Gas King Buys Vanderbilt Bridal Cottage for 5000
Newport reports J Edward Addicks of Delaware bought Belvoir the Glover villa a Newport show place near the Atlantic and Narragansett Bay. The purchase price is not known but said to be near 75000 with taxes at 47000 and Addicks paid about twice that amount.
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Belvoir
J. Edward Addicks
NEW Purchase
Newport
Gas King
Willie K. Vanderbilt
R. I
Delaware
Glover Villa
Willie K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Miss Fair
Mr. Vanderbilt
Atlantic Ocean
Narragansett Bay
Vanderbilt
Casey
Mournful New York murder case widens with arraignments
Kathryn Scharn was beaten to death with a hammer as investigation notes indicate a passerby and her brother are involved. Lincoln Price, her lover, and Frederick Scharn were arraigned in Yorkville court and sent to the coroner. A visiting mother from Connecticut sought access to the morgue but offered no statements. Police report suggest no sign of struggle and point to a party inside the apartment.
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New York
Kathryn Scharn
Lincoln Price
Frederick Scharn
Yorkville Court
Brann
Price
Scharn
Ernest Lippold
Stonington, Conn
Piokeet
Hatley
Harley
Miss Scharn
Young Scharn
Eisenprice
George Hennessy
Wind Tornado Ravages Sheboygan Wisconsin
A sudden northward wind storm in Sheboygan August 20 wrecked eight large buildings and 200 small houses, causing about 300000 dollars in damage. The storm, about ten minutes long, two miles wide, led to collapse of Crocker Chair and American Folding Bed plants, and tore the Lutheran church steeple onto two homes. No fatalities reported.
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Sheboygan
Wis
Crocker Chair Company
American Folding Bed Company
Fourth Ward
Tenberg & Sonneman Company
Factor
Terrifying Midwest Storms Leave Damage in Wisonsin
A fierce storm swept Oshkosh causing roof and storefront destruction on Main Street while several other buildings were damaged. In Abilene, record heat reached 115 degrees as 100 degree days persisted. Green Bay saw a cloud burst with over two inches of rain in half an hour, injuring crops and breaking communications lines.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Oreyes
Main Street
Abilend
Kan
Green Bay
Maine Campaign Opens With Republican Rallies Across State
The Maine campaign opens with Republican rallies in about a dozen towns. Senator Frye spoke to a large audience in Rangeley last Saturday, and speakers will continue the series daily until election day with more events added.
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Augusta
Moc
Maine
Frye
Rangeley
Physician Kills Three in Farley Tragedy
In Farley Missouri, Dr Starley Harrington killed his uncle James Wallace, his mother in law Mrs William Wallace, and Platte County Sheriff J P Dillingham who attempted arrest. Harrington was shot dead by Sheriff Dillingham's son Harry.
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Leavenworth, Kas
Arley
Missouri
Starley Harrington
Farley
James Wallace
William Wallace
Harrington
J. P. Dillingham
Platte County
Harry Dillingham
Suicide by Convict Ends In New Hampshire Prison
Concord Aug 20 The death of convict Henry A Martindale in the State Prison followed a chapel service as he seized an escape chance and leaped forty feet from the gallery to the stone floor. He had been serving a fifteen year term for felonious assault since 1897. his home was Fitchburg Massachusetts. Prison officials say he was mentally weak.
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Concord
N. H
Henry A. Martindale
Martindale
Manchester
Fitchburg
Mass
Italian immigrant shoots sister in law over debt dispute
Guiseppi De Pietro, enraged over a $6 loan dispute, shot his sister in law Mrs Mary Willard in a Dedham apartment early today. He fled toward Boston after the tragedy, leaving three frightened children as witnesses. Police nationally issued alerts for a man about 6 feet tall, 37 to 38 years old, with a medium brown mustache and dark hair.
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Dedham
Guiseppi de Pietro
Mary de Pietro
Guiseppi
Boston
Bowery
Central Street
de Pietro
Metropolitan Par
Angie
Joseph
Genero
Dedham Vilage
Fireman Meehan Resigns After Quarters Charge
Fire Commissioner Russell asked James Meehan of Engine 43 South Boston to resign. Meehan agreed after charges of leaving quarters without permission and three minutes late were preferred against him.
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Russell
James Meehan
Andrew Square
South
Boston
Meehan
Felled by Negro on Newspaper Row in Boston
A Boston incident on Newspaper Row left George T. Roesch of New York unconscious after a sudden blow from Froda H. Carrington a waiter at Youngs hotel. Carrington was chased through Washington Street to City Hall area and arrested at Station 2. Roesch received stitches after being treated by Dr. Dunn.
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Boston
New Orleans
New York
Froda H. Carrington
Young
George T. Roesch
Station 2
Dunn
Washington Street
Roesch
Carrington
Washington
School Street
City Hall Avenue
City Hall
Gallivan
Burns
Marri
Kendall Street
Cuban Teachers Visit West Point and New York Amid Dynamite Salute
The 1377 Cuban teachers at Harvard summer school toured West Point and New York City. They witnessed a dynamite salute at Tompkins Cove and faced momentary panic on the Hudson. Tomorrow they tour Grant's Tomb Columbia University and Central Park with events led by Acting Mayor Guggenheimer and a banquet on the lawn.
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New York
Harvard
West Point
N. Y
United States Military Academy
Frye
Iron
Taurus
Hudson
Tompkins Cove
Grant
Columbia University
One Hundred and Ninth Street
Dool
Central Park
Guggenheimer
Gomez Calls for Revolutionary Delegates in Cuban Convention
General Maximo Gomez in La Lucha urges that the constitutional convention be composed of genuine revolutionists, excluding those who opposed the revolution. He insists true patriotism selects the most worthy, not the most wise, and demands Spaniards stay aside until all enter the republic.
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Havana
Maxima Gomez
la Lucha
General Gomez
Cuba May Rebel Aims at Independence From U S
General Cisneros, greeted by 1400 Cuban teachers as the future president, warns that continued intervention may force a revolution against the United States. He heads a Cuban committee urging withdrawal and a constitution not drafted under military pressure, saying Cubans will not accept annexation and that the proposed convention is unstatesmanlike.
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Washington
Ciseneros
Cuba
Havana
United States
Secret Service Squad Installed by Police Commissioners
Eight new men were added to the so called secret service squad, with identities hidden during the garb change. Minors are to be strictly denied liquor and dealers risk penalties. Officials hint at reviving General Martin edict removing bar stalls, citing screen law violations.
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Squor
Secret Service
Martin
Babe Found On Doorstep In Boston Baby Abandoned On Newbury Street
Patrolman from Station 16 found a two week old infant on a doorstep on Newbury Street. The child was dressed in white and given a bottle. It was taken to the Chardon Street Home where a claimant is sought. Police suspect the mother intended to “farm the child out.”
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Station 16
Chardon Street
Newbury Street
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