New York Rider Margaret Gast Aims World Century Record
Miss Margaret Gast begins a ten century ride along Merrick road from Valley Stream seeking new world records for women in long distance cycling. She starts at 6 pm from Tom West's hotel and aims to finish Sunday following the Century Road Club triangle course of twenty five miles.
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New York
Merrick Road
Will Brown
Margaret Gast
Tom West
Valley Stream
Century Road Club
British Reverses Hit Accra Front in Gold Coast War
Details reach Accra of another reverse to the relief column north of the Prah with heavy casualties. Rumors speak of a disaster to the detachment on the Prah north bank where entrenched Aghantis are found. Willcocks’s advance slowed by rains that destroyed bridges on the Prahsu road and Kumassi news remains unavailable.
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Accra
Gold Coast
Carter
Wilkinson
Prah
Willcocks
Prahsu
Kumassi Teris
Magpie
Gifts for Home of Aged Couples Gifts from Malden Couple
A Roxbury Home for Aged Couples lawn party celebrated a gift of 1000 from Hon. and Mrs. Elisha Converse of Malden. Donations from trustees and other supporters followed, with Mrs. Converse leading the vice-presidents list. An orchestra played as strawberries, ices, and drinks were served.
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Walnut Avenue
Roxbury
Elizabeth Abbott Carleton
Elisha
Converse
Malden
D. T.lis
Miss Gast Aims for Long Ride After Munich Training
Miss Gast aged twenty two, Bavarian born pianist and singer, weighs 138 pounds and stands five foot two. She has ridden a wheel for about a year and follows Will Brown’s diet plan featuring soups, prepared foods, fruit, berries and milk. No showers. warm sponge baths every fifty miles. Schedule includes about two hours of sleep daily after midnight.
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Miss Gast
Bavaria
Conservatory of
Munich
Will Brown
Lawrence Rice Nuptials At Groton School Church
In Groton June 12 about 200 relatives witnessed Amory Lawrence of Groton wed Gertrude Rice of Boston in the Episcopal Church tied to Groton School. Misses Hayden Edith Lawrence and Beatrice Blake attended the bride. Amos Lawrence was best man. Ushers included John Lawrence Arthur Rice and others. A reception at the Whitney cottage followed with Groton School boys present. guests returned to Boston by a special train. The couple will spend June at Whitney cottage before traveling abroad.
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Groton
Amory Lawrence
Amos A. Lawrence
Gertrude Rice
Francis B. Rice
Boston
Episcopal Church
Groton School
Renee Tne Lawrence
Eicott Peabody
Sherrard Billings
Ton School
Hayden
Newport
Edith Wrence
Beatrice Blake
Brookline
Amos Lawrence
John 8. Lawrence
Arthur W. Rice
B. W. R. Thayer
Harold Peabody
Lawrence Brooks
Traders Given the Right of Way by the Public
Dow Jones style market digest notes a dull session with 201655 shares traded in New York and a fractionally firmer close. Steel stocks weakened while rail and copper issues showed limited activity amid covering by shorts and modest curb gains in Revenue Leasing and Fortuna Republica.
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Wall Street
London
New York
Shorts
Federal
Federal Steel
Boston & Maine
Boston & Albany
Calumet
Dominion Coal
Bay State
Fortuna Republica
Central Massachusetts
R. A. Parker
American Zinc, Lead and Smelting Company
American Company
Franklin
Franklin, Jr
Calumet & Hecla
Agassiz
Boston
Western Union Telegraph Company
Manhattan Railway Company
United States Oil Company
Mergenthaler Linotype Company
Dominion Coal Company
State Street Trust Company
Charles Lowell
Allen Forbes
Mr. Lowell
Hartford Street Railway Company of
Hartford
Young Poole Much Better After Hospital Reports
Doctors at City Hospital report Harold William Poole has improved greatly since the assault. He is eating and taking medicine, understands words directed at him, but cannot yet speak.
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City Hospital
Harold William Poole
Norcross School Exhibit In South Boston Today
Public exhibition from 3 to 5 this afternoon at the Norcross School in South Boston featuring pupils from manual training sewing drawing and cooking departments in the annual exercises.
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Norcross School
South
Boston
Edward Leland Firm Dissolves and New Partners Joined
Notice states Edward Leland and Call Oert dissolve their partnership by mutual consent in 1900 with Edward Leland in liquidation. It announces admission of Herbert M. Leland and Wilder B. Hodsdon to the firm to operate from Boston at 2 Exchange Building and plans for Arthur B. Leland & Co. in New York with offices in Wall Street.
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Edwa Leland
Call Oert
M. Eran
Edwar Leland &O
Motes
EDWA
Bert M. Leland
Herbert M. Leland
Wild B. Hodsdon
Boston
Edward B. Leland & Co
Exchange Building
Arthur
Leland & CO
Wall Street
New York
Leland
Boston Stock Exchange
Herbert M. Lerd
William Aly
Qrember
Market Report Shows Bond and Stock Totals and Prices
Boston reports the day’s figures with highest and lowest sales and closing bid and asked prices. Ex-dividend status noted. Total sales include $14,000 in listed bonds, 4906 listed stocks, and 8479 unlisted stock shares.
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Boston
Aelace Gadaws
Fragmented OCR Metals and Mines Data Row
A damaged OCR listing shows various mine names and numbers such as Fortuna, Bitter Mountain, Copper King of Arizona, Aztec Copper, and Great Mammoth with inconsistent spacing and letters. The text references weights, dates, and codes but lacks coherent context.
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Little
Tyler
Fortuna-leptbiica
Senate Refuses Referendum on Boston Tax Bill
Senate votes 22 to 10 to reject attaching a local referendum to Mayor Hart's $10.50 tax proposal. Boston senators largely favor the referendum while opponents warn it becomes political, not fiscal. The final tally: 10 yeas, 22 nays.
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Senate
Hart
Innes
McClellan
Post
Ross
Chamberlain
Kemnefick
W. B. Mahoney
Boston
Baldwin
Kelther
Mahoney
Tague
Lott
Maxwell
House
Huntress
Middlesex
Suffolk
Cape Cod
Berkshire
Parker House
Kelcher
Quincy
Keliher
Tremont
Greenhalge
Holyoke
Vanderbilt Chauffeur Setstle Speed Talk with Newport Police
William K Vanderbilt Jr and Newport Chief Kaull settled the issue over the speed of Vanderbilt’s French automobile after a morning at the police station. Vanderbilt produced a French license earned in six weeks of Paris instruction, claiming it qualifies him as an engine driver and licenses his handling of the car. The chief warned fines range from 5 to 20 dollars per offense, while Vanderbilt noted Paris fines for fast driving.
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Newport
R. I
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Paris
Vanderbilt
Richardson Burkett couple wed in Somerville ceremony
Miss Helen Burkett daughter of Mr and Mrs A E Smith of Mt Vernon street and Herbert Steward Richardson of Columbus avenue were married last evening at the bride’s home. Rev George C Lorimer officiated. The bride wore white satin with mousseline de soie and a diamond brooch veil. Maid of honor Belle Janvrin and bridesmaids Bessie Wisdom and Alice Spaulding. Best man Clarence Cushman. Ushers were Arthur Holt Everett Smith William Stevens and Frank Ashton. After a wedding trip the couple will reside at 41 Columbus Avenue Somerville.
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Helen Burkett
A. E. Smith
Mt. Vernon Street
Herbert Steadman Richardson
Columbus Avenue
Somerville
George C. Lorimer
D. D
Tremont Temple
Boston
Belle Janvrin
Lexington
Bessie Wisdom
Alice Spaulding
Clarence A. Cushman
Omerville
Arthur C. Holt
Everett E. Smith
William Leonard Stevens
Frank Ashton
Mrs. Richardson
Pope concerns sale to Electric Vehicle Company
In New Haven on June 12 sources say negotiations are under way to sell the Pope Company of Hartford to the Electric Vehicle Company. The EVCo recently issued extra stock totaling 6 000 000 dollars in New York to finance acquisitions including these purchases.
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Haven
Con Comy
Hartford
Pope Company
Electric Vehicle Company
New York
Miles at West Point visit by General Miles and officers
General Nelson A. Miles arrived in the evening aboard a private yacht and was greeted by cavalry at the landing. The cadet corps was reviewed at 6 30 by Generals Otis Chaffee Brooke and Gates with Colonel Mills’s quarters as escort.
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Whit Point
Nelson A. Miles
Evenure
New York
Mills
Generales
Otis
Chaffee
Brooke
Gates
Injunction Refused in Theatre Payment Case
Feasenden yesterday refused to grant an injunction in a dispute at the Schubert Theatre over alleged nonpayment of a review. The judge said the case hinged on a legal technicality and referred it to a master for further handling.
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Feasenden
A. H. Chame Colne
Schubert
Mass. Men Elected at ALA Annual Elections
The American Library Association annual elections completed in Montreal list Henry J. Carr of Scranton as president Ernest C Richardson of Princeton as vice president Fred W Faxon of Boston as secretary Gardner M Jones of Salem as treasurer Charles C Soule and James L Whitney of Boston as councilors George W Williams of Salem as trustee of endowment fund.
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St. Louis
Kansas City
Erie Telegraph and Telephone Company
Telephone, Telegraph and Cable Company of America
Thgs
George Crocker
Frank A. Cutting
Fred A. Farrar
Harrison B.gantry
William Gelshennen
William J. Latta
Martin Maloney
Charles W. Morse
Daniel O'Day
Frank Tilford
Henry R. Wilson
Charles
J.glidden
Charles E. Adams
George Perham
Charles A. Grant
Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company
Boston
New York
Senate
Montreal
American Library Association
Henry J. Carr
Scranton
Penn
Ernest C. Richardson
Princeton University
Fred W. Faxon
Gardiner M. Jones
Salem
Mass
Charles C. Soule
James L. Whitney
George W. Williams
Anti Death Penalty League appeals for funds and support
To the Editor of the Post Mrs Florence Spooner thanks supporters of the abolition movement following a close vote delaying a death penalty measure Colonel Dalton backs his pill campaign and calls for more agitation to repeal the barbarous statute Funds for printing stamps and clerical work are requested Send annual memberships from 1 to larger contributions to J Storer Cobb Northampton Mass and 9 Pinckney Street Boston
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Florence Spooner
Dalton
Friends of the Cause
Pinckney Street
Boston
J. Storer Cobb
Northampton
Mass
Naganzi Behind Prison Bars
Edward Naganzi known as the seer was found guilty in East Cambridge Court of larceny charging he stole 3300 from Mrs. Ellen McKenna and 200 from her daughter Mrs. McDermott. He advertised as investing property in stocks using claims of clairvoyant powers and accepted 2000 from Mrs. McKenna for that purpose, with no return to the sender.
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Edward Naganzi
Ellen McKenna
Arlboro
McKenna
Handsome Series of Railway Literature for 1900 Tours
Grand Trunk railway system issues a set of tourist publications for 1900 portraying Northern Ontario regions such as Muskoka Lakes and Georgian Bay islands. Also includes a folder on summer resorts in Maine New Hampshire and Vermont. Copies obtainable by mailing to G. T. Bell or Thomas Wynne.
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Grand Trunk Railway System
Ontario
Muskoka Lakes
Lake of Bays
Magnetewan River
Georgian Bay
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
G. T. Bell
G. P
T. A. Grand Trunk Railway System
Montreal
Thomas Wynne
Washington Street
Boston
Fitchburg Railroad Summer Excursion Book Issued
The Fitchburg railroad publishes a summer excursion book with route details rates and lists of health and pleasure resorts reached by its line. It also contains hotels boarding houses their capacity and charges. Copies available from ticket agents or mailed for three cents by C M Burt general passenger agent.
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Fitchburg Railroad
C. M. Burt
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Boston Stock Sales
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British Columbia
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Calumet & Heoda
Dominion Centennial
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Seeeere
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Miscellaneous Stock Exchange
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Internacional Pape Paper
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MR. Vanderbilt
MR. W. K. Vanderbilt, JR
Richardson
Burkett
Miles
West Point
Ripans
Ripans Chemical Compa
Spruce Street
Frances RB Harris
Onondaga Street
Nyencnet N. Y
Miss Harris
Frances EB. Harris
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
N. Yo
Frances E. Harris
Boston Post
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