Couple Meet on Realroad Wedding in Algonquin Hotel
Atlantic City Aug 21 A Philadelphia couple Albert J Stebbins and Miss May E Leveridge wed after meeting on a railroad trip and brief courtship. The ceremony was performed by Rev S S Townsend at the Algonquin Hotel with a honeymoon in Washington to follow. A separate court hearing involved a Mrs G Wright dispute and testimonies from Sam Denton and George C Wright, adjourned to Sept 11 for further evidence.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Philadelphia
Algonquin Hotel
Albert J. Stebbins
May E. Leveridge
Stebbins
Townsend
Algonquin
Girls thrash peeper after bath at New Brunswick brook
In New Brunswick on August 21 Martha Robbins Agnes Thayer Sadie Hickman and two Misses Hacker chased and flogged Sam Budlong after he spied on them at a secluded brook. Budlong fled but was found by Miss Hickman’s father who whipped him with a heavy lash and ordered him to leave the area.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Martha Robbins
Agnes Thayer
Sadie Hickman
Sam Budlong
Miss Hickman
T Miss Hickman
Budlong
Freida Loves Him Detained in New York Harbor
Edward Feise aged 48 his niece Elsa Feise and Freida Prien aged 18 were detained at Ellis Island awaiting investigation after arriving from Hamburg on the Spree. An officer said Miss Prien told him she met Feise and his niece in a Bremen beer garden and wished to go to America with Feise. Freida claimed she loves Edward and wants to become Frau Feise.
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New York
Ellis Island
Edward Feise
Elsa Feise
Freida Prien
Hamburg
Freida
Miss Prien
Fesse
Bremen
America
Feise
Edward
Frau Feise
Love Letters In Court Stir Alimony Fight In New York
In New York on August 21 Magistrate Wentworth heard further bitter accusations in the case of Countess Zichy’s father G Curtis Wright and a woman calling herself Mrs G Curtis Wright. The plaintiff’s admirer Sam Denton arrived with a pasteboard box of letters Wright wrote to Mrs Redlich and to Denton. Wright’s lawyer projected the letters as evidence while Wright vowed to bring Arthur Redlich to testify so as to deny her plea for counsel fees and alimony.
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G. Wright
George Curtis Wright
The
Fair Plaintiff
Wright
Europe
Denton
Sam
New York
Iir
G. Curtis Wright
Countess Zichy
Arthur Redlich
Sam Denton
Redlich
Bathing Together Favored at Narragansett Pier
At Narragansett Pier on August 21, local women rejected proposals to separate bathers by sex. They cited safety in numbers and underlines of protection at bath houses as reasons to keep current intermingling. They described past experiences as safe with male guardians and valued deep-water swims for security. The dialogue framed intermingling as a natural, protective custom rather than an offense.
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Narragansett Pier
Kiss Interrupted by Audience Plea at Grand Opera House
In a humorous interruption to THE KISS GAME John C. Rice and Sally Cohen staged scenes at the Grand Opera House last evening. A gallery youth shouted for the Widow Jones kiss prompting Rice to offer an imitation with Cohen, who refused to participate. A nearby audience member emerged to take the challenge but Cohen warned off, forcing Rice and Cohen to retreat amid lingering tension and mixed smiles.
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Grand Opera House
John C. Rice
Sally Cohen
Mr. Rice
Widow Jones
Rice
May Irwin
Miss Cohen
John ©. Rice
Sally
Trade and railway earnings show mixed national trends
Bradstreet's reports US trade confined to staple lines with slower collections and tighter credit. Bank clearings total $818.0 million, down 4.2 percent from last week, and railways post modest gains. Western lumber and wool productions falter while Chicago and Baltimore show cautious improvement. nationwide failures rise, led by large capitalization concerns.
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New York
Bradstreet’s
United States
Chicago
Portland
Ore
Buffalo
Pittsburg
Charleston
Cincinnati
Galveston
South Carolina
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Mississippi
Northwestern
Baltimore
Atlanta
St. Louis
Kansas City
Kansas
St. Paul
Seattle
Alaska
Tacoma
San Francisco
Orient
Montreal
Toronto
Halifax
Quebec City
Winnipeg
Hamilton
Trade Review Notes Mixed Signals From Week Ahead
NE YORK Aug. 21 R G Dun Co weekly trade review finds political events had no definite impact on business prospects. Sterling fluctuations and gold imports may reflect excess exports over imports with New York shipments 20 percent above last year and imports 21 percent below. Grain movement and early cotton marketing aid a banking syndicate regulating foreign exchange. Leather weaker. hides Chicago prices down over three percent. boot and shoe industry near end of past orders except women’s grain and buff shoes.
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York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Sterling Exchange
Madison Square Garden
New York
Boston
Chicago
Water Front Tide of Harbor News Reveals Tow and Dockyard Updates
A harbor bulletin details the Robert Lockhart tow arriving from Perth Amboy with one loaded and five empty barges, plus a near miss between a tug and a rowboat of Adolph Julius. Other items include a near pass by a three masted barge, Cunard steamer Pavonia passengers, the Allan line death of Chief Engineer Oliver White, a 40 person paper trade excursion, tug repairs, and multiple yachts and tugs activity. It notes plans for Chattahoochee dry dock work, the Guarian police boat inspection, and local clerks’ Provincetown trip with cod head bouquets.
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Robert Lockhart
Wentworth
Perth Amboy
Lewis Wharf
Adolph Julius
Miller
Percy
Lillie
Brunswick
New York
Cape Lookout
Pavonia
Atkin
Cunard Line
Boston
Queenstown
Liverpool
M. H. Hamlin
Cunard
Gulf of St. Lawrence
India Wharf
N. P. Doane
W. S. Doane
Nellie
Arthur Eldridge
McKie’s
Blanche
Lennon
Ituna
Illawarra
Calypso
Reva
Peregrine
Hermione
Formosa
Ozhesta
Pilgrim
Josephine
Marblehead
Eugene Tompkins
Boston Theatre
Halifax Harbor
Viola
Lockwood’s
Beverly
B Line
Kennebec River
Kennebec
Cape Cod
Charley
John Adams
Provincetown
Commercial Wharf
Chattahoochee
Simpson
Bridge Fire Strikes Newburyport Span August Afternoon
The Newburyport bridge caught fire this afternoon in a mysterious blaze. Fire crews fought the flames but the structure narrowly escaped serious damage. No injuries reported and the cause remains under investigation.
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Newburyport
Shutting Down of Factories Viewed With Alarm in Waltham
In Waltham on August 21 the city faced deep gloom as factories shut down leaving about 3000 workers unemployed. The American Watch Factory announced pay in full next Thursday but warned of wholesale discharge as a one week back pay practice continues. The plant plans a September 1 restart for four days a week, with future operation dependent on business. The O’Hara dial factory also signaled an indefinite shutdown from September 1, prompting workers to seek work elsewhere and raising rent concerns among families.
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Waltham
American Watch
Fitch
O’hara
Express Strikers Demand Recognition in Adams Case
A New York committee of Adams Express workers declares the strike aims at recognizing their order and stopping indiscriminate firings. They accuse the company of hiring new hands at 50 dollars monthly, 26 dollars less than veterans, and warn a national general strike if the president refuses concessions. The statement denies any damage to property or interference with new employees.
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New York
Adams Express Company
Soa
Adams Express
Rubber Mills Resume at Hudson as Plant Reopens
Hudson August 21 The Hudson Rubber Company rehired workers and resumed full time operations after a several week idle period. The plant, previously idle, has returned to full production with staff on site.
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Hudson
Hudson Rubber Company
Cadet Band Enjoys Friday Concert at Clothier’s
Crowds line Hanover and Portland streets as the St Augustine Cadet Band of South Boston performs twelve selections at My Clothier’s band concert series. Manager Wolf notes strong public enjoyment. next week Thomas W Henry’s Full Military Band headlines. Store closes at 7:50 before the 7:30 to 9:30 show.
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St. Augustine
South Boston
My Clothier
Massachusetts Clothing Company
Hanover
Portland
Wolf
Thomas W. Henry
Unger Sues Beecher Over Hydrophobia Bite
Della Unger, 12, daughter of Henry Unger of Winchester Centre Connecticut, shows hydrophobia symptoms after being bitten by a mad dog owned by Burr Beecher on May 26. She crawls on hands and feet, barks, snarls, foams at the mouth. Suit seeks 1000 dollars.
Fall Opening Sale Promises Deep Discounts on Clothing
Announcement proclaims a store closing out all goods with prices well below half. Offers include heavy light or medium suits overcoats trousers with thousands of worsteds cassimeres tweeds ceviots in many styles and patterns.
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N. E
Taser Clothig CD
Sumer Et
Change in This Town in Presidential Vote From Four Years Ago
Charles E Waterman editor of the Mechanic Falls Ledger notes the town’s presidential vote shift. The piece continues from Page 1 and includes E T Wyman editor of the Waterville Mail stating Republican alignment.
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Charles E. Waterman
Mechanic Falls Ledger
E. T. Wyman
Waterville Mail
Rep
Free Silver Moves in Rural Maine Republicans Split
A collage of editor responses from Richmond Bee Bridgeton News Portland Express Lewiston Journal Rockland Tribune Portland Globe Aroostook Republican Danforth Border News Calais Advertiser Bath Enterprise Guilford Citizen Union Times Independent Farmington Independent voicing mixed reactions to the free silver movement. Many Democrats favor gold while some Republicans report little to no growth and predict stable or shifting presidential votes.
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Richmond
Bryan
Sewall
W. F. Dunham
Richmond Bee
Rep
Indianapolis
George W. Norton
Portland Express
Asarge
Lewiston Journal
George B. Bagley
Portland Globe
Caribou
Bath
Chicago
J. F. Upton
Bath Enterprise
McKinley
Oc. N. Rand
Guilford Citizen
Democratic Editors Weigh Maine Silver Tide
A compilation of editor opinions from Biddeford to Rockland on free silver support. Editors recount growing silver sentiment among Democrats, limited bolting, and expected gains for Democrats in Maine with September state elections, while noting mixed Republican splits and Populist shifts. Strong entities include Biddeford Evening Record, Madison Bulletin, Augusta Democrat, Rockland, York Courant, Portland papers, Lewiston Daily Sun, and Maine Populist.
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Biddeford
Chicago
Bryan
Maine
Saco
George N. Sands
Plum Trust
Saul
Tarsus
Lewiston
William Henry Clifford
Portland
L. C. Bateman
Maine Populist
Auburn
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Washington St
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Mr. Curtis Wright
Mrs. Redlich
Kiss
Funny Soane
Bradstreet and
Dun
Bessemer
Southern
Illinois Steel Company
Japan
Canada
OLD South Clothing
Edward Hayes, Sons & CO
Exchange Building
Lynn
Tinues
Express Strikers
R. T. Almy & CO
Soo Washington Street, Cor
H. A. Shorey
Bridgeton News
Sound Money
Rockland
W. O. Fuller, JR
Rockland Tribune
A. W. Hall
Aroostook Republican
Caribou, Mo
George Carleton
Danforth Border News
Dior Calais Advertiser
M'Kinley
Guilford
G. H. Fish
Union Times-Independent
H. L. Goodwin
Farmington Independent
Waterville
Silver
Madison
BE. W. Cook
Madison Bulletin
Dem
Augusta
H. Leland Thompson
Augusta Democrat
George F. Plaisted
York Courant, Dem
Dexter Democrats United
Ladd
Eastern Gazette
Eee Dem
Portland Democrats For Gold
P. W. M’intyre
BE. W. Townsend
North Berwick Journal
F. W. Sanborn
Oxford County Advertiser
Normway
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