Howe Addresses Suffrage Rally At Marble House
Venerable Julia Ward Howe, aged 83, travels from Middletown to Marble House in Newport for a suffrage event attended by about 600. Speakers including Mrs. Belmont and Mayor Boyle praise progress and promise future victories as Rev. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw leads a humorous, hour long address. Numerous notable attendees from New York Boston and Philadelphia are listed.
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Middletown
Julia Ward Howe
P. J. Boyle
Newport
Boyle
Anna Howard Shaw
Mrs. Howe
Susan
Anthony
Elizabeth Stanton
Stuyvesant Fish
Lota Robinson
Baltimore
Francis B. Hoffman
William Shepley
Frank F.nolan
C. W. de Lyon Nicholls
P. Kernochan
Charles B. Alexander
Howard Lauterbach
Roswell Hitchcock
Fred Dent Grant
Isaac Cothier
William S. Hall
Philadelphia
Benjamin F. Clyde
Richard C. Stevens
F. K. Gillett
Springfield
Franklin MacVeagh
Joseph Sampson Stevens
Peter D. Martin
Harry Lehr
Austin Gray
Charles L. Hoffman
Pembroke Jones
A. Langear Norris
Heyes
Harry Lawrence
Wirt Dexter
Stanley McCormick
J. G. Leakins
Griswold Thompson
Jay Coogan
Sidney Smith
Oliver Harriman
Sadie Jones
Boston
Susan W. Fitzgerald
Ll. Gertrude Howes
Anna King
Margaret L. Foley
Macdonald Sends Check to Cambridge Mayor
Frederick W. Macdonald, chair of the Cambridge board of registrars, paid back 145.87 to Mayor Brooks for part of a salary received while on the registrar board in 1902. The 1902 practice paid salaries in advance. Macdonald had been paid for a full year ending May 1903. J. Frank Facey succeeded him, and a dispute arose over paying two men for the same period, resulting in both receiving four months of city pay.
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Frederick W. Macdonald
Cambridge Board of Registrars
Brooks
Board of Registrars
Macdonald
McNames
J. Frank Facey
Facey
Simplified Spelling Board Publishes Revised Word List
New York reports the Simplified Spelling Board, three years into reforms starting with 200 words, now issuing an index of 261 words needing revision. Entries include Hed for head and other examples like speed heath and ice ending words, plus jus tis and coppis for various sounds.
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New York
Hed
Speed
Heath
Justis
Coppis
Dely
Boston Firefighter Rescues Man From Exploding Plant
Jake Hyman of Engine Company 14 risked his life to save W. S. Fox of New York city after an acetylene gas explosion at Gilmanton iron works in Gilmanton New Hampshire. Fox entered the generator to diagnose the defect when the blast and flames engulfed the plant. Hyman charged through the blaze with a coat over his head to pull Fox to safety.
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Gilmanton, N. H
Jake Hyman
Engine Company 14
Boston Fire Department
W. S. Fox
New York City
Gilmanton Iron Works
Fox
Hyman
Iron Works
Explosions Injure Two Guests at Glen Echo House
Two men were injured when a second explosion blasted them about 20 feet after a prior blast. Dr. C P Ballard aided the victims at the scene. Fox suffered severe burns and was rushed by train to the La Conia hospital. Hyman sustained burns to head and hands but no serious harm.
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C. P. Ballard
Fox
Laconia
Hyman
Glen Echo House
Gilmanton
Four Year Old Drowns After Fall Into Crab Pond
Falls River August 24. Four year old Frank Silvia crawled through a picket fence hole and fell 25 feet into Crab Pond, where he drowned.
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Fall River
Frank Silvia
New World Air Record by Bleriot
The article notes a France aviation event at Betheny field near Rheims where M Lefebvre was fined four dollars for reckless flying on Sunday. The committee praised his daring while imposing the penalty, reflecting a paradoxical official stance.
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Betheny
Rheims
France
M. Lefebvre
Aerial feats mark rail meet as pilots soar high
In Rheims a 30 kilometre flight by Paulham set a remarkable record in strong 20 knot winds and Bleriot established a new 10 kilometre world pace of 74 318 metres per hour. President Fallieres and cabinet members visited, easing the wind hindered event with allied officers present.
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Betheny
Rheims
Paulham
Bleriot
Fallieres
Windy Prix de la Vitesse Flight Amid Aerial Feats
Aviators including Bunau Varilla and Phulham battled gusty winds as multiple machines tested endurance. Phulham climbed to 400 feet during the third circuit and completed a dramatic display before landing safely. Bleriot and Curtiss set speed records elsewhere while Latham failed twice to launch before a dusk three lap flight. Wright aircraft avoided risk, citing current class standings.
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Bunau-Varilla
Phulham
Paulham
The
Republic
Bleriot
Glen H. Curtiss
Latham
Lord Eliot Found Dead at Port Eliot Residence
Lord Eliot eldest son of the Earl of St Germans was found dead from gunshot wounds at Port Eliot. Officials have not determined if the death was accidental or self-inflicted.
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London
Lord Eliot
Earl of
Dar ing Escape from Courthouse by Boston Burglar
Police pursued Brahm through several courthouse sub basements before he escaped via a window. The fugitive, age 23, 135 pounds, 5 foot 8, armed with a Panama hat, fled to the street. A later raid found a room packed with valuables worth about 4000 dollars, linking him to multiple robberies in Malden and Brookline.
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Bruhm
Boston
Court House
Woolworth’s
United Shoe Machinery Company
Beverly
Malden
Brookline
South End
Nova Scotia
Shields and Sheehan
Peters
Morse
Illness Cited in Three Personal Crisis Reports
In Saugus Mrs Clara Y Palmer 51 was found dead by suicide in her bed after a period of illness leading to melancholia. The body was moved to Wilton Missouri for burial as Medical Examiner Pinkham ruled death by own action. Also in Fitchburg Charles E Thomas 58 superintendent of Oswell Mills died by hanging in his cellar after illness. In Sterling Mrs Charles H Kendall 47 died by suicide after threats of self harm near Coyne's Pond Melancholia attributed.
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Saugus
Clara Y. . Palmer
Leslie
William M. Allen
Europe
Sterling
Charles H. Kendall
Spies slain in Pittsburg stockade riot at Pressed Steel Plant
In Schoenville riots, three spies sent by strikers were killed inside the stockade around Pressed Steel Car Company works. Bodies were hurled over the fence. Governor Stuart was informed and an appeal to President Taft urged immediate intervention to end the strike.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Schoenville
Pressed Steel Car Company
O’donovan
Stuart
Taft
Striker clashes spark deadly ambush at plant works
Frank Haskins reports a 40 minute battle at the works between strikers and alleged spies, three men shot dead including Mike Canefia, and a later riot as Troop B and 70 troopers search strikers’ homes. Debs visited McKees Rocks but left as troopers blocked the scene. Over 1000 workers at the Pressed Steel Car plant built three cars on display.
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Frank Haskins
New York
Pittsburg
Haskins
Jack” Simpson
Farley
Wise
Eugene V. Debs
McKees Rocks
Debs
Troop B
State Constabulary
O’donnell
Northampton
Mass
Pressed Steel Car Company
Quinn Query Makes Stir in Cocaine Trial
Attorney John Quinn triggered a courtroom stir during the cocaine case trial by pressing Henry Caustein about a proposed bribe to suppress evidence and flee to Canada.Caustein denied the earlier office visit. Quinn then named a second witness who identified Caustein as the caller. The defendants, Joseph Deloft and Edward McGowan, drug store clerks, face arraignment for sentence. Watch and Ward Society secretary Chase disputed Caustein's agency status and noted no government witness call.
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John Quinn
Henry Caustein
Quinn
Canada
Caustein
Joseph Deloft
Edward McGowan
Beach Street
Harrison Avenue
Chase
Watch and Ward Society
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SKY Pilots
Brahm
Mike’’ Shields
Shields
Clarke
Bresnahan
Calcutta
Fatrolman Ford
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Brown
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