Edwin Ginn Urges Peace at Mystic Meeting
Mystic Connecticut August 22 The Universal Peace session featured a letter from Edwin Ginn of Boston announcing plans to devote time and fortune to educational peace work Jeremiah Holmes secretary Brown University Y M C A led devotions Speakers included James Roger Brown of New York president of the Manhattan Single Tax Club and Alfred H Love of Philadelphia former three year president of the Universal Peace Union
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Mystic
Conn
Universal Peace Meetings
Edwin Ginn
Boston
Jeremiah Holmes
Brown University Y. M. C. A
James Roger Brown
New York
Manhattan Single Tax Club
Alfred H. Love
Philadelphia
Universal Peace Union
Aguinaldo Plans Cavite Return and Mabini’s Allegiance Oath
The War Department reports Aguinaldo will go back to Cavite to farm, showing cheerfulness but avoiding politics. Mabini is expected to refuse the oath of allegiance. Mabini’s Guam message declares a refusal to be governed by others, preferring exile over coerced consent.
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Washington
War Department
Aguinaldo
Cavite
Mabini
Guam
Boston & Maine Reaches Terms With Local Mills
A letter from a mill operator indicates Boston and Maine has secured favorable terms with mills along its lines. The railroad will not charge per diem for delays until six days after shunting to sidings, then 20 cents daily until unloading, plus $1 per car if a per diem is imposed. The New York New Haven Hartford line yielded only a pledge to send cotton to ready sidings and accelerate a new freight terminal in the eastern city to handle 16 000 bales.
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Fall River
New England
Boston & Maine Road
New York, New Haven & Hartford Road
Will of Charles G. Loring Appoints Executors and Bequests Egyptology Books
The Suffolk Probate Office records the will of Charles G. Loring naming his widow George A. Goddard and 4A. P. Loring as executors. It bequeaths all his Egyptology books and photographs of Egyptian subjects to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, except items the widow retains.
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Charles G. Loring
Suffolk
George A. Goddard
4A. P. Loring
Museum of Fine Arts
Boston
Frisco Southern Limited Derailed At Edward's Junction
The Frisco Southern limited train southbound with many passengers derailed near Fort Scott Kansas when a spike was driven between switch rails and half opened. The engine and fireman were injured though all passengers escaped harm. Detectives investigate the incident.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Edward’s Junction
Mary McCarthy Returns After Sudden Disappearance
Joy fills 861 Commonwealth avenue Newton Centre as 17 year old Mary McCarthy returns home after vanishing from church last Sunday morning and reappearing Tuesday. This marks a second sudden disappearance and return for Miss McCarthy.
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Commonwealth Avenue
Newton Centre
Mary McCarthy
Miss McCarthy
Despondent Painter Harolds Suicide Attempt in Lynn
Lynn August 22 Thomas Harold a 40 year old painter living at 189 Central avenue drank corrosive sublimate and whiskey this afternoon and died at the hospital. He left a crippled wife and five children facing destitution after years of illness and a crippling fall ended his ability to work.
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Lynn
Thomas Harold
Central Avenue
Harold
Barre Granite Cutters Eye New 3 Dollar Day Plan
Barre Vermont August 22 Granite cutters union plans a new price bill for next March to extend a multiyear contract. They seek three dollars daily with pay twice monthly and aim to end monthly pay. The current terms expire March 1 and a prior Barre settlement mirrored by Quincy Massachusetts followed a threatened strike.
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Barre
Barre Granite Manufacturers’ Association
Granite Cutters’ National Union
Quincy
Mass
Brice Seeks Faster Mail to Roosevelt Camps Idaho
Captain Stewart M. Brice, son of Calvin Brice, a Boise goldseeker at Thunder Mountain, writes to the President urging faster mail service. The Roosevelt camps protest delays. Brice plans to stay until snow fires and may run for Congress, with Democratic ties and Idaho political involvement.
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Brice
Roosevelt Camps
Idaho
Boise, Ida
Stewart M. Brice
Calvin &.Brice
Thunder Mountain
Roosevelt
Thhey
Captain Brice
Civilization
San Juan Hill
Postmaster- General's Department
Boise
Camp
Grangeville
Congress
New York
Spain
City Messenger Leary to Wed Soon in Boston South End
City Messenger Edward J. Leary and Miss Theresa G. Power of Charlestown are expected to marry within days. Power teaches at Harvard Grammar School in the Bunker Hill District. Leary, a well known city figure, has long been active in politics and well regarded for fairness and honesty. He plans to reside on West Fourth Street in South Boston after the wedding.
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Leary
Fitzgerald
City
Edward J. Leary
Theresa G. Power
Charlestown
Miss Power
Harvard Grammar School
Bunker Hill
West Fourth Street
South
Boston
Sir Charles
L. L
Sir Henry
Barrymore
Watson
Tenry
Betting feud flares as Weller crew targets Saratoga ring
Tensions rise after Leo Mayer and associates attack Joe Ullman of the Weller party in front of the Grand Union Hotel. Local officials order armed calm and permit checks while Pinkerton detectives reinforce the betting ring amid threats of open warfare. Ullman profited yesterday by a 20 000 commission on Skilful as markets swung to 6 to 6.
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Saratoga
Weller
Chicago
Joe’’ Ullman
Leo Mayer
Grand Union Hotel
Brennan
H. K. Knapp
R. A. Pinkerton
Pinkerton
New York
Uullman
Ullman
Ow York
Mayer
Dan Stuart
J. W. Martin
F E. Smith
Gloucester fish skinners and wharf workers return to duty
Gloucester reports most striking fish skinners return to work at their former posts along with wharf handlers who ended their strike. Plants run at full capacity as back orders accumulate. Fish Sorters and Trimmers' Union members stayed out, not yet voting to resume work.
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Gloucester
Woburn Aldermen clash over votes and accusations
Woburn council heatedly debated an order for Lowell & Boston Railroad locations with Alderman McHugh proposing the grant under earlier conditions. President Brady blocked votes by Aldermen Greaney Aylward Lynch and Wood citing possible conflicts of interest sparking denials from Lynch Wood and McHugh.
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Woburn
Brady
Greaney, Aylward
Lynch
Alderman Wood
Alderman McHugh
Lowell & Boston Railroad Company
Alderman Lynch
C. 8. Cummings & Co
Cummings
Post
Railroad
Wood
Council
McHugh
Royal Blue Line Gettysburg and Washington Tour
Personally conducted trip leaves Boston September 12 by Fall River line. Priced at 382 dollars covering all expenses including Gettysburg visit, battlefield drives, Pen Mar and Blue Mountain scenery, and Washington stop. For itinerary call or write Joseph P. Taggart N E P A 211 Washington Street Boston.
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Boston
Fall River Line
Gettysburg
Battlefield
Pen Mar
Blue Mountain
Washington
Joseph P. Taggart
Washington Street
The Hound of Baskervilles Readied for Holmes Skirmish
Dr. Mortimer seeks Holmes on Sir Charles Baskerville’s death linked to a giant hound. Watson reports a clue from Barrymore about a mysterious L. L. initial woman in Coombe Tracey, Laura Lyons of the Lyons family, and Sir Charles’s circle. Holmes contends with a new lead while tracing a possible liaison and alibi.
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Dr. Mortimer
Sherlock Holmes
Sir Charles Baskerville
Baskerville Hall
Sir Hugo
Baskervilles
Holmes
Sir Charles
Dr. Watson
Henry Baskerville
Stapleton
Henry
Sir Henry
Miss Stapleton
L. L
Barrymore
Coombe Tracey
Laura Lyons
Frankland
Lyons
Mortimer
Barrymore Chooses Silence Amid Moor Pursuit Debate
In a tense breakfast scene Sir Henry, Watson, and Barrymore clash over pursuing Selden. Barrymore pleads to guard his wife from police exposure while promising to remove Selden to South America, sparking a debate on duty versus mercy.
Family Wash with Fels-Naptha Soap Claims Superior
An endorsement states Fels-Naptha soap is better than ordinary soap, cutting labor by half and reducing wear on clothes by half.
Costly Coal Police Guard in Anthracite Region
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania on August 22 it is estimated that five thousand coal and iron police guard idle collieries across four counties. The cost to employers has reached about 1.8 million dollars, covering daily wages plus food and lodging for the guards.
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Wilkesbarre
Penn
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Mary M’carthy
Conan Doyle
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L. Lee
Selden
Fel
Low
South America
Andrew J. Lloyd,& Co
Roxie Way
Slo Movie Ae
Hudson River
Albany
Atlantic City
Morfolk
Old Point
Washington, D. C
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