Four Women Die in Auto Crash Near Granville N Y
Four prominent women died in a car wreck at Raceville near Granville New York. The victims include Mrs Elizabeth Grant widow of Dr Grant of Saratoga and Mrs Charles Wells Jr wife of the Saratoga druggist son. Mrs George W Yates and Mrs F M Robinson widow of Dr Robinson of Boston Mass were identified. Chauffeur Charles A Ostrander survived but in serious condition with poor prospects.
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Granville
N. Y
Raceville
Elizabeth Grant
Grant
Saratoga
Charles Wells, Jr
George W. Yates
F. M. Robinson
Robinson
Boston
Mass
Tragic Rutland Courtyard Collision At Hill Crest Crossing
A party returning from lakes and resorts was struck by an express train at a curve crossing on a steep hill. Mrs. Grant and Mrs. Wells were killed, Mrs. Yates and Mrs. Robinson died soon after, and the chauffeur Ostrander is critically injured. The victims were prominent Saratoga residents from wealthy families.
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Rutland
Frank Bruce
Ostrander
Robinson
Granville
Saratoga Society
George W. Yates
Charles Wells
The
Humane Society
Charles S. Grant
Wells
F. M. Robinson
Boston
Charles Ostrander
Mrs. Frederic M. Robinson of Hub Dies at 65
Mrs. Frederic M. Robinson, 65, a well known Hub resident, spent winters at Hotel Brunswick and summers traveling. Her husband practiced in Boston before his death. She owned substantial property held by a trustee and left June 1 for Saratoga Springs to forward mail. Interment planned in Boston.
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Frederic M. Robinson
Brunswick
Boston
Saratoga Springs
Vanderbilt's 48 million in government bonds uncovered
Washington reports old treasury records reveal elder William H. Vanderbilt owned 48,050,000 in government bonds. Interest totaled 1,922,000 yearly with checks showing 160,000 monthly. Department statisticians note he earned about 220 dollars per hour and 3.66 dollars per minute.
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Washington
William H. Vanderbilt
Treasury
Vanderbilt
Department
Dorothy Whitney Engaged to Willard D Straight
New York report announces the engagement of Dorothy P Whitney of New York daughter of the late William C Whitney to Willard D Straight of Oswego New York a financier noted for backing recent Chinese loans The couple attracts world wide interest as Miss Whitney travels in Europe and Straight is 31 years old.
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New York
Dorothy P. Whitney
William C. Whitney
Willard D. Straight
Oswego
N. Y
Whitney
Europe
Whitneys and Whitneys in early 1900s court and diplomacy links
Former newspaper man Miss Whitney, youngest of four children of a former Secretary of the Navy, has sister Mrs. Almeric Hugh Paget in London and brothers Harry Payne Whitney and Payne Whitney. In 1908 she attended Gladys Vanderbilt and Count Lassie Szechenyi’s wedding. Cornell graduate 1901 Mr. Straight served in China and Japan, later becoming American consul general in Seoul then Mukden, and acting chief of the State Department's Far Eastern affairs division in 1908 1909.
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Miss Whitney
Whitney
Navy
Almeric Hugh Paget
London
Harry Payne Whitney
Payne Whitney
Gladys Vanderbilt
Count Lassie Szechenyi
Cornell
Straight
Chinese Customs Service
Reuters Agency
Associated Press
Japan
Seoul
Mukden
Department of State
Fair Forecast for Boston and Vicinity
Forecast for New England: Overcast Thursday with possible showers in extreme north, Friday likely fair. Little temperature change, winds light to moderate from the south and southwest. Reports from Washington dated July 19.
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Boston
Washington
New England
Lawrence Mayor Cahill declares city solvent despite tax delay
Lawrence Mayor John T. Cahill, reached in New York, says the city is all right and solvent. He plans to take the 1 o clock train to Boston to meet Governor Foss and will oppose a proposed $500,000 loan and state commission takeover. The mayor signals strong local resistance to outside control and vows to fight to a finish.
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Boston
Havana
Cahill
Post
State
John T. Cahill
Lawrence
Prince George
New York City
Foss
Prince George Hotel
New York
State House
City Officials to Attend State House Meeting
Mayor Cahill plans to depart New York tonight to join Lawrence city officials at the State House. A delegation of eight bankers and three newspaper proprietors will oppose Governor Foss on the proposition. Attending from Lawrence are City Treasurer William A. Keleher City Auditor Richard J. Shea and City Solicitor Daniel J. Murphy.
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Cahill
New York
State House
E. F. Manahan
Lawrence
Foss
William A. Keleher
Richard J. Shea
Daniel J. Murphy
McLoughlin Wins Tennis Match In Tourney
National and American league style scores appear, noting McLoughlin defeats Pell in a tennis match. Boston and Cleveland referenced with terse results. Boston’s rhythm and early game starts draw fan objections amid a busy sports roundup.
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McLoughlin
Pell
Acushia Il
Boston Y. Cc
Deforest Voices Regret In Divorce Suit
San Francisco on July 19 Dr Lee Deforest noted wireless inventor spoke of regret over his marriage to suffragist Nora Stan ton Blatch Deforest as he discussed his divorce suit.
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San Francisco
Lee Deforest
Nora Stanton Blatch Deforest
Suffragette Family Dispute Reveals Private Rift
A divorced husband recounts marital strain caused by Mrs Harriet Stanton Blatch, noting her domination over his wife and the child. He describes failed efforts to reconcile, a $5000 offer to concede custody, and the wife’s Cornell engineering career with Bradley Steel, all amid the suffrage movement’s influence.
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Deforest
Riverside Drive
New York
Wickersham Urges Federal Commission for Big Firms
Attorney General Wickersham spoke to the Minnesota Bar Association in Duluth and urged creating an Interstate Corporation Commission to regulate large industrial groups and possibly fix prices. He said supply and demand no longer set prices and that cartels have controlled staple industries, with an interstate body helping enforce the anti trust laws.
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Duluth
Minn
Wickersham
Minnesota State Bar Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mr. Wickersham
Interstate Corporation Commission
United States
F Gray Co Great Blue Serge Sale Featured
F Gray Co offers 5000 men's blue serge suits from Oswego mills at $7.99, advertised as best $15 value. Located at Washington and Nover streets with alpaca-fine fabric noted.
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F. Gray CO
Oswego Mills
Alpaca
Washington
Nover Streets
Ado
Boston swindle gang fleeces Butter in Providence case
William A. Crane was arrested in Boston as part of a quartet that robbed Samuel Butter of 7500 dollars in Providence. Crane claims Butter was lured by a fake horse pool room frame up and a copper deal. Police note Big Lem Grosneider led the gang, with Kane and others missing. Authorities say Boston men have repeatedly come to be fleeced here.
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Providence
William A. Crane
Boston
Samuel Butter
Butter
Mr. Butter
Lem Grosneider
George Coleman
Cambridge
Boston Faro Swindle Ties Lem Grosneider to Butter Case
The report ties Lem Grosneider, associate of Martin Walsh, to a Boston faro bank swindle that recently exposed Butter as a gullible victim. The scheme, mirroring a prior bank clerk ruse, relied on victim reluctance to reveal gullibility, with Butter’s exposure following an intractable stance and crowd clash. Crane notes the operation began in Boston last Monday afternoon during his time with Welding Electric Company.
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Coleman
Butter
Boston
Crane
Mr. Butter
The
Welding Electric Company
Three Bandits Hold Up Produce Wagon in Somerville
Robert J. Tufts aged 44 on Adrian street Somerville reports a late night robbery by three armed men at Middlesex avenue and the Fellsway. They took $25 from Tufts and the two boys with him and remain at large as police in Medford Everett and Somerville search for them.
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Robert J. Tufts
Adrian Street
Somerville
Middlesex Avenue
Medford
Everett
Robbery on a deserted street halts Tufts and two youths
Tufts driving with two boys is halted by three armed robbers who search them and force Tufts to drive off. The trio retreat toward Somerville as police and neighboring towns join a search effort for the culprits.
Hub Tourists Off to Dresden
Berlin July 19 The Boston business men's delegation left for Dresden to attend the hygienic exposition.
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Dresden
Berlin
Boston
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Hub
W. H. Vanderbilt
Pippins
Waoore, Ivery Cigar Counter
Dorothy Whitney
W. D. Straight
Financier
Miss Dorothy Whitney
Augustin Daly
Confederate Congress
Richmond
Sherman
Atlanta
Ates
Thompson's Spa
Goldsmith, Silver & Co
Lawrence IS All Right
Marceau
Vfirst
National
Bostonm
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Bostom
Cleveland
Ahearn
Godfrey
James P. Clarke
Martin Walsh
Somerville Boulevard
Tufts
Metropolitan Park Police
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