Roosevelt Acknowledges Archbold Gift Substantiates Campaign Claim
Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania testified he received 25000 dollars from John D Archbold in 1904 as part of a 125000 dollar contribution to the Republican national campaign fund. He said 100000 went to the national committee and 25000 to him for use in Pennsylvania. Colonel Roosevelt William Flinn and E A Van Valkenburg denied the charges as absolutely false.
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Flinn
van Valkenburg
Penrose
Roosevelt
William Flinn
E. A. van Valkenburg
Washington
Senate
Pennsylvania
John D. Archbold
Standard Oil Company
Archbold
Republican National Campaign Fund
Republican National Committee
Leishmans Injured in Bavarian Car Crash
Countess Louis de Gontaut Biron and Miss Nancy Leishman daughters of John A G Leishman US ambassador to Germany were injured in an automobile accident near Ingolstadt Bavaria today.
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Berlin
Louis de Gontaut-Biron
Nancy Leishman
John G. A. Leishman
United States
Germany
Ingolstadt
Bavaria
Elk Carnival Draws Thousands At Wakefield Lodge Event
About 3000 people attended the Wakefield lodge of Elks carnival at the Wakefield estate on Main street. The two parades, one afternoon and one evening, opened the event with broad crowds and festive parade atmosphere.
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Wakefield Lodge of Elks
Order In
New England
Wakefield Estate
Main Street
Chafin Claims Liquor Raises Cost of Living
Prohibition presidential candidate Eugene W. Chafin spoke in Sharpsburg Illinois asserting that alcohol use increases living costs by reducing efficiency and imposes billions in waste on the nation.
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Chafin
Sharpsburg
Eugene W. Chafin
Promoted Cray Now Captain After Schepps Escape
Police Lt John J Cray who led detectives during Sam Schepps escape at Bridgeport gym is promoted to captain by Commissioner Waldo The Whitman district attorney offered a 5000 reward for the missing gunmen known as Gyp the Blood and Lefty Louie linked to Herman Rosenthal murder and at large one month five days
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Whitman
Gyp the
Lefty
Louie
John D. Riding
Scepps
New York
John J. Cray
Sam Schepps
Lefty Louie
Herman Rosenthal
Moose Choose Cincinnati
Cincinnati was selected as the 1918 meeting place of the Loyal Order of Moose by the annual convention. The vote was unanimous after the first ballot with Cincinnati receiving 484 votes, within 76 of a majority.
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Kansas City
Cincinnati
The
Loyal Order of Moose
Ohio City
Left Boston Steamers Offer Weekday and Sunday Service
Left Boston all the way by water. Steamers depart Boston on weekdays and Sundays from the north side Indi at 5 PM. Fare four dollars. Inside two berth rooms with electric penn ne outside two dollars and upwards. Dining room with superior service on main deck. Tickets and staterooms at India Wharf or Tourist Offices. Telephone 4300 Fort Hill. O H Taylor Passenger Traffic Manager Calvin Austin President.
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Boston
North Side
Indi
Penn
India Wharf
Fort Hill
Auto Crashes Through Roxbury Street Hail of Injuries
A runaway car loosed by children on Marcella Street sped down the hill injuring two children and one woman. It leaped the sidewalk and struck the steps at 143 Marcella Street where Genevieve Crowley, her nephew Albert Casey and Catherine Urquhart were seated. Crowley suffered a broken leg. Casey endured three broken ribs and a chest puncture possibly fatal. Urquhart had a leg fracture and severe bruises with possible internal injuries.
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Marcella Street
Roxbury
Genevieve Crowley
Albert Casey
Marlboro Street
Chelsea
Catherine Urquhart
Miss Crowley
Dibble Will Leaves Charities and Relatives Substantial Gifts
Miss Joanna F. Dibble of Brookline leaves $500 to each of several charities including the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and the Home for Destitute Catholic Children. Nieces and nephews receive $1000 for two shares and $500 each for others, with multiple Dibble relatives named in the estate plan filed in Norfolk Probate Court, Dedham.
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Joanna F. Dibble
Brookline
Norfolk
Dedham
Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Harrison Avenue
Boston College
Little Sisters of the Poor
Roxbury
Ursula
Nellie V. Sinnott
M. Antonia
Kate T. Sinnott
Gertrude Cook
Thomas Martin
Edwin Dibble
Hillsdale
Mich
Bertha Dibble
Edith Dibble
Nora Ackley
Palo Alto
Cal
Ora Dibble
Mary Cronin
Two Women Injured in Ingolstadt Auto Crash
Daughters suffer concussion and thigh injuries after a car accident near Ingolstadt. They were transported in a Munich Sanitary Society car to the Bavarian capital and lodged in a hotel. Ambassador Leishman left Berlin for Munich. chauffeur blamed for veering into a tree while avoiding a wagon.
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Ingolstadt
Munich
New England Mail Fraud Suspect Arrested in Boston
In a three month mail theft case the New England mails mystery appears solved as Edward J. Collins foreman in charge of the New England mails is arrested after a decoy letter with four marked bills mailed to Burlington Vermont vanishes and later is found on his person.
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New York
New England
Central Post Office
Edward J. Collins
Burlington, Vt
Collins
Negro Real Estate Success Story From Brockton
Watt Terry, a Brockton, Massachusetts Black businessman, told a Chicago audience at a Negro business convention how he started with 15 cents and grew his capital to $500,000. He said he faced no barrier due to color and attributed success to hard work and honest deals reviewed by heavenly inspection.
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Chicago
Watt Terry
Brockton
Mass
Anniversary Notice and Historic Moments Highlighted Today
The note marks birthdays of Congressman Butler Ames and former Governor William L. Douglas. It recalls the 1851 America's Cup win by Yacht America at Cowes and 1776 British landing on Long Island under Sir William Howe, anchoring a compact glimpse of history.
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Butler Ames
William L. Douglas
America
Cowes
England
Sir William Howe
Long Island
Unsettled Boston Forecast Warns of Windy Days Ahead
The forecast shows unsettled conditions for Boston and vicinity over Thursday with Friday turning fair. South and southwest winds will be moderate, affecting New England through the next 48 hours.
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Boston
Vicinity
New England
Yesterday's Temperature Report by Thompson's Spa
Average yesterday's temperature was 67 degrees with a cloudy forecast a year ago noted as 69 degrees. The data shows hourly readings from 2 AM to 9 PM with highs around the 83 mark and lows near 63.
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Thompson’s Spa
Geahea
Boston and Worcester trolley service to Worcester and points
Express and accommodation service offered on the Boston and Worcester trolley line extending to Worcester and intermediate points, detailing speed, routes, and passenger amenities for travelers seeking efficient transportation.
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Boston and Worcester Trolley
Worcester
Boy Long Mourned Returns After Line Tragedy
Lawrence Aug. 21 Aaron Kapelson 18 son of Elias Kapelson a prosperous merchant of this city returned to his home today after he had long been mourned as dead and the body of another boy killed by a train had been identified as his.
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Lawrence
Aaron Kapelson
Elias Kapelson
Disappearance Mystery Ends as Kapelson Returns Home
Nine months after the mother identified a dead boy as her missing son, Raymond Smith, a man in Danvers identified the corpse in Swampscott. Mrs Kapelson pressed to move the body to Lawrence, hoping the missing son would turn 18, but the returned Kapelson now explains he wandered in New York after leaving home. The Kapelsons live at 48 East Hav er hill Street.
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Kapelson
Newburyport
Henry Smith
Danvers
Raymond Smith
Swampecott
Smith
Kapelsons
Swampscott
Lawrence
Young Kapelson
New York
Kepelsons
East Haverhill Street
Woman Found Dying at Husband's Grave in Riverside Cemetery
Mrs. Mary A. Bowers of Salem Massachusetts was found unconscious across her husband’s grave in Riverside cemetery and died at a Lewiston hospital. Authorities have not determined the cause of death though a paralytic shock was considered initially and later ruled out by physicians.
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Lewiston
Mary A. Bowers
Salem
Mass
Riverside Cemetery
Senator Penrose alleges Roosevelt linked fund demands to 1904 politics
Senator Penrose accuses Cornelius N. Bliss of pressing Archbold to raise 1500000 for Roosevelt network. He cites alleged telegraphs and a 1904 offer by William Flinn to back his Senate bid, and he criticizes E A Van Valkenburg. He promises further disclosures and says papers on Harriman funding exist.
Hot Ice Made by Harvard Men
Dr. Percy W. Bridgman of Harvard physics discovers how to produce hot ice or Ice 6, forming at 173 degrees Fahrenheit and weighing more than water. The process requires about 24 000 atmospheres of pressure, roughly 400 000 psi, ten times the pressure in the largest cannons.
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Percy W. Bridgman
Physics
Harvard
Bridgman
Mr. Bridgman
Tammann
NAB Cashier Arrested After Two-Year Flight
John A. Flack, former Abilene State Bank cashier, arrested in New York after two years on the run. He admits the shortage exceeds 75 000 dollars and says he will return to stand trial. Flack had been missing since September 1910.
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New York
John A. Flack
Abilene State Bank of
Abilene
Kay
Kansas Banker Flack Captured by Decoy Ad in City
Flack admitted his identity after walking into a decoy job ad in a local paper. Detected by two detectives, he confessed to a bank shortage now pegged near eighty thousand dollars. He described his decline, life on the docks, and plans to return to Abilena as Kansas authorities move to extradite him.
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Flack
East Side
Black
Kansas
Baseball Scores From American and National Leagues
In American League totals Cleveland 9 Boston 4 New York 66 Chicago 1 Washington 3 Detroit 1. In National League results Boston 7 Cincinnati 4 Brooklyn 1 Pittsburg 0 Chicago 4 New York 0.
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Cleveland
Boston
New York
Chicago
Washington
Detroit
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
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