Hopkins Leaves $405000 Estate
An inventory filed in Probate Court lists Amos Lawrence Hopkins of Boston and Williamstown as executors. Personal estate amounts to $350,085.28 with real property of $55,000. Several stocks show no value, while large holdings include Fitchburg Railroad Manhattan Railway Central & South American Telegraph American Telephone and Telegraph and Pullman Company totaling $300,000.
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Pittsfield
Amos Lawrence Hopkins
Boston
Williamstown
M. Theresa Hopkins
J. Converse Gray
Jekyl Island Club
Planters’ Compress
Jaquist
Infants' Wear Closeout at Usual Prices
A manufacturer offers odds and ends from infants' wear including skirts, dresses, and flannel items. Surplus samples priced at 50 to 89 cents per garment, 1.00 to 1.25, 1.50 to 1.75, 2.00, and 3.00 to 4.50 dollars for various garments.
Automatic Price Reductions on infants garments sale
An ad outlines staged discounts starting August 21 for infants garments. If unsold, prices drop on September 5 to 25 percent, September 12 to 50 percent, September 19 to 75 percent, and September 26 to zero. The tactic is to set an initial ultra low price to ensure quick sellout.
Bribery Brings First Detroit Alderman to Trial
Witness W J Brennan, a Burns operative, testifies in Detroit police court about bribery involving 18 aldermen and Clerk Edward Schreiter. Brennan says he paid Honest Tom Glinnan $1000 as he posed as a Wabash official to secure city street access for railroad building plans.
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Detroit
W. J. Brennan
W. J. Burns
Boston
Burns
Tom” Glinnan
Brennan
Common Council
Edward Schreiter
Wabash Railroad
Glinnan
Ford
Bribery Trial Updates Involving City Aldermen And A Key Confession
Postponed hearings shift Aug 30 dates for Aldermen Watson Ellis Zeeller Merritt Hindle Skrzcki while Theisen case moves next Friday. Brennan testifies that Walter J Burns from Boston, a Wabash RR representative, funded a street closure bribe. Glinnan’s final bribe payment triggers his confession after Burns introduces him.
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Watson
Ellis
Zeeller
Merritt
Hindle
Skrzcki
Theisen
Brozo
Rosenthal
Lynch
O’brien
Koenig
Deimel
Mason
Ostrowski
Tessy
Walsh
Glinnan
Schreiter
Brennan
Walter J. Burns
Boston
City
Ford
Wabash Railroad
New England Historical Society
Automobile Tours by Royal Blue Line
Luxurious Royal Blue Line cars depart Hotel Brunswick daily and Sunday for Plymouth Gloucester Nahant Concord and Lexington with Monday Wednesday and Friday runs to Newport and Narragansett Pier plus daily White Mountains tours. Illustrated folders available at leading Boston hotels.
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Boston
Royal Blue Line Company
Brunswick
Plymouth
Gloucester
Nahant
Concord
Lexington
Newport
Narragansett Pier
White Mountains
New Hampshire
Alaska Home Rule Bill Advances In Congress
The August 20 conference report on the Alaska administration bill, creating two legislative branches and a railroad commission, was adopted by the House. Senate approval and the President's signature would grant home rule for Alaska.
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Alaska
Washington
Legislative Assembly
House
Senate
Public View Unveils Marine Park Aquarium at City Point
The public saw the new Marine Park Aquarium at City Point South Boston as外 construction sheds reveal the glass front tanks on either side. The building will host 55 tanks backed by natural rock with a central 22 foot pool under a large glass dome and display 1000 to 1500 fish across nearly 200 species. Louis L. Mowbray will oversee operations, noted as a leading expert on the subject.
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Marine Park Aquarium
City Point
Boston
Louis L. Mowbray
Entrance design features gilded fish in marble hall
The description highlights a grand entrance with white marble columns and a large gilded fish above, a vestibule of Italian marble and terrazzo, and a main exhibition hall beyond the lobby. The text emphasizes the ornate design as visitors move from the vestibule into the main space.
Giant 300-Pound Wedding Cake Delights Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on August 20 Miss Mamie Morgenstein wed, receiving a wedding cake weighing 300 pounds from her father Bennett Morgenstein. The vast confection, six feet tall and decorated, contains 100 pounds of raisins and currants, 75 pounds of sugar, 20 pounds of butter, and was made over two weeks by Morgenstein and his two sons. Officials say it will last 25 years without crumbling or melting.
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Philadelphia
Mamie Morgenstein
Bennett Morgenstein
Chauffeur Held for Smuggling Chinese into New York
A Buffalo to New York smuggling scheme was uncovered when police stopped a car before dawn. Five Chinese and two Americans were arrested. a large bundle concealed three frightened Chinamen. A search led to two more Chinese and a white man, Burton Tranks, who admitted leading the expedition.
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New York
Buffalo
Burton Tranks
Coakley to Run as Moose in Massachusetts District
Timothy W. Coakley announced he will run for Congress in the twelfth district as a Bull Moose candidate. He rejects Democratic Progressive designation and plans to appear as a Roosevelt Progressive on election day, disputing the party's official status and Ballot Law Commission rulings.
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Timothy W. Coakley
Congress
Roosevelt
Coakley
Swift
Democratic Progressive Party
Foss
Twelfth
James Curley
J. Frank O'Hare
Charles S. Robinson
Boston
Bull Moose
Massachusetts
Ballot Law Commission
Langtry
Ahastiva
Conn Foot Guards Arrive in Quebec Tour Begins
The second company of the Governor's Foot Guards of New Haven Connecticut arrived in Quebec this morning. They were met at the Levis ferry by militia officers and escorted to the Chateau Frontenac. Samuel Hughes greeted them on the Esplanade and a joint concert with Canadian forces followed this evening.
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Quebec
Governor’s Foot Guards
New Haven
Conn
Montreal
Ottawa
Levis Ferry
Chateau Frontenac
Esplanade
Samuel Hughes
Militia
New England Customs Ports Reorganized by Secretary MacVeagh
Secretary MacVeagh reorganized the customs services at Chicago Detroit Milwaukee and 11 other ports. In New England changes affected New Haven Providence Barnstable Rappahannock Kennebunk Bridgeton Salem New Bedford Springfield and Yaquina. About 20 ports including Seattle Tampa Pittsburg Bridgeport remained to be reorganized.
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Washington
MacVeagh
Chicago
Detroit
Milwaukee
New Haven
Conn
Providence
R. 1
Barnstable
Mass
Rappahannock
Kennebunk
Bridgeton
N. J
Salem
New Bedford
Springfield
Atlanta
McKinley Ambulance Destroyed In Watertown Fire
An ambulance used to transport President McKinley after his Buffalo shooting was ruined by a fire in Watertown today. The building housing the vehicle burned, and the hearse had been bought in Buffalo by a local undertaker.
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Watertown
N. Y
William McKinley
Buffalo
Foss Declines Democratic Progressive Governor Nomination
Governor Foss will not seek the Democratic Progressive nomination for governor. He says he will not appeal the secretary of state's ruling that the Democratic Progressive designation cannot appear on the ballot.
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Foss
Secretary of State
Governor withdraws Democratic Progressives nomination papers
Governor and Foss refuse a Democratic Progressive designation after a long conference with advisers. Democratic State committee plans separate nominations for a National Progressive. The move aims to cut into Bull Moose support as Governor Foss or District Attorney Pelletier contend for the governorship.
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Foss
Thomas P. Riley
Democratic State Committee
Swift
Boston
Joseph C. Pelletier
George Harlow
Pelletier
Bird Returns as Bull Moose Governor Candidate
Charles W. Bird is again named a Bull Moose governor hopeful with James P. Magenis in second place. He had previously said he would decline the nomination but now seems ready to run. The party conducts postcard campaigning as it weighs Bird against ex-Mayor Frederick Fosdick of Fitchburg for the State ticket.
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Bird
Bull Moose
Charles W. Bird
James P. Magenis
Bull Moose Party
Frederick Fosdick
Fitchburg
Governor Foss Visits Vermont For Two Day Campaign Tour
Governor Foss will travel to Vermont for a two day stump campaign in support of Governor Wilson. The first speech is planned for Brattleboro.
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Foss
Vermont
Wilson
Brattleboro
Duma Deputy Murdered In Ufa House killing
Ali S. Syrtlanoff a noted lawyer and Duma deputy who defended General Stoessel was killed today in the house of General Sheikh Ali at Ufa European Russia by relatives of Sheikh Ali. The motive remains unknown. Syrtlanoff was a prominent Mussulman deputy in Duma debates.
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ST. Petersburg
Duma
Ali S. Syrtlanoff
General Stoessel
Port Arthur
Sheikh Ali
Ufa
European
Russia
M. Syrtlanoff
Mussulman
New Warship May Be of Oklahoma Type
Naval experts say with 15 million dollars in the naval appropriation bill a monster battleship can only resemble the Oklahoma class of about 27 000 tons now under construction. Canal width and harbor depth constrain beam and draft, but the length could grow about 100 feet to boost coal capacity and speed.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Brick Bodkins' Pa Tries Church Duty, Faces Trouble
A comic caption hints Brick Bodkins' father shirks churchgoing and lands in misadventure. The joke appears in the next Sunday's Post comic section.
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Brick Bodkins
Not to Oppose Murray by Donovan Kelcher Faction
The Donovan Kelcher faction of the city Democracy decided not to oppose Congressman William F. Murray for the Democratic nomination in the new 10th district.
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Donovan- Kelcher
City Democracy
William F. Murray
Congress
10Th Congressional District
Local Democratic factions settle nominations ahead of primaries
John F. Sullivan of Ward 2 failed to file with the Secretary of State though his name qualified on nomination papers. Donovan Kellherites let Murray run unopposed for Congress while planning to back Pelletier for Governor. Election commissioners certified about 360 candidates for upcoming primaries. yesterday was the last filing day.
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John F. Sullivan
Ward 2
Murray
Secretary of State
Donovan
City Democracy
Pelletier
Wood to Attend German Maneuvers
Major General Leonard Wood chief of staff of the army will accept Germany's invitation to attend maneuvers this fall. He will depart Washington not later than August 29.
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Washington
Leonard Wood
Army
Willie Invents Lightning Stencil In Comic Strip
In the comic section of next Sunday’s Post, Willie creates a lightning stencil while Muggsy teaches a dog to swim, delivering a lighthearted gag for readers.
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Willie
Muggsy
Post
Peruna praised by Tennessee farmer for chronic stomach catarrh
Mr Samuel A Seal of Route 2 Treadway Tennessee details a recovery from chronic stomach catarrh after taking Peruna. He credits the medicine with saving his life and returning him to work on the farm. A note explains KA TAR NO as the current name and offers a free booklet from KA TAR NO Company Columbus Ohio.
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Samuel A. Seal
Treadway
Tenn
Ka-Tar-No Company
Columbus
Ohio
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