Abbott labeled coward in governor’s notes on Almy capture
Remarks recount a crowd at the capture of Almy and Abbott’s cowardice as described by President Bartlett. Governor Tuttle awards Mrs. Warden a $2500 reward for information leading to Almy’s arrest. A wild rumor claims Abbott may escape from Wheelock House with help, despite prior capture.
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Hanover
Bennington
Bartlett
Abbott
Frank C. Almy
George H. Abbott
Wheelock House
Storm disrupts Reading area rail lines in Pennsylvania
August 24 report from Reading Pennsylvania describes widespread flood damage. Trains halted between Reading and Lebanon and between Reading and Lancaster. Culverts washed away at Wernersville and Fritztown, with ten freight cars swept away. Dams washed out at Mohnsville, mills unable to resume for weeks. Bridge and piers at Hendleton destroyed and a mile of track lost on Reading & Southwestern.
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Reading
Lebanon
Wernersville
Fritztown
Reading & Columbia
Lancaster
Sinking Spring
Mohnaville
Reading & Southwestern Railroad
Hendleton
Robesonia Furnace
Robesonia
Reading Railroad Company
Robesonia Station
Barre
Robin & Brown
Granite Tool
Burnham
M. Herlihy
Liberty
Phanix
Commercial Union
W. Bisbee
Mipp
Leboro
Frank Morse
Stone Street
Middleboro
Carver
Insurance
North British and Mercantile
Imperial Fire Assurance
Phanix of
London
State of Pennsylvania
Merchants of
Newark
Meriden
Connecticut
Girard
Philadelphia
G. ‘I. Little
Brunswick
American Shoe Manufacturing Company
Laconia
N. H
E. Banfield
Lake Village
Banfield
AWSON
Texas
Clawson
The New Cure For Drunkenness Tested in Washington
District Commissioner Douglass proposes practical trials of bichloride of gold as a cure for drunkenness using inmates at the Washington asylum. He wrote to Dr. J Wesley Bovee urging investigation and possible use of the formula. Douglass envisions multiple experiments to test any remedy and says it can do no harm and may do great good.
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Washington
Douglass
Keeley
Dwight
Ill
J. Wesley Bovee
Washington Asylum
Star
Mater
Vermont trotting meet opens with 600 horses on display
Town of Waits River Junction Vermont hosts the seventh annual Vermont Association of Road and Trotting Horse Breeders meeting for three days. The track is in fine condition and expected crowds forecast strong attendance with about 600 horses on exhibition. President Harrison and cabinet members will attend. A public sale of 52 high quality horses is set for Wednesday. Stakes total six thousand dollars across events and premiums.
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Waits River Junction
Vermont Association of
Horse Annals of
Vermont
Association
Brookside Stock Farm
Harrison
Striking Lake Erie & Western men discharged in Moncton
General Manager Bradbury ordered strikers to return to work or be discharged, but the Lake Erie and Western Railway discharged the men and advertised for replacements. A striker representation visited Fort Wayne hoping to unite with that branch to halt the system. Deputy U S marshals issued restraining notices to Emmett Lynch and John Cooper, who must appear in Indianapolis in October to face the order. John F. McHugh to defend. No freight moves yet.
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Monctin
Ind
Bradbury
Lake Erie & Western
Fort Wayne
LaFraye Erie
Lake Ewe & Western Railroad
United States
Emmett Lynch
John Cooper
Indianapolis
John F. McHugh
Hill
Bell
Hackdorn
Dunlap
Napoleons Birthplace the Charm of Ajaccio
August 1891. In Ajaccio Corsica the harbor, citadel and markets unfold as the writer visits Napoleons hometown. A mix of Italianate streets, Corsican people, and monuments to Napoleon fill the scene, from Capazza to the Fesch legacy, with the Napoleon family recalled in museum portraits and the Bonaparte Chapel epitaph.
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Astaccio
Corsica
Mezzo Mare
Alphonse Dandet
Bardicaja
Algiers
Gulf
Ajaccio
Cours du Roi Jerome
Cours Napoleon
Italy
General Abatucei
Sebastian
Capazza
Teese
la Place du Diamant
Minanue de Canimo
Madame Letitia
Napolleon
Bonaparte
Egypt
Paoli
Vivo
Gulf Juan
Napoleon
Cardinal Fesch
College Court
Bonaparte Chapel
l’Hotel de Ville
Joseph
Louis
Jerome
Lucien
Rome
Saint Helena
Corsican Behavior and the Allure of Strangers in Ajaccio
The narrator reflects on Ajaccio's strangers and tourism, noting how visitors from Boston, New York, Stockholm, Moscow, and London fuel local hotels and commerce. He contrasts continental wintering habits with Corsican hospitality, describes cuisine, climate, and landscapes, and explains Corsican romanticism rooted in rugged tradition and vendetta lore.
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Ajaceia
Ajaceians
Continent
l'Isle Verte
Nice
Caimes
Boston
New York
Stockholm
Moscow
London
Cardinal Fecch
Pistoia
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Sainte-Lucie de Tallane
Mme, Méore
Paris
Gulf
Corsica
Colomba
Mérimée
J.C. P
Moonshine feud erupts in church bloodshed in Greenville
At Mountain Hill Church near Greenville, South Carolina, Richard Howard led kin in a raid on worshippers. Luther Durham was mortally wounded by Josh Howard who also killed Massena Howard. Dick Howard was shot and fled. Five men have died in three years amid feuding moonshiner clans Durhams and Howards, with one Howard jailed awaiting execution.
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Greenville
8. C
Mountain Hill Church
Blue Ridge Mountains
Durhams
Howards
Richard Howard
Luther Durham
Richard Gosnell
Josh Howard
Massena Howard
Dick Howard
Howard
A Champion Walker John F Hampson Arrested for Bigamy
Ornand New Jersey Aug 24 John F Hampson champion ten hour walker was arrested in South Norwalk Conn on a bigamy charge tracing his career to 1861. He married multiple women including Angie Convey Sophie Perry Miss Denning with fatal consequences and planned to elope with Rose Carlson.
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Ornand
N. J
John F. Hampson
South Norwalk
Conn
Angie FE. Convey
Newark
Trains Collision Kills Two in Green River Area
Two Northern Pacific freight trains collided near Palmer Washington Aug 23 killing Westbound engineer David Young and fireman Frank Cooper. The wrecked engines and cars litter the Green River. Eastbound crew survived by jumping. accident blamed on missing duplicate order carried by the east bound conductor.
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Tacoma
Wash
Palmer
Northern Pacific Railway
David Young
Frank Cooper
Green River
Family arrives at World’s Fair barge office with twenty five children
Rebecca Rubenstein and her husband, arriving from Odessa with their twenty four children aged 1 to 25, are reported in good condition and plan to settle in New York. Mrs. Rubenstein, 45, is described as plump and pretty and is about to give birth to the twenty fifth child.
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New York
Rebecca Rubenstein
Odessa
Rubensteins
Election Frauds Tarnish Baltimore Caucuses Report
Washington reports Roosevelt delaying action while the President weighs reforms. The Independent Democrats and Political Reform League condemn party managers as investigators reveal former election frauds tied to Democratic registration appointees. The board seeks public aid. 1980 appointments await review.
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Washington
Jerrcian
Roosevelt
Baltimore
United States Marshal
Political Reform League
Democratic Board of Supervisors of Elections
Court of Appeals
Jackson
Nolle
League
Army Reunion at Nantasket Beach Honors Fiftieth Regiment
The Fiftieth Regiment and Fourth Battery Association of the First Division held its annual reunion at Ocean View House Nantasket Beach marking the 24th anniversary of the regiment's discharge. About 150 veterans attended with Salem Cadet Band. officers were elected and speakers included General N A Dudley and Colonel Parsons.
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Nantasket Braca
Fourth Battery Association
Nineteenth Army Corps
Department of the Gulf
Ocean View House
Nantasket Beach
Salem
Joan M. Poor
N. A. Dudley
Brigade
Yon Ps Parsons
Old Tenth
Samuel Duncan
M. W. Siesser
H. H. Johnson
Amos Stillman
RK. H. Shattuck
Fourth Battery
C. H. Blinn
W. G. Hammond
W. H. Grimes
M. W. Messer
Train Sweetser
C. Walton
Albert L. Bosquit
D. Kk. B. Coffin
E. P. Briggs
J. Murphy
W. Tenney
J. F. Hurry
Shoddy Manufacturer Henry L. James Fails in Williamsburg
Henry L. James, a long time Williamsburg shoddy goods maker, has failed with liabilities of 65000 dollars leaving seventy five workers idle. Cited causes are a general business downturn and the proprietor's poor health after forty years in operation. No asset statement is provided.
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Williamsburg
Henry L. James
Mr. James
James
Returned from Alaska Kingsbury confirms boundary gain
Dr W W Kingsbury of the US coast and geodetic survey returns from Alaska after over two years. He says leaders of the two survey parties deem the work satisfactory and that the US now holds three miles more land along the northwestern Alaska boundary by confirming the Ogilvie line over the British survey.
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St. Louis
W. W. Kingsbury
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Alaska
Kingsbury
Frederick Schwatka
141St Parallel
Ogilvie
Yukon River
United States
McGrath
World's Fair Trouble Sparks Directory Clash
Crrekao Aug 24 The National Commission of the World's Fair prepares for a clash with the local directory as Director General Davis must present his report. Horticulture delays arise after three rejections of chief horticulture candidates. Samuel s of Kentucky is held up while the board favors a California nominee, Shorb of Pasadena and Los Angeles, though the director general can nominate. The directors may reject all but the preferred candidate to pressure the director general.
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Crrekao
National Commission of the World’s Fair
National Commission
Davis
John M. Samuels
Kentucky
California
Shorb
Pasadena
Los Angeles
Rescue Attempt Fails as Ellen and Mary Sinks Off Anticosti
West Point Quebec August 24 The schooner Ellen and Mary ran aground in dense fog two miles east of English Bay at Anticosti Island. It carried seven crew and sixty passengers mostly women and children. Only boat wrecked. shore unable to reach survivors. As fog lifted, frantic deck activity was seen but all aboard likely perished.
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Mont Treat
West Point
Ellen
Mary
English Bay
Anticosti
Bold Pickpocket Shang Campbell Arrested in Boston
The alleged Boston bail jumper known as Shang Campbell or James Morgan was arrested in Bennington Vermont and brought to Boston by Inspectors Knox and Burke. He is accused of stealing a bank book with $500 from George H. Wright at 61 Hanover Street, Bank of the Republic. Wright identified the suspect from the rogues gallery.
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Shang” Campbell
Bennington
Boston
Knox
Burke
Shang
George H. Wright
William P. Brooks & Co
Hanover Street
Wright
Bank of the Republic
Post Office Square
Postoffice
Rogues’ Gallery
Heavy cattle mortality on Loch Lomond voyage
In Dundee from Montreal the tramp steamer Loch Lomond reported heavy gale damage with 121 cattle dead out of 621 on board. Cattle were insured at 6750 dollars each and the loss renews debate on tramp steamers capacity to carry cattle.
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Montreal
Loch Lomond
Dundee
Saratoga Paper Sued Over Alleged Libel
W A McElwain publisher of the Saratogan was served in a libel suit brought by W J Arkell seeking 10000 dollars. Arkell says the Saratogan editorial linked his name to alleged presidential visit profiteering. The same issue referenced Arkell in connection with the piece. The President attended receptions in Saratoga and planned events with Secretary Proctor and others. He would travel to Whitehall Burlington and St Albans with stops and a Lake Champlain sail.
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N.Y
W. A. McElwain
The
Saratogan
W. J. Arkell
Arkell
Arkeli
Saratoga
N. Y
Pansa
Grand Union
United States
Proctor
E. C. Smith
Vermont Central Road
Whitehall
Veteran Association of
Washington County
Dresden
Burlington
Edmunds
Lake Champlain
Steward Webb
St. Albans
Mith
Cricket at Halifax Nets Slow Start for Longwoods
A large crowd watched the Boston Longwoods and Halifax Wanderers in Halifax on August 24. The Longwoods scored 38 in their first innings as damp, soggy conditions limited batting. Chambers failed to score. Comber led with 10. Wanderers replied with 58, five behind on lunch. Longwoods added 75 in their second innings, leaving 56 for Wanderers to win. The match is to be finished tomorrow.
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Halifax
N.S
Boston Longwoods
Halifax Wanderers
Comber
Sogcy
Chambers
Leigh
Wanderers
Longwoods
Herbert Mapes Drowned While Bathing at Fire Island
Herbert Mapes, famed Columbia College athlete, drowned while bathing in the surf at Fire Island yesterday. He was seen signaling for help far beyond the breakers as bystanders attempted rescues, but none could reach him in time. His mother witnessed the tragedy.
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New York
Herbert Mapes
Columbia College
Fire Island
Mapes
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