Bethlehem Bethlehem Parade Celebrates 8th Annual Pageant
Bethlehem Aug 20 The eighth annual parade lit the streets with lavish coach decorations and elegant equipages drawn by six white or bay horses. Notable entries included Colonial coaches from Maplewood and Uplands with figures of Washingtons and maidens, a Virginian manor from Altamonte, and a humorous Sunny South float. Grand marshals Col Oscar G Barron and Major Edgar Ketchum led a two-division procession amid showers and afternoon sports.
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Bethlehem
Maplewood
Oscar Barron
Edgar Ketchum
Maplewood Park
Main Street
Swasey Farm Road
Maplewood Hotel
Alpine House
Brattleboro Band
Oscar G. Barron
Edward 0. Seccomb
Boston
T. BE. M. Peck
Percy
John Farquhar
Bert Oviatt
Arlington
A. BE. Smith
Montreal
L. M. Robinson
Maysville
Ecru
Frank Hoyt
Philadelphia
Uplands
Jean Wilde
Stamford
Emily Hoyt
Bertie Smith
Eleanore Alling
New Haven
Julia Berry
Jefferson City
Nellie Robinson
Quine Cabot
Lydia Weed
Jessie Bingham
Chicago
Lady Washington
E. Hunt Allen
New York
David Wetherby
W. G. Heyl
Eleanor Deamer
Elizabeth Bartlett
Carrie Williams
Blanche Hughes
Providence
Helen Meeker
Tri Ler
Brooklyn
Carroll Carver
Altamonte
Edith Ketchum
Foster
Missa Delk
Mamie Delk
Sue Galbraith
Florence Hamilton
Burbank
Hoe
Carrie Hoe
Worcester
John Vanderbilt
E. van Rensselaer Ketchum
Turner House
M. R. Towle
L. Towle
Wakefield
M L. Elder
FE. D. Elder
Elsie van Baur
Marie Chadbourne
Columbus
W. ©. Cotton
Portsmouth
Arthur L. Collier
Chelsea
A. C. Pulsifer
Melrose
Allen H. Shute
Haverhill
Arnold Scott
George Dow Scott
Leominster
Tributes to Beauty Coaching Parade Draws Crowd
New London August procession featured judges Hon J R Dodge and ex Gov Hiram A Tuttle with Mrs Frank Preston of Manchester. Parade formed at Heidelberg grounds at 2 30 p m led by Willard Co Leonard marshal and Rufus E Lampson. Three divisions led by Captains Hugh B Gray Charles W Bucklin J H Davis amid outriders. Notable coaches included Heidelberg Continental in blue and buff. Charles B Shepard steering with riders and costumed figures from Providence Boston Salem and more.
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A. E. Smith
Montreal
Mabel Green
Edna Anthony
Annie Wardell
Carrie ‘Wardell
Fall River
Carpenter
Elinore Carpenter
Leith
Philadelphia
Edith Watson
Attleboro
Lizzie Newhall
Lynn
Sara Crosby
Brooklyn
Pages
Dan
Harold Dull
New York
Dull
Marks
Bath
James Abbe
Springfield
Mr. Abbe
Tally-Ho
Crawford House
Arlington
Lena Joselyn
Manchester
Carrie Lathrope
Worcester
Fannie Thompson
New Haven
Edith Snow
Rockville
Conn
Helen Andrews
Malden
Edith Woods
Barre
Mass
Beatrice Farquahar
Newton
Mra
Jonesy
Emma Abbe
Bethlehem
S. EB. Thompson
Intervale House
Gertrude Ropes
Salem
Burt
Boston
Marion Burt
Dow
Billings
Guth
Peoria
Frank Fabens
J. E. Simpson
E. K. Hall
Shelburne Falls
Bugier
Clarence George
Newport
N. H
Maplewood
Catherine Kimball
A. B. Twombly
8. Shepard
R. Thornton
M. C. Carpenter
A. M. Hawes
Providence
S. I. Bassett
KE. M. Russell
Mt. Pleasant House
J. J. Otter
Louisville
Joseph D. Price
Ormond
EH. W. Thompson
Montpelier
B. Tatham
Jacksonville
Potter
Bliss
Kelly
Newhall
Hays
Cole
Colvin
Chicago
Poland
Carney
Hunt
Edmonds
Portland
Russell
Hartford
Andy Lord
Lambert Whitney
Parker
Twin Mountain
Waumbek
Fabyan House
Sinclair
Sinclair Grounds
St. Johnsbury
Tilton
Twin Mountain House
Maplewood Grounds
Maplewood Casino
Pink
Fred Boone
Edith Litchfield
Roxbury
Highland Horme
Martha Washington
Harry Waterman
Jamaica Plain
Driver
Alice W. Cleverly
Carroll M. Bill
Edward A. Reynolds
Grace A. Macomber
Mabel W. Macomber
Bertha Macurdy
Walbash
Jennie
Annie Bowker
Howard Abbott
W. F. Blood
Ruth
Marion Blood
Charles Clement
Derry Depot
Henry Kidder
Andrew Kidder
Mac
Mattie Kidder
George Woodward
Florence Woodward
Pleasant View
Party of
Priscillas
E. F Messer
Marjorie Clarke
Lilla A. Johnson
Jennie Mayers
Somerville
Mertena L. Bancroft
Jessie A. Day
Agnes E. Cottle
Marietta H. Bowers
E. C. Cottle
Woburn
Minnie V. Ried
Cambridgeport
Kittie Callaghan
Dorchester
Emma Thompson
Medford
Sadie HE. Dickey
Emma F. Lord
Alice M. Lord
Portsmouth
Arthur P. Powell
Mont Clair
Hartshorn
F. T. Currier
E. P. Burpee
Tollehurst
J. M. Clough
Winner Cottage
Winner Cottage,” Meadow Farm
Knight and Gordon
C. D. Crockett
Nathan Griffin
Sunny Ridge
Long Look Farm Rockaway
Enfield
Maple Grove
Glengae Mountain
Red Gables
Heidelburg
Hugh
Gray
Highland House
Bannon
Priscilla
New London
J. R. Dodge
Washington
Hiram A. Tuttle
Frank Preston
Heidelberg
Willard Co. Leonard
Rufus E. Lampson
Hugh B. Gray
Charles W. Bucklin
J. H. Davis
W. F. Doughty
W. A. Maxwell
Malcolm Faile
George Paine Quackenbos
James §. Campbell
Fred H Sill
Horace Bickford
Cassie Sargent
Hwdith Litchfield
Arthur C. Stone
Mark M. Shepard
Lucy S. Babson
Gloucester
Frank H. Goddard
Emma EB
Littlefield
A. Co
Okell
Coapman
The
Bugle
Lakeside
L. W. Starratt
Edward B. Ryan
Edna Ryan
W. L. Smart
Merrimac
Grace Ramsey
Ladd
Concord
Heidelburg Phaeton
Dieck
Canadian Pacific Telegrams Highlight Selkirk Mountain Trip
Telegrams from Professors Fay and Curtis report the Selkirk Mountain club party enjoying British Columbia scenery at Banff Mt. Stephen and Glacier. D McNichol notes full service and courteous treatment by CP employees. Group to depart Seattle for an eastward direct trip with a one day layover at St Paul.
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D. McNichol
Canadian Pacific
Montreal
Fay and
Curtis
British Columbia
Banff
Mt. Stephen
Glacier
MacNicholl
Seattle
St. Paul
Aalf
Altercation at Black America show grounds ends without charges
An afternoon incident on Huntington Avenue involved four Black America troupe members. John Bradun allegedly fired at Edward and James Lucket and William Delanchey, causing non serious scalp wounds and minor bullet contact. Police were notified by nearby railroad workers. victims did not pursue legal action and no immediate arrests were made.
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America
Huntington Avenue
John Bradun
Edward Lucket
James Lucket
William Delanchey
Boston & Albany Railroad
Bradus
Not Like Them. A Mosaic of Epigrammed Bits
A collage of brief quips and dialogue snippets range from social vanity and inheritance to irony and mortality. Characters named Chorley and a tailor discuss prominence, a letter about a will to an asylum, a mosquito and fly exchange, a death and exit, love and jealousy, a quirky dyspeptic Jones, and a joke about eating through a street ending in death in a restaurant.
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Chorley
Washington Star
Papa
OLES oartases PIMPLES and diseases commenter
Fragmented OCR text mentions OLES oartases and a diseases commenter named JOHN. It lacks clear event, date, or location details to describe a coherent news item.
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John
Telegram says Minnie Williams alive tests Holmes case
Philadelphia Aug 20 W A Shoemaker counsel for Holmes received a Providence telegram from Minnie Williams claiming she is alive and well Holmes says she may be in Boston and could be produced as needed The message tests the defense claim she is alive and may influence who murdered the Pietzel children Holmes hopes Minnie Williams sent the telegram and investigators will check its authenticity in the evolving case.
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Philadelphia
W. A. Shoe
Holmes
Minnie R. Williams
Providence
R. I
Chicago “Castle
Shoemaker
Minnie Williams
Mr. Shoemaker
London
Boston
R. J
W. A. Shoemaker
Toronto
Pietzel
Fort Worth
Texas
New York
Cappa
Barlow
Lynn Elks Outing at Nahant Draws Big Crowd
The Lynn Lodge of Elks held its annual Nahant outing with baseball, football, and running races for all ages and sizes. A diamond ring and gold watch were prizes, followed by a large evening symposium in the Relay House with actors and many dignitaries including mayors from Lynn Lowell and Gloucester, revenue collector E J Donovan, and various state and local officials.
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Nahant
Lynn Lodge of Elks
Peninsula
Harwood
Lynn
Courtney
Lowell
Cook
Gloucester
E. J. Donovan
Internal Revenue
James Donovan
Boston
Edward Gage
John H. McGlue
Newburyport
Bessom
Allen
Spear
Julius C. Zaeder
J. J. McManus
A. P. Rose
Henry Hoyt
Worcester
Old Fourth's Reunion Held by Massachusetts Volunteers
Nantasket, Aug 20 The ninth annual reunion of the Fourth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers three and nine months' men drew about 200 members to Ocean View. After-dinner proceedings featured Lt. Philander Wilamy of Taunton presiding and Congressman Eirjah A. Morse addressing the crowd. Officers elected include President Horatio C. Sampson of Pembroke and vice presidents Louis Soule of Whitman and James T. Stevens.
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Nantasekdt
Fourth Regiment of
Massachusetts Volunteers
Ocean View
Philander Wilamy
Taunton
Eirjah A. Morse
Horatio C. Sampson
Pembroke
Louis Soule
Whitman
James T. Stevens
J. Elmer Talbot
Randolph
John W. Sproule
Abington
Ira Drake
Stoughton
J. Frank Neaton
Boston
Returned 1 Year Old Girl Reunited With Father
Police of Station 8 under Captain Wescott recovered missing child Alice M. Sniffin of Somerville. The 1 year old wandered near a theatre back door seeking admission, selling an aunt given gold watch to survive. She was found and returned to her worried parents.
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Station 8
Wescott
Alice M. Sniffin
Somerville
Alice
Stagedom
Sniffin
West End
Next Sunday's Fest Show With Colorful Dolls
A fragment describes a family friendly event titled Next Sunday's Fest featuring simply decorated dolls dressed on both sides in ten colors. The playful display invites children to see two more of them at the event.
Burglar Alarmed Beaverd Brook Station Wife in Fright
Mrs George Hartop wife of the Fitchburg railroad Beaverd Brook station gatekeeper awoke to a colored man at her bedside placing a hand over her mouth He fled through a window as her husband rang an alarm with Officer Taft and Tully searching the area The intruder wearing a cap was described as short and stout The incident left Mrs Hartop in deep mental shock.
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Mt. Washington House
George
Martha Washington
General Washington
George Bartlett
Bethlehem
Elizabeth G. McMahon
Somerville
Lady Washington
Waltham
George Hartop
Beaver Brook
Fitchburg
Hartop
Taft
Tully
Sunk Jumbo at Newburyport Business Vessel Crew Tragedy
The Rockport Granite Company sloop Jumbo sank at the Newburyport wharf. Captain Stephen Orr's body was recovered from the cabin by a diver. Engineer George Welch is missing, believed washed overboard. A lift operation began to raise the vessel and cargo, with hopes the missing man is found beneath the hull.
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Newburyport
Rockport Granite Company
Stephen Orr
George Welch
Brockway gang in court over counterfeiting
William Brockway, Mrs Libbie Smith, Sidney Smith and William Wagner faced counterfeiting charges before U S Commissioner Romaine in Jersey City. Detective Bagge testified Brockway possessed a 50 note used for the forgeries and items tied to an alleged Hoboken plant were found. Brockway committed to await grand jury action in $15,000 bail. others to be examined next week.
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Jersey City
N. J
William Brockway
Libbie Smith
Sidney Smith
William Wagner
United States
Romaine
Bagge
Brockway
New York
Ann Street
West Hoboken
Voting contest grows as four-day tally reported
The Building Trades Council affiliates report rising participation in the 10 cent voting contest. The list shows votes for Roofers Protestive Union, Marble Cutters, Carpenters, Painters, Granite Cutters, Steamfitters, Gasfitters, Plumbers, Woodworkers and others, with totals across the first four days reaching a substantial count.
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The
Building Trades Council
Roofers
Scubactobaccess
Marble Cutters
Eeeee Snae
Hinngiheorss
Nvaeas Carpenters
Cseescvecees
Scheenes
Destructive Kansas hail storm devastates crops and buildings
In Newton Kansas on August 2 a violent hail storm struck around 6 pm. Hailstones larger than hen eggs piled like snow, wind toppled trees and demolished several buildings. All crops and fruit suffered extensive damage in the county.
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Newton
Kan
St. Mary's Catholic Total Abstinence Society Celebrates Tenth Anniversary
In Malden on August 20 the St. Marys Catholic Total Abstinence Society marked its tenth anniversary with exercises and a banquet at Columbus Hall. A large crowd attended and enjoyed the event.
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Malden
St. Mary’s Catholic Total Abstinance Society
Columbus Hall
Boiler Burst Wrecks New Bedford Machine Shop
An explosion at a South Water street machine shop in New Bedford around 4 pm killed Peter J. Healy the acting engineer. Debris blasted through walls injuring others. Charles Padelford escaped with a broken ankle. Loss estimated at 2600 dollars with no insurance on the boiler.
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New Bedford
South Water Street
Peter J. Healy
Healy
Charles Padelford
Ayer Bicycle Club Handicap Race Draws 3000 Fans
The second handicap road race in Ayer on August 20 drew over 3000 spectators. A 13 mile circular course started and finished in the town center. Percy Lawrence, 16, won first prize with 37 49 and set a new record, Carman finishing second by a wheel in 38 minutes. Prizes included two gold medals and two silver cups awarded to Lawrence Fox Toohey and Ryan.
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AYER
Ayer Bicycle Club
R. L. Fillebrown
C. A. Fox
Caverly
Parker Dunbrack
Ned Hyde
David Ryan
Daniel Toohey
Percy Lawrence
Straight Heats Open August Meet at Lawrence Park
Lawrence Riding Park opened its August meeting with fair attendance and a good track. Two pacing events, the 2:25 and 9:45 classes, were won in straight heats.
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Lawrence
Lawrence Riding Park
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