Panic on burning steamer Fred Swain at Peoria
The steamer Fred Swain of the Peoria and La Salle Packet Company burned to the waterline on the Illinois River near Peoria. Captain Verne Swain and 40 aboard escaped to the river bank. Engineer Joseph Casrider was burned and Charles Reicheberger suffered a broken arm. Loss estimated at 35000 dollars. passengers lost belongings.
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Peoria
Ill
Fred Swain
Verne Swain
Peoria & la Salle Packet Company
Illinois River
Joseph Casrider
Charles Reicheberger
Steamer Fire Escape Leads to Dramatic Rescue on River
Passengers and crew flee a burning steamer as it nears shore. Rowboats rush to help while a damaged gangplank collapses, tossing 15 people into the water. Thomas Powers and FE A Caron each rescue two children, guiding them to safety as rescuers arrive.
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Thomas Powers
Peoria
FE. A. Caron
Worcester
Mass
Tose
Regulations On Art Duty Under Payne Law Issued
Washington Aug 20 Acting Secretary Reynolds announced Payne law regulations governing art imports Two affidavits required with each shipment New affidavits cover good faith genuineness and provenance with consular certification
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Washington
United States
Nearly a Million Philippine Cigars Enter Under Payne Tariff
About 1,000,000 Philippine cigars were admitted under free provisions of the Payne tariff law. Most arrived before the act took effect on August 6 and were held in bond in warehouses awaiting passage of the law.
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Philippines
Washington
MEN ENJOY MOUNTAIN CLIMB BURROS SAY NOTHING
A group climbs Mt Willey in Bretton Woods New Hampshire using burros as carriers. Participants include J H Youngar of New York General W A Barron of the Crawford House John S Bartlett of Lynn and Hon Joshua B Holden of this city. The burros are silent on their experience.
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Bretton Woods
N. H
J. H. Youngar
New York
W. A. Barron
Crawford House
John S. Bartlett
Lynn
Joshua B. Holden
Mt. Willey
Merryman
Mt. Walley
Court asked to clarify will under charity bequests
Luther Conant of Acton asks the Supreme Judicial Court for instructions on disposition of about 12000 dollars in funds from the estate of Charlotte L. Goodnow Worcester. Miss Goodnow's will left all property to charities with 20000 dollars to be split among listed societies and a residue to the same beneficiaries. Heirs at law claim half of brother inherited property passed as guardianship and insanity at the time of acquisition.
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Luther Conant
Acton
Charlotte L. Goodnow
Worcester
Supreme Judicial Court
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Congregational Home Missionary Society
The
American Tract Society
Boston Seamen's Friend Society
James George Goodnow
Alonzo D. Lamson
Shelburne
Emeline G. Smith
Plattsburg
N. Y
Miss Goodnow
Cymric Docks at Charlestown With Notables Aboard
The White Star liner Cymric from Queenstown and Liverpool arrived at Charlestown with many saloon passengers including ex Mayor Fitzgerald of Boston and U S consul Lewis Dexter. Notables also include B Atwood Robinson inventor and Miss R S Hill an opera performer. The voyage brought 339 new citizens and 50 Guernsey cattle to quarantine at Littleton for 30 days.
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White Star
Cymric
Queenstown
Liverpool
Charlestown
Mayor Fitzgerald
Boston
Lewis Dexter
United States
Leeds
England
B. Atwood Robinson
R. S. Hill
Royal Grand
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Tour To Milwaukee
Milwaukee readies for the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston with lavish plans for Oct 4 to 8. About 300 members arrive by train for parades luncheons tours and a banquethosted by Milwaukeeans as the Boston visitors tour the city in a welcoming triumph.
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Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of
Boston
Milwaukee
Uniform
Schlitz Palm Garden
August Uihlein
Whitefish Bay
Gustave Pabst
Wis
Artillery Company
Charles §. Camrell
George A. Shackford
W. M. McKenna
George H. W. Bates
London
Killer shoots common law wife at police headquarters
George F. Marion, 52, of Atlanta, killed his common law wife Frances Lee of Zion City, Ill., in the chief of police office in Wilkesbarre Pa. Marion, once a theatrical advance agent and Pullman car conductor, had tracked her after she ran away with another man and planned to meet her at police headquarters.
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Wilkesbarre
Penn
George F. Marion
Atlanta
Marion
Frances Lee
Zion City
Ill
Pullman
95 and Active Receives Boston Post Cane Honor
Sharon notes Solomon Talbot aged 95 received the ebony gold-headed cane as the town’s oldest citizen. Selectman Edward J. Fuller presented the tribute before a large gathering. Talbot, a lifelong town figure, is described as cheerful and mentally vigorous.
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Sharon
Solomon Talbot
Edward J. Fuller
Boston Post
Talbot Reflects on Revolutionary Ancestry and Longevity
To those curious about his life, Mr. Talbot shares stories of Revolutionary forebears and early colonial acts. He recalls the first cannon cast near Sharon, Dorchester operations, and a 1774 colonial house his grandfather built. Now aged many decades with a growing family, he credits abstinence from alcohol and tobacco.
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Sharon
Foxboro
Mr. Talbot
Dorchester
Auto Smash Kills Horse On State Road
A red touring car registered Massachusetts 2900 belonging to G A Horne of Lawrence crashed into a horse and carriage driven by Frank Currier of Amesbury on the State road to Salisbury Beach. The horse was killed and the carriage wrecked. Currier escaped by jumping as two men and a woman fled to a nearby farmhouse then arranged a wagon to return to Newburyport. The car’s front end was damaged and it was towed to Newburyport.
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Newburyport
Massachusetts
G. A. Horne
Lawrence
Frank Currier
Amesbury
Salisbury Beach
Currier
Storm Fears Fatalities as Lightning Hits Street Car
A fierce electrical storm in Pittsburg causes one woman to die of fright as a street car is struck by lightning and a roof is ripped from a house while residents stay in bed. Telegraph lines are largely down and overall storm losses may exceed half a million dollars.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Bridget Conley
Murray fights Gerry Society in Children's Court
David J. Murray, a New York real estate broker, reclaimed his two children from the Gerry Society in a tense Children’s Court appearance. He denounced societal officials as liars and brutes, while the judge and police kept order as the family left with the children.
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New York
Gerry Society
David J. Murray
Holy Name Society Field Day at Medford
The Holy Name Society hosts the fifth grand field day and reunion of St. Anne Church Somerville at Combination Park Medford. Activities run from 10 a.m. for 12 hours with booths, delicacies, side shows, athletic events for children, prize awarded races, horse racing, ball games, a baby show and concerts.
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Combination Park
Medford
Holy Name Society
St. Anne’s Church
Somerville
Nira Candge
St. Anne's Field Day
Rexall Bowel Relief Pills Marketed By Rexall Stores
Rexall orderlies are presented as pleasant for adults and children. They act on the nerves and muscles of the bowels without purging or causing annoyance. A refund is offered if they fail to relieve chronic constipation. Two sizes priced 10 cents and 25 cents at Riker Jaynes Drug Stores and Rexall Stores.
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Rexall
Riker-Jaynes
Machinist Not Archduke John Orth, Says Official
Cleveland Aug 20 John Salva tore a Painesville machinist is not the missing Archduke John Orth of Austria according to statements from Baron Paul Forster local vice consul of the Austro Hungarian government
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Cleveland
John Salvatore
Painesville
Archduke John Orth
Austria
Baron Paul Forster
Lightning Strikes Woman in Colo Amputates Toes
In Montrose Colorado on August 20 Mrs. A. W. Bankston a Norwood woman endured a bolt of lightning that amputated two of her toes yet she survived.
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Montrose
Col
A. W. Bankston
Norwood
Pope to Present Taft with Two Lion Cubs
Rome August 20 President William H Taft will receive two lion cubs as a gift from Pope Pius X The lioness given by Emperor Menelik has produced six fine cubs The Pope will present two to Taft two to Kaiser Wilhelm and two to Emperor Franz Josef of Austria
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Rome
William H. Taft
Pius X
Menelik
Taft
Kaiser Wilhelm
Franz Josef
Austria
Tokio Mayor gifts 20000 cherry trees for Taft park plan
Tokio Mayor Waki offers 20,000 cherry trees to President Taft for planting in a new park along the Potomac River in Washington D C. The generous gesture may symbolize friendship between Japan and the United States.
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Tokio
Waki of
Taft
Potomac River
Washington, D. C
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College of Commerce
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Snow & Son
North Market St
Searlet
Goodnow
Yellowstone Park Tours
Union Pacific
Willard Massey
P. A
Washington &I
Chickering
Storm
Gerry
Mrs. Murray
Children’s Society
Pierce
Justice Mayo
Mr. Murray
Murray
Tam
Mayo
Jenkins
Hilton Co
Cor
Washington St
Temple Place
Newark
Broad
Market Sts
Broadway
Philadelphia
Chestnut St
Uptown
37Th St
Pope
W.L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
Fife
Douglas
Dalls
W. E. Douglas
Brockton
W.L. Douglas Boston
Washington Street
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