Race seesaw ends as Recruit narrowly beats Duchess in light air
The Hough's Neck cup race saw the Recruit finish first ahead of the Duchess by a narrow margin after a long, tactically fought contest. Light, shifting southwestern and southeast winds frustrated both boats, delaying finish and triggering a late tight duel near Hull Gut before the gun.
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Hough’s Neck
Duchess
Mower
Faxon
Yiece
Peddock
Hull Gut
McVey
Quincy
Hingham Brush
Recruit
Sheep Island
Wenl
Seka
Hullut
Peddock’s
West Quincy Bay
Ecruit
Fire Explodes in Arch Street Building Injures Firemen
A major explosion at a Arch Street building hurled firefighters from ladders and stairs. Chief McDonough and Chief Mullen led crews up to the third floor where a door delayed access to Kent's glove factory. Dozens were injured, with Hoseman Waggett badly burned. Fire extended to the fourth floor before crews extinguished the blaze. Loss estimated near four thousand dollars with insurance.
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Kent
McDonough
Mullen
Heseman
George A. Waggett
Engine 26
Arch Street
Fach
Brickley
John B. Gildea
Frank W. Robinson
J. T. Byron
Michael J. Tehan
George E. Darragh
Fox
Dennis J. Lane
Lieutenant Shallow
George H. Acres
Massachusetts General Hospital
Captain Cleverly
Peter Pord
City Hospital
Adams
Fitzgerald
McMahan
Pullen
Bayard in Serious Condition Amid Heat
Bayard former ambassador to England and father of Mrs Samuel Warren is ill at her home in Dedham and in a more serious state tonight due to the heat though not yet critical.
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Dedham
Thomas ¥. Bayard
England
Samuel K. Warren
Boston Beauty Sails To Dakota Divorce Colony
Mrs. David M. Coolidge of Boston arrives in Grand Forks to seek a divorce after a Bermuda trip and a dispute over a handsome officer on His Majesty's ship Terror. Her Crowninshield family name signals considerable Boston wealth and social prominence.
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Grand Forks
N. D
David M. Coolidge
Boston
Crowninshield
Bermuda
Terror
Woman Rescued After Despairing Plunge From Charlesbank
Mrs Carrie Morrill attempted to end her life in the Charles River but was saved by Thomas F Caulfield of 137 Charles Street who swam out after her. She was brought to hospital then returned home after recovery.
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Charlesa River
Minnie Harrison
Carrie Morrill
North Russell Street
Thomas F. Caulfield
Charles Street
Caulfield
Humane Society
Charlesbank
Mrs. Morrill
Massachusetts General Hospital
Post
Death of Young Man Tiffany After Illness and Starvation
Final reports detail Dr F M Johnson of 117 Beacon Street diagnosing Grave fever malarial symptoms and near zero heart action in Tiffany. Despite stimulants and expert consultations, heart failure and weakness led to no hope. Family members arrived from Bar Harbor to be with him as doctors gave up.
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Lieutenant Tiffany
George Tiffany
New York
House of Tiffany & Co
United States
Young Tiffany
West Point
Sterling Supply and Manufacturing Company
Gotham
Roosevelt
Knickerbocker Club
Boston
F. M. Johnson
Beacon Street
Dr. Johnson
Johnson
Tiffany
John
W. W. Gannett
H. F. Vickery
W. F E. Paul
Belmont Tiffany
Perry Tiffany
Miss Tiffany
Maud Livingstone
Bar Harbor
Marching drill and camp life at Camp Dalton update
Aug 2 South Framingham Camp Dalton reports a twelve mile march under varied weather with two men felling out. Rumors of muster out Sept 1 unsettled troops, later denied. Canteen moved to between mess houses, improving facilities under Lt Col Weaver. Fines for overstaying passes questioned. records show milder punishment and notification failures. Adjutant Bancroft on leave. officer vacancies likely filled from within. Tomorrow’s detail lists Capt Willis H Stover, Lt Henry Y Gilson, and Lt Charles E Stearns on guard duties.
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Camp Dalton
South
Framingham
South Framingham
Brush Hill
Sherborn
Whitney
Sharon
Reveille
Weaver
the Post
Company M
Hugh Bancroft
Leland
Parker
Willis H. Stover
Henry Y. Gilson
Charles E. Stearns
Funerals Set for Santiago Heroes Delayed by Transport
Final funeral plans for Majors Grady and O Connor and soldiers Corporal Lane and Private Carey are postponed as Santiago arrival is delayed. A meeting at Major Grady’s family home confirmed the delay with a Montauk night stop and timing now aimed for Grady and Lane and Carey on Monday and O Connor on Tuesday.
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Grady
O'Connor
Santiago
Major Grady
Montauk
M. O'Connor
Lane
Carey
Major O'Connor
Diamonds Found Hidden in Dolly Reynolds Flat Pantry
The missing diamonds from Dolly Reynolds’ murder case were found hidden in a sugar can in her West Fifty-eighth Street flat. Margaret Adams, the old servant, discovered the stash while police searched Dr. Samuel J. Kennedy’s Staten Island home. The finder led to twenty-one pieces valued above $3000 and $20 in bills.
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New York
Samuel J. Kennedy
Dolly Reynolds
Margaret Adams
Dr. Kennedy
Staten Island
West Fifty-eighth Street
McClusky
Maurice Mendham
Dolly” Reynolds
Mendham
Carey
Davis
Margaret
Bil
Dolly’’ Reynolds
Kennedy
Shoes for Cuban Market Expands in Lynn Industry
Lynn shoe manufacturers discuss Cuba as a promising market. Firms like William Porter & Sons, A F Smith, Harney Bros., Mark Worthley, Hoag & Heath, Luddy & Currier produce for London and other regions and eye growth in Cuba as Americans immigrate and demand standard shoes while Cubans seek colored and fancy styles. Hubert Harney expects a large trade as Cuba’s resources grow and postwar conditions improve.
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Lynn
William Porter & Sons
A. F. Smith
Harney Bros
Mark Worthley
Hoag & Heath
Luddy & Currier
London
South Africa
Hubert Harney
Cuba
American Wringer Co Promises Prompt Delivery Service
Local houseware firm announces they will call for and deliver wringers in perfect order at a lower cost than competitors. The American Wringer Co located at 77 and 79 Franklin Street Boston Massachusetts lists Telephone B 2690 for inquiries and service.
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The
American Wringer Co
Franklin Street
Boston
Mass
Munyon's Dyspepsia Pellets Claim Universal Cure
An old advertisement promotes Munyon's Dyspepsia Pellets as a cure for indigestion constipation and all stomach troubles. It notes free doctor consultations and positions the product as a universal remedy.
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Munyon
Camp Wikoff Horror Report Spurs Demand for Action
A veteran civilian investigator details dire conditions at Camp Wikoff after visiting Montauk Point. He describes widespread weakness among soldiers, delayed hospital discharges, and neglect that left many men barely able to stand. He recalls a Rough Rider and others starved for two to three days and trudging for water or transport, calling for accountability.
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Santiago
War Department
Camp
Wikoff
Camp Wikoff
Massachusetts
Apollo
Second Massachusetts
J. D. Allen
Worcester
Horrors at Camp Wikoff Highlight Poor Rations and Deaths
The speaker accuses authorities of mismanagement causing starvation and illness among soldiers. He cites the Seventy-first New York Regiment on the Grand Duchesse left to suffer with fever and dysentery, starvation, and dehydration, then marched in rain with no shelter or food. He warns of accountability and notes chaotic hospital and transport records.
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Cuba
Seventy-first New York Regiment
Wikoff
Red Cross
Massachusetts Volunteer Aid Association
New York City
Camp Wikoff
Heat claims Charlestown man in 11 A.M. blaze of heat
Heat and humidity killed Thomas Hoey 40 years old at Hall's Wharf Charlestown near Medford Street at 11 o'clock yesterday. Hoey, a chainmaker who lived on Hull Street, was found at the waterfront and taken to Howard Street undertaking rooms. Forecasters hoped cooler weather might come today.
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Boston
Thomas Hoey
Hall's Wharf
Medford Street
Charlestown
Hoey
Hull Street
Howard Street
Chicago
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Farmer Smith
Vicinity
Spain's Prisoners in US War After Proffered Release
The White House offered to release all Spanish naval prisoners on parole in August but Sagasta declined. About 1600 prisoners sit at Seavey Island Maine and at Norfolk Virginia the wounded, totaling about two hundred, have recovered. Fifty three senior officers are housed at Annapolis awaiting naval academy needs. Some officers hope the war continues next year to keep favorable treatment.
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Washington
Spain
Madrid
Sagasta
Navy Department
Seavey Island
Kittery
Me.) Navy Yard
Cervera
Naval Hospital
Norfolk
Vas
Annapolis
Naval Academy
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Toviston &T. Cor
Perkeley Stack Bay Branch
Bayard
Boston Beauty
Forks
Dakota
Garrie Morrill
Charles River
Erators
Robinson's
Dock Sy
Washington St
Christopher Columbus
Fifth Regiment
Wen
STH
Boston Boat
Paul
Minn
White Bear Lake
Hoodlum
Akela
Necessa
Hylum
Dolly ’S Dlamonds
Doctor Kennedy
Gail Borden Eagle Brand
New York Condensed Milk.co
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Smith
Hanover St
Wilson
Tremont Row
Wilson Brothers
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