Rebels Move Through Cuba As Insurgents Expand Reach
Six hundred troops departed by train from Pinar del Rio to San Juan de Martinez amid the Cuban revolt. Guerra, the insurgent leader, aims to occupy towns peacefully and press government to annul the last elections and call new ones. The insurgent force is reported at about two thousand men with limited ammunition. Government forces in Pinar del Rio total 1,250 with loyal residents aiding defense. Alfredo Zayas, liberal leader, says no action will be taken unless Cuba’s independence is threatened.
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Fiavana
Pinar del Rio
San Juan de Martinez
Guerra
San Juan Martinez
San Luis
Pino Guerra
Palma
Interior
Senor O’farrill
Senor Montalvo
Senor Font Sterling
Treasury
Alfredo Zayas
Senate
Liberal Party
Cuba
Zayas
Protest Over Bank Closure Sparks Meeting in Chelsea
Depositors of the First National Bank of Chelsea Mass protest Bank Examiner Ewer actions they say caused unlawful protest of hundreds of checks stamped cancelled by error The plan includes a petition to Comptroller of the Currency Mr Kane and a call for investigation by Thomas Richardson Chelsea merchant into the August 16 1906 incident at the bank site
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First National Bank of Chelsea
Ewer
Thomas Richardson
Chelsea
Kane
Richardson
Examiner Ewer
Washington, D. C
First National Bank
Mass
Boston Clearing House Association
Woman Charged With Larceny At Dinner
Mary Meyers age 26 of Cambridge street West End was arrested by Patrolman Murphy on a larceny charge. She allegedly stole 35 dollars from Charles L Floyd while dining at a Hanover street resort.
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Mary Meyers
Cambridge Street
West End
Murphy
Station 1
Charles L. Floyd
Hanover Street
Wanderer McLean Returns Then Dies in Somerville
Arthur G. McLean 31 disappeared last April from 363 Summer Street Somerville. He wandered back Thursday night ill and was carried to a livery stable then Somerville Hospital where he died of heart failure. His wife is at St Elizabeths Hospital undergoing surgery with poor prospects. He left a penniless family. he worked as a teamster and has relatives in Winthrop.
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Summer Street
Somerville
Arthur G. McLean
Somerville Hospital
McLean
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Rufer & Creamer
Mr. Creamer
Winthrop
Mass executions of robbers reported in Valparaiso
Santiago dispatch says over 300 men were shot by military order in Valparaiso for robberies amid Chile crisis. Senate appropriates 4 million dollars for relief, amnesty debates rise, and steps begin to aid northern provinces. Steamers bring coal. zinc imports sought for reconstruction. schools closed until October.
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Santiago
Chill
Valparaiso
Senate
Europe
United States
Chilfan
Coakley Set to Deliver Big Speech at Ward 17 Tammany Event
Timothy Coakley will speak at the Ward 17 Tammany pow-wow at New Downer Landing today. He will honor Henry M. Whitney Colonel Gaston and Josiah Quincy and boost Moran boom amid an athletic program featuring a Brockton shoe makers vs Fore River shipbuilders ball game, balloon ascent, and firemen’s contest.
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Timothy Coakley
Henry M. Whitney
Gaston
Josiah Quincy
Moran
Tammany
New Downer Landing
Mr. Coakley
Freworks
Alderman Curley
Brockton Shoemakers
Fore River
Brockton
Norse Singers Criticize City Over Leif Erickson Statue
At the Norwegian Singing Society meeting in Arcade Hall last evening several speakers attacked the Boston Art Commission for cutting away the Viking ship from the Leif Erickson statue. They argued the statue is city property and the commission overstepped its authority. One speaker likened the commission to a shepherd freeing sheep amid wolves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwegian Singing Society
Arcade Hall
Boston Art Commission
Leif Erickson
Boston
Republican contributions lag hoped-for totals
Representative James S. Sherman of New York said in Washington that Republican campaign fund contributions are improving but still not as large as hoped. He chairs the Republican congressional committee and spoke on the fund’s status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James S. Sherman
New York
Republican Congressional Committee
Republican
Death in South Boston Heat Prostration at City Hospital
Daniel McCarthy aged 30 of 8 8 East Second street South Boston died at City Hospital yesterday afternoon from heat prostration after being overcome at Van Stones foundry on L street Thursday.
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Daniel McCarthy
East Second Street
South Boston
City Hospital
McCarthy
van Stone
L Street
Final Efforts to End Strike at Metropolitan Wharf
Representatives of District Assembly 30 Knights of Labor and Metropolitan Steamship Company meet at the wharf where 200 longshoremen began a strike 10 days ago. A three hour talks yielded no agreement and a morning session at 10 30 is expected to decide the affair. If no settlement is reached, Knights of Labor agents are to convene at Roughan Hall for instructions.
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District Assembly
Knights of Labor
Metropolitan Steamship Company
G. W. Apsey
Roughan Hall
Alleged Bogus Baron Arrested in Hamburg for Deserting American Wife
Berlin reports the Lokal Anzeiger says Konrad a metal worker who called himself Baron Santos von Debrowski-Donnersmark was arrested in Hamburg. He married an American woman in Manila on May 4 1906 and allegedly deserted her in Paris with jewelry valued at 8000 dollars and funds. Police seized remaining jewels after American consul alerted authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Hamburg
Baron Santos von Debrowski
Bulkeley declines chair at state convention
Hartford August 24 Senator Organ G Bulkeley publicly declined an offer to serve as chairman of the upcoming Republican State convention in a letter to Chairman Michael Kenealy of the state central committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulkeley
Hartford
Conn
Organ G. Bulkeley
Michael Kenealy
Republican State Central Committee
Red Tag Sale Draws Crowds At Wolf's Clothier
The Red Tag Sale at Wolf's Clothier continues to attract large crowds with new values daily. The event is hailed as a major merchandise triumph in Boston and appeals to men from all walks of life seeking economic bargains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolf's
Caretaker Charged in Cambridge Theft Ring
Timothy D. Shine of Somerville, a caretaker for Cambridge residences, is charged with thefts from the Taussig house and other estates. Police say he had a cellar key at 2 Scott Street and sold items to a West End pawnbroker. recovered jewels and coins total about $1000.
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Timothy D. Shine
Somerville
Cambridge
Shine
Frank W. Taussig
Scott Street
Camebridge
Taussig
Massachusetts Avenue
West End
Boston
Vermont Sold Diseased Cattle for Fertilizer
St Johnsbury Vermont August 24 Attorney General Fitts reports to Governor Bell that diseased cattle involved in recent charges were sold to rendering establishments for fertilizer, not for human consumption.
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ST. Johnsbury
Fitts
Bell
White Star liners adopt Marconi wireless system
The Marconi wireless telegraphy system will be installed on White Star Line steamers between Liverpool and Boston. The Arabic Republic and Cymric will be equipped immediately.
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White Star
Marconi
White Star Line
Liverpool
Boston
Arabic
Republic
Cymric
Frederick McChesley Charged With Larceny in $50 Theft
Patrolman McCarthy of Station 4 arrested Frederick McChesley 46 of 81 Church street on larceny charges. He allegedly stole $50 from Abraham P. Andelin at Andelin's Church street home.
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McCarthy
Station 4
Frederick McChesley
Church Street
Abraham P. Andelin
Terrance L Shevlin Reported Seriously Ill
Terrance L. Shevlin of the custom house is dangerously ill at his Dorchester home, with friends concerned. He is active in many fraternal groups and prominent in Catholic circles.
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Terrence L. Shevlin
Custom House
Hig Dorchester
Shevlin
Insurgents in Pinar del Rio Shown Formidable and Well Supplied
Unofficial advices from western Pinar del Rio indicate insurgents west of San Juan de Martinez are stronger and better supplied for a long campaign. Estimates put Pino Guerra’s force at 1500 to 2000 with ample ammunition. Rebels reportedly fly American flags on Cuban plantations and have dynamite mules. 100 rural guards have defected.
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Havana
Pinar del Rio
San Juan de Martinez
San Luis
Associated Press
Pino Guerra
Cuba
Santiago
Jesus Rabi
Vuelta Abajo
Torpedo Prank Injures Dorchester Boy in City Square
John Flynn aged 6 of 114 Wrentham Street Dorchester was hit in the right leg by fragments from a railroad torpedo placed on a car track by 18 year old Daniel C. Shea of Austin Street. The incident occurred last night in City Square Charlestown as Flynn waited with his mother under the elevated structure.
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John Flynn
Wrentham Street
Dorchester
City Square
Charlestown
Daniel C. Shea
Austin Street
Flynn Boy
Woman who tied up L line delivers healthy baby girl
Mrs. Catherine Dean of Somerville tied up the elevated system for three quarters of an hour Thursday at Northampton street station while giving birth to a healthy baby girl. She is reported progressing finely at Boston City Hospital.
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Catherine Dean
Somerville
Northampton Street
Boston City Hospital
Suspected larceny arrest after encounter on Clarendon Street
Patrolman Lyons stopped Howard Warren 19 of 15 Edinboro Street last evening on sighting him with a new automobile tire on Clarendon Street. Warren failed to explain satisfactorily and was charged with larceny from an unknown person.
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Clarendon Street
Lyons
Howard Warren
Edinboro Street
Warren
Indictments Hit Standard Oil and New York Central
The federal grand jury for the western district of New York returned indictments against Standard Oil and New York Central Railroad Company charging violations of the interstate commerce law in granting and accepting special rates on oil shipments.
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Jamestown
N. Y
Western District of New York
Standard Oil Company
New York Central Railroad Company
Section Hand Hit by Train at Newton Depot
John Capodina an 18 year old section hand on the Boston and Albany railroad was struck by a train in front of the Newton station shortly before noon today He suffered hip contusions and a minor scalp wound and was transported to Newton Hospital for treatment.
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Newton
John Capodina
Boston & Albany
Newton Hospital
Snatch Thief Escapes Mob in South Boston
Gustaf Wolf of Fourth Street South Boston told Station 6 police he was robbed of a gold watch by a youth about 17. Wolf gave chase shouting Stop thief while a pursuing mob followed but the thief escaped into an alley.
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Gustaf Wolf
Fourth Street
Boston
Station 6
Wolf
Cure of Eczema Using Cuticura Remedies in 1905
Mrs. Abbie A. Saultes of West Danville Vermont recounts severe eczema on her hands worsened by a physician’s care. She reports relief after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent, with three bottles of Resolvent and corresponding Soap and Ointment completing a full cure by the following spring.
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Cuthura
Abbie A. Saultes
West Danville, Vt
Complete Treatment for Every Humor Promoted at One Dollar
A full external and internal treatment for skin and scalp humors is offered for one dollar. The set claims to cure pimples eczema rashes and itching, with Cuticura Goop Ointment and Pills available worldwide through a Boston distributor. Mailed free pamphlet explains curing itchy scaly humors.
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Er Drug & Chem. Cor
Boston
New England Mutual Life Insurance Company Officers and Finances
The notice lists officers and directors of New England Mutual Life Insurance Co of Boston. It provides assets as of January 1, 1906 totaling 40,702,691.55, liabilities 36,600,270.95, and surplus 4,102,420.60. It notes headquarters at 87 Milk Street and promotes Massachusetts agency contacts Charles H. Flovad, A H Curtis, and Frank E. Harlow.
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Milk St
Boston
Benjamin F. Stevens
Alfred D. Foster
D. F. Appel
William B. Turner
Warren Sawyer
Thomas Sherwin
Nathaniel J. Rust
Henry Parkman
Waleace L. Pierce
Charles E. Cotting
Gordon Abbott
Reginald Foster
Massachusetts
Charles H. Flovad
Milk Street
A. H. Curtis
Federal Street
Frank E. Harlow
Warteth Massachusetts
Washington Street
Oston
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PT CS
Vais
Wanderer
Coakley
Tammany Pow-Wow
Vermont
Terrance L. Shevlin
Torpedo
Standard Oil
Dauber
Shinola CO
Rochester
Sunday Post
New England Mutual Life Insurance Co
Tel. Rox
Frederic J. Crosby
Warren St
Juno, Wash
Burke
Malden
Annie
Stephen Burke
Whalen
Sterling Street
Immaculate Conception Church
Kenney
Orient Heights
East
Michael J
Mary Ellen Kenney
Leyden Street
Sion
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