Great American fleet passes Valparaiso in parade
A fleet of 16 battleships under Rear Admiral Evans sails into Valparaiso Bay with the Chilian navy saluting. President Montt and officers greet the ships as the Connecticut and 154 sister ships follow the Chacabuco and five destroyers in a four knot parade past the Baquedano amid perfect weather and cheering crowds.
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Valparaiso
Hill
Admiral Evans
Chili
Ievans
Callao
Peru
President Montt
Republic
Caramilla Point
Valparaiso Bay
Chacabuco
Connecticut
Chillanora
Eral Baquedano
Purcell Divorce Ties to Boston Wealth Figure
Despatches from Seattle report Patrick Purcell alias Pierce J Moss married a wealthy politician’s widow and was divorced from Mary P Purcell in Seattle. If Purcell also is Moss of Boston he had a wife living when he wed Miss Mary Doherty of East Dedham street in October 189. The case links Purcell’s high finance life and love affairs across cities and countries.
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Seattle
Wash
Patrick Purcell
Pierce J Moss
Pierce J. Moss
Purcell
Mary P. ‘Purcell
Moss
Boston
Mary Doherty
Dedham’ Street
Mary P. Purcell
Miss Doherty
The
Post
Ireland
Irving
East Dedham Street
Tornado Strikes Tyler Texas In Deadly Pre-Dawn Blast
A catastrophic tornado roared into Tyler Texas before daylight today. It ripped through the main residential area, killing C A Francis, a Dallas News agent, his wife and baby, and Mose Lee, an 80 year old Black man. Francis was found 100 yards from his wrecked home. The child lay in the street, and Mrs. Francis remained in the rubble.
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Tyler
Tex
C A. Francis
Dallas News
Mose Lee
Francis
Tornado devastates Tyler causing multiple injuries and wide damage
Six people are seriously injured including Irwin Franklin his wife and four children. A tornado wrecked Tyler destroying twelve buildings and uprooting farms within a five mile path. Casualty totals remain uncertain as wires are down and rural losses loom, with one child at risk of death.
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Irwin Franklin
Franklins
Tyler
Franklin
Witzhoff Confesses to 132 Wives and 30 Aliases
London dispatch reports George A. Witzhoff the New York bigamist, jailed in Bristol for seven years under the name Arthur Hyne, has confessed to 132 wives and 30 aliases. He says many wives were New York women and that he used rapid marriages to drain each victim’s money.
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London
George A. Witzhoff
New York
Bristol
Arthur Hyne
Public Notice Last Page Ad Readiness
Public notice indicates an interest to read an advertisement on the last page. The fragment mentions a figure or name associated with Hollan and Adam, suggesting a local notice about placement or approval.
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Sain Wine Rey
Hollan
Adama
Bold Thieves Target North End Bank Shot Standoff
Santo Missing of 37 Tile Street North End resisted a hold up after drawing $200 from a North Street bank. Three highwaymen fired at him but missed. One suspect, Frank Sarace, 23, was captured after a wild chase. Police seek two accomplices described but at large late last night.
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North Street
Santo Missing
Tileston Street
North End
Missino
Ridlan
James
Kieran
Hoe
Frank Sarace
Hanover Street
Anatody
Vanderbilts deny Mrs Green jewel loan claim
In New York on February 14 officials for the Vanderbilt family rebut Mrs Hetty Green's claim that they sought a loan on a box of jewels. They state no loan request occurred and call her statement false. Green also alleged she lent Harry Payne Whitney a million dollars amid mortgage activity.
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New York
Vanderbilt Family
Hetty Green
Green
Vanderbilts
Hetty Green Discusses Large Loans and Market Foresight
In a long interview Mrs. Hetty Green reveals she warned of a looming financial squeeze three years earlier. She recalls the New York Central seeking a large loan and explains she moved to call in her money, focusing on first mortgages and tightening her real estate deals.
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Hetty Green
Vanderbilt
Medicina prex dg and grip used in ib John
Fragmentary note indicates a medical remedy described as a prex dg for ib or grip applied in relation to John. Details are limited, with uncertain context and attribution.
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John
Medicina
Shah Mohammed Ali Assassinated in Teheran Turmoil
A Teheran dispatch reports Shah Mohammed Ali has been assassinated. He ascended the throne a year ago and granted a constitution, but his reign has been marked by trouble and turmoil. No further details were available at press time.
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Vienna
Teheran
Persia
Mohammed Ali
Sat on Peacock Throne Mohammed Ali Mirza Crowned Persian Heir
Mohammed Ali Mirza a 35 year old Persian prince educated in Persian and European studies, trained in war and politics, governed Azerbaijan with precise administration, and was described as earnest and energetic, avoiding ostentatious display as heir to the Persian throne.
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Teheran
Mohammed Ali Mirza
Tabriz
Europe
Persia
Azerbaijan
England
Prince of
Wales
Lafayette College Alumni Plan Dewey Day Plea
A New York Alumni Association dinner resolution urged all towns and schools to send expressions of sympathy to Admiral George Dewey on May 1 1908 the tenth anniversary of the Manila battle.
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New York
George Dewey
Manila
Lafayette College
Rain Forecast for Boston and East Coast
The forecast calls for rain in Boston and vicinity on Saturday with Sunday turning fair and colder and brisk to high west winds. Eastern New York expects rain on Saturday possibly snow in the far north, with Sunday becoming fair and colder and brisk to high winds shifting from south to west.
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Boston
Vicinity
Washington
New York
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