Mayor intervenes in penal department clash over leadership
Tensions between Commissioner Ver nora Skinner and Deputy Commissioner Herbert Carruth intensify as Mayor Hibbard intervenes. The mayor criticizes Skinner and supports Carruth, who has visited Deer Island with the mayor to inspect conditions. Carruth’s proposed salary changes and political affiliations outline the dispute.
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Vernora Skinner
Herbert Carruth
Hibbard
Skinner
Carruth
Deer Island
Henry Cabot Lodge
John B. Martin
Ma Skinner
Republican City Committee
U. S. Navy Ranks Second Globally in 1910s Armaments
Washington reports the United States temporarily ranking second in world naval power. England leads, Germany ranks third, and Japan fourth. The U S Navy has 33 battleships built or contracted, with 8 dreadnoughts and 13 other large warships exceeding 14 000 tons, equipped with modern 12-inch and 8-inch rifles, ready for first line battle for at least five more years.
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Washington
United States
England
Germany
Japan
America
Uncle Sam
Aged Groom Saves Bride From Planned Steal in Connecticut
In Plainfield and Voluntown, a 72 year old suitor William Weeks thwarted a bride theft plot by a dozen youths who aimed to abduct Nellie Phillips. Weeks stayed with his bride overnight, decoyed rivals away, and the couple began a honeymoon amid a village celebration. Mrs Weeks says she wed for pure love after rejecting many suitors.
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Plainfield
Conn
Voluntown
William Weeks
Nellie Phillips
Griswold Woods
Weeks
Woluntown
Willie
Dancers in Paris Seek Union Under Federation Branch
A lively meeting at Cafe des Varietes launched a campaign for a theatrical dancers union. The effort aims to join the Federation Generale des Spectacles, already hosting the orchestra chorus and machinists unions.
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Paris
Cafe Des Varietes
Federation Generale Des Spectacles
Orchestra
Chorus
Sea Monster Flirt Spotted Near Ship Off San Francisco
Captain Ross of the Dakotah reported a 40 by 10 foot sea creature with a cavernous mouth and large eyes near his Manila voyage. The beast turned toward the ship and vanished after a brief, dramatic encounter logged at latitude 45.30 north, longitude 152 west.
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San Francisco
Cal
Ross
Standard Oil Company
Manila
lJatitude
Four Haskell Institute Girls Attempt Escape in Lawrence
Four Indian girls students at Haskell Institute tried to flee Lawrence to board a train to Kansas City when a policeman stopped them. They alleged they were promised work there. Authorities later learned several girls had left for Kansas City with no trace found yet. disciplinarian J O Milligan says Haskell believes a regular traffic has existed for some time.
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Lawrence
Kan
Haskell Institute
Kansas City
J O. Milligan
Haskell
Women Try to Lynch Negro in Philadelphia
A mob of women tried to lynch a Black man after he accosted 16 year old Annie Tassel on Pine Street. A pedestrian and a police officer intervened, saving the man as the crowd beat him at Fourth and Lombard streets. The assailant said he lived in Camden and was 40.
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Philadelphia
Fourth
Lombard Streets
Annie Tassel
Sigel Street
Pine Street
William Jander
Camden
Annie
Cow Milked by Fish in Virginia Creek
Timothy Sullivan watched as his cow entered the creek near Osborne turnpike. His son reported two large fish clinging to the udder and milking the cow dry, an event observed in broad daylight near Richmond on August 22.
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Richmond
Timothy Sullivan
Osborne Turnpike
Franco American Republican Club Holds Wonderland Meeting
The Franco American Republican Club of Massachusetts will hold a Wonderland outing and political rally on the 26th. Speakers include Governor Draper Lieutenant-Governor Frothingham Governor Pothier Colonel George Doty Dr Clement Frechette and invited Senators Lodge and Crane and Massachusetts Congressmen.
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Republican Club of
Massachusetts
Wonderland
Draper
Frothingham
Pothier
Rhode Island
George Doty
Republican State Committee
Clement Frechette
Leominster
Henry Cabot Lodge
Murray Crane
Congress
World’s only licensed female steamer navigator ready to sail J. J. Luckenbach
Agnes J. Connell the sole woman with papers to steer any class of steamer in any ocean will soon sail the 6300 ton J. J. Luckenbach from New Orleans. Born in the Thousand Islands, she learned navigation under Capt. William J. Connell and earned a sailing master's certificate in 1901. She can navigate by instruments and pilot rules, even in fog and foul seas, and can relieve her husband on the bridge.
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Agnes J. Connell
J. J. Luckenbach
New Orleans
William J. Connell
Thousand Islands
Connell
San Francisco
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence River
Maine woodsman dies after jump from steamer Moosehead
In Kineo Maine on August 22 authorities identified Dan McPherson a Bangor area woodsman as the man who died by his own act jumping from the steamer Moosehead into the lake. His brothers in Bangor are named and the body had not yet been recovered at the time of report.
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Kineo
Moosehead
Dan McPherson
Bangor
Pine cologne offers cooling relief for hot days
On a sultry day, rinse face neck hands with cold water and a dash of pined cologne. Spritzing the room or a cloth before a fan freshens oppressive air. The pine scent is light and refined, sold in trial size and half pint at Riker Jaynes stores.
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Riker-Jaynes
King Manuel kisses peasant girl in Portugal visit
London August 22. King Manuel greeted crowds in Oporto and a peasant girl kissed him on the cheek. He returned the salute to cheers while a minister scolded the gesture, and the King replied that in personal matters he remains absolute though constitutional in state affairs.
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London
Manuel
Oporto
Portugal
Assassin Hurdles Mirror Image in Moyock Postmaster Attack
Norfolk dispatch reports an unknown shooter fired through a Moyock North Carolina postmaster S D Poyner’s bedroom window last night. The shot hit the mirror reflecting his head, shattering the glass but not injuring him. Police search for the would be attacker.
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Norfolk
S. D. Poyner
Moyock
N. C
Poyner
Widow and rival merchant wed ending Bloomsburg store war
In Bloomsburg a 65 year old Charles Fox and Anna Mansteller a widow, rivals in business, married in Wilkes Barre to end their commercial feud. The wedding yesterday was performed by Rev. J. W. Clemenson.
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Wilkesbarre
Bloomsburg
Here
Cupid
Charles Fox
Anna Mansteller
Fox
J. W. Clemenson
Churchill's Daughter Diana Baptized in Westminster
Winston Churchill's daughter Diana was baptized by Archdeacon Wilberforce in St Stephen's Crypt Westminster. The ceremony took place yesterday as the child received her name Diana.
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Churchill
Diana London
The
Board of Trade
Winston Churchill
Archdeacon Wilberforce
St. Stephen's Crypt
Westminster
Diana
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