Bride Back From Illness Ends Separation Hope
Mary W. Dawson head of probationers at Lancaster School for Girls remains recovering in Quincy. Mrs Edgar French, 16, bride taken from husband Thursday at Middleboro and brought back to Lancaster, faces possible separation from her husband pending investigation and action.
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Mary W. Dawson
Lancaster School For Girls
Quincy
Edgar French
Middleboro
Lancaster School
French
Couple Separated by Probation Rules Sparks Dispute
Ethel Packard, now Mrs. Edgar French, married last May in Taunton and lived contentedly in Middleboro. They recently found work at Fall Brook for Andrew W. Miller, but a Lancaster school visitor ordered Ethel back to Boston to resume probation. French vows to reclaim his wife with employer Miller's help.
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Lancaster School
Ethel
Boston
French
Miller
Plans for New Docks in East Boston
Plans for new Boston and Albany docks in East Boston were outlined at a Chamber of Commerce meeting with the Boston and Albany railroad the Boston Board of Fire Underwriters the city building department and the chamber committee. The proposal calls for fire resistant partitions to divide pier buildings an impervious apron around foundations and separation of the grain elevator from piers to prevent future fires. City officials will seek a larger Marginal Street water main and the elevator will hold 1 000 000 bushels with modern grain handling facilities.
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Boston & Albany
Boston
Chamber of Commerce
Boston & Albany Railroad
Boston Board of Fire Underwriters
City of Boston Building Department
Committee of Metropolitan Affairs
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Cabot
Water Commissioner Hannan to halve staff within week
Water Commissioner Hannan announced that within a week he will place 400 men in his department on half time. He says many suspended workers are veteran laborers and unfitted for active duties.
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Hannan
Emperor Menelik Chooses Heir Sidje Yasou for Abyssinia
Rome Aug 21 Emperor Menelik of Abyssinia told by doctors he has less than a year to live selects grandson Prince Sidje Yasou as successor He proclaims the prince to be crowned on Sept 14 and does not reveal the nature of the illness.
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Rome
Menelik
Abyssinia
Sidje Yasou
Four Women Ready for Balloon Prize Flight from Huntington
Four women from New York and Philadelphia aim to win a challenge cup by a long distance balloon trip in the Philadelphia aero club airship from Huntington L I to Canada or Maine. Dr. George H Simmerman will pilot the 50 000 cubic foot craft with Samuel A King supervising.
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New York
Philadelphia Aeronautical Recreation Society
Quaker City
Huntington
L. I
Philadelphia
Huntington Bay
Canada
Maine
George H. Simmerman
Samuel A. King
Attack on Woman by 26 Soldiers Shocks Camp
A News special from Laramie reports that at Camp Emmett Crawford Wyoming an artillery battery allegedly assaulted a young woman last Sunday leaving her bruised and unconscious. Twenty six men are reported under arrest and chained in the camp prison.
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Denver
Col
Laramie
Wyo
Camp Emmett
Crawford
Truth and Quality Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna Ad
A marketing notice praising Truth and Quality laxatives, claiming Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna cleanse and relieve internal organs without debility, and recommending genuine California Fig Syrup Company products sold by leading druggists.
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California
Claims Appeals Court Misstated Record in Oil Case
The government files a rehearing petition in the Standard Oil Indiana case arguing the Court of Appeals misstated Landis rulings on evidence and ignorance of the lawful rate. Attys General Bonaparte Kellogg and others sign the document, claiming the ruling endangers future rebate prosecutions.
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Chicago
United States Court of Appeals
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Bonaparte
Frank B. Kellogg
Edwin W. Sims
United States
James H. Wilkerson
Landis
Lenox
Mass
Court of Appeals
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil
Well Known Boston Lawyer Weds His Stenographer
A Boston lawyer, John B. Farlow of the Tremont building, married his stenographer Edith M. Ferrier in Manchester New Hampshire yesterday. Ferrier had recently separated from her former husband James F. Ferrier of Springfield and had worked at Whipple Sears Ogden where she met Farlow. The couple’s families are in New England. Farlow is Harvard educated and active in athletics and yachting.
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Boston
Manchester
N. H
John 8. Farlow
Harvard
Tremont Building
Edith M. Ferrier
Ferrier
James F. Ferrier
Springfield
Farlow
John W. Farlow
Bay State Road
Harvard College
Law School
Whipple, Sears & Ogden
Edith Morse Ferrier
Edward A. Morse
New Haven
Conn
Second
Massachusetts Volunteers
el Caney
Back Bay
Europe
W. R. Castle
Harvard University
Roosevelt letter backs Aldrich currency bill
Senator Burkett released two letters from President Roosevelt praising the Aldrich currency bill. The messages dated August 18, 1908, and July 23, 1908, argue the emergency measure was sound, elastic, and worthy, noting no objections merit attention and urging a permanent currency plan study.
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Lincoln, Neb
la Follette
E. J. Burkett
Roosevelt
Burkett
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Senator
Theodore Roosevelt
Willis
Wrights prepare for government tests at Fort Myer
Orville Wright arrives at Fort Myer to face a board of army officers assessing the government aeroplane. The craft, built of silk spruce and ash, spans 40 feet and carries two men. A 40 mph five mile course, a one hour endurance test, and final official flights are planned within weeks. The Baldwin airship is also flown for comparison.
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Washington
Orville Wright
Fort Myer
Army
Wright Brothers
Wright
Spanish War Veterans Parade Plans Announced
General orders from Commander in Chief Walter Scott Hale outline the Spanish War Veterans parade on September 2 starting at 2 30 p m from the Commonwealth avenue headquarters. Units from across the United States will march in the standard veterans uniform or service branch attire, formed in two divisions under Busch and Cairns. Delegates report to Youngs Hotel for registration August 29 and a council meeting is set for August 31.
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United States
Walter Scott Hale
Commonwealth Avenue
Arlington Street
Busch
Cairns
Young's Hotel
Hale
Veteran Army of the Philippines
United Spanish War Veterans
Council of Administration
Young’s Hotel
What is a pill box hat in fashion history
The Sunday Post previews a major illustrated feature on the successor to the "Merry Widow" hat. The piece likely explains the pill box style, its shape and influence, and notes its emergence as a fashionable headpiece.
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Sunday Post
Condor Brings Record Nitrate Cargo to Boston Harbor
The tramp steamer Condor arrives with 4100 tons of sodium nitrate the largest cargo to date into Boston. Captain A C Morrison, on his first port trip, faced multiple storms off the Chilean coast and fumes from the cargo as the crew battled unventilated holds and heavy seas. The ship reports progress at Chilean nitrate mines owned by William H Grace Company and a railroad built to the shore.
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Boston
Condor
Trish Navy
Atlantic
A. C. Morrison
Chili
William H. Grace Company
Fiasco as Tehran preacher fails to mobilize crowds
In Tehran on August 21 Sheikh Fazlulla held religious gatherings at Mashjid Djoume to spur demonstrations against the new elections. The events drew only a handful of hired attendees and were suspended amid the flop.
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Teheran
Sheikh Fazlulla
Mashjid Djoume
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