Joe Goddard Shot In Election Row In New Jersey
In Camden on July 28 a bitter primary for delegates to the Republican convention in New Jersey’s first district erupted into violence. John Morrisey of Philadelphia was shot through the heart, Joe Goddard was fatally shot in Pensauken, and Constable Isaac Fowler was stabbed, with others injured amid rioting at Pensauken and Merchantville polling places.
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Camden
N. J
New Jersey
Henry C. Loudenslager
J. Alpheus van Sant
South Jersey
Joe’’ Goddard
Philadelphia
Pensauken Township
Merchantville
Goddard
Robert Washington
Isaac Fowler
John Morrisey
Harry Miller
Roosevelt to Visit Newport At The Ledges This Summer
President and Mrs. Roosevelt will be guests of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fulton Cutting at The Ledges on Ocean Avenue in Newport around early September or during the army and navy maneuvers. Miss Roosevelt is expected Friday to visit Miss Cutting and will stay several weeks. several receptions in her honor will be held.
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Newport
R. I
Roosevelt
Robert Fulton Cutting
New York
Ocean Avenue
Army and Navy
Miss Roosevelt
Miss Cutting
Roosevelt Luncheon Aboard Mayflower Before Maneuvers
President Roosevelt and family dine on the Mayflower at Sagamore Hill before the ship sails to Gardiner’s Bay for target practice and summer maneuvers off New London. Two sailors jumped overboard during the anchorage but one was recovered. Colonel Charles G. Hood arrived, briefing the President on the Philippines while two battalions are stationed at Atlanta and a third at Fort Slocum.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Alice
Sagamore Hill
Gardener's Bay
Shelter Island
New London
Conn
McKinley
Potomac River
Seawanhaka Dock
Charles G. Hood
Sixteenth
U. S. Infantry
San Francisco
Philippines
Hood
Luzon
Atlanta
Fort Slocum
Cuba Pig Brother Cigarros Advert Ends With Smell Appeal
An advertisement touts Cuba Pig Brother Cigars costing 20 cents and claims a single packet for 10 cents will persuade a smoker quickly via Havana tobacco aromas. It suggests large ad spend may not be needed to win customers.
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Cuba
Secretary Moody's Northern Cruise From Sagamore Hill
Secretary Moody, Roosevelt guest at Sagamore Hill for 48 hours, departed aboard the Dolphin on a northern cruise. A 17 gun salute greeted him as he left the landing. He will sail along the New England coast to Portland, stopping at points of interest or business along the way.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Moody
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Dolphin
New England
Portland
Local Boston Forecast With Warm, Cloudy Outlook
Partly cloudy weather continues in Boston and vicinity through Tuesday and Wednesday. Temperatures stay warm with light winds generally from the west.
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Boston
Vicinity
Temperature Readings At Thompson Spa Show Daily Averages
The reading at Thompson's Spa on Washington Street listed hourly temperatures with a final average of 77.5 degrees for yesterday. A year ago yesterday the average temperature was 27 degrees.
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Thompson's Spa
Washington Street
Siesaenses
Fight in Ireland stage as Dublin leaders take action
Boston readers focus on the Irish struggle as the Irish parliamentary party led by Redmond O Brien Dillon and Davitt issues writs of conspiracy against the landlord trust. The move aims to force compulsory buyouts, curb rents, and press for strikes amid a heated tenancy conflict and landlord opposition.
Irish Nationalist Protests South Africa Royal Commission
In the House of Commons John G. 5. MacNeill moved a protest against the appointment of Lord Alverstone and Sir John Bigham to a royal commission to South Africa on Aug 9 to review military court sentences. He argued their stance on the Jameson Raid Commission unfits them. The motion failed 10 to 64.
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London
House of Commons
John G
MacNeill
Lord Alverstone
England
John Bigham
King's Bench
High Court of Justice
John Ardagh
South African Claims Commission
South Africa
Sir John Bigham
Crisis in Irish Struggle Reaches New Phase
Dublin reports a crisis as Redmond Dillon O'Brien and Davitt issue writs of conspiracy against landlord trust. The landlords' trust battles the United Irish League to nullify tenants on the Defreyne estate amid months of agitation. The government is believed to back the trust and may respond to the trial’s sensational prospects.
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Ireland
Boston
United Irish League
Irish Parliamentary Party
Parnell
Land Commission
Irish Party
Dillion
Dillon
Defreyne
John Redmond
William O'Brien
John Dillon
Michael Davitt
Irish Landlord Trust
Timmins
South Boston
Post
Lord Defreyne
County
Roscommon
J. W. Russell
England
Dublin
Redmond
O’brien
Davitt
Landlords’ Trust
Landlords
Verdict against McHugh in libel case in Sligo
Crown solicitor William Fenton obtained a verdict of 17500 dollars in damages against Patrick A McHugh Nationalist MP for the Northern division of Leitrim for libel. The case held that speeches by McHugh and articles in the Sligo Champion led to Fenton being dismissed from the Sligo County council position.
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Belfast
Willam R. Fenton
Sligo
Patrick A. McHugh
House of Commons
Leiitrim
Senton
Lightning and Flood Ravage New York City Area
A violent storm from July 28 lashed New York City and nearby towns with heavy rain and lightning. Dennis Cash, 62, was killed by a bolt in the city. Flooding damaged the rapid transit tunnel works, sewer gas ignited by a lightning flash, and Cross towers at St Paul the Apostle were destroyed. Hoboken and Montclair also suffered damage with fatalities. The storm moved toward Long Island Sound after soaking upper Manhattan and the Bronx.
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New York
Dennis Cash
Church of St. Paul the Apostle
Sixtieth Street
Paulist Fathers
Manhattan
Ninety-sixth Street
New York Central
Hoboken
Montclair
N. J
Bronx
Long Island Sound
Death by Own Action In Hyde Park Man Identified
Theody of the man who killed himself at Dooley's Hotel Friday morning is that of Charles Ekland a machinist living at 20 Hillside Street Hyde Park Identification was made possible by a Post publication Sunday showing a cut of the dead man Friends identified the body at the morgue and the remains are expected to be claimed today
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Theody
Dooley
Yestercus
Charles Ekland
Hillside Street
Hyde Park
Post
Open Lamp Caused Mine Disaster Says Jury
Johns town dispatch reports coroner's jury in Rolling Mill mine disaster findings on July 28. The verdict states an open lamp carried into room No 2, where gas existed, violated Cambria Steel Co rules and regulations and caused the blast.
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Johnstown
Penn
Cambria Steel Company
Tube Workers Strike At American Tube Company
About 500 Local 4 members of the International Tube Workers of America in Somerville voted to suspend work. They demand reinstatement of Michael Dealy and discharge of 20 to 30 Italian workers, threatening a plant shutdown and plans to meet Local 5 for strike actions.
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American Tube Company
International Tube Workers of America
Somerville
Union Hall
Union Square
John E. Norton
Michael Dealy
Dealey
Ten Days on Half a Loaf of Bread Aboard Sachem
Henry A Ritty, an Alsace Lorainne native and American citizen, spent ten days in the hold of the Warren line steamer Sachem with only a half loaf of bread and no water. He was discovered on a cargo bale in Charlestown harbor and revived by the ship's surgeon after severe starvation and exposure.
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Henry Alphonse Kitty
Warren Line
Sachem
America
Boston Harbor
Alsace-Lorraine
Liverpool
Henry A. Ritty
Charlestown
Post
H. A. Ritty
Wed From Grief to Love in Hoboken
Seiler a 78 year old widower and Minnie Wolff an 18 year old neighbor wed at the Wolff home after two weeks of porch conversations following his wife's death. Police intervened earlier as Mr Wolff sought to halt the marriage though the ceremony proceeded at home.
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New York
Frederick Seiler
Minnie Wolff
Seiler
First Street
Hoboken
Wolffs
Grand Street
Minnie
Mr. Wolff
Garhardt
Congdon
Wolff
LARCENY CHARGE AGAINST YOUTH AT HOME
Tony Babuso aged 18 was arrested by Officers Driscoll and Rea gar for larceny of 105 dollars from his mother at 1776 Washington Street. He was found with 64.50 dollars, a ticket to New York, and a new suit of clothes.
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Tony Babuso
Driscoll and
Reagar
Washington Street
Tony
New York
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Joe Goddard
Gleinuilne
Anama
Alexander Andalaft
Summer Street
Roaston
South African Commission
M’hugh
Punkin Pink
Larceny
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