Ninth Infantry Ends Sham Camp Near Barnstable Mills
The Fighting Ninth Infantry prepares a sham battle in the hills near Barnstable Mills with a final encampment by Cotuit Pond. Soldiers from South Boston Worcester Lowell Lawrence Natick and Clinton depart Sunday after seven days of maneuvers at Peters Pond.
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Sandwich
Ninth” Infantry
Barnstable Mills
Cotuit Pond
Boston
Worcester
Lowell
Lawrence
Natick
Clinton
Peters’ Pond
Battle Maneuvers Near Barnstable Mills Describe Regiment Exercise
A field drill features 22 000 blank cartridges for four machine guns advancing two hours ahead of a regiment. Maj Frank L Donovan leads the battalion with scouts, two battalions follow under Lt Col John H Dunn, and a full mock battle tests positions and withdrawal. Residents attend the Ninth’s minstrel show as part of the day’s events.
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Frank L. Donovan
Barnstable Mills
John H. Dunn
Fire Danger at Deer Island Reports Warn of Hazards
Penal Commissioner David B Shaw received a report by hydraulic expert Thomas M Wilson noting a near total absence of firefighting facilities on Deer Island and a serious menace to human life. A second report by W A Wheater and Wilson urges installation of shower baths for inmates and the prison hospital to improve personal cleanliness.
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Deer Island
David B. Shaw
Thomas M. Wilson
W. A. Wheater
Morgan Fortune 10 Once Geisha Girl
The death in Seville of George D. Morgan, cousin of J. Pierpont Morgan, rekindles his prior marriage to Mile Yuki Kato of Kyoto. Once engaged to Meta Mackay, he wed the geisha girl who now stands to inherit his fortune.
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Seville
Spain
George D. Morgan
John Hale Morgan
J. Pierpont Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Mile. Yuki Kato
Kyoto
Japan
Meta Mackay
New York
Mlle
Yuki Kato
Romance and Death of Mr Morgan in Seville
Osamu Terada reports the romance and death of George D. Morgan in Seville. Morgan, linked to J. P. Morgan and Yale class of 1894, married Yokohama geisha Mile Yukisan after canceling an engagement to Meta Mackay. The article also explains geisha roles and defends their character against foreign misperceptions.
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Mr. Morgan
Post
Osamu Terada
Osaka Times
Mr. Terada
Harvard Medical School
Osaka Medical Academy
Iowa State University
Tokio Medical Association
American Medical Association
Chicago
Morgan
Morgan and geisha romance in Kyoto and Yokohama
The narrative recalls Mr. Morgan meeting geisha Milo Yuki Kato in Kyoto during April cherry blossoms and their long romance leading to a 1904 Yokohama marriage. It notes a $25,000 wedding gift, disapproval from Morgan’s father and stepmother, and subsequent moves to New York Paris and finally Spain after WWI, with Morgan preferring quiet Japan to New York bustle.
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Mr. Morgan
Kyoto
Tokio
Japan
Larz Anderson
Milo
Yuki Kato
Yokohama
Sarah Learned Mifflin
Newport
New York
Gotham
Paris
Spain
One American aboard the Cymric bound for Liverpool
The White Star liner Cymric sailing for Liverpool carries 15 000 tons of cargo and 186 passengers including 62 cabin and 120 steerage travelers. Only Frank Roy Gibson of Buffalo is American among them, with 16 women and six children in the cabin and few women in steerage. The cargo list includes supplies for Great Britain such as motor cars trucks airplanes empty shells and cartridges.
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New York
Cymric
Liverpool
Frank Roy Gibson
Buffalo
Great Britain
754 Italians Sail for Fighting Front
The Italia line steamer Ancona sailed from Philadelphia to Naples via New York with 754 reserves for the Italian army. They came from various parts of the United States. A large crowd witnessed the departure with much enthusiasm aboard. Total aboard is 917 passengers.
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Philadelphia
Italia Line
Naples
New York
United States
Ancona
Poultry Convention Leader Urges Progress for Farm Best
Amherst July 23 Professor R V Mitchell of New Hampshire State College urged the public to reject careless farmers at the poultry convention closing day. He warned disease knowledge has made buyers wary and called on farmers to improve and adopt better practices.
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Amherst
R. V. Mitchell
New Hampshire State College
Durham
Massachusetts Agricultural College
Poultry Industry Practices and Market Outlook in New England
Dr. Mitchell emphasizes sanitary handling of poultry and urges improved packaging and marketing. He notes 9 percent of New England poultry comes from elsewhere, 10 percent home raised, and describes central West farming, rail shipment, crate packing, seven to fourteen day feeding, and dry cooling. Eggs are cooled, candled, graded, and sold in 30 dozen cases, with market timing supported by cold storage.
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Mitchell
New England
Central West States
United States
Rescued Mother in Cambridge Fire at Hampshire Street
Early morning blaze at 120 122 Hampshire street Cambridgeport confined to two stables and a shed. Mrs Ellen O Connell paralyzed for four years and bed bound was saved by her son Edward O Connell and taken to safety as smoke drove tenement residents into the streets in their night attire.
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Hampshire Street
Cambridgeport
Ellen O'Connell
Edward O’connell
Fire destroys multiple stables and property in Cambridge
Early in the blaze 25 horses were rescued by police officers firemen and locals. The flames started at L Pearlman 120 Hampshire street destroying his stable and a nearby stable owned by Elmer Bright former Cambridge Ice Company property. A one story store and an architect office also burned. Several horses may have been lost. Chief Bunker cited a rear stable origin.
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L. Pearlman
Hampshire Street
Elmer Bright
Cambridge Ice Company
Bunker
Pearlman
Lansing Visits Col. E. M. House
Secretary Lansing leaves Washington for Manchester Massachusetts to visit Colonel E M House a close personal friend of President Wilson He will gauge reactions after drafting the German note and will address the British note and Mexican situation upon arrival
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Washington
Lansing
Manchester
Mass
E. M. House
Wilson
Mary Waller a Nantucket Author Opens Up About Writing
Nantucket July 23 Miss Mary E Waller the prolific author of The Wood Carver of Lympus and twelve other novels spoke openly for the first time about publicity and her writing method. She described starting with outlines for a boy book and a girl book while maintaining two fingers on the typewriter and caring for her invalid mother.
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Mary E. Waller
Paul Waitt
Nantucket
Lympus
Mary Waller
Boston
Europe
New York
Quincy Shaw School
Chicago
Bethel
Miss Mary Waller
Submarine Joule Missing and Considered Lost
Geneva dispatch reports the French submarine Joule missing since April 23 and presumed lost. Built at Toulon in 1911 the vessel measures 167.3 feet with 1258 knots speed, six torpedo tubes and a crew of 24.
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Berlin
Today
Geneva
Joule
Toulon
British Steamship sinks after Suez mine collision
A Cairo report relayed by The Hague dispatch says the British steamship The resa hit a Turkish mine in the Suez Canal and sank while passing through the canal. The incident adds to the peril faced by ships due to mine dangers in wartime waters.
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Suez
Berlin
The
Hague
Overseas News
Cairo
Theresa
Suez Canal
Theresa Vessels Listed Without British Nationality
Shipping records show multiple vessels named Theresa but none listed as British. The entries indicate the ships share the name yet lack British nationality designation in the registry.
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Theresa
Becker Seeks New Trial in Rosenthal Case
Supreme Court signs order for State to show cause on Becker motion for a new trial as he faces execution at Sing Sing next Wednesday. hearing set for July 26 before Justice Ford with District Attorney Perkins opposing. New affidavits and evidence from Becker defense team and associates are presented, including statements from Father Curry and Jack Rose regarding Sullivan and Applebaum.
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New York
Charles Becker
Sing Sing Prison
Supreme Court
Philbin
Ford
Charles A. Perkins
Herman Rosenthal
W. Bourke Cochran
Justice Philbin
Timothy D. Sullivan
Congress
Cochran
Becker
Martin T. Manton
Harford T. Marshall
John F. McIntyre
Timothy Sullivan
Rosenthal
Whitman
Harry Applebaum
Bullivan
James B. Curry
Father Curry
Tim” Sullivan
Sullivan
Jack Rose
Applebaum
Circle Theatre
Rose
Drowning Deaths of Bowley Brothers Blamed on Accident
Medical Examiner Magrath reports the deaths of Clarence H. Bowley and Daniel Bowley of Lynn as accidental drownings in the Muddy River near the Ipswich street bridge. Authorities say no foul play is suspected despite the father’s claim.
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Magrath
Clarence H. Bowley
Daniel Bowley
Lynn
Ipswich Street Bridge
Woman hit by wrench may die at Boston open air theater
Marie Edna Riley aged 77 is in critical condition after a wrench strike to the head at the M Street playground open air moving picture show. Police hold two men Raymond E. Smith and Charles McMullen and will question them about the incident.
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Marie Edna _ Riley
Allen F. Riley
O Street
South Boston
M Street
Raymond E. Smith
Thorndike Street
West Somerville
Charles McMullen
Harvard Street
Dorchester
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Norfolk
Georges
Franklin
Providence
Morgan Fortune
BY Osama Terada
Joan Hale Morgan
J. P. Morgan
Globe Traveller
Yale
Mile
Yukisan
Venus
America
Col. E. M. House
Aeih
Hugh
Nantucket Ahoy
Mary E
BY Paul Waitt
Mary Antoinette
Nantucket House
Waitt
GoRth
Bae
Nantucket Hospital
Miss Waller
Ruskin
Vermont
White River Valley
Falmsted
Netherlands
Quincy Shaw
Lynn Brothers
Massachusetts Co-operative Hospital, Inc
Marlboro Street
Mass. Ave
Sterling Inn
Bosto
Fine State Road
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