Ingersoll Tells Story on York County Savings Bank Shortage
Rich mond H. Ingersoll, treasurer for 50 years, speaks after a week of silence about a bank shortage estimated around 100000 dollars. He says depositor accounts are intact, admits only he knows the discrepancy, and a second interview will be arranged with his physician present.
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Biddeford
Richmond H. Ingersoll
York County Savings Bank
Ingersoll
Prescott
Ingers
Stop Swimming in Mystic Lake
Medford residents and Medford Boat Club members have ceased swimming at upper Mystic Lake due to green blue, soup like water and linked sickness cases. The Pebbly beach area near Winchester shore remains a popular bath spot for hundreds of children despite health concerns and weed filled Abertona River reports.
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Medford
Mystic Lake
Winchester
Mystic Valley Parkway
Abertona River
Former Overseer of Poor in Newton Dies at 79
Edwin M. Fowle, once consul for San Domingo in Boston and overseer of the poor since 1894, died today at his Norwood Avenue home in Newton Centre. He was 79 years old and had retired from his consular role in 1894 by choice.
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Newton
Edwin M. Fowle
San Domingo
Boston
Norwood Avenue
Newton Centre
Grant
Fowle
Curb brokers deny trouble after rumor sparks market rush
After rumors circulated that B. M. Sheftels & Co. would delay security deliveries, a crowd gathered at the curb brokers offices in New York. The firm said a stock-broker clique spread the claim to force a selloff, while a bank official reported cash credit and outstanding collections exceeding checks by thousands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
B. M. Sheftels & Co
Curb Brokers
B. M. Sheftels
Roosevelt Urges Self Help and Unity Across Racial Lines
At a 1912 rally Booker T. Washington chairs as Colonel Roosevelt speaks to supporters. He condemns envy and urges training and enterprise, saying white Southerners and Northerners must improve relations. He praises progress and warns against hate while urging good citizenship.
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Booker T. Washington
Clinton
Colonel Roosevelt
Roosevelt
South
North
Willy Nilly
Mombassa
Roosevelt Declines Active Role in State Campaign
New York Aug 19 Colonel Roosevelt stated to friends he will not participate actively in the coming state campaign. He cited lack of encouragement from the state committee after his name was rejected for temporary convention chairman. He spent the morning meeting with Hamilton Fish Cocks Clarkson Collins and John A Stewart among others.
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New York
Roosevelt
State Committee
Hamilton Fish
Oyster Bay
James S. Clarkson
C. V. Collins
John A. Stewart
League of Republican Clubs
Heath Street Gangs Battle Near Roxbury Park
A Brookline group crossed into Roxbury to play near the Parkway. Heath Street youths arrived and a hour long pitched battle broke out with stones and sticks. Officer George Kelter intervened, driving off both factions after taking hits himself.
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Roxbury
Brookline Boys
Heath Street
Brookline
Parkway
George Kelter
Kelter
EXPECT 30 FLYERS AT HARVARD MEET
The Harvard aviation meet draws 30 flyers with diverse machines. Notable entrants include Dr W P Christmas Count Jean de Lesseps Captain Thomas S Baldwin and Wright brothers three other elite designers. A. R. Shrigley named chief recorder of events.
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Harvard
Tts
W. P. Christmas
Count Jean de Lesseps
Farman
Thomas S. Baldwin
Baldwin
Ernest P. Lincoln
J. M. Allias
W. Starling Burgess
Marblehead
Wright Brothers
Curtiss
Grahame White
Clifford B. Harmon
Christmas
Washington, D. C
Cromwell Dixon
A. R. Shrigley
The
Aero Club of New England
Harvard Machine Arrives for Great Meet in Squantum
Harvard Aero Club’s "Harvard No 1" arrives from Cambridge to Squantum field for the September aviation meet. The tail is added, water removed, and the craft is rolled to the field. managers vow daily flying practice and field preparations continue with carpenters, hospital space, and field leveling underway.
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Harvard
Harvard Aero Club
Soldiers
Cambridge
Atlantic
Aviation Field
James V. Martin
Harvard Aeronautical Society
Ram D. Claflin
Wright aviation meet at Asbury Park dulls crowds and goals
Asbury Park visitors are told no records will fall at the Wright aviation meeting. The event is described as a mere aerial circus with a caution to flyers not to pressure themselves to beat Drexel or other records, advising to preserve dignity and avoid overreach.
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Wright Aviation
Asbury Park
N. J
Asury Park
Yorself
Boston
Wrights
Drexel
Aloe
Daily Fire Record Brief
Fire report notes two incidents from 2 A M to 2 10 40 A M with losses around 100 dollars. Names and places are garbled but indicate fighting fire response and property damage. No casualties reported.
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Santary Faion Pies Michael Works
Wtieats Uis Orkin
Mark Twain’s Daughter Becomes Happy Mother
A daughter was born today to Mr. and Mrs. Ossip Gabrilowitsch at Stormfield in Redding. Mrs. Gabrilowitsch, formerly Clara Clemens, is Mark Twain’s eldest daughter and the family’s sole surviving member. The couple wed a year before Clemens’s death, and she rushed from Europe to his side during his illness.
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Danbury, Conn
Ossip Gabrilowitsch
Stormfield
Samuel L. Clemens
Mark Twain
Redding
Gabrilowitcch
Clara Clemens
Venezuela Drops Export Bounties in Trade Reform
Venezuela announced the elimination of export bounties on wool beef honey beeswax all fruits except bananas and other commodities. The regime also scrapped countervailing duties that had moderated a trade valued at 35 million to 10 million dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venezuela
Washington
City considers $200000 for high pressure fire service extension
City Engineer Frank A. Mechnies estimates the cost at about $200,000 to extend high pressure fire service from the nearest main through Harrison avenue Dover and Albany streets to Canton street. The plan includes a pumping station at Albany near Canton and reinforcement of mains on Harrison Wareham Union Park Randolph and Bristol streets.
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Harrison Avenue
Dover
Albany Streets
Canton Street
Fitzgerald
Frank A. Mechnies
Albany Street
Wareham
Union Park
Randolph
Bristol Streets
McInnes
Atlantic Avenue
Porto Rico Status Becomes U.S. Commissioner's Docket
United States Commissioner Hayes is tasked with determining if Porto Rico is a foreign country. The island sits under U S control yet natives are not recognized as American citizens by naturalization courts. The question also covers whether U S shipping laws apply there.
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United States
Hayes
Porto Rico
Spain
Courts of Naturalization
Captain Moody arraigned over crew dispute in Salina Porto Rico
Captain Burton M. Moody of the schooner Annie F. Conlan faced a commissioner on a complaint by Whitfield Toppin, a New York born cook, who says Moody left him at Salina Porto Rico. Toppin argues Porto Rico is foreign soil and protected by US shipping laws. Moody contends it is American soil and within rights. Toppin refused wages offered, demanding passage back to New York.
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Burton M. Moody
Annie F. Conlan
Whitfield Toppin
New York
Captain Moody
Salina
Porto Rico
Toppin
Moody
United States
Munsey Tour Penalties Strike Two Cars
Portland Mo August 19 two of the Munsey tourists saw their scores drop on the fourth day Staver Chicago penalized 169 points for lateness and work on a broken spring and the Interstate penalized 62 points for transmission work. Other cars from Boston posted perfect scores.
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Portland
Chicago
Interstate
Boston
Will of William F Nye Bequeaths Grove stock and estate
The Taunton probate filing details the late Fairehaven magnate William F Nye leaving large holdings in the Onset Bay Grove Association and the New Bedford and Onset Street Railway Company to son Joseph Keith Nye as executor. Other relatives receive up to 200 dollars. the will dates July 9, 1910, with an estate valued around a million dollars.
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Grove Association
New Bedford and Onset Street Railway Company
Reuben Lawrence
David Lawrence
Eden
Joseph Keith Nye
Fish Island
Onset Street Railway Company
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C. H. Prescott
W. B. Skelton
Sheftels & Co
Bomithe G
A. B., Smith & CO
Boston, Mass
Heath Street Gang
Harvard Machine
Bostw
Bury Park
Cook
Taunton
William F. Nye
Faire Haven
King
America
Lincoln Steffens
Wall Street
Mr. Steffens
Steffens
O. Henry
Ridgway Company
New York City
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