Archery Championship Opens at Franklin Park
More than two score archers gather at Franklin Park for the 28th annual National Archery Association championship with entrants from Chicago Cincinnati Washington and Grand Rapids. George Phillips Bryant of the host city is favored to defend the title. Witt H. Thompson of Seattle is absent. Weather delays prevented the ladies from completing contests and results will be announced after the annual meeting tomorrow evening.
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Green Woods
Franklin Park
National Archery Association of the
United States
Chicago
Cincinnati
Washington
Grand Rapids
Mich
George Phillips Bryant
Witt H. Thompson
Seattle
Park Street Church to Have New Clock
Parishioners of Park Street Congregational Church at Park and Tremont streets, a leading Boston church, report enough subscriptions to fund a modern steeple clock. The aging timepiece has withstood winters and summers, and the clock will be installed soon despite pressure to sell church grounds for mercantile use.
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Park Street
Congregational Church
Park and Tremont Streets
Boston
Post
Drawbac
New England
Casino Struck by Lightning in Old Orchard
A severe shower in Old Orchard Me on August 21 saw lightning hit the ocean pier casino. The strike smashed a flagpole and split a heavy interior beam while over a hundred theatergoers were showered with splinters. no injuries or panic occurred. Lightning also damaged two other buildings slightly.
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Old Orchard
Ocean Pier
Getchell Charged in Child Assault and Thefts in Malden
Edward L. Getchell is under arrest for allegedly attacking Edna M. Boxx 11, at Holy Cross Cemetery Malden. A warrant also lists thefts at 104 Hanover Street where he worked as elevator man and pockets rifling of engineers Cummings and Barker. Additional charges include theft from Suffolk Silk Co and George Richardson furniture store.
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Getchell
Edward L. Getchell
Edna M. Boxx
John Boxx
Claremont Avenue
Linden
Holy Cross Cemetery
Malden
Hanover Street
Rooney and
McCauley
James A. Cummings
Barker
Suffolk Silk Company
George Richardson
Minister Recounts Health Turnaround From Grape-Nuts Diet
A Nebi minister describes stomach trouble starting in 1895 from overeating and poor digestion. After switching to Grape-Nuts with cream, relief came within 24 hours and full recovery in weeks. He later returns to illness when off the diet, then improves again on Grape-Nuts. He calls the food worth more than money and cites The Road to Wellville for readers.
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Nebi
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Heatwave Strains City Residents as Prostrations Rise
Extreme humidity kept temperatures over 85 degrees with readings near 87.6 at dawn and higher at midday. Heat-related collapses hit tenement districts and several individuals including Rudolph Ilawitch and Frank Sammati were hospitalized after falls or exhaustion.
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Weather Bureau
Dockmen Act on Friday as talks with steamship firm continue
Longshoremen threaten unified action after demanding reinstatement of four discharged workers and a return of the 200 striking members. Calvin Austin of Metropolitan Steamship Company to deliver final reply Friday morning at the wharf as district and coastwise assemblies plan meetings and potential escalation if their demands are not met.
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Metropolitan Steamship Company
Calvin Austin
District Assembly
K. of L
Parnell Hall
Main Street
District Assembly Executive Board
Roughan Building
Charlestown
Steamship Company
Labor unions clash over Cambridge mayor invite
Grand Secretary Peter W. Collins of the International Electrical Workers' Union denounces Cambridge Central Labor Union for inviting Mayor Thurston to a Labor Day mass meeting. Boston Local 104 says Thurston has been deemed unfair to organized labor. Lawrence Cooke will attend the State AFL convention in Lawrence in October. The Labor Day parade will feature about 100 participants. Harness Workers' Union marks its fourth anniversary in Harmony Hall on September 18. John R. Alpine will attend the United Association convention in Toronto next month. Boston Building Trades Council parades on Labor Day after today’s line placement vote.
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Peter W. Collins
International Electrical Workers’ Union
Boston
Cambridge Central Labor Union
Thurston
Cambridge
Union 104
Cambridge C. L. U
Lawrence Cooke
Boston Coopers’ Union 58
A. F. of L
Lawrence
Harness Workers’ Union
Harmony Hall
John R. Alpine
The
United Association
Toronto
Boston Building Trades Council
Must Pay Interest Small Depositors In Chelsea Bank
Small depositors at the First National Bank of Chelsea who took Winnisimmet National Bank loans for 50 percent of their accounts face six percent interest. Cashier Edward H. Lowell defends the rate, saying loans of this nature carry the usual charge and customers would pay the same if borrowing from Winnisimmet.
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Chelsea
First National Bank
Winnisimmet National Bank
First National Bank of Chelsea
Winnisimmet National Bank of Chelsea
Winnisimmet Bank
Edward H. Lowell
Post
Foss Takes Issue With Roosevelt Tariff Views
Massachusetts voters face a tariff clash as Eugene N. Foss argues the President still nods to protectionists and the Home Market Club while Henry M. Whitney says Roosevelt seeks liberal tariff reform but aligns with the stand out element.
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Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Congress
Friends of Tariff Revision
Lne
Cannon
Home Market Club
Tremors Persist as Chilean Quake Leaves Vast Ruin
Valparaiso reports continuing slight shocks with residents sleeping on hills and streets. Fires are out. Over 100 looters shot. Abarca, Traillas, Limache, and Villa del Mar suffer major damage. National losses estimated at 50 million dollars as aid arrives.
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Valparaiso
Aconcagua
Abarca
Traillas
Limache
Mierro Viejo
Villa del Mar
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