Bay State gunners smash target at Fort Warren practice
Captain William Stitt and New Bedford fourth company of artillerymen win praise for extraordinary marksmanship in the coast artillery drill at Fort Warren. A 10-inch gun first tore a canvas target, then two shots from Battery Bartlett smashed the target. other batteries fired from 12 and 4.7 inch rifles at ranges up to 5000 yards. The event featured observers Washington officials, paymaster activity, and plans for an overnight fleet-defense phase with the General Anderson tugs simulating an enemy fleet.
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William Stitt
New Bedford
Coast Artillery Corps
Fort Warren
Bartlett
Fort Strong
Boston
Fort Revere
Fort Standish
Frederic S. Howes
George F. Quinby
Mander
Norris
Bert Andrew
R. H. Patterson
Walter E. Lombard
J W. Lyon
Albert L. Kendall
Fort Heath
Fort Banks
Forts Heath
Banks
Cutter
Forth Heath
Charles P. Nutter
Nutter
Patterson
Anderson
Irvington Street
Shorty Springs a Nerve Cure in Post Magazine
Sewell Ford’s Shor ty appears in next Sunday’s Post Magazine as one of the season’s best in the series.
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Shorty
Sewell Ford
Next
Post
Newport Socialites Welcomes May Van Alen Back Home
Miss May Van Alen of Newport, famed for her many engagements, returned on the White Star liner Zeeland after a four years abroad, resuming life at the fashionable watering place and drawing social gossip.
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May van Alen
Newport
Zeeland
Miss Van Alen Evades Duty at New York Pier Arrival
Miss Van Alen, daughter of James J. Van Alen, arrived with about a dozen trunks and luggage but paid little duty. She claimed foreign residence, planned to return to Europe, and avoided a full baggage inspection. Customs officials noted it as a rare case at the port.
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James J. van Alen
Europe
Mayor White May Resign Amid Rumor in Lawrence
City rumors sweep Lawrence as City Solicitor D J Murphy hints at Mayor William P White resigning while serving a three year term in the House of Correction. The Aldermen may elect a new mayor if the resignation occurs though Murphy would not confirm the Mayor's legal ability to act.
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Lawrence
D. J. Murphy
William P. White
House of Correction
Board of Aldermen
White
New Explosive Outrivals Dynamite In Harmless Form
Hartford July 21 prominent Connecticut businessmen formed the American Carbonite Company to begin making at Melrose a high power explosive safer than dynamite or nitroglycerin. Called Carbonite after discoverer Professor Carlson it can be hammered jarred on trains shot with cartridges or touched with lighted matches without exploding, needing a special cap and detonator.
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Hartford, Conn
Connecticut
American Carbonite Company
Melrose
Conn
Carlson
Notable Massachusetts Senators in Early U S History
John Quincy Adams and Timothy Pickering served in the United States Senate, with Adams succeeding Mason in 1803 and Pickering succeeding Dwight Foster, serving until 1811. Adams later held roles as minister to Russia, Secretary of State, and President. Pickering, born 1745, held posts including Postmaster General, Secretary of War, and Secretary of State, later returning to the Senate and Congress before his death in 1829.
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John Quincy Adams
United States
Jonathan Mason
United States Senate
Timothy Pickering
Senate
Dwight Foster
Quincy
Russia
Harvard University
Newburyport
Boston
Helland
England
Sweden
Prussia
Adams
United States Supreme Court
Monroe
Congress
Salem
Harvard College
Lexington
Pickering
Charlestown
Washington
Middlebrook
N. J
Valley Forge
Brandywine
Germantown
Continental Board of War
General Greene
Riot ing Breaks Out in Railroad Strike
Rioting erupts in a railroad yard and two sleeping cars near the station as around 40 guards secure property. Foresters' Hall serves as strike headquarters while Local 930 committeeman L. W. Moore of St. Albans arrives to counsel the workers.
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Foresters’ Hall
L. W. Moore
Brotherhood of Railroad
St. Albans
Freight Trains Moving After Railroad Strike
Portland Maine July 21 With passenger service satisfactory on the Grand Trunk railway freight traffic resumed after a strike. The beef train from Montreal arrived to avert a beef famine and other freights to Island Pond Vermont and Montreal began. Trainmaster Connelly said strikers are not to be rehired under current conditions. Strikebreakers from the South and West are filling crews amid complaints of 16 hour work limits being exceeded.
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Portland
Grand Trunk Railway
Montreal
Island Pond
J. J. Connelly
Hallet & Davis Boys Start Piano League
The Hallet and Davis boys prepare a piano league with a game against the Hallet and Davis factory team next Saturday at the D street grounds in South Boston. Manager Gray has more dates scheduled with other piano houses. The team includes McArthur, Morton, Audet, Kjellander as captain, Loughead, Ellis, Tenner, Cartmack, and Craig.
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Hallet & Davis
D ‘Street
South
Boston
Gray
McArthur
Morton
Audet
Kjellander
S.s
Loughead
Ellis
Tenner
Cartmack
Craig
R.f
Obituary notices from Roxbury to Charlestown list several funeral plans
Funeral notices announce services for Charles Anderson at Waterman Chapel Roxbury Ellen Collins in South Boston David Buckler Hyde Park and more. Entries list ages addresses funeral times and church or cemetery details with requests for no flowers and relatives invited. Some local notes mention burial and masses at St Eulalia St Joseph St Mary and St Catherine churches.
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Anderson
Roxbury
Charles Anderson
Bickford Avenue
Waterman Chapel
Washington Street
Buckler
Hyde Park
David Henry Buckler
Hyde Park Avenue
Clarendon Hills
Collins
Boston
Ellen T. Collins
James
Catherine Collins
Broadway
St. Eulalia’s Church
Coughlan
Somerville
Richard F
Mary
Richard Coughlan
Dunn
Medford Street
St. Joseph’s Church
Holyhood Cemetery
McGuire
Bernard McGuire
Summer Street
St. Joseph's Church
Union Square
Sullivan
Charlestown
Toophy F
Daniel
Julia Sullivan
Decatur Street
St. Catherine’s Church
St. Laimerine’s
Ives
Conductor Burke in Brattleboro Court Delayed Case
John Burke, conductor, was arrested by Brattleboro police after allegedly flashing a revolver at five girls waiting at the railroad station when the New London bound train arrived. He faced a brief hearing and the case was continued to July 30 with bail posted.
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Brattleboro
Burke
W. E. Costello
New London
Conn
Peace on Canadian Pacific rails ends strike threat
The Canadian Pacific Railway reached a largely technical agreement with conductors and trainmen affirming the standard pay rate east of Chicago. The deal covers retroactive pay to May 1, with the formal signing tomorrow. Arbitration discussions with government mediation were proposed but declined by the company. Train service and freight handling are being restored gradually, with weeks needed to return to normal.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
Grand Trunk Brothers
Messrs. Leonard and McTier
Murdock
Chicago
Grand Trunk Railway Company
W. S. MacKenzie King
Ottawa
Hays
E. BE. Clark
United States Interstate Commerce Commission
P. H. Morrissey
Railway Employees’ Association
Grand Trunk
Adamson's Cough Balsam Cures Coughs and Grippe
An advertisement reports Adamson's Cough Balsam cures coughs colds and grippe and is available at all druggists.
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Adamson
French farmer confesses to 1901 murder of five children
In Tours France a rag picker named Joseph confessed to the 1901 murder of five Briere children near Chartres. The father, farmer with small Cerancez farm, was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment, dying in prison. A motive cited wealth and marriage, while the trial drew nationwide attention.
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Tours
France
Joseph
Briere
Chartres
Cerancez
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