President Adopts Carnegie Spelling List
A long public list of 300 simplified spellings is adopted as standard for educational boards. The compilation includes numerous words such as accouter, arbor, catalog, encyclopedia, and theater. The changes reflect a broad move toward uniform American spelling across schools and districts.
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Crost
Cyclopedia Althodaety
Artizan
Htc
Brest
Tabor
Saunes ‘Theater Caliber Ecumenical
Carest
Leaptera
Ivank Thru
Youth Dies Trying to Warn Fellow Workers in Rail Yard
Vincenzo Bianca a 14 year old boy was killed near Barrington Rhode Island while running to warn five workmen of an approaching freight train. He darted down a spur track at the New England Steel and Brick Company yard to save his companions who escaped.
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Bianca
Debate Over Army Division Structure Prompted by Greely Report
Washington Aug 24. Major General Greely criticizes the army's division and department setup in the Pacific. The War Department faces debate over six major generals and fifteen brigadier generals and whether four divisions are needed to place generals properly. Critics say dual commands are unnecessary as departments report directly to the War Department and division heads lack clarity.
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Washington
Greely
Department of the Pacific
Army
War Department
Congress
Brooklyn Colonel Partridge Engaged to Miss Held
Announcement of the engagement of John N. Partridge of Brooklyn to Miss Charlotte Held, formerly of Brooklyn. Partridge, a well known public figure, was police commissioner of Greater New York under Mayor Low and previously Brooklyn police commissioner.
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Alk, Conn
John N. Partridge
Brooklyn
Charlotte Held
Colonel Partridge
Westport
Penneys
Miss Held
Partridge
Miraphe
New York
Low
Greater
New York State
Shaw to Pick Site for New Appraisers’ Stores
Secretary Shaw will visit Boston on Monday to select the location for the new appraisers’ stores as authorized by Congress. Mercantile opinion split between Atlantic avenue and a site near the current stores at the western end of the State street block. Assistant Secretary Reynolds was in town recently and left the decision to Shaw.
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Shaw
Boston
Atlantic Avenue
State Street
James B. Reynolds
Misery Island Rights Battle Prints to Court Decision
Salem reports that fishermen's rights on Misery Island may be settled by courts amid a century old dispute. Since 1660 the General Court granted landing and process rights to fishermen. 1662 forbade John Lambert from planting corn. Various leases and claims followed, but title remained clouded by retained fishing rights, a contention the Massachusetts Supreme Court may finally resolve.
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Salem
Misery Island
Colonial
General Court
Misery’s
Baker's Island
John Lambert
Barthomew Gale
Thomas Tyler
Mascomet
Ipswich Sagamore
George Corwin
Benjamin Marston
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Mrs Fish Serves Lunch To Firemen After Alarm
In Newport Rhode Island during a severe thunderstorm at 2 AM a fire alarm summoned the emergency corps to Crossways the summer home of Mr and Mrs Stuyvesant Fish. Wires had crossed and the fire was avoided. Mrs Fish thanked the firemen and provided refreshments after their brief task.
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Newport
R. I
Emergency Corps
Stuyvesant Fish
Cambridge photographer wins first prize in regional portrait contest
Carl Nordstrom of Byrd Studio Cambridge captured first prize and a silver medal in Class A at the New England Photographers Association meeting in Paul Revere Hall. The portrait Portrait of a Lady is praised for natural pose, gentle sepia toning, and flawless technique without overdone affectation.
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Carl Nordstrom
Byrd Studio
Cambridge
New England Photographers’ Association
Paul Revere Hall
New England
Provinces
Photographers
Judge condemns nude bathing at 11 Street baths in Dorchester
South Boston Judge Josiah S. Dean during August sessions denounced nude bathing at the 11 Street baths. He ruled in three cases of unlawful public bathing and boat appropriation, noting yacht intrusions and thefts in Dorchester Bay by swimmers. Patrolmen faced a hostile crowd as they attempted to stop the violators.
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Josiah S. Dean
South Boston
Fallon
1L Street
Flo
Tucker
Division 12
Dorchester Bay
Ll Street
Ryan
Departed Somerville Man Knew Lincoln
John W. Vinal of Somerville died at his home 53 Columbus Avenue from multiple illnesses. Born February 2, 1837, he was a Somerville native and Harvard Lawrence Scientific School graduate. He knew Lincoln and served as custodian of the postoffice building and Grant era disbursing agent. He had been land agent of the Hoosac Tunnel docks. He leaves a widow.
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John W. Vinal
Somerville
Columbus Avenue
Lawrence Scientific School
Harvard College
Vinal
Lincoln
Postoffice
Grant
Hoosac Tunnel
Manchuria Steamer Averts Immediate Danger Off Honolulu
The wrecked steamer Manchuria remains anchored off the reef and is believed safe from danger for months. Captain Saunders and Pacific Mail Company agents expect to save the vessel despite its bottom deeply embedded in the reef and risk of breaking up in a northerly storm.
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Honolulu
Manchuria
Saunders
Pacific Mail Company
Excess of One Cent in Cash Found in Somerville Books
William Tl Hall, an expert accountant, completed a review of the Somerville city treasurer’s books and reported an excess of one cent in the cash balance dating back to 1991. He urges charging it to the excess and deficiency account and proposing a bank deposit for unpaid sundry accounts estimated from $1 to $250 to clear space in the treasurer’s safe. He also recommends building a new vault in City Hall basement.
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William Tl. Hall
Somerville
Grimmons
Hall
Board of Aldermen
City Hall
Royal Arcanum Picnic At Massapong Lake
Under the orator's exchange auspices a Royal Arcanum picnic will be held at Sharon Heights Massapong Lake grove today featuring boating dancing and various sports. Special trains depart South station at 9 30 am and 2 15 pm returning from the grove at 7 30 pm.
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Orator’s Exchange
Royal Arcanum
Massapong Lake Grove
Sharon Heights
South Station
Grove
Logue Urges War on Moths to Protect City
Acting Superintendent Logue of the Public Grounds Department calls for a citywide fight against brown tail moths. He warns the town cannot afford to treat only public grounds and urges the Mayor to clear trees everywhere as experts say the moths fly well and threaten the entire community.
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Logue
Mayors Credit False. Whittemore Objects To Dump Nuisance
A. J. Whittemore, agent for Snow heirs, denounces Mayor Fitzgerald's claim that Snow heirs started the anti dump agitation. He argues the Boston garbage dumping ground is a nuisance harming adjacent property and urges relocation to less valuable sites. He cites lease issues and seeks court proof against the mayor’s assertion.
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Henry C. Snow
Boston
Atlantic Avenue
Oliver Street
Fitzgerald
Snow
Snow Heirs
Packard's Wharf
Donovan
P. A. Collins
Ice price hike looming for Dorchester firms
The Dorchester Ice Company warns a 75 percent price increase within days as supplies dwindle. Hygeia Ice outputs about 240 tons daily, unable to meet demand, while Dorchester notes costs rise due to railroad rates from Plympton and South Weymouth to Boston.
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Dorchester Ice Company
Hygeia Ice Company
Boston & Maine Railroad
Plympton
South Weymouth
New Hampshire
Bank claims fraud in Chelsea bank case against Hinckley
A petition filed in the United States District Court by Charles M. Holmes treasurer of Fall River Five Cent Savings Bank accuses Sylvester B. Hinckley president of First National Bank of Chelsea of fraud. The bank alleges Hinckley obtained 12000 on a bearer note dated February 12 1906 and transferred holdings to Chelsea Bank to hinder creditors. He also deeded parcels in Boston and Newton tied to August 1906 and August 1896 deeds recorded in 1905 and 1906. Hinckley reportedly dying at his Newton home.
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Charles M. Holmes
Fall River Five Cent Savings Bank
United States District Court
Sylvester B. Hinckley
First National Bank of
Chelsea
Fall River Bank
Hinckley
First National Bank of Chelsea
Chelsea Bank
Boston
Registry of
Newton
Garden Party at St. Agnes Parish Announced
Reading August 24 The second annual garden party of St. Agnes parish will be held tomorrow afternoon and evening on the rectory grounds. Events include a baseball game between the altar boys of St. Joseph's Medford and St. Agnes Reading a tug of war between rival neighbors and other lawn party sports.
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Reading
St. Agnes’ Parish
Altar Boys
St. Joseph's Parish
Medford
St. Agnes
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Washington Street
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Herbert Parker
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Special Interest
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Tomorrow's Sunday Post
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