Urges Need of Police Women
Madame Marie Hankel of Dresden, a leading Esperantist, says women will be equal to men and should serve as police officers. She predicts German women will gain status within twenty years, with women leading institutions, businesses, and professions, including police, doctors, and architects.
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Newton
Madame Marie Hankel
Dresden
Madame Henkel
William Lee
Chase Street
Washington
Saxony
Madame Hankel
Germany
Calf Escapes Panther Attack in Warren Pasture
Harry E. Plymp ton of Tyler avenue Warren reports a panther attacked a calf in his pasture. Claw marks appear on the calf’s shoulders and rump with three-to-four inch gashes in four spots. The calf managed to shake free and escape, despite injuries.
Woman Active at 104 in Worcester’s Oldest Stars
The 104 year old Louise Waterman Carpenter celebrated her birthday at 8 Boynton Street Worcester with good health and spirits. A descendant of Roger Williams she remains active knitting and able to move about and go outside without help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Edward Vance
Boynton Street
Louise Waterman Carpenter
Roger Williams
Providence
Carpenter
Extra Good Cigar Delights with Havana Tobacco
An ad touts the 3-20-8 cigar as superior in flavor and mellowness. It claims only Havana tobacco and skilled cigarmaking, offered at a good price. The copy invites readers to relax, light the cigar, and savor luxury. The Sumatra stamped wrapper and popular shape are noted.
War Department declines to order rain-making bombardment
Washington officials estimate the cost at about 100000 and deem the plan futile. Navy would aid with six to ten guns. The proposed bombardment of Puget Sound and the Columbia River mouth aimed to induce rain over the Northwest forest fires.
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Washington
War Department
Puget Sound
Columbia River
Forest
Northwest
Army
Navy Department
United States
Worden
Casey
Flagler
Columbia
Stephens
Coast Artillery
Shock Kills 330 Mason in Providence County
Sheriff Hunter C. White of Providence County died after a paralytic shock at a restaurant in Providence. He had served as high sheriff since 1891 and chaired the Republican State Central Committee since 1892, with earlier roles on the Providence school committee and as adjutant general of the state militia. He was a 33d degree Mason and past master of St. John’s Commandery No 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence, R. I
Hunter C. White
Providence County
Rhode Island
Republican State Central Committee
Providence School Committee
St. John’s Commandery
No. 1
Knights Templars
United States
Vanderbilt Improving and Typhoid Cases in Newport
Mrs. Pembroke Jones of New York suffers a slight typhoid attack learned today in Newport. She contracted the disease in the South and has nearly recovered. Reginald Vanderbilt at Sandy Point is also improving, with typhoid in a mild form after a good day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
R. I
Pembroke Jones
New York
Belle Fourche Project Hailed by Engineers Tour
Experts from the United States Engineers visit the Belle Fourche irrigation project and seek congressional funding. The system has reclaimed over 100000 acres at low cost as the Chicago and North Western Railway extends to Newell. Settlers move onto farms while the valley transitions from cattle range to dense farming and growth. The party includes Brigadier General Marshall retired and Reclamation Service leaders F H Newell and R F Walter.
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Belle Fourche
Board of
United States Engineers
Congress
Government
Chicago & North Western Railway
Black Hills
Newell
Chicago
Mast
Marshall
Biddle
Longfitt
Harts
Katz
Burges
F. H. Newell
Reclamation Service
R. F. Walter
Stock taking at Wolf's My Clothier on Hanover and Portland
Wolf's corner Hanover and Portland streets announces stock taking next Thursday September 1. The store will close until noon. Mr Wolf states buyers have orders to reduce prices on all remaining odds and ends across 21 departments to reach the lowest stock level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolf's
Hanover
Portland Streets
Wolf
Boy Safe After Kidnap Fearful Journey to America
Mr and Mrs Sherman of Roxbury learned their 11 year old son was safe in Cracow after falling from a Galicia bound train during a rail journey from Europe to America. He will make a 6000 mile solo voyage to rejoin his parents as his brother and cousin remained with guardians.
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Benjamin Sherman
Willow Park
Roxbury
Pomerscha
Galicia
Austria
America
Cracow
Harry
Zaslav
Russia
Kief
Shermans
Mr. Sherman
Boston
Benjamin
New York
Lemberg
Kief Sherman
Cracow Hospital
Ninth Starts Home Today From Pine Camp in Bloodless Battle
The Ninth Army, part of the Red Army under Colonel Calvin D. Cowles, camps near Carthage New York awaiting a morning clash with the Blue Army led by Colonel T. W. Jones. Engineers test pontoon bridges across the Black River and field wire crews work as troops prepare for return by 10 o clock. Maine Vermont regiments stay until Tuesday while Massachusetts and Rhode Island units head home early Sunday.
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Field Army
Black River
Signal Corps
Maine
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Officer Sears to stand trial for conduct unbecoming
Lynn Aug 26 Reserve Officer Eben W Sears who arrested his wife and allegedly abused Captain Rowe for not booking her faces trial on conduct unbecoming an officer and insubordination. He had charged his wife with assaulting Mrs Clara Disbrow during the arrest. Sears was a former mayoral candidate and says he will run again this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Eben W. Sears
Rowe
Clara Disbrow
Sears
Russian Edict Grants Straus Passage to St Petersburg
A St. Petersburg despatch says Russia’s interior ministry issued an order permitting Oscar S. Straus, the American ambassador to Turkey, and his family to visit Constantinople and St. Petersburg. The note highlights ongoing anti Jewish restrictions in force.
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Berlin
Tagerbatt
St. Petersburg
Ministry of the Interior
Oscar 8. Straus
Turkey
Constantinople
Rose Pitonof Set to Race Boston Light Course Again
Fifteen year old Rose Pitonof accepts a challenge to swim the Boston Light course anew. Miss Mary T. McDonough of South Boston issued the challenge after gaining fame last summer. The race is set for Sunday, Sept. 4, with Alois Anderle, the Austrian swimmer, attempting the feat again. McDonough rose to prominence from a September 1906 win and has since been regarded as Boston’s top swimmer.
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Rose Pitonof
Boston
Mary T. McDonough
South Boston
Miss Pitonof
Alois Anderle
Miss McDonough
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BIG
A. B. Smith & CO
Boston, Mass
War Office
Vanderbilt
Wolf’s
George
George McManus
He's
Barger -Hes
Boy
Blue Army
Straus
Pabst
Milwaukee
L. Speidel & Co
Sleeper
Tel. Main
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