Noted swindler Chapin faces multiple arrests in Boston case
Walter P. Chapin alias Walters was arrested on larceny charges involving $308.14 from A. H. Davenport & Co. He claims he only acted as a tool for others and earned little. Police anticipate several more arrests as about $6000 in goods were dis disposed of and complaints mount from jewelers, furniture dealers, and florists.
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Walter P. Chapin
Walters
Rooney and Wolff
A. H. Davenport & Co
Washington Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Chapin
House of Correction
Robinson
Atwood
Roslindale
Bullard Street
Roxbury
Hammond Street
Worcester
New York
Galvin Bros
Westland Avenue
Clapin’s
A. L. Decatur
Mark Cross
Summer Street
Hull, Stickney & Co
Cornhill
Elmwood House
Boston Ancients prepare lavish welcome for London guests
Boston's Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company plans an extravagant two week visit for 163 London guests starting October 2. Budgets top $100,000 with a $25,000 Symphony Hall banquet and 9500 deluxe souvenir books.
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Boston
London
Ww. Murray Crane
J. Montgomery Sears
Kidder, Peabody & Co
Symphony Hall
Galvin
Boston Company
Revere House
Canada
Washington
New York
West Point
New York City
Buffalo
Niagara
Toronto
Montreal
Vermont
New Hampshire
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Samuel J Parks Found Guilty In Extortion Trial
New York Aug 21 Samuel J Parks a labor leader charged with extortion after demanding and receiving money from employers under threat of strikes was found guilty tonight by a jury that deliberated about four hours.
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New York
Samuel J. Parks
Noted Surgeon Badly Hurt in Carriage Accident
Springfield reports Dr. J. E. Giles senior surgeon at Manhattan Eye and Ear Infirmary New York was spending summer in Goshen when a carriage crash left his left arm and two ribs broken and his hip severely wrenched.
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Springfield
J. E. Giles
Manhattan Eye and Ear Infirmary
New York
Goshen
Medicine brings relief for family in Dorchester
Mrs Ellen Maguire of 302 Nor York Ave Dorchester testifies Father John’s Medicine prevented pneumonia for her family. She notes no poisonous drugs were used.
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John
Ellen Maguire
Nor
York Ave
Dorchester
Root Off for Europe on Celtic to Liverpool
Secretary of War Elihu Root sailed from New York aboard the Celtic bound for Liverpool. He will join Senator Lodge and former Senator Turner of Washington as the United States representative in the Alaska boundary dispute.
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New York
Elihu Root
Liverpool
England
Lodge
Turner
Washington
United States
End to Albany Strike Hints at Breakthrough
New York August 21 The Boston and Albany division machinists strike moved to New York City with an IAM conference with railroad officials. Although no final agreement was reached, substantial progress was reported and a Boston meeting next Tuesday is expected to yield a settlement.
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New York
Boston & Albany Division
New York Central Railroad
International Association of Machinists
Boston
Boston Area Weekend Forecast Says Fair Weather and Warmth
Local forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for fair weather on Saturday with warmer temperatures. Sunday remains fair, then increasing clouds and possible local showers. Light to fresh southwest winds.
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International Yacht Race Course
Boston
Temperature report from Thompson’s Spa yesterday
Readings at Thompson's Spa 219 Washington Street show varied temperatures throughout the day with a high around 79 and an average around 71. The record lists several inconsistent notations but indicates daytime warmth and evening cooling with notable readings near 67 to 79 degrees.
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Thompson’s Spa
Washington Street
Selawees
Ex cessive Smoking and Drinking Cure Claim
Advertises Horsford's Acid Phosphate as a remedy for low spirits fatigue and nervousness from smoking and drinking, claiming it cures dull headaches low mood and exhaustion and induces restful sleep.
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Horsford
Expert condemns Lowell magazines amid warning
Captain B. W. Dunn, government powder expert from Sandy Hook proving grounds, inspected the two magazines of the United States Cartridge Company in Lowell on Aug 21 and urged immediate removal of both sites due to danger.
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Lowell
B. W. Dunn
Sandy Hook
United States Cartridge Company
Commonwealth Stays At Hull After Tug At Dock
Several hundred people waited at Charlestown Pier for the Dominion liner Commonwealth to dock yesterday evening. The captain chose to remain until morning tide and the ship will dock at 8:30 a m today.
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Commonwealth
Hull
Charlestown
Builders to sue Boston for damages over Westminster Chambers
Builders Woodbury and Leighton announce intent to sue the city of Boston for damages tied to the Westminster Chambers case with claims ranging from about 100000 to possibly 200000 dollars. The dispute follows a lengthy litigation history and echoes prior contentions over the project.
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Westminster Chambers
Messrs. Woodbury & Leighton
City of
Boston
Duke of Marlborough Chauffeur Fined for Fast Drive
Aug 21 Bedington. The chauffeur of the Duke of Marlborough was fined for furiously driving the duke's motor car to Blenheim on Aug 4. The Duchess of Marlborough and Ambassador Choate were occupants of the car during the speeding violation.
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LG Don
Duke of Marlborough
Bedington
Duke
Blenheim
Duchess of Marlborough
Ambassador Choate
LORD SALISBURY IN EXTREMIS
A late bulletin reports Lord Salisbury in extremis at 10 PM as his family including Viscount Cranborne Lord Arthur Cecil Lord Robert Cecil Rev Lord William Cecil Lady Gwendolen Cecil and the Earl and Countess of Selborne with Prime Minister A J Balfour present at his bedside the end expected imminently.
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London
Lord Salisbury
Viscount Cranborne
Arthur Cecil
Robert Cecil
William Cecil
Gwendolen Cecil
Earl
Countess of
Life saver's son drowns in Chelsea Creek
The 13 year old son of Captain Alfred Sorensen, famed for life saving, drowned yesterday in Chelsea Creek off his father's Marginal Street Chelsea wharf. Up to midnight the body had not been recovered. Sorensen is a multiple medal recipient for life saving from Congress.
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Fred E
Alfred Sorensen
Chelsea Creek
Marginal Street
Chelsea
Captain Sorensen
Congress
Servia's King May Quit Amid Capital Turmoil
A Russian official source in Belgrade claims King Peter may abdicate within 10 days, not only personally but for the Karageorgevitch dynasty, if the unrest in Serb capital Belgrade continues.
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London
Belgrade
Peter
Karageorgevitch
Strickland Arrested In Illegal Registration Probe
William W. Strickland Jamaica Plain lawyer and former Common Council member was arrested on a warrant by election commissioners for illegal registration. He is about 40, married, a Jamaica Club member, seen as a leading Republican figure in the district. Four counts allege age misrepresentation. similar cases involve a Ward 12 Democrat and a third man pending arrest. Strickland’s case concerns activity from the previous year.
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William W. Strickland
Common Council
Jamaica Plain
Strickland
Jamaica Club
South Boston
Ward 12
Brown Place
Miles Praised by the G A R at San Francisco
At the national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic a resolution praised General Nelson A Miles upon his retirement after 42 years of service from Manassas to Appomattox. It hailed him as a soldier, Indian fighter, and strict military organizer.
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San Francisco
Grand Army of the Republic
Miles
P. H. Corey
Topeka
Kan
Nelson A. Miles
Twenty-second
Massachusetts Infantry
Manassas
Appomattox
Major Samuel Reber Named Army War College Secretary
Washington August 21 Major Samuel Reber signal corps general staff officer has been detailed as secretary of the Army War College He is a son in law of Lieutenant General Miles.
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Washington
Samuel Reber
Signal Corps
Army War College
Miles
Charestown Boy Drowns At Lake Sunapee
A 10 year old Leon Kibball of Charlestown Mass drowned at Lake Sunapee this afternoon. His body was recovered.
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Charlestown
Manchester
Union
Lake Sunapee
Leon Kibball
Boston & Maine Railroad
Mass
Mills to Shut Down in Lawrence Thrown 10,000 Idle
Lawrence August 21. The Pacific the Pemberton and the Everett mills, among the citys largest employers, will close for two weeks starting tomorrow, idling about 10,000 workers. Nearly all other mills may follow, making 1,650 idle, about a quarter of the population.
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Lawrence
The
Pacific
Pemberton
Everett Mills
Cotton mill revival eyed for Fall River factories
Fall River on August 21 reports planned resumption in several mills. Next week expects 2309 more operatives at work, with 17000 more dollars in wages and 26000 more pieces of cloth produced compared with the current week.
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Fall River
Heavens Illuminated by Northern Lights Tonight
The northern lights appeared last night for the first time this season, forming bright bars across the northern skies with red and green streamers to the west. The unusual brilliance is linked to the start of an 11 year cycle that lasts about two years, indicating frequent aurora borealis displays this winter.
Sir Thomas Lipton backs Shamrock III as faster boat
Highlands New Jersey Aug 21 Sir Thomas Lipton declared Shamrock III faster after yesterday's race on Erin in Sandy Hook Bay. He praised the boat's speed and quality, saying Shamrock III performed best whenever there was wind despite a disappointing showing yesterday.
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Sir Thomas Lipton
Sandy Hook
Sir Thomas
Wringe
the Erin Today
Shamrock
Shamrock I
Shamrock III
Bevis
Challenger
Reliance
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Norwood
Back Bay
Yarmouth Street
Winthrop
Morgan
Boylston Street
Wolff and Rooney
Chaplin
Emery
Weather Bureau
Sam Parks
King’s Bohemian Beer
Scribner’s
N. E. Newspaper Union
Pearl Sr
Gaston Mass
Europe
Albany
Life Saver
Servia
G. Alr
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