salinger’s dry goods store on the first floor and offices above. Fireman Michael Spain was injured by falling chimney debris.
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Rochester
Salinger
Central Square
Isidore Salinger
Arthur M. Brock
A. S. Annis
Hayes
Michael Spain
Jack Johnson Seeks Shelter In Salt Lake City
Heavyweight champion Jack Johnson arrived in Salt Lake City and sought a place to sleep. He visited the police station after being turned away by a local hotel that allegedly refused accommodation to colored guests and could not assist further.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Jack Johnson
Johnson
Hospital Wedding Ends Mystery of 84 Year Old Bride
Mrs Mabel Dell Burleigh aged 84 of Cambridge and Herman Lawrence Chase aged 61 married at Sherman Hospital Medford on Aug 12 with Rev Frank Paradise officiating witnesses including the bride’s sister. Officials gave no details of Mr Chase health, residence, or prior marriage, while the bride claimed the ceremony followed a superstition about postponement and that she is related to Maine Congressman Burleigh.
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Mabel Dell Burleigh
Sacramento Street
Cambridge
Herman Lawrence Chase
Central Avenue
Medford
Sherman Hospital
Frank I. Paradise
Chase
Post
Mr. Paradise
Burleigh
West
Mobile
Ala
Sarah
Maine
That
State
Marble Hall Lectures At Marble House In Newport
Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont promotes suffragette lectures at Marble House Newport on August 24 and 28. Tickets priced five dollars are selling quickly though many cannot afford them. A garden party is added for both afternoons with one dollar admission to the tent lawn, not admitting to the house.
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Newport
O. H. P. Belmont
Marble House
Narragansett Clubman Held on Gambling Charge
William E. Arnold alleged proprietor of the Narragansett Club was arraigned in Wakefield District Court on a charge of keeping a gambling house. With a plea of not guilty he was held in 600 dollars bail for trial. Arnold is a New York cottager and the club is said to be the Easts finest gambling room outside Saratoga.
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Narragansett Pier
R. I
William E. Arnold
Narragansett
Wakefield
Arnold
New York
Saratoga
Baby's Summer Comfort with Pine Cologne Bath
A simple remedy for hot weather baby care suggests adding pine cologne to baths to refresh the skin and aid sleep. The advert pitch notes it as a refreshing antiseptic perfume, with trial sizes and half pint options priced at 15c and 75c respectively from Riker-Jaynes stores.
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Riker-Jaynes
President Taft Golf in Hard Rain at Beverly Cottages
In a four hour downpour at Beverly the President Taft and his brother Charles P. Taft defeated cousin Samuel Carr of Boston and Professor Louis More. Taft wore a raincoat and small skull cap while rain streamed down his face. The party dismissed the weather with laughter as they played on the links. Later the family gathered by a log fire in the cottage library as rain swept the bay outside.
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Beverly
Taft
Charles P. Taft
Samuel Carr
Boston
Louis More
President Roosevelt enjoys wet golf day at Myopia
The President and his entourage endured a soggy round with caddies and aides rating the weather as poor. Captain Butt rode 90 miles with the President and kept his composure while plans for a rematch with Charley Roosevelt were made at Myopia. Secretary MacVeagh and Norton were noted to be in discussions on currency matters.
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Captain Butt
Secret Service
Sloane
Roosevelt
Charley
Myopia
Adelbert Ames
William J. Boardman
Bandit
Carpenter
President Watches Sonder Yacht Races From Home Window
Secretary of the Navy Meyer returning from a fishing trip may visit the President as heavy seas force three Sonder yacht races to be run off the harbor in front of the President's house. The President golfers away, while the family observes from the front windows. Start was about 300 yards offshore.
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Meyer
Sonder
Phonograph Duck Decoy Draws Flocks in Harwich
A. C. Dickinson of Harwich devised a duck decoy using a phonograph. He records a duck’s frightened sounds and plays them in a swamp to lure wild fowl, attracting large numbers of ducks and geese.
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Harwich
A. C. Dickinson
Steam trawlers defy fishing laws at three mile limit
North Sydney Aug 17 report states French steam trawlers continue depredations on the Banks and infringe fisheries laws by operating inside the three mile limit, according to vessels from St. Pierre, Mia.
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North Sydney
C. B
Three Mile
St. Pierre
Mia
Ambassador Bryce Tours St John Harbor and River
Ambassador and Mrs Bryce visited St John New Brunswick today taking a short tour around the harbor and up the St John River as guests of the Canadian Club.
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ST. John, N. B
Bryce
St. John River
Canadian Club
Axe Blows Saved Ship in Gusty Gulf Rescue
Captain Stephen Black reports the schooner Fannie A. Smith narrowly escaped destruction off the Gulf of St. Lawrence during a violent storm. Captain Joseph V Bonia and 18 men cut their anchor cable with an axe as a towering iceberg bore down, narrowly missing catastrophe before seeking repairs at Bay of Bulls.
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Gloucester
Stephen Black
Thomas A. Cromwell
Fannie A. Smith
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Joseph V.bonia
Bonia
Bay of Bulls
N. F
Fifth Arrest in Canner-Freedman Case
The fifth arrest in the government case against Louis Canner and Jacob Freedman for concealing assets from Albert K Tapper trustee in bankruptcy for the Marshal Hay and Grain Company was made yesterday. Deputy Marshal Touret arrested Louis Miller, a metal dealer from Atlantic Avenue.
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Louis Canner
Benjamin Canner
Jacob Freedman
Albert K. Tapper
Marshal Hay & Grain Company
Chelsea
Marshal Touret
Louis Miller
Atlantic Avenue
State Committeeman Beedy Dies After Illness
Seth F B Beedy 71 a member of the Democratic State committee died in Farmington Missouri after a two year illness with a complication of diseases.
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Farmington, Mo
Seth FB. Beedy
Democratic State Committee
Harvard Graduate Sails to Aid Zeppelins Aeronautic Work
E. F. Hanfstaengl Harvard AB prepares to sail on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse to assist Count Zeppelin in aeronautic research for the German army. He is Munich born, a musician, author of Four Years At Harvard, with Harvard rowing and brief football experience.
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E. F. Hanfstaengl
Harvard
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
Zeppelin
Gun shatters camper's hand at Lond Pond
William Buchanan a bookkeeper at L. S. Starett Company suffered three fingers blown off at the third joint when a shotgun exploded while he and companion Howard Lawton were camping at Lond Pond. The accident occurred in the afternoon during a bird hunt.
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Athol
William Buchanan
L. 8S. Starett Company
Buchanan
Lond Pond
Howard Lawton
Mystic Manufacturing Boss Weaver Found Dead on Tracks
The body of John H. Howe, 46, boss weaver at Mystic Manufacturing Company in Mystic Connecticut, was found on the railroad tracks near Westerly today. He is believed to have been struck by a night train.
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Westerly
R. 1
John H. Howe
Boss Weaver
Mystic Manufacturing Company
Mystic
Conn
Bad Dreams from Coffee Prompts Postum Switch Letter
A reader claims years of coffee use caused nervousness insomnia and disturbing dreams. After trying Postum per directions the writer reports peaceful sleep improved nerves and urges others to quit coffee. A friend also improves after stopping coffee and starting Postum. The letter ends with a plug for The Road to Wellville and a tagline There’s a Reason.
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Wellville
Loss Falls On Stockholders In Taunton Trust Case
Taunton stockholders of the Safe Deposit and Trust Company face a possible assessment of 25 percent to cover remaining debt. About $170,000 has already been paid, with 75 percent of indebtedness settled. Receiver Fred S. Hall asked Judge Rugg for permission to levy the assessment. several objecting stockholders were represented in court as the case was taken under advisement.
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Taunton
Taunton Safe Deposit and Trust Company
Fred S. Hall
Rugg
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Mabel Dell Burleigh Chase
Chicago
Denver
VIA
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Julesburg
Colo
Willard Massey
P. A
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Masa
J. B. Defriest
Broadway
New York, N. Y
Drake & Hersey Coo
Canal ST
Marble Hall
Baby's
President
Family Law
Finest Soda Fountain
Enry Siegel Co
Washington and
Essex Streets
Mass
Celes
Batiste
Wallace
Venice
Henry Siegel Co
Phonograph
DUCK
Ambassador Bryce
St. John
Gun
Camper
Weaver
Verona
Nottingham
Morse
Grammar School
Polytechnic School
LAW School
Frank P. Speare
Boylston St
Back Bay
Arthur S. Johnson
Gieorge W. Mehaffey
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