Paris's 10 Year Old Authoress Captures World Attention
Paris reports Mile. Carmen d'Assiiva the 10 year old author of The Umbrella's Plaint. Translated into English, she began writing at age eight and has produced prose and verse marked by literary finish and philosophical fancy. Pseudonym is Carmen d'Assilva. baptismal name Champ moynat. Father was a naval officer. mother is a pianist of note.
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Paris
Pascal
Voltaire
Mile
Carmen d’Assiiva
Carmen d’Assilva
Champmoynat
Heroes in Homespun at Tippecanoe battle anniversary
In Lafayette Indiana on June 15 the Tippecanoe Battlefield Association held annual exercises at the battleground Tabernacle with special trains drawing a large crowd. Graves of fallen Tippecanoe soldiers were decorated and Henry Watterson delivered the address "Heroes in Homespun" with 50 prominent citizens accompanying him. The group returned to Lafayette for a club banquet and reception.
Motorman Injured in Marlboro Street Car Collision
Two Marlboro & Hudson Street Railway cars, traveling at speed, collided head on two miles from Marlboro. The Haverhill car dasher was badly damaged and the motorman suffered a serious leg injury. Cited cause is a misinterpretation of the YIndson car schedule by the Haverhill conductor. No passengers were seriously hurt.
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Marlboro
Marlboro & Hudson Street Railway Company
Haverhill
Yindson
Dr. Felden H. Talcott Dies in Middletown
Dr. Felden H. Talcott, longtime superintendent of the State Homeopathic Hospital, renowned alienist and authority on nervous diseases, died this afternoon in Middletown New York.
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Middletown
N. Y
Felden H. Talcott
State Homeopathic Hospital
Patrick McHugh Arrested in Ireland Conspiracy Case
Dublin June 16 Patrick McHugh M P was arrested on a warrant charging conspiracy and intimidation related to a tenant eviction from a farm linked to a United Irish League member. The warrant, issued by a special court, convened at Sligo on June 6 under the crimes act.
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Dublin
Patrick McHugh
M. P
United Irish League
Sligo
Ireland
Eight Italians Held in Baltimore Counterfeit Ring Crackdown
United States Secret Service men aided by local police captured eight Italians in Baltimore suspected of leading a counterfeit gang. The De Marcos father and sons and five others including two women named Martin allegedly passed bogus coins. Investigators Foster and Burns had tracked the group for weeks, with more arrests expected in nearby cities.
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Baltimore
United Stattes Secret Service
Dominic de Marco
Frank de Marco
Tony de Marco
Martin de Marco
Cato Rocesse
Louis Zimma
Martin
Secret Service
Foster and
Burns
Martil
New York
de Marcos
Man jumps from Brooklyn Bridge into river. body not recovered
A young man riding a Brooklyn bridge car tonight suddenly left his seat and sprang over the rail into the river below. The body has not been recovered.
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New York
Brooklyn Bridge
Memorial to Howard Falls River Obit Event in City Academy
Memorial meeting held in the Academy of Music to honor the late Hon. Robert Howard. Thomas O Donnell presided as secretary of the National Spinners Association. Speakers included George B E McNeill Frank K Foster of Boston City Solicitor A J Dubuque and former Mayor John W Coughlin.
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FALL _RIVER
Academy of Music
Robert Howard
Thomas O’ Donnell
National Spinners’ Association
George BE. McNeill
Frank K. Foster
Boston
A.J. Dubuque
John W. Coughlin
Danvers Celebrates 150th Anniversary With Bonfire Event
Danvers marked its 150th corporate anniversary with a large bonfire at Danvers Park despite opposition from ministers. Thousands gathered as the bonfire rose six feet high from barrels and railroad ties. Historical sermons filled churches including Rev Charles B. Rice at First Church, Rev G D Sanders at the Methodist Church, and Rev W M Ayres on Witchcraft in Danvers during evening services.
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Danvers
Danvers Park
Charles B. Rice
Old Town
G. D. Sanders
G. A. R. Post
W. M. Ayres
Man Falls From Hotel Window in Bellows Falls
A man staying at the Hotel Rockingham in Bellows Falls, believed to be Joseph Noel of Fitchburg Massachusetts, fell from a fourth story window during the night. He was found unconscious on the sidewalk at about 4 30 a m with a fractured skull and crushed shoulder. doctors say no recovery is expected.
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Bellows Falls
Rockingham
Joseph Noel
Fitchburg
Mass
Carl Torno Shows Remorse After Son’s Murder
WORCESTER June 15 Carl Frederick Torno held in Webster lockup on a charge of murdering his son Rudolph yesterday afternoon showed remorse today for his act and tender anxiety for his wife and family. Investigators find no sign of insanity and he told officers he was maddened by his son's refusal to give him money that he shot him. His wife’s condition is improved and she was allowed to see him.
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Worcester
Carl Frederick Torno
Webster Lockup
Rudolph
Torno
Schofield Avenue
Chase Village
Webster
Carl Torno
Alvan
Investigation to Probe Drownings at Shinnecock Bay
District Attorney Livingston Smith of Suffolk County will begin an inquiry in Good Ground into the deaths of Miss Sarah Lawrence and Clarence Foster found drowned in Shinnecock Bay. No trace yet of Louis Disbrow, who was with Foster and the girl the night they disappeared. Disbrow’s possible whereabouts in New York City remain unconfirmed. Foster, Disbrow and the girl were together the night of the disappearance and Disbrow later visited his father near Jamaica.
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New York
Livingston Smith
Suffolk County
Long Island
Sarah Lawrence
Clarence Foster
Shinnecock Bay
Louis “Disbrow
Foster
New York City
Disbrow
Jamaica
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show Arrives in Boston
Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show arrives in Boston before 4 am with 52 cars plus Cody's private coach. 600 workers breakfasted within two hours as tents rise in heavy rain. The dressing tent features veterans, medalists, cossacks, Arabs, artillerymen, cowboys and Native Americans. The arena holds about 14 000. show runs 2 pm and 8 pm daily, rain or shine, with a morning street parade along Huntington avenue.
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Buffalo Bill
Boston
Colonel Cody
Huntington Avenue
Mechanics’ Building
Show Grounds
Jack Gardner
Codyere
Coast Guard Hfesavers
Deadwood
Tien Tsin
Johnny Baker
Massachusetts
Washington
Malden
Harrison
Essex
High
Federal
Milx
Postoffice Square
Congress
State
Court
Tremont
Boylaron
Grounds
Miners Return to Work Amid Railway Tensions
In Roanoke Virginia on June 1, mine organizers reportedly sought to persuade Norfolk and Western locomotive engineers and firemen to refuse coal trains to aid striking miners. Engineers denied involvement and said they would not participate. A meeting with miners was claimed for Bluefield, but the railroad denied it. Reports indicate many strikers returned to work and more are expected to join gradually.
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Roanoke
Norfolk & Western Road
Bluefield
Norfolk & Western
Hone
Meetings by strikers and fire bosses in WilkesBarre region
June 15 reports various gatherings of strikers and fire bosses across WilkesBarre area. Half of remaining fire bosses may stop work tomorrow, unverified. Rail union meetings held at Ashley and Kingston condemned Jersey Central men who replaced strikers. Jason Clark of Toledo, national Teamsters president, arrived to review the local strike and will confer with President Mitchell tomorrow.
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Wilkesbarre
Penn
Ashley
Kingston
Jersey Central
Lehigh and
Jersey Central Company
Jason
Mother Jones appeals to 300 at Willow Tree Schoolhouse
In Clarksburg West Virginia June 15 Mother Jones and others addressed 300 people at Willow Tree Schoolhouse near Monongah urging railroad men to refuse to carry coal from the district. Organizers plan to press miners in the Davis Elkins syndicate as field workers head west tomorrow. The crowd was mainly women children and farmers.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
West Virginia Central
Davis-Elkins Syndicate
Mother Jones
Willow Tree Schoolhouse
Monongah
Overturned lamp fire damages Roxbury building
An alarm from Box 217 reported a second floor fire at 56 Riverside Street Roxbury owned by Robert Treat Paine and used by James Felton. An overturned kerosene lamp caused damage valued at zero dollars.
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Riverside Street
Roxbury
Robert Treat Paine
James Felton
Vatican council debates Philippine church rule
Rome dispatch reports that with the exception of Cardinal Vannutelli the cardinal subcommittee favors regulating the church in the Philippines as under Spanish rule, following Taft proposals on ecclesiastical affairs in the archipelago.
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Philippine
London
Rome
Vannutelli
Vatican
William H. Taft
Philippines
Murderers Escape from Stroudsburg Jail
Charles Grether and Benjamin Aiello, convicted murderers, escaped from the county jail in Stroudsburg Pennsylvania. A posse pursues them after faulty cell doors allowed the pair to walk out while the guard was in another part of the building.
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Stroudsburg
Penn
Charles Grether
Benjamin Aiello
Phase County
Mrs Todd On Philippines Speaks At Winthrop Church
Mrs Mabel Loomis Todd addressed a patriotic meeting at Winthrop Church Charles Town under Bunker Hill Chapter D A R marking the 127th battle anniversary and sixth chapter anniversary. She urged united support for the administration and President and spent half an hour detailing Philippine affairs.
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Mabel Loomis Todd
Winthrop Church
Charlestown
Bunker Hill
D. A.R
Philippine Islands
Labor notes on trucking licenses and union actions
President Cox challenged police rules over wagon licenses tied to Baldwin Robbins Co and R S Brine Co. Judge Wentworth found corporations not covered, prompting calls to amend rules to permit corporate operation. A bakery strike was averted with State Board mediation led by Bernard Supple as three nonunion bakers joined. Painters No 11 held a smoke talk with union leaders and elected new officers. nonunion material delivery was rejected.
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Cox
Wentworth
Baldwin, Robbins & Co
R. S. Brine Company
Entworth
Police Board
Hackney
Master Teamsters
Teamsters’ Unions
Boston
Board of Police
Ths
Toa
No. 11
Dexter Hall
President Crozier
Central Labor Union
Jed Kneeland
Building Trades Council
J. H. Cashman
Manning Trades Council
William Ayer
Plasterers’ Tendhers
Union Waikaeae
Thomas Crowley
Andrew Bohan
Cloudburst Wrecks Bridges in Barre Vermont
A cloudburst in Barre Vermont caused the river to rise violently washing away the Central Vermont railroad ridge near Middlesex and destroying other bridges along the river. In downtown Barre electric light poles were washed out leaving the city without power as the river reached near spring flood levels.
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Barre
Vermont
Middlesex
Lightning Strikes Canisteo Church In Severe Storm
A violent electrical storm in Canisteo New York caused the Baptist Church spire to be struck amid torrential rain. Many inside the church were injured by the bolt and several other buildings also suffered lightning damage.
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Regal
New York
San Francisco
London
Hornpulsville
N. Y
Canisteo
Baptist Church
Lightning Strikes Chicago Churches Killing Man
A Chicago storm hit today as three churches were struck by lightning. The Memorial German Episcopal Church was destroyed while Calvary Presbyterian endured a ceiling breach and fire. The Lady of Sorrows Church lost a steeple. One man, Joseph Killian, died near Lake Calumet. several dozen people were shocked and 100 Sunday school children were briefly panicked.
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Chicago
Memorial German Episcopal
Calvary Presbyterian Church
the Lady of Sorrows
Joseph Killian
Earthquake Causes Panic in Syracuse Sicily
Strong earthquake shocks and underground rumblings rattled Syracuse last night causing panic among residents. No damage reported though Sicily's sky has been overcast for days and heat is intense. Shocks are noted in other parts of the island.
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Syracuse
Sicily
Siciily
Earthquakes Felt in Newport Overnight No Damage Reported
Two brief earthquake shocks were felt in Newport, Oregon, last night at 8 p.m. and 1 a.m. No damage occurred.
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Newport
Ore
Boston Actor Arthur Underwood Killed by Streetcar
Boston actor Arthur Underwood of the Castle Square opera company, in Cleveland for an engagement, was struck and killed tonight by a streetcar. In a heavy rainstorm, he stepped from one car and was struck by another, collapsing beneath its wheels.
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Cleveland, O
Arthur Underwood
Castle Square Opera Company
Boston
Fishermen Rescued After 72-Hour Drift
Owen Sound Ontario June 15 The steamer City of Collingwood rescued three fishermen who clung to a raft after their boat capsized while fishing last Wednesday. Ballast caused the vessel to list and leave only a foot of freeboard. The men drifted for 72 hours and were exhausted from hunger and exposure.
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Owen Sound
Ont
Collingwood
Cornell baccalaureate sermon given by Rev Henry Van Dyke
The baccalaureate sermon at Cornell University Ithaca New York was delivered by the Rev Henry Van Dyke LL D of Princeton. President Schurman and several faculty appeared for the first time in honorary robes on the occasion.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell University
Henry van Dyke
Princeton
Schurman
Baccalaureate Sermon Opens Penn Commencement Week
Philadelphia June 16 Commencement week at the University of Pennsylvania began with the baccalaureate sermon in St Stephen s Church delivered by Rev Dr Hawood Worcester. He argued education brings both opportunity and burden noting a business man s claim that people are over educated and contrasting it with the idea that increasing knowledge can increase sorrow by educating the poor who then face oppression.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
St. Stephen’s Church
Hawood Worcester
Baccalaureate Sermon at Brown University
In Providence Rhode Island on June 15 the First Baptist Meeting House hosted the Brown University commencement baccalaureate. President William Hicks Faunce delivered the sermon using the text Matthew 26 verse 8 questioning the purpose of waste.
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Exeter
N. H
Phillips Exeter Academy
George Harris
Amherst College
Harris
Providence
R. I
First Baptist Meeting House
Brown University
W. H. P. Faunce
Fragmentary Text From Philadelphia Mark Readers
The damaged OCR passage appears to quote a Philadelphia Mark reader exchange. It references a question about belief in entering itself and mentions a boy at the Sink site, age, a friend, and a bass drum in a large band context. The fragmentary nature limits precise facts or names.
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Faani R. Shaw Crites
Philadelphia
Hosnet
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Tippecanoe Battlefield Association
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Patrick M’hugh
Brooklyn
Howard
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Supt. Donovan
James Donovan
Buffalo
Rudolph Torno
Qisbrow
King Dental
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White's
Crosby's
Oxford
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Anle
L. B. Butler
Main St
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F. H. Putnam
Washington St
School St
Downey & McCormick
Thompson
LABOR
Oregon
DR. van Dyke
Cornell
DR. Worcester
Brown
Nature
Leonard Barry Hurt
Medford
Leonard Barry
William Barry
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Holman
Rockland
F. Ernest Holman
Cooper Beach
Owls Head
Teamsters’ Union
Hartnett
Messrs. Hartnett
J. A. Duffy
T. McCarthy
James Grady
Frank Brown
J. A.murray
Messrs. Grady
Minihan
Murray
Coleman Dental Parlors
Bost
Revere Bedoh Vd Lynn’ R
J.S. Waterman & Sons
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Teton St
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