Bliss visits Second Massachusetts camp amid ice shortage
Major-General Tasker H. Bliss tours the Second Massachusetts Regiment camp in Columbus New Mexico noting good health and discipline despite a hurricane sandstorm. An ice famine stalls field hospital care and plans to build an ice plant are discussed as troops near Texas border face supply delays and an armed intruder is shot at by guards.
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Columbus
N. M
Tasker H. Bliss
United States Army
Second Massachusetts Regiment
National Guard
Hayes
el Paso
Texas
Graves
Eighth
Ysleta
Rio Grande
James L. Bevens
Signal Corps
Bay State Artillery Regiment
Massachusetts
D Troop
Congressman Treadway Vaccinated Before Return Home
Congressman Allan T. Treadway left the border for New York after submitting to a smallpox vaccination. He urged Chaplain Walton S. Danker to take the treatment and visited Company A and its men on the border, promising to relay their messages to western Massachusetts. Privates Twiss and Haston edit a Worcester weekly, the Cactus News, while Captain William Stevenson named noncommissioned officers across Company A and Company D Holyoke, including sergeants, corporals, and supply roles.
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Allan T. Treadway
New York
Walton S.danker
Mexico
Eas
Massachusetts
Worcester
Cactus News
Robert Twiss
William Haston
William Stevenson
Warren A. Rice
Levi Lincoln
Walter E. Cole
Gustaf R. Nygren
Carl J. Lund
Frank €. Dwyer
Daniel A. Jones
Ronald H. Lachapelle
Earle B. Stowell
William M. Snow
D. Company of Holyoke
Orlando B. Hastings
William R. Stapley
Frederick Childs
Byron H. Morrill
Wilfred R. Gorham
Howard J. Sullivan
Roy 5. Shea
Clifford MacKenzie
Arthur J. Breen
Samuel J. Bechard
Andrew H. Birn
Border deployment notes from a State Guard officer
A War Department correspondent quotes a State officer describing border duty. He notes monotony in reports, guardsmen in good spirits after a month on the line, acclimating to conditions, and mentions Massachusetts troops among the forces. The remarks hint at morale and routine along the border.
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Secretary of War
Post
Governor Urges Navy Use of South Boston Drydock
Governor McCall sent a letter to Senator Weeks urging the navy be allowed to use the new South Boston dry dock now under construction. Port Director Joseph A. Conry noted the chance to press Congress on the issue during the navy appropriation bill debate.
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Boston Drydock
McCall
Senator Weeks
Navy
South Boston
Joseph A. Conry
Congress
REPORT 3 NEW CASES IN HUB
The Boston Board of Health reported three new infantile paralysis cases, bringing Boston's total to nine with two deaths. The Hyde Park girl aged four, a Dorchester infant, and a 22 year old oiler on a Brooklyn towboat were among the new victims.
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Boston Board of Health
Hyde Park
Dorchester
Brooklyn
Boston Harbor
Boston
New York
State Board of Health
Southampton Street
Car overturns in Patten kills two women
In Patten Maine on July 28 Mrs W W Pond and her daughter Mrs Raymond Hagar were killed when an auto they rode in overturned. Mrs F W Peavy, also of Patten, was severely injured. Authorities believe steering gear trouble caused the crash. Hagar was driving.
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Patten, Me
W. W. Pond
Raymond Hagar
F. W. Peavy
Patten
State's Historic Flags Crumbling With Age
The Hall of Flags at the State House holds nearly 300 Civil War banners and at least one Revolutionary War flag. Amelia Fowler, 90 Westland Avenue, urged preservation noting General Grant's headquarters flag was saved last year.
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State House
Amelia Fowler
Westland Avenue
Oswego Woman Learns Brother Is Killed at Oswego
Miss Minnie McCarthy of Oswego learns her brother was shot and killed in Oswego. Her escort L Brambach and family from Dorchester were cruising off the coast when government vessels aided the search. Brambach later seized papers from a passing vessel at Cuttyhunk and found the Post story.
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Minnie McCarthy
Oswego
N. Y
Oscar L. Brambach
Dorchester
Brambach
Charles F. Brambach
Cuttyhunk
New Bedford
Miss McCarthy
Flour Prices Rise Again In Boston Market
The wholesale price has increased by 75 cents to $1 a barrel. Retail price rises are expected on Monday or today with bets of up to $1 per barrel or 12 1 2 cents per dag. Boston consumes 20 000 to 25 000 barrels weekly. the jump will cost local shoppers more each week. Some brands already sell at $8 75 a barrel retail, near wartime highs.
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G Company
Springfield
Alfred Foote
Mesquite
Brush Inn
Daniel E. Harrington
R.A. Niestrom
Arthur G. Brown
H Company
Worcester
Wallace A. Choquette
D Company
Holyoke
Mexico
German submarine raids fishing fleet
A German submarine attacked a herring fishing fleet, sinking eight vessels. The crews were landed today at the North Sea port of Tynemouth.
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London
North Sea
Tynemouth
Appraisal of Estate of J Pierpont Morgan
New York reported total assets of the late financier J Pierpont Morgan at 78,149,024 dollars excluding property outside New York. Transfer Tax Appraiser Lyons will file the report with the State controller tomorrow per the announcement.
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New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
Rome
Italy
New York State
Lyons
Morgan Estate Tax Valuation Reveals Major Art Collection
Settlement shows debts and expenses reduce net estate to 68.38 million with a 1.12 million trust to be added, totaling 69.50 million under New York transfer tax. John Pierpont Morgan is the largest beneficiary with 53.68 million. widow receives 854k. Notable items include extensive artworks by Reynolds, Gainsborough, Rembrandt, Rubens, Raphael, and Vermeer totaling hundreds of thousands to millions, plus firm interests and jewelry.
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Junius Spencer Morgan
Frances Louisa Tracy Morgan
New York State
John Pierpont Morgan
Morgan
J. P. Morgan & Co
New York
Drexel & Co
Philadelphia
J. S&s. Morgan & Co
London
Mr. Morgan
Wall Street
Countess of Derby
Thomas Lawrence
Rafello Sanzio
Raphael
Vermeer
Ninth Regiment outpost shooting defence sparks court martial
Weather fair in El Paso as court martial considers statements about prearranged firing by Ninth Regiment outposts. Some high officers here believe the shooting was warranted and warn Mexican snipers and smugglers that Bay State militia on the border cannot be trifled with.
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EL Paso
Texas
Ninth Regiment
Bay State
General Sweetser
Massachusetts
Graves
H. Boyd
Edwards
Eighth Regiment
General Sweetser defends probe into statements rather than shooting
General Sweetser says the investigation targets statements about Massachusetts men, not the shooting itself. Col Graves to report soon as officers press for accountability. many militiamen faced hardship from deployments, pay cuts, and housing costs while awaiting borders duties.
Daughter seeks freedom from foster home amid love and threats
In Quincy court Mrs. John McKenstry admitted she filed a harsh child complaint against Ruth Kinsman, 17, to force her to leave and live with her own mother. Ruth’s suitor W Stewart McDonald, 31, testified their marriage plans were dropped after foster parents opposed. The Boston mother, divorced from Benjamin Kinsman, said Ruth threatened to kill herself if forced back. Ruth claimed affection from her mother was her only support, not the McKenstrys.
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Quincy
John McKenstry
Ruth Kinsman
McKenstrys
Nantasket Beach
McKenstry
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