Bread price boom hits workers as flour climbs across markets
The wheat boom raises costs for poor families and bakers alike. Prices for flour surge from 3.2 to 6.20 per barrel, with a barrel of flour costing 6.20 and higher in Boston and other markets. Some fear bread could rise if wheat and flour keep advancing, while farmers see benefits from higher prices and demand. France and Russia flag warnings on wheat export controls as unrest spreads. Local bakers express uncertainty about further changes and possible price adjustments.
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Boston
Wheat Syndicate
New York
Department of Agriculture
Paris
France
Russia
St. Petersburg
Anchor Mill Company
Post
L. E. Merry
Lover in Bellevue Hospital: Swedish lover dies waiting for love
Jan Yon Swansen, dying of phthisis in Bellevue Hospital New York, hopes to reach Helen Tietjen in Sweden. He saved and worked hard to win her but fell gravely ill. He missed a steamer in Jersey City and was restrained by a ship doctor from boarding. He longs to see his beloved before death.
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New York
Bellevue Hospital
Jan von Swansen
Stockholm
Swansen
Kanawha
Ind
Tietjjen
Helen Tietjen
Sweden
Helen
Emma
Jan Yon
Jan
Jan Yor
Janson
Jersey City
Bellevue
Woman alleges threats after husband’s pardon in Parkersburg
Mrs. W. S. Kimes, widow and mother of four, swears her husband W. S. Kimes has threatened to kill her since his pardon for shooting Benjamin Hall. She recounts years of abuse, denies relations with Hall, and says she lives alone with children while supporting them with help from her eldest son.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Kimes
Benjamin Hall
Atkinson
Hall
Avery Street
Era of General Prosperity and the Free Silver Debate
An era of broad prosperity could cool the Free Silver movement by reducing urgency around coinage debate. If gold standard stability underpins growth, factions pushing silver might lose momentum. Yet persistent interests and regional economic divides could keep the issue alive, shaping policy through cautious compromise and gradual reform rather than sharp shifts.
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Free Silver Movement
Salem Cadet Band Basks in Public Favor at My Clothier’s Concerts
The Salem Cadet Band is re-engaged for a third free concert at My Clothier’s building Friday evening. Conductor Miasud pairs crowd-pleasing pieces by well known composers, highlighting popular airs for the event.
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Salem
My Clothier
Miasud
Club Robbed at Dorchester Yacht Club Breakin. Cash and Items Stolen
Dorchester Yacht Club suffered a early morning break in with the money drawer pried open and over $17 taken. A cigar case yielded more than $25, a pool cue ball, two eyeglasses, and cigars were stolen. Patrolman found the veranda door and a window open at 1 15 a. m. Premises overseer William E Bowden and members left the club at 11 05 p. m. Two weeks earlier Massachusetts Yacht Club faced a similar raid and residents fear more breaks along the water front. Read note: cigars passed over during theft.
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Dorchester Yacht Club
William E. Bowden
Massachusetts Yacht Club
Harrison Square
Newport Excursion From Boston by NYNH&H Tomorrow
The popular $1 excursion from Boston to Newport by the New York New Haven Hartford line runs tomorrow August 26. The special train goes through without a stop and round trip tickets are on sale at No 3 Old State House and Park Square station. Tickets are limited.
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Boston
Newport
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Old State House
Park Square Station
Whis-ears romance ends in teen groom and tutor marriage
Harry M. Payne an 18 year old from Southold marries his tutor Miss Annie A. Allis, seventeen years his senior, after a dramatic rise from a beardless boy to a whiskered youth famed for a Lafayette College incident. The couple plans to stay in Montreal to finish his education.
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Southold
L. J
Harry M. Payne
Annie A. Allis
Payne
Lafayette College
Montreal
Orrin F. Payne
Miss Allen
Southold Academy
Miss Allis
Hoboken Couple Ends Household Split Over Marriage Split
In West Hoboken New Jersey on August 24 Gottfried J Schrumpf’s household is broken up as his wife opts for the former, ending their marital arrangement. The news notes a personal living situation disruption with no further details given.
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Hoboken
West Hoboken, N. J
Gottfried J. Schrumpf
Lodge Rivalry Splits Couple and Family
A husband, Schrumpf, loses his wife to her lodge lifestyle. After a quarrel she chooses the lodge, leaving him and taking their two daughters. Trucks remove nearly all furniture from their Spring Street home as the family relocates to Union Hill. Schrumpf says he does not care and that the lodge won.
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Schrumpf
Rigo Says He’s Happy Amid Bavarian Rural Escape
Berlin reports that Princess Chimay and bandmaster Rigo hid in the Lueneburger Heide three weeks ago. They rented a secluded cottage in Einemhof, avoided Luene burg, but still joined a surprise party in Einemhof. Rigo claimed happiness, citing plenty of food and drink and his wife’s beauty. The couple plans an autumn voyage to India.
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Berlin
Chimay
Rigo
Lueneburger Haide
Hinemhof
Lueneburg
Stadtkapelle
Einemhof
India
Rejected suitor shoots shop owner and fatally wounds girl
Philadelphia August 24 A L Picard bicycle shop owner was shot dead and Verona Sellheim 18 fatally wounded by William Rooney the rejected suitor who followed them to the store Rooney shot at Miss Sellheim then at Picard as they walked toward her home leaving Picard dead and Miss Sellheim gravely wounded
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Philadelphia
A. L. Picard
Verona Sellheim
William Rooney
Rooney
Picard
Miss Sellheim
Roon
Transit Commission and West End Set Subway Opening Date
Officials confirm September 1 as the public opening for subway travel. Acting Secretary Allen and West End R R General Manager Rugg say cars will run from Public Garden to Park Street, with ticketing staff, new doors, and safety pipes in place. Authorities promise no postponement. preparations and payroll duties detailed as launch nears.
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Allen
Transit Commission
Rugg
West End
R. R
Park Street
The
Cecn Planné
Notable Crime Ends in Double Tragedy as Gunman Surrenders
Ey ran up and fired, killing Picard with a heart wound. Rooney shot the girl thrice, piercing her breast. Rooney walked away calmly but was soon stopped by a policeman and arrested. He declared, I am satisfied I killed them both and I don’t care if I hang for it.
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Picard
Rooney
Pastor Sued for Divorce in Utica
The Rev. Myra Libby has filed for absolute divorce from the Rev. D L R Libby, longtime pastor of the First Universalist Church of Watertown. A young married woman and her husband are named as corespondents, with six months of alleged intimacy. Libby packed his belongings, left Watertown, and trustees discharged him, while Mrs Libby is urged to continue in the pulpit.
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Utica
Myra Libby
D. L. R. Libby
First Universalist Church of
Watertown
Libby
Board of Trustees
Church
Mr. Libby
Death by Own Action Shocks Burlington Trooper
Trooper John Mottke of Fort Ethan Allen shot himself in his room after Ella De Magg, a domestic of Captain Dodd, refused his marriage proposal. A German born soldier about 29, he had served in the US Army over six years. He spoke of a fate awaiting the girl, then killed himself with a carbine after bidding Wagoner Davis farewell. He leaves relatives in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
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Burlington
John Mottke
Fort
Ethan Allen
Ella de Magg
Dodd
Mottke
West Prussia
Germany
United States Army
James Murphy
Wagoner Davis
Davis
John
Kalamazoo
Mich
Died While Singing On Edgewater Porch
Annie Hunter a 40 year old wife and mother died after swallowing carbolic acid on the porch of her Edgewater New Jersey home during a singing session with her husband and child. She had recently mourned the death of her youngest son Frank and had turned to drink for solace. Her death was noted by her husband who said she fell unconscious after the act and did not speak again.
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New York
Edgewater
N. J
Annie Hunter
Frank
Willie
James
Hannah Hastings
Washington Place
Hunter
Desperate New Yorker Versus Love Despair Ends in Creosote
Mary Carter a 20 year old from 45 West Twenty-sixth street attempted suicide by creosote in New York. She left two letters blaming a jealous lover who deserted her and cursed her, asking forgiveness and reconciliation. She was taken to Bellevue Hospital and may recover.
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New York
Mary Carter
West Twenty-sixth Street
Man turns self in in Crescent Beach manslaughter case
William McCool of Cambridge, brick mason, 50, unmarried, gave himself to Revere town police and was placed in Crescent Beach park police custody on a manslaughter charge connected to Patrick Murphy's death. He says he and Murphy split a pint in Boston then rested drunk on Crescent Beach. Murphy died and McCool walked away. McCool was transferred to park police under jurisdiction.
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Patrick Murphy
Crescent Beach
Metropolitan Park Police
William McCool
Main Street
Cambridge
Revere
Ray
Murphy
Point of Pines
Boston
McCool
Park Police
West
Crescent Beach Park Reservation
Old Sailor John Cronin Dead at Chelsea Home
John Cronin an inmate of the Soldiers' Home at Chelsea died yesterday at age 51. Born in Boston he served as a seaman on the U. S. S. Princeton during the War and enlisted under the name Henry Bond.
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John Cronin
Chelsea
Boston
U. S. S. Princeton
Henry Bond
Editor, the Post
Boston editor letter short. Long letters rejected for publication.
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the Post
Boston
Washing in Any Weather with Fell-Naptha Soap
The notice promotes Fell-Naptha soap as the superior method for washing in hot or cold weather, claiming better results than traditional boiling or scalding. Published by Peel & Co. in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Inauguration Scene at St Petersburg Bridge Ceremony
President Faure and Czar Alexander III attended a grand foundation ceremony at St Petersburg. they laid the Troitsky bridge stone after visiting Peter the Great’s house and the Neva river crossing. French and Russian figures, officials, and sailors mingled amid festive crowds and formal honors.
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ST. Petersburg
Alexander III
Faure
Neva
Peter the Great
M. Faure
Troitsky
France
Mystery of Long Island Burglaries Centered on Countess
Five Pinkerton detectives pursue a suspected lady-led gang in Larchmont and surrounding towns. They target Maria Shepherdes alias The Countess, wife of Ben Faden, connected to a series of thefts totaling about 3500 dollars. Footprints at scenes and a colorless yacht are key clues in the case extending along Long Island Sound.
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New York
Pinkerton
T. J. Keveny
Rudolph Schaeffer
C. P. Kneveals
Larchmont
Maria Shepherdes
Ben Faden
Charles Drytzel
the Mouse
Pelham
Long Island Sound
Faden
Larchmont Las
New Rochelle
Shippan Point
Stamford
Mr. Schaeffer
Sailor Drowned In Harbor Off Marblehead
Augustus North a 28 year old sailor on yacht Alga drowned in Marblehead harbor after an evening ashore with L. H. Hanson aboard yacht Nantauk. They overturned a dingy while returning to their crafts. Hanson could not swim and survived by clinging to the upturned boat. North, from Norway and unmarried, disappeared after signaling for help.
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Marblehead
Augustus North
Alga
L. H. Hanson
Nantauk
Neck
Hanson
North
Neck Shore
Norway
Fatal Rigging Accident Aboard Schooner George A McFadden
At Bath Maine on August 24 a four masted schooner accident killed John Johnson and badly injured Charles Anderson as a foremast fell during hoisting. Both men were married with two children each.
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Bath
George A. McFadden
John Johnson
Charles Anderson
Johnson
Anderson
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Andrew D. White
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