Taft Plans Salt Water Bathing Experiment at Singing Beach
Aug 20 Beverly reports President Taft will use salt water bathing at Singing Beach Manchester to aid weight loss after a seven inch midriff reduction by Dr. Charles E Barker. He aims to drop 25 more pounds, preferring a quiet plunge. President sails Sylph with family later in the day. Taft boys ducked near Salem yesterday.
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Beverly
Singing Beach
Manchester
Charles E. Barker
New England
Masconomo
George von L. Meyer
Navy
Myopia Hunt Club
Yeoman Held as Mail Thief
George T. Arrington of Washington D C a yeoman and mail clerk on the United States Cruiser Des Moines was arrested and charged with embezzling two letters containing 20 each and 233 19 from the ship's postal funds. He pleaded not guilty and was held in 1000 for an August 24 hearing.
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George T. Arrington
Washington, D. C
Yeoman
United States
Des Moiniés
Hayes
Restored Health After Skin Disease With Cuticura
Mrs. Cordelia C. Pitts of Enborn Ga describes two years of severe skin disease with a sore throat and eye issues. After trying three doctors and unsuccessful remedies she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment yielding rapid relief and a nearly clear face in a month.
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Cordelia C. Pittsenborn
Cuticura Hair Care Ad Promotes Scalp Health
An advertisement claims Cuticura products relieve dry hair dandruff itching and irritation and boost growth and beauty. It lists Cuticura Soap Ointment Resolvent and pills with prices and notes full directions with each package, from Potter Drug and Chemical Corp Boston, offering a 32 page Cuticura Book.
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Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
K Props
Columbus Ave
Boston
Masana
Airships Display At Rheims Field In Spectacular Flights
Aeroplanes performed a range of maneuvers before 15 000 spectators at Rheims Detheney field. M Dumanest in an Antoinette craft landed sideways breaking a runner while M Goffroy in an Fs nault-Palterieé monoplane crashed into a hedge destroying its propeller. repairs will take two days.
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Rheims
Detheney
M. Dumanest
M. Goffroy
Curtiss Leads Prep Flight Ahead of Sunday Race
Glenn H Curtiss, sole American entrant, receives ovation after a seven minute practice flight. James Means of Boston attends as guest while Hubert Latham and M Sommer impress crowds with long flights and maneuvers. Wrights sue Aeronautic Society. Curtiss denies infringement claims. Augustine Post notes a French donor offering $100 to any aviator who will fly with him.
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Glenn H. Curtiss
Faeces
Mr. Curtiss
James Means
Boston
Hubert Latham
Mee
M. Sommer
Wilbur Wright
Vinney
Willard Sets Speed Record In Curtiss Airplane
Charles F Willard made three flights over Hempstead Plains near Mineola Long Island with an unofficial top pace of 60 miles per hour claimed by observers as a mile a minute during the third ascent. The speed marks were observed by members of the Aeronautic Society who called it a world record for speed though Willard believed he did not exceed 42 miles per hour. The third flight ended when a rut damaged the rudder. repairs planned for next Monday.
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Wright Brothers
Aeronautic Society of New York
Mr. Curtiss
America
Wrights
Count de Lambert
M. Lefebvre
Wright
Augustus Post
The
Aero Club of America
New York
Charles F. Willard
Hempstead Plains
Mineola
L. I
Willard
Aeronautic Society
Willard dismisses mile-a-minute air claims
MADE WILLARD LAUGH MINECOLA N Y Aug 20 Mr Willard laughed heartily when told that it had been reported that his machine had made a mile a minute in the brief flights today. He said the machine cannot make over 42 miles an hour and no aero plane as now built can do over 50 miles an hour unless new Rheims developments occur.
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Minecola
N. Y
Overpay to be Returned in Cambridge Officials Case
Cambridge authorities report that Frederick W. Macdonald, chairman of the Board of Registrars, was overpaid $145.83 for 1908 work performed by another man. Mayor Brooks will secure repayment and Macdonald said he would forward the amount.
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Cambridge
Frederick W. Macdonald
Board of Registrars
Brooks
Macdonald
McNamee
J. Frank Facey
Facey
Libel for Divorce Ends Romance of Chauffeur
Walter C Stiles a Worcester street chauffeur sues for separation from his wife Anna Rose Short Stiles born of 1908s marriage. He seeks custody of their son while alleging his wife fell ill in Tulip street and a woman named Ella Stiles was arrested for disorderly conduct, claimed to be Mrs Walter O Stiles.
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Walter Co. Stiles
Worcester Street
Ella Stiles
Walter O. Stiles
Anna Rose Short Stiles
Japs in Hub in October
The official itinerary of Japanese commercial commissioners and experts traveling through 24 states was released. The party, 15 commissioners and 15 experts, will arrive in Seattle on September 3 aboard the steamship Minnesota and stop in New Haven Providence and Boston in October, remaining on the same train throughout the trip.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Seattle
Minnesota
New Haven
Providence
Boston
Wakefield Chief Brockbank Missing Amid Resignation
Grace Brockbank, wife of Wakefield Chief Harvey Brockbank, remains uninformed about his whereabouts. Neighbors and police confirm no resignation notice was handed to the force, while rumors suggest he disappeared after facing personal and public strain. The chief, 89, has lived with his family on Nichols Street and served three years as head of the Wakefield police.
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Bridge
Carver Street
Grace
Harvey
James A. McFadden
Brockbank
McFadden
Nichols Street
Co-Operative Bank
Learhied
John
Washington
Wakefield
Stafford Springs
Colin
Wakefield Police
Congregational Church
Gray
Myra
Winnie
William
Clemens
Ballardvale
Scientists Reject Mars Talk as Hype at Yerkes Session
At the tenth annual session of the Astronomical and Astrophysical Society of America at Yerkes Observatory Professor Pickering and Professor Frost debunk far fetched Mars and space rumors. They denounce balloon telescope stunts and biblical star claims as sensationalism driven by gold hunger among scientists.
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Baward C. Pickering
Astronomical and Astrophysical Society of America
Yerkes Observatory
Pickering
Harvard Observatory
BE. B. Frost
Bethlehem
Frost
Venus
Ex Mayor Fitzgerald Returns to Campaign Stump
Former Boston mayoral candidate Fitzgerald greets supporters at a ball in Boston praising the city and urging a businesslike administration. He criticizes tax valuations under Mayor Hibbard and comments on Democratic and Republican plans, with mentions of local politicians and campaign themes.
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Boston
United States
Fitzgerald
J. P. Timilty
James F. O’connell
Frank O'Hare
South
John J. Butler
William F. McNary
Bingville
George Twiss
Frank Sampson
William H. Norton
Rose Lanachia
Hibbard
James Donovan
Democratic City Committee
Democratic Party
England
Flan 2
Committee of 100
Man in Roxbury Court Accused of Dual Homes
Alexander Mercer of Dorchester was arraigned in Roxbury Police Court on a charge of maintaining two homes. He faced claims from two women that he was their husband and father to many children, illustrating how identity can be hidden in a big city.
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Roxbury
Alexander Mercer
Freeport Street
Dorchester
Dual life of husband ends in Roxbury and Dorchester
Mercer lived with two women for seven years, posing as married to both and father to their children. A Roxbury court heard his case after a warrant led to his arrest. he was held on $1000 bonds, while both women survived the upheaval and refused to testify.
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Vernon Street
Roxbury
Roxbury Crossing
Lane
Mercer
Dorchester
Freeport Street
Roxbury Court
Mércer
Post
Gas Poison Fatal to Somerville Man at East Somerville Home
William J. Irish, 50, was found overcome by illuminating gas in a bedroom at 9 Fountain Avenue, East Somerville. He died at 9:45 last night at Somerville Hospital after being discovered Monday afternoon.
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Somerville
Wiliam J. Irish
Fountain Avenue
East Somerville
Fund for Eddy Home in Eddy Homestead
In Edward A. Kimball's will filed in Probate Court a fund is created to maintain Pleasant View, Mary Baker Eddy's homestead. The fund will derive from sale of his books papers and writings, with the estate's principal left to his widow.
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Chicago
Edward A. Kimball
Pleasant View
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Kimball
Two Boys Drown After Church Picnic Tragedy
At a Roxbury church picnic two youths, Andrew Sullivan and Max Freedman, drowned after entering a swimming hole. Freedman, who tried to save Sullivan, perished while Sullivan survived briefly before también dying. both bodies were recovered with medical aid failing.
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Sullivan
Max Freedman
Freedman
George Wilson
James Irwin
Lexington
Roxbury
Haskins and Ruggles Streets
Boat Rocker Drowns in Whitehall Lake at Winchendon
Chester Phipps a 13 year old boy drowned today in Whitehall Lake Winchendon after he and a companion rocked a sinking rowboat. The other boy could swim but Phipps drowned when the boat filled with water and they jumped away.
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Winchendon
Aug
Chester Phipps
Whitehall Lake
Phipps
Reduce Your Fat Free Rengo Fat Reducer Ad Across Cities
A claim a fat reduction product named Rengo is promoted as harmless and pleasant to take. It is sold by druggists for 1.00 per box and by mail from The Rengo Go in Detroit with free trial packages offered directly. The advertisement lists multiple Boston area vendors and other locations including Washington and Essex Streets and Tremont Street.
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Rengo Go
Rengo
Detroit
Mich
Boston
Riker-Jaynes Drug Stores
Houghton & Dutton Co
Henry Siegel Co
Washington and Essex Sts
Woodward Drug Co
Tremont St
W. B. Hunt Co
Washington St
Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge
Pleasant St
Malden
Women at McKees Rocks Throw Stones at Plant Gate
About 500 women strike sympathizers gathered at the Pressed Steel Car Company gate at McKees Rocks and hurled heavy paving stones over the stockade, then regrouped near the restaurant and shattered windows as troopers dispersed the crowd.
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Pittsburg
Pressed Steel Car Company
McKees Rocks
Disorder at car plant as strikers fire shots and cause alarm
Amid heavy disruption at the car works, striking workers fired shots at new men entering the plant. State troopers and deputies remained alert for 12 hours. An ambulance carried a worker from the Ashpenville entrance. rumors claimed a death en route. A trooper assault case was dismissed for conflicting testimony. A note outside the stockade urged escape, and fagots near the paint house hint at an incendiary attack under rigid investigation.
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Ashpenville
Wolf
Lavis
Th State Constabulary
Proper cordial aid for constipation claims from fig syrup
An old advertisement touts Syrup of figs as a remedy for constipation. It asserts that regular use can aid nature without replacing natural functions, urging proper nourishment and living. The ad emphasizes buying genuine California Syrup Co. product and lists a price.
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California
I Syrup CO
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