Fitzgerald to Speak at Dunne Event for Chicago Mayor Bid
Ex-Congressman John F. Fitzgerald, a mayoral candidate, is expected to outline views impacting the next municipal campaign at the Tammany Club pow wow in Caledonia Grove. Mayor Dunne plans to discuss municipal ownership and will be met at the Parker House by a club committee before traveling to the grove. A balloon ascent and tight rope display precede vaudeville and fireworks, with athletic events including sprints, mile, relay, shot put, and girls dash.
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Edward F. Dunne
Chicago
Tammany Club
Caledonia Grove
Boston
John F. Fitzgerald
Collins
Dunne
James Donovan
Street Department
Joseph J. Corbett
Jeremiah J. Good
W. T. A. Fitzgerald
Democratic City Committee
Case Against Actor Burton Dismissed
The case against Al H. Burton, vaudeville star, arrested after leaving Keith's Theatre on a non support complaint by his wife, was dismissed in Municipal Criminal Court for lack of prosecution. Mrs. Burton did not appear to press charges, her absence unexplained.
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al H. Burton
Keith’s
Municipal Criminal Court
Scollans Begins His 4005 Year Sentence
Thomas J. Scollans was sentenced by Judge Bond in Superior Criminal Court to not less than four nor more than five years in State prison for being accessory to bribing a juror in the teaming fraud cases. His family wept as he faced the sentence and received three days in solitary confinement upon arrival at the prison.
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Thomas J. Scollans
Bond
Superior Criminal Court
Commonwealth
Scollans
Margaret
Nellie
Benjamin B. Dewing
Henry A. Silver
Donovan
General Bridges
Dewing
Margaret Scollans
Boston
Manning
Kimball
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Tenement House
New York
France
Sea Breeze
Laura Wimmington
Lyman Abbott
Fresh Air Fund
St. Luke’s Hospital
Jacob Riis
Hudson
Admiral Evans
Skillaglee Monster Caught By Silva Crew Off Georges Bank
The schooner Ida Silva crew nets a 1419 pound skillaglee a cross between horse mackerel and swordfish off Georges Banks. The massive catch took four hours to land and is sent to Gloucester Fresh Fish Company for sale with crew shares plus proceeds from 88 swordfish.
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Post
Georges Banks
Boston
Gloucester Fresh Fish Company
Atlantic Avenue
Ida M. Silva
Silva
Rosyth Selected Over Chatham For New Navy Base
London July 28 The Admiralty will skip the Chatham dockyard extension and push the Rosyth base in Scotland as the preferred site for future naval facilities. The plan, valued at about 32.5 million dollars in 1908 terms, reflects expected fewer ships but greater individual power and larger berthing and docking needs.
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London
House of Commons
Arthur H. Lee
Admiralty
Chatham Dockyard
Rosyth
Firth of Forth
Scotland
Chatham
Lee
Eastleigh
Great Britain
England
France
Mediterranean
North Sea
Germany
Boston Lawyer Griswold Dies From Train Collision
Loren K E Griswold a Boston attorney died in Lancaster New Hampshire from injuries after a Maine Central train struck him while he rode a bicycle across tracks at North Stratford. He suffered a severed leg and severe head injuries. His mother and sister traveled from Boston to be with him and left on a late train with the boat.
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Lancaster
N. H
Loren K E. Griswold
Boston
North Stratford
Griswold
Maine Central Railroad
Statement on License Policy in Residential Districts
The coming week may reveal the Board of Police stance on licenses for grocery and barrooms in residential areas. Judge Emmons and Commissioner Adams oppose liquor sales in homes, while Colonel Cole remains non-committal. The commissioners have not yet met to decide policy.
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Board of Police
Emmons
Post
Judge Emmons
Adams
Colonel Cole
Man Killed by Train at West Lynn Station
Lynn July 28 Harry Scafner 21 shoemaker employed by H J Worthly was killed this afternoon by a Boston and Maine train at West Lynn station He attempted to catch the 319 train leaped a fence lost grip fell beneath the forward car and was crushed The car had to be jacked to remove the body He was married last spring.
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Lynn
Harry Scafner
H. J. Worthly
Boston & Maine
West Lynn
Scafner
Lynn Central
Daniel L Palmer Dies at 72 in Malden
Daniel L Palmer 72 of 353 Ferry Street Malden died suddenly in the forenoon. A Lebanon Connecticut native he leaves a widow a son and a daughter. He was long a resident of this city and a member of the N E O P. He was once prominent in that order.
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Malden
Daniel L. Palmer
Ferry Street
Palmer
Lebannon
Conn
Dad’s Own Girl alienation suit contested in Lynn
Dr. W S Hitchcock denies grounds for a $10,000 alienation of affections suit brought by Mrs. Martha Garretson against his sister Mme Leanore France of New York. Garretson alleges letters signed Dad’s Own Girl. Hitchcock says France never lived here and claims the suit lacks cause.
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Lynn
W. S. Hitchcock
Mme
Leanore France
New York City
Martha Garretson
Garretson
Dr. Hitchcock
Post
New York
Diplomatic Dinner at Dorchester House in London
Ambassador White and Mrs Reid hosted a dinner at Dorchester House in London for Senator Lodge and Mrs Lodge and Assistant Secretary Loomis. Guests included Count Wolff Metternich Spanish ambassador Senor Bernabe Musurus Pasha and his wife Lady Barrymoyre Secretary Carter Chamberlain Lord Churchill Duchess of Buckingham Burton Harrison Mrs Hewitt Mrs Ogden Mills Major General Arthur Paget Lady Powis Redesdale Earl Spencer and others.
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London
Whitelaw Reid
Dislodged Boys With Hose Line In Nonantum Square
In Newton on July 28 a group of small boys assaulted Jim Lee a Chinaman and fled after scrambling onto a 40 foot high roof over the post office. Officer McNeil struggled to reach them as they jeered from above and knocked down ladders. He finally used a garden hose to dislodge the youths, who then escaped.
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McNeil
Roosevelt and Crane Visit Hospital on Sylph Tour
President Roosevelt and Senator Crane visit Sea Gate hospital children. Roosevelt consoles a five year old girl and a baby, greets a boy named James Beck, and meets about 150 youngsters on the beach before departing aboard the Sylph to Oyster Bay.
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Roosevelt
Atlantic Yacht Club
Sea Gate
James
President Roosevelt
See
Mr. Roosevelt
James Beck
Mr. Riis
Helen
George
Senator Crane
Massachusetts
Honors for French Fleet at Spithead Visit
London July 28 An elaborate official programme for the visit of the French fleet to Spithead the week beginning Aug 7 shows the importance attached to Anglo French friendship. King Edward Premier Balfour and Lord Lansdowne will host events and both houses of Parliament plan luncheons in Westminster Hall for French officers.
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London
Spithead
King Edward
Balfour
Lord Lansdowne
Westminister Hall
Cambridge Aldermen After Gordons Head
Cambridge police probe into alleged illegal registration remains secret as the city council committee questions witnesses Dr. C. A. Cahill and Daniel Boorstein. Reporters in the anteroom say the hearings focus on Sergeant Gordon and yield no new details beyond prior testimony to Mayor Daly.
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Cambridge
Committee On Police
C. A. Cahill
Daniel Boorstein
Daly
Gordon
Cambridge Public Franchise League Backs Transit Referendum
The Cambridge Public Franchise League adopted a resolution at its executive committee meeting backing a referendum on any future rapid transit legislation for Cambridge. The group seeks voter input before area transportation decisions proceed.
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Cambridge
Cambridge Public Franchise League
League
Belief Grief Caused Unknown Woman's Death in Boston
Mrs. O. L. Stokes of the Young Travelers' Aid Society told police she thinks the unidentified older woman died from grief after a parting with a younger woman who carried a child at North station. The two talked and cried before the elder kissed the child and boarded the 4 30 train. the mother then collapsed.
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O. L. Stokes
Young Travellers’ Aid Society
Boston Police
North Station
Prizes Awarded at Long Branch Harness Show
Perfect weather drew a large crowd at the Long Branch horse show. Eben D. Jordan won blue ribbons for harness horse pairs with Lord Burleigh and Lord Belfast and for ponies under saddle with Dominic.
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Long Branch
N. J
Eben D. Jordan
Lord Burleigh
Lord Belfast
Dominic
Dr Miles Anti-Pain Pills Promise Immediate Relief
Claims headache nervousness dizziness indigestion neuralgia stem from sick nerves and that soothing nerves provides almost instant relief. The pills are said to contain nothing injurious and are described as unobtrusive except for their soothing effect.
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Miles
Right-footed Shoe Thief Arrest Tells All
Burt Rand aged 40 of 66 Worden Street was arrested by Inspector George Patterson on larceny charges after six unaccounted right shoes were found. Police say the shoes belonged to an unknown person and Rand could not explain the footwear missing from the collection.
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Burt Rand
Worden Street
George Patterson
Police Headquarters
Dr Miles Anti-Pain Pills Credit Everyday Remedy
Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills promoted as a household remedy for common pains. Testimonial from Mrs G H Danks Moorestown New Jersey claims relief from headache nervousness indigestion neuralgia and dizziness. First package guarantees benefit or druggist refunds money. 25 doses for 25 cents. Not sold in balk.
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Miles
G. H. Danks
W. 3Rd St
Moorestown
N. J
Inspector McCarthy Arrests Timothy Allman in Larceny Warrant
Inspector McCarthy of Station 14 Brighton arrested Timothy F. Allman, 26, of Highlandville, yesterday in Needham on a warrant charging larceny.
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Inspector McCarthy
Brighton
Needham
Timothy F. Allman
Highlandville
Census Shows Loss for Towns
The bureau of statistics of labor reports preliminary counts from several towns. Of 165 towns listed, 87 show population loss totaling 10,460, while 78 show a gain of 14,270, a net gain of 3,810.
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Bureau of Statistics of Labor
Burgess Disabled in English Channel Swim
Dover July 28 T W Burgess began a second attempt to cross the channel. He strained a tendon in the right leg while negotiating the Varne shoal, continued for six hours, then lost use of the leg and exited the water at 8 55 pm four and a half miles from the French coast after swimming and drifting 29 miles.
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Dover
T. W. Burgess
Varne
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