Nantasket Beach Crowds Energized by Seasonal Holiday
A sun soaked Sunday at Nantasket Beach drew an estimated 60 000 to 100 000 visitors. The crowds filled the sands from stem to stern enjoying rides, food and music. Vendors, hotels, and cafes profited as couples and families crowded the shore with ample entertainment from boggan chutes to a buzzing band on the Nantasket House piazza.
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Nantasket Beach
Boston
Papas
Charlie
Nantasket House
Downer Landing
Point Allerton
Pemberton
True Workingmen All at Charlestown Debating Club Banquet
A Charlestown Workingmen Debating Club banquet Saturday night featured song, speech and story as the event's focus. President D J Falvey opened with remarks on the club's work and welcomed visitors, with Moondyne Club members aiding the evening's mirth.
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Charlestown Workingmen’s Debating Club
D. J. Falvey
Falvey
Moondyne Club
Martin J. Roche
Patrick O’riordan
Detroit
Mich
Michael Brown
J. B. O'Higgins
John F. Galvin
Patrick O’brien
J. J. Manning
Denis J. Falvey
James J. Shea
Andrew Trahy
Patrick Falvey
Patrick Manley
Cornelius Donovan
John Finn
Patrick Cronin
Daniel Keliser
David Long
John Malone
Timothy Murphy
John Hogan
Yale woman swindles in Hartford and Springfield
A woman posing as a Yale graduate’s sister used a sob story to fleece two Hartford acquaintances of 34 dollars and later swindled a Springfield citizen of 15 dollars at the Massasoit House. Police across Hartford and Springfield hunt for the tall well dressed, 45 year old, dark haired con artist who has fled Worcester as well.
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Hartford
Yale
Springfield
Worcester
Massasoit House
Homesick Captain Nicholson Ends Life in Washington
Washington August 19 Captain E W Nicholson superintendent of the United States Treasury stables shot himself in the breast and died hours later. The 65 year old veteran and Republican feared losing his post if he left duties to visit Indiana where his family and editor son Meredith Nicholson reside. He had become despondent over his position and circumstances.
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Washington
E. W.nicholson
United States Treasury
Meredith Nicholson
Indianapolis
Ens
Meredith
Chicago
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Nicholson
Indiana
Newport Tourney Opens With Big Doubles Match
The national lawn tennis tournament begins in Newport Rhode Island on Aug 19 with a major doubles match Hovey and Hobart facing the Neel brothers of California for the United States championship and Casino cups valued at 300 dollars. Experts predict the California pair to win. The event marks a highly anticipated start to the competition.
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Newport
R. I
Messrs. Hovey
Hobart
Neel Brothers
United States
Neel
Political notes on Boston democracy rules and Senate race
Congressman O Neil spent time at City Hall then Tiverton before returning to Washington. A Democratic city committee formed a rules revision panel with many named members and will meet next Tuesday and Friday to adopt recommendations. Three Boston Southside candidates vie for the Senate: Cronin, Casey, and McMorrow, with Moore likely if 14 and 15 stall.
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Donovan
Democratic City Committee
William F. McClellan
P. J. Kennedy
John W. O’neil
Joseph J. Corbett
Michael J. O’brien
W. H. McInerny
Daniel J. McGrath
Martin M. Lomasney
John J. Leary
Patrick J. Daly
Benjamin W. Wells
John Morrissey
Jeremiah J. McNamara
Dennis M. Cronin
Peter H. Corcoran
David F. Barry
James H. Doyle
Jacob M. Spitz
Senate
Boston
William McMorrow
Joseph J. Casey
Ward
Joseph J. Kelly
Friends
Michael J. Moore
Boston Newport Excursion By NYNH Hartford Railroad
The next popular Boston to Newport trip via the New York New Haven Hartford railroad is set for Thursday August 23. Tickets at one dollar go on sale Tuesday morning August 21 at 3 Old State House and Park Square station. The season ends soon and demand grows with each trip. Buy early to avoid disappointment.
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Boston
Newport
New York, New Haven & Artford
Old State House
Park Square Station
Myron E Leclercque Brain and Nervous System Treatment
Advertising copy for a Boston physician Myron E Leclercque outlines treatments for diseases of the brain and nervous system including paralysis ataxia and long-standing functional difficulties. The office and residence are listed as 278 Boylston Street opposite the Public Garden, Boston Massachusetts.
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Myron E. Leclerque
Boylston St
Opp
Public Garden
Boston
Mass
Opal Ring Gift and China Bound Lover on Regular Train
The tale recounts a San Francisco native Mr Wong visiting with Dr. D. Wilson and wife who gave him a costly opal ring. He plans to marry a Chinese fiancée in China and return next summer. A Chinaman and Mongolian debt scene ends with $23 settled as the train departs amid lively bustle.
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Wong
Mr. Sheung
San Francisco
China
Land of
Heaven
Wei-Hai-Wei comes under Japanese attack threat
Shanghai correspondent reports Wei-Hai-Wei fortified city facing imminent Japanese assault. Japanese torpedo boats probed forts for three nights, boosting belief of a combined land sea attack. Garrison strengthened, heavy guns added as foreigners flee under military hostility. Main Japanese squadron sighted in Gulf of Pechili. Local natives barred from using Japanese coin.
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London
Shanghai
Central News
Wei-Hai-Wei
Shangtung
Gulf of
Pechili
Lost Japanese robes in Cambridge mystery
Miss Shidi Mori, a Radcliffe course alumna, left Cambridge after two costly Japanese robes were borrowed by a landlady’s cousin and pawned. The landlady confessed to pawning them but refused to name the pawnshop or pawn broker. The incident was referred to the Cambridge police, according to Captain Lucy of Station 1, who claimed to know little of the case.
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Shidi Mori
Radcliffe College
Cambridge
Miss Mori
Boston
Lucy
New England Tourist Club Formed By Teetotallers
New England disciples of Father Mathew form the New England Tourist Club to back future C T A U of America conventions. Officers elected include President Rev. James T. O'Reilly of Lawrence and Vice President John R. Smith of Fitchburg with a slate of officers and an executive committee from Charlestown Rockland Providence and Portland among others.
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New England
Father Mathew
C. T. A. U. of America
New England Tourist Club
St. Paul, Minn
James T. O'Reilly
Lawrence
John R. Smith
Fitchburg
Edwin Mulready
Rockland
Jeremiah J. Crowley
Charlestown
James H. Conley
P. H. Quinn
Providence
R. I
W. H. Looney
Portland
E. A. MclIlhern
Lewiston
American Wringer Co Wringer and Sweeper Makers at Broadway
The American Wringer Co. operates at 12 and 14 Broadway extension city manufacturing wringers mangles spring beds and carpet sweepers. Repairs offered for all kinds of wringers and sweepers with prompt mail orders and telephone service Tremont 76 available.
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The
American Wringer Co
Broadway
City
Tremont
Americans Abroad Report From Mr. Dexter Smith’s London Visit
Dexter Smith editor of the Musical Record, returning from Europe aboard the Pavonia, notes more Americans in England this year and a growing Boston presence. He cites English press focus on sports over philanthropy, praises railway and omnibus services, observes low fares and a strong love of flowers, and comments on labor, politics, and American attitudes seen by English observers. He also mentions the Cunard line’s new ships and Yale and Harvard receptions abroad.
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Dexter Smith
Marlboro Street
Musical Record
Europe
Cunard
Pavonia
Smith
England
Boston
Chicago
Yale
Harvard
Chronicle
Henry Clay
Midland
London
Hyde Park
Northwestern
Covent Garden
Fire destroys clipper General Knox on East River pier
New York August 19 Special to the Post. The clipper General Knox burned from stem to stern just before dawn yesterday. Fire boats and engines battled the blaze as the ship settled to the bottom of her berth. Crew escaped by swinging over the rail. Loss estimated near 100000 dollars with hull valued at 60000 dollars, likely uninsured.
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New York
Maiden Lane
East River
General Knox
Sunday Post
Knox
Oakes
Charmer
Captain
Goodchild
HAVERHILL EX MARSHAL BURIED IN HONORS
The body of ex City Marshal Captain W A Ordway was laid to rest with full honors in Haverhill. Services at the house were led by Rev J D Kingsbury of Bradford with a police delegation and local fraternal orders present. Interment followed at Elmwood Cemetery Bradford with Masonic rites and a large floral tribute display.
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Haverhill
W. A. Ordway
J. D. Kingsbury
D. D
Bradford
Haverhill Commandery Knights Templars
Merrimac and Laggahead Lodges
A. M
How Post 47
Elmwood Cemetery
Worcester man paralyzed after Crescent Park plunge
Frank Ledore of Worcester slipped while bathing at Crescent Park and injured his spine, leaving his lower limbs paralyzed. He was taken to Crescent Park Hotel for medical aid while relatives in Worcester were notified.
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Providence
Frank Ledore
Worcester
Crescent Park
Crescent Park Hotel
Man Fractures Ankle After Street Assault in South Boston
James A. Short, 44, of 403 West Second Street, South Boston, was admitted to City Hospital last evening with a fractured right ankle. He says an unknown man assaulted him on the street near his home Saturday night.
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James A. Short
West Second Street
Boston
Burglars Run After Alarm at Hurley Block Lynn
Burglars attempted to break into the Hurley block on Munroe street in Lynn. Officer Landers pursued two men along the Boston & Maine tracks but lost them. A door at William Keefe's store was smashed in, yet nothing was taken.
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Lynn
Munroe Street
Burglars Enter Methuen House on Howe Road
Two men forced a rear window of J. H. Pond’s home on Howe road Methuen to steal between 500 and 600 dollars and a gold watch from Pond’s sleeping room. Pond was awakened and watched the burglars flee in a carriage. The entry was through a rear window.
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Lawrence
J. H. Pond
Howe Road
Methuen
Pond
Republicans nominate C. F. Smith for General Assembly
In Morrisville Vermont on August 19 the Republican ticket named C. F. Smith a progressive farmer as representative to the General Assembly. The St. Albans district Methodist camp meeting closed after a final day with about four thousand attendees and over a thousand teams on the grounds.
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Morrisville
C. F. Smith
General Assembly
St. Albans
Congress Nears End of Fifty third Session
Washington dispatch notes bulk of Senate work finished with appropriation bills completed and a tariff law looming. House actions hinge on presidential action. Mur phy resolution signals no further business. debate over internal revenue rebates and immigration of anarchists stumbles toward next session.
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Washington
Senate
Treasury
Public Printing Office
House
Internal Revenue
Sherman
Rep
Allison
Murphy
United States
Committee On Rules
Salvation Army Soldier Laid to Rest in Cambridgeport
Miss Sadie Scapland 28, a Salvation Army soldier, was buried with full army honors at Salvation Army quarters in Cambridgeport under Cambridge Corps and Boston 2. The service, led by Captain Stevenson Ensign Geberich Lieutenant Scott and Captain Thompson, drew about 125 attendees. The procession to Cambridge Cemetery included a band and the hymn Entering Through the Gates of the New Jerusalem.
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Sadie Scapland
Salvation Army
Cambridgeport
Cambridge Corps
Boston 2
Miss Scapland
Stevenson
Fall River
Geberich
Headquarters
Scott
Thompson
Cambridge
Cambridge ‘Semetery
New Jerusalem
Vermont Universalists Converge for Sixty-First Annual Meeting
The sixty first annual Universalist convention of Vermont and the Province of Quebec will meet in St Johnsbury August twenty eight to thirty. Opening sermon by Rev H D Maxwell with occasional sermon by Rev Dr I P Booth. Noted speakers include Rev Dr Emer son editor of the Christian Leader Rev I J Mead editor of the Gospel Banner Rev Dr A G Rogers of Washington Rev Dr C H Leonard of Tufts College. At close services Rev H H Hoyt will receive ordination as pastor elect.
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ST. Johnsbury
Universalist
Vermont
Quebec
H. D. Maxwell
Brattleboro
I. P. Booth
Morrisville
George H. Emerson
The
Christian Leader
I. J. Mead
Gospel Banner
A. G. Rogers
Washington
C. H. Leonard
Tufts College
H. H. Hoyt
Church of the Messiah
Lynn man missing since Aug. first. police seek help
Richard Goss of 13 Collins avenue Lynn has disappeared from his home. He has not been heard from since August 1. His parents and local police are appealing for information to locate him.
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Lynn
Richard Goss
Collins Avenue
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Corner Beach
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Browning, King & CO
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