Sailor Boy Harold Poole Found Unconscious in Salem
Harold Poole of Salem, recently aboard the schooner Nellie F., was found unconscious on St. Marys street. He suffers a skull base fracture but shows signs of improvement. Police seek a man identified as Champion who disappeared after helping unload the vessel. Poole’s father recalls permission for the trip and describes the family’s distress as doctors monitor his condition.
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St. Mary’s Street
Harold Poole
Salem
Nellie F
Curtis & Pope
Ans Orine
Northampton Street
Washington Street
Champion
Parnell Street
Youn Poole
Alexander Poole
Poole
Milton
Mattapan
Potter Divorce Ends in Custody of Daughter Fifi
James Brown Potter of Newport wins an absolute divorce from Cora Urquhart Potter on desertion grounds. The court grants him custody of their daughter Fifi Potter. The case featured open deposition readings detailing the couple's estrangement and Mrs Potter's pursuit of an artistic career.
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Newport, R. I
James Brown Potter
Newport
Cora Urquhart Potter
Supreme Court
Pretoria 10 Be Defended Amid Shifting War News
London reports indicate Boer leaders have recovered from panic and vow to defend Pretoria. Despatches describe six British columns converging on the capital, with Kruger abroad but in contact with leaders, while Cape Colony politics stir Afrikander Bund resistance as General Hunter advances beyond Lichtenburg.
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London
Pretoria
Lord Roberts
Johannesburg
Great War
Als Botha
Delarey
Lorenzo Marques
War Council
Great Britain
Kruger
Kruer
Friesland
Icksburg
Senekal
Heilbron
Lindley
Rundle
Redulphberg
Ficksburg
Brabant
Fickspore
Lloyd
Drummer Haynes
Buller
Baden-Powell
Mafeking
Hunter
Transvaal
Lichtenburg
Cape Colony
Afrikander Bund
Cape
Graaf Reinet
Eyond Lichtenbu
Colonel Mahon
Maribogo
Boer Resistance Grows After Interview With Kruger
London dispatch reports Boer forces rallying to resist the British with President Kruger declaring resolve to fight to the bitter end at Machadodorp. A Pretoria interview cited fears for women and children if English advance, noting widespread firearm use among Pretoria residents.
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London
Kruger
Machadodorp
Pretoria
Kser
Transvaal
Foreigners Flee Pekin as Boxers Attack. Railways Halt
Cablegram from Pekin reports increasing murders and persecutions by Boxers outside the city. Pao Ting Fu railway abandoned. Pekin and Hong Kong line work stopped. all foreigners have fled. The Chinese government appears unable to restore order as powers consider concerted action to send troops to quell the revolt.
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Pekin
Washington
State Department
United States
Conger
Pao Ting Fu
Hong Kow
Newark
Kempff
Manila
Missionaries in China Face Fears Over Boxers Attack
The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in Boston expressed great anxiety for missionaries in Pao Ting Fu northern China after reports of a Boxer attack. Dr E E Strong said no immediate danger was confirmed until direct word arrives, with many workers from New England and Boston area relatives.
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China
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Beacon Street
Pao Ting Fu
New England
Boston
E. E. Strong
Board of Foreign Missions
Post
Color Line Drawn On Mrs Ruffin Of Boston Convention
Milwaukee convention of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs opens with about four thousand delegates. Presidential plans circulate as Mrs Lowe declines renomination and New York’s Helmuth or Denison considered. Ruffin’s color-line issue tabled by directors. State reports show 668 individual members, 59,445 total, and 2734 clubs in federations.
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Mrs. Ruffin
Boston
Milwaukee
Wis
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Lowe
New York
William Tod Helmuth
New York City
Charles Denison
Annie West
Josephine Ruffin
Ruffin
New England Woman's Press Association
Massachusetts Federation
Massachusetts
The
Atheneum
Sadie Platt Decker
Denver
Weather Forecast Incomplete Local Notice
Forecast text indicates fair conditions with variable winds. clear Tuesday expected with moderate breezes and unsettled conditions midweek. no specific dates or locations provided.
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Waslebl
Potter Divorce Petition Alleges Desertion After Five Years
The petition presented to the court by Mr. Potter seeks a divorce on the grounds of wilful desertion for over five years. Mrs. Potter was represented by Colonel William P. Sheffield Jr who attended but did not participate, staying ready to defend the respamient’s good name if challenged.
New Fish for Bay State From Swanton Hatchery
The State fish and game commissioners received 1,000,000 pike perch fry from the U S Fish Commission station at Swanton Vermont. Of these 400,000 were planted in the upper Mystic Pond and 600,000 in Lynnfield Pond.
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State Fish and Game Commissioners
United States Fish Commies
Swanton
Mystic Pond
Lynnfield Pond
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